Method and device for transmitting and receiving signals in communication system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12531604-B2
Application number	US-202418640969-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 19, 2024
Priority date	Nov 16, 2021
Publication date	Jan 20, 2026
Grant date	Jan 20, 2026

Abstract

A method for operating a first communication node in a communication system includes the steps of: receiving a first command from a second communication node; identifying reference frequency information for determining, on the basis of the received first command, a lens to be applied to a first antenna that is included in the first communication node and includes a plurality of antenna elements; receiving first scheduling information indicating that a first signal is to be transmitted to the first communication node; determining, on the basis of the first scheduling information, a first frequency at which the first signal is transmitted; determining a first lens on the basis of the reference frequency information and the first frequency; and receiving a first signal incident on at least some of the plurality of antenna elements after being refracted from the first antenna through the first lens.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An operation method of a first communication node in a communication system, the operation method comprising:
receiving a first indication from a second communication node in the communication system; based on the received first indication, identifying reference frequency information for determining a lens to be applied to a first antenna included in the first communication node and including a plurality of antenna elements; receiving first scheduling information indicating that a first signal is to be transmitted to the first communication node; based on the first scheduling information, identifying a first frequency at which the first signal is to be transmitted; based on the reference frequency information and the first frequency, determining a first lens applied to the first antenna for reception of the first signal; and receiving the first signal through the first antenna, the first signal being refracted at the first lens and then incident on at least part of the plurality of the antenna elements of the first antenna.

2 . The operation method of claim 1 , wherein the first indication includes reference lens information corresponding to the reference frequency information, and the determining of the first lens includes:
identifying a first reference frequency corresponding to the first frequency from the reference frequency information; identifying the first lens corresponding to the first reference frequency from the reference lens information; and applying the first lens to the first antenna.

3 . The operation method of claim 1 , wherein the determining of the first lens includes:
identifying a first reference frequency corresponding to the first frequency from the reference frequency information; identifying the first lens corresponding to the first reference frequency from reference lens information, the reference lens information being configured in the first communication node as corresponding to the reference frequency information; and applying the first lens to the first antenna.

4 . The operation method of claim 3 , wherein the identifying of the reference frequency information includes:
identifying a plurality of reference frequencies included in the reference frequency information; identifying information on a spacing between the plurality of antenna elements of the first antenna; and configuring the reference lens information including information on a plurality of lenses suitable for reception of wireless signals at the plurality of reference frequencies, based on wavelengths corresponding to the respective plurality of reference frequencies and information on the spacing between the plurality of antenna elements.

5 . The operation method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving of the first signal includes:
identifying information on received strengths of the first signal at the respective plurality of antenna elements through primary sensing; and based on the identified information on the received strengths, determining a candidate antenna group that satisfies a first condition from the plurality of antenna elements.

6 . The operation method of claim 5 , wherein the identifying of the information on the received strengths of the first signal includes:
activating one or more antenna elements for each of a plurality of antenna groups each composed of a plurality of antenna elements; detecting a received strength of the first signal through each of one or more antenna elements activated for each of the plurality of antenna groups; and based on the received strengths of the first signal detected through the respective activated one or more antenna elements, estimating received strengths of the first signal at all antenna elements included in the respective plurality of antenna groups.

7 . The operation method of claim 5 , wherein the receiving of the first signal includes:
determining whether to perform the primary sensing again based on a number of antenna elements included in the candidate antenna group; generating a re-sensing indicator indicating whether to perform the primary sensing again; and transmitting the re-sensing indicator to the second communication node.

8 . The operation method of claim 5 , wherein the determining of the candidate antenna group includes:
comparing the received strength of the first signal at each of the plurality of antenna elements with a first threshold; and determining one or more antenna elements at which received strengths of the first signal are greater than or equal to the first threshold as the candidate antenna group.

9 . The operation method of claim 1 , further comprising:
after receiving the first signal, identifying a candidate antenna group determined based on primary sensing on the first signal; performing secondary sensing on a second signal transmitted to the first communication node to identify information a received strength at each candidate antenna element included in the identified candidate antenna group; determining a final antenna group that satisfies a second condition from the candidate antenna elements, based on the information on the received strength at each of the candidate antenna elements; identifying information on an angle of arrival (AoA) at one or more antenna elements included in the final antenna group; and based on the identified information on the AoA, estimating an AoA of the second signal at the first antenna.

10 . The operation method of claim 9 , wherein the determining of the final antenna group includes:
comparing the received strength of the second signal at each of the candidate antenna elements with a second threshold; and determining one or more antenna elements at which received strengths of the second signal is greater than or equal to the second threshold as the final antenna group.

11 . The operation method of claim 9 , wherein the estimating of the angle of arrival includes:
in response that the final antenna group includes a plurality of antenna elements, estimating that each of AoAs at the plurality of antenna elements included in the final antenna group corresponds to an AoA of each of multiple paths through which the second signal is received.

12 . An operation method of a first communication node in a communication system, the operation method comprising:
transmitting, to a second communication node in the communication system, a first indicating including reference frequency information and reference lens information for determining a lens to be applied to a first antenna included in the second communication node and including a plurality of antenna elements; transmitting, to the second communication node, first scheduling information for a first signal, which is configured based on a first reference frequency among one or more reference frequencies indicated by the reference frequency information included in the first indication; and based on the first scheduling information, transmitting the first signal to the second communication node, wherein the first signal is received at the first antenna through a first lens corresponding to the first reference frequency based on the reference lens information.

13 . The operation method of claim 12 , further comprising: after transmitting the first indication, transmitting information on a first condition to the second communication node, wherein the first condition is used to determine a candidate antenna group from the plurality of antenna elements included in the first antenna through sensing on a wireless signal received by the second communication node.

14 . The operation method of

Assignees

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

Inventors

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

Classifications

• H04B7/0691

  using subgroups of transmit antennas · CPC title

• H01Q15/02

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

• H01Q15/148

  with means for varying the reflecting properties (H01Q15/147 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G01S3/14

  Systems for determining direction or deviation from predetermined direction {(aerial arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern H01Q3/00; combinations of different interacting aerial units for giving a desired directional characteristic H01Q21/29; aerials or aerial systems providing at least two radiation patterns H01Q25/00)} · CPC title

• G01S3/74

  Multi-channel systems specially adapted for direction-finding, i.e. having a single antenna system capable of giving simultaneous indications of the directions of different signals (systems in which the directions of different signals are determined sequentially and displayed simultaneously G01S3/04, G01S3/14) · CPC title