Patent Grant
12144001
This application is a National Stage application under 35 U.S.C. § 371 of International Application No. PCT/KR2020/005738, filed on Apr. 29, 2020, which claims the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2019-0052252, filed on May 3, 2019. The disclosures of the prior applications are incorporated by reference in their entirety.
The disclosure relates to wireless communication.
As a growing number of communication devices require higher communication capacity, there is a need for advanced mobile broadband communication as compared to existing radio access technology (RAT). Massive machine-type communication (MTC), which provides a variety of services anytime and anywhere by connecting a plurality of devices and a plurality of objects, is also one major issue to be considered in next-generation communication. In addition, designs for communication systems considering services or a user equipment (UE) sensitive to reliability and latency are under discussion. Introduction of next-generation RAT considering enhanced mobile broadband communication, massive MTC, and ultra-reliable and low-latency communication (URLLC) is under discussion. In this disclosure, for convenience of description, this technology may be referred to as new RAT or new radio (NR).
NR provides a power saving mode for monitoring only a special physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) to reduce power consumption of the UE and a normal mode for monitoring a general/normal PDCCH. The special PDCCH may inform the UE to monitor the normal PDCCH in a specific time duration after the detection of the special PDCCH. That is, the mode change from the power saving mode to the normal mode may be informed. However, a different time may be required for each UE when changing the mode.
A technical object of the disclosure is to provide a method and an apparatus for monitoring a physical downlink control channel in wireless communication system.
In one aspect, provided is a method for monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system. The method includes transmitting time information informing a specific time to a base station, receiving a special PDCCH used to inform that the UE monitors the PDCCH for a time duration from a base station, and monitoring the PDCCH for the time duration. Here, the UE receives the special PDCCH at a time earlier than the specific time from a start of the time duration.
In another aspect, provided is a user equipment (UE) comprising a transceiver, and a processor connected to the transceiver. The processor is configured to transmit time information informing a specific time to a base station, receive a special PDCCH used to inform that the UE monitors a PDCCH for a time duration from the base station, and monitor the PDCCH for the time duration, wherein the UE receives the special PDCCH at a time earlier than the specific time from a start of the time duration.
In still another aspect, provided is a method for transmitting a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) by a base station in a wireless communication system. The method includes receiving time information informing a specific time from a UE, transmitting a special PDCCH used to inform that the UE monitors the PDCCH for a time duration to the UE, and transmitting the PDCCH for the time duration. Here, the base station transmits the special PDCCH at a time earlier than the specific time from a start of the time duration.
In still another aspect, provided is a base station including a transceiver, and a processor connected to the transceiver. The processor is configured to: receive time information informing a specific time from a UE, transmit a special PDCCH used to inform that the UE monitors a PDCCH for a time duration to the UE, and transmit the PDCCH for the time duration. Here, the base station transmits the special PDCCH at a time earlier than the specific time from a start of the time duration.
In still another aspect, an apparatus configured to control a user equipment (UE) is provided. The apparatus comprises at least one processor, and at least one memory to be operatively connected to the at least one processor and to store instructions. The at least one processor executes the instructions to transmit time information informing a specific time to a base station, receive a special PDCCH used to inform that the UE monitors the PDCCH for a time duration from the base station, and monitor the PDCCH for the time duration. Here, the UE receives the special PDCCH at a time earlier than the specific time from a start of the time duration.
In still another aspect, provided is at least one computer-readable medium (CRM) including an instruction executed by at least one processor is provided. The computer-readable medium transmit time information informing a specific time to a base station, receive a special PDCCH used to inform that the UE monitors the PDCCH for a time duration from the base station, and monitor the PDCCH for the time duration. Here, the UE receives the special PDCCH at a time earlier than the specific time from a start of the time duration.
When a UE detects a special PDCCH including a wake up signal before a DRX-on duration, the UE may monitor a normal PDCCH instead of the special PDCCH in the DRX-on duration. However, the UE may need a certain preparation time for PDCCH monitoring after a wake up, which may be different for each UE. The UE may inform a base station of the preparation time, and the base station may transmit the special PDCCH in consideration of this. Therefore, after receiving the special PDCCH, the UE may secure the preparation time necessary for monitoring the PDCCH in the DRX-on duration, and as a result, the PDCCH monitoring efficiency in the DRX-on duration is increased.
As used herein, “A or B” may mean “only A”, “only B”, or “both A and B”. That is, “A or B” may be interpreted as “A and/or B” herein. For example, “A, B or C” may mean “only A”, “only B”, “only C”, or “any combination of A, B, and C”.
As used herein, a slash (/) or a comma (,) may mean “and/or”. For example, “A/B” may mean “A and/or B”. Therefore, “A/B” may include “only A”, “only B”, or “both A and B”. For example, “A, B, C” may mean “A, B, or C”.
As used herein, “at least one of A and B” may mean “only A”, “only B”, or “both A and B”. Further, as used herein, “at least one of A or B” or “at least one of A and/or B” may be interpreted equally as “at least one of A and B”.
As used herein, “at least one of A, B, and C” may mean “only A”, “only B”, “only C”, or “any combination of A, B, and C”. Further, “at least one of A, B, or C” or “at least one of A, B, and/or C” may mean “at least one of A, B, and C”.
As used herein, parentheses may mean “for example”. For instance, the expression “control information (PDCCH)” may mean that a PDCCH is proposed as an example of control information. That is, control information is not limited to a PDCCH, but a PDCCH is proposed as an example of control information. Further, the expression “control information (i.e., a PDCCH)” may also mean that a PDCCH is proposed as an example of control information.
The following techniques can be used in various radio access systems such as CDMA, FDMA, TDMA, OFDMA, SC-FDMA, and the like. CDMA may be implemented with a radio technology such as Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA) or CDMA2000. TDMA may be implemented with a radio technology such as Global System for Mobile communications (GSM)/General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)/Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE). OFDMA may be implemented with a radio technology such as IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), IEEE 802-20, Evolved UTRA (E-UTRA), and the like. IEEE 802.16m is an evolution of IEEE 802.16e, and provides backward compatibility with a system based on IEEE 802.16e. UTRA is part of the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS). 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) long term evolution (LTE) is a part of evolved UMTS (E-UMTS) that uses evolved-UMTS terrestrial radio access (E-UTRA), and employs OFDMA in the downlink and SC-FDMA is adopted in the uplink. LTE-A (advanced) is an evolution of 3GPP LTE.
5G NR is a successor technology of LTE-A, and is a new clean-slate mobile communication system with characteristics such as high performance, low latency, and high availability. 5G NR can utilize all available spectrum resources, from low frequency bands below 1 GHz, to intermediate frequency bands from 1 GHz to 10 GHz, and high frequency (millimeter wave) bands above 24 GHz.
For clarity of explanation, the present disclosure is mainly described based on LTE-A or 5G NR, but the spirit of the present disclosure is not limited thereto.
The E-UTRAN includes at least one base station (BS) 20 which provides a control plane and a user plane to a user equipment (UE) 10. The UE 10 may be fixed or mobile, and may be referred to as another terminology, such as a mobile station (MS), a user terminal (UT), a subscriber station (SS), a mobile terminal (MT), a wireless device, etc. The BS 20 is generally a fixed station that communicates with the UE 10 and may be referred to as another terminology, such as an evolved node-B (eNB), a base transceiver system (BTS), an access point, etc.
The BSs 20 are interconnected by means of an X2 interface. The BSs 20 are also connected by means of an S1 interface to an evolved packet core (EPC) 30, more specifically, to a mobility management entity (MME) through S1-MME and to a serving gateway (S-GW) through S1-U.
The EPC 30 includes an MME, an S-GW, and a packet data network-gateway (P-GW). The MME has access information of the UE or capability information of the UE, and such information is generally used for mobility management of the UE. The S-GW is a gateway having an E-UTRAN as an end point. The P-GW is a gateway having a PDN as an end point.
Layers of a radio interface protocol between the UE and the network can be classified into a first layer (L1), a second layer (L2), and a third layer (L3) based on the lower three layers of the open system interconnection (OSI) model that is well-known in the communication system. Among them, a physical (PHY) layer belonging to the first layer provides an information transfer service by using a physical channel, and a radio resource control (RRC) layer belonging to the third layer serves to control a radio resource between the UE and the network. For this, the RRC layer exchanges an RRC message between the UE and the BS.
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Data is moved between different PHY layers, that is, the PHY layers of a transmitter and a receiver, through a physical channel. The physical channel may be modulated according to an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) scheme, and use the time and frequency as radio resources.
The functions of the MAC layer include mapping between a logical channel and a transport channel and multiplexing and demultiplexing to a transport block that is provided through a physical channel on the transport channel of a MAC Service Data Unit (SDU) that belongs to a logical channel. The MAC layer provides service to a Radio Link Control (RLC) layer through the logical channel.
The functions of the RLC layer include the concatenation, segmentation, and reassembly of an RLC SDU. In order to guarantee various types of Quality of Service (QoS) required by a Radio Bearer (RB), the RLC layer provides three types of operation mode: Transparent Mode (TM), Unacknowledged Mode (UM), and Acknowledged Mode (AM). AM RLC provides error correction through an Automatic Repeat Request (ARQ).
The RRC layer is defined only on the control plane. The RRC layer is related to the configuration, reconfiguration, and release of radio bearers, and is responsible for control of logical channels, transport channels, and PHY channels. An RB means a logical route that is provided by the first layer (PHY layer) and the second layers (MAC layer, the RLC layer, and the PDCP layer) in order to transfer data between UE and a network.
The function of a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer on the user plane includes the transfer of user data and header compression and ciphering. The function of the PDCP layer on the user plane further includes the transfer and encryption/integrity protection of control plane data.
What an RB is configured means a process of defining the characteristics of a wireless protocol layer and channels in order to provide specific service and configuring each detailed parameter and operating method. An RB can be divided into two types of a Signaling RB (SRB) and a Data RB (DRB). The SRB is used as a passage through which an RRC message is transmitted on the control plane, and the DRB is used as a passage through which user data is transmitted on the user plane.
If RRC connection is established between the RRC layer of UE and the RRC layer of an E-UTRAN, the UE is in the RRC connected state. If not, the UE is in the RRC idle state.
A downlink transport channel through which data is transmitted from a network to UE includes a broadcast channel (BCH) through which system information is transmitted and a downlink shared channel (SCH) through which user traffic or control messages are transmitted. Traffic or a control message for downlink multicast or broadcast service may be transmitted through the downlink SCH, or may be transmitted through an additional downlink multicast channel (MCH). Meanwhile, an uplink transport channel through which data is transmitted from UE to a network includes a random access channel (RACH) through which an initial control message is transmitted and an uplink shared channel (SCH) through which user traffic or control messages are transmitted.
Logical channels that are placed over the transport channel and that are mapped to the transport channel include a broadcast control channel (BCCH), a paging control channel (PCCH), a common control channel (CCCH), a multicast control channel (MCCH), and a multicast traffic channel (MTCH).
The physical channel includes several OFDM symbols in the time domain and several subcarriers in the frequency domain. One subframe includes a plurality of OFDM symbols in the time domain. An RB is a resources allocation unit, and includes a plurality of OFDM symbols and a plurality of subcarriers. Furthermore, each subframe may use specific subcarriers of specific OFDM symbols (e.g., the first OFDM symbol) of the corresponding subframe for a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), that is, an L1/L2 control channel. A Transmission Time Interval (TTI) is a unit time for transmission. For example, TTI may be a subframe or a slot.
Hereinafter, a new radio access technology (new RAT, NR) will be described.
As more and more communication devices require more communication capacity, there is a need for improved mobile broadband communication over existing radio access technology. Also, massive machine type communications (MTC), which provides various services by connecting many devices and objects, is one of the major issues to be considered in the next generation communication. In addition, communication system design considering reliability/latency sensitive service/UE is being discussed. The introduction of next generation radio access technology considering enhanced mobile broadband communication (eMBB), massive MTC (mMTC), ultrareliable and low latency communication (URLLC) is discussed. This new technology may be called new radio access technology (new RAT or NR) in the present disclosure for convenience.
Specifically,
Referring to
The 5GC includes an access and mobility management function (AMF), a user plane function (UPF), and a session management function (SMF). The AMF hosts functions, such as non-access stratum (NAS) security, idle state mobility processing, and so on. The AMF is an entity including the conventional MMF function. The UPF hosts functions, such as mobility anchoring, protocol data unit (PDU) processing, and so on. The UPF is an entity including the conventional S-GW function. The SMF hosts functions, such as UE Internet Protocol (IP) address allocation, PDU session control, and so on.
The gNB and the NG-eNB are interconnected through an Xn interface. The gNB and the NG-eNB are also connected to the 5GC through an NG interface. More specifically, the gNB and the NG-eNB are connected to the AMF through an NG-C interface, and are connected to the UPF through an NG-U interface.
The gNB may provide functions such as an inter-cell radio resource management (Inter Cell RRM), radio bearer management (RB control), connection mobility control, radio admission control, measurement configuration & provision, dynamic resource allocation, and the like. The AMF may provide functions such as NAS security, idle state mobility handling, and so on. The UPF may provide functions such as mobility anchoring, PDU processing, and the like. The SMF may provide functions such as UE IP address assignment, PDU session control, and so on.
Referring to
In the NR, uplink and downlink transmissions may be configured on a frame basis. A radio frame has a length of 10 ms, and may be defined as two 5 ms half-frames (HFs). The HF may be defined as five 1 ms subframes (SFs). The SF is divided into one or more slots, and the number of slots in the SF depends on a subcarrier spacing (SCS). Each slot includes 12 or 14 OFDM(A) symbols according to a cyclic prefix (CP). When a normal CP is used, each slot includes 14 symbols. When an extended CP is used, each slot includes 12 symbols. Herein, the symbol may include an OFDM symbol (or CP-OFDM symbol) and an SC-FDMA symbol (or DFT-S-OFDM symbol).
One or a plurality of slots may be included in a subframe according to subcarrier spacings.
The following table 1 illustrates a subcarrier spacing configuration μ.
The following table 2 illustrates the number of slots in a frame (Nframe,μslot), the number of slots in a subframe (Nsubframe,μslot), the number of symbols in a slot (Nslotsymb), and the like, according to subcarrier spacing configurations μ.
Table 3 below illustrates that the number of symbols per slot, the number of slots per frame, and the number of slots per subframe vary depending on the SCS, in case of using an extended CP.
In an NR system, OFDM(A) numerologies (e.g., SCS, CP length, and so on) may be differently configured between a plurality of cells integrated to one UE. Accordingly, an (absolute time) duration of a time resource (e.g., SF, slot or TTI) (for convenience, collectively referred to as a time unit (TU)) configured of the same number of symbols may be differently configured between the integrated cells.
Referring to
A carrier includes a plurality of subcarriers in a frequency domain. A resource block (RB) may be defined as a plurality of consecutive subcarriers (e.g., 12 subcarriers) in the frequency domain. A bandwidth part (BWP) may be defined as a plurality of consecutive (P)RBs in the frequency domain, and the BWP may correspond to one numerology (e.g., SCS, CP length, and so on). The carrier ma include up to N (e.g., 5) BWPs. Data communication may be performed through an activated BWP. Each element may be referred to as a resource element (RE) within a resource grid, and one complex symbol may be mapped thereto.
A physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) may include one or more control channel elements (CCEs) as illustrated in the following table 4.
That is, the PDCCH may be transmitted through a resource including 1, 2, 4, 8, or 16 CCEs. Here, the CCE includes six resource element groups (REGs), and one REG includes one resource block in a frequency domain and one orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol in a time domain.
A new unit called a control resource set (CORESET) may be introduced in the NR. The UE may receive a PDCCH in the CORESET.
Referring to
The UE may attempt to detect a PDCCH in units of 1, 2, 4, 8, or 16 CCEs in the CORESET. One or a plurality of CCEs in which PDCCH detection may be attempted may be referred to as PDCCH candidates.
A plurality of CORESETs may be configured for the UE.
Referring to
On the other hand, in NR, CORESET described above was introduced. CORESETs 301, 302, and 303 are radio resources for control information to be received by the UE and may use only a portion, rather than the entirety of the system bandwidth. The BS may allocate the CORESET to each UE and may transmit control information through the allocated CORESET. For example, in
The CORESET may include a UE-specific CORESET for transmitting UE-specific control information and a common CORESET for transmitting control information common to all UEs.
Meanwhile, NR may require high reliability according to applications. In such a situation, a target block error rate (BLER) for downlink control information (DCI) transmitted through a downlink control channel (e.g., physical downlink control channel (PDCCH)) may remarkably decrease compared to those of conventional technologies. As an example of a method for satisfying requirement that requires high reliability, content included in DCI can be reduced and/or the amount of resources used for DCI transmission can be increased. Here, resources can include at least one of resources in the time domain, resources in the frequency domain, resources in the code domain and resources in the spatial domain.
In NR, the following technologies/features can be applied.
<Self-Contained Subframe Structure>
In NR, a structure in which a control channel and a data channel are time-division-multiplexed within one TTI, as shown in
In
In this data and control TDMed subframe structure, a time gap for a base station and a terminal to switch from a transmission mode to a reception mode or from the reception mode to the transmission mode may be required. To this end, some OFDM symbols at a time when DL switches to UL may be set to a guard period (GP) in the self-contained subframe structure.
Referring to
Here, a DL region may correspond to (i) a DL data region or (ii) DL control region plus DL data region while a UL region may correspond to (i) an UL data region or (ii) UL data region plus UL control region.
In the DL control region, a PDCCH may be transmitted, and in the DL data region, a PDSCH may be transmitted. In the UL control region, a PUCCH may be transmitted, and in the UL data region, a PUSCH may be transmitted. In the PDCCH, Downlink Control Information (DCI), for example, DL data scheduling information or UL data scheduling data may be transmitted. In the PUCCH, Uplink Control Information (UCI), for example, ACK/NACK (Positive Acknowledgement/Negative Acknowledgement) information with respect to DL data, Channel State Information (CSI) information, or Scheduling Request (SR) may be transmitted. A GP provides a time gap during a process where a gNB and a UE transition from the transmission mode to the reception mode or a process where the gNB and UE transition from the reception mode to the transmission mode. Part of symbols belonging to the occasion in which the mode is changed from DL to UL within a subframe may be configured as the GP.
<Analog Beamforming #1>
Wavelengths are shortened in millimeter wave (mmW) and thus a large number of antenna elements can be installed in the same area. That is, the wavelength is 1 cm at 30 GHz and thus a total of 100 antenna elements can be installed in the form of a 2-dimensional array at an interval of 0.5 lambda (wavelength) in a panel of 5×5 cm. Accordingly, it is possible to increase a beamforming (BF) gain using a large number of antenna elements to increase coverage or improve throughput in mmW.
In this case, if a transceiver unit (TXRU) is provided to adjust transmission power and phase per antenna element, independent beamforming per frequency resource can be performed. However, installation of TXRUs for all of about 100 antenna elements decreases effectiveness in terms of cost. Accordingly, a method of mapping a large number of antenna elements to one TXRU and controlling a beam direction using an analog phase shifter is considered. Such analog beamforming can form only one beam direction in all bands and thus cannot provide frequency selective beamforming.
Hybrid beamforming (BF) having a number B of TXRUs which is smaller than Q antenna elements can be considered as an intermediate form of digital BF and analog BF. In this case, the number of directions of beams which can be simultaneously transmitted are limited to B although it depends on a method of connecting the B TXRUs and the Q antenna elements.
<Analog Beamforming #2>
When a plurality of antennas is used in NR, hybrid beamforming which is a combination of digital beamforming and analog beamforming is emerging. Here, in analog beamforming (or RF beamforming) an RF end performs precoding (or combining) and thus it is possible to achieve the performance similar to digital beamforming while reducing the number of RF chains and the number of D/A (or A/D) converters. For convenience, the hybrid beamforming structure may be represented by N TXRUs and M physical antennas. Then, the digital beamforming for the L data layers to be transmitted at the transmitting end may be represented by an N by L matrix, and the converted N digital signals are converted into analog signals via TXRUs, and analog beamforming represented by an M by N matrix is applied.
In
When a base station uses a plurality of analog beams as described above, analog beams suitable to receive signals may be different for terminals and thus a beam sweeping operation of sweeping a plurality of analog beams to be applied by a base station per symbol in a specific subframe (SF) for at least a synchronization signal, system information and paging such that all terminals can have reception opportunities is considered.
Referring to
Polar coding may be used for the PBCH. A UE may assume band-specific subcarrier spacing for the SS/PBCH block as long as a network does not configure the UE to assume different subcarrier spacings.
The PBCH symbols carry frequency-multiplexed DMRS thereof. QPSK may be used for the PBCH. 1008 unique physical-layer cell IDs may be assigned.
Regarding a half frame having SS/PBCH blocks, the indexes of first symbols of candidate SS/PBCH blocks are determined according to the subcarrier spacing of SS/PBCH blocks.
First, a UE may obtain six-bit SFN information through a master information block (MIB) received in a PBCH. Further, the UE may obtain a four-bit SFN in a PBCH transport block.
Second, the UE may obtain a one-bit half frame indicator as part of a PBCH payload. In less than 3 GHz, the half frame indicator may be implicitly signaled as part of a PBCH DMRS for Lmax=4.
Finally, the UE may obtain an SS/PBCH block index by a DMRS sequence and the PBCH payload. That is, the UE may obtain three bits of LSB of the SS block index by the DMRS sequence for a period of 5 ms. Also, three bits of MSB of timing information are explicitly carried in the PBCH payload (for more than 6 GHz).
For a serving cell in which SS/PBCH blocks are not transmitted, the UE obtains time and frequency synchronization of the serving cell based on reception of SS/PBCH blocks on a PCell or PSCell of a cell group for the serving cell.
Hereinafter, acquisition of system information will be described.
System information (SI) is divided into a master information block (MIB) and a plurality of system information blocks (SIBs) where:
Referring to
The UE may apply a system information acquisition procedure for acquiring access stratum (AS) and non-access stratum (NAS) information.
In RRC_IDLE and RRC_INACTIVE states, the UE needs to ensure valid versions of (at least) the MIB, SIB1, and system information block type X (according to relevant RAT support for mobility controlled by the UE).
In an RRC_CONNECTED state, the UE needs to ensure valid versions of the MIB, SIB1, and system information block type X (according to mobility support for relevant RAT).
The UE needs to store relevant SI obtained from a currently camping/serving cell. The version of the SI obtained and stored by the UE is valid only for a certain period of time. The UE may use this version of the stored SI, for example, after cell reselection, after return from out of coverage, or after indication of a system information change.
Hereinafter, random access will be described.
A UE's random access procedure may be summarized in Table 5.
Referring to
Two random access preamble sequences having different lengths are supported. A long sequence having a length of 839 is applied to a subcarrier spacing of 1.25 kHz and 5 kHz, and a short sequence having a length of 139 is applied to a subcarrier spacing of 15 kHz, 30 kHz, 60 kHz, and 120 kHz. The long sequence supports an unrestricted set and restricted sets of type A and type B, while the short sequence may support only an unrestricted set.
A plurality of RACH preamble formats is defined by one or more RACH OFDM symbols, different cyclic prefixes (CPs), and a guard time. A PRACH preamble setting to be used is provided to the UE as system information.
When there is no response to Msg1, the UE may retransmit the power-ramped PRACH preamble within a specified number of times. The UE calculates PRACH transmission power for retransmission of the preamble based on the most recent estimated path loss and a power ramping counter. When the UE performs beam switching, the power ramping counter does not change.
A UE may perform power ramping for retransmission of a random access preamble based on a power ramping counter. Here, as described above, when the UE performs beam switching in PRACH retransmission, the power ramping counter does not change.
Referring to
System information informs a UE about the relationship between SS blocks and RACH resources. The threshold of an SS block in a relationship with an RACH resource is based on RSRP and a network configuration. Transmission or retransmission of a RACH preamble is based on an SS block satisfying the threshold. Therefore, in the example of
Subsequently, when the UE receives a random access response on a DL-SCH, the DL-SCH may provide timing alignment information, an RA-preamble ID, an initial uplink grant, and a temporary C-RNTI.
Based on the information, the UE may perform uplink transmission of Msg3 of the random access procedure on a UL-SCH. Msg3 may include an RRC connection request and a UE identifier.
In response, a network may transmit Msg4, which can be considered as a contention resolution message, via a downlink. Upon receiving this message, the UE can enter the RRC-connected state.
<Bandwidth Part (BWP)>
In the NR system, a maximum of 400 MHz can be supported per component carrier (CC). If a UE operating in such a wideband CC operates with RF for all CCs turn on all the time, UE battery consumption may increase. Otherwise, considering use cases operating in one wideband CC (e.g., eMBB, URLLC, mMTC, etc.), different numerologies (e.g., subcarrier spacings (SCSs)) can be supported for different frequency bands in the CC. Otherwise, UEs may have different capabilities for a maximum bandwidth. In consideration of this, an eNB may instruct a UE to operate only in a part of the entire bandwidth of a wideband CC, and the part of the bandwidth is defined as a bandwidth part (BWP) for convenience. A BWP can be composed of resource blocks (RBs) consecutive on the frequency axis and can correspond to one numerology (e.g., a subcarrier spacing, a cyclic prefix (CP) length, a slot/mini-slot duration, or the like).
Meanwhile, the eNB can configure a plurality of BWPs for a UE even within one CC. For example, a BWP occupying a relatively small frequency domain can be set in a PDCCH monitoring slot and a PDSCH indicated by a PDCCH can be scheduled on a BWP wider than the BWP. When UEs converge on a specific BWP, some UEs may be set to other BWPs for load balancing. Otherwise, BWPs on both sides of a bandwidth other than some spectra at the center of the bandwidth may be configured in the same slot in consideration of frequency domain inter-cell interference cancellation between neighbor cells. That is, the eNB can configure at least one DL/UL BWP for a UE associated with (=related with) a wideband CC and activate at least one of DL/UL BWPs configured at a specific time (through L1 signaling or MAC CE or RRC signaling), and switching to other configured DL/UL BWPs may be indicated (through L1 signaling or MAC CE or RRC signaling) or switching to a determined DL/UL BWP may occur when a timer value expires on the basis of a timer. Here, an activated DLJUL BWP is defined as an active DL/UL BWP. However, a UE may not receive a configuration for a DLJUL BWP when the UE is in an initial access procedure or RRC connection is not set up. In such a situation, a DLJUL BWP assumed by the UE is defined as an initial active DL/UL BWP.
<Discontinuous Reception (DRX)>
Discontinuous reception (DRX) refers to an operation mode that enables a UE to reduce battery consumption and to discontinuously receive a downlink channel. That is, the UE configured in DRX may discontinuously receive a DL signal, thereby reducing power consumption.
A DRX operation is performed within a DRX cycle indicating a time period in which an on duration is periodically repeated. The DRX cycle includes an on duration and a sleep duration (or opportunity for DRX). The on duration indicates a time period in which a UE monitors a PDCCH to receive the PDCCH.
DRX may be performed in a radio resource control (RRC)_IDLE state (or mode), RRC_INACTIVE state (or mode), or RRC_CONNECTED state (or mode). In the RRC_IDLE state and the RRC_INACTIVE state, DRX may be used to discontinuously receive a paging signal.
DRX may be basically divided into idle-mode DRX, connected DRX (C-DRX), and extended DRX.
DRX applied in the idle state may be referred to as idle-mode DRX, and DRX applied in the connected state may be referred to as connected-mode DRX (C-DRX).
Extended/enhanced DRX (eDRX) is a mechanism capable of extending the cycle of idle-mode DRX and C-DRX and may be mainly used for application of (massive) IoT. In idle-mode DRX, whether to allow eDRX may be configured based on system information (e.g., SIB1). SIB1 may include an eDRX-allowed parameter. The eDRX-allowed parameter is a parameter indicating whether idle-mode extended DRX is allowed.
<Idle-Mode DRX>
In the idle mode, a UE may use DRX to reduce power consumption. One paging occasion (PO) is a subframe in which a paging-radio network temporary identifier (P-RNTI) can be transmitted through a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), a MTC PDCCH (MPDCCH), or a narrowband PDCCH (NPDCCH) (addressing a paging message for NB-IoT).
In a P-RNTI transmitted through an MPDCCH, PO may indicate a starting subframe of an MPDCCH repetition. In the case of a P-RNTI transmitted through an NPDCCH, when a subframe determined based on a PO is not a valid NB-IoT downlink subframe, the PO may indicate a starting subframe of an NPDCCH repetition. Therefore, a first valid NB-IoT downlink subframe after the PO is the starting subframe of the NPDCCH repetition.
One paging frame (PF) is one radio frame that may include one or a plurality of paging occasions. When DRX is used, the UE needs to monitor only one PO per DRX cycle. One paging narrow band (PNB) is one narrow band in which the UE receives a paging message. A PF, a PO and a PNB may be determined based on DRX parameters provided via system information.
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The UE may determine a paging frame (PF) and a paging occasion (PO) to monitor a PDCCH in a paging DRX cycle based on the idle-mode DRX configuration information (S22). In this case, the DRX cycle may include an on duration and a sleep duration (or opportunity for DRX).
The UE may monitor a PDCCH in the PO of the determined PF (S23). Here, for example, the UE monitors only one subframe (PO) per paging DRX cycle. In addition, when the UE receives a PDCCH scrambled with a P-RNTI in the on duration (that is, when paging is detected), the UE may transition to a connected mode and may transmit and receive data to and from the base station.
<Connected-Mode DRX (C-DRX)>
C-DRX refers to DRX applied in the RRC connected state. The DRX cycle of C-DRX may include a short DRX cycle and/or a long DRX cycle. Here, the short DRX cycle may be optional.
When C-DRX is configured, a UE may perform PDCCH monitoring for an on duration. When a PDCCH is successfully detected during the PDCCH monitoring, the UE may operate (or run) an inactivity timer and may maintain an awake state. However, when the PDCCH is not successfully detected during the PDCCH monitoring, the UE may enter a sleep state after the on duration expires.
When C-DRX is configured, a PDCCH reception occasion (e.g., a slot having a PDCCH search space) may be discontinuously configured based on the C-DRX configuration. However, when C-DRX is not configured, a PDCCH reception occasion (e.g., a slot having a PDCCH search space) can be continuously configured in the present disclosure.
PDCCH monitoring may be limited to a time period set as a measurement gap regardless of a C-DRX configuration.
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Table 6 shows a UE procedure related to DRX (RRC_CONNECTED state). Referring to Table 6, DRX configuration information may be received through higher layer (e.g., RRC) signaling. Whether DRX is ON or OFF may be controlled by a DRX command of a MAC layer. If the DRX is configured, PDCCH monitoring may be performed discontinuously in performing the explained/suggested procedure and/or method.
MAC-CellGroupConfig may include configuration information required to configure a medium access control (MAC) parameter for a cell group. MAC-CellGroupConfig may also include configuration information regarding DRX. For example, MAC-CellGroupConfig may include information for defining DRX as follows.
Herein, if any one of drx-OnDurationTimer, drx-InactivityTimer, drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerDL, and drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerUL is operating, the UE performs PDCCH monitoring in every PDCCH occasion while maintaining an awake state.
Hereinafter, the proposals of the disclosure are described in more detail.
The following drawings were created to explain a specific example of the present specification. Since the names of specific devices described in the drawings or the names of specific signals/messages/fields are presented by way of example, the technical features of the present specification are not limited to the specific names used in the following drawings.
The present disclosure proposes information that can be exchanged/shared between a base station and a UE in order to reduce power consumption of a UE in a wireless communication system. Information that needs to be exchanged/shared between the base station and the UE may be different according to a specific technique used to reduce power consumption of the UE.
A specific method of reducing power consumption of the UE may be changed or determined according to the information suggested below. However, it may not be necessary to directly control a specific method of reducing power consumption of the UE according to the corresponding information exchange and sharing. In addition, it may not be necessary to exchange all the proposed information according to a specific request between the base station and the UE. Hereinafter, the NR system will be exemplified for convenience of description, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto.
<Information Provided by a Base Station>
[Proposal 1] Downlink Beam Allocation Information for Each Time of the Base Station
The base station may use a number of analog beams (for example, a beam pattern that may occur when using a spatial filter corresponding to SSB), and may arbitrarily select which directional beam is used to perform downlink transmission in a specific time interval (e.g., slot, subframe, frame, etc.).
There may be an exception in which signal/channel transmission must always be performed using a specific spatial filter at a specific time, such as SSB or CSI-RS for beam management, CSI-RS for tracking, and the like. For example, the base station may inform the UE by including spatial filter information (e.g., transmission configuration indicator (TCI)) to be used for transmitting the CSI-RS in a CSI-RS configuration message. The UE may receive the CSI-RS using a spatial filter associated with the TCI of the CSI-RS based on the TCI information of the CSI-RS.
On the other hand, when receiving and detecting a specific channel, the UE may attempt to detect a signal/channel using a corresponding reception spatial filter for each slot based on a transmission spatial filter preconfigured by the base station. For example, the base station may set a plurality of search space sets for the UE, and each search space set may include information on a point in time (e.g., a specific slot, a specific symbol in a specific slot) at which the UE should attempt to detect the corresponding search space set, and at the same time, information on a relationship (TCI) with a spatial filter to be used by the base station may be acquired through a CORESET associated with the corresponding search space set.
In this case, the UE may receive, with effective power, only the signal/channel incident from a specific space as a reception beam that can best receive the transmission beam of the base station of the TCI associated with the corresponding search space set per a monitoring time point for each search space set.
The transmission beam to be used by the base station at a specific point in time for each search space set may mean a spatial filter to be applied when transmitting the PDCCH in the corresponding search space set, and there is no obligation to always transmit the PDCCH at the specific point in time or to use the corresponding spatial filter for PDCCH transmission. In servicing a plurality of users, the base station selectively performs downlink transmission in a plurality of search space sets configured for a plurality of users at a specific time point.
If the UE can know in advance when the spatial filter application plan of the base station can be predicted, the UE can determine whether the UE needs to attempt to detect the PDCCH of the corresponding search space set at a specific time (for example, if the spatial filter notified by the base station to be used at the corresponding time point and the spatial filter to be applied by the UE to the corresponding search space are not identical, the UE may omit PDCCH detection for the corresponding search space at the corresponding time point), and unnecessary power consumption can be minimized.
The transmission special filter information of the base station for each time may be provided to the UEs in a form of a group-common PDCCH, and the UE cannot arbitrarily omit the PDCCH reception attempt of the base station on the slot in which the corresponding information is not provided (if the information is not provided or if the information is provided but spatial information for the specific slots is not specified).
Since the downlink beam allocation information for each time based on the above purpose does not need to be individually provided to each UE, it may be provided through a common or group-common channel (e.g., PDCCH) that can be detected by a plurality of UEs. In addition, it may be transmitted through a higher layer message. However, since ACK/NACK information for a higher layer message is generally reported in uplink, unnecessary power consumption may be caused and the delay may not be short.
It may be difficult to always inform the transmission spatial filter information of the base station according to time in the form of a PDCCH. When the UE fails to receive the corresponding information through a physical layer signal (e.g., DCI) such as the PDCCH, or when the search space of the corresponding PDCCH is not configured, spatial filter information based on the higher layer message transmitted by the base station may be provided to the UE in order to configure the default spatial filter information.
Such information may not necessarily be information to be detected by the UE. That is, the above purpose may have a lower priority than a detection attempt of another channel. For example, in the case of a UE having restrictions on blind detection of PDCCH, PDCCH detection of another channel may be prioritized over the target channel.
In addition, the network may provide downlink beam allocation information for each resource unit in the time/frequency domain to the UE. When the network can transmit multiple beams in the same time domain resource, this may be interpreted to inform the UEs of downlink beam allocation information even when a plurality of beams are multiplexed in the frequency domain.
In addition, the network may transmit the above information to each UEs. This may be used for the purpose of efficiently adjusting the PDCCH decoding frequency of the each UE by the network.
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The UE receives downlink beam allocation information for a specific resource (S212). For example, an analog beam to be used for a specific time domain resource or time/frequency domain resource may be informed through the downlink beam allocation information.
The UE determines whether to monitor a specific CORESET in the specific resource based on the TCI information and the downlink beam allocation information (S213). For example, when beam information for a specific resource according to the downlink beam allocation information and TCI of a CORESET to be monitored are different from each other, the UE may not perform monitoring for the CORESET.
3.2 Information Provided by a UE
[Proposal 2] Delay Time According to the Change of the Reception Mode of the UE
The base station may allow the UE to operate in a specific reception mode in order to reduce power consumption of the UE. Here, the specific reception mode may be a reception mode that changes the number of reception antennas or attempts to detect only a specific signal and channel. For example, attempting to detect only the specific signal and channel may be attempting to detect “a special PDCCH for informing that a PDCCH can be scheduled” (for example, a wake-up signal or a channel, that is, a UE that has acquired the corresponding information is instructed to attempt PDCCH detection after the corresponding time point) instead of the UE attempting to detect a PDCCH in all the configured search space sets.
Here, the base station may need to know how much time is required to a change between a reception mode (which may be abbreviated hereinafter as a power saving mode) used by a UE to reduce power consumption and a mode that is not used to reduce power consumption (e.g. a normal mode).
For example, in order to inform that PDCCH detection is to be attempted later in a specific search space set through a special PDCCH, it is necessary to determine how much prior to the corresponding search space set this should be indicated, and for this, the information of the UE (the time required for the UE's changes between the power saving mode and non-power saving mode (e.g., the normal mode)) may be required.
In addition, in order to change the number of reception antennas of the UE, a minimum time different from the above required time may be required. That is, the base station may receive a report of each minimum delay time according to the change or the reception mode based on the reception mode to be allowed or the reception mode (for power consumption reduction) used by the UE.
The information (the time required for all changes between the reception mode used by the UE for power consumption improvement and the other mode (e.g., the normal mode)) may be included in the higher layer message (e.g., RRC message) by the UE and be reported to the base station, and when there are multiple reception modes (for reducing power consumption) supported by the UE, the UE may report the corresponding information by classifying information according to each reception mode.
In addition, even in the case of the same reception mode, different values may be reported/provided separately according to the combination of parameters (e.g., numerology, CORESET, search space set, bandwidth, etc.) configured to the UE by the base station.
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The UE receives a special PDCCH (e.g., a PDCCH carrying DCI format 2_6) used to inform to monitor a PDCCH during a time duration (e.g., DRX-on duration) from the base station (S222), and the UE monitors the PDCCH during the time duration (S223). The UE receives the special PDCCH at a time earlier than the specific time from the beginning of the time duration. The UE does not perform (or the UE is not required to perform) the monitoring of the special PDCCH during the specific time prior to the beginning of the time duration.
Each step will be described in more detail.
The specific time may be related to a time required for the UE to change from a power saving mode to a normal mode. The power saving mode may mean a reception mode in which the UE monitors only a special PDCCH (to be described later) among a plurality of PDCCHs. The normal mode may be a reception mode in which the UE monitors the remaining PDCCHs except for the special PDCCH among the plurality of PDCCHs. The specific time may be expressed as a preparation time required for PDCCH monitoring (in the DRX-on duration) after the UE wakes-up (before DRX-on duration), and the UE may inform the base station (network) of this preparation time. The specific time may be dependent on the numerology and bandwidth used. For example, the specific time may be dependent on the subcarrier spacing (SCS) of the active DL BWP.
The special PDCCH may be, for example, a PDCCH carrying DCI format 2_6. The DCI format 26 may be a DCI format used to inform power saving information outside the DRX active time. The DCI format 26 may include a wake-up indication (Ibit), secondary cell dormancy indication information, and the like.
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After the base station transmits a special PDCCH (e.g., a PDCCH carrying DCI format 2_6) at a time in consideration of the specific time (S232), the base station transmits a PDCCH within a time duration (e.g., DRX-on duration) (S233).
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When the UE detects a special PDCCH including a wake-up signal before the DRX-on duration (or when the UE detects the special PDCCH and at least one of the specific fields (e.g., wake-up indication field (1 bit), secondary cell dormancy indication information field, etc.) included in the special PDCCH indicates wake-up and PDCCH monitoring, that is, the above-mentioned or to be described later case of the special PDCCH detection includes a case where PDCCH monitoring is indicated by a specific field in the special PDCCH), a general/normal PDCCH (DCI format 0_0/0_1/0_2 for scheduling PUSCH, DCI format 1_0/1_1/1_2 for scheduling PDSCH, DCI format for other purposes, etc.) instead of the special PDCCH may be monitored in the DRX-on duration. However, the UE may need a certain preparation time for PDCCH monitoring after waking up, which may be different for each UE. If monitoring only the special PDCCH is referred to as a power saving mode, and monitoring a general/normal PDCCH is referred to as a normal mode, the preparation time required for mode change from the power saving mode to the normal mode may be different for each UE.
Therefore, if the time between the detection of the special PDCCH and the start time(=beginning) of the DRX-on duration is shorter than the preparation time, it may be difficult for the UE to properly monitor the PDCCH in the DRX-on duration. According to the present disclosure, this problem can be solved. That is, the UE informs the base station of the preparation time (the specific time described above), and the base station transmits a special PDCCH in consideration of this. Therefore, there is no problem in monitoring the PDCCH in the DRX-on duration after the UE receives the special PDCCH.
The Proposal 2 may be performed by an apparatus configured to control the UE. The apparatus may include a processor and a memory that stores instructions executable by the processor. The processor may execute the command to transmit time information indicating a specific time to the base station, receive from the base station a special PDCCH used to inform that the UE monitors a PDCCH for a time duration, and monitor the PDCCH during the time duration. The processor may receive the special PDCCH at a time earlier than the specific time from the start point of the time interval.
In addition, the Proposal 2 may be performed by at least one computer readable medium (CRM) including instructions based on being executed by at least one processor. The CRM may transmit time information indicating a specific time to the base station, receive from the base station a special PDCCH used to inform that the UE monitors a PDCCH for a time duration, and monitor the PDCCH during the time duration. Characteristically, the CRM may perform an operation including receiving the special PDCCH at a time earlier than the specific time from the start point of the time interval.
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The base station includes a transceiver and a processor coupled to the transceiver, and the processor may perform the above-described method. That is, the processor receives time information informing a specific time from the UE, transmits a special PDCCH used to inform that the UE monitors a PDCCH for a time duration to the UE, and transmits the PDCCH during the time duration, wherein the processor transmits the special PDCCH at a time earlier than the specific time from a start of the time duration.
Claims in this specification may be combined in various ways. For instance, technical features of method claims of the specification may be combined to be implemented or performed in an apparatus, and technical features of apparatus claims may be combined to be implemented or performed in a method. Further, technical features of method claim(s) and technical features of apparatus claim(s) may be combined to be implemented or performed in an apparatus, and technical features of method claim(s) and technical features of apparatus claim(s) can be combined to be implemented or performed in a method.
The methods proposed herein may be performed by not only a UE but also at least one computer-readable medium including an instruction executed by at least one processor and an apparatus configured to control a UE, the apparatus including at least one processor and at least one memory that is operatively connected to the at least one processor and stores instructions, and the at least one processor executing the instructions to perform the methods proposed herein. Also, it is obvious that, according to the methods proposed in this specification, an operation by the base station corresponding to the operation performed by the UE may be considered.
Hereinafter, an example of a communication system to which the disclosure is applied is described.
Various descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed herein may be applied to, but not limited to, various fields requiring wireless communication/connection (e.g., 5G) between devices.
Hereinafter, specific examples are illustrated with reference to drawings. In the following drawings/description, unless otherwise indicated, like reference numerals may refer to like or corresponding hardware blocks, software blocks, or functional blocks.
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The wireless devices 100a to 100f may be connected to the network 300 through the base station 200. Artificial intelligence (AI) technology may be applied to the wireless devices 100a to 100f, and the wireless devices 100a to 100f may be connected to an AI server 400 through the network 300. The network 300 may be configured using a 3G network, a 4G (e.g., LTE) network, or a 5G (e.g., NR) network. The wireless devices 100a to 100f may communicate with each other via the base station 200/network 300 and may also perform direct communication (e.g. sidelink communication) with each other without passing through the base station/network. For example, the vehicles 100b-1 and 100b-2 may perform direct communication (e.g. vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V)/vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication). Further, the IoT device (e.g., a sensor) may directly communicate with another IoT device (e.g., a sensor) or another wireless device 100a to 100f.
Wireless communications/connections 150a, 150b, and 150c may be established between the wireless devices 100a to 100f and the base station 200 and between the base stations 200. Here, the wireless communications/connections may be established by various wireless access technologies (e.g., 5G NR), such as uplink/downlink communication 150a, sidelink communication 150b (or D2D communication), and inter-base station communication 150c (e.g., relay or integrated access backhaul (IAB)). The wireless devices and the base station/wireless devices, and the base stations may transmit/receive radio signals to/from each other through the wireless communications/connections 150a, 150b, and 150c. For example, the wireless communications/connections 150a, 150b, and 150c may transmit/receive signals over various physical channels. To this end, at least some of various configuration information setting processes, various signal processing processes (e.g., channel encoding/decoding, modulation/demodulation, resource mapping/demapping, and the like), and resource allocation processes may be performed on the basis of various proposals of the disclosure.
NR supports a plurality of numerologies (or a plurality of ranges of subcarrier spacing (SCS)) in order to support a variety of 5G services. For example, when SCS is 15 kHz, a wide area in traditional cellular bands is supported; when SCS is 30 kHz/60 kHz, a dense-urban, lower-latency, and wider-carrier bandwidth is supported; when SCS is 60 kHz or higher, a bandwidth greater than 24.25 GHz is supported to overcome phase noise.
NR frequency bands may be defined as frequency ranges of two types (FR1 and FR2). The values of the frequency ranges may be changed. For example, the frequency ranges of the two types (FR1 and FR2) may be as shown in Table 7. For convenience of description, FR1 of the frequency ranges used for an NR system may refer to a “sub 6 GHz range”, and FR2 may refer to an “above 6 GHz range” and may be referred to as a millimeter wave (mmW).
As illustrated above, the values of the frequency ranges for the NR system may be changed. For example, FR1 may include a band from 410 MHz to 7125 MHz as shown in Table 8. That is, FR1 may include a frequency band of 6 GHz (or 5850, 5900, 5925 MHz, or the like) or greater. For example, the frequency band of 6 GHz (or 5850, 5900, 5925 MHz, or the like) or greater included in FR1 may include an unlicensed band. The unlicensed bands may be used for a variety of purposes, for example, for vehicular communication (e.g., autonomous driving).
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The first wireless device 100 includes at least one processor 102 and at least one memory 104 and may further include at least one transceiver 106 and/or at least one antenna 108. The processor 102 may be configured to control the memory 104 and/or the transceiver 106 and to implement the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed herein. For example, the processor 102 may process information in the memory 104 to generate first information/signal and may then transmit a radio signal including the first information/signal through the transceiver 106. In addition, the processor 102 may receive a radio signal including second information/signal through the transceiver 106 and may store information obtained from signal processing of the second information/signal in the memory 104. The memory 104 may be connected to the processor 102 and may store various pieces of information related to the operation of the processor 102. For example, the memory 104 may store a software code including instructions to perform some or all of processes controlled by the processor 102 or to perform the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed herein. Here, the processor 102 and the memory 104 may be part of a communication modem/circuit/chip designed to implement a radio communication technology (e.g., LTE or NR). The transceiver 106 may be connected with the processor 102 and may transmit and/or receive a radio signal via the at least one antennas 108. The transceiver 106 may include a transmitter and/or a receiver. The transceiver 106 may be replaced with a radio frequency (RF) unit. In the disclosure, the wireless device may refer to a communication modem/circuit/chip.
The second wireless device 200 includes at least one processor 202 and at least one memory 204 and may further include at least one transceiver 206 and/or at least one antenna 208. The processor 202 may be configured to control the memory 204 and/or the transceiver 206 and to implement the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed herein. For example, the processor 202 may process information in the memory 204 to generate third information/signal and may then transmit a radio signal including the third information/signal through the transceiver 206. In addition, the processor 202 may receive a radio signal including fourth information/signal through the transceiver 206 and may store information obtained from signal processing of the fourth information/signal in the memory 204. The memory 204 may be connected to the processor 202 and may store various pieces of information related to the operation of the processor 202. For example, the memory 204 may store a software code including instructions to perform some or all of processes controlled by the processor 202 or to perform the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed herein. Here, the processor 202 and the memory 204 may be part of a communication modem/circuit/chip designed to implement a radio communication technology (e.g., LTE or NR). The transceiver 206 may be connected with the processor 202 and may transmit and/or receive a radio signal via the at least one antennas 208. The transceiver 206 may include a transmitter and/or a receiver. The transceiver 206 may be replaced with an RF unit. In the disclosure, the wireless device may refer to a communication modem/circuit/chip.
Hereinafter, hardware elements of the wireless devices 100 and 200 are described in detail. At least one protocol layer may be implemented, but limited to, by the at least one processor 102 and 202. For example, the at least one processor 102 and 202 may implement at least one layer (e.g., a functional layer, such as PHY, MAC, RLC, PDCP, RRC, and SDAP layers). The at least one processor 102 and 202 may generate at least one protocol data unit (PDU) and/or at least one service data unit (SDU) according to the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed herein. The at least one processor 102 and 202 may generate a message, control information, data, or information according to the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed herein. The at least one processor 102 and 202 may generate a signal (e.g., a baseband signal) including a PDU, an SDU, a message, control information, data, or information according to the functions, procedures, proposals, and/or methods disclosed herein and may provide the signal to the at least one transceiver 106 and 206. The at least one processor 102 and 202 may receive a signal (e.g., a baseband signal) from the at least one transceiver 106 and 206 and may obtain a PDU, an SDU, a message, control information, data, or information according to the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed herein.
The at least one processor 102 and 202 may be referred to as a controller, a microcontroller, a microprocessor, or a microcomputer. The at least one processor 102 and 202 may be implemented by hardware, firmware, software, or a combination thereof. For example, at least one application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), at least one digital signal processor (DSP), at least one digital signal processing devices (DSPD), at least one programmable logic devices (PLD), or at least one field programmable gate array (FPGA) may be included in the at least one processor 102 and 202. The descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed herein may be implemented using firmware or software, and the firmware or software may be configured to include modules, procedures, functions, and the like. The firmware or software configured to perform the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed herein may be included in the at least one processor 102 and 202 or may be stored in the at least one memory 104 and 204 and may be executed by the at least one processor 102 and 202. The descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed herein may be implemented in the form of a code, an instruction, and/or a set of instructions using firmware or software.
The at least one memory 104 and 204 may be connected to the at least one processor 102 and 202 and may store various forms of data, signals, messages, information, programs, codes, indications, and/or commands. The at least one memory 104 and 204 may be configured as a ROM, a RAM, an EPROM, a flash memory, a hard drive, a register, a cache memory, a computer-readable storage medium, and/or a combinations thereof. The at least one memory 104 and 204 may be disposed inside and/or outside the at least one processor 102 and 202. In addition, the at least one memory 104 and 204 may be connected to the at least one processor 102 and 202 through various techniques, such as a wired or wireless connection.
The at least one transceiver 106 and 206 may transmit user data, control information, a radio signal/channel, or the like mentioned in the methods and/or operational flowcharts disclosed herein to at least different device. The at least one transceiver 106 and 206 may receive user data, control information, a radio signal/channel, or the like mentioned in the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed herein from at least one different device. For example, the at least one transceiver 106 and 206 may be connected to the at least one processor 102 and 202 and may transmit and receive a radio signal. For example, the at least one processor 102 and 202 may control the at least one transceiver 106 and 206 to transmit user data, control information, or a radio signal to at least one different device. In addition, the at least one processor 102 and 202 may control the at least one transceiver 106 and 206 to receive user data, control information, or a radio signal from at least one different device. The at least one transceiver 106 and 206 may be connected to the at least one antenna 108 and 208 and may be configured to transmit or receive user data, control information, a radio signal/channel, or the like mentioned in the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed herein through the at least one antenna 108 and 208. In this document, the at least one antenna may be a plurality of physical antennas or may be a plurality of logical antennas (e.g., antenna ports). The at least one transceiver 106 and 206 may convert a received radio signal/channel from an RF band signal into a baseband signal in order to process received user data, control information, a radio signal/channel, or the like using the at least one processor 102 and 202. The at least one transceiver 106 and 206 may convert user data, control information, a radio signal/channel, or the like, processed using the at least one processor 102 and 202, from a baseband signal to an RF bad signal. To this end, the at least one transceiver 106 and 206 may include an (analog) oscillator and/or a filter.
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A codeword may be converted into a radio signal via the signal processing circuit 1000 of
Specifically, the codeword may be converted into a scrambled bit sequence by the scrambler 1010. A scrambled sequence used for scrambling is generated on the basis of an initialization value, and the initialization value may include ID information about a wireless device. The scrambled bit sequence may be modulated into a modulation symbol sequence by the modulator 1020. A modulation scheme may include pi/2-binary phase shift keying (pi/2-BPSK), m-phase shift keying (m-PSK), m-quadrature amplitude modulation (m-QAM), and the like. A complex modulation symbol sequence may be mapped to at least one transport layer by the layer mapper 1030. Modulation symbols of each transport layer may be mapped to a corresponding antenna port(s) by the precoder 1040 (precoding). Output z from the precoder 1040 may be obtained by multiplying output y from the layer mapper 1030 by a precoding matrix W of N*M, where N is the number of antenna ports, and M is the number of transport layers. Here, the precoder 1040 may perform precoding after performing transform precoding (e.g., DFT transform) on complex modulation symbols. Alternatively, the precoder 1040 may perform precoding without performing transform precoding.
The resource mapper 1050 may map a modulation symbol of each antenna port to a time-frequency resource. The time-frequency resource may include a plurality of symbols (e.g., CP-OFDMA symbols or DFT-s-OFDMA symbols) in the time domain and may include a plurality of subcarriers in the frequency domain. The signal generator 1060 may generate a radio signal from mapped modulation symbols, and the generated radio signal may be transmitted to another device through each antenna. To this end, the signal generator 1060 may include an inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) module, a cyclic prefix (CP) inserter, a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), a frequency uplink converter, and the like.
A signal processing procedure for a received signal in a wireless device may be performed in the reverse order of the signal processing procedure 1010 to 1060 of
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The additional components 140 may be configured variously depending on the type of the wireless device. For example, the additional components 140 may include at least one of a power unit/battery, an input/output (I/O) unit, a driving unit, and a computing unit. The wireless device may be configured, but not limited to, as a robot (100a in
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The communication unit 110 may transmit and receive a signal (e.g., data, a control signal, or the like) to and from other wireless devices and base stations. The control unit 120 may control various components of the hand-held device 100 to perform various operations. The control unit 120 may include an application processor (AP). The memory unit 130 may store data/parameter/program/code/command necessary to drive the hand-held device 100. Further, the memory unit 130 may store input/output data/information. The power supply unit 140a supplies power to the hand-held device 100 and may include a wired/wireless charging circuit, a battery, and the like. The interface unit 140b may support a connection between the hand-held device 100 and a different external device. The interface unit 140b may include various ports (e.g., an audio input/output port and a video input/output port) for connection to an external device. The input/output unit 140c may receive or output image information/signal, audio information/signal, data, and/or information input from a user. The input/output unit 140c may include a camera, a microphone, a user input unit, a display unit 140d, a speaker, and/or a haptic module.
For example, in data communication, the input/output unit 140c may obtain information/signal (e.g., a touch, text, voice, an image, and a video) input from the user, and the obtained information/signal may be stored in the memory unit 130. The communication unit 110 may convert information/signal stored in the memory unit into a radio signal and may transmit the converted radio signal directly to a different wireless device or to a base station. In addition, the communication unit 110 may receive a radio signal from a different wireless device or the base station and may reconstruct the received radio signal to original information/signal. The reconstructed information/signal may be stored in the memory unit 130 and may then be output in various forms (e.g., text, voice, an image, a video, and a haptic form) through the input/output unit 140c.
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The communication unit 110 may transmit and receive a signal (e.g., data, a control signal, or the like) to and from external devices, such as a different vehicle, a base station (e.g. a base station, a road-side unit, or the like), and a server. The control unit 120 may control elements of the vehicle or the autonomous driving vehicle 100 to perform various operations. The control unit 120 may include an electronic control unit (ECU). The driving unit 140a may enable the vehicle or the autonomous driving vehicle 100 to run on the ground. The driving unit 140a may include an engine, a motor, a power train, wheels, a brake, a steering device, and the like. The power supply unit 140b supplies power to the vehicle or the autonomous driving vehicle 100 and may include a wired/wireless charging circuit, a battery, and the like. The sensor unit 140c may obtain a vehicle condition, environmental information, user information, and the like. The sensor unit 140c may include an inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensor, a collision sensor, a wheel sensor, a speed sensor, an inclination sensor, a weight sensor, a heading sensor, a position module, vehicular forward/backward vision sensors, a battery sensor, a fuel sensor, a tire sensor, a steering sensor, a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, an ultrasonic sensor, an illuminance sensor, a pedal position sensor, and the like. The autonomous driving unit 140d may implement a technology for maintaining a driving lane, a technology for automatically adjusting speed, such as adaptive cruise control, a technology for automatic driving along a set route, a technology for automatically setting a route and driving when a destination is set, and the like.
For example, the communication unit 110 may receive map data, traffic condition data, and the like from an external server. The autonomous driving unit 140d may generate an autonomous driving route and a driving plan on the basis of obtained data. The control unit 120 may control the driving unit 140a to move the vehicle or the autonomous driving vehicle 100 along the autonomous driving route according to the driving plan (e.g., speed/direction control). During autonomous driving, the communication unit 110 may aperiodically/periodically obtain updated traffic condition data from the external server and may obtain surrounding traffic condition data from a neighboring vehicle. Further, during autonomous driving, the sensor unit 140c may obtain a vehicle condition and environmental information. The autonomous driving unit 140d may update the autonomous driving route and the driving plan on the basis of newly obtained data/information. The communication unit 110 may transmit information about a vehicle location, an autonomous driving route, a driving plan, and the like to the external server. The external server may predict traffic condition data in advance using AI technology or the like on the basis of information collected from vehicles or autonomous driving vehicles and may provide the predicted traffic condition data to the vehicles or the autonomous driving vehicles.
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The communication unit 110 may transmit/receive signals (e.g., data, control signals, etc.) with other vehicles or external devices such as a base station. The control unit 120 may control components of the vehicle 100 to perform various operations. The memory unit 130 may store data/parameters/programs/codes/commands supporting various functions of the vehicle 100. The input/output unit 140a may output an AR/VR object based on information in the memory unit 130. The input/output unit 140a may include a HUD. The positioning unit 140b may acquire position information of the vehicle 100. The location information may include absolute location information of the vehicle 100, location information within a driving line, acceleration information, location information with a neighboring vehicle, and the like. The positioning unit 140b may include a GPS and various sensors.
For example, the communication unit 110 of the vehicle 100 may receive map information, traffic information, and the like from an external server and store it in the memory unit 130. The positioning unit 140b may obtain vehicle position information through GPS and various sensors and store it in the memory unit 130. The control unit 120 may generate a virtual object based on map information, traffic information, vehicle location information, and the like, and the input/output unit 140a may display the generated virtual object on a window inside the vehicle (1410 and 1420). In addition, the control unit 120 may determine whether the vehicle 100 is normally operating within the driving line based on the vehicle location information. When the vehicle 100 abnormally deviates from the driving line, the control unit 120 may display a warning on the windshield of the vehicle through the input/output unit 140a. Also, the control unit 120 may broadcast a warning message regarding the driving abnormality to surrounding vehicles through the communication unit 110. Depending on the situation, the control unit 120 may transmit the location information of the vehicle and information on driving/vehicle abnormality to the related organization through the communication unit 110.
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The communication unit 110 may transmit/receive signals (e.g., media data, control signals, etc.) to/from external devices such as other wireless devices, portable devices, or media servers. Media data may include images, images, sounds, and the like. The control unit 120 may control the components of the XR device 100a to perform various operations. For example, the control unit 120 may be configured to control and/or perform procedures such as video/image acquisition, (video/image) encoding, and metadata generation and processing. The memory unit 130 may store data/parameters/programs/codes/commands necessary for driving the XR device 100a/creating an XR object. The input/output unit 140a may obtain control information, data, and the like from the outside, and may output the generated XR object. The input/output unit 140a may include a camera, a microphone, a user input unit, a display unit, a speaker, and/or a haptic module. The sensor unit 140b may obtain an XR device state, surrounding environment information, user information, and the like. The sensor unit 140b may include a proximity sensor, an illumination sensor, an acceleration sensor, a magnetic sensor, a gyro sensor, an inertial sensor, a RGB sensor, an IR sensor, a fingerprint recognition sensor, an ultrasonic sensor, an optical sensor, a microphone, and/or a radar. The power supply unit 140c supplies power to the XR device 100a, and may include a wired/wireless charging circuit, a battery, and the like.
For example, the memory unit 130 of the XR device 100a may include information (e.g., data, etc.) necessary for generating an XR object (e.g., AR/VR/MR object). The input/output unit 140a may obtain a command to operate the XR device 100a from the user, and the control unit 120 may drive the XR device 100a according to the user's driving command. For example, when the user wants to watch a movie or news through the XR device 100a, the control unit 120 transmits the content request information through the communication unit 130 to another device (e.g., the mobile device 100b) or can be sent to the media server. The communication unit 130 may download/stream contents such as movies and news from another device (e.g., the portable device 100b) or a media server to the memory unit 130. The control unit 120 controls and/or performs procedures such as video/image acquisition, (video/image) encoding, and metadata generation/processing for the content, and is acquired through the input/output unit 140a/the sensor unit 140b An XR object can be generated/output based on information about one surrounding space or a real object.
Also, the XR device 100a is wirelessly connected to the portable device 100b through the communication unit 110, and the operation of the XR device 100a may be controlled by the portable device 100b. For example, the portable device 100b may operate as a controller for the XR device 100a. To this end, the XR device 100a may obtain 3D location information of the portable device 100b, and then generate and output an XR object corresponding to the portable device 100b.
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The communication unit 110 may transmit/receive signals (e.g., driving information, control signal, etc.) to/from external device such as other wireless device, other robot, or a control server. The control unit 120 may perform various operations by controlling the components of the robot 100. The memory unit 130 may store data/parameters/programs/codes/commands supporting various functions of the robot 100. The input/output unit 140a may obtain information from the outside of the robot 100 and may output information to the outside of the robot 100. The input/output unit 140a may include a camera, a microphone, an user input unit, a display unit, a speaker, and/or a haptic module, etc. The sensor unit 140b may obtain internal information, surrounding environment information, user information and the like of the robot 100. The sensor unit may include a proximity sensor, an illumination sensor, an acceleration sensor, a magnetic sensor, a gyro sensor, an inertial sensor, an IR sensor, a fingerprint recognition sensor, an ultrasonic sensor, an optical sensor, a microphone, a radar, and the like. The driving unit 140c may perform various physical operations such as moving a robot joint. In addition, the driving unit 140c may make the robot 100 travel on the ground or fly in the air. The driving unit 140c may include an actuator, a motor, a wheel, a brake, a propeller, and the like.
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The communication unit 110 may transmit and receive wired or wireless signals (e.g., sensor information, a user input, a learning mode, a control signal, or the like) to and from external devices, a different AI device (e.g., 100x, 200, or 400 in
The control unit 120 may determine at least one executable operation of the AI device 100 on the basis of information determined or generated using a data analysis algorithm or a machine-learning algorithm. The control unit 120 may control components of the AI device 100 to perform the determined operation. For example, the control unit 120 may request, retrieve, receive, or utilize data of the learning processor unit 140c or the memory unit 130 and may control components of the AI device 100 to perform a predicted operation or an operation determined to be preferable among the at least one executable operation. The control unit 120 may collect history information including details about an operation of the AI device 100 or a user's feedback on the operation and may store the history information in the memory unit 130 or the learning processor unit 140c or may transmit the history information to an external device, such as the AI server (400 in
The memory unit 130 may store data for supporting various functions of the AI device 100. For example, the memory unit 130 may store data obtained from the input unit 140a, data obtained from the communication unit 110, output data from the learning processor unit 140c, and data obtained from the sensing unit 140. Further, the memory unit 130 may store control information and/or a software code necessary for the operation/execution of the control unit 120.
The input unit 140a may obtain various types of data from the outside of the AI device 100. For example, the input unit 140a may obtain learning data for model learning and input data to which a learning model is applied. The input unit 140a may include a camera, a microphone, and/or a user input unit. The output unit 140b may generate visual, auditory, or tactile output. The output unit 140b may include a display unit, a speaker, and/or a haptic module. The sensing unit 140 may obtain at least one of internal information about the AI device 100, environmental information about the AI device 100, and user information using various sensors. The sensing unit 140 may include a proximity sensor, an illuminance sensor, an acceleration sensor, a magnetic sensor, a gyro sensor, an inertial sensor, an RGB sensor, an IR sensor, a fingerprint sensor, an ultrasonic sensor, an optical sensor, a microphone, and/or a radar.
The learning processor unit 140c may train a model including artificial neural networks using learning data. The learning processor unit 140c may perform AI processing together with a learning processor unit of an AI server (400 in
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