Beam selection apparatus and method in wireless communication system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12267268-B2
Application number	US-202217745081-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 16, 2022
Priority date	Jul 22, 2021
Publication date	Apr 1, 2025
Grant date	Apr 1, 2025

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting higher data transmission rates than 4G communication systems such as LTE systems. A method performed by a receiving apparatus in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving reference signals from a transmitting apparatus, estimating respective channel component values of the reference signals, determining whether at least one reference channel component value which is equal to or greater than a first threshold is present among the channel component values of the reference signals, selecting a candidate beam based on the at least one reference channel component value in case that the at least one reference channel component value is present, determining whether a value of signal quality of the first candidate beam is equal to or greater than a second threshold, and selecting the candidate beam as a final beam in case that the value of signal quality of the candidate beam is equal to or greater than the second threshold.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method performed by a receiving apparatus in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
receiving reference signals from a transmitting apparatus;
estimating respective channel component values of the reference signals;
identifying whether at least one first reference channel component value which is equal to or greater than a first threshold is present among the channel component values of the reference signals;
interpolating the channel component values of the reference signals based on a deep learning-based channel estimation scheme in case that the at least one first reference channel component value is not present;
identifying whether at least one second reference channel component value which is equal to or greater than the first threshold is present among the interpolated channel component values of the reference signals;
selecting a first candidate beam based on the at least one second reference channel component value in case that the at least one second reference channel component value is present;
identifying whether a value of signal quality of the first candidate beam is equal to or greater than a second threshold; and
selecting the first candidate beam as a first final beam in case that the value of signal quality of the first candidate beam is equal to or greater than the second threshold.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting, to the transmitting apparatus, a signal requesting transmission of additional reference signals in case that the at least one first reference channel component value is not present;
receiving the additional reference signals from the transmitting apparatus and estimating respective channel component values of the additional reference signals;
identifying whether the at least one second reference channel component value which is equal to or greater than the first threshold is present among the channel component values of the additional reference signals;
selecting a second candidate beam based on the at least one second reference channel component value in case that the at least one second reference channel component value is present; and
selecting the second candidate beam as a second final beam in case that a value of signal quality of the second candidate beam is equal to or greater than the second threshold.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting, to the transmitting apparatus, a signal requesting transmission of additional reference signals in case that the value of signal quality of the first candidate beam is less than the second threshold;
receiving the additional reference signals from the transmitting apparatus and estimating respective channel component values of the additional reference signals;
identifying whether at least one third reference channel component value which is equal to or greater than the first threshold is present among the channel component values of the additional reference signals;
selecting a second candidate beam based on the at least one third reference channel component value in case that the at least one third reference channel component value is present; and
selecting the second candidate beam as a second final beam in case that a value of signal quality of the second candidate beam is equal to or greater than the second threshold.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the channel component values include at least one of an angle of arrival (AoA), an angle of departure (AoD), or a delay.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reference signals include at least one of a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), a sounding reference signal, or a demodulation reference signal (DM-RS).

6. A receiving apparatus in a wireless communication system, comprising:
a transceiver; and
at least one processor configured to:
receive reference signals from a transmitting apparatus,
estimate respective channel component values of the reference signals,
identify whether at least one first reference channel component value which is equal to or greater than a first threshold is present among the channel component values of the reference signals,
interpolate the channel component values of the reference signals based on a deep learning-based channel estimation scheme in case that the at least one first reference channel component value is not present,
identify whether at least one second reference channel component value which is equal to or greater than the first threshold is present among the interpolated channel component values of the reference signals,
select a first candidate beam based on the at least one second reference channel component value in case that the at least one second reference channel component value is present,
identify whether a value of signal quality of the first candidate beam is equal to or greater than a second threshold, and
select the first candidate beam as a first final beam in case that the value of signal quality of the first candidate beam is equal to or greater than the second threshold.

7. The receiving apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
transmit, to the transmitting apparatus, a signal requesting transmission of additional reference signals in case that the at least one first reference channel component value is not present;
receive the additional reference signals from the transmitting apparatus and estimate respective channel component values of the additional reference signals;
identify whether the at least one second reference channel component value which is equal to or greater than the first threshold is present among the channel component values of the additional reference signals;
select a second candidate beam based on the at least one second reference channel component value in case that the at least one second reference channel component value is present; and
select the second candidate beam as a second final beam in case that a value of signal quality of the second candidate beam is equal to or greater than the second threshold.

8. The receiving apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
transmit, to the transmitting apparatus, a signal requesting transmission of additional reference signals in case that the value of signal quality of the first candidate beam is less than the second threshold;
receive the additional reference signals from the transmitting apparatus and estimate respective channel component values of the additional reference signals;
identify whether at least one third reference channel component value which is equal to or greater than the first threshold is present among the channel component values of the additional reference signals;
select a second candidate beam based on the at least one third reference channel component value in case that the at least one third reference channel component value is present; and
select the second candidate beam as a second final beam in case that a value of signal quality of the second candidate beam is equal to or greater than the second threshold.

9. The receiving apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the channel component values include at least one of an angle of arrival (AoA), an angle of departure (AoD), or a delay.

10. The receiving apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the reference signals include at least one of a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), a sounding reference signal, or a demodulation reference signal (DM-RS).

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the deep learning-based channel estimation scheme comprises a super resolution convolutional neural network (SR-CNN) based channel estimation scheme.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
• Univ Korea Res & Bus Found

Inventors

• Kang Chunggu
• Lee Jaewon

Classifications

• G06N3/08

  Learning methods · CPC title

• H04L5/006

  Quality of the received signal, e.g. BER, SNR, water filling · CPC title

• H04L25/0224

  using sounding signals · CPC title

• 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

• H04B17/309

  Measuring or estimating channel quality parameters · CPC title