Techniques for signaling transmitter noise spurs

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11979181-B2
Application number	US-202217584108-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 25, 2022
Priority date	Jan 25, 2022
Publication date	May 7, 2024
Grant date	May 7, 2024

Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A transmitting (Tx) device transmits, to a receiving (Rx) device, a control message indicating a location of one or more noise spurs associated with wireless communications performed by the Tx device using a set of resources, where the location includes a frequency location of the one or more noise spurs in the frequency domain. The Tx device then generates a data message to be communicated using the set of resources associated with the one or more noise spurs based on transmitting the control message, and transmits the generated data message to the Rx device using the set of resources associated with the one or more noise spurs. By indicating the location of the noise spurs, the Rx device may be more able to more efficiently identify and address (e.g., filter out, ignore) the noise spurs within the data message.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for wireless communication at a first wireless device, comprising:
transmitting, to a second wireless device, a control message indicating a location of one or more noise spurs associated with wireless communications performed by the first wireless device using a set of resources, wherein the location comprises a frequency location of the one or more noise spurs in a frequency domain of the set of resources;
generating a data message to be communicated from the first wireless device to the second wireless device using the set of resources associated with the one or more noise spurs based at least in part on transmitting the control message; and
transmitting the generated data message to the second wireless device using the set of resources associated with the one or more noise spurs.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting, via the control message, an indication of a spur location configuration associated with a first beam, the spur location configuration comprising the location of the one or more noise spurs associated with wireless communications performed by the first wireless device using the first beam and the set of resources, wherein the data message is transmitted via the first beam.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
transmitting, via the control message, a second control message, or both, an indication of a second beam associated with the spur location configuration, the spur location configuration comprising the location of the one or more noise spurs associated with wireless communications performed by the first wireless device using the second beam and the set of resources; and
transmitting a second data message to the second wireless device using the second beam and the set of resources in response to transmitting the control message, the second control message, or both.

4. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
transmitting, via the control message, a second control message, or both, an indication of a second spur location configuration associated with a second beam, the second spur location configuration comprising a second location of one or more additional noise spurs associated with wireless communications performed by the first wireless device using the second beam and the set of resources; and
transmitting a second data message to the second wireless device using the second beam and the set of resources in response to transmitting the control message, the second control message, or both.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein the indication of the spur location configuration comprises a quasi co-location type indicator associated with noise spurs.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, from the second wireless device and based at least in part on transmitting the control message, a second control message indicating one or more noise spur mitigation procedures performable by the second wireless device, wherein generating the data message, transmitting the data message, or both, is based at least in part on the one or more noise spur mitigation procedures.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein generating the data message comprises:
generating the data message, based at least in part on the one or more noise spur mitigation procedures, such that a pilot signal associated with the data message, data within the data message, or both, is transmitted at a second frequency location in the frequency domain of the set of resources that is different from the frequency location of the one or more noise spurs.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the data message comprises a portion of a communication transmitted by the first wireless device, the method further comprising:
transmitting, based at least in part on the one or more noise spur mitigation procedures, an indication of a time interval between a start of the communication and a start of the data message within the communication, wherein generating the data message, transmitting the data message, or both, are based at least in part on the time interval.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
transmitting a set of pilot signals including the one or more noise spurs within the time interval using the set of resources associated with the one or more noise spurs.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the indication of the time interval comprises an indication of a portion of a symbol length between the start of the communication and the start of the data message within the communication.

11. The method of claim 6 , wherein the one or more noise spur mitigation procedures comprise an active mitigation procedure in which the second wireless device attempts to remove or filter noise spurs from received communications, a passive mitigation procedure in which the second wireless device ignores tones associated with noise spurs within received communications, or both, the active mitigation procedure comprising a time-domain mitigation procedure, a frequency-domain mitigation procedure, or both, and the passive mitigation procedure comprising a nulling procedure.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
identifying whether the one or more noise spur mitigation procedures performable by the second wireless device include the active mitigation procedure, the passive mitigation procedure, or both, wherein generating the data message, transmitting the data message, or both, is based at least in part on the identifying.

13. The method of claim 6 , wherein at least one of the one or more noise spur mitigation procedures comprises a time-domain mitigation procedure associated with a notch filter, the method further comprising:
transmitting, to the second wireless device and in response to the at least one noise spur mitigation procedure, an indication of one or more filtering coefficients associated with the notch filter.

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:
identifying a stability of the one or more noise spurs associated with the set of resources; and
determining the one or more filtering coefficients based at least in part on the stability.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data message comprises a portion of a communication transmitted by the first wireless device, the method further comprising:
receiving, from the second wireless device and based at least in part on transmitting the control message, a request for a time interval between a start of the communication and a start of the data message within the communication, wherein generating the data message, transmitting the data message, or both, are based at least in part on the request, the time interval, or both.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein transmitting the data message comprises:
transmitting one or more pilot signals including the one or more noise spurs within the communication for at least the time interval prior to transmitting the data message based at least in part on the request.

17. The method of claim 1 , wherein the set of resources comprises a first component carrier, the method further comprising:
transmitting, via the control message, an additional control message, or both, an indication of a second location of one or more additional noise spurs associated with wireless communications performed by the first wireless device using a second component carrier, wherein the second location comprises a second frequency location of the one or more additional noise spurs in a frequency domain of the second component carrier.

18. The method of claim 1 , wherein the control message comprises a radio resourc

Assignees

• Qualcomm Inc

Inventors

• Gutman Igor
• Luo Tao

Classifications

• H04B1/12 Primary

  Neutralising, balancing, or compensation arrangements · CPC title

• H04B1/1036

  with automatic suppression of narrow band noise or interference, e.g. by using tuneable notch filters (H04B1/123 takes precedence; filter circuits H03H) · CPC title

• H04B1/14 Primary

  Automatic detuning arrangements · CPC title

• H04L5/0048

  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

• H04W72/541

  using the level of interference · CPC title