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US 11,121,751 B2Granted
Techniques for multilayer beamforming in wireless communications
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsVasanthan Raghavan, Junyi Li
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Abstract
Aspects described herein relate to determining multiple waveforms for transmitting wireless communications. A control waveform can be determined for transmitting a control information transmission related to a data transmission as one of multiple waveforms. A data waveform can be determined for transmitting the data transmission as one of the multiple waveforms. The control information transmission can be transmitted based on the control waveform, and the data transmission can be transmitted based on the data waveform.
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A method for wireless communication, comprising:
- determining, by a user equipment (UE) having multiple antenna subarrays each capable of beamforming using multiple beams, multiple beam groups, wherein each beam group of the multiple beam groups includes a subset of the multiple beams for beamforming by the UE;
- determining, by the UE, a beam group ordering of the multiple beam groups, wherein the beam group ordering is based on an antenna subarray configuration of the multiple antenna subarrays of the UE;
- receiving, from an access point and based on beamforming, by the UE, one or more of the multiple antenna subarrays using the beam group ordering, multiple transmit beams;
- determining at least one of the multiple transmit beams having a received signal metric exceed a signal metric threshold;
- and
- transmitting a first indication associated with the multiple beam groups along with a second indication identifying the at least one of the multiple transmit beams and identifying an associated signal metric of the at least one of the multiple transmit beams, wherein the first indication indicates at least the beam group ordering used by the UE in receiving the multiple transmit beams.
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An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:
- a transceiver for communicating in a wireless network via multiple antenna subarrays each capable of beamforming using multiple beams;
- a memory configured to store instructions;
- and
- one or more processors communicatively coupled with the transceiver and the memory, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:
- determine multiple beam groups, wherein each beam group of the multiple beam groups includes a subset of the multiple beams for beamforming by the apparatus;
- determine a beam group ordering of the multiple beam groups, wherein the beam group ordering is based on an antenna subarray configuration of the multiple antenna subarrays of the UE;
- receive, from an access point and based on beamforming, by the apparatus, one or more of the multiple antenna subarrays using the beam group ordering, multiple transmit beams;
- determine at least one of the multiple transmit beams having a highest received signal metric exceeding a signal metric threshold;
- and
- transmit a first indication associated with the multiple beam groups along with a second indication identifying the at least one of the multiple transmit beams and identifying an associated signal metric of the at least one of the multiple transmit beams, wherein the first indication indicates at least the beam group ordering used by the apparatus in receiving the multiple transmit beams.
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An apparatus for communicating in a wireless network, comprising:
- means for determining, for multiple antenna subarrays each capable of beamforming using multiple beams, multiple beam groups, wherein each beam group of the multiple beam groups includes a subset of the multiple beams for beamforming by the apparatus;
- means for determining a beam group ordering of the multiple beam groups, wherein the beam group ordering is based on an antenna subarray configuration of the multiple antenna subarrays of the UE;
- means for receiving, from an access point and based on beamforming, by the apparatus, one or more of the multiple antenna subarrays using the beam group ordering, multiple transmit beams;
- means for determining at least one of the multiple transmit beams having a received signal metric exceeding a signal metric threshold;
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- means for transmitting a first indication associated with the multiple beam groups along with a second indication identifying the at least one of the multiple transmit beams and identifying an associated signal metric of the at least one of the multiple transmit beams, wherein the first indication indicates at least the beam group ordering used by the apparatus in receiving the multiple transmit beams.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising code executable by one or more processors for communicating by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless network, the code comprising:
- code for determining, for multiple antenna subarrays each capable of beamforming using multiple beams, multiple beam groups, wherein each beam group of the multiple beam groups includes a subset of the multiple beams for beamforming by the UE;
- code for determining a beam group ordering of the multiple beam groups, wherein the beam group ordering is based on an antenna subarray configuration of the multiple antenna subarrays of the UE;
- code for receiving, from an access point and based on beamforming, by the UE, one or more of the multiple antenna subarrays using the beam group ordering, multiple transmit beams;
- code for determining at least one of the multiple transmit beams having a received signal metric exceeding a signal metric threshold;
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- code for transmitting a first indication associated with the multiple beam groups along with a second indication identifying the at least one of the multiple transmit beams and identifying an associated signal metric of the at least one of the multiple transmit beams, wherein the first indication indicates at least the beam group ordering used by the UE in receiving the multiple transmit beams.
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A method for wireless communication, comprising:
- transmitting, by an access point, multiple transmit beams using multiple beamforming configurations of multiple antennas;
- receiving, by the access point, a reporting including a first indication associated with multiple beam groups along with a second indication identifying at least one of the multiple transmit beams and identifying associated signal metrics of the at least one of the multiple transmit beams, wherein the first indication indicates at least a beam group ordering of the multiple beam groups used by a user equipment (UE) in receiving the multiple transmit beams, wherein the beam group ordering is determined by the UE based on an antenna subarray configuration of multiple antenna subarrays of the UE;
- determining, based on the reporting, one or more parameters indicating one or more desired beam groups or beam group orderings;
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- transmitting the one or more parameters to assist in receiving transmit beams from the access point.
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An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:
- a transceiver for communicating in a wireless network via multiple antennas in one or more subarrays;
- a memory configured to store instructions;
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- one or more processors communicatively coupled with the transceiver and the memory, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:
- transmit multiple transmit beams using multiple beamforming configurations of multiple antennas;
- receive a reporting including a first indication associated with multiple beam groups along with a second indication identifying at least one of the multiple transmit beams and identifying associated signal metrics of the at least one of the multiple transmit beams, wherein the first indication indicates at least a beam group ordering of the multiple beam groups used by a user equipment (UE) in receiving the multiple transmit beams, wherein the beam group ordering is determined by the UE based on an antenna subarray configuration of multiple antenna subarrays of the UE;
- determine, based on the reporting, one or more parameters indicating one or more desired beam groups or beam group orderings;
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- transmit the one or more parameters to assist in receiving transmit beams.
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An apparatus for communicating in a wireless network, comprising:
- means for transmitting multiple transmit beams using multiple beamforming configurations of multiple antennas;
- means for receiving a reporting including a first indication associated with multiple beam groups along with a second indication identifying at least one of the multiple transmit beams and identifying associated signal metrics of the at least one of the multiple transmit beams, wherein the first indication indicates at least a beam group ordering of the multiple beam groups used by a user equipment (UE) in receiving the multiple transmit beams, wherein the beam group ordering is determined by the UE based on an antenna subarray configuration of multiple antenna subarrays of the UE;
- means for determining, based on the reporting, one or more parameters indicating one or more desired beam groups or beam group orderings;
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- means for transmitting the one or more parameters to assist in receiving transmit beams.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising code executable by one or more processors for communicating in a wireless network, the code comprising:
- code for transmitting multiple transmit beams using multiple beamforming configurations of multiple antennas;
- code for receiving a reporting including a first indication associated with multiple beam groups along with a second indication identifying at least one of the multiple transmit beams and identifying associated signal metrics of the at least one of the multiple transmit beams, wherein the first indication indicates at least a beam group ordering of the multiple beam groups used by a user equipment (UE) in receiving the multiple transmit beams, wherein the beam group ordering is determined by the UE based on an antenna subarray configuration of multiple antenna subarrays of the UE;
- code for determining, based on the reporting, one or more parameters indicating one or more desired beam groups or beam group orderings;
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- code for transmitting the one or more parameters to assist in receiving transmit beams.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.