IP Library Granted Patent US 12,413,449
Granted Patent B2
US 12,413,449 · App. 18/491,853 · Granted Sep 9, 2025

Wireless communication method and wireless communication device

Inventors: Peiyao Zhao (Beijing, CN); Zhaocheng Wang (Beijing, CN); Jinhui Chen (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
H04L25/0204H04B7/0478H04B7/0482H04B7/0617H04B7/0695H04B7/088H04B17/00H04B17/382H04L5/0048H04L5/14H04W72/542
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Patent No.
US 12,413,449
App. No.
18/491,853
Granted
Sep 9, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless communication method and a wireless communication device. An electronic device for a user equipment in a wireless communication system, including a processing circuit configured to receive, from a base station, channel state information reference signal with a set of reception filters, perform channel estimation on a downlink channel from the base station to the user equipment, select, from the set of reception filters, one or more particular reception filters corresponding to respective channel estimation results that satisfy a first predetermined condition, and signal, from the user equipment to the base station, sounding reference signal with one or more particular transmission filters, wherein the one or more particular transmission filters and one or more particular reception filters are reciprocal respectively.

Claims (26)

1. An electronic device for a user equipment in a wireless communication system, comprising:

a processing circuit configured to:

receive, from a base station, channel state information reference signal with a set of reception filters;

select, from the set of reception filters, one or more particular reception filters based on quality reception of channel state information reference signal; and

signal, to the base station, sounding reference signal with one or more particular transmission filters, wherein the one or more particular transmission filters and one or more particular reception filters satisfies a predetermined spatial relationship.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein in case that the number of the particular transmission filter is 1, spatial domain of the particular transmission filter covers spatial domain of the one or more particular reception filters.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein in case that the number of the particular transmission filter is 1, spatial domain of the particular transmission filter is same as spatial domain of the one or more particular reception filters.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein in case that the number of the particular transmission filter equals or greater than 2, spatial domain of each particular transmission filter is same as spatial domain of one of the one or more particular reception filters respectively.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuit is further configured to receive, from the base station, configuration information indicating the predetermined spatial relationship.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more particular reception filters include a downlink channel matrix that is reciprocal to an uplink channel matrix of the one or more particular transmission filters.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the set of reception filters corresponds to a weight vector, and each weight vector is used to configure phase values for phase shifters of a set of phase shifters connected to a radio frequency link, and is used to transmit antenna beams in specific spatial directions.

8. An electronic device for a base station in a wireless communication system, comprising:

a processing circuit configured to:

receive, from a user equipment, sounding reference signal with one or more particular transmission filters;

select, from the set of reception filters, one or more particular reception filters, wherein the one or more particular transmission filters and one or more particular reception filters satisfies a predetermined spatial relationship; and

transmit, to the user equipment, with one or more particular reception filters.

9. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein in case that the number of the particular transmission filter is 1, spatial domain of the particular transmission filter covers spatial domain of the one or more particular reception filters.

10. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein in case that the number of the particular transmission filter is 1, spatial domain of the particular transmission filter is same as spatial domain of the one or more particular reception filters.

11. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein in case that the number of the particular transmission filter equals or greater than 2, spatial domain of each particular transmission filter is same as spatial domain of one of the one or more particular reception filters respectively.

12. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein the processing circuit is further configured to transmit, to the base station, configuration information indicating the predetermined spatial relationship.

13. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein the processing circuit is further configured to:

receive, from the user equipment, an optimal set of weight vectors determined to be the set of reception filters.

14. The electronic device according to claim 13 , wherein the processing circuit is further configured to:

transmit, to the user equipment, a pilot signal for each of the weight vectors of the base station to estimate each of the measured channel qualities.

15. The electronic device according to claim 14 , wherein the processing circuit is further configured to:

receive, from the user equipment, an index of the optimal set of weight vectors.

Priority Claims (1)
CN 201610081338.3 · Feb 5, 2016 · national
Continuity (5)
Continuation 17709421 · Mar 31, 2022
Continuation 17336318 · Jun 2, 2021
Continuation 16822034 · Mar 18, 2020
Continuation 16075509
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