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US 12,609,798 · App. 18/588,548 · Granted Apr 21, 2026

Method and apparatus for obtaining nonlinear interference information of frequency domain in wireless communication system

Inventors: Bongsung Seo (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Donghyeon Kim (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Yosub Park (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Deokhui Lee (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
H04L5/0051
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Patent No.
US 12,609,798
App. No.
18/588,548
Granted
Apr 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate a post-4G communication system such as LTE. A method performed by a UE in a wireless communication system includes receiving first RS-related information for the UE and second RS-related information for an interference UE that is causing nonlinearity interference to the UE, receiving a first RS based on the first RS-related information and a second RS based on the second RS-related information, obtaining first nonlinearity information for nonlinearity of a first signal that a BS transmits to the UE and second nonlinearity information for nonlinearity of a second signal that the BS transmits to the interference UE, based on the first RS and the second RS, and performing NC for a DL signal received from the BS, based on the first nonlinearity information and the second nonlinearity information.

Claims (54)

1 . A method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving first reference signal (RS)-related information for the UE, and second RS-related information for an interference UE that is causing nonlinearity interference to the UE;

receiving a first RS based on the first RS-related information and a second RS based on the second RS-related information;

obtaining first nonlinearity information for nonlinearity of a first signal that a base station (BS) transmits to the UE and second nonlinearity information for nonlinearity of a second signal that the BS transmits to the interference UE, based on the first RS and the second RS; and

performing nonlinearity compensation (NC) for a downlink signal received from the BS, based on the first nonlinearity information and the second nonlinearity information.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the second RS-related information includes information indicating a type of the second RS and a location of time or frequency resources to transmit the second RS, and

wherein the first RS-related information includes information indicating a type of the first RS and a location of time or frequency resources to transmit the first RS.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein, in case that the type of the second RS is demodulation RS (DMRS), the second RS-related information includes at least one of an index value of the DMRS, NumLayer, DMRS mapping type, NumCDMGroupswithoutData, DMRSLength, DMRSConfigurationType, or DMRSAdditionalPosition, and

wherein, in case that the type of the second RS is a sounding RS (SRS), the second RS-related information includes at least one of an index value of the SRS, srs-Bandwidth, srs-HoppingBandwidth, freqDomainPosition, duration, srs-ConfigIndex, or transmissionComb.

4 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the information indicating the type of the second RS indicates at least one type of a demodulation RS (DMRS), a sounding RS (SRS), a primary synchronization signal (PSS), a secondary synchronization signal (SSS), a channel state information-RS (CSI-RS), or an RS for NC, and

wherein the information indicating the type of the first RS indicates at least one type of a DMRS, an SRS, a PSS, an SSS, a CSI-RS, or an RS for NC.

5 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the type of the second RS or the type of the first RS is determined based on an index value.

6 . A method performed by a base station (BS) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving first reference signal (RS)-related information for a user equipment (UE) and second RS-related information for an interference UE that is causing nonlinearity interference to the UE;

receiving a first RS based on the first RS-related information and a second RS based on the second RS-related information;

obtaining first nonlinearity information for nonlinearity of a first signal transmitted and received between the BS and the UE and second nonlinearity information for nonlinearity of a second signal transmitted and received between the BS and the interference UE, based on the first RS and the second RS; and

performing nonlinearity compensation (NC) for an uplink signal received from the UE, based on the first nonlinearity information and the second nonlinearity information.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the second RS-related information includes information indicating a type of the second RS and a location of time or frequency resources to transmit the second RS, and

wherein the first RS-related information indicates a type of the first RS and a location of time or frequency resources to transmit the first RS.

8 . The method of claim 6 , wherein, in case that the type of the second RS is a demodulation RS (DMRS), the second RS-related information includes at least one of an index value of the DMRS, NumLayer, DMRS mapping type, NumCDMGroupswithoutData, DMRSLength, DMRSConfigurationType, or DMRSAdditionalPosition, and

wherein, in case that the type of the second RS is a sounding RS (SRS), the second RS-related information includes at least one of an index value of the SRS, srs-Bandwidth, srs-HoppingBandwidth, freqDomainPosition, duration, srs-ConfigIndex, or transmissionComb.

9 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the information indicating the type of the second RS indicates at least one type of a demodulation RS (DMRS), a sounding RS (SRS), a primary synchronization signal (PSS), a secondary synchronization signal (SSS), a channel state information-RS (CSI-RS), or an RS for NC, and

wherein the information indicating the type of the first RS indicates at least one type of a DMRS, an SRS, a PSS, an SSS, a CSI-RS, or an RS for NC.

10 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the type of the second RS or the type of the first RS is determined based on an index value.

11 . A user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor,

wherein the processor is configured to:

receive first reference signal (RS)-related information for the UE and second RS-related information for an interference UE that is causing nonlinearity interference to the UE,

receive a first RS based on the first RS-related information and a second RS based on the second RS-related information,

obtain first nonlinearity information for nonlinearity of a first signal that a base station (BS) transmits to the UE and second nonlinearity information for nonlinearity of a second signal that the BS transmits to the interference UE, based on the first RS and the second RS, and

perform nonlinearity compensation (NC) for a downlink signal received from the BS, based on the first nonlinearity information and the second nonlinearity information.

12 . The UE of claim 11 , wherein the second RS-related information includes information indicating a type of the second RS and a location of time or frequency resources to transmit the second RS, and

wherein the first RS-related information includes information indicating a type of the first RS and a location of time or frequency resources to transmit the first RS.

13 . The UE of claim 11 , wherein, in case that the type of the second RS is a demodulation RS (DMRS), the second RS-related information includes at least one of an index value of the DMRS, NumLayer, DMRS mapping type, NumCDMGroupswithoutData, DMRSLength, DMRSConfigurationType, or DMRSAdditionalPosition, and

wherein, in case that the type of the second RS is a sounding RS (SRS), the second RS-related information includes at least one of an index value of the SRS, srs-Bandwidth, srs-HoppingBandwidth, freqDomainPosition, duration, srs-ConfigIndex, or transmissionComb.

14 . The UE of claim 12 , wherein the information indicating the type of the second RS indicates at least one type of a demodulation RS (DMRS), a sounding RS (SRS), a primary synchronization signal (PSS), a secondary synchronization signal (SSS), a channel state information-RS (CSI-RS), or an RS for NC, and

wherein the information indicating the type of the first RS indicates at least one type of a DMRS, an SRS, a PSS, an SSS, a CSI-RS, and an RS for NC.

15 . The UE of claim 12 , wherein the type of the second RS or the type of the first RS is determined based on an index value.

16 . A base station (BS) in a wireless communication system, the BS comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor,

wherein the processor is configured to:

receive first reference signal (RS)-related information for a user equipment (UE) and second RS-related information for an interference UE that is causing nonlinearity interference to the UE,

receive a first RS based on the first RS-related information and a second RS based on the second RS-related information,

obtain first nonlinearity information for nonlinearity of a first signal transmitted and received between the BS and the UE and second nonlinearity information for nonlinearity of a second signal transmitted and received between the BS and the interference UE, based on the first RS and the second RS, and

perform nonlinearity compensation (NC) for an uplink signal received from the UE, based on the first nonlinearity information and the second nonlinearity information.

17 . The BS of claim 16 , wherein the second RS-related information includes information indicating a type of the second RS and a location of time or frequency resources to transmit the second RS, and

wherein the first RS-related information includes information indicating a type of the first RS and a location of time or frequency resources to transmit the first RS.

18 . The BS of claim 16 , wherein, in case that the type of the second RS is a demodulation RS (DMRS), the second RS-related information includes at least one of an index value of the DMRS, NumLayer, DMRS mapping type, NumCDMGroupswithoutData, DMRSLength, DMRSConfigurationType, or DMRSAdditionalPosition, and

wherein, in case that the type of the second RS is a sounding RS (SRS), the second RS-related information comprises at least one of an index value of the SRS, srs-Bandwidth, srs-HoppingBandwidth, freqDomainPosition, duration, srs-ConfigIndex, or transmissionComb.

19 . The BS of claim 17 , wherein the information indicating the type of the second RS indicates at least one type of a demodulation RS (DMRS), a sounding RS (SRS), a primary synchronization signal (PSS), a secondary synchronization signal (SSS), a channel state information-RS (CSI-RS), or an RS for NC, and

wherein the information indicating the type of the first RS indicates at least one type of a DMRS, an SRS, a PSS, an SSS, a CSI-RS, or an RS for NC.

20 . The BS of claim 17 , wherein the type of the second RS or the type of the first RS is determined based on an index value.

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