Method and device for performing communication in wireless communication system

Abstract

A method by which a device performs wireless communication, and a device supporting same are provided. The method may comprise steps in which: a first device acquires time division duplexing configuration information including information related to a period for a time division duplexing configuration; and the first device communicates with a second device on the basis of the time division duplexing configuration information. For example, a multiple of the period for the time division duplexing configuration can be the difference between a downlink frame and an uplink frame.

Description

Method and device for performing communication in a wireless communication system

[0001] The present disclosure relates to a wireless communication system.

[0002] 5G NR, the successor to LTE (long-term evolution), is a new clean-slate mobile communications system characterized by high performance, low latency, and high availability. 5G NR can utilize all available spectrum resources, from low-frequency bands below 1 GHz, mid-frequency bands between 1 GHz and 10 GHz, and high-frequency (millimeter wave) bands above 24 GHz.

[0003] The 6G (wireless communication) system aims to achieve (i) very high data rates per device, (ii) a very large number of connected devices, (iii) global connectivity, (iv) very low latency, (v) low energy consumption for battery-free Internet of Things (IoT) devices, (vi) ultra-reliable connectivity, and (vii) connected intelligence with machine learning capabilities. The vision of the 6G system can be divided into four aspects: intelligent connectivity, deep connectivity, holographic connectivity, and ubiquitous connectivity, and the 6G system can satisfy the requirements as shown in Table 1 below. For example, Table 1 can represent an example of the requirements of a 6G system.

[0004] Maximum data rate per device: 1 Tbps, E2E latency: 1 ms, Maximum spectral efficiency: 100 bps / Hz, Mobility support: Up to 1000 km / hr, Satellite integration: Fully AI, Fully autonomous driving, Fully XR, Fully haptic communication

[0005] The present disclosure provides a device and method for effectively providing services in a wireless communication system. In particular, the present disclosure provides a method and device for communication.

[0006] According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method may be provided. For example, the method may include: a step of a first device obtaining time division duplex configuration information including information related to a period for a time division duplex configuration; and a step of the first device performing communication with a second device based on the time division duplex configuration information. For example, a multiple of the period for the time division duplex configuration may be a difference between a downlink frame and an uplink frame.

[0007] According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a first device may be provided. For example, the first device may include at least one transceiver; at least one processor; and at least one memory connected to the at least one processor and storing instructions. For example, the instructions, based on execution by the at least one processor, may cause the first device to: obtain time division duplex configuration information including information related to a period for a time division duplex configuration; and perform communication with a second device based on the time division duplex configuration information. For example, a multiple of a period for the time division duplex configuration may be a difference between a downlink frame and an uplink frame.

[0008] According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a processing device may be provided. For example, the processing device may include at least one processor; and at least one memory connected to the at least one processor and storing instructions. For example, the instructions, based on execution by the at least one processor, may cause a first device to: obtain time division duplex configuration information including information related to a period for a time division duplex configuration; and perform communication with a second device based on the time division duplex configuration information. For example, a multiple of the period for the time division duplex configuration may be a difference between a downlink frame and an uplink frame.

[0009] According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions recorded thereon may be provided. For example, the instructions, when executed, may cause a first device to: obtain time-division duplexing configuration information including information related to a period for a time-division duplexing configuration; and perform communication with a second device based on the time-division duplexing configuration information. For example, a multiple of the period for the time-division duplexing configuration may be a difference between a downlink frame and an uplink frame.

[0010] According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method may be provided. For example, the method may include: a step of a second device obtaining a difference between a downlink frame and an uplink frame; a step of the second device transmitting, to a first device, time division duplex configuration information including information related to a period for a time division duplex configuration; and a step of the second device performing communication with the first device based on the time division duplex configuration information. For example, a multiple of the period for the time division duplex configuration may be a difference between a downlink frame and an uplink frame.

[0011] According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a second device may be provided. For example, the second device may include at least one transceiver; at least one processor; and at least one memory connected to the at least one processor and storing instructions. For example, the instructions, based on execution by the at least one processor, may cause the second device to: obtain a difference between a downlink frame and an uplink frame; transmit time division duplex configuration information, including information related to a period for a time division duplex configuration, to a first device; and perform communication with the first device based on the time division duplex configuration information. For example, a multiple of the period for the time division duplex configuration may be a difference between a downlink frame and an uplink frame.

[0012] According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a processing device may be provided. For example, the processing device may include at least one processor; and at least one memory connected to the at least one processor and storing instructions. For example, the instructions, based on execution by the at least one processor, may cause a second device to: obtain a difference between a downlink frame and an uplink frame; transmit time division duplex configuration information, including information related to a period for a time division duplex configuration, to a first device; and perform communication with the first device based on the time division duplex configuration information. For example, a multiple of the period for the time division duplex configuration may be a difference between a downlink frame and an uplink frame.

[0013] According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions recorded thereon may be provided. For example, the instructions, when executed, may cause a second device to: obtain a difference between a downlink frame and an uplink frame; transmit time division duplex configuration information, including information related to a period for a time division duplex configuration, to a first device; and perform communication with the first device based on the time division duplex configuration information. For example, a multiple of the period for the time division duplex configuration may be a difference between a downlink frame and an uplink frame.

[0014] The present disclosure can provide a device and method capable of effectively providing services in a wireless communication system. For example, communication can be performed efficiently through the embodiments proposed in the present disclosure.

[0015] Figure 1 illustrates a device-to-device communication procedure according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0016] FIG. 2 illustrates a radio protocol architecture according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0017] FIG. 3 illustrates the structure of a wireless frame according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0018] FIG. 4 illustrates a slot structure of a frame according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0019] FIG. 5 illustrates an example of a BWP according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0020] FIG. 6 illustrates a communication structure that can be provided in a 6G system according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0021] FIG. 7 illustrates an example of a communication scenario based on a 6G system according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0022] FIGS. 8A and 8B illustrate a non-terrestrial network scenario according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0023] FIG. 9 illustrates a procedure for downlink transmission and reception according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0024] FIG. 10 illustrates a procedure for uplink transmission and reception according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0025] FIG. 11 illustrates an example of an NTN according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0026] FIG. 12 shows examples of K_offset and K_mac according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0027] FIG. 13 illustrates an example of a UE-specific TA and a common TA according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0028] FIG. 14 illustrates an example of an uplink-downlink timing relationship according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0029] FIG. 15 illustrates an example of TA mismatch within a beam / cell according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0030] FIG. 16 illustrates an example between an uplink-downlink timing relationship and a TDD configuration according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0031] FIG. 17 illustrates a method for a first device to perform wireless communication according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0032] FIG. 18 illustrates a method for a second device to perform wireless communication according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0033] FIG. 19 illustrates a communication system (1) according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0034] FIG. 20 illustrates a wireless device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0035] FIG. 21 illustrates a signal processing circuit for a transmission signal according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0036] FIG. 22 illustrates a wireless device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0037] FIG. 23 illustrates a mobile device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0038] In this disclosure, "A or B" can mean "only A," "only B," or "both A and B." In other words, "A or B" in this disclosure can be interpreted as "A and / or B." For example, "A, B or C" in this disclosure can mean "only A," "only B," "only C," or "any combination of A, B and C."

[0039] As used herein, a slash ( / ) or a comma may mean "and / or." For example, "A / B" may mean "A and / or B." Accordingly, "A / B" may mean "only A," "only B," or "both A and B." For example, "A, B, C" may mean "A, B, or C."

[0040] In the present disclosure, “at least one of A and B” may mean “only A,” “only B,” or “both A and B.” Additionally, in the present disclosure, the expressions “at least one of A or B” or “at least one of A and / or B” may be interpreted identically to “at least one of A and B.”

[0041] Additionally, in the present disclosure, “at least one of A, B and C” can mean “only A,” “only B,” “only C,” or “any combination of A, B and C.” Additionally, “at least one of A, B or C” or “at least one of A, B and / or C” can mean “at least one of A, B and C.”

[0042] Additionally, parentheses used in the present disclosure may mean "for example." Specifically, when indicated as "control information (PDCCH)", "PDCCH" may be proposed as an example of "control information." In other words, "control information" in the present disclosure is not limited to "PDCCH," and "PDCCH" may be proposed as an example of "control information." Furthermore, even when indicated as "control information (i.e., PDCCH)", "PDCCH" may be proposed as an example of "control information."

[0043] In the following explanation, ‘when, if, in case of’ can be replaced with ‘based on’.

[0044] Technical features individually described in one drawing in this disclosure may be implemented individually or simultaneously.

[0045] In the present disclosure, higher layer parameters may be parameters set for the terminal, preset, or predefined. For example, a base station or network may transmit higher layer parameters to the terminal. For example, the higher layer parameters may be transmitted via radio resource control (RRC) signaling or medium access control (MAC) signaling.

[0046] In the present disclosure, "setting or defining" may be interpreted as being set or preset to a device through predefined signaling (e.g., SIB, MAC, RRC, DCI (downlink control information), etc.) from a base station or a network. In the present disclosure, "setting or defining" may be interpreted as being set or preset to a device through predefined signaling (e.g., MAC, RRC, SCI (sidelink control information), device-to-device signaling control information, etc.) from another device. In the present disclosure, "setting or defining" may be interpreted as being set or preset to a device.

[0047] In the present disclosure, a user equipment (UE) may refer to a device, a portable device, a wireless device, etc. In the present disclosure, a base station (BS) may refer to a radio access network (RAN) node, a non-terrestrial network (NTN) cell / node, a transmission reception point (TRP), a network, an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node, a device, a portable device, a wireless device, etc.

[0048] The technology proposed in the present disclosure can be used in various wireless communication systems such as CDMA (code division multiple access), FDMA (frequency division multiple access), TDMA (time division multiple access), OFDMA (orthogonal frequency division multiple access), and SC-FDMA (single carrier frequency division multiple access). CDMA can be implemented with wireless technologies such as UTRA (universal terrestrial radio access) or CDMA2000. TDMA can be implemented with wireless technologies such as GSM (global system for mobile communications) / GPRS (general packet radio service) / EDGE (enhanced data rates for GSM evolution). OFDMA can be implemented with wireless technologies such as IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 802.11 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), IEEE 802-20, E-UTRA (evolved UTRA), LTE (long term evolution), and 5G NR.

[0049] The technology proposed in this disclosure can be implemented with 6G wireless technology and applied to various 6G systems. For example, 6G systems can have key factors such as enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB), ultra-reliable low latency communications (URLLC), massive machine-type communication (mMTC), artificial intelligence (AI) integrated communication, tactile internet, high throughput, high network capacity, high energy efficiency, low backhaul and access network congestion, and enhanced data security.

[0050] FIG. 1 illustrates a device-to-device communication procedure according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 1 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure, and some descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and / or operations of the embodiments may be omitted.

[0051] Referring to FIG. 1, in step S101, a first device and a second device can perform synchronization. For example, the first device can be a terminal and / or at least one of the devices proposed in the present disclosure. For example, the second device can be a base station, a network, a RAN node, an NTN node / cell, a TRP, a terminal and / or at least one of the devices proposed in the present disclosure. For example, the first device can perform an initial cell search operation. For example, the first device can detect at least one synchronization signal transmitted by the second device according to a predefined rule. Here, for example, the synchronization signal can include a plurality of synchronization signals classified according to a structure or purpose (e.g., a primary synchronization signal, a secondary synchronization signal, etc.). Through this, the first device can identify the boundaries of the frame, subframe, time unit, slot, and / or symbol of the second device, and the first device can obtain information about the second device (e.g., a cell identifier).

[0052] In step S103, the first device can obtain system information transmitted by the second device. For example, the system information may include information related to the properties, characteristics, and / or capabilities of the second device required to connect to the second device and use the service. For example, the system information may be classified according to content (e.g., whether it is essential for connection), transmission structure (e.g., the channel used, whether it is provided on-demand), etc. For example, the system information may be classified into a master information block (MIB) and a system information block (SIB). For example, if necessary, the first device may transmit a signal requesting system information before receiving the system information. For example, the request and provision of system information may be performed after a random access procedure described below.

[0053] In step S105, the first device and the second device can perform a random access procedure. For example, the first device can transmit and / or receive at least one message (e.g., a random access preamble, a random access response message, etc.) for the random access procedure based on information related to a random access channel of the second device obtained through system information (e.g., channel location, channel structure, structure of supported preamble, etc.). For example, the first device can transmit a preamble (e.g., Msg1) through the random access channel, the first device can receive a random access response message (e.g., Msg2), the first device can transmit a message (e.g., Msg3) including information related to the first device (e.g., identification information) to the second device using scheduling information included in the random access response message, and the first device can receive a message (e.g., Msg4) for contention resolution and / or connection establishment. For example, Msg1 and Msg3 may be sent and received as one message (e.g., MsgA), and / or Msg2 and Msg4 may be sent and received as one message (e.g., MsgB).

[0054] In step S107, the first device and the second device may perform signaling of control information. Here, for example, the control information may be defined in various layers, such as a layer that controls a connection (e.g., a radio resource control (RRC) layer), a layer that handles mapping between logical channels and transport channels (e.g., a media access control (MAC) layer), a layer that handles physical channels (e.g., a physical (PHY) layer), etc. For example, the first device and the second device may perform at least one of signaling for establishing a connection, signaling for determining settings related to communication, and / or signaling for indicating allocated resources. For example, the control information may be signaled / transmitted via a control channel. For example, the control information and / or the control channel may be used to schedule at least one of data, a data channel (e.g., a shared channel), and / or control information on the data channel.

[0055] In step S109, the first device and the second device may transmit and / or receive data. For example, the first device and the second device may process, transmit, and / or receive data based on signaling of control information. For example, when transmitting data, the first device or the second device may perform at least one of channel encoding, rate matching, scrambling, constellation mapping, layer mapping, waveform modulation, antenna mapping, and / or resource mapping on the information bits. For example, when receiving data, the first device or the second device may perform at least one of signal extraction from resources, waveform demodulation for each antenna, signal arrangement considering layer mapping, constellation demapping, descrambling, and / or channel decoding.

[0056] For example, the layers of a radio interface protocol between a first device and a second device can be divided into L1 (layer 1), L2 (layer 2), L3 (layer 3), etc. For example, a physical layer belonging to the first layer can provide an information transfer service using a physical channel, and an RRC (radio resource control) layer located in the third layer can play a role in controlling radio resources between the first device and the second device. For this purpose, for example, the RRC layer can exchange RRC messages between the first device and the second device.

[0057] FIG. 2 illustrates a radio protocol architecture according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 2 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure, and some descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and / or operations of the embodiments may be omitted. For example, (a) of FIG. 2 may illustrate a radio protocol stack of a user plane for uplink communication or downlink communication, and (b) of FIG. 2 may illustrate a radio protocol stack of a control plane for uplink communication or downlink communication. For example, (c) of FIG. 2 may illustrate a radio protocol stack of a user plane for device-to-device communication, and (d) of FIG. 2 may illustrate a radio protocol stack of a control plane for device-to-device communication.

[0058] For example, the physical layer can provide information transmission services to upper layers using physical channels. For example, the physical layer can be connected to the upper layer, the medium access control (MAC) layer, through a transport channel. For example, data can be transmitted between the MAC layer and the physical layer through the transport channel. For example, transport channels can be classified according to how and with what characteristics data is transmitted over the wireless interface. For example, data can be transmitted between different physical layers, for example, between the physical layers of a first device and a second device, through a physical channel. For example, the physical channel can be modulated using an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) scheme, and time and frequency can be utilized as radio resources.

[0059] For example, the MAC layer can provide services to the upper layer, the radio link control (RLC) layer, through logical channels. For example, the MAC layer can provide a mapping function from multiple logical channels to multiple transport channels. For example, the MAC layer can provide a logical channel multiplexing function by mapping multiple logical channels to a single transport channel. For example, the MAC sublayer can provide data transmission services on logical channels.

[0060] For example, the RLC layer can perform concatenation, segmentation, and reassembly of RLC service data units (SDUs). For example, to guarantee the various quality of service (QoS) required by radio bearers (RBs), the RLC layer can provide three operating modes: transparent mode (TM), unacknowledged mode (UM), and acknowledged mode (AM). For example, AM RLC can provide error correction through automatic repeat request (ARQ).

[0061] For example, the RRC (radio resource control) layer can be defined only in the control plane. For example, the RRC layer can be responsible for controlling logical channels, transport channels, and physical channels in relation to the configuration, re-configuration, and release of radio bearers. For example, an RB can mean a logical path provided by a first layer (e.g., a physical layer) and a second layer (e.g., a MAC layer, an RLC layer, a PDCP (packet data convergence protocol) layer, a SDAP (service data adaptation protocol) layer, etc.) for data transmission between a first device and a second device.

[0062] For example, the functions of the PDCP layer in the user plane may include the forwarding of user data, header compression, and ciphering. For example, the functions of the PDCP layer in the control plane may include the forwarding of control plane data and ciphering / integrity protection.

[0063] For example, establishing an RB can refer to the process of defining the characteristics of the radio protocol layer and channel to provide a specific service, and setting specific parameters and operating methods for each. For example, RBs can be divided into two types: signaling radio bearers (SRBs) and data radio bearers (DRBs). For example, SRBs can be used as a channel to transmit RRC messages in the control plane, while DRBs can be used as a channel to transmit user data in the user plane.

[0064] For example, if an RRC connection is established between the RRC layer of the terminal and the RRC layer of the base station, the terminal will be in the RRC_CONNECTED state, and if not, it may be in the RRC_IDLE state. For example, in the case of NR, the RRC_INACTIVE state is additionally defined, and a terminal in the RRC_INACTIVE state can release the connection with the base station while maintaining the connection with the core network.

[0065] For example, a downlink transmission channel may include at least one of a broadcast channel (BCH) for transmitting system information, and / or a downlink shared channel (SCH) for transmitting user traffic or control messages. For example, traffic or control messages of a downlink multicast or broadcast service may be transmitted through the downlink SCH, or may be transmitted through a separate downlink multicast channel (MCH). Meanwhile, an uplink transmission channel may include at least one of a random access channel (RACH) for transmitting initial control messages, and / or an uplink shared channel (SCH) for transmitting user traffic or control messages. For example, a logical channel located above a transmission channel and mapped to the transmission channel may include at least one of a broadcast control channel (BCCH), a paging control channel (PCCH), a common control channel (CCCH), a multicast control channel (MCCH), and / or a multicast traffic channel (MTCH).

[0066] FIG. 3 illustrates the structure of a wireless frame according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 3 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure, and some descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and / or operations of the embodiments may be omitted.

[0067] Referring to FIG. 3, for example, a radio frame may be used in uplink transmission, downlink transmission, and / or device-to-device transmission. For example, a radio frame may have a length of 10 ms and may be defined as two 5 ms half-frames (HF). For example, a half-frame may include five 1 ms subframes (SF). For example, a subframe may be divided into one or more slots, and the number of slots within a subframe may be determined according to a subcarrier spacing (SCS). For example, each slot may include 12 or 14 OFDM (A) symbols, depending on a cyclic prefix (CP).

[0068] For example, when normal CP is used, each slot can contain 14 symbols. For example, when extended CP is used, each slot can contain 12 symbols. Here, for example, the symbols can contain OFDM symbols (or CP-OFDM symbols), SC-FDMA (single carrier-FDMA) symbols (or DFT-s-OFDM (Discrete Fourier Transform-spread-OFDM) symbols).

[0069] Table 2 below shows the number of symbols per slot (N) depending on the SCS setting (u) when normal CP or extended CP is used. slot symb ), number of slots per frame (N frame,u slot ) and the number of slots per subframe (N subframe,u slot ) is an example.

[0070] CP type SCS (15*2 u )N slot symb N frame,u slot N subframe,u slotNormal CP15kHz (u=0)1410130kHz (u=1)1420260kHz (u=2)14404120kHz (u=3)14808240kHz (u=4)1416016Extended CP60kHz (u=2)12404

[0071] For example, OFDM(A) numerologies (e.g., SCS, CP length, etc.) may be set differently between multiple cells that are merged into a single terminal. Accordingly, the (absolute time) interval of a time resource (e.g., a subframe, a slot, or a transmit time interval (TTI)) composed of the same number of symbols may be set differently between the merged cells. For example, in the present disclosure, time resources such as subframes, slots, TTIs, etc. may be referred to as time units. For example, multiple numerologies or SCSs may be supported to support various services. For example, when the SCS is 15 kHz, a wide area in traditional cellular bands may be supported, and when the SCS is 30 kHz / 60 kHz, dense-urban, lower latency, and wider carrier bandwidth may be supported. For example, if the SCS is 60 kHz or higher, a bandwidth greater than 24.25 GHz may be supported to overcome phase noise.

[0072] FIG. 4 illustrates a slot structure of a frame according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 4 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure, and some descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and / or operations of the embodiments may be omitted.

[0073] Referring to FIG. 4, for example, a slot may include multiple symbols in the time domain. For example, a carrier may include multiple subcarriers in the frequency domain. For example, a resource block (RB) may be defined as multiple consecutive subcarriers in the frequency domain. For example, a bandwidth part (BWP) may be defined as multiple consecutive (P)RBs ((physical) resource blocks) in the frequency domain, and may correspond to one numerology (e.g., SCS, CP length, etc.). For example, a carrier may include at most N BWPs (where N is a positive integer). For example, data communication may be performed through an activated BWP. For example, each element may be referred to as a resource element (RE) in the resource grid, and one complex symbol may be mapped to it.

[0074] For example, a BWP may be a contiguous set of PRBs in a given numerology. For example, a PRB may be selected from a contiguous subset of common resource blocks (CRBs) for a given numerology on a given carrier.

[0075] For example, the BWP may be at least one of an active BWP, an initial BWP, and / or a default BWP. For example, the UE may not monitor the downlink radio link quality in a DL BWP other than the active DL BWP on the PCell (primary cell). For example, the UE may not receive a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), or a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) (except for radio resource management (RRM)) outside of the active DL BWP. For example, the UE may not trigger channel state information (CSI) reporting for an inactive DL BWP. For example, the UE may not transmit a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) outside of the active UL BWP. For example, for downlink, the initial BWP can be given as a set of consecutive resource blocks (RBs) for the remaining minimum system information (RMSI) CORESET (control resource set) (set by the physical broadcast channel (PBCH)). For uplink, for example, the initial BWP can be given by the system information block (SIB) for the random access procedure. For example, the default BWP can be set by a higher layer. For example, the initial value of the default BWP can be the initial DL BWP.For energy saving, if a terminal does not detect DCI (downlink control information) for a certain period of time, the terminal may switch its active BWP to a default BWP.

[0076] FIG. 5 illustrates an example of a BWP according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 5 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure, and some descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and / or operations of the embodiments may be omitted. In the embodiment of FIG. 5, it is assumed that there are three BWPs.

[0077] Referring to FIG. 5, for example, a common resource block (CRB) may be a carrier resource block numbered from one end of a carrier band to the other, and a PRB may be a numbered resource block within each BWP. For example, point A may indicate a common reference point for a resource block grid.

[0078] For example, BWP is point A, offset from point A (N start BWP ) and bandwidth (N size BWP ) can be set by. For example, point A can be an outer reference point of the PRB of a carrier where subcarrier 0 of all numerologies (e.g., all numerologies supported by the network on that carrier) aligns. For example, the offset can be the PRB spacing between the lowest subcarrier in a given numerology and point A. For example, the bandwidth can be the number of PRBs in a given numerology.

[0079] FIG. 6 illustrates a communication structure that can be provided in a 6G system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 6 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure, and some descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and / or operations of the embodiments may be omitted.

[0080] As core implementation technologies of the 6G system, technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), THz (terahertz) communication, optical wireless technology, free-space optical transmission (FSO) backhaul networks, massive MIMO (multiple input multiple output) technology, blockchain, 3D networking, quantum communication, unmanned aerial vehicles, cell-free communication, wireless information and energy transfer (WIET), integration of sensing and communication, integration of access backhaul networks, holographic beamforming, big data analysis, and large intelligent surface (LIS) can be adopted.

[0081] - Artificial Intelligence: Incorporating AI into communications can streamline and improve real-time data transmission. AI can use numerous analytics to determine how complex target tasks should be performed. For example, AI can increase efficiency and reduce processing delays. Time-consuming tasks such as handovers, network selection, and resource scheduling can be performed instantly using AI. AI can also play a crucial role in machine-to-machine (M2M), machine-to-human, and human-to-machine communications. AI can also facilitate rapid communication in brain-computer interfaces (BCIs). AI-based communication systems can be supported by metamaterials, intelligent structures, intelligent networks, intelligent devices, intelligent cognitive radios, self-sustaining wireless networks, and machine learning.

[0082] - THz communication (terahertz communication): Data rates can be increased by increasing the bandwidth. This can be achieved by using sub-THz communication with wide bandwidths and applying advanced massive MIMO technology. THz waves, also known as sub-millimeter waves, typically refer to the frequency range between 0.1 THz and 10 THz, with corresponding wavelengths ranging from 0.03 mm to 3 mm. The 100 GHz to 300 GHz band (sub-THz band) is considered a key part of the THz spectrum for cellular communications. Adding the sub-THz band to the mmWave band will increase the capacity of 6G cellular communications. Among the defined THz bands, 300 GHz to 3 THz lies in the far infrared (IR) frequency band. While part of the optical band, the 300 GHz to 3 THz band lies at the boundary of the optical band, immediately following the RF band. Therefore, this 300 GHz to 3 THz band exhibits similarities to RF. Key characteristics of THz communications include (i) the widely available bandwidth to support very high data rates and (ii) the high path loss that occurs at high frequencies (requiring highly directional antennas). The narrow beamwidths generated by highly directional antennas reduce interference. The small wavelength of THz signals allows for a significantly larger number of antenna elements to be integrated into devices and base stations operating in this band. This enables the use of advanced adaptive array technologies to overcome range limitations.

[0083] - Large-scale MIMO technology

[0084] - Hologram beamforming (HBF)

[0085] - Optical wireless technology

[0086] - Free-space optical transmission backhaul network (FSO backhaul network)

[0087] - Quantum communication

[0088] - Cell-free communication

[0089] - Integration of wireless information and power transmission

[0090] - Integration of wireless communication and sensing

[0091] - Integrated access and backhaul network

[0092] - Big data analysis

[0093] - Reconfigurable intelligent surface

[0094] - metaverse

[0095] - Blockchain

[0096] Advanced Air Mobility (AAM): AAM can be a broad concept encompassing urban air mobility (UAM), regional air mobility (RAM), and uncrewed aerial systems (UAS). For example, AAM can include UAM, RAM, UAS, and uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs).

[0097] - Autonomous driving (self-driving): V2X (vehicle to everything), a key element in building autonomous driving infrastructure, can be a technology that allows cars to communicate and share with various elements on the road for autonomous driving, such as vehicle to vehicle (V2V) wireless communication and vehicle to infrastructure (V2I) wireless communication.

[0098] Non-terrestrial network (NTN): NTN can refer to a network or network segment that utilizes radio frequency (RF) resources mounted on satellites (or UAS platforms). NTN services may be considered to secure wider coverage or provide wireless communication services in locations where the installation of wireless communication base stations is difficult.

[0099] - Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC): Wireless sensing is a technology that uses radio frequencies to determine the instantaneous linear velocity, angle, distance (range), etc. of an object, thereby obtaining information about the characteristics of the environment and / or objects within the environment.

[0100] - Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS): RIS can be used to manipulate and enhance signal propagation in wireless communication environments. For example, a RIS can be composed of many small antennas, or metasurfaces, arranged on a surface, each of which can actively control the phase, amplitude, polarization, etc. of the reflected signal. For example, a RIS can improve signal reception by controlling the path, phase, and / or intensity of the propagating signal. For example, in the case of a RIS, power consumption can be very low because power is consumed only for controlling the phase and amplitude of the small antennas. For example, because a RIS can be reconfigured to suit different environments, it can meet diverse communication requirements and operate effectively in dynamic network environments.

[0101] FIG. 7 illustrates an example of a communication scenario based on a 6G system, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 7 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure, and some descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and / or operations of the embodiments may be omitted.

[0102] Referring to FIG. 7, NTN communication can be performed based on satellite networks, high-altitude platform stations (HAPS) as international mobile telecommunications (IMT) base stations (BS), and terminals capable of aerial communication (e.g., AAMs). For example, to improve coverage, etc., devices such as satellite networks, HIBS, and terminals capable of aerial communication (e.g., AAMs) can act as relays. For example, an AAM can communicate with a base station, a satellite network, etc., and / or an AAM can communicate directly with a terminal, another AAM, etc.

[0103] Figures 8a and 8b illustrate a non-terrestrial network scenario according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiments of Figures 8a and 8b may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure, and some descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and / or operations of the embodiments may be omitted.

[0104] Figure 8a illustrates a non-terrestrial network scenario based on a transparent payload, and Figure 8b illustrates a non-terrestrial network scenario based on a regenerative payload. For example, a non-terrestrial network may typically include the following elements:

[0105] - One or more satellite gateways connecting non-terrestrial networks to public data networks.

[0106] - Feeder link or wireless link between the satellite gateway and the satellite (or UAS platform).

[0107] - Service link or wireless link between user equipment and satellite (or UAS platform)

[0108] - A satellite (or UAS platform) capable of implementing transparent or regenerative (including onboard processing) payloads. For example, a satellite (or UAS platform) may generate multiple beams over a given service area, typically bounded by a field of view. For example, the beam footprint may be typically elliptical in shape. For example, the field of view of the satellite (or UAS platform) may vary depending on the onboard antenna diagram and minimum elevation angle. For example, for transparent payloads, radio frequency filtering, frequency conversion, and amplification may be performed. Therefore, the repetitive waveform signal in the payload may remain unchanged. For example, for regenerative payloads, radio frequency filtering, frequency conversion, and amplification, as well as demodulation / decoding, switching and / or routing, and coding / modulation may be performed. This may effectively be equivalent to onboarding all base station functions onto the satellite (or UAS platform).

[0109] - Optionally, inter-satellite link (ISL)

[0110] - User equipment can be serviced by satellites (or UAS platforms) within the target service area.

[0111] FIG. 9 illustrates a procedure for downlink transmission and reception according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 9 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure, and some descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and / or operations of the embodiments may be omitted.

[0112] Referring to FIG. 9, for example, in step S910, the base station may schedule downlink transmissions such as frequency / time resources, transmission layers, downlink precoder, MCS, etc. For example, the base station may determine a beam for PDSCH transmission of the terminal through the operations described above.

[0113] For example, in step S920, the terminal can receive downlink control information (DCI) for downlink scheduling (e.g., including scheduling information of PDSCH) from the base station on the PDCCH.

[0114] For example, DCI format 1_0 or 1_1 may be used for downlink scheduling, and in particular, DCI format 1_1 may include the following information: Identifier for DCI formats, Bandwidth part indicator, Frequency domain resource assignment, Time domain resource assignment, PRB bundling size indicator, Rate matching indicator, ZP CSI-RS trigger, Antenna port(s), Transmission configuration indication (TCI), SRS request, DMRS (Demodulation Reference Signal) sequence initialization.

[0115] For example, depending on each state indicated in the Antenna port(s) field, a number of DMRS ports can be scheduled, and also single-user (SU) / multi-user (MU) transmission scheduling can be possible.

[0116] For example, the TCI field consists of 3 bits, and QCL for DMRS can be dynamically indicated by indicating up to 8 TCI states depending on the TCI field value.

[0117] For example, in step S930, the terminal can receive downlink data from the base station on the PDSCH.

[0118] For example, if a terminal detects a PDCCH including DCI format 1_0 or 1_1, it can decode the PDSCH according to instructions by the corresponding DCI.

[0119] For example, when a terminal receives a PDSCH scheduled by DCI format 1, the terminal may set a DMRS configuration type by a higher layer parameter 'dmrs-Type', and the DMRS type may be used to receive the PDSCH. For example, the terminal may set a maximum number of DMRA symbols to be front-loaded for the PDSCH by a higher layer parameter 'maxLength'.

[0120] For example, for DMRS configuration type 1, if a terminal is scheduled with a single codeword and is assigned an antenna port mapped with an index of {2, 9, 10, 11, or 30}, or if a terminal is scheduled with two codewords, the terminal can assume that all remaining orthogonal antenna ports are not associated with a PDSCH transmission to another terminal.

[0121] For example, for DMRS configuration type 2, if a terminal is scheduled with a single codeword and is assigned an antenna port mapped with an index of {2, 10, or 23}, or if a terminal is scheduled with two codewords, the terminal can assume that all remaining orthogonal antenna ports are not associated with a PDSCH transmission to another terminal.

[0122] For example, when a terminal receives a PDSCH, a precoding granularity P' can be assumed to be a consecutive resource block in the frequency domain. For example, P' can correspond to one of the values ​​{2, 4, wideband}.

[0123] For example, if P' is determined to be wideband, the terminal does not expect to be scheduled with non-contiguous PRBs, and the terminal can assume that the same precoding is applied to the allocated resources.

[0124] For example, if P' is determined to be one of {2, 4}, a precoding resource block group (PRG) can be divided into P' consecutive PRBs. For example, the actual number of consecutive PRBs within each PRG can be one or more. For example, a UE can assume that the same precoding is applied to consecutive downlink PRBs within a PRG.

[0125] For example, in order for a terminal to determine the modulation order, target code rate, and transport block size within a PDSCH, the terminal may first read a 5-bit MCD field within the DCI to determine the modulation order and target code rate. Then, the terminal may read a redundancy version field within the DCI to determine the redundancy version. Then, the terminal may determine the transport block size using the number of layers and the total number of allocated PRBs before rate matching.

[0126] FIG. 10 illustrates a procedure for uplink transmission and reception according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 10 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure, and some descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and / or operations of the embodiments may be omitted.

[0127] Referring to FIG. 10, for example, in step S1010, the base station may schedule uplink transmissions such as frequency / time resources, transmission layers, uplink precoder, MCS, etc. For example, the base station may determine a beam for PUSCH transmission of the terminal through the operations described above.

[0128] For example, in step S1020, the terminal may receive DCI for uplink scheduling (e.g., including scheduling information of PUSCH) from the base station on the PDCCH.

[0129] For example, DCI format 0_0 or 0_1 may be used for uplink scheduling, and in particular, DCI format 0_1 ​​may include the following information: Identifier for DCI formats, UL / SUL (Supplementary uplink) indicator, UL / SUL indicator, Bandwidth part indicator, Frequency domain resource assignment, Time domain resource assignment, Frequency hopping flag, Modulation and coding scheme (MCS), SRS resource indicator (SRI), Precoding information and number of layers, Antenna port(s), SRS request, DMRS sequence initialization, UL-SCH (Uplink Shared Channel) indicator

[0130] For example, SRS resources configured within a set of SRS resources associated with the upper layer parameter 'usage' can be indicated by the SRS resource indicator field. For example, 'spatialRelationInfo' can be configured for each SRS resource, and its value can be one of {CRI, SSB, SRI}.

[0131] For example, in step S1030, the terminal may transmit uplink data to the base station on PUSCH.

[0132] For example, if a terminal detects a PDCCH including DCI format 0_0 or 0_1, it can transmit the corresponding PUSCH according to the instructions of the corresponding DCI.

[0133] For example, two transmission schemes (e.g., codebook-based transmission for PUSCH transmission and non-codebook-based transmission for PUSCH transmission) may be supported:

[0134] i) For example, when the upper layer parameter 'txConfig' is set to 'codebook', the terminal may be configured for codebook-based transmission. For example, when the upper layer parameter 'txConfig' is set to 'nonCodebook', the terminal may be configured for non-codebook-based transmission. For example, if the upper layer parameter 'txConfig' is not set, the terminal may not expect to be scheduled by DCI format 0_1. For example, when PUSCH is scheduled by DCI format 0_0, PUSCH transmission may be based on a single antenna port.

[0135] For example, in case of codebook-based transmission, PUSCH can be scheduled in DCI format 0_0, DCI format 0_1, or semi-statically. For example, if this PUSCH is scheduled by DCI format 0_1, the UE can determine the PUSCH transmission precoder based on the SRI, the transmit precoding matrix indicator (TPMI), and the transmission rank from the DCI, as given by the SRS resource indicator field and the precoding information and number of layers field. For example, the TPMI is used to indicate the precoder to be applied across antenna ports, and may correspond to the SRS resource selected by the SRI when multiple SRS resources are configured. For example, if a single SRS resource is configured, the TPMI is used to indicate the precoder to be applied across antenna ports, and may correspond to the single SRS resource. For example, a transmit precoder may be selected from an uplink codebook having the same number of antenna ports as the upper layer parameter 'nrofSRS-Ports'. For example, when a terminal sets an upper layer with 'codebook' as the parameter 'txConfig', the terminal may be configured with at least one SRS resource. For example, an SRI indicated in slot n is associated with the most recent transmission of the SRS resource identified by the SRI, wherein the SRS resource may precede the PDCCH carrying the SRI (e.g., slot n).

[0136] ii) For example, in case of non-codebook based transmission, PUSCH can be scheduled in DCI format 0_0, DCI format 0_1, or semi-statically. For example, when multiple SRS resources are configured, the UE can determine the PUSCH precoder and transmission rank based on the wideband SRI, where the SRI can be given by the SRS resource indicator in the DCI or by the higher layer parameter 'srs-ResourceIndicator'. For example, the UE uses one or multiple SRS resources for SRS transmission, where the number of SRS resources can be configured for simultaneous transmission within the same RB based on the UE capability. For example, only one SRS port can be configured for each SRS resource. For example, only one SRS resource can be configured with the higher layer parameter 'usage' set to 'nonCodebook'. For example, the maximum number of SRS resources that can be configured for non-codebook based uplink transmission may be 4. For example, the SRI indicated in slot n is associated with the most recent transmission of the SRS resource identified by the SRI, where the SRS transmission may precede the PDCCH carrying the SRI (e.g., slot n).

[0137] FIG. 11 illustrates an example of an NTN according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 11 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure, and some descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and / or operations of the embodiments may be omitted.

[0138] Referring to Fig. 11, examples according to NTN platform types can be shown. For example, examples according to NTN platform types can be HAPS (High-Altitude Platform Station), LEO (Low Earth orbit), MEO (Medium Earth orbit), or GEO (Geo-stationary Earth orbit).

[0139] For example, parameters related to a High-Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) may be as follows: For example, the altitude of the High-Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) may be 20 km. For example, the beam footprint size of the High-Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) may be 5-200 km.

[0140] For example, parameters related to LEO (Low Earth orbit) can be as follows. For example, the altitude of LEO (Low Earth orbit) can be 300-1500 km. For example, the beam footprint size of LEO (Low Earth orbit) can be 100-1000 km. For example, the satellite speed in LEO (Low Earth orbit) can be 7.56 km / sec (for LEO-600). For example, the maximum propagation delay in LEO (Low Earth orbit) can be 25.77 msec (for LEO-600).

[0141] For example, parameters related to MEO (Medium Earth orbit) can be as follows. For example, the altitude of MEO (Medium Earth orbit) can be 7000-25000 km. For example, the beam footprint size of MEO (Medium Earth orbit) can be 100-1500 km. For example, the maximum propagation delay of MEO (Medium Earth orbit) can be 95.19 msec (for MEO-10000).

[0142] For example, the parameters related to Geo-stationary Earth orbit (GEO) can be as follows. For example, the altitude of Geo-stationary Earth orbit (GEO) can be 35786 km. For example, the beam footprint size of Geo-stationary Earth orbit (GEO) can be 200-3500 km. For example, the satellite speed of Geo-stationary Earth orbit (GEO) can be 3.1 km / sec (negligible). For example, the maximum propagation delay of Geo-stationary Earth orbit (GEO) can be 541.46 msec.

[0143] For example, to effectively operate NTN with very long RTT, scheduling offsets K_offset and K_mac can be introduced.

[0144] FIG. 12 illustrates examples of K_offset and K_mac according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 12 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure, and some descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and / or operations of the embodiments may be omitted.

[0145] Referring to FIG. 12, examples of K_offset and K_mac can be shown. For example, a service link RTT can be an RTT between a terminal and a satellite. For example, a feeder link RTT can be an RTT between a satellite and a base station. For example, a common TA can be a TA between a satellite and a RP. For example, K_offset can be an offset value indicating the RTT of an uplink time synchronization reference point (RP). For example, K_offset can be the sum of the service link RTT and the common TA (if indicated). For example, K_mac can be an offset value indicating the RTT between an RP and a gNB. For example, the feeder link RTT could mean the sum of the common TA (if indicated) and K_mac.

[0146] FIG. 13 illustrates examples of UE-specific TAs and common TAs according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 13 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure, and some descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and / or operations of the embodiments may be omitted.

[0147] Referring to FIG. 13, for example, in Rel-17 NTN, a UE can calculate a TA on its own based on its GNSS capability and base station indication information (e.g., ephemeris information), which can be referred to as a UE-specific TA. For example, a TA calculated based on common TA parameters indicated by a base station can be referred to as a common TA, and the final TA based on this can be based on FIG. 14 and the description related to FIG. 14.

[0148] FIG. 14 illustrates an example of an uplink-downlink timing relationship according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 14 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure, and some descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and / or operations of the embodiments may be omitted.

[0149] Referring to Figure 14, the uplink frame number i for transmission from the UE is the number of frames before the start of the corresponding downlink frame at the UE. You can start here

[0150] - and can be given in clause 4.2 of TS 38.213, This may be excluded for msgA transmission on PUSCH that should be used;

[0151] - If indicated, it can be derived from the upper-layer parameters TACommon, TACommonDrift, and TACommonDriftVariation, otherwise It could be;

[0152] - If indicated, the UE position and serving-satellite-orbit-related upper-layer parameters can be computed by the UE, otherwise It could be.

[0153] For example, there may be a TA misalignment.

[0154] For example, in NR NTN, TA mismatch may occur if the gNB does not receive TA reports, if the existing TA reports are outdated, or if the TA reporting granularity is not sufficiently granular. For example, if the UE does not perform TA reporting at all, the above scenario (e.g., no TA reporting) may not be considered a feasible scenario, since the gNB cannot set some key scheduling variables (e.g., K_(cell,offset), K_(UE,offset)). Therefore, assuming that the UE performs TA reporting, the magnitude of the TA mismatch due to TA report aging and / or TA report granularity may need to be addressed. For example, if the UE performs TA reporting in NR NTN, TA mismatch may occur primarily due to outdated TA reports and / or coarse TA report granularity. For example, for HD-FDD (e)RedCap UE support, the issue of quantitative level TA misalignment between gNB and UE may need to be addressed.

[0155] Meanwhile, differences due to old TA reports may occur when the UE location changes, and may occur proportionally to RTT differences that depend on the UE location within the cell (e.g., difference between minimum TA and maximum TA).

[0156] FIG. 15 illustrates an example of TA mismatch within a beam / cell, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 15 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure, and some descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and / or operations of the embodiments may be omitted.

[0157] Referring to FIG. 15, for example, assuming LEO 600 km, beam size 50 km, and target elevation angle 30 degrees, the difference between the shortest RTT (minimum TA) and the longest RTT (maximum TA) can be within about 300 us, which can correspond to about 4 to 5 OFDM symbols using 15 kHz SCS.

[0158] For example, assuming LEO 600 km, beam size 50 km, and target elevation angle 30 degrees, the difference between the shortest RTT (min TA) and the longest RTT (max TA) is within about 300 μs, which can correspond to about 4 to 5 OFDM symbols with 15 kHz SCS. For example, considering that the TA reporting granularity of NTN is 1 ms (e.g., 14 OFDM symbols using 15 kHz SCS), in the LEO example, the main cause of TA mismatch may be the TA reporting granularity, not the stale TA reports. For example, for LEO 600 km, beam size 50 km, and target elevation angle 30 degrees, the difference between the min TA and the max TA may be less than the TA reporting granularity (e.g., 1 ms). For example, for HD-FDD (e)RedCap UE support, improved TA reporting mechanisms, especially TA reporting granularity issues, may need to be addressed.

[0159] For example, there may be a DL / UL conflict under TA misalignment.

[0160] When comparing the timing advance of NTN and TN due to satellite movement, the timing advance of the service link between the satellite and the UE can be estimated by the UE itself. For example, the gNB can obtain the TA value through TA reporting. However, due to the current 1 ms granularity of TA reporting, the gNB cannot obtain the exact TA used by the UE, and it cannot determine when and which transmissions on the UE side will collide. For example, since the rule for when DL reception collides with UL transmission is to avoid collisions through gNB scheduling, the gNB in ​​the NTN may have difficulty determining whether the UE is in an uplink or downlink slot.

[0161] Meanwhile, the next-generation system may be configured to integrate between terrestrial networks (TNs) and non-terrestrial networks (NTNs). In this situation, the distinction between TNs and NTNs may not be explicit. Meanwhile, if terminals are categorized as TNs or NTNs, or categorized accordingly, optimized operations can be performed for each.

[0162] The combination of various embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied differently depending on the payload type of the satellite (e.g., regenerative payload or transparent payload).

[0163] The combination of various embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied differently depending on the type of non-terrestrial network node (e.g., geostationary earth orbit (GEO), non-geostationary earth orbit (NGEO), low earth orbit (LEO), medium earth orbit (MEO), high altitude satellite platform (HASP), drone) or altitude or fixed beam footprint or cell-moving beam footprint, etc.

[0164] In the next-generation system, when applying the DL and / or UL transmission method specialized for TN to NTN, the UL frame boundary at the base station node may be delayed compared to the DL frame boundary for the same cell. For example, for NTN, the UL frame boundary at the base station node may be delayed compared to the DL frame boundary by the round trip time (RTT) between a specific ground location (within a cell) and the base station node or an equivalent amount. The advantage of the above may be that the terminal may use the same DL reception and / or UL transmission method regardless of TN or NTN.

[0165] For example, a specific ground location within the cell may correspond to the center of the target cell, and / or may correspond to a maximum, minimum, median, or average value among distances between NTN nodes from ground locations within the cell. For example, the calculation of the maximum, minimum, median, or average value may be observed at a specific point in time, and may be a value that changes according to time-varying conditions such as movement of the NTN node.

[0166] On the other hand, in the case of the TN method, the DL frame boundary and the UL frame boundary may still be the same and / or overlap for the same cell.

[0167] For example, even in the NTN method, the difference between the DL frame boundary and the UL frame boundary may be different depending on the ground position and / or reference position of the target cell.

[0168] For example, in the case of the NTN method, in the case of the Earth-fixed cell method, the difference between the DL frame boundary and the UL frame boundary may vary over time depending on the movement of the NTN base station node.

[0169] For example, depending on the location of the NTN base station node and the location of the target cell, a situation may coexist where the sign of the Doppler shift due to the movement of the base station node is opposite for an area within the cell.

[0170] For example, (at least during the initial connection process) the base station node may support a situation where the UL transmission timing is delayed and / or the timing advance or adjustment value is negative. The rationale for this is that the distance or round trip time (RTT) between the actual terminal and the base station node may be shorter than the distance or round trip time (RTT) between the base station node and a reference location associated with a DL / UL frame boundary, and in the above case, delaying the UL timing may be necessary for multiplexing between UL transmissions of other terminals.

[0171] For example, when a terminal transmits a UL signal (e.g., a physical random access channel (PRACH)) for initial access to a base station node, the terminal may assume that the received DL timing or DL ​​frame boundary and the UL frame boundary match, and / or the base station node may provide a response message to the terminal when detecting the UL signal for initial access, and may provide a timing advance value to the terminal through the response message, and / or the timing advance value may be a negative number, and / or the terminal may perform subsequent UL transmission by assuming that the UL frame boundary is ahead of the DL frame boundary for a negative value when detecting / receiving the response message or receiving the timing advance value.

[0172] For example, the structure of an UL signal for initial access (e.g., a physical random access channel (PRACH)) may have a guard period in the time resource domain or symbol domain at the beginning and / or end of a basic TTI (e.g., a slot, a subframe, or a frame). The rationale for this is that the distance or round trip time (RTT) between an actual terminal and a base station node may be shorter than the distance or round trip time (RTT) between a base station node and a reference location associated with a DL / UL frame boundary, and in the above case, a PRACH transmission of a specific terminal may invade a different TTI relative to another terminal.

[0173] For example, in the case of the (at least UL) frame structure, it may have a guard period in the time resource domain between symbols and / or between slots and / or between UL (or DL) transmission units and / or between subframes and / or between frames. The rationale for this is that if appropriate TA (timing adjustment or timing advance) update is not performed at the terminal end, UL frames between different terminals may not be aligned, which may cause interference between them.

[0174] For example, a base station node may provide a terminal with information about a distance between the base station node and a reference position associated with a DL / UL frame boundary, or round trip time (RTT) information, and / or a change value, and / or mathematical information about the change value (e.g., order information, and / or an order-specific coefficient, and / or a reference time, and / or a valid time duration). For example, the base station may provide the same information to multiple terminals in a group-common manner. For example, the terminal may determine / use a final TA value by applying the received change value to a timing adjustment performed based on a TA command.

[0175] For example, when performing a TDD band or TDD operation, it may be necessary to additionally consider a situation in which the DL frame boundary and the UL frame boundary do not match and / or the degree of mismatch varies over time. The present disclosure aims to solve the problem in which the boundary difference between a downlink (DL) frame and an uplink (UL) frame does not uniformly change due to the movement of a satellite in a satellite-based Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) environment, resulting in inconsistent Time Division Duplex (TDD) settings for each slot interval. In the prior art, even when the boundary difference between a DL frame and a UL frame is not fixed, a fixed TDD setting cycle is applied, which has a problem in that the same TDD setting cannot be maintained between corresponding slot intervals (e.g., the interval from slot n to slot n+T-1 and the interval from slot nT to slot n-1). This can complicate DL and UL frame management and reduce communication efficiency. The present disclosure aims to determine a TDD configuration period based on the boundary difference between a DL frame and an UL frame, thereby maintaining the same TDD configuration between corresponding slot intervals despite movement of NTN nodes. For example, the difference and / or boundary difference between a DL frame and an UL frame may be the time difference between the start time of a DL frame and the start time of a UL frame.

[0176] For example, the difference between a DL frame boundary and a UL frame boundary may be in frame units and / or subframe units and / or slot units and / or symbol units. For example, the criteria for the subframe and / or slot and / or symbol units may be a DL (subcarrier spacing (SCS)) criterion, and / or a UL (subcarrier spacing (SCS)) criterion, and / or a UL (subcarrier spacing (SCS)) criterion, and / or a criterion based on a large or small SCS value, and / or a (separately set / indicated) reference SCS criterion.

[0177] For example, when the difference between the DL frame boundary and the UL frame boundary at the base station is T, the base station may set and / or instruct the terminal about TDD information for the link type, such as DL and / or UL and / or guard period and / or flexible, for the DL reference slot or symbol n to the DL reference slot or symbol n+N and for the UL reference slot or symbol n-T' to the UL reference slot or symbol n-T'+N. For example, the above T' may be the same as the T value when the T value is a symbol or slot granularity, and in other cases, it may be calculated as a value for the area from the preceding or following portion among the UL slots or symbols overlapping with the DL reference slot or symbol n to the latest or preceding portion among the UL slots or symbols overlapping with the DL reference slot or symbol n+N.

[0178] For example, when the difference between the DL frame boundary and the UL frame boundary at the base station is T, the base station may set and / or instruct the terminal about TDD information on the link type such as DL and / or UL and / or guard period and / or flexible for the DL reference slot or symbol n to the DL reference slot or symbol n+N and the UL slots or symbols overlapping with the DL section. For example, the UL overlapping with the DL section may be a UL section that is fully confined to the DL section, and / or may include a section that partially overlaps, and / or the overlap criterion at the beginning and the end of the DL section may be different.

[0179] For example, if the round trip time (RTT) between the base station node and the reference terminal location is T (msec) and / or if the boundary difference between a DL frame and an UL frame (at the base station node) is T (msec), the cycle for TDD configuration and / or DL ​​resources and / or UL resources and / or guard period and / or flexible resource configuration may be limited to a form in which the multiple thereof is T (msec). The basis for this may be to have the same TDD configuration for the interval from slot n to slot n+T-1 and the interval from slot nT to slot n-1 at the base station node. For example, the TDD configuration cycle may be determined based on the difference between a DL frame and an UL frame (at the base station node) and / or the time interval therefor. For example, the difference and / or boundary difference between a DL frame and a UL frame may be the temporal difference between the start of a DL frame and the start of a UL frame.

[0180] FIG. 16 illustrates an example of an uplink-downlink timing relationship and a TDD configuration according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 16 can be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure, and some descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods and / or operations of the embodiments may be omitted. For example, if the boundary difference between a DL frame and a UL frame is T (msec), the period for the TDD configuration may be limited to a form in which the multiple thereof is T (msec), as in the embodiment of FIG. 16 (for example, if the boundary difference between a DL frame and a UL frame is T (msec) and the multiple thereof is n, the period for the TDD configuration may be T / n). For example, the difference and / or boundary difference between a DL frame and a UL frame may be a temporal difference between the time point at which a DL frame starts and the time point at which a UL frame starts.

[0181] For example, the above T value may vary with the movement of the NTN base station node, and it may be necessary to change the TDD setting value accordingly.

[0182] For example, the base station node may set / instruct the terminal to the T value, which serves as a reference for the TDD configuration. For example, the base station node may set / instruct the terminal to the formula information for the change in the T value and / or the TDD setting value according to the change in the T value or the change value thereto. For example, the T value may be determined based on a parameter defined in advance based on the location or location information of the NTN node or set by the base station node. For example, the base station node may provide the terminal with a change value for the cycle for the TDD configuration at least for the NTN communication method. For example, the cycle for the TDD configuration may be determined based on a parameter defined in advance based on the location or location information of the NTN node or set by the base station node.

[0183] For example, when the difference between the DL frame boundary and the UL frame boundary at the base station is T, the base station may set and / or instruct the terminal on TDD information about the link type, such as DL and / or UL and / or guard period and / or flexible, based on the case where the DL frame boundary and the UL frame boundary match (at the base station). In the above case, there may be a case where DL and UL occur simultaneously at the same time at the base station.

[0184] For example, if the DL frame is UL and the UL frame is DL at the same point in time at the base station node, there may not be a problem in performing the UL operation because the base station node has already transmitted a DL based on the UL frame in the past.

[0185] For example, at the base station node level, if the DL frame is DL and the UL frame is UL at the same time (especially if the base station does not have full duplex capability), the base station node may have to select either DL or UL operation.

[0186] For example, in the above situation, the terminal that transmitted the UL may not expect DL reception in the corresponding DL resource.

[0187] For example, the basis for this may be that the base station node is not transmitting DL due to UL reception behavior.

[0188] For example, in the above situation, DL reception may not be expected on DL resources corresponding to scheduled or configured resources (regardless of actual UL transmission of the terminal). This may be due to the base station node not transmitting DL due to UL reception activity. For example, the UL resources may be restricted to specific UL transmissions (e.g., initial access-related UL signals / channels, scheduling requests (SRs), specific services (e.g., URLLC), etc.).

[0189] For example, the terminal may omit UL transmission and / or the base station node may prioritize DL transmission at a time when it receives or is expected to receive PDCCH monitoring and / or NTN-related information for synchronization signals and / or system information and / or common search space (CSS).

[0190] The combination of embodiments of the present disclosure may operate in conjunction with each other.

[0191] Various embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied differently depending on the link type (DL, UL, SL), and / or the data type (SIB, groupcast, unicast), and / or the search space type in which the scheduling PDCCH is detected (common search space (CSS), UE-specific search space (USS)), and / or the base station node type, and / or the altitude, and / or the presence or absence of power constraints. For example, a combination of various embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied only when related to SIB transmission.

[0192] FIG. 17 illustrates a method for a first device to perform wireless communication, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 17 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure, and some descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and / or operations of the embodiments may be omitted.

[0193] Referring to FIG. 17, in step S1710, the first device may obtain time division duplex configuration information including information related to a period for time division duplex configuration. In step S1720, the first device may perform communication with the second device based on the time division duplex configuration information. For example, the multiple of the period for the time division duplex configuration may be the difference between a downlink frame and an uplink frame.

[0194] For example, the difference may be a boundary difference between the downlink frame and the uplink frame.

[0195] For example, the difference may be a time difference between the start of the downlink frame and the start of the uplink frame.

[0196] For example, the time division duplex configuration information may include information related to a link type associated with at least one of a downlink resource, an uplink resource, a flexible resource, or a guard interval.

[0197] For example, information related to the difference between the downlink frame and the uplink frame can be received from the second device.

[0198] For example, the time division duplexing setting information can be received from a second device.

[0199] For example, the difference between the downlink frame and the uplink frame may vary based on the movement of the second device.

[0200] For example, the first device may be a terminal. For example, the second device may be a base station.

[0201] For example, the second device may be the base station associated with a non-terrestrial network.

[0202] For example, a multiple of the period for setting downlink resources may be the difference between the downlink frame and the uplink frame.

[0203] For example, a multiple of the period for setting uplink resources may be the difference between the downlink frame and the uplink frame.

[0204] For example, the multiple of the period for setting the guard interval may be the difference between the downlink frame and the uplink frame.

[0205] For example, the multiple of the period for flexible resource configuration may be the difference between the downlink frame and the uplink frame.

[0206] The proposed method can be applied to devices according to various embodiments of the present disclosure. First, the processor (102) of the first device (100) can obtain time division duplex configuration information including information related to a period for time division duplex configuration. Then, the processor (102) of the first device (100) can control the transceiver (106) to perform communication with the second device based on the time division duplex configuration information. For example, the multiple of the period for the time division duplex configuration may be the difference between a downlink frame and an uplink frame.

[0207] According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a first device may be provided. For example, the first device may include at least one transceiver; at least one processor; and at least one memory connected to the at least one processor and storing instructions. For example, the instructions, based on execution by the at least one processor, may cause the first device to: obtain time division duplex configuration information including information related to a period for a time division duplex configuration; and perform communication with a second device based on the time division duplex configuration information. For example, a multiple of a period for the time division duplex configuration may be a difference between a downlink frame and an uplink frame.

[0208] According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a processing device may be provided. For example, the processing device may include at least one processor; and at least one memory connected to the at least one processor and storing instructions. For example, the instructions, based on execution by the at least one processor, may cause a first device to: obtain time division duplex configuration information including information related to a period for a time division duplex configuration; and perform communication with a second device based on the time division duplex configuration information. For example, a multiple of the period for the time division duplex configuration may be a difference between a downlink frame and an uplink frame.

[0209] According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions recorded thereon may be provided. For example, the instructions, when executed, may cause a first device to: obtain time-division duplexing configuration information including information related to a period for a time-division duplexing configuration; and perform communication with a second device based on the time-division duplexing configuration information. For example, a multiple of the period for the time-division duplexing configuration may be a difference between a downlink frame and an uplink frame.

[0210] FIG. 18 illustrates a method for a second device to perform wireless communication according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 18 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure, and some descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and / or operations of the embodiments may be omitted.

[0211] Referring to FIG. 18, in step S1810, the second device can obtain the difference between the downlink frame and the uplink frame. In step S1820, the second device can transmit time division duplexing configuration information including information related to a period for time division duplexing configuration to the first device. In step S1830, the second device can perform communication with the first device based on the time division duplexing configuration information. For example, the multiple of the period for the time division duplexing configuration may be the difference between the downlink frame and the uplink frame.

[0212] For example, the difference may be a boundary difference between the downlink frame and the uplink frame.

[0213] For example, the difference may be a time difference between the start of the downlink frame and the start of the uplink frame.

[0214] For example, the time division duplex configuration information may include information related to a link type associated with at least one of a downlink resource, an uplink resource, a flexible resource, or a guard interval.

[0215] For example, information related to the difference between the downlink frame and the uplink frame can be received from the second device.

[0216] For example, the time division duplexing setting information can be received from a second device.

[0217] For example, the difference between the downlink frame and the uplink frame may vary based on the movement of the second device.

[0218] For example, the first device may be a terminal. For example, the second device may be a base station.

[0219] For example, the second device may be the base station associated with a non-terrestrial network.

[0220] For example, a multiple of the period for setting downlink resources may be the difference between the downlink frame and the uplink frame.

[0221] For example, a multiple of the period for setting uplink resources may be the difference between the downlink frame and the uplink frame.

[0222] For example, the multiple of the period for setting the guard interval may be the difference between the downlink frame and the uplink frame.

[0223] For example, the multiple of the period for flexible resource configuration may be the difference between the downlink frame and the uplink frame.

[0224] The proposed method can be applied to devices according to various embodiments of the present disclosure. First, the processor (202) of the second device (200) can obtain the difference between the downlink frame and the uplink frame. Then, the processor (202) of the second device (200) can control the transceiver (206) to transmit time division duplexing configuration information including information related to a period for time division duplexing configuration to the first device. Then, the processor (202) of the second device (200) can control the transceiver (206) to perform communication with the first device based on the time division duplexing configuration information. For example, the multiple of the period for the time division duplexing configuration can be the difference between the downlink frame and the uplink frame.

[0225] According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a second device may be provided. For example, the second device may include at least one transceiver; at least one processor; and at least one memory connected to the at least one processor and storing instructions. For example, the instructions, based on execution by the at least one processor, may cause the second device to: obtain a difference between a downlink frame and an uplink frame; transmit time division duplex configuration information, including information related to a period for a time division duplex configuration, to a first device; and perform communication with the first device based on the time division duplex configuration information. For example, a multiple of the period for the time division duplex configuration may be a difference between a downlink frame and an uplink frame.

[0226] According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a processing device may be provided. For example, the processing device may include at least one processor; and at least one memory connected to the at least one processor and storing instructions. For example, the instructions, based on execution by the at least one processor, may cause a second device to: obtain a difference between a downlink frame and an uplink frame; transmit time division duplex configuration information, including information related to a period for a time division duplex configuration, to a first device; and perform communication with the first device based on the time division duplex configuration information. For example, a multiple of the period for the time division duplex configuration may be a difference between a downlink frame and an uplink frame.

[0227] According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions recorded thereon may be provided. For example, the instructions, when executed, may cause a second device to: obtain a difference between a downlink frame and an uplink frame; transmit time division duplex configuration information, including information related to a period for a time division duplex configuration, to a first device; and perform communication with the first device based on the time division duplex configuration information. For example, a multiple of the period for the time division duplex configuration may be a difference between a downlink frame and an uplink frame.

[0228] According to the present disclosure, even in a situation where the boundary difference between a DL frame and an UL frame changes due to movement of an NTN node, the same TDD configuration can be consistently maintained for corresponding different slot intervals by limiting the period of the TDD configuration to a multiple of the boundary difference. This maintenance of the same TDD configuration minimizes overlap and confusion between DL and UL frames even in an NTN environment, thereby enabling clear and efficient operation of the communication system. This effectively controls the variability of TDD configuration that may occur in an NTN environment, thereby contributing significantly to providing stable communication quality. Furthermore, by maintaining the TDD configuration clearly and consistently between slot intervals, the complexity of the NTN system is significantly reduced, thereby minimizing the difference between the terrestrial network (TN) and the NTN network from the terminal's perspective, thereby providing an integrated and operable communication environment.

[0229] The various embodiments of the present disclosure may be combined with each other, and some descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods and / or operations of the various embodiments may be omitted.

[0230] The above proposed method can be applied to the device described below. First, the processor (202) of the receiving terminal can set at least one partial bandwidth (e.g., BWP; bandwidth part). Then, the processor (202) of the receiving terminal can control the transceiver (206) of the receiving terminal to receive a physical channel related to terminal-to-terminal communication (e.g., SL communication) and / or a reference signal related to terminal-to-terminal communication (e.g., SL communication) from the transmitting terminal on at least one partial bandwidth (e.g., BWP).

[0231] Below, a description is given of devices to which various embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied.

[0232] Although not limited thereto, the various descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods and / or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document may be applied to various fields requiring wireless communication / connectivity (e.g., 5G) between devices.

[0233] Hereinafter, more specific examples will be provided with reference to the drawings. In the drawings / descriptions below, the same drawing reference numerals may represent identical or corresponding hardware blocks, software blocks, or functional blocks, unless otherwise described.

[0234] FIG. 19 illustrates a communication system (1) according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 19 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure, and some descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and / or operations of the embodiments may be omitted.

[0235] Referring to FIG. 19, a communication system (1) to which various embodiments of the present disclosure are applied includes a wireless device, a base station, and a network. Here, the wireless device refers to a device that performs communication using a wireless access technology (e.g., 5G NR (New RAT), LTE (Long Term Evolution)) and may be referred to as a communication / wireless / 5G device. Although not limited thereto, the wireless device may include a robot (100a), a vehicle (100b-1, 100b-2), an XR (eXtended Reality) device (100c), a hand-held device (100d), a home appliance (100e), an IoT (Internet of Things) device (100f), and an AI device / server (400). For example, the vehicle may include a vehicle equipped with a wireless communication function, an autonomous vehicle, a vehicle capable of performing vehicle-to-vehicle communication, etc. Here, the vehicle may include an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) (e.g., a drone) and / or an Aerial Vehicle (AV) (e.g., an Advanced Air Mobility (AAM)). The XR device may include an Augmented Reality (AR) / Virtual Reality (VR) / Mixed Reality (MR) device, and may be implemented in the form of a Head-Mounted Device (HMD), a Head-Up Display (HUD) equipped in a vehicle, a television, a smartphone, a computer, a wearable device, a home appliance, a digital signage, a vehicle, a robot, etc. The portable device may include a smartphone, a smart pad, a wearable device (e.g., a smart watch, smart glasses), a computer (e.g., a laptop, etc.), etc. The home appliance may include a TV, a refrigerator, a washing machine, etc. The IoT device may include a sensor, a smart meter, etc. For example, a base station and a network may also be implemented as a wireless device, and a specific wireless device (200a) may operate as a base station / network node to other wireless devices.

[0236] Here, the wireless communication technology implemented in the wireless devices (100a to 100f) of the present specification may include not only LTE, NR, and 6G, but also Narrowband Internet of Things for low-power communication. At this time, for example, NB-IoT technology may be an example of LPWAN (Low Power Wide Area Network) technology, and may be implemented with standards such as LTE Cat NB1 and / or LTE Cat NB2, and is not limited to the above-described names. Additionally or alternatively, the wireless communication technology implemented in the wireless devices (100a to 100f) of the present specification may perform communication based on LTE-M technology. At this time, for example, LTE-M technology may be an example of LPWAN technology, and may be called by various names such as eMTC (enhanced Machine Type Communication). For example, LTE-M technology can be implemented by at least one of various standards such as 1) LTE CAT 0, 2) LTE Cat M1, 3) LTE Cat M2, 4) LTE non-BL (non-Bandwidth Limited), 5) LTE-MTC, 6) LTE Machine Type Communication, and / or 7) LTE M, and is not limited to the above-described names. Additionally or alternatively, the wireless communication technology implemented in the wireless devices (100a to 100f) of the present specification can include at least one of ZigBee, Bluetooth, and Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) considering low-power communication, and is not limited to the above-described names. For example, ZigBee technology can create personal area networks (PAN) related to small / low-power digital communication based on various standards such as IEEE 802.15.4, and can be called by various names.

[0237] Wireless devices (100a to 100f) can be connected to a network (300) via a base station (200). Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology can be applied to the wireless devices (100a to 100f), and the wireless devices (100a to 100f) can be connected to an AI server (400) via the network (300). The network (300) can be configured using a 3G network, a 4G (e.g., LTE) network, a 5G (e.g., NR) network, etc. The wireless devices (100a to 100f) can communicate with each other via the base station (200) / network (300), but can also communicate directly (e.g., sidelink communication) without going through the base station / network. For example, vehicles (100b-1, 100b-2) can communicate directly (e.g., V2V (Vehicle to Vehicle) / V2X (Vehicle to Everything) communication). In addition, IoT devices (e.g., sensors) can communicate directly with other IoT devices (e.g., sensors) or other wireless devices (100a to 100f).

[0238] Wireless communication / connection (150a, 150b, 150c) can be established between wireless devices (100a~100f) / base stations (200), and base stations (200) / base stations (200). Here, wireless communication / connection can be achieved through various wireless access technologies (e.g., 5G NR) such as uplink / downlink communication (150a), sidelink communication (150b) (or D2D communication), and base station-to-base station communication (150c) (e.g., relay, IAB (Integrated Access Backhaul). Through wireless communication / connection (150a, 150b, 150c), wireless devices and base stations / wireless devices, and base stations and base stations can transmit / receive wireless signals to each other. For example, wireless communication / connection (150a, 150b, 150c) can transmit / receive signals through various physical channels. To this end, at least some of various configuration information setting processes for transmitting / receiving wireless signals, various signal processing processes (e.g., channel encoding / decoding, modulation / demodulation, resource mapping / demapping, etc.), and resource allocation processes can be performed based on various proposals of the present disclosure.

[0239] FIG. 20 illustrates a wireless device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 20 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure, and some descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and / or operations of the embodiments may be omitted.

[0240] Referring to FIG. 20, the first wireless device (100) and the second wireless device (200) can transmit and receive wireless signals via various wireless access technologies (e.g., LTE, NR). Here, {the first wireless device (100), the second wireless device (200)} can correspond to {the wireless device (100x), the base station (200)} and / or {the wireless device (100x), the wireless device (100x)} of FIG. 19.

[0241] A first wireless device (100) includes one or more processors (102) and one or more memories (104), and may further include one or more transceivers (106) and / or one or more antennas (108). The processor (102) controls the memories (104) and / or the transceivers (106), and may be configured to implement the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and / or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document. For example, the processor (102) may process information in the memory (104) to generate first information / signal, and then transmit a wireless signal including the first information / signal via the transceiver (106). Furthermore, the processor (102) may receive a wireless signal including second information / signal via the transceiver (106), and then store information obtained from signal processing of the second information / signal in the memory (104). The memory (104) may be connected to the processor (102) and may store various information related to the operation of the processor (102). For example, the memory (104) may perform some or all of the processes controlled by the processor (102), or may store software code including commands for performing the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and / or operation flowcharts disclosed in this document. Here, the processor (102) and the memory (104) may be part of a communication modem / circuit / chip designed to implement a wireless communication technology (e.g., LTE, NR). The transceiver (106) may be connected to the processor (102) and may transmit and / or receive wireless signals via one or more antennas (108). The transceiver (106) may include a transmitter and / or a receiver. The transceiver (106) may be used interchangeably with an RF (Radio Frequency) unit. In the present disclosure, a wireless device may also mean a communication modem / circuit / chip.

[0242] A second wireless device (200) includes one or more processors (202), one or more memories (204), and may further include one or more transceivers (206) and / or one or more antennas (208). The processor (202) controls the memories (204) and / or the transceivers (206), and may be configured to implement the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and / or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document. For example, the processor (202) may process information in the memory (204) to generate third information / signals, and then transmit a wireless signal including the third information / signals via the transceivers (206). In addition, the processor (202) may receive a wireless signal including fourth information / signals via the transceivers (206), and then store information obtained from signal processing of the fourth information / signals in the memory (204). The memory (204) may be connected to the processor (202) and may store various information related to the operation of the processor (202). For example, the memory (204) may perform some or all of the processes controlled by the processor (202), or may store software code including commands for performing the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and / or operation flowcharts disclosed in this document. Here, the processor (202) and the memory (204) may be part of a communication modem / circuit / chip designed to implement wireless communication technology (e.g., LTE, NR). The transceiver (206) may be connected to the processor (202) and may transmit and / or receive wireless signals via one or more antennas (208). The transceiver (206) may include a transmitter and / or a receiver. The transceiver (206) may be used interchangeably with an RF unit. In the present disclosure, a wireless device may also mean a communication modem / circuit / chip.

[0243] Hereinafter, the hardware elements of the wireless device (100, 200) will be described in more detail. Although not limited thereto, one or more protocol layers may be implemented by one or more processors (102, 202). For example, one or more processors (102, 202) may implement one or more layers (e.g., functional layers such as PHY, MAC, RLC, PDCP, RRC, SDAP). One or more processors (102, 202) may generate one or more Protocol Data Units (PDUs) and / or one or more Service Data Units (SDUs) according to the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and / or operation flowcharts disclosed in this document. One or more processors (102, 202) may generate messages, control information, data, or information according to the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and / or operation flowcharts disclosed in this document. One or more processors (102, 202) can generate signals (e.g., baseband signals) including PDUs, SDUs, messages, control information, data or information according to the functions, procedures, proposals and / or methods disclosed herein, and provide the signals to one or more transceivers (106, 206). One or more processors (102, 202) can receive signals (e.g., baseband signals) from one or more transceivers (106, 206) and obtain PDUs, SDUs, messages, control information, data or information according to the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods and / or operational flowcharts disclosed herein.

[0244] One or more processors (102, 202) may be referred to as a controller, a microcontroller, a microprocessor, or a microcomputer. One or more processors (102, 202) may be implemented by hardware, firmware, software, or a combination thereof. For example, one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), one or more Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), one or more Digital Signal Processing Devices (DSPDs), one or more Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), or one or more Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) may be included in one or more processors (102, 202). The descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and / or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document may be implemented using firmware or software, and the firmware or software may be implemented to include modules, procedures, functions, etc. The descriptions, functions, procedures, suggestions, methods and / or operation flowcharts disclosed in this document may be implemented using firmware or software configured to perform one or more processors (102, 202) or stored in one or more memories (104, 204) and executed by one or more processors (102, 202). The descriptions, functions, procedures, suggestions, methods and / or operation flowcharts disclosed in this document may be implemented using firmware or software in the form of codes, instructions and / or sets of instructions.

[0245] One or more memories (104, 204) may be coupled to one or more processors (102, 202) and may store various forms of data, signals, messages, information, programs, codes, instructions, and / or commands. The one or more memories (104, 204) may be configured as ROM, RAM, EPROM, flash memory, hard drives, registers, cache memory, computer-readable storage media, and / or combinations thereof. The one or more memories (104, 204) may be located internally and / or externally to the one or more processors (102, 202). Additionally, the one or more memories (104, 204) may be coupled to the one or more processors (102, 202) via various technologies, such as wired or wireless connections.

[0246] One or more transceivers (106, 206) can transmit user data, control information, wireless signals / channels, etc., as mentioned in the methods and / or flowcharts of this document, to one or more other devices. One or more transceivers (106, 206) can receive user data, control information, wireless signals / channels, etc., as mentioned in the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods and / or flowcharts of this document, from one or more other devices. For example, one or more transceivers (106, 206) can be connected to one or more processors (102, 202) and can transmit and receive wireless signals. For example, one or more processors (102, 202) can control one or more transceivers (106, 206) to transmit user data, control information, or wireless signals to one or more other devices. Additionally, one or more processors (102, 202) may control one or more transceivers (106, 206) to receive user data, control information, or wireless signals from one or more other devices. Additionally, one or more transceivers (106, 206) may be coupled to one or more antennas (108, 208), and one or more transceivers (106, 206) may be configured to transmit and receive user data, control information, wireless signals / channels, or the like, as referred to in the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and / or operational flowcharts disclosed herein, via one or more antennas (108, 208). In this document, one or more antennas may be multiple physical antennas or multiple logical antennas (e.g., antenna ports). One or more transceivers (106, 206) can convert received user data, control information, wireless signals / channels, etc. from RF band signals to baseband signals in order to process the received user data, control information, wireless signals / channels, etc. using one or more processors (102, 202).One or more transceivers (106, 206) may convert user data, control information, wireless signals / channels, etc. processed by one or more processors (102, 202) from baseband signals to RF band signals. For this purpose, one or more transceivers (106, 206) may include an (analog) oscillator and / or filter.

[0247] FIG. 21 illustrates a signal processing circuit for a transmission signal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 21 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure, and some descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and / or operations of the embodiments may be omitted.

[0248] Referring to FIG. 21, the signal processing circuit (1000) may include a scrambler (1010), a modulator (1020), a layer mapper (1030), a precoder (1040), a resource mapper (1050), and a signal generator (1060). Although not limited thereto, the operations / functions of FIG. 21 may be performed in the processor (102, 202) and / or the transceiver (106, 206) of FIG. 20. The hardware elements of FIG. 21 may be implemented in the processor (102, 202) and / or the transceiver (106, 206) of FIG. 20. For example, blocks 1010 to 1060 may be implemented in the processor (102, 202) of FIG. 20. Additionally, blocks 1010 to 1050 may be implemented in the processor (102, 202) of FIG. 20, and block 1060 may be implemented in the transceiver (106, 206) of FIG. 20.

[0249] The codeword can be converted into a wireless signal through the signal processing circuit (1000) of FIG. 21. Here, the codeword is an encoded bit sequence of an information block. The information block may include a transport block (e.g., an UL-SCH transport block, a DL-SCH transport block). The wireless signal may be transmitted through various physical channels (e.g., a PUSCH or a PDSCH).

[0250] Specifically, the codeword can be converted into a bit sequence scrambled by a scrambler (1010). The scramble sequence used for scrambling is generated based on an initialization value, and the initialization value may include ID information of the wireless device, etc. The scrambled bit sequence can be modulated into a modulation symbol sequence by a modulator (1020). The modulation method may include pi / 2-BPSK (pi / 2-Binary Phase Shift Keying), m-PSK (m-Phase Shift Keying), m-QAM (m-Quadrature Amplitude Modulation), etc. The complex modulation symbol sequence can be mapped to one or more transmission layers by a layer mapper (1030). The modulation symbols of each transmission layer can be mapped to the corresponding antenna port(s) by a precoder (1040) (precoding). The output z of the precoder (1040) can be obtained by multiplying the output y of the layer mapper (1030) by a precoding matrix W of N*M. Here, N is the number of antenna ports, and M is the number of transmission layers. Here, the precoder (1040) can perform precoding after performing transform precoding (e.g., DFT transform) on complex modulation symbols. In addition, the precoder (1040) can perform precoding without performing transform precoding.

[0251] The resource mapper (1050) can map modulation symbols of each antenna port to time-frequency resources. The time-frequency resources can include multiple symbols (e.g., CP-OFDMA symbols, DFT-s-OFDMA symbols) in the time domain and multiple subcarriers in the frequency domain. The signal generator (1060) generates a wireless signal from the mapped modulation symbols, and the generated wireless signal can be transmitted to another device through each antenna. To this end, the signal generator (1060) can include an Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT) module, a Cyclic Prefix (CP) inserter, a Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC), a frequency uplink converter, etc.

[0252] The signal processing process for receiving signals in a wireless device can be configured in reverse order of the signal processing process (1010 to 1060) of FIG. 21. For example, a wireless device (e.g., 100, 200 of FIG. 20) can receive wireless signals from the outside through an antenna port / transceiver. The received wireless signals can be converted into baseband signals through a signal restorer. For this purpose, the signal restorer can include a frequency downlink converter, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), a CP remover, and a fast Fourier transform (FFT) module. Thereafter, the baseband signal can be restored to a codeword through a resource demapper process, a postcoding process, a demodulation process, and a descrambling process. The codewords can be restored to the original information blocks through decoding. Accordingly, a signal processing circuit (not shown) for a received signal may include a signal restorer, a resource de-mapper, a postcoder, a demodulator, a de-scrambler, and a decoder.

[0253] Figure 22 illustrates a wireless device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The wireless device may be implemented in various forms depending on the use case / service (see Figure 19). The embodiment of Figure 22 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure, and some descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and / or operations of the embodiments may be omitted.

[0254] Referring to FIG. 22, the wireless device (100, 200) corresponds to the wireless device (100, 200) of FIG. 20 and may be composed of various elements, components, units / units, and / or modules. For example, the wireless device (100, 200) may include a communication unit (110), a control unit (120), a memory unit (130), and an additional element (140). The communication unit may include a communication circuit (112) and a transceiver(s) (114). For example, the communication circuit (112) may include one or more processors (102, 202) and / or one or more memories (104, 204) of FIG. 20. For example, the transceiver(s) (114) may include one or more transceivers (106, 206) and / or one or more antennas (108, 208) of FIG. 20. The control unit (120) is electrically connected to the communication unit (110), the memory unit (130), and the additional elements (140) and controls the overall operation of the wireless device. For example, the control unit (120) may control the electrical / mechanical operation of the wireless device based on the program / code / command / information stored in the memory unit (130). In addition, the control unit (120) may transmit information stored in the memory unit (130) to an external device (e.g., another communication device) via a wireless / wired interface through the communication unit (110), or store information received from an external device (e.g., another communication device) via a wireless / wired interface in the memory unit (130).

[0255] The additional element (140) may be configured in various ways depending on the type of the wireless device. For example, the additional element (140) may include at least one of a power unit / battery, an input / output unit (I / O unit), a driving unit, and a computing unit. Although not limited thereto, the wireless device may be implemented in the form of a robot (Fig. 19, 100a), a vehicle (Fig. 19, 100b-1, 100b-2), an XR device (Fig. 19, 100c), a portable device (Fig. 19, 100d), a home appliance (Fig. 19, 100e), an IoT device (Fig. 19, 100f), a digital broadcasting terminal, a hologram device, a public safety device, an MTC device, a medical device, a fintech device (or a financial device), a security device, a climate / environmental device, an AI server / device (Fig. 19, 400), a base station (Fig. 19, 200), a network node, etc. Wireless devices may be mobile or stationary depending on the use / service.

[0256] In FIG. 22, various elements, components, units / parts, and / or modules within the wireless device (100, 200) may be interconnected entirely via a wired interface, or at least some may be wirelessly connected via a communication unit (110). For example, within the wireless device (100, 200), the control unit (120) and the communication unit (110) may be wired, and the control unit (120) and the first unit (e.g., 130, 140) may be wirelessly connected via the communication unit (110). In addition, each element, component, unit / part, and / or module within the wireless device (100, 200) may further include one or more elements. For example, the control unit (120) may be composed of one or more processor sets. For example, the control unit (120) may be composed of a set of a communication control processor, an application processor, an electronic control unit (ECU), a graphics processing processor, a memory control processor, etc. As another example, the memory unit (130) may be composed of a random access memory (RAM), a dynamic RAM (DRAM), a read only memory (ROM), a flash memory, a volatile memory, a non-volatile memory, and / or a combination thereof.

[0257] Below, the implementation example of Fig. 22 is described in more detail with reference to the drawings.

[0258] FIG. 23 illustrates a mobile device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The mobile device may include a smartphone, a smart pad, a wearable device (e.g., a smartwatch, smartglasses), or a portable computer (e.g., a laptop, etc.). The mobile device may be referred to as a Mobile Station (MS), a User Terminal (UT), a Mobile Subscriber Station (MSS), a Subscriber Station (SS), an Advanced Mobile Station (AMS), or a Wireless Terminal (WT). The embodiment of FIG. 23 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure, and some descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and / or operations of the embodiments may be omitted.

[0259] Referring to FIG. 23, the portable device (100) may include an antenna unit (108), a communication unit (110), a control unit (120), a memory unit (130), a power supply unit (140a), an interface unit (140b), and an input / output unit (140c). The antenna unit (108) may be configured as a part of the communication unit (110). Blocks 110 to 130 / 140a to 140c correspond to blocks 110 to 130 / 140 of FIG. 22, respectively.

[0260] The communication unit (110) can transmit and receive signals (e.g., data, control signals, etc.) with other wireless devices and base stations. The control unit (120) can control components of the mobile device (100) to perform various operations. The control unit (120) can include an AP (Application Processor). The memory unit (130) can store data / parameters / programs / codes / commands required for operating the mobile device (100). In addition, the memory unit (130) can store input / output data / information, etc. The power supply unit (140a) supplies power to the mobile device (100) and can include a wired / wireless charging circuit, a battery, etc. The interface unit (140b) can support connection between the mobile device (100) and other external devices. The interface unit (140b) can include various ports (e.g., audio input / output ports, video input / output ports) for connection with external devices. The input / output unit (140c) can input or output video information / signals, audio information / signals, data, and / or information input from a user. The input / output unit (140c) may include a camera, a microphone, a user input unit, a display unit (140d), a speaker, and / or a haptic module.

[0261] For example, in the case of data communication, the input / output unit (140c) obtains information / signals (e.g., touch, text, voice, image, video) input by the user, and the obtained information / signals can be stored in the memory unit (130). The communication unit (110) converts the information / signals stored in the memory into wireless signals, and can directly transmit the converted wireless signals to other wireless devices or to a base station. In addition, the communication unit (110) can receive wireless signals from other wireless devices or base stations, and then restore the received wireless signals to the original information / signals. The restored information / signals can be stored in the memory unit (130) and then output in various forms (e.g., text, voice, image, video, haptic) through the input / output unit (140c).

Claims

1. In the method, A step in which a first device acquires time division duplexing setting information including information related to a cycle for time division duplexing settings; and A step in which the first device performs communication with the second device based on the time division duplex setting information; A method wherein a multiple of the period for the above time division duplex setting is the difference between a downlink frame and an uplink frame.

2. In paragraph 1, A method wherein the above difference is a boundary difference between the downlink frame and the uplink frame.

3. In paragraph 1, A method wherein the above difference is the time difference between the point in time when the downlink frame starts and the point in time when the uplink frame starts.

4. In paragraph 1, A method wherein the above time division duplex setting information includes information related to a link type associated with at least one of a downlink resource, an uplink resource, a flexible resource, or a guard interval.

5. In paragraph 1, A method in which information related to the difference between the downlink frame and the uplink frame is received from a second device.

6. In paragraph 1, A method wherein the above time division duplex setting information is received from a second device.

7. In paragraph 1, A method wherein the difference between the downlink frame and the uplink frame changes based on the movement of the second device.

8. In paragraph 1, The above first device is a terminal, and A method wherein the second device is a base station.

9. In paragraph 8, A method wherein the second device is a base station associated with a non-terrestrial network.

10. In paragraph 1, A method wherein a multiple of a period for setting downlink resources is the difference between the downlink frame and the uplink frame.

11. In paragraph 1, A method wherein a multiple of a period for setting uplink resources is the difference between the downlink frame and the uplink frame.

12. In paragraph 1, A method wherein a multiple of the period for setting a guard interval is the difference between the downlink frame and the uplink frame.

13. In paragraph 1, A method wherein a multiple of the period for flexible resource configuration is the difference between the downlink frame and the uplink frame.

14. In the first device, At least one transmitter / receiver; at least one processor; and At least one memory connected to said at least one processor and storing instructions, said instructions being executed by said at least one processor, wherein said first device causes: Obtain time division duplex configuration information including information related to the cycle for time division duplex configuration; and To perform communication with a second device based on the above time division duplex setting information, A first device, wherein the multiple of the period for the above time division duplex setting is the difference between the downlink frame and the uplink frame.

15. In the processing device, at least one processor; and At least one memory connected to said at least one processor and storing instructions, said instructions being executed by said at least one processor, wherein said first device causes: Obtain time division duplex configuration information including information related to the cycle for time division duplex configuration; and To perform communication with a second device based on the above time division duplex setting information, A processing device wherein a multiple of the period for the above time division duplex setting is the difference between a downlink frame and an uplink frame.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that records commands, The above commands, when executed, cause the first device to: Obtain time division duplex configuration information including information related to the cycle for time division duplex configuration; and To perform communication with a second device based on the above time division duplex setting information, A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, wherein a multiple of the period for the above time division duplex setting is the difference between a downlink frame and an uplink frame.

17. In the method, A step in which a second device obtains a difference between a downlink frame and an uplink frame; The second device transmits, to the first device, time division duplex setting information including information related to a cycle for time division duplex setting; and A step in which the second device performs communication with the first device based on the time division duplex setting information; A method wherein a multiple of the period for the above time division duplex setting is the difference between the above downlink frame and the above uplink frame.

18. In the second device, At least one transmitter / receiver; at least one processor; and At least one memory connected to said at least one processor and storing instructions, said instructions being executed by said at least one processor, wherein said second device causes: Obtain the difference between the downlink frame and the uplink frame; To transmit to the first device, time division duplex configuration information including information related to a cycle for time division duplex configuration; and To perform communication with the first device based on the above time division duplex setting information, A second device, wherein a multiple of the period for the above time division duplex setting is the difference between the above downlink frame and the above uplink frame.

19. In the processing device, at least one processor; and At least one memory connected to said at least one processor and storing instructions, said instructions being executed by said at least one processor, wherein said second device causes: Obtain the difference between the downlink frame and the uplink frame; To transmit to the first device, time division duplex configuration information including information related to a cycle for time division duplex configuration; and To perform communication with the first device based on the above time division duplex setting information, A processing device, wherein a multiple of the period for the above time division duplex setting is the difference between the above downlink frame and the above uplink frame.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that records commands, The above commands, when executed, cause the second device to: Obtain the difference between the downlink frame and the uplink frame; To transmit to the first device, time division duplex configuration information including information related to a cycle for time division duplex configuration; and To perform communication with the first device based on the above time division duplex setting information, A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, wherein a multiple of the period for the above time division duplex setting is the difference between the above downlink frame and the above uplink frame.

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