Electronic device and method for wireless communication, and computer readable storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12418379-B2
Application number	US-202118013563-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 10, 2021
Priority date	Aug 17, 2020
Publication date	Sep 16, 2025
Grant date	Sep 16, 2025

Abstract

Provided in the present disclosure are an electronic device and method for wireless communication, and a computer readable storage medium. The electronic device comprises: a processing circuit, which is configured to: determine whether a target user equipment (UE) will apply a large intelligent surface (LIS)-assisted communication mode; and, if it is determined that the target UE will apply the LIS-assisted communication mode, send to the target UE configuration information of an LIS reference signal for channel state measurement in the LIS-assisted communication mode.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electronic apparatus for wireless communications, comprising:
processing circuitry, configured to:
determine whether a target user equipment is to apply a large intelligent surface (LIS)-assisted communication mode; and
in a case of determining the target user equipment is to apply the LIS-assisted communication mode, transmit, to the target user equipment, configuration information of an LIS reference signal to be used for channel status measurement under the LIS-assisted communication mode,
wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:
determine, in the case of determining the target user equipment is to apply the LIS-assisted communication mode, an LIS set to be used for LIS-assisted communication for the target user equipment and an available serving user equipment set for each LIS in the LIS set, and
transmit, to each of user equipment in the available serving user equipment set, configuration information of the LIS reference signal related to the LIS in the LIS set,
wherein, the LIS set comprises respective LISs within whose coverage range the target user equipment is located, and the available serving user equipment set of an LIS comprises UEs within a coverage range of the LIS.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to determine that the target user equipment is to apply the LIS-assisted communication mode in a case that a communication quality of the target user equipment is lower than a predetermined threshold; and/or
wherein the processing circuitry is configured to determine that the target user equipment is to apply the LIS-assisted communication mode in response to an LIS assisting request from the target user equipment.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to transmit the LIS reference signal to each of user equipment via a corresponding LIS according to the configuration information of the LIS reference signal, and acquire a measurement result reported by each of user equipment for measurement of the LIS reference signal.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to periodically transmit the LIS reference signal and periodically acquire a measurement result of the LIS reference signal; and/or
wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to transmit, to each of user equipment, trigger signaling for reporting the measurement result of the LIS reference signal, and acquire an aperiodic measurement result of the LIS reference signal.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the configuration information of the LIS reference signal comprises one or more of the following: a time-frequency resource location where the LIS reference signal is located, a correspondence relationship between LIS reference signals on different time-frequency locations and LISs, periodical reporting or non-periodical reporting of a measurement result.

6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein LIS reference signals for different LISs are distinguished in frequency domain, and LIS reference signals for different reflecting beam directions of the same LIS are distinguished in time domain.

7. The electronic apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein LIS reference signals for different LISs are distributed on different subcarriers of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, and LIS reference signals for different reflecting beam directions of the same LIS are distributed on different resource elements of the same subcarrier of OFDM symbols.

8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the LIS reference signal is a non-precoded/non-beamformed reference signal, and the LIS reference signals for different LISs do not overlap in the time domain; and/or
wherein the LIS reference signal is a pre-coded/beamformed reference signal, and the LIS reference signals for different LISs overlap in the time domain.

9. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to acquire, from the target user equipment, one or more of the following: a communication quality of the target user equipment, an identifier of an LIS within whose coverage range the target user equipment is located, and a priority level of the target user equipment.

10. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to determine the LIS set and the available serving user equipment set based on pre-stored location information of the LIS and location information of each of user equipment.

11. The electronic apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to acquire, from the target user equipment, with respect to each LIS in the LIS set, information of a reflecting beam direction in which the target user equipment receives signal of the maximum strength from the LIS; and
wherein the processing circuitry is configured to acquire, from each of user equipment among at least a part of remaining UE in the available serving UE set other than the target user equipment, with respect to each LIS in the LIS set, information of a reflecting beam direction in which the user equipment receives signal of a strength meeting a communication quality requirement.

12. The electronic apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the measurement result comprises an identifier of an LIS and an identifier of a reflecting beam direction, or comprises a time-frequency resource location of an LIS reference signal.

13. The electronic apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to determine one or more LISs to be used in LIS-assisted communication for the target user equipment and the reflecting beam direction of each LIS based on the measurement result, and
the processing circuitry is further configured to determine an associated user set of the target user equipment based on the measurement result, wherein the one or more LISs also serve user equipment in the associated user set.

14. The electronic apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to provide control information to the one or more LISs to cause each LIS to reflect an incident beam in a determined reflecting beam direction.

15. The electronic apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to take a reflecting beam direction of each LIS reported by the target user equipment as a reflecting beam direction of the LIS to be used in LIS-assisted communication, and take a user equipment that receives signal of strength meeting a communication quality requirement in the reflecting beam direction of the LIS as a user equipment in an associated user set of the target user equipment, wherein the LIS also serves user equipment in the associated user set.

16. An electronic apparatus for wireless communications, comprising:
processing circuitry, configured to:
acquire, from a base station, configuration information of an LIS reference signal to be used for channel status measurement under an LIS-assisted communication mode; and
perform measurement of the LIS reference signal based on the configuration information,
wherein LIS reference signals for different LISs are distinguished in frequency domain, and LIS reference signals for different reflecting beam directions of the same LIS are distinguished in time domain;
wherein LIS reference signals for different LISs are distributed on different subcarriers

Assignees

• Sony Group Corp

Inventors

• Xu Wei
• Gao Yuwei
• Wu Zhikun
• Sun Chen

Classifications

• H04W24/10 Primary

  Scheduling measurement reports {; Arrangements for measurement reports} · CPC title

• H04W16/28

  using beam steering · CPC title

• H04W16/26

  Cell enhancers {or enhancement}, e.g. for tunnels, building shadow · CPC title

• H04L5/0051 Primary

  of dedicated pilots, i.e. pilots destined for a single user or terminal · CPC title

• H04L5/0048

  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