DFT-S-OFDM multiple layer and subband transmission

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12143176-B2
Application number	US-202118040296-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 6, 2021
Priority date	Aug 6, 2020
Publication date	Nov 12, 2024
Grant date	Nov 12, 2024

Abstract

According to some embodiments, a method performed by a wireless device for transmitting multiple layers of an uplink physical channel comprises transmitting to a network node an indication of a capability to operate according to a first mode of operation and a second mode of operation. In the first mode a codebook subset comprises precoding matrices with at most one non-zero elements per column, and in the second mode the codebook subset comprises precoding matrices with at most two non-zero elements per column. The codebook subset is in a codebook for use when transform precoding of a physical channel is disabled. The method further comprises receiving a configuration from the network node for a selected mode of operation, and transmitting the physical channel using transform precoding and, at least when transmitting with two layers, using the codebook subset comprising the precoding matrices of the selected mode.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A wireless device for transmitting multiple layers of a physical channel using a discrete Fourier transform (DFT) spread orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) (DFT-S-OFDM) uplink waveform, the wireless device comprising processing circuitry operable to:
transmit to a network node an indication of a capability of the wireless device to operate according to a first mode of operation and a second mode of operation, wherein in the first mode of operation a codebook subset comprises precoding matrices with at most one non-zero elements per column, and in the second mode of operation the codebook subset comprises precoding matrices with at most two non-zero elements per column, and wherein the codebook subset is in a codebook that is designated for use when transform precoding of a physical channel is disabled;
receive a configuration from the network node for a selected mode of the first mode of operation and the second mode of operation;
transmit the physical channel using transform precoding and, at least when transmitting with two layers, using the codebook subset comprising the precoding matrices of the selected mode.

2. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the first mode of operation is associated with a non-coherent codebook and the second mode of operation is associated with one of a non-coherent codebook and a partially-coherent codebook.

3. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein for a third mode of operation the codebook subset further comprises precoding matrices with more than two non-zero elements for use with single layer transmission, the indication transmitted to the network node indicates capability for the third mode of operation, the selected mode is the third mode, and wherein transmitting the physical channel comprises transmitting the physical channel with one layer.

4. A wireless device for multiple antenna transmission using a discrete Fourier transform (DFT) spread orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) (DFT-S-OFDM) uplink waveform, the wireless device comprising processing circuitry operable to:
receive signaling identifying a first and a second subband, wherein the subbands contain contiguous frequency domain resources, and at least a portion of the frequency domain resources of one of the subbands is not contained within the other subband;
encode and map a set of information bits to the first and the second subband, thereby forming one or more spatial layers according to a mapping of a plurality of antenna ports to the one or more spatial layers; and
transmit the one or more spatial layers in the subbands and within a same OFDM symbol.

5. The wireless device of claim 4 , wherein the processing circuitry is operable to map the set of information bits to the first and the second subband by transform precoding the one or more spatial layers.

6. The wireless device of claim 4 , the processing circuitry further operable to receive an allocation of frequency domain resources for the first subband that indicate a starting physical resource block (PRB) index and a number of contiguous PRBs and determine frequency domain resources for the second subband by adding an integer offset to the starting PRB index.

7. The wireless device of claim 4 , wherein the first subband is associated with a first set of antenna ports and the second subband is associated with a second set of antenna ports.

8. The wireless device of claim 4 , wherein the first subband is associated with a first spatial layer and the second subband is associated with a second spatial layer.

9. The wireless device of claim 4 , wherein the wireless device uses a precoder for transmission on a subband of the first and second subband, and when the precoder contains a non-zero element corresponding to a first or a second antenna port, the wireless device transmits with non-zero power on the subband of the first and second subband.

10. The wireless device of claim 4 , wherein:
the wireless device receives one of a first and a second indication conveying one of if the wireless device is to transmit on the first subband and if the wireless device is to transmit on both the first and second subbands, respectively;
upon receiving the first indication, the wireless device transmits a first spatial layer according to a first antenna port associated with the first subband; and
upon receiving the second indication, the wireless device transmits two spatial layers in the first and the second subband, respectively, according to the first antenna port associated with the first subband and a second antenna port associated with the second subband, respectively.

11. A network node for receiving multiple layers of a physical channel using a discrete Fourier transform (DFT) spread orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) (DFT-S-OFDM) uplink waveform, the network node comprising processing circuitry operable to:
receive from a wireless device an indication of a capability of the wireless device to operate according to a first mode of operation and a second mode of operation, wherein in the first mode of operation a codebook subset comprises precoding matrices with at most one non-zero elements per column, and in the second mode of operation the codebook subset comprises precoding matrices with at most two non-zero elements per column, and wherein the codebook subset is in a codebook that can be configured when transform precoding of a physical channel is disabled;
transmit a configuration to the wireless device for a selected mode of the first mode of operation and the second mode of operation; and
at least when receiving two layers, receive the physical channel according to the use of transform precoding and the codebook subset comprising the matrices of the selected mode.

12. The network node of claim 11 , wherein the first mode of operation is associated with a non-coherent codebook and the second mode of operation is associated with one of a non-coherent codebook and a partially-coherent codebook.

13. The network node of claim 11 , wherein for a third mode of operation the codebook subset further comprises precoding matrices with more than two non-zero elements for use with single layer transmission, the configuration transmitted to the wireless device is for the third mode of operation, and wherein receiving the physical channel comprises receiving the physical channel with one layer.

14. A network node for receiving a multiple antenna transmission using a discrete Fourier transform (DFT) spread orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) (DFT-S-OFDM) uplink waveform, the network node comprising processing circuitry operable to:
transmit signaling to a wireless device, the signaling identifying a first and a second subband, wherein the subbands contain contiguous frequency domain resources, and at least a portion of the frequency domain resources of one of the subbands is not contained within the other subband; and
receive, from the wireless device, a set of encoded information bits mapped to the first and second subband and within a same OFDM symbol according to a mapping of a plurality of antenna ports in the wireless device to one or more spatial layers.

15. The network node of claim 14 , wherein the one or more spatial layers are transform precoded by the wireless device to map the set of information bits to the first and second subband.

16. The network node of claim 14 , the processing circuitry further operable to transmit to the wireless device an allocation of frequency domain resources for the first subband that indicate a starting physical resource block (PR

Assignees

• Ericsson Telefon Ab L M

Inventors

• Harrison Robert Mark
• Su Ling
• Lin Zhipeng

Classifications

• H04B7/0691

  using subgroups of transmit antennas · CPC title

• H04B7/0639

  Using selective indices, e.g. of a codebook, e.g. pre-distortion matrix index [PMI] or for beam selection · CPC title

• H04B7/0697

  using spatial multiplexing · CPC title

• H04B7/0473

  taking constraints in layer or codeword to antenna mapping into account · CPC title

• H04B7/0469

  taking special antenna structures, e.g. cross polarized antennas into account · CPC title