Signaling configurations for communication with unmanned aerial systems

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11968137-B2
Application number	US-202117194161-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 5, 2021
Priority date	Mar 5, 2021
Publication date	Apr 23, 2024
Grant date	Apr 23, 2024

Abstract

An apparatus may be configured to communicate at least one pilot signal with another apparatus according to a first configuration, at least one of a lower frequency density or a higher time density being indicated by the first configuration than a second configuration for a type of pilot signal that includes the at least one pilot signal. The apparatus may be further configured to communicate with the other apparatus based on the at least one pilot signal. Another apparatus may be configured to receive, from a base station, spatial relationship information or transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state information corresponding to a directional beam at the UE for communication on a channel. The apparatus may be further configured to apply the directional beam for communication with the base station on another channel in a sub-6 gigahertz (GHz) frequency band.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
transmitting, in a network including a base station, information indicating a set of capabilities for beamformed communication in a sub-6 gigahertz (GHz) frequency band, the capabilities including one or more of:
a number of transmit and receive beam changes the UE can perform on the sub-6 GHz band within a slot,
a maximum number of configured spatial relations per component carrier for a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) and sounding reference signal (SRS) on the sub-6 GHz band,
a maximum number of active spatial relations with regard to PUCCH and SRS for a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), per bandwidth part (BWP) per component carrier on the sub-6 GHz band, or
support of simultaneous reception with different quasi-co-location (QCL) Type D for use on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) on the sub-6 GHz band;

receiving a beamforming configuration based on the information indicating the set of capabilities;
receiving, from the base station, spatial relationship information or transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state information corresponding to a directional beam at the UE for communication on a first channel; and
applying the directional beam for communication with the base station on another channel in the sub-6 GHz frequency band.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the applying the directional beam for communication comprises:
applying the directional beam for communication on one of a control channel or a downlink data channel, the beam being configured for the other of the control channel or the downlink data channel.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the control channel comprises an uplink control channel.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the spatial relationship information or TCI state information corresponding to the directional beam comprises a resource indicator for a sounding reference signal (SRS) configured in an uplink bandwidth part and transmitted via the directional beam.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the set of capabilities for beamformed communication in a sub-6 GHz frequency band includes the number of transmit and receive beam changes the UE can perform on the sub-6 GHz band within a slot.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the set of capabilities for beamformed communication in a sub-6 GHz frequency band includes the maximum number of configured spatial relations per component carrier for the PUCCH and the SRS on the sub-6 GHz band.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the set of capabilities for beamformed communication in a sub-6 GHz frequency band includes the maximum number of active spatial relations with regard to PUCCH and SRS for the PUSCH, per BWP per component carrier on the sub-6 GHz band.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the set of capabilities for beamformed communication in a sub-6 GHz frequency band includes support of simultaneous reception with different QCL Type D for use on the PDSCH on the sub-6 GHz band.

9. A method of wireless communication performed by a base station, comprising:
receiving, information indicating a set of capabilities of a user equipment (UE) for beamformed communication in a sub-6 gigahertz (GHz) frequency band, the capabilities including one or more of:
a number of transmit and receive beam changes the UE can perform on the sub-6 GHz band within a slot,
a maximum number of configured spatial relations per component carrier for a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) and sounding reference signal (SRS) on the sub-6 GHz band,
a maximum number of active spatial relations with regard to PUCCH and SRS for a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), per bandwidth part (BWP) per component carrier on the sub-6 GHz band, or
support of simultaneous reception with different quasi-co-location (QCL) Type D for use on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) on the sub-6 GHz band;

transmitting a beamforming configuration based on the information indicating the set of capabilities;
receiving, from the UE, a set of pilot signals respectively corresponding to a set of directional beams of the UE in a directional beam sweep associated with a resource mapping for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); and
transmitting information indicating a selected one of the set of directional beams based on receiving the set of pilot signals.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
calculating a respective measurement for each of the set of pilot signals; and
comparing the respective measurements with one another, wherein the selected one of the set of directional beams is based on the comparison of the respective measurements.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the information indicating the selected one of the set of directional beams comprises at least one of a resource indicator for a sounding reference signal transmitted via the selected one of the set of directional beams or a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state associated with the selected one of the set of directional beams.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the information indicating the selected one of the set of directional beams indicates that the selected one of the set of directional beams is applicable to communication with the UE on at least one uplink channel and at least one downlink channel.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the set of pilot signals comprises a set of sounding reference signals received in the sub-6 GHz frequency band.

14. An apparatus for wireless communication by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
a memory; and
at least one processor coupled to the memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
transmit, in a network including a base station, information indicating a set of capabilities for beamformed communication in a sub-6 gigahertz (GHz) frequency band, the capabilities including one or more of:
a number of transmit and receive beam changes the UE can perform on the sub-6 GHz band within a slot,
a maximum number of configured spatial relations per component carrier for a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) and sounding reference signal (SRS) on the sub-6 GHz band,
a maximum number of active spatial relations with regard to PUCCH and SRS for a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), per bandwidth part (BWP) per component carrier on the sub-6 GHz band, or
support of simultaneous reception with different quasi-co-location (QCL) Type D for use on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) on the sub-6 GHz band;

receive a beamforming configuration based on the information indicating the set of capabilities;
receive, from a base station, spatial relationship information or transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state information corresponding to a directional beam at the apparatus for communication on a channel; and
apply the directional beam for communication with the base station on another channel in the sub-6 GHz frequency band.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein, to apply the directional beam for communication, the at least one processor is configured to:
apply the directional beam for communication on one of a control channel or a downlink data channel, the beam being configured for the other of the control channel or the downlink data channel.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the control channel comprises an uplink control channel.

17. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the spatial relationship information or TCI state information corresponding to the directional beam comprises a resource indicator for a sounding refere

Assignees

• Qualcomm Inc

Inventors

• Liu Le
• Rico Alvarino Alberto
• Gaal Peter
• Saha Chiranjib
• Phuyal Umesh
• Wang Xiao Feng
• Montojo Juan
• Chetlur Ravi Vishnu Vardhan

Classifications

• H04L5/0048 Primary

  Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver (allocation of control signalling H04L5/0053; use of control signalling H04L5/0091) · CPC title

• H04L5/0051 Primary

  of dedicated pilots, i.e. pilots destined for a single user or terminal · CPC title

• H04L5/0094

  Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated · CPC title

• H04L5/0023

  Time-frequency-space · CPC title

• H04L5/0007

  the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A) or DMT · CPC title