Supporting adaptive frequency domain resource configuration for a relay node

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12308935-B2
Application number	US-202217571318-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 7, 2022
Priority date	Mar 8, 2021
Publication date	May 20, 2025
Grant date	May 20, 2025

Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A control node may transmit, to a first relay node, an indication to communicate according to a first resource configuration of a set of resource configurations, where each resource configuration of the set is associated with a respective resource block set and a respective time domain pattern. In some examples, each time domain pattern may indicate, for each symbol of a respective set of symbols associated with each time domain pattern, a resource type associated with availability of each symbol for communication by the first relay node with a second relay node. The first relay node may communicate according to the first resource configuration based on receiving the indication to communicate according to the first resource configuration.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus for wireless communication at a first relay node, comprising:
one or more processors;
one or more memories coupled with the one or more processors; and
instructions stored in the one or more memories and executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to:
receive, from a control node, an indication to activate a first resource configuration of a set of resource configurations, wherein each resource configuration of the set of resource configurations is associated with a respective resource block set and a respective time domain pattern, and wherein each time domain pattern indicates, for each symbol of a respective set of symbols associated with the each time domain pattern, a resource type associated with availability of the each symbol for communication by the first relay node with a second relay node; and
communicate according to the first resource configuration based at least in part on receiving the indication to activate the first resource configuration.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the resource type corresponds to one of a set of resource types including a first resource type associated with a symbol being available for communication by the first relay node, a second resource type associated with the symbol being unavailable for communication by the first relay node, and a third resource type associated with the symbol being conditionally available for communication by the first relay node.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to:
determine a default resource type for a set of resources excluded from each resource configuration of the set of resource configurations.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the indication to activate the first resource configuration is provided via radio resource control signaling, medium access control (MAC) control element signaling, downlink control information signaling, F1 application protocol (F1AP) signaling, or a combination thereof.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:
the indication to activate the first resource configuration comprises an indication of one or more criteria for communicating according to the first resource configuration, wherein the one or more criteria comprises a detection of a collision between a transmission associated with the first resource configuration and another transmission, an interference metric being above a threshold amount, ultra-reliable low-latency communication traffic for the communicating, a detection of entering a location or zone, a speed associated with the first relay node satisfying a threshold, or any combination thereof, and wherein communicating according to the first resource configuration is based at least in part on whether the one or more criteria are satisfied.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to:
receive, from the control node, an indication to communicate according to a second resource configuration of the set of resource configurations; and
communicate according to the second resource configuration based at least in part on receiving the indication to communicate according to the second resource configuration.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to:
receive, from the control node, an indication to communicate according to a second resource configuration of the set of resource configurations after receiving the indication to activate the first resource configuration;
cease communicating according to the first resource configuration based at least in part on receiving the indication to communicate according to the second resource configuration; and
communicate according to the second resource configuration based at least in part on receiving the indication to communicate according to the second resource configuration.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a first resource block set associated with the first resource configuration is non-overlapping in time and frequency with a second resource block set associated with a second resource configuration of the set of resource configurations.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a first size of a first resource block set associated with the first resource configuration is the same as a second size of a second resource block set associated with a second resource configuration of the set of resource configurations.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a first size of a first resource block set associated with the first resource configuration is different from a second size of a second resource block set associated with a second resource configuration of the set of resource configurations.

11. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a first time domain pattern associated with the first resource configuration is different from a second time domain pattern associated with a second resource configuration of the set of resource configurations.

12. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a first time domain pattern associated with the first resource configuration is the same as a second time domain pattern associated with a second resource configuration of the set of resource configurations.

13. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second relay node is a child node of the first relay node and the control node comprises a central control node or a parent node of the first relay node, and wherein the central control node comprises an integrated access and backhaul donor central unit and the first relay node comprises an integrated access and backhaul node.

14. An apparatus for wireless communication at a control node, comprising:
one or more processors;
one or more memories coupled with the one or more processors; and
instructions stored in the memory one or more memories and executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to:
transmit, to a first relay node, an indication of a set of resource configurations for the first relay node, wherein each resource configuration of the set of resource configurations is associated with a respective resource block set and a respective time domain pattern, and wherein each time domain pattern indicates, for each symbol of a respective set of symbols associated with the each time domain pattern, a resource type associated with availability of the each symbol for communication by the first relay node with a second relay node; and
transmit, to the first relay node, an indication to activate a first resource configuration of the set of resource configurations.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the resource type corresponds to one of a set of resource types including a first resource type associated with a symbol being available for communication by the first relay node, a second resource type associated with the symbol being unavailable for communication by the first relay node, and a third resource type associated with the symbol being conditionally available for communication by the first relay node.

16. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the indication to activate the first resource configuration is provided via radio resource control signaling, medium access control (MAC) control element signaling, downlink control information signaling, F1 application protocol (F1AP) signaling, or a combination thereof.

17. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the indication to activate the first resource configuration comprises an indication of one o

Assignees

• Qualcomm Inc

Inventors

• Luo Jianghong
• Abedini Navid
• Chen Wanshi
• Luo Tao
• Blessent Luca
• Akl Naeem
• Hampel Karl Georg
• Li Junyi

Classifications

• H04W72/542

  using measured or perceived quality · CPC title

• H04W72/23

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

• H04W72/044

  based on the type of the allocated resource · CPC title

• H04B7/15542 Primary

  Selecting at relay station its transmit and receive resources (selection of wireless resources by user or terminal H04W72/02; arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path by two-dimensional division of the resources H04L5/0003, or by allocating sub-channels H04L5/003) · CPC title

• H04L5/0094

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