Downlink demarcations for rapid, reliable 5G/6G messaging

A method for a base station of a wireless network to transmit a downlink message to a user device of the network, the method comprising:

• a. configuring one or more demarcations, each demarcation comprising a predetermined series of bits, and each demarcation configured to indicate a start or an end of the downlink message;
• and
• b. transmitting the downlink message in association with the one or more demarcations on a downlink channel of the network, wherein the one or more demarcations allow downlink messages to be more efficiently handled and/or provided special handling;
• c. wherein at least one of the demarcations includes a demodulation reference;
• d. wherein the demodulation reference comprises:
• i. at least one resource element modulated according to a maximum amplitude level of a modulation scheme;
• ii. at least one resource element modulated according to a minimum amplitude level of the modulation scheme;
• iii. at least one resource element modulated according to a maximum phase level of the modulation scheme;
• and
• iv. at least one resource element modulated according to a minimum phase level of the modulation scheme.

A method for a base station of a wireless network to transmit a downlink message to a user device of the network, the method comprising:

• a. configuring one or more demarcations, each demarcation comprising a predetermined series of bits, and each demarcation configured to indicate a start or an end of the downlink message;
• and
• b. transmitting the downlink message in association with the one or more demarcations on a downlink channel of the network, wherein the one or more demarcations allow downlink messages to be more efficiently handled and/or provided special handling;
• c. wherein a first demarcation comprises a start-code positioned at a start of the message, wherein the start-code comprises at least one of:
• i. an identification code of the user device;
• ii. a demodulation reference;
• iii. a resource element with zero transmission;
• and
• iv. a combination of these;
• d. wherein a second demarcation comprises an end-code, different from the start-code, the end-code positioned at an end of the message, wherein the end-code comprises at least one of:
• i. an identification code of the user device;
• ii. a demodulation reference;
• iii. a resource element with zero transmission;
• and
• iv. a combination of these;
• and
• e. wherein the start-code is concatenated with the downlink message, and the downlink message is concatenated with the end-code.

A method for a base station of a wireless network to transmit a downlink message to a user device of the network, the method comprising:

• a. configuring one or more demarcations, each demarcation comprising a predetermined series of bits, and each demarcation configured to indicate a start or an end of the downlink message;
• and
• b. transmitting the downlink message in association with the one or more demarcations on a downlink channel of the network, wherein the one or more demarcations allow downlink messages to be more efficiently handled and/or provided special handling;
• c. receiving, from the user device, a request message comprising a request that the base station transmit the one or more demarcations in association with downlink messages to the user device;
• d. transmitting, responsive to the request message, a first demarcation comprising a first resource element with zero transmission therein, followed by a second resource element modulated according to a maximum amplitude level and a maximum phase level of a modulation scheme, followed by a third resource element modulated according to a minimum amplitude level and a minimum phase level of the modulation scheme;
• e. then transmitting the message;
• f. then transmitting a second demarcation comprising a fourth resource element modulated according to the minimum amplitude level and the minimum phase level of the modulation scheme, followed by a fifth resource element modulated according to the maximum amplitude level and the maximum phase level of the modulation scheme, followed by a sixth resource element with zero transmission therein.

A user device in signal communication with a base station of a wireless network, the user device configured to:

• a. transmit a request message to the base station, the request message specifying a demarcation comprising one or more resource elements, the one or more resource elements comprising a predetermined pattern;
• b. detect downlink signals on one or more downlink channels of the wireless network;
• c. detect, in the downlink signals, the demarcation according to the predetermined pattern;
• determine, according to the detected demarcation, a downlink message unicast by the base station to the user device, whereby the unicast message may be more efficiently handled than in the absence of the detected demarcation;
• e. receive a first demarcation comprising one or more resource elements comprising a first pattern;
• f. receive a plurality of resource elements following the first demarcation;
• g. receive a second demarcation following the plurality of resource elements, the second demarcation comprising one or more resource elements comprising a second pattern different from the first pattern;
• and
• h. then determine, according to the first and second patterns, that the plurality of resource elements comprises the downlink message.

Non-transitory computer-readable media in a base station of a wireless network, the media comprising instructions that, when executed by a computer environment, cause a method to be performed, the method comprising:

• a. transmitting, to a user device of the wireless network, a downlink message and one or more demarcations, each demarcation comprising one or more resource elements comprising a predetermined pattern, the demarcations prepended or appended, or both, to the message;
• b. wherein the predetermined pattern is configured to indicate, to the user device, a starting resource element of the downlink message, or an ending resource element of the downlink message, or both the starting and the ending resource elements of the downlink message;
• wherein:
• c. the demarcations comprise a start-code and an end-code different from the start-code;
• d. the start-code is transmitted before the downlink and the end-code is transmitted after the downlink message;
• and
• e. the start-code, the downlink message, and the end-code are concatenated and transmitted in sequential subcarriers or sequential symbol times of a resource grid, the resource grid established by the base station.