Signaling structure for wireless communication network
There is disclosed a method of operating a radio node in a wireless communication network. The method includes communicating based on a signaling structure, the signaling structure pertaining to a time domain interval and comprising a plurality of symbol time intervals, wherein to each symbol time interval, there is associated one cyclic prefix interval of a cyclic prefix interval type of a set of at least two types, wherein a first type pertains to a cyclic prefix interval corresponding to a first number N of processing samples, and a second type pertains to a cyclic prefix interval corresponding to a second number M of processing samples, wherein M is larger than N, and wherein both N and M are multiples of a base factor B. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
1. A method of operating a radio node in a wireless communication network, the method comprising:
communicating based on a signaling structure, the signaling structure pertaining to a time domain interval and comprising a plurality of symbol time intervals, to each symbol time interval, there being associated one cyclic prefix interval of a cyclic prefix interval type of a set of at least two types, a first type pertaining to a cyclic prefix interval corresponding to a first number N of processing samples, and a second type pertaining to a cyclic prefix interval corresponding to a second number M of processing samples, M being larger than N, and both N and M are multiples of a base factor B, B being an integer greater than 1.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the signaling structure comprises an integer number N1 of cyclic prefix intervals of the first type and an integer number M1 of cyclic prefix intervals of the second type.
3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the signaling structure pertains to a subcarrier spacing of at least 960 kHz, in particular of 1920 kHz or more.
4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein B is 8 or 16.
5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein B corresponds to a polyphase factor used for sampling.
6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein M>=N×F, wherein F is 1.5 or larger, or 2 or larger, or 3 or larger.
7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein N1>=M1×F1, wherein F1 is 12 or larger, or 25 or larger, or 51 or larger, or 103 or larger, or 207 or larger.
8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the time domain interval corresponds to a Time Domain Duplex, TDD, operation interval, the TDD operation interval comprising at least one communication direction switch.
9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the time domain interval has a duration of 125.0 Microseconds.
10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein N is 544 or larger, or 624 or larger, or 784 or larger.
11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein M is 704 or larger, or 752 or larger, or 784 or larger, or 944 or larger, or 1264 or larger, or 1904 or larger.
12. The method according to claim 1 , wherein M1 has a value of an integer power of 2.
13. A radio node for a wireless communication network, the radio node configured to:
communicate based on a signaling structure, the signaling structure pertaining to a time domain interval and comprising a plurality of symbol time intervals, to each symbol time interval, there being associated one cyclic prefix interval of a cyclic prefix interval type of a set of at least two types, a first type pertaining to a cyclic prefix interval corresponding to a first number N of processing samples, and a second type pertaining to a cyclic prefix interval corresponding to a second number M of processing samples, M being larger than N, and both N and M are multiples of a base factor B, B being an integer greater than 1.
14. The radio node according to claim 13 , wherein the signaling structure comprises an integer number N1 of cyclic prefix intervals of the first type and an integer number M1 of cyclic prefix intervals of the second type.
15. The radio node according to claim 13 , wherein the signaling structure pertains to a subcarrier spacing of at least 960 kHz, in particular of 1920 kHz or more.
16. The radio node according to claim 13 , wherein B is 8 or 16.
17. The radio node according to claim 13 , wherein B corresponds to a polyphase factor used for sampling.
18. The radio node according to claim 13 , wherein M>=N×F, wherein F is 1.5 or larger, or 2 or larger, or 3 or larger.
19. The radio node according to claim 13 , wherein N1>=M1×F1, wherein F1 is 12 or larger, or 25 or larger, or 51 or larger, or 103 or larger, or 207 or larger.
20. A non-transitory computer storage medium storing a computer program comprising instructions causing processing circuitry to one or both control and perform a method, the method comprising:
communicating based on a signaling structure, the signaling structure pertaining to a time domain interval and comprising a plurality of symbol time intervals, to each symbol time interval, there being associated one cyclic prefix interval of a cyclic prefix interval type of a set of at least two types, a first type pertaining to a cyclic prefix interval corresponding to a first number N of processing samples, and a second type pertaining to a cyclic prefix interval corresponding to a second number M of processing samples, M being larger than N, and both N and M are multiples of a base factor B, B being an integer greater than 1.