Apparatus and method for performing beamforming operation in wireless communication system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10659134-B2
Application number	US-201715430162-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 10, 2017
Priority date	Feb 12, 2016
Publication date	May 19, 2020
Grant date	May 19, 2020

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates beyond 4th-generation (4G) communication system such as a long term evolution (LTE). A method for performing a beamforming operation in a wireless communication system supporting a full-duplex scheme includes acquiring reference information for allocating a resource, determining a user equipment (UE) combination of a transmission (Tx) UE and a reception (Rx) UE which is capable of sharing a resource from combinations of at least Tx UE and at least one Rx UE, based on the acquired reference information, and allocating a Tx antenna beam for the Tx UE of the UE combination and an Rx antenna beam for the Rx UE of the UE combination.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for performing a beamforming operation, by a base station, in a wireless communication system supporting a full-duplex scheme, the method comprising:
acquiring reference information for allocating a resource;
determining, based on the acquired reference information, a user equipment (UE) combination of a transmission (Tx) UE and a reception (Rx) UE which is capable of sharing a resource from combinations of at least one Tx UE and at least one Rx UE; and
allocating a Tx antenna beam for the Tx UE of the determined UE combination and an Rx antenna beam for the Rx UE of the determined UE combination,
wherein the reference information includes beam information including Tx antenna beam identification information indicating a Tx antenna beam that is requested by the at least one Tx UE and an Rx antenna beam identification information indicating an Rx antenna beam that is requested by the at least one Rx UE, and
wherein determining the UE combination comprises:
acquiring an included angle at each of combinations of the Tx antenna beam indicated by the Tx antenna beam identification information and the Rx antenna beam indicated by the Rx antenna beam identification information, and
acquiring a combination that is capable of sharing the resource based on the included angle at each of the combinations.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determined UE combination which is capable of sharing the resource includes a combination for which an included angle is maximum among combinations.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determined UE combination which is capable of sharing the resource includes a combination for which an included angle is greater than a preset threshold value among the combinations.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the acquiring the combination comprises selecting one combination based on received signal strength in an Rx UE from among combinations in which at least one of a Tx UE and an Rx UE is overlapped if there are a plurality of included angles greater than a preset threshold value among included angles of the combinations and there are the combinations in which the at least one of the Tx UE and the Rx UE is overlapped.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the UE combination is determined by selecting one combination for which remaining self-interference is minimum from among combinations in which at least one of a Tx UE and an Rx UE is overlapped if there are the combinations in which the at least one of the Tx UE and the Rx UE is overlapped among combinations for which included angles are greater than a preset threshold value among included angles of the combinations.

6. A base station (BS) in a wireless communication system supporting a full-duplex scheme, the BS comprising:
a controller configured to:
acquire reference information for allocating a resource;
determine, based on the acquired reference information, a user equipment (UE) combination of a transmission (Tx) UE and a reception (Rx) UE which is capable of sharing a resource from combinations of at least one Tx UE and at least one Rx UE; and
allocate a Tx antenna beam for the Tx UE of the determined UE combination and an Rx antenna beam for the Rx UE of the determined UE combination,

wherein the reference information includes beam information including Tx antenna beam identification information indicating a Tx antenna beam that is requested by the at least one Tx UE and an Rx antenna beam identification information indicating an Rx antenna beam that is requested by the at least one Rx UE, and
wherein the controller is configured to:
acquire an included angle at each of combinations of the Tx antenna beam indicated by the Tx antenna beam identification information and the Rx antenna beam indicated by the Rx antenna beam identification information; and
acquire a combination which is capable of sharing the resource based on the included angle at each of the combinations.

7. The BS of claim 6 , wherein the determined UE combination which is capable of sharing the resource includes a combination for which an included angle is maximum among the combinations.

8. The BS of claim 6 , wherein the determined UE combination which is capable of sharing the resource includes a combination for which an included angle is greater than a preset threshold value among the combinations.

9. The BS of claim 6 , wherein the controller is configured to select one combination based on received signal strength in an Rx UE from among combinations in which at least one of a Tx UE and an Rx UE is overlapped if there are a plurality of included angles greater than a preset threshold value among included angles of the combinations and there are the combinations in which the at least one of the Tx UE and the Rx UE is overlapped.

10. The BS of claim 8 , wherein the controller is configured to select one combination for which remaining self-interference is minimum from among combinations in which at least one of a Tx UE and an Rx UE is overlapped if there are the combinations in which the at least one of the Tx UE and the Rx UE is overlapped among combinations for which included angles are greater than a preset threshold value among included angles of the combinations.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lim Jong-Bu
• Lee Byung-Hwan
• Seol Ji-Yun
• Lim Chae-Hee

Classifications

• H04L5/0023

  Time-frequency-space · CPC title

• H04W16/28

  using beam steering · CPC title

• H04L5/0037

  Inter-user or inter-terminal allocation · CPC title

• H04L5/1461

  Suppression of signals in the return path, i.e. bidirectional control circuits · CPC title

• H04B7/088

  using beam selection · CPC title