Apparatus and method in wireless communication system, and computer readable storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12408064-B2
Application number	US-202418732678-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 4, 2024
Priority date	Aug 11, 2017
Publication date	Sep 2, 2025
Grant date	Sep 2, 2025

Abstract

Disclosed in the present application are an apparatus and method in a wireless communication system, and a computer readable storage medium. The apparatus comprises a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to determine one or more height thresholds for a user equipment according to at least one of base station-related information, cell-related information and user equipment-related information. According to at least one aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, a proper height threshold is set for a communication scenario of an unmanned aerial vehicle, which helps to resolve and alleviate various problems that may exist in the communication scenario of the unmanned aerial vehicle.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A device configured as a base station in a wireless communication system, the device comprising processing circuitry configured to:
determine, based on one or more of base station related information, cell related information or user equipment related information, one or more user equipment-specific height thresholds for measurement or communication of each of a plurality of user equipment that have unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) capability and that are in communication with the base station via plural cells of the base station;
generate, for each of the plurality of user equipment, user equipment-specific configuration information comprising the one or more user equipment-specific height thresholds,
wherein the one or more user equipment-specific height thresholds are defined in a bitmap included in the user equipment-specific configuration information;
send the user equipment-specific configuration information to corresponding ones of the plurality of user equipment so that each of the plurality of user equipment conducts a communication or a measurement in accordance with the user equipment-specific configuration information; and
communicate with each of the plurality user equipment while each of the plurality user equipment maintains an altitude in accordance with the one or more user equipment-specific height thresholds included in the user equipment-specific configuration information,
wherein the user equipment-specific configuration information is comprised in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) layer signaling, the RRC layer signaling comprising a system broadcast message, an RRC connection establishment message or an RRC reconfiguration message, and
wherein the user equipment-specific height thresholds are also cell-specific.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:
determine, upon confirming that the user equipment is allowed to use a current network, the one or more user equipment-specific height thresholds for the user equipment.

3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:
receive an attach request from another user equipment,
determine whether the another user equipment has the UAV communication capability, and
in response to the attach request, upon determining that the another user equipment has the UAV communication capability, request a core network equipment to confirm whether the another user equipment is allowed to use the current network.

4. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the user equipment related information comprises information feed back instructions.

5. The device according to claim 4 , wherein the user equipment related information comprises one or more of capability information or communication parameters.

6. The device according to claim 4 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:
acquire auxiliary information fed back by each of the plurality of user equipment as the user equipment related information, the auxiliary information comprising one or more of capability information, a desired flight height, or a desired flight speed.

7. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:
acquire category information indicating a device category of each of the plurality of user equipment as the user equipment related information.

8. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:
generate measurement configuration information for each of the plurality of user equipment, so that each of the plurality of user equipment perform measurement and make a report periodically, non-periodically or based on event triggering according to the measurement configuration information; and
determine and/or update, based on a measurement report result from each of the plurality of user equipment, the one or more user equipment-specific height thresholds, the measurement report result comprising one or more of position information, height information, speed information, electric quantity information or a measurement result for a neighboring cell.

9. The device according to claim 8 , wherein the measurement configuration information is comprised in a physical layer signaling, a MAC layer signaling and/or an RRC layer signaling.

10. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:
determine and/or update the one or more user equipment-specific height thresholds further based on environmental information and/or information interaction with other base stations.

11. A method performed by a device configured as a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
determining, based on one or more of base station related information, cell related information or user equipment related information, one or more user equipment-specific height thresholds for measurement or communication of each of a plurality of user equipment that have unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) capability and that are in communication with the base station via plural cells of the base station;
generating, for each of the plurality of user equipment, user equipment-specific configuration information comprising the one or more user equipment-specific height thresholds,
wherein the one or more user equipment-specific height thresholds are defined in a bitmap included in the user equipment-specific configuration information;
sending the user equipment-specific configuration information to corresponding ones of the plurality of user equipment so that each of the plurality of user equipment conducts a communication or a measurement in accordance with the one or more user equipment-specific height thresholds included in the user equipment-specific configuration information; and
communicating with each of the plurality user equipment while each of the plurality user equipment maintains an altitude in accordance with the user equipment-specific configuration information,
wherein the user equipment-specific configuration information is comprised in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) layer signaling, the RRC layer signaling comprising a system broadcast message, an RRC connection establishment message or an RRC reconfiguration message, and
wherein the user equipment-specific height thresholds are also cell-specific.

12. A non-transitory computer product containing instructions for causing a device to perform the method of claim 11 .

Assignees

• Sony Group Corp

Inventors

• Zhang Wenbo
• Lu Penshun
• Sun Chen

Classifications

• B64U2101/20

  for use as communications relays, e.g. high-altitude platforms · CPC title

• H04W72/0453

  Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA · CPC title

• H04W72/0446

  Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames · CPC title

• H04L12/28

  characterised by path configuration, e.g. LAN [Local Area Networks] or WAN [Wide Area Networks] (wireless communication networks H04W {; arrangements for dividing the transmission path H04W40/00}) · CPC title

• H04W76/27

  Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states · CPC title