Granted Patent B2

US 12,261,785 · App. 17/741,816 · Granted Mar 25, 2025

Inventors: Seunghoon Choi (Suwon-si, KR); Youngbum Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Hyunseok Ryu (Suwon-si, KR); Sungjin Park (Suwon-si, KR)

Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

H04L5/0023H04L5/0053H04W88/14

Abstract

Claims (62)

1. A method performed by a first integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, from a second IAB node, multiplexing scheme configuration information of data transmitted or received by a mobile termination (MT) and a distributed unit (DU) included in the first IAB node;

based on the multiplexing scheme configuration information, determining a multiplexing scheme to be used by the first IAB node to among a spatial division multiplexing (SDM) scheme or a frequency division multiplexing (FDM) scheme;

transmitting or receiving data using the SDM scheme or the FDM scheme;

identifying whether a fallback condition from the SDM scheme or the FDM scheme to a time division multiplexing, TDM, scheme is satisfied;

controlling data transmission and reception of the MT, and data transmission and reception of the DU on an allocated radio resource for transmission and reception of the TDM scheme based on the multiplexing scheme configuration information and the data transmission and reception of the MT before switching to the TDM scheme, in case that the data transmission and reception of the MT on the allocated radio resource is not complete,

wherein the allocated radio resource is determined a soft type resource, for the transmission and reception of the MT that does not affect the transmission and reception of the DU, or

wherein the transmission and reception of the MT has priority to the data transmission and reception of the DU; and

switching the multiplexing scheme to be used by the first IAB node to the TDM scheme, in case that the fallback condition to the TDM scheme is satisfied.

2. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the multiplexing scheme configuration information comprises at least one of information for switching to the TDM scheme, the FDM scheme or the SDM scheme, information of a radio resource type controlled by the DU of the first IAB node, or beam related information to be used in the SDM scheme, and

wherein the radio resource type controlled by the DU of the first IAB node comprises one of a soft type indicating whether the radio resource is available for the DU, a hard type indicating that the radio resource is always available, or a non-available (NA) type indicating that the radio resource is always unavailable.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the beam related information comprises at least one of resource type information to be configured in at least one beam, transmission configuration indication (TCI) state identification information or quasi-co-located (QCL) information.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the controlling of the data transmission and reception of the MT, and the data transmission and reception of the DU on the allocated radio resource for the transmission and reception of the TDM scheme comprises:

transmitting, to the second IAB node, information indicating that the data transmission or reception of the MT is not guaranteed.

5. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the multiplexing scheme configuration information is received through at least one of higher layer signaling, a backhaul signal, or physical layer signaling, and

wherein the second IAB node is one of a base station or an upper IAB node.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identifying of whether the fallback condition to the TDM scheme is satisfied is based on one of whether an indication is received from the second IAB node, whether a beam failure is detected, or a communication environment of the first IAB node.

7. A method performed by a second integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting, from a first IAB node, multiplexing scheme configuration information of data transmitted or received by a mobile termination (MT) and a distributed unit (DU) included in the first IAB node;

based on the multiplexing scheme configuration information, transmitting or receiving data to or from the first IAB node using one of a spatial division multiplexing (SDM) scheme or a frequency division multiplexing (FDM) scheme;

receiving, from the first IAB node, information indicating that data transmission or reception of the MT is not guaranteed based on fallback to a time division multiplexing (TDM) scheme of the first IAB node;

allocating a radio resource for the data transmission or reception of the MT of the first IAB node; and

transmitting, to the first IAB node, information on the allocated radio resource.

8. The method of claim 7 ,

wherein the multiplexing scheme configuration information comprises at least one of information for switching to the TDM scheme, the FDM scheme or the SDM scheme, information of a radio resource type controlled by the DU of the first IAB node, or beam related information to be used in the SDM scheme, and

wherein the radio resource type controlled by the DU of the first IAB node comprises one of a soft type indicating whether the radio resource is available for the DU, a hard type indicating that the radio resource is always available, or a non-available (NA) type indicating that the radio resource is always unavailable.

9. A first integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node in a wireless communication system, the first IAB node comprising:

a transceiver; and

at least one processor coupled with the transceiver,

wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

receive, from a second IAB node, multiplexing scheme configuration information of data transmitted or received by a mobile termination (MT) and a distributed unit (DU) included in the first IAB node,

based on the multiplexing scheme configuration information, determine a multiplexing scheme to be used by the first IAB node to among a spatial division multiplexing (SDM) scheme or a frequency division multiplexing (FDM) scheme,

transmit or receive data using the SDM scheme or the FDM scheme,

identify whether a fallback condition from the SDM scheme or the FDM scheme to a time division multiplexing (TDM) scheme is satisfied,

control data transmission and reception of the MT, and data transmission and reception of the DU on allocated radio resource for transmission and reception of the TDM scheme based on the multiplexing scheme configuration information and the data transmission and reception of the MT before switching to the TDM scheme, in case that the data transmission and reception of the MT on the allocated radio resource is not complete,

wherein the allocated radio resource is determined a soft type resource, for the transmission and reception of the MT that does not affect the transmission and reception of the DU, or

wherein the transmission and reception of the MT has priority to the data transmission and reception of the DU, and

switch the multiplexing scheme to be used by the first IAB node to the TDM scheme, in case that the fallback condition to the TDM scheme is satisfied.

10. The first IAB node of claim 9 ,

wherein the multiplexing scheme configuration information comprises at least one of information for switching to the TDM scheme, the FDM scheme or the SDM scheme, information of a radio resource type controlled by the DU of the first IAB node, or beam related information to be used in the SDM scheme, and

wherein the radio resource type controlled by the DU of the first IAB node comprises one of a soft type indicating whether the radio resource is available for the DU, a hard type indicating that the radio resource is always available, or a non-available (NA) type indicating that the radio resource is always unavailable.

11. The first IAB node of claim 10 , wherein the beam related information comprises at least one of resource type information to be configured in at least one beam, transmission configuration indication (TCI) state identification information and quasi-co-located (QCL) information.

12. The first IAB node of claim 9 , wherein, controlling the data transmission and reception of the MT, and the data transmission and reception of the DU on the allocated radio resource for transmission and reception of the TDM scheme, the at least one processor is configured to:

transmit, to the second IAB node, information indicating that the data transmission or reception of the MT is not guaranteed.

13. The first IAB node of claim 9 ,

wherein the multiplexing scheme configuration information is received through at least one of higher layer signaling, a backhaul signal or physical layer signaling, and

wherein the second IAB node is one of a base station or an upper IAB node.

14. The first IAB node of claim 9 , wherein the identifying of whether the fallback condition to the TDM scheme is satisfied is based on whether an indication is received from the second IAB node, whether beam failure is detected, or a communication environment of the first IAB node.

15. A second integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node in a wireless communication system, the second IAB node comprising:

a transceiver; and

at least one processor coupled with the transceiver,

wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

transmit, from a first IAB node, multiplexing scheme configuration information of data transmitted or received by a mobile termination (MT) and a distributed unit (DU) included in a first IAB node,

based on the multiplexing scheme configuration information, transmit or receive data to or from the first IAB node using one of a spatial division multiplexing (SDM) scheme or a frequency division multiplexing (FDM) scheme,

receive, from the first IAB node, information indicating that data transmission or reception of the MT is not guaranteed based on fallback to a time division multiplexing (TDM) scheme of the first IAB node,

allocate a radio resource for the data transmission or reception of the MT of the first IAB node, and

transmit, to the first IAB node, information on the allocated radio resource.

16. The second IAB node of claim 15 ,

wherein the multiplexing scheme configuration information comprises at least one of information for switching to the TDM scheme, the FDM scheme or the SDM scheme, information of a radio resource type controlled by the DU of the first IAB node, or beam related information to be used in the SDM scheme, and

wherein the radio resource type controlled by the DU of the first IAB node comprises one of a soft type indicating whether the radio resource is available for the DU, a hard type indicating that the radio resource is always available, or a non-available (NA) type indicating that the radio resource is always unavailable.

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