Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving signal in communication system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12413284-B2
Application number	US-202418740267-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 11, 2024
Priority date	Dec 21, 2021
Publication date	Sep 9, 2025
Grant date	Sep 9, 2025

Abstract

A method for operation of a first communication node in an embodiment of a communication system may include the steps of: from among a plurality of transmission antenna elements constituting a first transmission antenna of the first communication node, determining a transmission candidate antenna group including one or more transmission antenna elements via which a wireless signal may be transmitted in the direction of a second communication node through a first lens; receiving information regarding a reception candidate antenna group from the second communication node; determining one or more antenna element combinations on the basis of the one or more transmission antenna elements included in the transmission candidate antenna group and one or more reception antenna elements included in the reception candidate antenna group; and performing, on the basis of the one or more antenna element combinations, wireless communication with the second communication node.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An operation method of a first communication node in a communication system, the method comprising:
determining, by a processor, a first lens to be applied to a first transmission antenna of the first communication node;
identifying, by the processor, a first transmission direction for a second communication node of the communication system;
determining, by the processor, a transmission candidate antenna group that includes one or more transmission antenna elements capable of transmitting a wireless signal in the first transmission direction through the first lens among a plurality of transmission antenna elements constituting the first transmission antenna;
receiving, by the processor, information on a reception candidate antenna group from the second communication node;
determining, by the processor, one or more antenna element combinations based on the one or more transmission antenna elements included in the transmission candidate antenna group and one or more reception antenna elements included in the reception candidate antenna group; and
performing, by the processor, wireless communication with the second communication node based on the one or more antenna element combinations.

2. The operation method according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more transmission antenna elements included in the transmission candidate antenna group are selected based on a first transmission antenna element corresponding to a first angle of departure determined based on the first transmission direction and the first lens.

3. The operation method according to claim 1 , wherein the first transmission direction is identified based on location information for the first communication node, and the one or more reception antenna elements included in the reception candidate antenna group are selected based on a first reception antenna element determined based on a first reception direction for the first communication node identified at the second communication node and a first angle of incidence determined according to a second lens applied to a first reception antenna of the second communication node.

4. The operation method according to claim 1 , wherein each of the one or more antenna element combinations includes at least one transmission antenna element corresponding to a number of simultaneously available transmission antenna elements of the first communication node among the one or more transmission antenna elements included in the transmission candidate antenna group, and at least one reception antenna element corresponding to a number of simultaneously available reception antenna elements of the second communication node among the one or more reception antenna elements included in the reception candidate antenna group.

5. The operation method according to claim 1 , wherein the performing of the wireless communication with the second communication node includes: transmitting, to the second communication node, information on the one or more antenna element combinations, wherein the information on the one or more antenna element combinations indicates a combination index corresponding to each of the one or more antenna element combinations, and a mapping relationship between at least one transmission antenna element and at least one reception antenna element.

6. The operation method according to claim 1 , wherein the performing of the wireless communication with the second communication node includes:
transmitting, to the second communication node, information on the one or more antenna element combinations;
performing, with the second communication node, a first measurement procedure based on the information on the one or more antenna element combinations;
identifying a reception strength corresponding to each of the one or more antenna element combinations, based on the first measurement procedure; and
determining a priority of each of the one or more antenna element combinations based on the reception strength corresponding to each of the one or more antenna element combinations.

7. The operation method according to claim 1 , wherein the performing of the wireless communication with the second communication node includes: receiving, from the second communication node, a reselection indicator indicating whether a reselection procedure for the one or more antenna element combinations is required, wherein in response that the reselection indicator indicates that the reselection procedure is required, the reselection procedure is triggered.

8. The operation method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining of the first lens includes:
identifying information on a first reference frequency for determining a lens to be applied to the first transmission antenna; and
determining the first lens based on the information on the first reference frequency and information on a first frequency to be used for communication with the second communication node.

9. The operation method according to claim 1 , further including:
before receiving the information on the reception candidate antenna group,
transmitting, to the second communication node, a first indication including information on a second reference frequency for determining a lens to be applied to a first reception antenna of the second communication node; and
transmitting first scheduling information including information on a first frequency to be used for communication with the second communication node,
wherein the information on the second reference frequency and the information on the first frequency are used to determine a second lens to be applied to the first reception antenna in the second communication node.

10. An operation method of a first communication node in a communication system, the method comprising:
determining, by a processor, a first lens to be applied to a first reception antenna of the first communication node;
identifying, by the processor, a first reception direction for a second communication node of the communication system;
determining, by the processor, a reception candidate antenna group that includes one or more reception antenna elements capable of receiving a wireless signal received at the first reception antenna in the first reception direction through the first lens among a plurality of reception antenna elements constituting the first reception antenna;
transmitting, by the processor, information on the reception candidate antenna group to the second communication node;
receiving, by the processor, from the second communication node, information on one or more antenna element combinations determined based on the one or more reception antenna elements included in the reception candidate antenna group and one or more transmission antenna elements included in a transmission candidate antenna group determined by the second communication node; and
performing, by the processor, wireless communication with the second communication node based on the one or more antenna element combinations.

11. The operation method according to claim 10 , wherein the one or more transmission antenna elements included in the transmission candidate antenna group are selected based on a first transmission antenna element corresponding to a first angle of departure determined based on a first transmission direction for the first communication node identified at the second communication and a second lens to be applied to a first transmission antenna of the first communication node.

12. The operation method according to claim 10 , wherein the one or more reception antenna elements included in the reception candidate antenna group are selected based on a first reception antenna element corresponding

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Corp
• Seoul Nat Univ R&Db Foundation
• Seoul Nat Univ R&Db Foundation

Inventors

• Hahn Gene Back
• Suh Young Kil
• Hong Ui Hyun
• Kim Bum Jun
• Kwon Jeonghyeon
• Choi Wan

Classifications

• H04B7/0608

  Antenna selection according to transmission parameters · CPC title

• H04B7/0691 Primary

  using subgroups of transmit antennas · CPC title

• H04B7/0874

  using subgroups of receive antennas · CPC title

• H01Q15/02

  Refracting or diffracting devices, e.g. lens, prism · CPC title

• H04B17/318

  Received signal strength · CPC title