Method for controlling beam in wireless communication system, and apparatus therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12431943-B2
Application number	US-202118689321-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 7, 2021
Priority date	Sep 7, 2021
Publication date	Sep 30, 2025
Grant date	Sep 30, 2025

Abstract

A method performed by a first wireless device in a wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present specification, comprises the steps of: transmitting, to a second wireless device, a signal to which a specific beam is applied; receiving, from the second wireless device, feedback information generated on the basis of the signal; and determining, on the basis of the feedback information, a beam related to the second wireless device.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method performed by a first wireless device in a wireless communication system, comprising:
transmitting a signal to which a specific beam is applied to a second wireless device;
receiving feedback information generated based on the signal from the second wireless device; and
determining a beam related to the second wireless device based on the feedback information,
wherein the signal to which the specific beam is applied is based on one optical beam including inhomogeneous information,
wherein the inhomogeneous information includes a plurality of polarization states generated based on a birefringent element or a polarization superposition,
wherein the feedback information represents one or more specific polarization states among the plurality of polarization states, and
wherein the beam related to the second wireless device is determined based on a beam index mapped to the one or more specific polarization states.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of polarization states are based on an inhomogeneous polarization pattern matrix.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the beam index mapped to the one or more specific polarization states is determined based on one or more specific elements related to the one or more specific polarization states among elements of the inhomogeneous polarization pattern matrix.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the inhomogeneous polarization pattern matrix is based on preconfigured polarization information, and
wherein the preconfigured polarization information includes i) information representing the inhomogeneous polarization pattern matrix, or ii) information representing a beam combination that generates the inhomogeneous polarization pattern matrix.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein, based on the preconfigured polarization information being included in a specific information block broadcast by the first wireless device, the feedback information includes the beam index mapped to the one or more specific polarization states.

6. The method of claim 2 , wherein the determining a beam related to the second wireless device includes:
calculating a degree of similarity between each element of the inhomogeneous polarization pattern matrix and the one or more specific polarization states; and
determining an element most similar to the one or more specific polarization states among elements of the inhomogeneous polarization pattern matrix based on the calculated similarity.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one optical beam including inhomogeneous information is based on one broad beam formed to broadcast a signal to a certain area.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the one or more specific polarization states are based on a polarization state detected by the second wireless device.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the polarization state detected by the second wireless device varies depending on a location of the second wireless device within the certain area.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the polarization state detected by the second wireless device is based on a stokes vector or a Poincare Sphere Angle Vector.

11. A first wireless device operating in a wireless communication system, comprising:
one or more transceivers;
one or more processors controlling the one or more transceivers; and
one or more memories operably connected to the one or more processors, and storing instructions that configure the one or more processors to perform operations when being executed by the one or more processors,
wherein the operations include:
transmitting a signal to which a specific beam is applied to a second wireless device;
receiving feedback information generated based on the signal from the second wireless device; and
determining a beam related to the second wireless device based on the feedback information,
wherein the signal to which the specific beam is applied is based on one optical beam including inhomogeneous information,
wherein the inhomogeneous information includes a plurality of polarization states generated based on a birefringent element or a polarization superposition,
wherein the feedback information represents one or more specific polarization states among the plurality of polarization states, and
wherein the beam related to the second wireless device is determined based on a beam index mapped to the one or more specific polarization states.

12. The first wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the first wireless device is a base station (BS), and the second wireless device is a user equipment (UE).

13. One or more non-transitory computer-readable medium storing one or more instructions,
wherein the one or more instructions configure the one or more processors to perform operations when being executed by the one or more processors,
wherein the operations include:
transmitting a signal to which a specific beam is applied to a second wireless device;
receiving feedback information generated based on the signal from the second wireless device; and
determining a beam related to the second wireless device based on the feedback information,
wherein the signal to which the specific beam is applied is based on one optical beam including inhomogeneous information,
wherein the inhomogeneous information includes a plurality of polarization states generated based on a birefringent element or a polarization superposition,
wherein the feedback information represents one or more specific polarization states among the plurality of polarization states, and
wherein the beam related to the second wireless device is determined based on a beam index mapped to the one or more specific polarization states.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Lee Hojae
• Lee Sangrim
• Jeon Kijun
• Kim Jayeong
• Ahn Byungkyu

Classifications

• H04W72/046

  the resource being in the space domain, e.g. beams · CPC title

• H04B7/10

  Polarisation diversity; Directional diversity · CPC title

• H04B7/0408 Primary

  using two or more beams, i.e. beam diversity · CPC title

• H04B7/0619

  using feedback from receiving side (feedback signaling for adaptive modulation/coding H04L1/0001) · CPC title

• H04B7/0617 Primary

  for beam forming · CPC title