阅读说明：本技术 用于新无线电的基于序列的上行链路控制信息设计 (Sequence-based uplink control information design for new radios ) 是由 R·王 黄轶 P·盖尔 徐浩 S·朴 于 2018-05-30 设计创作，主要内容包括：本公开一般涉及用于在5G新无线电无线通信中使用基于序列的上行链路控制信息的方法和用于实现该方法的装置。该方法可以包括用户装备(UE)可以至少基于从gNB接收的资源指派信息来构造信号。由UE接收到的资源指派信息可以指示频率资源、基本序列索引和移位索引。在非限制性示例中,资源指派信息可以包括与一个或多个群集相关的频率资源指派信息。在其中频率资源信息包括多个群集的实现中,多个群集中的每一者使用不同的基本序列并且可以使用相同或不同的循环移位。这些序列可以按非正交方式进行复用。UE可以使用资源指派信息来将所构造的信号传送到gNB。(The present disclosure relates generally to a method for using sequence-based uplink control information in 5G new radio wireless communications and an apparatus for implementing the same. The method can include a User Equipment (UE) can construct a signal based at least on resource assignment information received from a gNB. The resource assignment information received by the UE may indicate a frequency resource, a base sequence index, and a shift index. In a non-limiting example, the resource assignment information can include frequency resource assignment information related to one or more clusters. In implementations where the frequency resource information includes multiple clusters, each of the multiple clusters uses a different base sequence and may use the same or different cyclic shifts. These sequences may be multiplexed in a non-orthogonal manner. The UE may transmit the constructed signal to the gNB using the resource assignment information.)

1. A method of wireless communication at a User Equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving, at the UE, resource assignment information from a gNB, wherein the resource assignment information indicates frequency resources, base sequence indices, and shift indices;

constructing, at the UE, a signal based at least on the received resource assignment information; and

transmitting the constructed signal from the UE to the gNB based at least on the received resource assignment information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the resource assignment information comprises frequency resource assignment information related to one or more clusters.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the resource assignment information comprises frequency resource assignment information related to a plurality of clusters, and wherein each of the plurality of clusters uses a different base sequence.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the frequency resource assignment information comprises the frequency resource assignment information related to a plurality of clusters, wherein each of the plurality of clusters uses a different base sequence, and wherein the same or different cyclic shifts are used in each cluster.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein constructing the signal comprises: contains Uplink Control Information (UCI) and wherein the signal is multiplexed with other signals from multiple users within the resource block.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein constructing the signal further comprises:

using the same base sequence index and the same frequency resource assigned to a plurality of users, and using a different shift index relative to other users of the plurality of users.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein constructing the signal further comprises:

using the same shift index or different shift indexes and the same frequency resource assigned to a plurality of users, and using different base sequence indexes with respect to other users of the plurality of users.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein constructing the signal further comprises: including uplink control information UCI.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the UCI comprises Acknowledgement (ACK), Negative Acknowledgement (NACK), or Scheduling Request (SR) information.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the signal is associated with an enhanced mobile broadband (EMBB) service or an ultra-reliable low latency communication (URLLC) service.

11. A User Equipment (UE), comprising:

a memory; and

a processor in communication with the memory and configured to:

receiving resource assignment information from a gNB, wherein the resource assignment information indicates frequency resources, base sequence indices, and shift indices;

constructing a signal based at least on the received resource assignment information; and

transmitting the constructed signal to the gNB based at least on the received resource assignment information.

12. The UE of claim 11, wherein the resource assignment information comprises frequency resource assignment information related to one or more clusters.

13. The UE of claim 11, wherein the resource assignment information comprises frequency resource assignment information related to a plurality of clusters, and wherein each of the plurality of clusters uses a different base sequence.

14. The UE of claim 11, wherein the frequency resource assignment information comprises frequency resource assignment information related to a plurality of clusters, wherein each of the plurality of clusters uses a different base sequence, and wherein the same or different cyclic shifts are used in each cluster.

15. The UE of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to construct the signal by including Uplink Control Information (UCI), and wherein the signal is multiplexed with other signals from multiple users within a resource block.

16. The UE of claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured to construct the signal by:

using the same base sequence index and the same frequency resource assigned to a plurality of users, and using a different shift index relative to other users of the plurality of users.

17. The UE of claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured to construct the signal by:

using the same shift index or different shift indexes and the same frequency resource assigned to the plurality of users, and using different base sequence indexes with respect to other users of the plurality of users.

18. The UE of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to construct the signal by including Uplink Control Information (UCI).

19. The UE of claim 18, wherein the UCI comprises Acknowledgement (ACK), Negative Acknowledgement (NACK), or Scheduling Request (SR) information.

20. The UE of claim 11, wherein the signal is associated with an enhanced mobile broadband (EMBB) service or an ultra-reliable low latency communication (URLLC) service.

21. A User Equipment (UE), comprising:

means for receiving resource assignment information from a gNB, wherein the resource assignment information indicates frequency resources, base sequence indices, and shift indices;

means for constructing a signal based at least on the received resource assignment information; and

means for transmitting the constructed signal to the gNB based at least on the received resource assignment information.

22. A computer-readable medium storing computer code executable by a processor for wireless communication, comprising:

code for receiving resource assignment information from a gNB, wherein the resource assignment information indicates frequency resources, base sequence indices, and shift indices;

code for constructing a signal based at least on the received resource assignment information; and

code for transmitting the constructed signal to the gNB based at least on the received resource assignment information.

23. The computer-readable medium of claim 22, wherein the resource assignment information comprises frequency resource assignment information related to one or more clusters.

24. The computer-readable medium of claim 22, wherein the resource assignment information comprises frequency resource assignment information related to a plurality of clusters, and wherein each of the plurality of clusters uses a different base sequence.

25. The computer-readable medium of claim 22, wherein the frequency resource assignment information comprises frequency resource assignment information related to a plurality of clusters, wherein each of the plurality of clusters uses a different base sequence, and wherein the same or different cyclic shifts are used in each cluster.

26. The computer-readable medium of claim 22, wherein the code for constructing the signal further comprises: contains Uplink Control Information (UCI) and wherein the signal is multiplexed with other signals from multiple users within the resource block.

27. The computer-readable medium of claim 26, wherein the code for constructing the signal further comprises:

code for using a same base sequence index and a same frequency resource assigned to a plurality of users, and using a different shift index relative to other users of the plurality of users.

28. The computer-readable medium of claim 26, wherein the code for constructing the signal further comprises:

code for using the same shift index or different shift indexes and the same frequency resource assigned to the plurality of users, and using a different base sequence index relative to other users of the plurality of users.

29. The computer-readable medium of claim 22, wherein the code for constructing the signal further comprises: code for including Uplink Control Information (UCI).

30. The computer-readable medium of claim 29, wherein the UCI comprises Acknowledgement (ACK), Negative Acknowledgement (NACK), or Scheduling Request (SR) information.

31. The computer-readable medium of claim 22, wherein the signal is associated with an enhanced mobile broadband (EMBB) service or an ultra-reliable low latency communication (URLLC) service.

32. A method of wireless communication at a gbb, comprising:

receiving, at the gNB, a signal from a User Equipment (UE);

correlating, at the gNB, the received signal with each possible Uplink Control Information (UCI) hypothesis sequence of a plurality of UCI hypothesis sequences to output a plurality of correlated signals;

estimating, at the gNB, a channel based on each of the correlated signals;

determining, at the gNB, a total energy for each of the estimated channels;

identifying, at the gNB, a hypothesis having a highest total energy based on the determination; and

selecting, at the gNB, a sequence associated with the hypothesis with the highest total energy as a sequence transmitted from the UE to the gNB.

33. The method of claim 32, further comprising:

estimating, at the gNB, a noise and interference variance based on the assumption of the highest energy;

comparing, at the gNB, the highest total energy to a threshold value multiplied by the estimated noise and interference variance; and

determining, at the gNB, that a sequence is transmitted from a UE to the gNB when the highest total energy is greater than a product of the threshold and the noise and interference variance.

34. The method of claim 32, further comprising:

estimating, at the gNB, a noise and interference variance based on the assumption of the highest energy;

comparing, at the gNB, the highest total energy to a threshold value multiplied by the noise and interference variance; and

determining, at the gNB, that the UE is in a Discontinuous Transmission (DTX) mode when the highest total energy is less than or equal to a product of the threshold and the noise and interference variance.

35. The method of claim 32, wherein estimating the channel is performed in a time domain or a frequency domain.

36. The method of claim 32, wherein correlating the received signal with each possible sequence of UCI hypotheses at the gNB comprises: the received signal is individually correlated with possible UCI hypothesis sequences.

37. The method of claim 32, further comprising transmitting resource assignment information to the UE, wherein the resource assignment information indicates frequency resources, base sequence indices, and shift indices.

38. The method of claim 37, wherein the resource assignment information comprises frequency resource assignment information related to one or more clusters.

39. The method of claim 37, wherein the resource assignment information comprises frequency resource assignment information related to a plurality of clusters, and wherein each of the plurality of clusters uses a different base sequence.

40. The method of claim 37, wherein the frequency resource assignment information comprises the frequency resource assignment information related to a plurality of clusters, wherein each of the plurality of clusters uses a different base sequence, and wherein the same or different cyclic shifts are used in each cluster.

41. The method of claim 32, wherein receiving the signal from the UE comprises: reception is performed in Resource Blocks (RBs) multiplexed with other signals from other UEs.

42. The method of claim 32, wherein the received signal from the UE comprises: the same base sequence index and the same frequency resource assigned to a plurality of users and a different shift index relative to other users of the plurality of users.

43. The method of claim 32, wherein the received signal from the UE comprises: the same shift index or different shift indexes assigned to a plurality of users and the same frequency resource and different base sequence indexes with respect to other users of the plurality of users.

44. The method of claim 32, wherein the received signal comprises a UCI comprising Acknowledgement (ACK), Negative Acknowledgement (NACK), or Scheduling Request (SR) information.

45. The method of claim 32, wherein the received signal is associated with an enhanced mobile broadband (EMBB) service or an ultra-reliable low latency communication (URLLC) service.

46. A gNB, comprising:

a receiver;

a memory; and

a processor in communication with the memory and the receiver and configured to:

receiving a signal from a User Equipment (UE);

correlating the received signal with each possible Uplink Control Information (UCI) hypothesis sequence of a plurality of UCI hypothesis sequences to output a plurality of correlation signals;

estimating a channel based on each of the correlated signals;

determining a total energy for each of the estimated channels;

identifying a hypothesis having a highest total energy based on the determination; and

selecting a sequence associated with the hypothesis with the highest total energy as a sequence transmitted from the UE to the gNB.

47. The gNB of claim 46, wherein the processor is further configured to:

estimating a noise and interference variance based on the assumption of the highest energy;

comparing the highest total energy to a threshold value multiplied by the estimated noise and interference variance; and

determining that a sequence is transmitted from a UE to the gNB when the highest total energy is greater than a product of the threshold and the noise and interference variance.

48. The gNB of claim 46, wherein the processor is further configured to:

estimating a noise and interference variance based on the assumption of the highest energy;

comparing the highest total energy to a threshold value multiplied by the noise and interference variance; and

determining that the UE is in a Discontinuous Transmission (DTX) mode when the highest total energy is less than or equal to a product of the threshold and the noise and interference variance.

49. The gNB of claim 46, wherein the processor is configured such that estimating the channel is performed in a time domain or a frequency domain.

50. The gNB of claim 46, wherein the processor is further configured to correlate the received signal with each possible sequence of UCI hypotheses by individually correlating the received signal with the possible sequences of UCI hypotheses.

51. The gNB of claim 46, wherein the processor is further configured to transmit resource assignment information to the UE, wherein the resource assignment information indicates frequency resources, base sequence indices, and shift indices.

52. The gNB of claim 51, wherein the resource assignment information comprises frequency resource assignment information related to one or more clusters.

53. The gNB of claim 51, wherein the resource assignment information comprises frequency resource assignment information related to a plurality of clusters, and wherein each of the plurality of clusters uses a different base sequence.

54. The gNB of claim 51, wherein the frequency resource assignment information comprises the frequency resource assignment information relating to a plurality of clusters, wherein each of the plurality of clusters uses a different base sequence, and wherein the same or different cyclic shifts are used in each cluster.

55. The gNB of claim 46, wherein the processor is further configured to receive the signal from the UE, comprising: reception is performed in Resource Blocks (RBs) multiplexed with other signals from other UEs.

56. The gNB of claim 46, wherein the received signal comprises a UCI comprising Acknowledgement (ACK), Negative Acknowledgement (NACK), or Scheduling Request (SR) information.

57. The gNB of claim 46, wherein the received signal is associated with an enhanced mobile broadband (EMBB) service or an ultra-reliable low latency communication (URLLC) service.

58. A gNB, comprising:

means for receiving a signal from a User Equipment (UE);

means for correlating the received signal with each possible Uplink Control Information (UCI) hypothesis sequence of a plurality of UCI hypothesis sequences to output a plurality of correlation signals;

means for estimating a channel based on each of the correlated signals;

means for determining a total energy for each of the estimated channels;

means for identifying an assumption having a highest total energy based on the determination; and

means for selecting a sequence associated with the hypothesis with the highest total energy as a sequence transmitted from the UE to the gNB.

59. A computer-readable medium storing computer code executable by a processor for wireless communication over a gNB, comprising:

code for receiving a signal from a User Equipment (UE);

code for correlating the received signal with each possible Uplink Control Information (UCI) hypothesis sequence of a plurality of UCI hypothesis sequences to output a plurality of correlated signals;

code for estimating a channel based on each of the correlated signals;

code for determining a total energy for each of the estimated channels;

code for identifying an assumption having a highest total energy based on the determination; and

code for selecting a sequence associated with the hypothesis with the highest total energy as a sequence transmitted from the UE to the gNB.

Summary of The Invention

The following presents a simplified summary of one or more implementations in order to provide a basic understanding of such implementations. This summary is not an extensive overview of all contemplated implementations, and is intended to neither identify key or critical elements of all implementations nor delineate all implementations. Its sole purpose is to present one or more concepts of the implementations in a simplified form as a prelude to the more detailed description that is presented later.

In an implementation, the present disclosure includes an example method of wireless communication between a User Equipment (UE) and a gNB. The example method may include receiving, at a UE, resource assignment information from a gNB, wherein the resource assignment information indicates frequency resources, base sequence indices, and shift indices. The example method may include constructing, at the UE, a signal based at least on the received resource assignment information. The example method may include transmitting, from the UE to the gNB, the constructed signal based at least on the received resource assignment information.

The present disclosure also includes a UE including a component configured to perform or an apparatus for wireless communication. An example UE may include a memory and a processor in communication with the memory, wherein the processor is configured to receive resource assignment information from a gNB, wherein the resource assignment information indicates frequency resources, base sequence indices, and shift indices. The UE processor may be further configured to construct a signal based at least on the received resource assignment information, and transmit the constructed signal to the gNB based at least on the received resource assignment information.

The present disclosure also includes a UE including a component configured to perform or an apparatus for wireless communication. The example UE may include means for receiving resource assignment information from the gbb, wherein the resource assignment information indicates frequency resources, a base sequence index, and a shift index. The example UE may include means for constructing a signal based at least on the received resource assignment information. The example UE may include means for transmitting the constructed signal to the gNB based at least on the received resource assignment information.

The disclosure also includes a computer-readable medium having stored thereon processor-executable code for performing wireless communications. The code may include code for receiving, at a UE, resource assignment information from a gNB, wherein the resource assignment information indicates frequency resources, base sequence indices, and shift indices. The code may include code for constructing, at the UE, a signal based at least on the received resource assignment information. The code may include code for transmitting the constructed signal from the UE to the gNB based at least on the received resource assignment information.

In another implementation, the disclosure includes an example method of wireless communication between a gNB and a UE. The example method may include receiving a signal from a UE at a gNB. The example method may also include correlating, at the gNB, the received signal with each possible Uplink Control Information (UCI) hypothesis sequence of a plurality of UCI hypothesis sequences to output a plurality of correlated signals. The example method may include estimating, at the gbb, a channel based on each of the correlated signals. The example method may include determining, at the gNB, a total energy for each of the estimated channels. The example method may further include identifying the hypothesis with the highest total energy at the gNB based on the determination. The example method may also include selecting, at the gNB, a sequence associated with the hypothesis with the highest total energy as the sequence transmitted from the UE to the gNB.

The present disclosure also includes a gNB including a component configured to perform or an apparatus for wireless communication. The example gNB may include a memory and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to receive a signal from a UE. The gNB processor may be further configured to correlate the received signal with each possible Uplink Control Information (UCI) hypothesis sequence of a plurality of UCI hypothesis sequences to output a plurality of correlated signals. The gNB processor may be further configured to estimate a channel based on each of the correlated signals. The gNB processor may be further configured to determine a total energy for each of the estimated channels. The gNB processor may be further configured to identify a hypothesis with a highest total energy based on the determination. The gNB processor may be further configured to select a sequence associated with the hypothesis with the highest total energy as the sequence transmitted from the UE to the gNB.

The present disclosure also includes a gNB including a component configured to perform or an apparatus for wireless communication. The example gNB may include means for receiving a signal from a UE. The method may also include correlating, at the gNB, the received signal with each possible Uplink Control Information (UCI) hypothesis sequence of a plurality of UCI hypothesis sequences to output a plurality of correlated signals. The example gNB may include means for estimating a channel based on each of the correlated signals. The example method may include determining, at the gNB, a total energy for each of the estimated channels. The example method may further include identifying, at the gNB, the hypothesis with the highest total energy based on the determination. The example method may also include selecting a sequence associated with the hypothesis with the highest total energy as the sequence transmitted from the UE to the gNB.

The disclosure also includes a computer-readable medium having stored thereon processor-executable code for performing wireless communications. The code may include code for receiving a signal from a UE at a gNB. The code may also include code for correlating, at the gNB, the received signal with each possible Uplink Control Information (UCI) hypothesis sequence of a plurality of UCI hypothesis sequences to output a plurality of correlated signals. The code may include code for estimating a channel at the gbb based on each of the correlated signals. The code may include code for determining, at the gNB, a total energy for each of the estimated channels. The code may further include code for identifying, based on the determination, the hypothesis with the highest total energy at the gNB. The code may also include code for selecting, at the gNB, a sequence associated with the hypothesis with the highest total energy as the sequence transmitted from the UE to the gNB.

To the accomplishment of the foregoing and related ends, the one or more implementations comprise the features hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims. This description and the annexed drawings set forth in detail certain illustrative features of the one or more implementations. These features are indicative, however, of but a few of the various ways in which the principles of various implementations may be employed and this description is intended to include all such implementations and their equivalents.