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US 12,445,871 · App. 16/738,969 · Granted Oct 14, 2025

Subcarrier spacing for UE-to-UE cross link interference measurement

Inventors: Huilin Xu (San Diego, CA); Alexandros Manolakos (San Diego, CA); Tingfang Ji (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W24/08H04B17/318H04W72/541
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Patent No.
US 12,445,871
App. No.
16/738,969
Granted
Oct 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first user equipment (UE) served by a first cell and a second UE served by a second cell may experience cross link interference (CLI). The UEs may have different subcarrier spacing (SCS) configurations. For example, the uplink SCS of the aggressor UE may be different from the downlink SCS of the victim UE. The serving base stations may configure the UEs with one or more parameters for generating and measuring a signal used to manage the CLI. The parameters may be based on the uplink SCS of the aggressor and the downlink SCS of the victim. The aggressor UE may apply the parameters to generate the CLI measurement signal, and the victim UE may apply the parameters to measure the CLI measurement signal, so the signal from the transmitter fits into the resource grid of the receiver.

Claims (54)

1. A method for wireless communications, comprising:

receiving, at a user equipment (UE) configured for communication using a first subcarrier spacing associated with an active downlink bandwidth part of the UE, a configuration for performing a reference signal receive power (RSRP)-type cross-link interference (CLI) measurement of a signal, wherein the configuration indicates a second subcarrier spacing associated with the signal; and

performing the RSRP-type CLI measurement based at least in part on the second subcarrier spacing being the same as the first subcarrier spacing.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

reporting a signal characteristic associated with the signal to a serving network device based at least in part on performing the RSRP-type CLI measurement.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a second configuration for performing a receive signal strength indicator (RSSI)-type CLI measurement at a subcarrier spacing of an aggressor UE;

performing the RSSI-type CLI measurement based at least in part on the subcarrier spacing of the aggressor UE and the first subcarrier spacing being the same or different in accordance with the second configuration for performing the RSSI-type CLI measurement; and

reporting a characteristic measured from the RSSI-type CLI measurement to a serving network device.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE is served by a first cell of a first network device and a second UE that transmits the signal is served by a second cell of a second, different network device.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE and a second UE that transmits the signal are served by a same cell.

6. A user equipment (UE) comprising:

one or more memories storing processor-executable code; and

one processor, or multiple processors collectively, coupled with the one or more memories and operable to execute the code to cause the UE to:

receive a configuration for performing a reference signal receive power (RSRP)-type cross-link interference (CLI) measurement of a signal, wherein the UE is configured for communication using a first subcarrier spacing associated with an active downlink bandwidth part of the UE and the configuration indicates a second subcarrier spacing associated with the signal; and

perform the RSRP-type CLI measurement based at least in part on the second subcarrier spacing being the same as the first subcarrier spacing.

7. The UE of claim 6 , wherein the one processor is, or the multiple processors collectively are, operable to execute the code to cause the UE to:

report a signal characteristic associated with the signal to a serving network device based at least in part on performing the RSRP-type CLI measurement.

8. The of claim 6 , wherein the one processor is, or the multiple processors collectively are, operable to execute the code to cause the UE to:

receive a second configuration for performing a receive signal strength indicator (RSSI)-type CLI measurement at a subcarrier spacing of an aggressor UE;

perform the RSSI-type CLI measurement based at least in part on the subcarrier spacing of the aggressor UE and the first subcarrier spacing being the same or different in accordance with the second configuration for performing the RSSI-type CLI measurement; and

report a characteristic measured from the RSSI-type CLI measurement to a serving network device.

9. The UE of claim 6 , wherein the UE is served by a first cell of a first network device and a second UE that transmits the signal is served by a second cell of a second, different network device.

10. The UE of claim 6 , wherein the UE and a second UE that transmits the signal are served by a same cell.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communications, the code comprising instructions executable by one or more processors to:

receive, at a user equipment (UE) configured for communication using a first subcarrier spacing associated with an active downlink bandwidth part of the UE, a configuration for performing a reference signal receive power (RSRP)-type cross-link interference (CLI) measurement of a signal, wherein the configuration indicates a second subcarrier spacing associated with the signal; and

perform the RSRP-type CLI measurement based at least in part on the second subcarrier spacing being the same as the first subcarrier spacing.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to:

report a signal characteristic associated with the signal to a serving network device based at least in part on performing the RSRP-type CLI measurement.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to:

receive a second configuration for performing a receive signal strength indicator (RSSI)-type CLI measurement at a subcarrier spacing of an aggressor UE;

perform the receive signal strength indicator (RSSI)-type CLI measurement based at least in part on the subcarrier spacing of the aggressor UE and the first subcarrier spacing being the same or different in accordance with the second configuration for performing the RSSI-type CLI measurement; and

report a characteristic measured from the RSSI-type CLI measurement to a serving network device.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the UE is served by a first cell of a first network device and a second UE that transmits the signal is served by a second cell of a second, different network device.

15. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

determining that the subcarrier spacing of the aggressor UE is different from the first subcarrier spacing; and

performing the RSSI-type CLI measurement via the active downlink bandwidth part of the UE.

16. The UE of claim 8 , wherein the one processor is, or the multiple processors collectively are, operable to execute the code to cause the UE to:

determine that the subcarrier spacing of the aggressor UE is different from the first subcarrier spacing; and

perform the RSSI-type CLI measurement via the active downlink bandwidth part of the UE.

17. A user equipment (UE) comprising:

one or more memories storing processor-executable code; and

one processor, or multiple processors collectively, coupled with the one or more memories and operable to execute the code to cause the UE to:

receive a configuration for performing a reference signal receive power (RSRP)-type cross-link interference (CLI) measurement of a signal, wherein the UE is configured for communication using a first subcarrier spacing of an active downlink bandwidth part of the UE and the configuration indicates a second subcarrier spacing associated with the signal, and wherein a requirement to perform the RSRP-type CLI measurement is not applied based at least in part on the second subcarrier spacing being different from the first subcarrier spacing;

receive a second configuration for performing a receive signal strength indicator (RSSI)-type CLI measurement at a subcarrier spacing of an aggressor UE; and

perform the RSSI-type CLI measurement based at least in part on the subcarrier spacing of the aggressor UE and the first subcarrier spacing being the same or different in accordance with the second configuration for performing the RSSI-type CLI measurement.

18. The UE of claim 17 , wherein the one processor is, or the multiple processors collectively are, operable to execute the code to cause the UE to:

report a characteristic measured from the RSSI-type CLI measurement to a serving network device.

19. A method for wireless communications, comprising:

receiving, at a user equipment (UE) configured for communication using a first subcarrier spacing of an active downlink bandwidth part of the UE, a configuration for performing a reference signal receive power (RSRP)-type cross-link interference (CLI) measurement of a signal, wherein the configuration indicates a second subcarrier spacing associated with the signal, and wherein a requirement to perform the RSRP-type CLI measurement is not applied based at least in part on the second subcarrier spacing being different from the first subcarrier spacing;

receiving a second configuration for performing a receive signal strength indicator (RSSI)-type CLI measurement at a subcarrier spacing of an aggressor UE; and

performing the RSSI-type CLI measurement based at least in part on the subcarrier spacing of the aggressor UE and the first subcarrier spacing being the same or different in accordance with the second configuration for performing the RSSI-type CLI measurement.

20. The method of claim 19 , further comprising:

reporting a characteristic measured from the RSSI-type CLI measurement to a serving network device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 30, 2020
From: XU, HUILIN; MANOLAKOS, ALEXANDROS; JI, TINGFANG
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 053359/0849 →
Priority Claims (1)
GR 20190100018 · Jan 11, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200229009A1 · Jul 16, 2020
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