Method and apparatus for analysis of spectrum use status

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11050506-B2
Application number	US-201916275096-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 13, 2019
Priority date	Oct 2, 2018
Publication date	Jun 29, 2021
Grant date	Jun 29, 2021

Abstract

An apparatus for analyzing a frequency use status may obtain a candidate radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) using downlink control information (DCI), estimate an active RNTI from the candidate RNTI, and analyze a frequency use status using the active RNTI.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of analyzing a frequency use status, comprising:
obtaining a candidate radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) decoding a coded bit string of downlink control information (DCI);
estimating an active RNTI from the candidate RNTI;
managing an active RNTI list including the estimated active RNTI, and
analyzing a frequency use status using the estimated active RNTI,
wherein the DCI includes collected information associated with an antenna configuration of a base station,
wherein the estimating of the active RNTI from the candidate RNTI comprises: estimating the candidate RNTI as the active RNTI using depatterning between a modulated constellation point of a bit string re-encoded from the decoded bit string and a modulated constellation point of the coded bit string of the DCI, and

wherein the managing of the active RNTI list includes: verifying whether DCI is received for each control channel element (CCE) including an RNTI registered on the active RNTI list for each subframe.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the obtaining of the candidate RNTI comprises:
decoding the DCI using a random-access-RNTI (RA-RNTI) used to transmit a temporary cell-RNTI (TC-RNTI) allocated to a terminal by a base station; and
obtaining the candidate RNTI from data transmitted through a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) specified by the DCI.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the estimating of the active RNTI from the candidate RNTI comprises: determining the obtained candidate RNTI to be the active RNTI.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the obtaining of the candidate RNTI comprises:
decoding a coded bit string of the DCI;
estimating a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) from the decoded bit string; and
performing an exclusive or (XOR) operation on the estimated CRC and a CRC of the decoded bit string.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the estimating of the active RNTI from the candidate RNTI comprises:
determining whether a CCE index corresponding to a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmitting the DCI including the candidate RNTI is included in a result of a hash function for the candidate RNTI; and estimating the candidate RNTI as the active RNTI, when the CCE index is determined to be included in the result of the hash function.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the estimating of the active RNTI from the candidate RNTI comprises:
determining a hamming distance between a bit string re-encoded from the decoded bit string and the coded bit string of the DCI; and
estimating the candidate RNTI as the active RNTI, when the determined hamming distance is less than or equal to a threshold hamming distance HD x .

7. The method of claim 4 , wherein the estimating of the active RNTI from the candidate RNTI comprises:
estimating the candidate RNTI as the active RNTI, when a path metric calculated during the decoding increases to a value or greater, or when a difference between path metrics is less than or equal to a threshold value.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the depatterning indicates a complex conjugate operation between the modulated constellation point of the hit string re-encoded from the decoded bit string and the modulated constellation point of the coded bit string of the DCI.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
calculating an error between an average of results from the depatterning and each of the results from the depatterning; and
estimating the candidate RNTI as the active RNTI, when a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) determined through the error is greater than or equal to a threshold value.

10. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the managing of the active RNTI list includes at least one of the following: i) verifying whether DCI is received based on a priority or weight of an RNTI registered on the active RNTI list for each subframe, ii) assigning a priority to an RNTI masked in a CRC of DCI transmitted to a PDCCH from each subframe, iii) assigning a weight based on a number of subframes in which an RNTI masked in a CRC of DCI transmitted to a PDCCH from each subframe appears, iv) verifying, as an active RNTI, an RNTI masked in a CRC of DCI transmitted to a PDCCH from each subframe.

11. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the managing of the active RNTI list comprises: adding the active RNTI to the active RNTI list,
wherein the active RNTI to be added to the active RNTI list is an RNTI obtained in a random-access channel (RACH) process in which a terminal attempts to be connected to a cell.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the managing of the active RNTI list comprises: deleting the active RNTI from the active RNTI list, wherein the active RNTI to be deleted from the active RNTI list is an RNTI that does not appear in a PDCCH during a time T R indicated by a number of subframes.

13. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the analyzing of the frequency use status comprises: analyzing a resource block (RB) usage rate;
wherein the RB usage rate is analyzed using an RB allocation field of the DCI transmitted to the active RNTI, or analyzed using an RB occupied in a PDSCH.

14. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the analyzing of the frequency use status comprises: analyzing traffic,
wherein the traffic is analyzed using a transport block size (TBS) estimated from the DCI transmitted to the active RNTI.

15. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the analyzing of the frequency use status comprises: analyzing carrier aggregation,
wherein the carrier aggregation is analyzed using cross-carrier scheduling in which a carrier indicator field (CIF) in the DCI is included, and self-scheduling in which a same RNTI is scheduled in cells of different frequency bands.

16. An apparatus for analyzing a frequency use status, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory including a computer-readable instruction,
wherein, when the instruction is executed by the processor, the processor is configured to:
obtain a candidate radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) decoding a coded bit string of downlink control information (DCI);
estimate an active RNTI from the candidate RNTI;
manage an active RNTI list including the estimated active RNTI, and
analyze a frequency use status using the estimated active RNTI,
wherein the DCI includes collected information associated with an antenna configuration of a base station,
wherein the estimating of the active RNTI from the candidate RNTI comprises: estimating the candidate RNTI as the active RNTI using depatterning between a modulated constellation point of a bit string re-encoded from the decoded bit string and a modulated constellation point of the coded bit string of the DCI, and
wherein the managing of the active RNTI list includes: verifying whether DCI is received for each control channel element (CCE) including an RNTI registered on the active RNTI list for each subframe.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein, for the obtaining of the candidate RNTI, the processor is configured to:
decode the DCI using a random-access-RNTI (RA-RNTI) used to transmit a temporary cell-RNTI (TC-RNTI) allocated to a terminal by a base station; and
obtain the candidate RNTI from data transmitted through a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) specified by the DCI.

18. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein, for the obtaining of the candidate RNTI, the processor is configured to:
decode a coded bit string of the DCI;
estimate a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) from the decoded hit string; and
perform an exclusive or (XOR) operation on the estimated CRC and a CRC of the

Assignees

• Electronics & Telecommunications Res Inst

Inventors

• Um Jung Sun
• Kim Igor
• Park Seung Keun
• Kwon Hyeyeon
• Kim Yunbae
• Lee Young Hwan

Classifications

• H04W72/23

  in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal · CPC title

• H04L1/0061

  Error detection codes · CPC title

• H04W16/14

  Spectrum sharing arrangements {between different networks} · CPC title

• H04L5/0098

  Signalling of the activation or deactivation of component carriers, subcarriers or frequency bands · CPC title

• H04L1/0072

  Error control for data other than payload data, e.g. control data · CPC title