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Granted Patent B2
US 12,519,495 · App. 17/302,167 · Granted Jan 6, 2026

Digital post-distortion signaling

Inventors: Guy Wolf (Rosh Haayin, IL); Igor Gutman (Ramat Gan, IL); Sharon Levy (Binyamina, IL); Gideon Shlomo Kutz (Ramat Hasharon, IL); Assaf Touboul (Netanya, IL); Noam Zach (Kiryat Ono, IL)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04B1/0475H03F1/3247H04W8/22H03F2200/451H04B2001/0425
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Patent No.
US 12,519,495
App. No.
17/302,167
Granted
Jan 6, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may transmit, to a base station (BS), UE capability information including transmission non-linearity information related to a digital post-distortion processing capability; and transmit, to the BS and after transmitting the UE capability information, signaling for digital post-distortion processing. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Claims (110)

1 . A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:

one or more memories; and

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

transmit, to a network entity, UE capability information that identifies a transmission non-linearity for subsequent signaling and that indicates:

a digital post-distortion capability of the UE to compress the subsequent signaling at a transmitter of the UE for digital post-distortion processing at the network entity, wherein the digital post-distortion capability comprises a magnitude of signaling compression capable at the transmitter of the UE;

an ability of the UE to compensate for a non-linearity in a transmitter of the network entity;

a threshold level of compensation for the transmission non-linearity that is to be performed in the UE during transmission of the subsequent signaling;

a capability of achieving a power optimization benefit from the digital post-distortion processing;

a maximum digital post-distortion processing kernel envelope for one or more of non-linearity or memory estimation in the digital post-distortion processing;

a bitmap indicating a maximum dimensioning of a non-linearity order;

a maximum quantity of memory taps; and

a bandwidth factor; and

transmit, to the network entity and after a transmission of the UE capability information, the subsequent signaling with signaling compression for the digital post-distortion processing at the network entity.

2 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the UE capability information identifies a magnitude of non-linearity that is compensable by the UE.

3 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the UE to:

receive, from the network entity, a signal compression capability indication; and

wherein the one or more processors, to transmit the subsequent signaling, are configured to cause the UE to:

transmit the subsequent signaling with the signaling compression based at least in part on receiving the signal compression capability indication.

4 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the UE to:

communicate with the network entity to identify a digital post-distortion processing set of kernels; and

wherein the one or more processors, to transmit the subsequent signaling, are configured to cause the UE to:

transmit the subsequent signaling for processing using a digital post-distortion processing kernel not larger than the digital post-distortion processing set of kernels.

5 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the subsequent signaling is processed for non-linearity estimation and memory estimation to recover information conveyed by the subsequent signaling.

6 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the UE capability information comprises a physical parameter indicating whether the UE supports uplink transmission power amplifier non-linearity.

7 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the UE capability information includes information identifying a bandwidth parameter indicating a memory tap configuration.

8 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the UE capability information includes information identifying a digital post-distortion processing model to use for processing the subsequent signaling.

9 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the UE capability information identifies a non-linearity model of a power amplifier of the UE.

10 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the UE to:

receive information indicating that the network entity is configured to perform the digital post-distortion processing using a digital post-distortion processing algorithm selected from a set of available digital post-distortion processing algorithms.

11 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the UE to:

receive information indicating that the network entity is configured to optimize a digital post-distortion processing algorithm based at least in part on a power amplifier of the UE.

12 . 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 cause the network entity to:

receive, from a user equipment (UE), UE capability information identifying a transmission non-linearity for subsequent signaling and that that indicates:

a digital post-distortion capability of the UE to compress the subsequent signaling at a transmitter of the UE for digital post-distortion processing at the network entity, wherein the digital post-distortion capability comprises a magnitude of signaling compression capable at the transmitter of the UE;

an ability of the UE to compensate for a non-linearity in a transmitter of the network entity;

a threshold level of compensation for the transmission non-linearity that is to be performed in the UE during transmission of the subsequent signaling;

a capability of achieving a power optimization benefit from the digital post-distortion processing;

a maximum digital post-distortion processing kernel envelope for one or more of non-linearity or memory estimation in the digital post-distortion processing;

a bitmap indicating a maximum dimensioning of a non-linearity order;

a maximum quantity of memory taps; and

a bandwidth factor;

select, based on the UE capability information, a digital post-distortion processing algorithm, from a set of available processing algorithms, for the digital post-distortion processing of the subsequent signaling;

receive, from the UE, the subsequent signaling with signaling compression; and

perform, using the digital post-distortion processing algorithm, the digital post-distortion processing on the subsequent signaling based at least in part on the signaling compression of the subsequent signaling.

13 . The network entity of claim 12 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the network entity to:

set a post-distortion processing configuration based at least in part on the transmission non-linearity.

14 . The network entity of claim 12 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the network entity to:

transmit information indicating the digital post-distortion processing based at least in part on the UE capability information; and

wherein the one or more processors, to receive the subsequent signaling, are configured to cause the network entity to:

receive the subsequent signaling based at least in part on the information indicating the digital post-distortion processing.

15 . The network entity of claim 12 , wherein the UE capability information identifies a magnitude of non-linearity that is compensable by the UE.

16 . The network entity of claim 12 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the network entity to:

transmit a signal compression capability indication; and

wherein the one or more processors, to receive the subsequent signaling, are configured to cause the network entity to:

receive the subsequent signaling with the signaling compression based at least in part on the signal compression capability indication.

17 . The network entity of claim 12 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the network entity to:

communicate with the UE to identify a digital post-distortion processing set of kernels; and

wherein the one or more processors, to perform the digital post-distortion processing, are configured to cause the network entity to:

perform the digital post-distortion processing using a digital post-distortion processing kernel not larger than the digital post-distortion processing set of kernels.

18 . The network entity of claim 12 , wherein the subsequent signaling is processed for non-linearity estimation and memory estimation to recover information conveyed by the subsequent signaling.

19 . The network entity of claim 12 , wherein the UE capability information comprises a physical parameter indicating whether the UE supports uplink transmission power amplifier non-linearity.

20 . The network entity of claim 12 , wherein the UE capability information includes information identifying a bandwidth parameter indicating a memory tap configuration.

21 . The network entity of claim 12 , wherein the UE capability information includes information identifying a digital post-distortion processing model to use for processing the subsequent signaling.

22 . The network entity of claim 12 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the network entity to:

transmit information indicating that the network entity is configured to perform the digital post-distortion processing using a digital post-distortion processing algorithm selected from a set of available digital post-distortion processing algorithms.

23 . The network entity of claim 12 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the network entity to:

transmit information indicating that the network entity is configured to optimize a digital post-distortion processing algorithm based at least in part on a power amplifier of the UE.

24 . The network entity of claim 12 , wherein the UE capability information identifies a non-linearity model of a power amplifier of the UE.

25 . A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

transmitting, to a network entity, UE capability information that identifies a transmission non-linearity for subsequent signaling and that that indicates;

a digital post-distortion capability of the UE to compress the subsequent signaling at a transmitter of the UE for digital post-distortion processing at the network entity, wherein the digital post-distortion capability comprises a magnitude of signaling compression capable at the transmitter of the UE;

an ability of the UE to compensate for a non-linearity in a transmitter of the network entity;

a threshold level of compensation for the transmission non-linearity that is to be performed in the UE during transmission of the subsequent signaling;

a capability of achieving a power optimization benefit from the digital post-distortion processing;

a maximum digital post-distortion processing kernel envelope for one or more of non-linearity or memory estimation in the digital post-distortion processing;

a bitmap indicating a maximum dimensioning of a non-linearity order;

a maximum quantity of memory taps; and

a bandwidth factor; and

transmitting, to the network entity and after a transmission of the UE capability information, the subsequent signaling with signaling compression for the digital post-distortion processing at the network entity.

26 . The method of claim 25 , wherein the UE capability information identifies a magnitude of non-linearity that is compensable by the UE.

27 . The method of claim 25 , further comprising:

receiving, from the network entity, a signal compression capability indication; and

wherein transmitting the subsequent signaling comprises:

transmitting the subsequent signaling with the signaling compression based at least in part on receiving the signal compression capability indication.

28 . The method of claim 25 , wherein the UE capability information identifies a non-linearity model of a power amplifier of the UE.

29 . The method of claim 25 , further comprising:

receiving information indicating that the network entity is configured to perform the digital post-distortion processing using a digital post-distortion processing algorithm selected from a set of available digital post-distortion processing algorithms.

30 . The method of claim 25 , further comprising:

receiving information indicating that the network entity is configured to optimize a digital post-distortion processing algorithm based at least in part on a power amplifier of the UE.

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

receiving, from a user equipment (UE), UE capability information identifying a transmission non-linearity for subsequent signaling and that that indicates;

a digital post-distortion capability of the UE to compress the subsequent signaling at a transmitter of the UE for digital post-distortion processing at the network entity, wherein the digital post-distortion capability comprises a magnitude of signaling compression capable at the transmitter of the UE;

an ability of the UE to compensate for a non-linearity in a transmitter of the network entity;

a threshold level of compensation for the transmission non-linearity that is to be performed in the UE during transmission of the subsequent signaling;

a capability of achieving a power optimization benefit from the digital post-distortion processing;

a maximum digital post-distortion processing kernel envelope for one or more of non-linearity or memory estimation in the digital post-distortion processing;

a bitmap indicating a maximum dimensioning of a non-linearity order;

a maximum quantity of memory taps; and

a bandwidth factor;

selecting, based on the UE capability information, a digital post-distortion processing algorithm, from a set of available processing algorithms, for the digital post-distortion processing of the subsequent signaling;

receiving, from the UE, the subsequent signaling with signaling compression; and

performing the digital post-distortion processing on the subsequent signaling based at least in part on the signaling compression of the subsequent signaling.

32 . The method of claim 31 , further comprising:

setting a post-distortion processing configuration based at least in part on the transmission non-linearity.

33 . The method of claim 31 , further comprising:

transmitting information indicating the digital post-distortion processing based at least in part on receiving the UE capability information; and

wherein receiving the subsequent signaling comprises:

receiving the subsequent signaling based at least in part on transmitting the information indicating the digital post-distortion processing.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 27, 2021
From: WOLF, GUY; GUTMAN, IGOR; LEVY, SHARON; KUTZ, GIDEON SHLOMO; TOUBOUL, ASSAF; ZACH, NOAM
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 056374/0874 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63018041 · Apr 30, 2020
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