Listen-before-talk for wideband operations of NR unlicensed spectrum

    公开(公告)号:US10912128B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-02

    申请号:US16245111

    申请日:2019-01-10

    Abstract: A base station (BS) in a wireless communication system is provided. The BS comprises a processor configured to determine frequency units within a frequency range for a bandwidth of an operating carrier, wherein a listen-before-talk (LBT) operation is performed over each of the frequency units; and determine, for each of the frequency units, a set of intended spatial transmit (TX) parameters and a set of spatial receiver (RX) parameters of the LBT operation; and determine a subset of the frequency units for a downlink transmission based on the LBT operation performed over each of the frequency units; and a transceiver operably connected to processor, which is configured to transmit, to a user equipment (UE), downlink channels using the bandwidth corresponding to the determined subset of the frequency units.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL DESIGN

    公开(公告)号:US20200382353A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-12-03

    申请号:US16947961

    申请日:2020-08-25

    Abstract: A method of a base station (BS) for transmitting synchronization signals in a wireless communication system. The method comprises generating a primary synchronization signal (PSS) including one of multiple PSS sequences that is generated based on a M-sequence of length 127 in a frequency domain, wherein the PSS indicates part of cell identification (ID) information using a cyclic shift performed on the M-sequence generating the PSS; generating a secondary synchronization signal (SSS) including one of multiple SSS sequences that is generated based on multiple BPSK modulated M-sequences of length 127 in the frequency domain, wherein the SSS indicates the cell ID information using cyclic shifts performed on the M-sequences generating the SSS; and transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), the PSS and SSS over downlink channels.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS OF NR RMSI CORESET CONFIGURATION IN MIB

    公开(公告)号:US20200344097A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-29

    申请号:US16946963

    申请日:2020-07-13

    Abstract: Configuring control information comprises determining a frequency offset including an RB and RE level frequency offset, where the frequency offset is determined based on a lowest RE of an SS/PBCH block and a lowest RE of CORESET for RMSI, jointly configuring, using a first field of 4 bits, the RB level frequency offset with a multiplexing pattern of the SS/PBCH block and the CORESET, a BW of the CORESET, and a number of symbols for the CORESET for a combination of a SCS of the SS/PBCH block and a SCS of the CORESET, configuring using a second field of the 4 bits generating an MIB including the RB level frequency offset and the RE level frequency offset; and transmitting, to a UE, the MIB over a PBCH.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESOURCE MAPPING OF PDSCH ON UNLICENSED SPECTRUM

    公开(公告)号:US20200322807A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-08

    申请号:US16792786

    申请日:2020-02-17

    Abstract: A method and apparatus in a wireless communication system supporting shared spectrum channel access is provided. The method and apparatus comprises: receiving a set of downlink channels supporting the shared spectrum channel access; identifying, a window for SS/PBCH block transmission, a bitmap for SS/PBCH blocks (ssb-PositionsInBurst), and a parameter for QCL assumption Q; determining, based on the identified window for the SS/PBCH block transmission, the identified bitmap for the ssb-PositionsInBurst, and the identified parameter for the QCL assumption Q, a SS/PBCH block as one of: a first set of SS/PBCH blocks assumed to be transmitted by the BS, or a second set of SS/PBCH blocks not transmitted by the BS; determining a set of resources that is not available for at least one PDSCH as overlapped with the first set of SS/PBCH blocks; and receiving the at least one PDSCH based on resource other than the determined set of resources.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURATION OF A RACH OCCASION IN NR UNLICENSED

    公开(公告)号:US20200275483A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-27

    申请号:US16798045

    申请日:2020-02-21

    Abstract: A method and apparatus of user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system supporting a shared spectrum channel access is provided. The method and apparatus comprises: receiving, from a base station (BS), a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) including downlink control information (DCI); determining, based on the received DCI, time domain resource allocation information of a random access channel (RACH) occasion and channel sensing information; performing channel sensing on an uplink (UL) channel based on the determined channel sensing information; identifying a status of the UL channel based on a result of the channel sensing on the UL channel; and transmitting, to the BS, a physical random access channel (PRACH) preamble over the UL channel based on the determined time domain resource allocation information and the identified status of the UL channel.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POWER SAVING SIGNAL DESIGN IN NR

    公开(公告)号:US20200275372A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-27

    申请号:US15929584

    申请日:2020-05-11

    Abstract: A method of a user equipment (UE) for power saving is provided. The method comprises receiving, from a serving cell, a set of configurations, receiving a power saving signal (PoSS) from a first downlink channel based on the received set of configurations, acquiring a first part of information for power saving from the PoSS, receiving, based on the received set of configurations, a second downlink channel that is a control channel, and acquiring a second part of information for the power saving from the received second downlink channel.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DOWNLINK AND UPLINK CSI ACQUISITION

    公开(公告)号:US20200076490A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-05

    申请号:US16677580

    申请日:2019-11-07

    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for CSI reporting mechanisms are provided. A user equipment (UE) includes a transceiver configured to receive configuration information for channel state information (CSI) calculation and reporting. The configuration information includes settings comprising at least one CSI reporting setting, at least one reference signal (RS) setting, and a measurement setting. The UE also includes a processor operably connected to the transceiver. The processor is configured to decode the configuration information and calculate CSI according to the settings, The transceiver is further configured to transmit the calculated CSI on an uplink (UL) channel.

    Method and apparatus for CSI reporting on PUCCH

    公开(公告)号:US10547366B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-28

    申请号:US15242428

    申请日:2016-08-19

    Abstract: A method of a user equipment (UE) for channel state information (CSI) reporting in a wireless communication system. The method comprises receiving CSI reporting configuration information, generating a CSI report comprising at least one of a rank indicator (RI), a channel quality indicator (CQI), a precoding matrix indicator (PMI), or a CSI-RS resource indicator (CRI) based on the CSI reporting configuration information, determining a number of bits of a payload included in the CSI report, and selecting at least one of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) Format or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) based on the number of bits of the payload included in the CSI report to transmit the CSI report.

    Method and apparatus for measurement reference signal and synchronization

    公开(公告)号:US10512046B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-17

    申请号:US15618014

    申请日:2017-06-08

    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for measurement reference signals and synchronization signals. A user equipment (UE) includes a transceiver and a processor operably connected to the transceiver. The transceiver is configured to receive a primary synchronization signal (PSS), a secondary synchronization signal (SSS), and a primary broadcast channel (PBCH). The processor is configured to decode cell identification information from at least the PSS and the SSS and to decode a master information block (MIB) from the PBCH. The PSS, the SSS, and the PBCH are time-division multiplexed. A same set of sequences are used for the PSS and the SSS for different carrier frequencies and different sub-carrier spacing values.

    Method and apparatus for NR-DMRS sequence design

    公开(公告)号:US10484153B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-11-19

    申请号:US15913670

    申请日:2018-03-06

    Abstract: A method of a user equipment (UE) for controlling reference signal in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises receiving, from a base station (BS), a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) of a physical broadcasting channel (PBCH) over a downlink channel and determining resources to be used for the DMRS of the PBCH. A pseudo-noise (PN) sequence that is mapped to the resources to be used for the DMRS of the PBCH is generated by a base station (BS). The PN sequence is generated based on an initial condition including a physical cell identification (ID) and timing information comprising at least one of an index of synchronization signal block (SSB) or an index of a half frame within a frame based on a carrier frequency range. The index of SSB comprises at least one of a partial or whole index of SSB.

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