IP Library Granted Patent US 12,232,111
Granted Patent B2
US 12,232,111 · App. 17/597,121 · Granted Feb 18, 2025

Demodulation reference signal for full-duplex communication

Inventors: Min Huang (Beijing, CN); Chao Wei (Beijing, CN); Hao Xu (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W72/1273H04L1/0067H04L5/0051H04L5/14H04W72/0446H04W72/0453H04W88/14
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Patent No.
US 12,232,111
App. No.
17/597,121
Granted
Feb 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a base station (BS) may identify a collision between a data transmission and a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) transmission in a full-duplex time-frequency resource. The BS may transmit, to a wireless communication device, an indication of a time-frequency mapping for a zero-power DMRS (ZP-DMRS) in the full-duplex time-frequency resource. The time-frequency mapping for the ZP-DMRS, and a time-frequency mapping in the full-duplex time-frequency resource for the DMRS transmission, may be a same time-frequency mapping. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Claims (162)

1. A method of wireless communication performed by a network entity, comprising:

identifying a collision between a data transmission and a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) transmission in a full-duplex time-frequency resource;

determining a time-frequency mapping for a zero-power DMRS (ZP-DMRS) in the full-duplex time-frequency resource based at least in part on the identified collision; and

transmitting, to a wireless communication device, an indication of the time-frequency mapping for the ZP-DMRS in the full-duplex time-frequency resource,

wherein the time-frequency mapping for the ZP-DMRS, and a time-frequency mapping in the full-duplex time-frequency resource for the DMRS transmission, are a same time-frequency mapping.

2. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the data transmission comprises:

a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) data transmission;

wherein the DMRS transmission comprises:

a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) DMRS transmission; and

wherein the ZP-DMRS comprises:

a PDSCH ZP-DMRS.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

rate matching the PDSCH data transmission by precluding, from the PDSCH data transmission, one or more resource elements, of the full-duplex time-frequency resource, associated with the PDSCH ZP-DMRS,

wherein the one or more resource elements are based at least in part on the time-frequency mapping of the PDSCH ZP-DMRS; and

performing the PDSCH data transmission based at least in part on rate matching the PDSCH data transmission.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein rate matching the PDSCH data transmission by precluding one or more resource elements from the PDSCH data transmission comprises:

determining a rate matching output length, for the PDSCH data transmission, based at least in part on refraining from mapping coded bits, associated with the PDSCH ZP-DMRS, to the one or more resource elements.

5. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the data transmission comprises:

a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) data transmission;

wherein the DMRS transmission comprises:

a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) DMRS transmission; and

wherein the ZP-DMRS comprises:

a PUSCH ZP-DMRS.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

receiving the PUSCH data transmission from the wireless communication device,

wherein the PUSCH data transmission is rate matched such that one or more resource elements of the full-duplex time-frequency resource, associated with the PUSCH ZP-DMRS, are precluded from the PUSCH data transmission, and

wherein the one or more resource elements are based at least in part on the time-frequency mapping of the PUSCH ZP-DMRS; and

rate dematching the PUSCH data transmission based at least in part on the one or more resource elements being precluded from the PUSCH data transmission.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein rate dematching the PUSCH data transmission comprises:

determining a rate dematching output length, for the PUSCH data transmission, based at least in part on refraining from mapping coded bits, associated with the PUSCH ZP-DMRS, from the one or more resource elements.

8. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

identifying another collision between a PDSCH data transmission and another DMRS transmission in the full-duplex time-frequency resource,

wherein the other DMRS transmission comprises:

a PUSCH DMRS transmission; and

transmitting, to another wireless communication device, an indication of a time-frequency mapping for a PDSCH ZP-DMRS in the full-duplex time-frequency resource,

wherein the time-frequency mapping for the PDSCH ZP-DMRS, and a time-frequency mapping in the full-duplex time-frequency resource for the other DMRS transmission, are a same time-frequency mapping.

9. The method of claim 8 ,

wherein the network entity comprises:

an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node;

wherein the wireless communication device comprises:

a user equipment or a child IAB node; and

wherein the other wireless communication device comprises:

an IAB donor or a parent IAB node.

10. The method of claim 8 ,

wherein the network entity comprises:

an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node;

wherein the wireless communication device comprises:

an IAB donor or a parent IAB node; and

wherein the other wireless communication device comprises:

a user equipment or a child IAB node.

11. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

identifying another collision, between a PDSCH data transmission and another DMRS transmission, in the full-duplex time-frequency resource,

wherein the other DMRS transmission comprises:

a PUSCH DMRS transmission; and

transmitting, to the wireless communication device, an indication of a time-frequency mapping for a PDSCH ZP-DMRS in the full-duplex time-frequency resource,

wherein the time-frequency mapping for the PDSCH ZP-DMRS, and a time-frequency mapping in the full-duplex time-frequency resource for the other DMRS transmission, are a same time-frequency mapping.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining that the collision between the data transmission and the DMRS transmission is to result in interference that satisfies an interference threshold; and

wherein transmitting the indication of the time-frequency mapping for the ZP-DMRS comprises:

transmitting the indication of the time-frequency mapping for the ZP-DMRS based at least in part on determining that the collision between the data transmission and the DMRS transmission is to result in interference that satisfies the interference threshold.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the time-frequency mapping for the ZP-DMRS includes one or more resource elements, in the full-duplex time-frequency resource, associated with the ZP-DMRS.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein transmitting the indication of the time-frequency mapping for the ZP-DMRS comprises:

transmitting an indication of at least one of:

symbol indexes associated with the one or more resource elements,

resource block indexes associated with the one or more resource elements,

or resource element indexes associated with the one or more resource elements.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein transmitting the indication of the time-frequency mapping for the ZP-DMRS comprises:

transmitting a bitmap that indicates respective locations of the one or more resource elements.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the indication of the time-frequency mapping for the ZP-DMRS is included in a DMRS configuration for the DMRS transmission; and

wherein transmitting the indication of the time-frequency mapping for the ZP-DMRS comprises:

transmitting an indication of the DMRS configuration to the wireless communication device.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein transmitting the indication of the DMRS configuration comprises:

transmitting an indication of a first subset of parameters, included in the DMRS configuration, in a static or semi-static signaling communication; and

transmitting an indication of a second subset of parameters, included in the DMRS configuration, in a dynamic signaling communication.

18. The method of claim 16 , wherein transmitting the indication of the DMRS configuration comprises:

transmitting an indication of a plurality of candidate DMRS configurations in a static or semi-static signaling communication; and

transmitting, in a dynamic signaling communication, an indication of a selection of the DMRS configuration from the plurality of candidate DMRS configurations,

wherein the dynamic signaling communication indexes into the plurality of candidate DMRS configurations.

19. A method of wireless communication performed by a wireless communication device, comprising:

receiving, from a network entity and based at least in part on a scheduling collision between a data transmission and a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) transmission in a full-duplex time-frequency resource, an indication of a time-frequency mapping for a zero-power DMRS (ZP-DMRS) in the full-duplex time-frequency resource,

wherein the time-frequency mapping for the ZP-DMRS, and a time-frequency mapping in the full-duplex time-frequency resource for the DMRS transmission, are a same time-frequency mapping; and

rate matching the data transmission based at least in part on the time-frequency mapping for the ZP-DMRS, or

receiving the data transmission based at least in part on the data transmission being rate matched based at least in part on the time-frequency mapping for the ZP-DMRS.

20. The method of claim 19 ,

wherein the data transmission comprises:

a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) data transmission;

wherein the DMRS transmission comprises:

a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) DMRS transmission;

wherein the ZP-DMRS comprises:

a PDSCH ZP-DMRS; and

wherein rate matching the data transmission based at least in part on the time-frequency mapping for the ZP-DMRS, or receiving the data transmission based at least in part on the data transmission being rate matched based at least in part on the time-frequency mapping for the ZP-DMRS, comprises:

receiving the PDSCH data transmission based at least in part on the PDSCH data transmission being rate matched based at least in part on the time-frequency mapping for the PDSCH ZP-DMRS.

21. The method of claim 20 , wherein the PDSCH data transmission is rate matched such that one or more resource elements of the full-duplex time-frequency resource, associated with the PDSCH ZP-DMRS, are precluded from the PDSCH data transmission,

wherein the one or more resource elements are based at least in part on the time-frequency mapping of the PDSCH ZP-DMRS; and

wherein the method further comprises:

rate dematching the PDSCH data transmission based at least in part on the one or more resource elements being precluded from the PDSCH data transmission.

22. The method of claim 21 , wherein rate dematching the PDSCH data transmission comprises:

determining a rate dematching output length, for the PDSCH data transmission, based at least in part on refraining from mapping coded bits, associated with the PDSCH ZP-DMRS, from the one or more resource elements.

23. The method of claim 19 , wherein the data transmission comprises:

a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) data transmission;

wherein the DMRS transmission comprises:

a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) DMRS transmission;

wherein the ZP-DMRS comprises:

a PUSCH ZP-DMRS; and

wherein rate matching the data transmission based at least in part on the time-frequency mapping for the ZP-DMRS, or receiving the data transmission based at least in part on the data transmission being rate matched based at least in part on the time-frequency mapping for the ZP-DMRS, comprises:

rate matching the PUSCH data transmission based at least in part on the time-frequency mapping for the PUSCH ZP-DMRS.

24. The method of claim 23 , wherein rate matching the PUSCH data transmission based at least in part on the time-frequency mapping for the PUSCH ZP-DMRS comprises:

precluding, from the PUSCH data transmission, one or more resource elements, of the full-duplex time-frequency resource, associated with the PUSCH ZP-DMRS,

wherein the one or more resource elements are based at least in part on the time-frequency mapping of the PUSCH ZP-DMRS; and

wherein the method further comprises:

performing the PUSCH data transmission based at least in part on rate matching the PUSCH data transmission.

25. The method of claim 24 , wherein precluding the one or more resource elements from the PUSCH data transmission comprises:

determining a rate matching output length, for the PUSCH data transmission, based at least in part on refraining from mapping coded bits, associated with the PUSCH ZP-DMRS, from the one or more resource elements.

26. The method of claim 23 , further comprising:

receiving, based at least in part on a scheduling collision between a PDSCH data transmission and a PUSCH DMRS transmission in the full-duplex time-frequency resource, an indication of a time-frequency mapping for a PDSCH ZP-DMRS in the full-duplex time-frequency resource,

wherein the time-frequency mapping for the PDSCH ZP-DMRS, and a time-frequency mapping in the full-duplex time-frequency resource for the PUSCH DMRS transmission, are a same time-frequency mapping; and

receiving the PDSCH data transmission based at least in part on the PDSCH data transmission being rate matched based at least in part on the time-frequency mapping for the PDSCH ZP-DMRS.

27. The method of claim 19 ,

wherein the wireless communication device comprises:

an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) donor,

an IAB node, or

a user equipment; and

wherein the network entity comprises:

an IAB node.

28. The method of claim 19 , wherein the time-frequency mapping for the ZP-DMRS includes one or more resource elements, in the full-duplex time-frequency resource, associated with the ZP-DMRS.

29. The method of claim 28 , wherein receiving the indication of the time-frequency mapping for the ZP-DMRS comprises:

receiving an indication of at least one of:

symbol indexes associated with the one or more resource elements,

resource block indexes associated with the one or more resource elements,

or resource element indexes associated with the one or more resource elements.

30. The method of claim 19 , wherein the indication of the time-frequency mapping for the ZP-DMRS is included in a DMRS configuration for the DMRS transmission; and

wherein receiving the indication of the time-frequency mapping for the ZP-DMRS comprises:

receiving an indication of the DMRS configuration from the network entity.

31. The method of claim 30 , wherein receiving the indication of the DMRS configuration comprises:

receiving an indication of a first subset of parameters, included in the DMRS configuration, in a static or semi-static signaling communication; and

receiving an indication of a second subset of parameters, included in the DMRS configuration, in a dynamic signaling communication.

32. The method of claim 30 , wherein receiving the indication of the DMRS configuration comprises:

receiving an indication of a plurality of candidate DMRS configurations in a static or semi-static signaling communication; and

receiving, in a dynamic signaling communication, an indication of a selection of the DMRS configuration from the plurality of candidate DMRS configurations,

wherein the dynamic signaling communication indexes into the plurality of candidate DMRS configurations.

33. A network entity for wireless communication, comprising:

one or more memories; and

one or more processors, coupled to the one or more memories, configured to:

identify a collision between a data transmission and a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) transmission in a full-duplex time-frequency resource; and

determine a time-frequency mapping for a zero-power DMRS (ZP-DMRS) in the full-duplex time-frequency resource based at least in part on the identified collision;

transmit, to a wireless communication device, an indication of the time-frequency mapping for the ZP-DMRS in the full-duplex time-frequency resource,

wherein the time-frequency mapping for the ZP-DMRS, and a time-frequency mapping in the full-duplex time-frequency resource for the DMRS transmission, are a same time-frequency mapping.

34. A wireless communication device for wireless communication, comprising:

one or more memories; and

one or more processors, coupled to the one or more memories configured to:

receive, from a network entity and based at least in part on a scheduling collision between a data transmission and a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) transmission in a full-duplex time-frequency resource, an indication of a time-frequency mapping for a zero-power DMRS (ZP-DMRS) in the full-duplex time-frequency resource,

wherein the time-frequency mapping for the ZP-DMRS, and a time-frequency mapping in the full-duplex time-frequency resource for the DMRS transmission, are a same time-frequency mapping; and

rate matching the data transmission based at least in part on the time-frequency mapping for the ZP-DMRS, or

receive, the data transmission based at least in part on the data transmission being rate matched based at least in part on the time-frequency mapping for the ZP-DMRS.

35. The wireless communication device of claim 34 , wherein the ZP-DMRS is configured to replace the data transmission.

36. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

means for identifying a collision between a data transmission and a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) transmission in a full-duplex time-frequency resource; and

means for determining a time-frequency mapping for a zero-power DMRS (ZP-DMRS) in the full-duplex time-frequency resource based at least in part on the identified collision;

means for transmitting, to a wireless communication device, an indication of the time-frequency mapping for the ZP-DRMS in the full-duplex time-frequency resource,

wherein the time-frequency mapping for the ZP-DMRS, and a time-frequency mapping in the full-duplex time-frequency resource for the DMRS transmission, are a same time-frequency mapping.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 27, 2021
From: HUANG, MIN; WEI, CHAO; XU, HAO
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
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