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US 12,206,604 · App. 17/638,030 · Granted Jan 21, 2025

Cross-channel measurement control and configuration

Inventors: Klaus Ingemann Pedersen (Aalborg, DK); Benny Vejlgaard (Gistrup, DK); Ali Esswie (Aalborg, DK)
Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
H04L5/0035H04L5/005H04L5/0073
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Patent No.
US 12,206,604
App. No.
17/638,030
Granted
Jan 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention introduces a method and a system for base station cross-channel measurement control and configuration. A centralized unit (CU) ( 301, 601 ) of a base station configures ( 304, 305 ) at least two distributed units (DU) ( 302, 303, 602, 604 ) with DU sounding signaling transmission objects and DU cross-link measurement objects. The first DU ( 302 ) transmits ( 306 ) a sounding signal through an air interface ( 308 ) which the second DU ( 303 ) measures ( 307 ). The second DU ( 303 ) reports ( 309 ) this to the CU ( 301 ). Then the second DU ( 303 ) transmits ( 311 ) a sounding signal through an air interface ( 312 ) which the first DU ( 302 ) measures ( 310 ). The first DU ( 302 ) reports ( 313 ) this to the CU ( 301 ). Beam-forming can be applied as well. Also neighboring operators can be found by inter-frequency measurements of the sounding signals or Synchronization Signals. The CU ( 301, 601 ) can control the DUs ( 302, 303, 602, 604 ) with appropriate TDD switching patterns based on the found cross-link interference levels.

Claims (40)

1. A centralized unit (CU), being part of a mobile telecommunication system, the CU comprising:

at least one processor,

at least one memory comprising computer program code,

the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the CU at least to perform:

configuring a distributed unit sounding signaling transmission object and a distributed unit cross-link measurement object to at least two separate distributed units (DU) in succession, and after a sounding signal measurement between the DUs over an air interface in a first direction,

receiving reporting of the first DU-to-DU cross-link interference (CLI) measurement corresponding to the first direction, and after a sounding signal measurement between the DUs over an air interface in a second direction opposite to the first direction,

receiving reporting of the second DU-to-DU cross-link interference (CLI) measurement corresponding to the second direction,

wherein the CU is further caused to perform: after receiving the reportings concerning measurements in the first direction from both a DU among the at least two separate distributed units (DU) and another DU among the at least two separate distributed units (DU), receiving reporting of the measurement from an integrated access and backhaul nodes element (IAB) of the another DU among the at least two separate distributed units (DU) via an extended F 1 interface.

2. The centralized unit (CU) according to claim 1 , wherein the sounding signal is a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS).

3. The centralized unit (CU) according to claim 1 , wherein the sounding signal is a known data packet on determined Physical Resource Blocks (PRBs) with determined Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS).

4. The centralized unit (CU) according to claim 1 , wherein beamforming is applied so that different sounding signals concerning different, at least two, beams are directed to be transmitted by a DU among the at least two separate distributed units (DU) simultaneously in different frequency ranges, correspondingly.

5. The centralized unit (CU) according to claim 1 , wherein beamforming is applied so that different sounding signals concerning different, at least two, beams are directed to be transmitted by a DU among the at least two separate distributed units (DU) consecutively within the same frequency range.

6. The centralized unit (CU) according to claim 1 , wherein the CU is further caused to perform:

after receiving the reportings concerning measurements in the second direction from both a DU among the at least two separate distributed units (DU) and another DU among the at least two separate distributed units (DU), receiving reporting of the measurement from an integrated access and backhaul nodes element (IAB) of the DU among the at least two separate distributed units (DU) via the extended F 1 interface.

7. The centralized unit (CU) according to claim 1 , wherein the CU is further caused to perform the step of:

if a received measurement indicate a DU-to-DU cross-link interference problem, performing a corrective action by sending a new radio frame configuration to the involved DUs.

8. A method comprising:

configuring a distributed unit sounding signaling transmission object and a distributed unit cross-link measurement object to at least two separate distributed units (DU) in succession, and after a sounding signal measurement between the DUs over an air interface in a first direction,

receiving reporting of the first DU-to-DU cross-link interference (CLI) measurement corresponding to the first direction, and after a sounding signal measurement between the DUs over an air interface in a second direction opposite to the first direction,

receiving reporting of the second DU-to-DU cross-link interference (CLI) measurement corresponding to the second direction,

wherein the method further comprises:

after receiving the reportings concerning measurements in the first direction from both a DU among the at least two separate distributed units (DU) tand another DU among the at least two separate distributed units (DU), receiving reporting of the measurement from an integrated access and backhaul nodes element (IAB) of the another DU via an extended F 1 interface.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the sounding signal is a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS).

10. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the sounding signal is a known data packet on determined Physical Resource Blocks (PRBs) with determined Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS).

11. The method according to claim 8 , wherein beamforming is applied so that different sounding signals concerning different, at least two, beams are transmitted by a DU among the at least two separate distributed units (DU) simultaneously in different frequency ranges, correspondingly.

12. The method according to claim 8 , wherein beamforming is applied so that different sounding signals concerning different, at least two, beams are transmitted by a DU among the at least two separate distributed units (DU) consecutively within the same frequency range.

13. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the method further comprises:

after receiving the reporting s concerning measurements in the second direction from both a DU among the at least two separate distributed units (DU) and another DU among the at least two separate distributed units (DU), receiving reporting of the measurement from an integrated access and backhaul nodes element (IAB) of the DU among the at least two separate distributed units (DU) via the extended F 1 interface.

14. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the method further comprises:

if a received measurement indicate a DU-to-DU cross-link interference problem, performing a corrective action by sending a new radio frame configuration to the involved DUs.

15. A computer program product having a series of operating instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium that directs a data processing apparatus when executed thereby to perform operations, the operations comprising:

configuring a distributed unit sounding signaling transmission object and a distributed unit cross-link measurement object to at least two separate distributed units (DU) in succession, and after a sounding signal measurement between the DUs over an air interface in a first direction,

receiving reporting of the first DU-to-DU cross-link interference (CLI) measurement corresponding to the first direction, and after a sounding signal measurement between the DUs over an air interface in a second direction opposite to the first direction,

receiving reporting of the second DU-to-DU cross-link interference (CLI) measurement corresponding to the second direction,

wherein the operations further include:

after receiving the reportings concerning measurements in the first direction from both a DU among the at least two separate distributed units (DU) and another DU among the at least two separate distributed units (DU), receiving reporting of the measurement from an integrated access and backhaul nodes element (IAB) of the another DU among the at least two separate distributed units (DU) via an extended F 1 interface.

16. The computer program product according to claim 15 , wherein the operations further include:

after receiving the reporting s concerning measurements in the second direction from both a DU among the at least two separate distributed units (DU) and another DU among the at least two separate distributed units (DU), receiving reporting of the measurement from an integrated access and backhaul nodes element (IAB) of the DU among the at least two separate distributed units (DU) via the extended F 1 interface.

17. The computer program product according to claim 15 , wherein the operations further include:

if a received measurement indicate a DU-to-DU cross-link interference problem, performing a corrective action by sending a new radio frame configuration to the involved DUs.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 24, 2022
From: PEDERSEN, KLAUS; VEJLGAARD, BENNY; ESSWIE, ALI
To: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
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