公开(公告)号：US11638217B2

公开(公告)日：2023-04-25

申请号：US17066115

申请日：2020-10-08

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Weimin Duan ,  Alexandros Manolakos ,  Muhammad Sayed Khairy Abdelghaffar ,  Pavan Kumar Vitthaladevuni ,  Krishna Kiran Mukkavilli ,  Runxin Wang

IPC: H04W52/02 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W72/044 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04B7/0404

Abstract: This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for channel sounding for wireless communications. Some implementations more specifically relate to scheduling sounding reference signal (SRS) resource sets for wireless devices having more than 4 receive (RX) antenna ports. In some implementations, a base station may determine an antenna switching capability of a user equipment (UE). The antenna switching capability indicates a number of RX antenna ports of the UE. The base station schedules a number of SRS resource sets for the UE based at least in part on the number of RX antenna ports in excess of four. For example, the number of RX antenna ports may be equal to 8. As another example, the number of RX antenna ports may be equal to 6. The base station further receives, from the UE, uplink transmissions of one or more SRS resources for each of the scheduled SRS resource sets.

公开(公告)号：US11424884B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-23

申请号：US17033656

申请日：2020-09-25

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Muhammad Sayed Khairy Abdelghaffar ,  Alexandros Manolakos ,  Weimin Duan ,  Pavan Kumar Vitthaladevuni ,  Krishna Kiran Mukkavilli

IPC: H04W72/04 ,  H04L5/00

Abstract: An apparatus for wireless communication transmits a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) for at least eight orthogonal DMRS ports in a single symbol of at least one slot. The apparatus also transmits data in the at least one slot. The apparatus may correspond to a base station transmitting DMRS and downlink data. The apparatus may correspond to a user equipment (UE) transmitting DMRS and uplink data. The apparatus may bundle the DMRS across multiple slots with a bundled DMRS including a first set of the DMRS ports in a first single symbol of a first slot and a second set of the DMRS ports in a second single symbol of a second slot. The apparatus may transmit the DMRS in only a single slot in a physical resource block group (PRG) including two or more resource blocks using four frequency domain orthogonal cover codes (FD-OCC) and a frequency offset pattern.

公开(公告)号：US11350269B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-31

申请号：US17021704

申请日：2020-09-15

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Alexandros Manolakos ,  Weimin Duan ,  Muhammad Sayed Khairy Abdelghaffar ,  Pavan Kumar Vitthaladevuni ,  Krishna Kiran Mukkavilli

IPC: H04W8/24 ,  H04W76/10

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. The described techniques provide for the establishment of a communication link between a base station and a user equipment (UE). The UE may have a spatial partial reciprocity capability. The UE may be configured to determine antenna cross-correlation information for at least a first subset of antenna elements in the UE. The cross-correlation information may include one or more correlation parameters (e.g., correlation coefficients), a correlation model, or both. The UE may transmit sounding reference signals for a second set of antenna elements in accordance with the spatial partial reciprocity capability. The UE may also transmit an indication of the cross-correlation information for at least the first subset of antenna elements of the UE. The base station may use such information to derive correlation parameters for the unsounded antennas and determine precoders for downlink communications.

公开(公告)号：US11329849B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-10

申请号：US16619038

申请日：2018-05-28

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated ,  June Namgoong ,  Pavan Kumar Vitthaladevuni ,  Yu Zhang ,  Joseph Binamira Soriaga ,  Jing Jiang ,  Alexandros Manolakos

Inventor： June Namgoong ,  Pavan Kumar Vitthaladevuni ,  Yu Zhang ,  Joseph Binamira Soriaga ,  Jing Jiang ,  Alexandros Manolakos

IPC: H04L25/02 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04B7/0417 ,  H04B7/06

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure disclose techniques for the indication of the allocation of the downlink (DL) demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) ports for the data channel in NR communications. In some examples, the channel state information (CSI) reference signal (CSI-RS) may be associated with a corresponding DM-RS for a DL data channel. The transmitting device, in some examples, may further transmit a notification that provides resource allocations (e.g., port allocations) that minimize the redundant information that is required to be transmitted from the base station to the user equipment (UE) when the DM-RS port allocation is the same as the CSI-RS port allocation received by the UE in an earlier time slot.

公开(公告)号：US11044005B2

公开(公告)日：2021-06-22

申请号：US16465477

申请日：2017-01-06

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Pavan Kumar Vitthaladevuni ,  Yu Zhang ,  Joseph Binamira Soriaga

IPC: H04B7/08 ,  H04B7/06 ,  H04B17/345

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure describe receiving, from an access point, an indication of at least one of a beamforming method for beamforming a RS or a normalization method for normalizing power for beamforming the RS. A channel covariance matrix corresponding to interference over a plurality of antenna ports can be generated, as well as a RS beamforming matrix based at least in part on modifying the channel covariance matrix and on the normalization method. The RS can be generated based on the RS beamforming matrix and the beamforming method. The RS can be transmitted to the access point based on the RS beamforming matrix.

公开(公告)号：US20210136566A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-06

申请号：US17021704

申请日：2020-09-15

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Alexandros Manolakos ,  Weimin Duan ,  Muhammad Sayed Khairy Abdelghaffar ,  Pavan Kumar Vitthaladevuni ,  Krishna Kiran Mukkavilli

IPC: H04W8/24 ,  H04W76/10

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. The described techniques provide for the establishment of a communication link between a base station and a user equipment (UE). The UE may have a spatial partial reciprocity capability. The UE may be configured to determine antenna cross-correlation information for at least a first subset of antenna elements in the UE. The cross-correlation information may include one or more correlation parameters (e.g., correlation coefficients), a correlation model, or both. The UE may transmit sounding reference signals for a second set of antenna elements in accordance with the spatial partial reciprocity capability. The UE may also transmit an indication of the cross-correlation information for at least the first subset of antenna elements of the UE. The base station may use such information to derive correlation parameters for the unsounded antennas and determine precoders for downlink communications.

公开(公告)号：US10917184B2

公开(公告)日：2021-02-09

申请号：US16414427

申请日：2019-05-16

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Bilal Sadiq ,  Naga Bhushan ,  Junyi Li ,  Vasanthan Raghavan ,  Tianyang Bai ,  Joseph Binamira Soriaga ,  Alexandros Manolakos ,  Pavan Kumar Vitthaladevuni ,  Juergen Cezanne

IPC: H04B17/309 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04B7/06

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for computing and reporting a relevance metric for a positioning beacon beam. In an aspect, a first node receives, from a second node, a plurality of beams, determines a relevance metric for each of one or more beams of interest from the plurality of beams, wherein the relevance metric for each beam of the one or more beams of interest is based on a time of arrival at the first node of the beam and a signal strength of the beam, and sends, to the second node, a report identifying each of the one or more beams of interest and including the relevance metric for each of the one or more beams of interest.

公开(公告)号：US10819482B2

公开(公告)日：2020-10-27

申请号：US15683491

申请日：2017-08-22

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Pavan Kumar Vitthaladevuni ,  Jing Jiang ,  Alexandros Manolakos ,  Tingfang Ji ,  Joseph Binamira Soriaga ,  June Namgoong

IPC: H04L5/00 ,  H04W52/24 ,  H04W52/32 ,  H04W52/14 ,  G01S5/00 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W72/08 ,  H04L5/14 ,  H04B17/27 ,  H04B7/0413 ,  H04W88/02

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for sounding reference signal (SRS) enhancements. An exemplary method performed by a user equipment generally includes receiving information indicating a symbol, in a sub-frame of a radio frame used to communicate in the wireless network, for transmission of sounding reference signals (SRSs), wherein a location of the symbol in the sub-frame is based, at least in part, on a location of the UE and transmitting a SRS in the symbol based on the received information.

公开(公告)号：US09847862B2

公开(公告)日：2017-12-19

申请号：US14866778

申请日：2015-09-25

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Joseph Binamira Soriaga ,  Jing Jiang ,  Krishna Kiran Mukkavilli ,  Pavan Kumar Vitthaladevuni ,  Naga Bhushan ,  Tingfang Ji ,  John Edward Smee

IPC: H04L5/00 ,  H04B7/06 ,  H04B7/0452

CPC classification number: H04L5/0048 ,  H04B7/0452 ,  H04B7/0617 ,  H04L5/0051

Abstract: Systems and techniques are disclosed to enhance the efficiency of available bandwidth between UEs and base stations. A UE transmits a sounding reference signal (SRS) to the base station. The base station characterizes the uplink channel based on the SRS received and, using reciprocity, applies the channel characterization for the downlink channel. As part of applying the channel information, the base station forms the beam to the UE based on the uplink channel information obtained from the SRS. The UE may include an array of antennas, each UE transmitting a different SRS that the base station receives and uses to characterize the downlink. Multiple UEs (or a single UE with multiple antennas) transmit SRS at the same time and frequency allocation (non-orthogonal), but with each sending its own unique SRS. Further, multiple UEs (or a single UE with multiple antennas) may send their SRS at unique time/frequency allocations (orthogonal).