Precoding for precoding resource block group based transmission
Group-based precoding techniques optimize PRG configurations in wireless communication systems, addressing performance issues by adapting precoding for varying frequency characteristics and reducing overhead, thereby enhancing uplink transmission efficiency in 5G networks.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- PCT/CN2024/092074
- Authority / Receiving Office
- WO · WO
- Patent Type
- Applications
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- Filing Date
- 2024-05-09
- Publication Date
- 2025-11-13
AI Technical Summary
Existing wireless communication systems face challenges in efficiently managing precoding for different resource block groups (PRGs) due to varying frequency characteristics, which can impact uplink transmission performance.
Implementing group-based precoding techniques that partition bandwidth into PRGs with specific configurations and signaling methods, such as RRC and DCI messages, to optimize precoding for each PRG, using TPMI and SRI fields to indicate precoders, and associating them with coherent antenna ports or layers.
Enhances uplink transmission performance by adapting precoding to frequency domain variations, reducing signaling overhead, and improving reliability and efficiency in 5G wireless networks.
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PRECODING FOR PRECODING RESOURCE BLOCK GROUP BASED TRANSMISSIONTECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] This document is directed generally to digital wireless communications.BACKGROUND
[0002] Mobile telecommunication technologies are moving the world toward an increasingly connected and networked society. In comparison with the existing wireless networks, next generation systems and wireless communication techniques will need to support a much wider range of use-case characteristics and provide a more complex and sophisticated range of access requirements and flexibilities.
[0003] Long-Term Evolution (LTE) is a standard for wireless communication for mobile devices and data terminals developed by 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) . LTE Advanced (LTE-A) is a wireless communication standard that enhances the LTE standard. The 5th generation of wireless system, known as 5G, advances the LTE and LTE-A wireless standards and is committed to supporting higher data-rates, large number of connections, ultra-low latency, high reliability and other emerging business needs.SUMMARY
[0004] Techniques are disclosed for enabling or facilitating precoding for precoding resource block group (PRGs) .
[0005] A first example wireless communication method includes receiving, by a communication device, a message that includes information related to a group based precoding; and performing, in response to receiving the message, an uplink transmission using at least one precoding resource block group (PRG) from a plurality of precoding resource block groups (PRGs) , where each PRG comprises a number of physical resource blocks (PRBs) in frequency domain.
[0006] In some embodiments, the message indicates that the group based precoding with the plurality of PRGs is enabled for the uplink transmission. In some embodiments, the message includes a group size that indicates a number of PRBs in each PRG from the plurality of PRGs, and the group size is at least one of 2, 4, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48, all or half or quarter of scheduled PRBs, or all or half or quarter of the configured or indicated band. For example, the indicated or configured band can be a whole band for the all the uplink transmission, or a partial of the uplink band, or a bandwidth part for the related uplink transmission. In some embodiments, the PRG from the plurality of PRGs is configured from a first PRB in frequency domain of at least one of the scheduled PRBs, the consecutive PRBs, or from a reference point of a band. In some embodiments, the PRG from the plurality of PRGs comprises the consecutive PRBs or non-consecutive PRBs. In some embodiments, the message indicates that a same precoding is applied for any uplink contiguous allocation of a set of PRBs from a PRG. In some embodiments, the message indicates a size of the plurality of PRGs, wherein the size includes a total number of PRBs in one PRG or a total number of PRGs.
[0007] In some embodiments, the message is a radio resource control (RRC) message that indicates that the group based precoding with the plurality of PRGs is enabled, or the message is a downlink control information (DCI) that indicates whether the group based precoding with the plurality of PRGs is enabled for the uplink transmission. In some embodiments, the message includes a subset of precoders from a set of precoders, the subset of precoders is used for the plurality of PRGs, and the set of precoders are a group of precoders associated with different transmission precoding matrix indicator (TPMI) index for the uplink transmission. In some embodiments, from the set of precoders, the subset of precoders is configured by a radio resource control (RRC) signaling or indicated by medium access control-control element (MAC CE) signaling or downlink control information (DCI) , where the subset of precoders is used for the at least one PRG with which the uplink transmission is performed, or where the subset of precoders are not used for the at least one PRG with which the uplink transmission is performed.
[0008] In some embodiments, the subset of precoding is indicated with an index for a precoder for the at least one PRG, and wherein the message includes a set of indexes for one or more remaining PRGs from the plurality of PRGs, wherein each index from the set of indexes is associated with a value that indicates a difference from the index of the precoder to one index. In some embodiments, the subset of precoding from the set of precoders is indicated using a bitmap by a radio resource control (RRC) signaling or medium access control-control element (MAC CE) signaling. In some embodiments, precoders in one subset is configured or indicated with the same codebook type, coherent type or coherent antenna ports. In some embodiments, the message includes one bit or one codepoint in the transmission precoding matrix indicator (TPMI) or sounding reference signal resource indicator (SRI) field or downlink control information (DCI) to indicate the group based precoding for the uplink transmission.
[0009] In some embodiments, the message includes a transmission precoding matrix indicator (TPMI) field that indicates a precoding or a precoder for each PRG of the plurality of PRGs. In some embodiments, the message includes a number of TPMI field or a number of sounding reference signal resource indicator (SRI) field that are configured according to a size or a number of the plurality of PRGs. In some embodiments, a transmission rank is indicated only once by a first TPMI field or a first SRI field in the message, and wherein other TPMI fields or other SRI field in the message are only used to indicate precoding information or sounding reference signal (SRS) resource information.
[0010] In some embodiments, a mapping between either a TPMI field or a SRI field and the PRG is determined based on: an order of indexes of a plurality of TPMI fields or a plurality of SRI fields and a PRG index of the PRG, or an indication from a network device, wherein the indication indicates which PRG is associated with a first TPMI field, a first SRI field, another TPMI field, or another SRI field. In some embodiments, precoders of different PRGs are indicated by a same TPMI field in the message. In some embodiments, at least two precoders for the different PRGs are indicated based on antenna port combination or with a transmission layer combination. In some embodiments, each precoder for one PRG is associated with partial of indicated antenna ports in the antenna port combination or partial of the indicated layers in the transmission layer combination.
[0011] A second example wireless communication method includes transmitting, by a network device, a message that includes information related to a group based precoding; and receiving, in response to transmitting the message, an uplink transmission, where the uplink transmission is performed using at least one precoding resource block group (PRG) from a plurality of precoding resource block groups (PRGs) , and where each PRG comprises a number of physical resource blocks (PRBs) in frequency domain.
[0012] In some embodiments, the message indicates that the group based precoding with the plurality of PRGs is enabled for the uplink transmission. In some embodiments, the message includes a group size that indicates a number of PRBs in each PRG from the plurality of PRGs, and the group size is at least one of 2, 4, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48, all or half or quarter of scheduled PRBs, or all or half or quarter of the configured or indicated band. In some embodiments, the PRG from the plurality of PRGs is configured from a first PRB in frequency domain of at least one of the scheduled PRBs, the consecutive PRBs, or from a reference point of a band. In some embodiments, the PRG from the plurality of PRGs comprises the consecutive PRBs or non-consecutive PRBs.
[0013] In some embodiments, the message indicates that a same precoding is applied for any uplink contiguous allocation of a set of PRBs from a PRG. In some embodiments, the message indicates a size of the plurality of PRGs, wherein the size includes a total number of PRBs in one PRG or a total number of PRGs, for example, the total number of PRGs can be restricted or configured or indicated as 1 or 2 or 3 or 4. In some embodiments, the message is a radio resource control (RRC) message that indicates that the group based precoding with the plurality of PRGs is enabled, or the message is a downlink control information (DCI) that indicates whether the group based precoding with the plurality of PRGs is enabled for the uplink transmission. In some embodiments, the message includes a subset of precoders from a set of precoders, the subset of precoders is used for the plurality of PRGs, and the set of precoders are a group of precoders associated with different transmission precoding matrix indicator (TPMI) index for the uplink transmission.
[0014] In some embodiments, from the set of precoders, the subset of precoders is configured by a radio resource control (RRC) signaling or indicated by medium access control-control element (MAC CE) signaling or downlink control information (DCI) , where the subset of precoders is used for the at least one PRG with which the uplink transmission is performed, or where the subset of precoders are not used for the at least one PRG with which the uplink transmission is performed. In some embodiments, the subset of precoding is indicated with an index for a precoder for the at least one PRG, and wherein the message includes a set of indexes for one or more remaining PRGs from the plurality of PRGs, wherein each index from the set of indexes is associated with a value that indicates a difference from the index of the precoder to one index. In some embodiments, the subset of precoding from the set of precoders is indicated using a bitmap by a radio resource control (RRC) signaling or medium access control-control element (MAC CE) signaling.
[0015] In some embodiments, precoders in one subset is configured or indicated with the same codebook type, coherent type or coherent antenna ports. In some embodiments, the message includes one bit or one codepoint in the transmission precoding matrix indicator (TPMI) or sounding reference signal resource indicator (SRI) field or downlink control information (DCI) to indicate the group based precoding for the uplink transmission. In some embodiments, the message includes a transmission precoding matrix indicator (TPMI) field that indicates a precoding or a precoder for each PRG of the plurality of PRGs. In some embodiments, the message includes a number of TPMI field or a number of sounding reference signal resource indicator (SRI) field that are configured according to a size or a number of the plurality of PRGs.
[0016] In some embodiments, a transmission rank is indicated only once by a first TPMI field or a first SRI field in the message, and wherein other TPMI fields or other SRI field in the message are only used to indicate precoding information or sounding reference signal (SRS) resource information. In some embodiments, a mapping between either a TPMI field or a SRI field and the PRG is determined based on: an order of indexes of a plurality of TPMI fields or a plurality of SRI fields and a PRG index of the PRG, or an indication from the network device, wherein the indication indicates which PRG is associated with a first TPMI field, a first SRI field, another TPMI field, or another SRI field. In some embodiments, precoders of different PRGs are indicated by a same TPMI field in the message. In some embodiments, at least two precoders for the different PRGs are indicated based on antenna port combination or with a transmission layer combination. In some embodiments, each precoder for one PRG is associated with partial of indicated antenna ports in the antenna port combination or partial of the indicated layers in the transmission layer combination.
[0017] In yet another exemplary aspect, the above-described methods are embodied in the form of processor-executable code and stored in a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The code included in the computer readable storage medium when executed by a processor, causes the processor to implement the methods described in this patent document.
[0018] In yet another exemplary embodiment, a device that is configured or operable to perform the above-described methods is disclosed.
[0019] The above and other aspects and their implementations are described in greater detail in the drawings, the descriptions, and the claims.
[0020] BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING
[0021] FIGS. 1-2 show two examples of a precoding resource block group (PRG) including consecutive physical resource blocks (PRBs)
[0022] FIGS. 3-4 show examples of cyclic precoding type1.
[0023] FIG. 5 shows an exemplary block diagram of a hardware platform that may be a part of a network device or a communication device.
[0024] FIG. 6 shows an example of wireless communication including a base station (BS) and user equipment (UE) based on some implementations of the disclosed technology.
[0025] FIG. 7 shows an exemplary flowchart for performing an uplink transmission using at least one PRG.
[0026] FIG. 8 shows an exemplary flowchart for receiving an uplink transmission performed using at least one PRG.DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0027] Wideband precoding can be indicated in an uplink transmission. But in some cases, such as where frequency character is quite different for different resource elements or resource blocks in frequency domain, using wideband precoding can impact the performance of uplink transmission. Using different precoding for different precoding resource block group (PRGs) can be an effective way to get a better performance of uplink transmission. Thus, this patent document describes techniques to describe or indicate the precoding for different PRGs.
[0028] The example headings for the various sections below are used to facilitate the understanding of the disclosed subject matter and do not limit the scope of the claimed subject matter in any way. Accordingly, one or more features of one example section can be combined with one or more features of another example section. Furthermore, 5G terminology is used for the sake of clarity of explanation, but the techniques disclosed in the present document are not limited to 5G technology only, and may be used in wireless systems that implemented other protocols.
[0029] I. Introduction
[0030] For uplink transmission, wideband precoding is indicated. For non codebook based transmission, different sounding reference signal (SRS) resources are configured and indicated to the UE. For codebook based transmission, three transmission schemes are configured, and different precoding is indicated to UE by transmission precoding matrix indicator (TPMI) field. The precoder (or precoding) is indicated for full coherent, partial coherent or non-coherent codebook transmission.
[0031] Precoding for UL transmission can be explained as the precoding or precoder or codebook for uplink transmission.
[0032] For uplink transmission, 2Tx / 3Tx / 4Tx or 8Tx can be configured or indicated for UE, which may mean that the uplink transmission (e.g., physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) ) can be transmitted based on 2 or 3 or 4 or 8 antenna ports, where which antenna port is used or which precoding is used in indicated by sounding reference signal resource indicator (SRI) or TPMI in DCI field.
[0033] For SRI for non-codebook based uplink transmission, one SRS port is supported for one SRS resource, and which SRS resource is used is indicated by SRI field.
[0034] For codebook based transmission, a number of SRS ports is supported in one SRS resource, and one uplink transmission is associated with a number of SRS ports, and the SRS ports and related precoder is indicated by TPMI field.
[0035] For example, if the TPMI is indicated as which can mean that two layers are indicated as two columns in the precoder, and 4 antenna ports are supported in this case as the number of rows in each column, and each layer is transmitted by one antenna port which is indicated as 1. The precoder is used for the wideband uplink transmission. Full coherent or partial coherent or non-coherent is indicated with different precoders which may have different TPMI indexes. And different number of antenna ports can be configured, and indicated with different number of rows in the TPMI field.
[0036] II. Embodiment #1
[0037] UE receive a signaling message from base station, where the signaling message may indicate that group based precoding for UL transmission is enabled or disabled or the signaling message may include configuration of a plurality of PRGs, where each group (or each PRG) from the plurality of PRGs comprise a number of physical resource blocks in frequency. In some embodiments where the UE receives the signaling message that indicates that group based precoding is enabled / disabled for UL transmission, the UE has information about the plurality of PRGS so that each group of PRGs comprise a number of physical resource blocks in frequency. The UE may perform uplink transmission using at least one PRG from the plurality of PRGs.
[0038] The group size (or a number of PRBs in each precoding resource block group (PRG) ) can be at least one of: 2, 4, 8 , 16, 24 or half of the scheduled PRBs. Where the number of scheduled PRBs can be a total number of scheduled PRBs or consecutive PRBs.
[0039] The group size can be a total number of consecutive PRBs.
[0040] If group size is determined as one of the values introduced above, Precoding Resource Block Group (PRGs) partitions the bandwidth part i with P′BWP, i consecutive PRBs. Actual number of consecutive PRBs in each PRG could be one or more.
[0041] FIG. 1 shows an example of a PRG including consecutive PRBs. Considering the indication of TPMI per PRG may cause large overhead, the PRG can be configured from the start PRB (or first PRB in order in frequency domain) of the scheduled PRBs, consecutive PRBs (as shown in FIG. 1) , or a reference point of a band.
[0042] FIG. 2 shows another example of a PRG including consecutive PRBs. The PRBs is one PRG uses the same indicated precoder. One PRG can comprise consecutive PRBs or non-consecutive PRBs, as shown in FIG. 2.
[0043] III. Embodiment#2
[0044] In some embodiments, the message signaled to the UE may include TPMI that indicates the precoding or precoder for each PRG. Thus, the TPMI may indicate which precoder from a plurality of precoders is to be used for the uplink transmission by the UE.
[0045] If RRC configures the uplink transmission as PRG based precoding or configures the PRG size with a number of PRBs and without wideband transmission, then a number of PRGs are used, and the TPMI should indicate the precoder for each PRG. A number of TPMI field should be used for the precoding, and the number of TPMI field should be the the same with the number of PRGs. The first TPMI field indicates the precoder of the first PRG.
[0046] Considering all the PRGs transmit the PUSCH with the same transmission rank, and the transmission rank is indicated by TPMI field in DCI. If a number of TPMI fields are supported, the transmission rank (or rank) can be indicated only once by the first (or one) TPMI field. And the other TPMI field can be only used to indicate the precoding information. For example, for 4Tx transmission, when the transmission scheme is configured as partial and non coherent transmission and max rank is configured as 4, 7 bits is need for the rank and precoding indication. Hence, in such case for the first PRG, 7 bits are needed. If the rank is indicated as 2, then only 14 precoders are supported, and for the other PRGs, only 4 bits are needed for each PRG. Further, if more effort are needed to reduce the related overhead, only the precoder with the same codebook type can be indicated for other PRGs. For example, if partial and non coherent type is configured by RRC, and for rank 2, a total number of 14 precoders are supported, but if the first PRG is indicated with partial coherent codebook, then the other PRGs are supported to be indicated with partial coherent codebook. For rank 2, a total number of 8 partial coherent codebook precoders are supported, then for the other PRGs, 3 bits are needed for each PRG, and one from the 8 precoders is indicated. Furthermore, if more restrictions are needed, the same coherent antenna ports are used for all the PRGs for UL transmission. For rank 2, 4 partial coherent codebook precoders are supported for the same coherent antenna ports, and for the other PRGs, only 2 bits are needed for each PRG.
[0047] In order to reduce the overhead of DCI signaling for the indication of TPMI field for PRG based uplink transmission. The max number of PRG should be restricted, e.g. 2 or 4. If the max number of PRG is restrict as 4, the scheduled PRB should be divided into 4 groups, and up to 4 precoder should be used to indicated the precoder.
[0048] Another way is to restrict the number of indicated TPMI in the message indicated to the UE. For example, if 4 PRGs are configured, only one TPMI is indicated. The precoder of other PRGs can be indicated as an order of indexes from the indicated index of the first PRG or the index of the precoder of the TPMI field with the same rank.
[0049] FIG. 3 shows an example of cyclic precoding type1. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, if the indicated TPMI with precoding index of 3, the 3 PRGs that follow PRG0 can use the following precoding with index of 4, 5 and 6.
[0050] FIG. 4 shows another example of cyclic precoding type1. In another example, as shown in FIG. 4, the 3 PRGs that follow PRG0 can use the precoding from the index 0 except for the indicated precoding which is indicated to the first PRG.
[0051] Or the PRGs are indicated with the precoding with the same coherent type or with the same coherent antenna ports.
[0052] For non-coherent codebook based transmission with 3 Tx, a total number of 3 bits are needed for max rank 2 or 3. and for each rank, up to 2 bits indication is enough for each precoder. The first TPMI field with 3 bits is used to indicate the rank and the precoder for the first PRG, and up to 2 bits are used for each of other PRGs.
[0053] And it is similar for other coherent type, e.g. full coherent, partial coherent non coherent codebook based or the transmission with other number of transmission antenna ports, e.g. 2Tx, 3Tx, 4Tx, 8Tx, etc.
[0054] Similarly for non codebook based transmission, different SRI fields are needed for each PRG. The first SRI fields indicated the related SRS resources and rank for the first PRG, the other SRI fields are used to indicated the SRS resources for other PRGs and the same rank with the first PRG without indication in other SRI fields.
[0055] If a number of TPMI fields or SRI fields are configured or indicated, the mapping between TPMI or SRI field and PRG can be determined based on the order of indexes of TPMI or SRI field and the PRG index, or based on an indication, where the indication can be RRC or MAC CE or DCI signaling, and the indication indicates which PRG is associated with the first or other TPMI field or SRI field.
[0056] IV. Embodiment#3
[0057] The precoders of different PRGs can be indicated by a same TPMI field in the message indicated to the UE.
[0058] Where different precoders for different PRGs can be indicated based on antenna port combination or with a transmission layer combination. For example, when the transmission is configured as 2 Tx, and rank 2 transmission, the TPMI field can be indicated with a 4 Tx codebook, where the first two antenna port is associated with the first PRG, and the other 2 antenna ports are associated with a second PRG.
[0059] For example, when the RRC configured the transmission antenna port, such as the number of SRS ports. The TPMI is indicated as: where the related precoder for the first PRG is : and the second precoder is or In such case, the coefficient should be modified as the transmission based on 2 Tx.
[0060] In such case, the number of PRGs should be restricted as up to 2 or 4.
[0061] Also for 3Tx, when more antenna ports should be used for PRG based uplink transmission, 8Tx antenna codebook should be indicated. Considering that 8Tx can not be divided by 3, hence the last two antenna port or the fourth and the last antenna port should be muted. Considering indication overhead may also be increased from 3Tx to 8Tx, some new rules should be made. For example, the same coherent antenna port should be used for all the PRGs, and some special precoders should listed for the PRG based uplink TPMI indication.
[0062] For non coherent codebook based transmission or non codebook based transmission, which PRG is transmitted by using which of the antenna port is indicated.
[0063] For partial coherent codebook based transmission, only the codebook with the same coherent antenna port are listed for different PRGs.
[0064] For 2Tx partial coherent codebook based transmission, the following codebook can be indicated, and two bit is needed in TPMI field:
[0065] For 2Tx full coherent codebook based transmission, the following codebook can be indicated, and two bit is needed in TPMI field:
[0066] In some embodiments, each precoder for one PRG is associated with partial of indicated antenna ports in the antenna port combination or partial of the indicated layers in the transmission layer combination.
[0067] V. Embodiment#4
[0068] The precoders of different PRGs can be indicated by a same TPMI field, with a rank combination.
[0069] In such case, the very few transmission layer (rank) is configured or indicated. For example, 1 layer for 2Tx, 3Tx, 4Tx, 8Tx or even more transmission antenna ports, 2 layers for 4Tx or 8Tx or more transmission antenna port, and 4 layer for 8Tx or more transmission antenna ports.
[0070] In such case, when rank or transmission layer is indicated as 2, and the number of PRG is configured as 2, then a 4 layers codebook can be indicated, the precoder of the first two layers are associated with the first PRG, and the precoder of the other two layers are associated with the second PRG. Or the precoder for the first and the third layer is associated with the first PRG, and the second and the forth layer is associated with the second PRG.
[0071] For non codebook based uplink transmission, more SRS resources or resource groups should be indicated, and each SRS resource or resource group is associated with one PRG.
[0072] For non coherent codebook based transmission, only the antenna port for which PRG should be indicated.
[0073] For partial coherent codebook based transmission, the codebook for 4 layers can be indicated from one of the follows:
[0074] For full coherent codebook based transmission, the codebook for 4 layers can be indicated from one of the follows:
[0075] VI. Embodiment#5
[0076] If PRG based UL transmission is configured, two TPMI / SRI fields are supported, one TPMI field is associated to at least one PRG.
[0077] ● One TPMI / SRI indicates one precoder, and the indicated precoder is used for one PRG, the second TPMI / SRI field is used to indicate the SRS resource or precoder is used for the second PRG. The other TPMI / SRI fields are mapped to all the PRGs with a cyclic mapping or sequential mapping. Where, for cyclic mapping, one TPMI associates with one PRG, then the second PRG is associated with the second TPMI field, and the third PRG is associates with the first TPMI, and the rest PRGs follow the same mapping rule. For sequential mapping, a first number of PRGs are associated with the first TPMI field, and the following a number of PRGs are associated with the second TPMI field.
[0078] ● One TPMI or SRI field indicate at least one precoder, each precoder is associated with one PRG. For example, if the PRG number of 4, the first TPMI field can indicate one precoder, and the second TPMI field can indicate the following three precoders. Or the first TPMI field can indicate the first two precoders, and the second TPMI field can indicate the following two precoders. Or the first TPMI field can indicate the first three precoders, and the second TPMI field can indicate the following one precoder.
[0079] The indication in the TPMI field contains a number of bits, where partial of these bits indicate one precoder, and other bits are used to indicate the other precoders for other PRGs. Or the number of bits in one TPMI field is used to indicate one precoder, the precoder is used for all the PRGs associated with this TPMI field. Or these bits in one TPMI field is used to indicate one precoder for the first PRG which is associated with the TPMI field, and the precoder with following indexes from the indicated precoder is used to indicate the precoder for the other PRGs which are associated with the TPMI field.
[0080] VII. Embodiment#6
[0081] The precoding of PRG for uplink transmission is associated with the downlink precoder. Where the downlink precoder can be the UE reported precoding matrix.
[0082] For downlink transmission, PRG based precoding is supported, and one precoder is selected for one PRG, if PRG based uplink transmission is configured for uplink transmission, the downlink precoder can be used as a start point for determination of precoder for uplink transmission.
[0083] One method is to use the most related uplink precoder to the downlink precoder. For example, in the TDD (time division duplex) transmission, the uplink transmission and downlink transmission are transmitted on the similar frequency resources. If the number of transmission antenna port are the same or similar, the reported PMI in CSI reporting for downlink transmission can be used for uplink transmission in the following slots until the next PMI measurement or reporting. The related precoder can be used for the same frequency or neighboring PRB or PRGs.
[0084] Sometimes the transmission antenna port for uplink transmission is not the same with downlink transmission, then the correlation between the candidate uplink precoders and the downlink PMI should be calculated and the most relevant precoder can be used for the related PRGs. If the correlation is calculated by base station, then the precoder can be indicated to UE, if the correlation is calculated by UE, UE can transmitted based on the selected precoder, or even report the precoding matrix index to gNB.
[0085] VIII. Embodiment#7
[0086] UE may assume the same precoding is applied for any downlink contiguous allocation of PRBs in a PRG. For PRG based uplink transmission, the PRG size should be determined first, such as the PRG can be configured from one of 2, 4, 8, 12, 16, 24 PRBs or wideband precoding. Where if PRG is configured as wideband, then all the scheduled PRBs is applied for the same precoder. If the PRG is configured from one of 2, 4, 8, 12, 16, 24 PRBs, the same precoding is applied on the PRBs in one PRG.
[0087] For UL transmission, considering the channel or the interference is measured by the base station, and the base station expect a stable and larger number of PRBs in one PRG. Hence, at least one of 8 or 12 or 16 or 24 or 48 PRB can be configured in one PRG.
[0088] In some cases, the start of the PRBs one PRG or the scheduled PRBs should be restricted, e.g. the first scheduling PRB in one PRG or the first scheduled PRB for the uplink transmission should be as even offset from the first PRB of PRG or the first PRB of the total scheduled PRBs or from a reference point in a band, e.g. common resource block 0 in the frequency domain or a start PRB in a band or a start PRB in a bandwidth part. For example, if DMRS port with FD length 4 is configured, then the offset of the scheduled PRB from common resource block 0 is should be restricted.
[0089] One precoder can be configured or indicated for one or more PRGs.
[0090] For codebook based transmission, sounding reference signal (SRS) is transmitted. And the PRG based transmission can be RRC configured or dynamic indicated.
[0091] For RRC configuration, a RRC message may indicate that a number of PRBs is configured to use a same precoding, where the number of PRBs is less than the scheduled PRBs. Or the RRC message may indicate that a size of PRG is configured, where the size of PRG can be a total number of PRBs in one PRG or a total number of PRGs.
[0092] For dynamic indication of PRG based transmission. A TPMI codepoint is used to indicate or enabling or disabling the UL PRG. For example, if RRC configured PRG based precoding, the TPMI field in DCI can be used to indicate whether the the uplink transmission is PRG based precoding. If enabled, the same precoder is used within one PRG, otherwise, the scheduled PRBs are indicated with a same precoder.
[0093] The size of TPMI indication, 1 bit can be used to indicate the related PRG based precoding is enabled or not. Or a new codepoint in TPMI field is used to indicate the PRG based precoding. For example, for one indication in the TPMI field, a number of codepoints are reserved, and one of the codepoint can be used to indicate the PRG based precoding is enabled or disabled.
[0094] For the precoding, a subset can be used for the PRGs.
[0095] The subset is from a set of precoders, where the number of precoders are a group of precoders with different TPMI index for the uplink transmission, where the transmission can be PRG based transmission or for wideband uplink transmission.
[0096] The subset of precoders can be configured or indicated from the set of precoders, where the subset of precoders is used for the PRG based transmission. Or the subset of precoders is the precoders that should not be used for PRG based transmission.
[0097] The subset of precoders can be indicated by MAC CE. The subset of precoders can be the transmission precoding for the PRGs, or the indexes of the precoders or a bitmap for all the precoders to indicate which precoder is used for PRG based transmission.
[0098] The subset of precoders can be indicated by RRC, a bitmap is used to indicate which precoder is used for PRG based transmission.
[0099] Each bit of the bit map is associated with one precoder.
[0100] Considering that the PRG based uplink transmission is usually used with low rank transmission, e.g., rank 1. Hence the subset can be indicated as a higher rank codebook, such as rank 2 to 8. For example, if the subset is indicated as rank 3, the three precoders for the 3 layers can be used for different PRGs.
[0101] The subset of precoding can be indicated with a precoder for one PRG, and a reference difference of indexes compared with the indicated precoder. For example, if a first index of one PRG is indicated as having the first TPMI of ‘03’ , then a second index of second PRG can be indicated with a value of 2 which can mean that the second index is ‘05’ . In some embodiments, the subset of precoding from the set of precoders is indicated using a bitmap, a RRC signaling, or MAC CE signaling. In some embodiments, precoders in one subset is configured or indicated with the same codebook type, coherent type or coherent antenna ports. In some embodiments, the signaling the message includes one bit or one codepoint in the TPMI or SRI field or DCI to indicate the group based precoding for the uplink transmission.
[0102] For the PRG based uplink transmission, a number of antenna ports is supported for the uplink transmission, e.g., 3Tx or 2Tx or other number of transmission antenna ports.
[0103] The codebook type is configured by RRC, and the codebook type can be associated with the subset of precoding. For example, if full coherent codebook is configured, the subset of precoding is associated with a same coherent type . In the subset for PRG based transmission, a full coherent codebook is supported for all PRGs and all the PRGs in one subset should associated with the full coherent codebook. Or all the PRGs in one subset should associated with the partial coherent codebook. In such case the power scaling is associated with the number of transmission antenna ports or the total number of configured antenna port.
[0104] For partial coherent transmission, only partial of the antenna ports are used for the uplink transmission, then a full coherent codebook with less antenna port can be used for the transmission. For example, if 3Tx or 4Tx is configured, for partial coherent transmission, only 2 antenna port can be used for one PRG, then a full coherent codebook for 2Tx can be indicated for this PRG, and a subset of full coherent precoding is indicated for all the PRGs.
[0105] Considering that if full coherent codebook is configured, then partial coherent and non coherent codebook can also be indicated. And is partial coherent codebook is configured, non coherent codebook can also be supported. Hence, the subset can be configured or indicated with different types in some cases. For example, if full coherent codebook based transmission is configured, full coherent or partial coherent or even non coherent precoding can be configured or indicated in the subset. For the determination of transmission power, one method is to determine the transmission power based on the codebook type according to the PRG associated with more antenna ports. Or the transmission power can be determined according to the codebook type per PRG.
[0106] Another case is if full coherent is supported for the uplink transmission. In a subset of precoders, full and partial coherent codebook is supported, and the codebook or precoding is used for different PRGs. The power scaling is associated with the transmission antenna port in one PRG.
[0107] If the transmission antenna port is configured as 8, and the codebook type is configured for partial coherent, e.g., the codebook is associated with the number of antenna port groups of 2 or 4. Different antenna port groups are associated with different partial coherent antenna ports for partial coherent codebook transmission. The subset can be from the same antenna port group.
[0108] For the subset of precoders, partial or all of the set of precoders can be indicated or used for the uplink transmission, each precoder can be used for at least one PRG. The subset of precoders can be used from the first PRG or from the first PRG used for this uplink transmission, and the precoders can be marked with different indexes, where the mapping of the precoders and PRG can be indicated or for a cyclic mapping according to the precoder index and the PRG index.
[0109] For CP-OFDM (Cyclic Prefix-Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) or single carrier transmission, a number of new precoders can be configured or indicated. Where the subset of precoders is from a partial or all the set of precoders and some of the precoders are associated with the precoders in the set and some factors. Where the factor may change the related precoder into another new precoder. The factor can be configured or indicated from the base station, which is associated with at least one of a set of downlink codebook or oversampling factor or a number of CSI-RS (channel state information reference signal) antenna port or SRS antenna port. The factor can be used as one precoder or a factor combined with a precoder to be a new precoder for uplink transmission.
[0110] IX. Example Technologies
[0111] This section describes example techniques that are described in this patent document.
[0112] UE receive a signaling message from base station, where the signaling message indicate group based precoding for UL transmission, where each group comprise a number of physical resource blocks in frequency.
[0113] The group size (e.g., number of PRBs in one precoding resource block group (PRG) ) can be at least one of: 2, 4, 8, 12, 16, 24 or half of the scheduled PRBs. Where the number of scheduled PRBs can be a total number of scheduled PRBs or consecutive PRBs.
[0114] The group size can be a total number of consecutive PRBs.
[0115] ● the PRG can be configured from the start PRB of the scheduled PRBs or consecutive PRBs
[0116] ● One PRG can comprise consecutive PRBs or non consecutive PRBs
[0117] The TPMI indicates the precoding or precoder for each PRG, and a number of TPMI or SRI fields are configured according to the size or number of PRGs.
[0118] ● the rank can be indicated only once by the first TPMI or SRI field. And the other TPMI field or other SRI field in the signaling message can be only used to indicate the precoding information or SRS resource information.
[0119] ● the same coherent antenna ports are used for all the PRGs.
[0120] ● restrict the number of indicated TPMI
[0121] ● the mapping between TPMI or SRI field and PRG can be determined based on the order of indexes of TPMI or SRI field and the PRG index, or based on an indication, where the indication can be RRC or MAC CE or DCI signaling, and the indication indicates which PRG is associated with the first or other TPMI field or SRI field.
[0122] The precoders of different PRGs can be indicated by a same TPMI field.
[0123] ● Where different precoders for different PRGs can be indicated based on antenna port combination or with a transmission layer combination.
[0124] If PRG based UL transmission is configured, two TPMI / SRI fields are supported, one TPMI field is associated to at least one PRG.
[0125] ● One TPMI / SRI indicates one precoder, and the indicated precoder is used for one PRG, the second TPMI / SRI field is used to indicate the SRS resource or precoder is used for the second PRG. The TPMI / SRI fields is mapped to all the PRGs with a cyclic mapping or sequential mapping.
[0126] ● One TPMI or SRI field indicate at least one precoder, each precoder is associated with one PRG.
[0127] The precoding of PRG for uplink transmission is associated with the downlink precoder. Where the downlink precoder can be the UE reported precoding matrix.
[0128] ● the correlation between the candidate uplink precoders and the downlink PMI should be calculated and the most relevant precoder can be used for the related PRGs.
[0129] ● If the correlation is calculated by base station, then the precoder can be indicated to UE, if the correlation is calculated by UE, UE can transmitted based on the selected precoder, or even report the precoding matrix index to gNB.
[0130] FIG. 5 shows an exemplary block diagram of a hardware platform 500 that may be a part of a network device (e.g., base station) or a communication device (e.g., a user equipment (UE) ) . The hardware platform 500 includes at least one processor 510 and a memory 505 having instructions stored thereupon. The instructions upon execution by the processor 510 configure the hardware platform 500 to perform the operations described in FIGS. 1 to 4, 7 to 8 and in the various embodiments described in this patent document. The transmitter 515 transmits or sends information or data to another device. For example, a network device transmitter can send a message to a user equipment. The receiver 520 receives information or data transmitted or sent by another device. For example, a user equipment can receive a message from a network device.
[0131] The implementations as discussed above will apply to a wireless communication. FIG. 6 shows an example of a wireless communication system (e.g., a 5G or NR cellular network) that includes a base station 620 and one or more user equipment (UE) 611, 612 and 613. In some embodiments, the UEs access the BS (e.g., the network) using a communication link to the network (sometimes called uplink direction, as depicted by dashed arrows 631, 632, 633) , which then enables subsequent communication (e.g., shown in the direction from the network to the UEs, sometimes called downlink direction, shown by arrows 641, 642, 643) from the BS to the UEs. In some embodiments, the BS send information to the UEs (sometimes called downlink direction, as depicted by arrows 641, 642, 643) , which then enables subsequent communication (e.g., shown in the direction from the UEs to the BS, sometimes called uplink direction, shown by dashed arrows 631, 632, 633) from the UEs to the BS. The UE may be, for example, a smartphone, a tablet, a mobile computer, a machine to machine (M2M) device, an Internet of Things (IoT) device, and so on.
[0132] FIG. 7 shows an exemplary flowchart for performing an uplink transmission using at least one precoding block group (PRG) . Operation 702 includes receiving, by a communication device, a message that includes information related to a group based precoding. Operation 704 includes performing, in response to receiving the message, an uplink transmission using at least one precoding resource block group (PRG) from a plurality of precoding resource block groups (PRGs) , where each PRG comprises a number of physical resource blocks (PRBs) in frequency domain.
[0133] In some embodiments, the message indicates that the group based precoding with the plurality of PRGs is enabled for the uplink transmission. In some embodiments, the message includes a group size that indicates a number of PRBs in each PRG from the plurality of PRGs, and the group size is at least one of 2, 4, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48, all or half or quarter of scheduled PRBs, or all or half or quarter of the configured or indicated band. In some embodiments, the PRG from the plurality of PRGs is configured from a first PRB in frequency domain of at least one of the scheduled PRBs, the consecutive PRBs, or from a reference point of a band. In some embodiments, the PRG from the plurality of PRGs comprises the consecutive PRBs or non-consecutive PRBs. In some embodiments, the message indicates that a same precoding is applied for any uplink contiguous allocation of a set of PRBs from a PRG. In some embodiments, the message indicates a size of the plurality of PRGs, wherein the size includes a total number of PRBs in one PRG or a total number of PRGs.
[0134] In some embodiments, the message is a radio resource control (RRC) message that indicates that the group based precoding with the plurality of PRGs is enabled, or the message is a downlink control information (DCI) that indicates whether the group based precoding with the plurality of PRGs is enabled for the uplink transmission. In some embodiments, the message includes a subset of precoders from a set of precoders, the subset of precoders is used for the plurality of PRGs, and the set of precoders are a group of precoders associated with different transmission precoding matrix indicator (TPMI) index for the uplink transmission. In some embodiments, from the set of precoders, the subset of precoders is configured by a radio resource control (RRC) signaling or indicated by medium access control-control element (MAC CE) signaling or downlink control information (DCI) , where the subset of precoders is used for the at least one PRG with which the uplink transmission is performed, or where the subset of precoders are not used for the at least one PRG with which the uplink transmission is performed.
[0135] In some embodiments, the subset of precoding is indicated with an index for a precoder for the at least one PRG, and wherein the message includes a set of indexes for one or more remaining PRGs from the plurality of PRGs, wherein each index from the set of indexes is associated with a value that indicates a difference from the index of the precoder to one index. In some embodiments, the subset of precoding from the set of precoders is indicated using a bitmap by a radio resource control (RRC) signaling or medium access control-control element (MAC CE) signaling. In some embodiments, precoders in one subset is configured or indicated with the same codebook type, coherent type or coherent antenna ports. In some embodiments, the message includes one bit or one codepoint in the transmission precoding matrix indicator (TPMI) or sounding reference signal resource indicator (SRI) field or downlink control information (DCI) to indicate the group based precoding for the uplink transmission.
[0136] In some embodiments, the message includes a transmission precoding matrix indicator (TPMI) field that indicates a precoding or a precoder for each PRG of the plurality of PRGs. In some embodiments, the message includes a number of TPMI field or a number of sounding reference signal resource indicator (SRI) field that are configured according to a size or a number of the plurality of PRGs. In some embodiments, a transmission rank is indicated only once by a first TPMI field or a first SRI field in the message, and wherein other TPMI fields or other SRI field in the message are only used to indicate precoding information or sounding reference signal (SRS) resource information.
[0137] In some embodiments, a mapping between either a TPMI field or a SRI field and the PRG is determined based on: an order of indexes of a plurality of TPMI fields or a plurality of SRI fields and a PRG index of the PRG, or an indication from a network device, wherein the indication indicates which PRG is associated with a first TPMI field, a first SRI field, another TPMI field, or another SRI field. In some embodiments, precoders of different PRGs are indicated by a same TPMI field in the message. In some embodiments, at least two precoders for the different PRGs are indicated based on antenna port combination or with a transmission layer combination. In some embodiments, each precoder for one PRG is associated with partial of indicated antenna ports in the antenna port combination or partial of the indicated layers in the transmission layer combination.
[0138] FIG. 8 shows an exemplary flowchart for receiving an uplink transmission performed using at least one precoding block group (PRG) . Operation 802 includes transmitting, by a network device, a message that includes information related to a group based precoding. Operation 804 includes receiving, in response to transmitting the message, an uplink transmission, where the uplink transmission is performed using at least one precoding resource block group (PRG) from a plurality of precoding resource block groups (PRGs) , and where each PRG comprises a number of physical resource blocks (PRBs) in frequency domain.
[0139] In some embodiments, the message indicates that the group based precoding with the plurality of PRGs is enabled for the uplink transmission. In some embodiments, the message includes a group size that indicates a number of PRBs in each PRG from the plurality of PRGs, and the group size is at least one of 2, 4, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48, all or half or quarter of scheduled PRBs, or all or half or quarter of the configured or indicated band. In some embodiments, the PRG from the plurality of PRGs is configured from a first PRB in frequency domain of at least one of the scheduled PRBs, the consecutive PRBs, or from a reference point of a band. In some embodiments, the PRG from the plurality of PRGs comprises the consecutive PRBs or non-consecutive PRBs.
[0140] In some embodiments, the message indicates that a same precoding is applied for any uplink contiguous allocation of a set of PRBs from a PRG. In some embodiments, the message indicates a size of the plurality of PRGs, wherein the size includes a total number of PRBs in one PRG or a total number of PRGs. In some embodiments, the message is a radio resource control (RRC) message that indicates that the group based precoding with the plurality of PRGs is enabled, or the message is a downlink control information (DCI) that indicates whether the group based precoding with the plurality of PRGs is enabled for the uplink transmission. In some embodiments, the message includes a subset of precoders from a set of precoders, the subset of precoders is used for the plurality of PRGs, and the set of precoders are a group of precoders associated with different transmission precoding matrix indicator (TPMI) index for the uplink transmission.
[0141] In some embodiments, from the set of precoders, the subset of precoders is configured by a radio resource control (RRC) signaling or indicated by medium access control-control element (MAC CE) signaling or downlink control information (DCI) , where the subset of precoders is used for the at least one PRG with which the uplink transmission is performed, or where the subset of precoders are not used for the at least one PRG with which the uplink transmission is performed. In some embodiments, the subset of precoding is indicated with an index for a precoder for the at least one PRG, and wherein the message includes a set of indexes for one or more remaining PRGs from the plurality of PRGs, wherein each index from the set of indexes is associated with a value that indicates a difference from the index of the precoder to one index. In some embodiments, the subset of precoding from the set of precoders is indicated using a bitmap by a radio resource control (RRC) signaling or medium access control-control element (MAC CE) signaling.
[0142] In some embodiments, precoders in one subset is configured or indicated with the same codebook type, coherent type or coherent antenna ports. In some embodiments, the message includes one bit or one codepoint in the transmission precoding matrix indicator (TPMI) or sounding reference signal resource indicator (SRI) field or downlink control information (DCI) to indicate the group based precoding for the uplink transmission. In some embodiments, the message includes a transmission precoding matrix indicator (TPMI) field that indicates a precoding or a precoder for each PRG of the plurality of PRGs. In some embodiments, the message includes a number of TPMI field or a number of sounding reference signal resource indicator (SRI) field that are configured according to a size or a number of the plurality of PRGs.
[0143] In some embodiments, a transmission rank is indicated only once by a first TPMI field or a first SRI field in the message, and wherein other TPMI fields or other SRI field in the message are only used to indicate precoding information or sounding reference signal (SRS) resource information. In some embodiments, a mapping between either a TPMI field or a SRI field and the PRG is determined based on: an order of indexes of a plurality of TPMI fields or a plurality of SRI fields and a PRG index of the PRG, or an indication from the network device, wherein the indication indicates which PRG is associated with a first TPMI field, a first SRI field, another TPMI field, or another SRI field. In some embodiments, precoders of different PRGs are indicated by a same TPMI field in the message. In some embodiments, at least two precoders for the different PRGs are indicated based on antenna port combination or with a transmission layer combination. In some embodiments, each precoder for one PRG is associated with partial of indicated antenna ports in the antenna port combination or partial of the indicated layers in the transmission layer combination.
[0144] In this document the term “exemplary” is used to mean “an example of” and, unless otherwise stated, does not imply an ideal or a preferred embodiment.
[0145] Some of the embodiments described herein are described in the general context of methods or processes, which may be implemented in one embodiment by a computer program product, embodied in a computer-readable medium, including computer-executable instructions, such as program code, executed by computers in networked environments. A computer-readable medium may include removable and non-removable storage devices including, but not limited to, Read Only Memory (ROM) , Random Access Memory (RAM) , compact discs (CDs) , digital versatile discs (DVD) , etc. Therefore, the computer-readable media can include a non-transitory storage media. Generally, program modules may include routines, programs, objects, components, data structures, etc. that perform particular tasks or implement particular abstract data types. Computer-or processor-executable instructions, associated data structures, and program modules represent examples of program code for executing steps of the methods disclosed herein. The particular sequence of such executable instructions or associated data structures represents examples of corresponding acts for implementing the functions described in such steps or processes.
[0146] Some of the disclosed embodiments can be implemented as devices or modules using hardware circuits, software, or combinations thereof. For example, a hardware circuit implementation can include discrete analog and / or digital components that are, for example, integrated as part of a printed circuit board. Alternatively, or additionally, the disclosed components or modules can be implemented as an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) and / or as a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) device. Some implementations may additionally or alternatively include a digital signal processor (DSP) that is a specialized microprocessor with an architecture optimized for the operational needs of digital signal processing associated with the disclosed functionalities of this application. Similarly, the various components or sub-components within each module may be implemented in software, hardware or firmware. The connectivity between the modules and / or components within the modules may be provided using any one of the connectivity methods and media that is known in the art, including, but not limited to, communications over the Internet, wired, or wireless networks using the appropriate protocols.
[0147] While this document contains many specifics, these should not be construed as limitations on the scope of an invention that is claimed or of what may be claimed, but rather as descriptions of features specific to particular embodiments. Certain features that are described in this document in the context of separate embodiments can also be implemented in combination in a single embodiment. Conversely, various features that are described in the context of a single embodiment can also be implemented in multiple embodiments separately or in any suitable sub-combination. Moreover, although features may be described above as acting in certain combinations and even initially claimed as such, one or more features from a claimed combination can in some cases be excised from the combination, and the claimed combination may be directed to a sub-combination or a variation of a sub-combination. Similarly, while operations are depicted in the drawings in a particular order, this should not be understood as requiring that such operations be performed in the particular order shown or in sequential order, or that all illustrated operations be performed, to achieve desirable results.
[0148] Only a few implementations and examples are described and other implementations, enhancements and variations can be made based on what is described and illustrated in this disclosure.
Claims
1.A wireless communication method, comprising:receiving, by a communication device, a message that includes information related to a group based precoding; andperforming, in response to receiving the message, an uplink transmission using at least one precoding resource block group (PRG) from a plurality of precoding resource block groups (PRGs) ,wherein each PRG comprises a number of physical resource blocks (PRBs) in frequency domain.2.The method of claim 1,wherein the message includes a group size that indicates a number of PRBs in each PRG from the plurality of PRGs, andwherein the group size is at least one of 2, 4, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48, all or half or quarter of scheduled PRBs, or all or half or quarter of a configured or indicated band, orwherein the message indicates a size of the plurality of PRGs, andwherein the size includes a total number of PRGs.3.The method of claim 2, wherein the PRG from the plurality of PRGs is configured from a first PRB in frequency domain of at least one of the scheduled PRBs, the consecutive PRBs, or from a reference point of a band.4.The method of claim 1, wherein the message indicates that a same precoding is applied for any uplink contiguous allocation of a set of PRBs from a PRG.5.The method of claim 1, wherein the message is a radio resource control (RRC) message that indicates that the group based precoding with the plurality of PRGs is enabled, or the message is a downlink control information (DCI) that indicates whether the group based precoding with the plurality of PRGs is enabled for the uplink transmission.6.The method of claim 1,wherein the message includes a subset of precoders from a set of precoders,wherein the subset of precoders is used for the plurality of PRGs, andwherein the set of precoders are a group of precoders associated with different transmission precoding matrix indicator (TPMI) index for the uplink transmission.7.The method of claim 6,wherein, from the set of precoders, the subset of precoders is configured by a radio resource control (RRC) signaling or indicated by medium access control-control element (MAC CE) signaling or downlink control information (DCI) ,wherein the subset of precoders is used for the at least one PRG with which the uplink transmission is performed, orwherein the subset of precoders are not used for the at least one PRG with which the uplink transmission is performed.8.The method of claim 6, wherein the subset of precoding from the set of precoders is indicated using a bitmap by a radio resource control (RRC) signaling or medium access control-control element (MAC CE) signaling.9.The method of claim 6, wherein precoders in one subset is configured or indicated with the same codebook type, coherent type or coherent antenna ports.10.The method of claim 1, wherein the message includes one bit or one codepoint in the transmission precoding matrix indicator (TPMI) or sounding reference signal resource indicator (SRI) field or downlink control information (DCI) to indicate the group based precoding for the uplink transmission.11.The method of claim 1, wherein the message includes a transmission precoding matrix indicator (TPMI) field that indicates a precoding or a precoder for each PRG of the plurality of PRGs.12.The method of claim 1, wherein the message includes a number of TPMI field or a number of sounding reference signal resource indicator (SRI) field that are configured according to a size or a number of the plurality of PRGs.13.The method of claim 11, wherein a transmission rank is indicated only once by a first TPMI field or a first SRI field in the message, and wherein other TPMI fields or other SRI field in the message are only used to indicate precoding information or sounding reference signal (SRS) resource information.14.The method of claim 11, wherein a mapping between either a TPMI field or a SRI field and the PRG is determined based on:an order of indexes of a plurality of TPMI fields or a plurality of SRI fields and a PRG index of the PRG, oran indication from a network device, wherein the indication indicates which PRG is associated with a first TPMI field, a first SRI field, another TPMI field, or another SRI field.15.The method of claim 1, wherein precoders of different PRGs are indicated by a same TPMI field in the message.16.The method of claim 15,wherein at least two precoders for the different PRGs are indicated based on antenna port combination or with a transmission layer combination, orwherein each precoder for one PRG is associated with partial of indicated antenna ports in the antenna port combination or partial of the indicated layers in the transmission layer combination.17.A wireless communication method, comprising:transmitting, by a network device, a message that includes information related to a group based precoding; andreceiving, in response to transmitting the message, an uplink transmission,wherein the uplink transmission is performed using at least one precoding resource block group (PRG) from a plurality of precoding resource block groups (PRGs) , andwherein each PRG comprises a number of physical resource blocks (PRBs) in frequency domain.18.The method of claim 17,wherein the message includes a group size that indicates a number of PRBs in each PRG from the plurality of PRGs, andwherein the group size is at least one of 2, 4, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48, all or half or quarter of scheduled PRBs, or all or half or quarter of a configured or indicated band, orwherein the message indicates a size of the plurality of PRGs, andwherein the size includes a total number of PRGs.19.The method of claim 18, wherein the PRG from the plurality of PRGs is configured from a first PRB in frequency domain of at least one of the scheduled PRBs, the consecutive PRBs, or from a reference point of a band.20.The method of claim 17, wherein the message indicates that a same precoding is applied for any uplink contiguous allocation of a set of PRBs from a PRG.21.The method of claim 17, wherein the message is a radio resource control (RRC) message that indicates that the group based precoding with the plurality of PRGs is enabled, or the message is a downlink control information (DCI) that indicates whether the group based precoding with the plurality of PRGs is enabled for the uplink transmission.22.The method of claim 17,wherein the message includes a subset of precoders from a set of precoders,wherein the subset of precoders is used for the plurality of PRGs, and wherein the set of precoders are a group of precoders associated with different transmission precoding matrix indicator (TPMI) index for the uplink transmission.23.The method of claim 22,wherein, from the set of precoders, the subset of precoders is configured by a radio resource control (RRC) signaling or indicated by medium access control-control element (MAC CE) signaling or downlink control information (DCI) ,wherein the subset of precoders is used for the at least one PRG with which the uplink transmission is performed, orwherein the subset of precoders are not used for the at least one PRG with which the uplink transmission is performed.24.The method of claim 22, wherein the subset of precoding from the set of precoders is indicated using a bitmap by a radio resource control (RRC) signaling or medium access control-control element (MAC CE) signaling.25.The method of claim 22, wherein precoders in one subset is configured or indicated with the same codebook type, coherent type or coherent antenna ports.26.The method of claim 17, wherein the message includes one bit or one codepoint in the transmission precoding matrix indicator (TPMI) or sounding reference signal resource indicator (SRI) field or downlink control information (DCI) to indicate the group based precoding for the uplink transmission.27.The method of claim 17, wherein the message includes a transmission precoding matrix indicator (TPMI) field that indicates a precoding or a precoder for each PRG of the plurality of PRGs.28.The method of claim 17, wherein the message includes a number of TPMI field or a number of sounding reference signal resource indicator (SRI) field that are configured according to a size or a number of the plurality of PRGs.29.The method of claim 28, wherein a transmission rank is indicated only once by a first TPMI field or a first SRI field in the message, and wherein other TPMI fields or other SRI field in the message are only used to indicate precoding information or sounding reference signal (SRS) resource information.30.The method of claim 28, wherein a mapping between either a TPMI field or a SRI field and the PRG is determined based on:an order of indexes of a plurality of TPMI fields or a plurality of SRI fields and a PRG index of the PRG, oran indication from the network device, wherein the indication indicates which PRG is associated with a first TPMI field, a first SRI field, another TPMI field, or another SRI field.31.The method of claim 17, wherein precoders of different PRGs are indicated by a same TPMI field in the message.32.The method of claim 31,wherein at least two precoders for the different PRGs are indicated based on antenna port combination or with a transmission layer combination, orwherein each precoder for one PRG is associated with partial of indicated antenna ports in the antenna port combination or partial of the indicated layers in the transmission layer combination.33.An apparatus for wireless communication comprising a processor, configured to implement a method recited in one or more of claims 1 to 32.34.A non-transitory computer readable program storage medium having code stored thereon, the code, when executed by a processor, causing the processor to implement a method recited in one or more of claims 1 to 32.
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