Antenna calibration via precoded sounding reference signaling
By transmitting precoded SRS based on downlink reference signals, the method addresses coherence issues in non-codebook-based precoding, ensuring channel reciprocity and improving SNR performance for wireless communications.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- PCT/CN2024/124131
- Authority / Receiving Office
- WO · WO
- Patent Type
- Applications
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-10-11
- Publication Date
- 2026-04-16
AI Technical Summary
In wireless communication systems, non-codebook-based precoding is limited by reception to transmission coherence between antenna ports at the UE, leading to phase, amplitude, or timing differences that violate channel reciprocity, affecting signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) performance.
A UE transmits precoded sounding reference signals (SRS) based on the phase of a downlink reference signal at each antenna port, allowing a network entity to calculate offset values, which are used for antenna calibration, ensuring channel reciprocity and improving SNR.
The proposed method enhances SNR performance by guaranteeing channel reciprocity, facilitating accurate antenna calibration and subsequent reliable communications.
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Abstract
Description
ANTENNA CALIBRATION VIA PRECODED SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNALING
[0001] FIELD OF TECHNOLOGY
[0002] The following relates to wireless communications, including antenna calibration via precoded sounding reference signaling.BACKGROUND
[0003] Wireless communications systems are widely deployed to provide various types of communication content such as voice, video, packet data, messaging, broadcast, and so on. These systems may be capable of supporting communication with multiple users by sharing the available system resources (e.g., time, frequency, and power) . Examples of such multiple-access systems include fourth generation (4G) systems such as Long Term Evolution (LTE) systems, LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) systems, or LTE-A Pro systems, and fifth generation (5G) systems which may be referred to as New Radio (NR) systems. These systems may employ technologies such as code division multiple access (CDMA) , time division multiple access (TDMA) , frequency division multiple access (FDMA) , orthogonal FDMA (OFDMA) , or discrete Fourier transform spread orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (DFT-S-OFDM) . A wireless multiple-access communications system may include one or more base stations, each supporting wireless communication for communication devices, which may be known as user equipment (UE) .
[0004] In some cases, a UE may communicate multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) signaling using multiple antenna ports at the UE. The UE may precode such transmissions, for example to account for the impact of a wireless channel when transmitting signals.SUMMARY
[0005] The systems, methods, and devices of this disclosure each have several innovative aspects, no single one of which is solely responsible for the desirable attributes disclosed herein.
[0006] A method for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE) is described. The method may include transmitting, by a first antenna port of a set of multiple antenna ports of the UE, a first sounding reference signal (SRS) via a first time-frequency-code resource of a set of multiple time-frequency-code resources for communicating one or more SRSs, where the first SRS is precoded based on a first phase of a downlink reference signal received at the first antenna port, transmitting, by a second antenna port of the set of multiple antenna ports, a second SRS via a second time-frequency-code resource of the set of multiple time-frequency-code resources, where the second SRS is precoded based on a second phase of the downlink reference signal received at the second antenna port, and receiving control information indicating a phase offset value associated with the first antenna port and the second antenna port, where the phase offset value is based on a difference between the first phase of the downlink reference signal received at the first antenna port and the second phase of the downlink reference signal received at the second antenna port.
[0007] A UE for wireless communications is described. The UE may include one or more memories storing processor executable code, and one or more processors coupled with the one or more memories. The one or more processors may individually or collectively be operable to execute the code to cause the UE to transmit, by a first antenna port of a set of multiple antenna ports of the UE, a first SRS via a first time-frequency-code resource of a set of multiple time-frequency-code resources for communicating one or more SRSs, where the first SRS is precoded based on a first phase of a downlink reference signal received at the first antenna port, transmit, by a second antenna port of the set of multiple antenna ports, a second SRS via a second time-frequency-code resource of the set of multiple time-frequency-code resources, where the second SRS is precoded based on a second phase of the downlink reference signal received at the second antenna port, and receive control information indicating a phase offset value associated with the first antenna port and the second antenna port, where the phase offset value is based on a difference between the first phase of the downlink reference signal received at the first antenna port and the second phase of the downlink reference signal received at the second antenna port.
[0008] Another UE for wireless communications is described. The UE may include means for transmitting, by a first antenna port of a set of multiple antenna ports of the UE, a first SRS via a first time-frequency-code resource of a set of multiple time-frequency-code resources for communicating one or more SRSs, where the first SRS is precoded based on a first phase of a downlink reference signal received at the first antenna port, means for transmitting, by a second antenna port of the set of multiple antenna ports, a second SRS via a second time-frequency-code resource of the set of multiple time-frequency-code resources, where the second SRS is precoded based on a second phase of the downlink reference signal received at the second antenna port, and means for receiving control information indicating a phase offset value associated with the first antenna port and the second antenna port, where the phase offset value is based on a difference between the first phase of the downlink reference signal received at the first antenna port and the second phase of the downlink reference signal received at the second antenna port.
[0009] A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communications is described. The code may include instructions executable by one or more processors to transmit, by a first antenna port of a set of multiple antenna ports of the UE, a first SRS via a first time-frequency-code resource of a set of multiple time-frequency-code resources for communicating one or more SRSs, where the first SRS is precoded based on a first phase of a downlink reference signal received at the first antenna port, transmit, by a second antenna port of the set of multiple antenna ports, a second SRS via a second time-frequency-code resource of the set of multiple time-frequency-code resources, where the second SRS is precoded based on a second phase of the downlink reference signal received at the second antenna port, and receive control information indicating a phase offset value associated with the first antenna port and the second antenna port, where the phase offset value is based on a difference between the first phase of the downlink reference signal received at the first antenna port and the second phase of the downlink reference signal received at the second antenna port.
[0010] In some examples of the method, UEs, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein, the control information indicates an amplitude offset value that may be based on the first SRS and the second SRS.
[0011] In some examples of the method, UEs, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein, the control information indicates a timing offset that may be based on a timing alignment error (TAE) between the first antenna port and the second antenna port and the phase offset value may be a wideband phase offset value or a sub-band phase offset value that may be based on the timing offset.
[0012] Some examples of the method, UEs, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein may further include operations, features, means, or instructions for transmitting a capability report indicating a first quantity of transmit antenna ports of the set of multiple antenna ports and a second quantity of receive antenna ports of the set of multiple antenna ports, where a quantity of the set of multiple time-frequency-code resources may be based on the first quantity of transmit antenna ports and the second quantity of receive antenna ports.
[0013] In some examples of the method, UEs, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein, the downlink reference signal includes a tracking reference signal (TRS) or a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) .
[0014] Some examples of the method, UEs, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein may further include operations, features, means, or instructions for precoding the first SRS in accordance with a phase conjugate of the first phase of the downlink reference signal at the first antenna port and precoding the second SRS in accordance with a phase conjugate of the second phase of the downlink reference signal at the second antenna port.
[0015] Some examples of the method, UEs, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein may further include operations, features, means, or instructions for precoding the first SRS in accordance with an amplitude inverse of the downlink reference signal at the first antenna port and precoding the second SRS in accordance with an amplitude inverse of the downlink reference signal at the second antenna port.
[0016] Some examples of the method, UEs, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein may further include operations, features, means, or instructions for performing a calibration procedure to calibrate the first antenna port and the second antenna port based on reception of the control information and communicating one or more signals using the first antenna port and the second antenna port based on the calibration procedure.
[0017] Some examples of the method, UEs, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein may further include operations, features, means, or instructions for transmitting a request for phase offset calibration, amplitude offset calibration, or both for one or more antenna ports of the set of multiple antenna ports of the UE and receiving, in response to the request, scheduling information indicating the set of multiple time-frequency-code resources for communicating the one or more SRSs, where transmitting the first SRS and the second SRS may be based on the scheduling information.
[0018] Details of one or more implementations of the subject matter described in this disclosure are set forth in the accompanying drawings and the description below. Other features, aspects, and advantages will become apparent from the description, the drawings, and the claims. Note that the relative dimensions of the following figures may not be drawn to scale.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0019] FIG. 1 shows an example of a wireless communications system that supports antenna calibration via precoded sounding reference signaling in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure.
[0020] FIG. 2 shows an example of a wireless communications system that supports antenna calibration via precoded sounding reference signaling in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure.
[0021] FIG. 3 shows an example of a process flow that supports antenna calibration via precoded sounding reference signaling in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure.
[0022] FIGs. 4 and 5 show block diagrams of devices that support antenna calibration via precoded sounding reference signaling in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure.
[0023] FIG. 6 shows a block diagram of a communications manager that supports antenna calibration via precoded sounding reference signaling in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure.
[0024] FIG. 7 shows a diagram of a system including a device that supports antenna calibration via precoded sounding reference signaling in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure.
[0025] FIG. 8 shows a flowchart illustrating methods that support antenna calibration via precoded sounding reference signaling in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure.DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0026] In some wireless communication systems, a user equipment (UE) may implement non-codebook-based (NCB) precoding to precode one or more uplink transmissions (e.g., physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmissions) transmitted by the UE. The NCB precoding may be based on downlink and uplink channel reciprocity, and may improve signal to noise ratio (SNR) performance of the uplink transmissions. For example, the UE may measure a downlink reference signal (e.g., a channel state information (CSI) reference signal (CSI-RS) ) and may transmit multiple SRSs (SRSs) based on precoding derived according to the measurement of the downlink reference signal. However, NCB precoding may be limited by reception to transmission (Rx-to-Tx) coherence between antenna ports at the UE, since the UE may be unable to guarantee Rx-to-Tx coherence between the antenna ports to support the NCB precoding. For example, due to differences in signal parameters (e.g., phase, amplitude, timing, or any combination thereof) observed at different antenna ports of the UE when measuring the same downlink reference signal, an amplitude offset, phase offset, or both between different antenna ports may be different, which may result in the measured downlink channel and the measured uplink channel not being reciprocal.
[0027] Techniques described herein may provide for a UE to transmit precoded SRSs (e.g., maximum ratio transmission (MRT) precoded SRSs) to a network entity, where the SRSs may be precoded according to a phase of a downlink reference signal received at each antenna port of the UE, which may support (e.g., help to guarantee) channel reciprocity for NCB precoding. For example, the UE may receive the downlink reference signal at a first antenna port and a second antenna port, and may observe a different phase of the downlink reference signal at each antenna port. The UE may generate a first SRS for transmission by the first antenna port that is MRT-precoded (e.g., canceling out or reducing channel impact) according to a first phase of the downlink reference signal at the first antenna port and may generate a second SRS for transmission by the second antenna port that is MRT-precoded according to a second phase of the downlink reference signal at the second antenna port. The UE may transmit the first SRS and the second SRS to the network entity, and the network entity may calculate one or more inter-UE antenna offset values according to the received SRSs. For example, the network entity may calculate a phase offset value, an amplitude offset value, a timing offset value, or any combination thereof based on the received SRSs, and may transmit control information indicating the one or more offset values to the UE.In some cases, the UE may use the one or more offset values to calibrate the antenna ports of the UE, which may facilitate subsequent communications with the network entity using the antenna ports of the UE.
[0028] Aspects of the disclosure are initially described in the context of wireless communications systems. Aspects of the disclosure are further illustrated by and described with reference to process flows, apparatus diagrams, system diagrams, and flowcharts that relate to antenna calibration via precoded sounding reference signaling.
[0029] FIG. 1 shows an example of a wireless communications system 100 that supports antenna calibration via precoded sounding reference signaling in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure. The wireless communications system 100 may include one or more devices, such as one or more network devices (e.g., network entities 105) , one or more UEs 115, and a core network 130. In some examples, the wireless communications system 100 may be a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network, an LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) network, an LTE-A Pro network, a New Radio (NR) network, or a network operating in accordance with other systems and radio technologies, including future systems and radio technologies not explicitly mentioned herein.
[0030] The network entities 105 may be dispersed throughout a geographic area to form the wireless communications system 100 and may include devices in different forms or having different capabilities. In various examples, a network entity 105 may be referred to as a network element, a mobility element, a radio access network (RAN) node, or network equipment, among other nomenclature. In some examples, network entities 105 and UEs 115 may wirelessly communicate via communication link (s) 125 (e.g., a radio frequency (RF) access link) . For example, a network entity 105 may support a coverage area 110 (e.g., a geographic coverage area) over which the UEs 115 and the network entity 105 may establish the communication link (s) 125. The coverage area 110 may be an example of a geographic area over which a network entity 105 and a UE 115 may support the communication of signals according to one or more radio access technologies (RATs) .
[0031] The UEs 115 may be dispersed throughout a coverage area 110 of the wireless communications system 100, and each UE 115 may be stationary, or mobile, or both at different times. The UEs 115 may be devices in different forms or having different capabilities. Some example UEs 115 are illustrated in FIG. 1. The UEs 115 described herein may be capable of supporting communications with various types of devices in the wireless communications system 100 (e.g., other wireless communication devices, including UEs 115 or network entities 105) , as shown in FIG. 1.
[0032] As described herein, a node of the wireless communications system 100, which may be referred to as a network node, or a wireless node, may be a network entity 105 (e.g., any network entity described herein) , a UE 115 (e.g., any UE described herein) , a network controller, an apparatus, a device, a computing system, one or more components, or another suitable processing entity configured to perform any of the techniques described herein. For example, a node may be a UE 115. As another example, a node may be a network entity 105. As another example, a first node may be configured to communicate with a second node or a third node. In one aspect of this example, the first node may be a UE 115, the second node may be a network entity 105, and the third node may be a UE 115. In another aspect of this example, the first node may be a UE 115, the second node may be a network entity 105, and the third node may be a network entity 105. In yet other aspects of this example, the first, second, and third nodes may be different relative to these examples. Similarly, reference to a UE 115, network entity 105, apparatus, device, computing system, or the like may include disclosure of the UE 115, network entity 105, apparatus, device, computing system, or the like being a node. For example, disclosure that a UE 115 is configured to receive information from a network entity 105 also discloses that a first node is configured to receive information from a second node.
[0033] In some examples, network entities 105 may communicate with a core network 130, or with one another, or both. For example, network entities 105 may communicate with the core network 130 via backhaul communication link (s) 120 (e.g., in accordance with an S1, N2, N3, or other interface protocol) . In some examples, network entities 105 may communicate with one another via backhaul communication link (s) 120 (e.g., in accordance with an X2, Xn, or other interface protocol) either directly (e.g., directly between network entities 105) or indirectly (e.g., via the core network 130) . In some examples, network entities 105 may communicate with one another via a midhaul communication link 162 (e.g., in accordance with a midhaul interface protocol) or a fronthaul communication link 168 (e.g., in accordance with a fronthaul interface protocol) , or any combination thereof. The backhaul communication link (s) 120, midhaul communication links 162, or fronthaul communication links 168 may be or include one or more wired links (e.g., an electrical link, an optical fiber link) or one or more wireless links (e.g., a radio link, a wireless optical link) , among other examples or various combinations thereof. A UE 115 may communicate with the core network 130 via a communication link 155.
[0034] One or more of the network entities 105 or network equipment described herein may include or may be referred to as a base station 140 (e.g., a base transceiver station, a radio base station, an NR base station, an access point, a radio transceiver, a NodeB, an eNodeB (eNB) , a next-generation NodeB or giga-NodeB (either of which may be referred to as a gNB) , a 5G NB, a next-generation eNB (ng-eNB) , a Home NodeB, a Home eNodeB, or other suitable terminology) . In some examples, a network entity 105 (e.g., a base station 140) may be implemented in an aggregated (e.g., monolithic, standalone) base station architecture, which may be configured to utilize a protocol stack that is physically or logically integrated within one network entity (e.g., a network entity 105 or a single RAN node, such as a base station 140) .
[0035] In some examples, a network entity 105 may be implemented in a disaggregated architecture (e.g., a disaggregated base station architecture, a disaggregated RAN architecture) , which may be configured to utilize a protocol stack that is physically or logically distributed among multiple network entities (e.g., network entities 105) , such as an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) network, an open RAN (O-RAN) (e.g., a network configuration sponsored by the O-RAN Alliance) , or a virtualized RAN (vRAN) (e.g., a cloud RAN (C-RAN) ) . For example, a network entity 105 may include one or more of a central unit (CU) , such as a CU 160, a distributed unit (DU) , such as a DU 165, a radio unit (RU) , such as an RU 170, a RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) , such as an RIC 175 (e.g., a Near-Real Time RIC (Near-RT RIC) , a Non-Real Time RIC (Non-RT RIC) ) , a Service Management and Orchestration (SMO) system, such as an SMO system 180, or any combination thereof. An RU 170 may also be referred to as a radio head, a smart radio head, a remote radio head (RRH) , a remote radio unit (RRU) , or a transmission reception point (TRP) . One or more components of the network entities 105 in a disaggregated RAN architecture may be co-located, or one or more components of the network entities 105 may be located in distributed locations (e.g., separate physical locations) . In some examples, one or more of the network entities 105 of a disaggregated RAN architecture may be implemented as virtual units (e.g., a virtual CU (VCU) , a virtual DU (VDU) , a virtual RU (VRU)) .
[0036] The split of functionality between a CU 160, a DU 165, and an RU 170 is flexible and may support different functionalities depending on which functions (e.g., network layer functions, protocol layer functions, baseband functions, RF functions, or any combinations thereof) are performed at a CU 160, a DU 165, or an RU 170. For example, a functional split of a protocol stack may be employed between a CU 160 and a DU 165 such that the CU 160 may support one or more layers of the protocol stack and the DU 165 may support one or more different layers of the protocol stack. In some examples, the CU 160 may host upper protocol layer (e.g., layer 3 (L3) , layer 2 (L2)) functionality and signaling (e.g., Radio Resource Control (RRC) , service data adaptation protocol (SDAP) , Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) ) . The CU 160 (e.g., one or more CUs) may be connected to a DU 165 (e.g., one or more DUs) or an RU 170 (e.g., one or more RUs) , or some combination thereof, and the DUs 165, RUs 170, or both may host lower protocol layers, such as layer 1 (L1) (e.g., physical (PHY) layer) or L2 (e.g., radio link control (RLC) layer, medium access control (MAC) layer) functionality and signaling, and may each be at least partially controlled by the CU 160. Additionally, or alternatively, a functional split of the protocol stack may be employed between a DU 165 and an RU 170 such that the DU 165 may support one or more layers of the protocol stack and the RU 170 may support one or more different layers of the protocol stack. The DU 165 may support one or multiple different cells (e.g., via one or multiple different RUs, such as an RU 170) . In some cases, a functional split between a CU 160 and a DU 165 or between a DU 165 and an RU 170 may be within a protocol layer (e.g., some functions for a protocol layer may be performed by one of a CU 160, a DU 165, or an RU 170, while other functions of the protocol layer are performed by a different one of the CU 160, the DU 165, or the RU 170) . A CU 160 may be functionally split further into CU control plane (CU-CP) and CU user plane (CU-UP) functions. A CU 160 may be connected to a DU 165 via a midhaul communication link 162 (e.g., F1, F1-c, F1-u) , and a DU 165 may be connected to an RU 170 via a fronthaul communication link 168 (e.g., open fronthaul (FH) interface) . In some examples, a midhaul communication link 162 or a fronthaul communication link 168 may be implemented in accordance with an interface (e.g., a channel) between layers of a protocol stack supported by respective network entities (e.g., one or more of the network entities 105) that are in communication via such communication links.
[0037] In some wireless communications systems (e.g., the wireless communications system 100) , infrastructure and spectral resources for radio access may support wireless backhaul link capabilities to supplement wired backhaul connections, providing an IAB network architecture (e.g., to a core network 130) . In some cases, in an IAB network, one or more of the network entities 105 (e.g., network entities 105 or IAB node (s) 104) may be partially controlled by each other. The IAB node (s) 104 may be referred to as a donor entity or an IAB donor. A DU 165 or an RU 170 may be partially controlled by a CU 160 associated with a network entity 105 or base station 140 (such as a donor network entity or a donor base station) . The one or more donor entities (e.g., IAB donors) may be in communication with one or more additional devices (e.g., IAB node (s) 104) via supported access and backhaul links (e.g., backhaul communication link (s) 120) . IAB node (s) 104 may include an IAB mobile termination (IAB-MT) controlled (e.g., scheduled) by one or more DUs (e.g., DUs 165) of a coupled IAB donor. An IAB-MT may be equipped with an independent set of antennas for relay of communications with UEs 115 or may share the same antennas (e.g., of an RU 170) of IAB node (s) 104 used for access via the DU 165 of the IAB node (s) 104 (e.g., referred to as virtual IAB-MT (vIAB-MT) ) . In some examples, the IAB node (s) 104 may include one or more DUs (e.g., DUs 165) that support communication links with additional entities (e.g., IAB node (s) 104, UEs 115) within the relay chain or configuration of the access network (e.g., downstream) . In such cases, one or more components of the disaggregated RAN architecture (e.g., the IAB node (s) 104 or components of the IAB node (s) 104) may be configured to operate according to the techniques described herein.
[0038] In the case of the techniques described herein applied in the context of a disaggregated RAN architecture, one or more components of the disaggregated RAN architecture may be configured to support antenna calibration via precoded sounding reference signaling as described herein. For example, some operations described as being performed by a UE 115 or a network entity 105 (e.g., a base station 140) may additionally, or alternatively, be performed by one or more components of the disaggregated RAN architecture (e.g., components such as an IAB node, a DU 165, a CU 160, an RU 170, an RIC 175, an SMO system 180) .
[0039] A UE 115 may include or may be referred to as a mobile device, a wireless device, a remote device, a handheld device, or a subscriber device, or some other suitable terminology, where the “device” may also be referred to as a unit, a station, a terminal, or a client, among other examples. A UE 115 may also include or may be referred to as a personal electronic device such as a cellular phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA) , a tablet computer, a laptop computer, or a personal computer. In some examples, a UE 115 may include or be referred to as a wireless local loop (WLL) station, an Internet of Things (IoT) device, an Internet of Everything (IoE) device, or a machine type communications (MTC) device, among other examples, which may be implemented in various objects such as appliances, vehicles, or meters, among other examples.
[0040] The UEs 115 described herein may be able to communicate with various types of devices, such as UEs 115 that may sometimes operate as relays, as well as the network entities 105 and the network equipment including macro eNBs or gNBs, small cell eNBs or gNBs, or relay base stations, among other examples, as shown in FIG. 1.
[0041] The UEs 115 and the network entities 105 may wirelessly communicate with one another via the communication link (s) 125 (e.g., one or more access links) using resources associated with one or more carriers. The term “carrier” may refer to a set of RF spectrum resources having a defined PHY layer structure for supporting the communication link (s) 125. For example, a carrier used for the communication link (s) 125 may include a portion of an RF spectrum band (e.g., a bandwidth part (BWP)) that is operated according to one or more PHY layer channels for a given RAT (e.g., LTE, LTE-A, LTE-A Pro, NR) . Each PHY layer channel may carry acquisition signaling (e.g., synchronization signals, system information) , control information that coordinates operation for the carrier, user data, or other signaling. The wireless communications system 100 may support communication with a UE 115 using carrier aggregation or multi-carrier operation. A UE 115 may be configured with multiple downlink component carriers and one or more uplink component carriers according to a carrier aggregation configuration. Carrier aggregation may be used with both frequency division duplexing (FDD) and time division duplexing (TDD) component carriers. Communication between a network entity 105 and other devices may refer to communication between the devices and any portion (e.g., entity, sub-entity) of a network entity 105. For example, the terms “transmitting, ” “receiving, ” or “communicating, ” when referring to a network entity 105, may refer to any portion of a network entity 105 (e.g., a base station 140, a CU 160, a DU 165, a RU 170) of a RAN communicating with another device (e.g., directly or via one or more other network entities, such as one or more of the network entities 105) .
[0042] In some examples, such as in a carrier aggregation configuration, a carrier may have acquisition signaling or control information that coordinates operations for other carriers. A carrier may be associated with a frequency channel (e.g., an evolved universal mobile telecommunication system terrestrial radio access (E-UTRA) absolute RF channel number (EARFCN) ) and may be identified according to a channel raster for discovery by the UEs 115. A carrier may be operated in a standalone mode, in which case initial acquisition and connection may be conducted by the UEs 115 via the carrier, or the carrier may be operated in a non-standalone mode, in which case a connection is anchored using a different carrier (e.g., of the same or a different RAT) .
[0043] The communication link (s) 125 of the wireless communications system 100 may include downlink transmissions (e.g., forward link transmissions) from a network entity 105 to a UE 115, uplink transmissions (e.g., return link transmissions) from a UE 115 to a network entity 105, or both, among other configurations of transmissions. Carriers may carry downlink or uplink communications (e.g., in an FDD mode) or may be configured to carry downlink and uplink communications (e.g., in a TDD mode) .
[0044] Signal waveforms transmitted via a carrier may be made up of multiple subcarriers (e.g., using multi-carrier modulation (MCM) techniques such as orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) or discrete Fourier transform spread OFDM (DFT-S-OFDM) ) . In a system employing MCM techniques, a resource element may refer to resources of one symbol period (e.g., a duration of one modulation symbol) and one subcarrier, in which case the symbol period and subcarrier spacing may be inversely related. The quantity of bits carried by each resource element may depend on the modulation scheme (e.g., the order of the modulation scheme, the coding rate of the modulation scheme, or both) , such that a relatively higher quantity of resource elements (e.g., in a transmission duration) and a relatively higher order of a modulation scheme may correspond to a relatively higher rate of communication. A wireless communications resource may refer to a combination of an RF spectrum resource, a time resource, and a spatial resource (e.g., a spatial layer, a beam) , and the use of multiple spatial resources may increase the data rate or data integrity for communications with a UE 115.
[0045] The time intervals for the network entities 105 or the UEs 115 may be expressed in multiples of a basic time unit which may, for example, refer to a sampling period of Ts=1 / (Δfmax·Nf) seconds, for which Δfmax may represent a supported subcarrier spacing, and Nf may represent a supported discrete Fourier transform (DFT) size. Time intervals of a communications resource may be organized according to radio frames each having a specified duration (e.g., 10 milliseconds (ms) ) . Each radio frame may be identified by a system frame number (SFN) (e.g., ranging from 0 to 1023) .
[0046] Each frame may include multiple consecutively-numbered subframes or slots, and each subframe or slot may have the same duration. In some examples, a frame may be divided (e.g., in the time domain) into subframes, and each subframe may be further divided into a quantity of slots. Alternatively, each frame may include a variable quantity of slots, and the quantity of slots may depend on subcarrier spacing. Each slot may include a quantity of symbol periods (e.g., depending on the length of the cyclic prefix prepended to each symbol period) . In some wireless communications systems, such as the wireless communications system 100, a slot may further be divided into multiple mini-slots associated with one or more symbols. Excluding the cyclic prefix, each symbol period may be associated with one or more (e.g., Nf) sampling periods. The duration of a symbol period may depend on the subcarrier spacing or frequency band of operation.
[0047] A subframe, a slot, a mini-slot, or a symbol may be the smallest scheduling unit (e.g., in the time domain) of the wireless communications system 100 and may be referred to as a transmission time interval (TTI) . In some examples, the TTI duration (e.g., a quantity of symbol periods in a TTI) may be variable. Additionally, or alternatively, the smallest scheduling unit of the wireless communications system 100 may be dynamically selected (e.g., in bursts of shortened TTIs (sTTIs) ) .
[0048] Physical channels may be multiplexed for communication using a carrier according to various techniques. A physical control channel and a physical data channel may be multiplexed for signaling via a downlink carrier, for example, using one or more of time division multiplexing (TDM) techniques, frequency division multiplexing (FDM) techniques, or hybrid TDM-FDM techniques. A control region (e.g., a control resource set (CORESET) ) for a physical control channel may be defined by a set of symbol periods and may extend across the system bandwidth or a subset of the system bandwidth of the carrier. One or more control regions (e.g., CORESETs) may be configured for a set of the UEs 115. For example, one or more of the UEs 115 may monitor or search control regions for control information according to one or more search space sets, and each search space set may include one or multiple control channel candidates in one or more aggregation levels arranged in a cascaded manner. An aggregation level for a control channel candidate may refer to an amount of control channel resources (e.g., control channel elements (CCEs) ) associated with encoded information for a control information format having a given payload size. Search space sets may include common search space sets configured for sending control information to UEs 115 (e.g., one or more UEs) or may include UE-specific search space sets for sending control information to a UE 115 (e.g., a specific UE) .
[0049] In some examples, a network entity 105 (e.g., a base station 140, an RU 170) may be movable and therefore provide communication coverage for a moving coverage area, such as the coverage area 110. In some examples, coverage areas 110 (e.g., different coverage areas) associated with different technologies may overlap, but the coverage areas 110 (e.g., different coverage areas) may be supported by the same network entity (e.g., a network entity 105) . In some other examples, overlapping coverage areas, such as a coverage area 110, associated with different technologies may be supported by different network entities (e.g., the network entities 105) . The wireless communications system 100 may include, for example, a heterogeneous network in which different types of the network entities 105 support communications for coverage areas 110 (e.g., different coverage areas) using the same or different RATs.
[0050] The wireless communications system 100 may support synchronous or asynchronous operation. For synchronous operation, network entities 105 (e.g., base stations 140) may have similar frame timings, and transmissions from different network entities (e.g., different ones of the network entities 105) may be approximately aligned in time. For asynchronous operation, network entities 105 may have different frame timings, and transmissions from different network entities (e.g., different ones of network entities 105) may, in some examples, not be aligned in time. The techniques described herein may be used for either synchronous or asynchronous operations.
[0051] The wireless communications system 100 may be configured to support ultra-reliable communications or low-latency communications, or various combinations thereof. For example, the wireless communications system 100 may be configured to support ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC) . The UEs 115 may be designed to support ultra-reliable, low-latency, or critical functions. Ultra-reliable communications may include private communication or group communication and may be supported by one or more services such as push-to-talk, video, or data. Support for ultra-reliable, low-latency functions may include prioritization of services, and such services may be used for public safety or general commercial applications. The terms ultra-reliable, low-latency, and ultra-reliable low-latency may be used interchangeably herein.
[0052] In some examples, a UE 115 may be configured to support communicating directly with other UEs (e.g., one or more of the UEs 115) via a device-to-device (D2D) communication link, such as a D2D communication link 135 (e.g., in accordance with a peer-to-peer (P2P) , D2D, or sidelink protocol) . In some examples, one or more UEs 115 of a group that are performing D2D communications may be within the coverage area 110 of a network entity 105 (e.g., a base station 140, an RU 170) , which may support aspects of such D2D communications being configured by (e.g., scheduled by) the network entity 105. In some examples, one or more UEs 115 of such a group may be outside the coverage area 110 of a network entity 105 or may be otherwise unable to or not configured to receive transmissions from a network entity 105. In some examples, groups of the UEs 115 communicating via D2D communications may support a one-to-many (1: M) system in which each UE 115 transmits to one or more of the UEs 115 in the group. In some examples, a network entity 105 may facilitate the scheduling of resources for D2D communications. In some other examples, D2D communications may be carried out between the UEs 115 without an involvement of a network entity 105.
[0053] In some systems, a D2D communication link 135 may be an example of a communication channel, such as a sidelink communication channel, between vehicles (e.g., UEs 115) . In some examples, vehicles may communicate using vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications, vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications, or some combination of these. A vehicle may signal information related to traffic conditions, signal scheduling, weather, safety, emergencies, or any other information relevant to a V2X system. In some examples, vehicles in a V2X system may communicate with roadside infrastructure, such as roadside units, or with the network via one or more network nodes (e.g., network entities 105, base stations 140, RUs 170) using vehicle-to-network (V2N) communications, or with both.
[0054] The core network 130 may provide user authentication, access authorization, tracking, Internet Protocol (IP) connectivity, and other access, routing, or mobility functions. The core network 130 may be an evolved packet core (EPC) or 5G core (5GC) , which may include at least one control plane entity that manages access and mobility (e.g., a mobility management entity (MME) , an access and mobility management function (AMF) ) and at least one user plane entity that routes packets or interconnects to external networks (e.g., a serving gateway (S-GW) , a Packet Data Network (PDN) gateway (P-GW) , or a user plane function (UPF) ) . The control plane entity may manage non-access stratum (NAS) functions such as mobility, authentication, and bearer management for the UEs 115 served by the network entities 105 (e.g., base stations 140) associated with the core network 130. User IP packets may be transferred through the user plane entity, which may provide IP address allocation as well as other functions. The user plane entity may be connected to IP services 150 for one or more network operators. The IP services 150 may include access to the Internet, Intranet (s) , an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) , or a Packet-Switched Streaming Service.
[0055] The wireless communications system 100 may operate using one or more frequency bands, which may be in the range of 300 megahertz (MHz) to 300 gigahertz (GHz) . Generally, the region from 300 MHz to 3 GHz is known as the ultra-high frequency (UHF) region or decimeter band because the wavelengths range from approximately one decimeter to one meter in length. UHF waves may be blocked or redirected by buildings and environmental features, which may be referred to as clusters, but the waves may penetrate structures sufficiently for a macro cell to provide service to the UEs 115 located indoors. Communications using UHF waves may be associated with smaller antennas and shorter ranges (e.g., less than one hundred kilometers) compared to communications using the smaller frequencies and longer waves of the high frequency (HF) or very high frequency (VHF) portion of the spectrum below 300 MHz.
[0056] The wireless communications system 100 may utilize both licensed and unlicensed RF spectrum bands. For example, the wireless communications system 100 may employ License Assisted Access (LAA) , LTE-Unlicensed (LTE-U) RAT, or NR technology using an unlicensed band such as the 5 GHz industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) band. While operating using unlicensed RF spectrum bands, devices such as the network entities 105 and the UEs 115 may employ carrier sensing for collision detection and avoidance. In some examples, operations using unlicensed bands may be based on a carrier aggregation configuration in conjunction with component carriers operating using a licensed band (e.g., LAA) . Operations using unlicensed spectrum may include downlink transmissions, uplink transmissions, P2P transmissions, or D2D transmissions, among other examples.
[0057] A network entity 105 (e.g., a base station 140, an RU 170) or a UE 115 may be equipped with multiple antennas, which may be used to employ techniques such as transmit diversity, receive diversity, multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communications, or beamforming. The antennas of a network entity 105 or a UE 115 may be located within one or more antenna arrays or antenna panels, which may support MIMO operations or transmit or receive beamforming. For example, one or more base station antennas or antenna arrays may be co-located at an antenna assembly, such as an antenna tower. In some examples, antennas or antenna arrays associated with a network entity 105 may be located at diverse geographic locations. A network entity 105 may include an antenna array with a set of rows and columns of antenna ports that the network entity 105 may use to support beamforming of communications with a UE 115. Likewise, a UE 115 may include one or more antenna arrays that may support various MIMO or beamforming operations. Additionally, or alternatively, an antenna panel may support RF beamforming for a signal transmitted via an antenna port.
[0058] The network entities 105 or the UEs 115 may use MIMO communications to exploit multipath signal propagation and increase spectral efficiency by transmitting or receiving multiple signals via different spatial layers. Such techniques may be referred to as spatial multiplexing. The multiple signals may, for example, be transmitted by the transmitting device via different antennas or different combinations of antennas. Likewise, the multiple signals may be received by the receiving device via different antennas or different combinations of antennas. Each of the multiple signals may be referred to as a separate spatial stream and may carry information associated with the same data stream (e.g., the same codeword) or different data streams (e.g., different codewords) . Different spatial layers may be associated with different antenna ports used for channel measurement and reporting. MIMO techniques include single-user MIMO (SU-MIMO) , for which multiple spatial layers are transmitted to the same receiving device, and multiple-user MIMO (MU-MIMO) , for which multiple spatial layers are transmitted to multiple devices.
[0059] Beamforming, which may also be referred to as spatial filtering, directional transmission, or directional reception, is a signal processing technique that may be used at a transmitting device or a receiving device (e.g., a network entity 105, a UE 115) to shape or steer an antenna beam (e.g., a transmit beam, a receive beam) along a spatial path between the transmitting device and the receiving device. Beamforming may be achieved by combining the signals communicated via antenna elements of an antenna array such that some signals propagating along particular orientations with respect to an antenna array experience constructive interference while others experience destructive interference. The adjustment of signals communicated via the antenna elements may include a transmitting device or a receiving device applying amplitude offsets, phase offsets, or both to signals carried via the antenna elements associated with the device. The adjustments associated with each of the antenna elements may be defined by a beamforming weight set associated with a particular orientation (e.g., with respect to the antenna array of the transmitting device or receiving device, or with respect to some other orientation) .
[0060] A network entity 105 or a UE 115 may use beam sweeping techniques as part of beamforming operations. For example, a network entity 105 (e.g., a base station 140, an RU 170) may use multiple antennas or antenna arrays (e.g., antenna panels) to conduct beamforming operations for directional communications with a UE 115. Some signals (e.g., synchronization signals, reference signals, beam selection signals, or other control signals) may be transmitted by a network entity 105 multiple times along different directions. For example, the network entity 105 may transmit a signal according to different beamforming weight sets associated with different directions of transmission. Transmissions along different beam directions may be used to identify (e.g., by a transmitting device, such as a network entity 105, or by a receiving device, such as a UE 115) a beam direction for later transmission or reception by the network entity 105.
[0061] Some signals, such as data signals associated with a particular receiving device, may be transmitted by a transmitting device (e.g., a network entity 105 or a UE 115) along a single beam direction (e.g., a direction associated with the receiving device, such as another network entity 105 or UE 115) . In some examples, the beam direction associated with transmissions along a single beam direction may be determined based on a signal that was transmitted along one or more beam directions. For example, a UE 115 may receive one or more of the signals transmitted by the network entity 105 along different directions and may report to the network entity 105 an indication of the signal that the UE 115 received with a highest signal quality or an otherwise acceptable signal quality.
[0062] In some examples, transmissions by a device (e.g., by a network entity 105 or a UE 115) may be performed using multiple beam directions, and the device may use a combination of digital precoding or beamforming to generate a combined beam for transmission (e.g., from a network entity 105 to a UE 115) . The UE 115 may report feedback that indicates precoding weights for one or more beam directions, and the feedback may correspond to a configured set of beams across a system bandwidth or one or more sub-bands. The network entity 105 may transmit a reference signal (e.g., a cell-specific reference signal (CRS) , a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS)) , which may be precoded or unprecoded. The UE 115 may provide feedback for beam selection, which may be a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) or codebook-based feedback (e.g., a multi-panel type codebook, a linear combination type codebook, a port selection type codebook) . Although these techniques are described with reference to signals transmitted along one or more directions by a network entity 105 (e.g., a base station 140, an RU 170) , a UE 115 may employ similar techniques for transmitting signals multiple times along different directions (e.g., for identifying a beam direction for subsequent transmission or reception by the UE 115) or for transmitting a signal along a single direction (e.g., for transmitting data to a receiving device) .
[0063] A receiving device (e.g., a UE 115) may perform reception operations in accordance with multiple receive configurations (e.g., directional listening) when receiving various signals from a transmitting device (e.g., a network entity 105) , such as synchronization signals, reference signals, beam selection signals, or other control signals. For example, a receiving device may perform reception in accordance with multiple receive directions by receiving via different antenna subarrays, by processing received signals according to different antenna subarrays, by receiving according to different receive beamforming weight sets (e.g., different directional listening weight sets) applied to signals received at multiple antenna elements of an antenna array, or by processing received signals according to different receive beamforming weight sets applied to signals received at multiple antenna elements of an antenna array, any of which may be referred to as “listening” according to different receive configurations or receive directions. In some examples, a receiving device may use a single receive configuration to receive along a single beam direction (e.g., when receiving a data signal) . The single receive configuration may be aligned along a beam direction determined based on listening according to different receive configuration directions (e.g., a beam direction determined to have a highest signal strength, highest signal-to- noise ratio (SNR) , or otherwise acceptable signal quality based on listening according to multiple beam directions) .
[0064] The wireless communications system 100 may be a packet-based network that operates according to a layered protocol stack. In the user plane, communications at the bearer or PDCP layer may be IP-based. An RLC layer may perform packet segmentation and reassembly to communicate via logical channels. A MAC layer may perform priority handling and multiplexing of logical channels into transport channels. The MAC layer also may implement error detection techniques, error correction techniques, or both to support retransmissions to improve link efficiency. In the control plane, an RRC layer may provide establishment, configuration, and maintenance of an RRC connection between a UE 115 and a network entity 105 or a core network 130 supporting radio bearers for user plane data. A PHY layer may map transport channels to physical channels.
[0065] In some wireless communications systems (e.g., the wireless communications system 100) , a UE 115 may implement NCB precoding to precode one or more uplink signals (e.g., physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmissions) transmitted by the UE 115. The NCB precoding may be based on downlink and uplink channel reciprocity, and may improve SNR performance of the uplink signals. For example, the UE 115 may measure a downlink reference signal (e.g., a CSI-RS) and may transmit multiple SRSs based on precoding derived according to the measurement of the downlink reference signal. However, NCB precoding may be limited by Rx-to-Tx coherence between antenna ports at the UE 115, since the UE 115 may be unable to guarantee Rx-to-Tx coherence between the antenna ports to support the NCB precoding. For example, due to differences in signal parameters (e.g., phase, amplitude, timing, or any combination thereof) observed at different antenna ports of the UE 115 when measuring the same downlink reference signal, an amplitude offset, phase offset, or both between different antenna ports may be different, which may result in the measured downlink channel and the measured uplink channel not being reciprocal.
[0066] Techniques described herein may provide for a UE 115 to transmit precoded SRSs (e.g., MRT precoded SRSs) to a network entity 105, where the SRSs may be precoded according to a phase of a downlink reference signal received at each antenna port of the UE 115, which may support (e.g., help to guarantee) channel reciprocity for NCB precoding. For example, the UE 115 may receive the downlink reference signal at a first antenna port and a second antenna port, and may observe a different phase of the downlink reference signal at each antenna port. The UE 115 may generate a first SRS for transmission by the first antenna port that is MRT-precoded (e.g., canceling out channel impact) according to a first phase of the downlink reference signal at the first antenna port and may generate a second SRS for transmission by the second antenna port that is MRT-precoded according to a second phase of the downlink reference signal at the second antenna port. The UE 115 may transmit the first SRS and the second SRS to the network entity 105, and the network entity 105 may calculate one or more inter-UE antenna offset values according to the received SRSs. For example, the network entity 105 may calculate a phase offset value, an amplitude offset value, a timing offset value, or any combination thereof based on the received SRSs, and may transmit control information indicating the one or more offset values to the UE 115. In some cases, the UE 115 may use the one or more offset values to calibrate the antenna ports of the UE 115, which may facilitate subsequent communications with the network entity 105 using the antenna ports of the UE 115.
[0067] FIG. 2 shows an example of a wireless communications system 200 that supports antenna calibration via precoded sounding reference signaling in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure. The wireless communications system 200 may implement, or be implemented by, one or more aspects of the wireless communications system 100. For example, the wireless communications system 200 illustrates signaling and operations of a UE 115-a and a network entity 105-a, which may be examples of corresponding devices described with reference to FIG. 1. In some examples, the wireless communications system 200 may support the UE 115-a calibrating multiple antenna ports of the UE 115-a based on precoding one or more SRSs according to a phase of a downlink reference signal observed at each of the one or more antenna ports. Such techniques may improve or otherwise facilitate subsequent communications by the UE 115-a using the NCB precoding for uplink transmissions (e.g., by eliminating or reducing non-ideal factors that may adversely affect channel reciprocity between downlink and uplink channels at the UE 115-a resulting from uncalibrated antenna ports) .
[0068] In some cases, the UE 115-a may implement NCB precoding for transmitting one or more uplink signals and channels (e.g., physical uplink shared channel (PUCSH) transmissions) . The NCB precoding may be based on downlink channel and uplink channel reciprocity, such that uplink precoding may be derived according to a downlink measurement. As an example, the UE 115-a may receive a downlink reference signal 205 (e.g., a CSI-RS or a TRS, among other examples) via a downlink channel 210 and may measure the downlink reference signal 205. The UE 115-a may transmit multiple SRSs 215 via an uplink channel 220, where the UE 115-a may derive precoding parameters for the SRSs 215 according to the measurement of the downlink reference signal 205.
[0069] In some cases, the UE 115-a may transmit multiple single-port SRSs 215 using respective antenna ports 225 at the UE 115-a, such as an antenna port 225-a and an antenna port 225-b. For example, a total quantity of the transmitted SRSs 215 may be referred to as NSRS, where each of the NSRS single-port SRSs 215 may be transmitted using a respective antenna port 225 (e.g., the UE 115-a may include N antenna ports 225) and may correspond to a respective layer for uplink transmission. The network entity 105-a may receive the SRSs 215 may be schedule the UE 115-a with a PUSCH transmission occasion by sending the UE 115-a an SRS resource indicator (SRI) . In some cases, the SRI may indicate a quantity k of the transmitted SRSs 215, where k may be less than or equal to NSRS. The UE 115-a may transmit a PUSCH transmission via the scheduled transmission occasion, where the PUSCH transmission may have a k-layer precoder that is the same as the k SRSs 215 indicated by the SRI.
[0070] To apply NCB precoding to PUSCH transmissions (e.g., time domain duplex (TDD) PUSCH transmissions) , channel reciprocity may be assumed between the downlink channel 210 and the uplink channel 220 in some examples. The UE 115-a may identify a measured downlink channel 210 (e.g., for the downlink reference signal 205) according to: size N×P. The UE 115-a may identify a measured uplink channel 220 (e.g., for the SRSs 215 and PUSCH transmissions) according to: size P×N.
[0071] In some cases, N may denote a quantity of the antenna ports 225 at the UE 115-a (or TXRUs associated with the UE 115-a) and P may denote a quantity of antenna ports at the network entity 105-a. In a TDD implementation, a matrix associated with the downlink channel 210 may be a transpose of a matrix associated with the uplink channel 220 (e.g., HDL= (HUL) T) . Additionally, (e.g., amplitude and phase reception characteristic observed at antenna port 225-a of the UE 115-a) may be equal to and (e.g., amplitude and phase transmission characteristic at antenna port 225-a of the UE 115-a) may be equal to where and may denote a Rx / Tx amplitude (e.g., gain) of a first antenna port 225 of the UE 115-a and and may denote a Rx / Tx phase of the first antenna port 225. In some cases, coherence may be assumed between antenna ports at the network entity 105-a, such that each of the antenna ports at the network entity 105-a may share common amplitude and phase (e.g., common reception amplitude and phase characteristic and common transmission amplitude and phase characteristic for each of the P antenna ports at the network entity 105-a) .
[0072] For the downlink channel 210 and the uplink channel 220 to be reciprocal, the measured channels should satisfy where θ may denote a complex constant (which may be unknown) . In some cases, the UE 115-a may derive that: If the UE 115-a assumes channel reciprocity between the downlink channel 210 and the uplink channel 220 (e.g., HDL= (HUL) T) , the UE 115-a may have which may indicate and That is, for the downlink channel 210 and the uplink channel 220 to be reciprocal, the Rx-to-Tx amplitude offset and phase offset should be equal between each antenna port 225 at the UE 115-a.
[0073] In some examples, the Rx-to-Tx amplitude of the antenna ports 225 at the UE 115-a may be assumed to be wideband common. For the Rx-to-Tx phase of the antenna ports 225 at the UE 115-a, if perfect timing alignment is assumed between antenna ports 225 (e.g., timing alignment error (TAE) = 0) , the Rx-to-Tx phase may be wideband common. Otherwise, if perfect timing alignment is not assumed, then at subcarrier k, and (e.g., opposite linear phase shift over the frequency domain between Rx and Tx) . In some examples, the inter-antenna TAE (e.g., or ) may be as large as half of a sample or one sample (e.g., according to a sampling rate configured for the UE 115-a) .
[0074] In some cases, MRT-precoded signals may have improved SNR performance compared to non-MRT-precoded signals. For example, for coherent join transmission (CJT) multi-transmission reception point (mTRP) calibration for downlink signals, an MRT-precoded CSI-RS may have better SNR performance than a non-MRT-precoded CSI-RS. The MRT-precoded CSI-RS may be UE-specific, and may result in higher overhead than the non-MRT-precoded CSI-RS (e.g., since the non-MRT-precoded CSI-RS may be broadcasted, for example as a TRS) . When performing CJT mTRP calibration, the increased overhead may not be an issue, since the network entity 105-a may use a single UE 115 to perform the calibration (e.g., calibration may be TRP pair specific) . However, to calibrate antenna ports 225 at one or more UEs 115, an MRT-precoded CSI-RS may be communicated to each UE 115 (e.g., UE-specific MRT-precoded CSI-RSs) , which may introduce significant signaling overhead. To mitigate such overhead while leveraging improved SNR performance, the UE 115-a may implement MRT-precoded SRSs (e.g., uplink reference signaling) , which may be UE-specific regardless of whether the SRSs are precoded (e.g., SRS for NCB PUSCH) or non-precoded (e.g., SRS for antenna switching) . Techniques described herein provide for the UE 115-a to calibrate antenna ports 225 using MRT-precoded SRSs 215.
[0075] In a first example, the UE 115-a may perform the calibration for both phase and amplitude. For example, the network entity 105-a may transmit the downlink reference signal 205 (e.g., a CSI-RS, a TRS) to the UE 115-a and the UE 115-a may receive the downlink reference signal 205 at each antenna port 225. As described herein, an antenna port 225 may refer to a single antenna capable of transmission and reception, a group of antennas including one or more antennas capable of transmission and one or more antennas capable of reception, or a combination thereof. The downlink reference signal 205 may be a broadcasted reference signal received at the antenna ports 225. As described herein, the downlink reference signal 205 may be a single-port CSI-RS, for example a tracking reference signal (TRS) , or may be a multi-port CSI-RS, for example a CSI-RS for CSI, which may be shared with a CSI-RS for NCB-PUSCH transmission. For example, the antenna port 225-a may receive the downlink reference signal 205 as and the antenna port 225-b may receive the downlink reference signal 205 as where and may refer to respective downlink channel estimates at antenna ports 225-a and 225-b of the UE 115-a.
[0076] The UE 115-a may generate the SRSs 215 by MRT-precoding the SRSs 215 such that the channel impact (e.g., for phase and amplitude) is canceled out. In such examples, the SRSs 215 may be precoded with to cancel out channel phase and amplitude. For example, the UE 115-a may generate a first SRS 215 for transmission by the antenna port 225-a according to and may generate a second SRS 215 for transmission by the antenna port 225-b according to Accordingly, the UE 115-a may precode the first SRS 215 according to a first phase of the downlink reference signal 205 observed at the antenna port 225-a and may precode the second SRS 215 according to a second phase of the downlink reference signal 205 observed at the antenna port 225-b, where the first phase and the second phase of the downlink reference signal 205 may be different.
[0077] As described herein, the first SRS 215 and the second SRS 215 may correspond to a first SRS port and a second SRS port, respectively, where an SRS port may refer to a time-frequency-code resource associated with SRS transmissions. For example, an SRS port may include time-domain resources (e.g., symbol (s) , slot (s) , mini-slot (s) , or the like) , frequency-domain resources (e.g., subcarriers, portions of a wireless channel) , code-domain resources (e.g., a cyclic shift of an SRS sequence, for example a cyclic shift of a Zadoff-Chu sequence) , or any combination thereof associated with transmitting the SRS port. In some examples, the first SRS port and the second SRS port may be associated with a same SRS or two different SRSs.
[0078] The UE 115-a may transmit the first SRS 215 and the second SRS 215 (e.g., y1 and y2) to the network entity 105-a, and the network entity 105-a may use the first SRS 215 and the second SRS 215 to calculate calibration parameters for the antenna ports 225 of the UE 115-a. For example, the network entity 105-a may calculate an inter-antenna phase offset (or additionally an inter-antenna TAE) and an inter-antenna amplitude offset for calibrating the antenna port 225-b relative to the antenna port 225-a (e.g., a reference antenna) . The network entity 105-a may calculate the calibration parameters according to which may result in the impact of Rx and Tx antennas at the network entity 105-a being canceled out. For example, may correspond to the amplitude offset for calibrating the antenna ports 225 and may correspond to the phase offset for calibrating the antenna ports 225. In some cases, the UE 115-a may transmit the first SRS 215 and the second SRS 215 according to time-domain multiplexing, such that the first SRS 215 and the second SRS 215 are transmitted according to different time-domain resources (e.g., different symbols within a slot, different slots, or the like) .
[0079] In some examples, if TAE between the antenna ports 225 is negligible (e.g., TAE is less than a threshold) , the wideband amplitude and phase offsets may be averaged over k subcarriers. For example, the network entity 105-a may calculate the amplitude offset between the antenna port 225-b and the antenna port 225-a according to and may calculate the phase offset between the antenna port 225-b and the antenna port 225-a according to Alternatively, if the TAE between the antenna ports 225 is relatively large (e.g., not negligible, greater than or equal to a threshold) , the network entity 105-a may estimate a TAE offset according to (e.g., an inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) ) . The network entity 105-a may then calculate the wideband amplitude offset and phase offset conditioned on the calculated TAE, such that the amplitude offset is calculated according to and the phase offset if calculated according to
[0080] After calculating the calibration parameters, the network entity 105-a may transmit control information 230 to the UE 115-a indicating the calibration parameters. For example, the UE 115-a may receive a control signal indicating the control information 230 that includes the inter-antenna Rx-to-Tx phase offset (e.g., φant2to1) , the inter-antenna Rx-to-Tx amplitude offset (e.g., αant2to1) , the inter-antenna Rx-to-Tx TAE offset (e.g., τant2to1) , or any combination thereof. The UE 115-a may use the calibration parameters to perform calibration of the antenna port 225-b relative to the antenna port 225-a, which may support reciprocity between the downlink channel 210 and the uplink channel 220.
[0081] In a second example, the UE 115-a may perform the calibration for phase (e.g., without calibrating for amplitude) . For example, the UE 115-a may receive the downlink reference signal 205 at each antenna port 225, where the antenna port 225-a may receive the downlink reference signal 205 as and the antenna port 225-b may receive the downlink reference signal 205 as
[0082] The UE 115-a may generate the SRSs 215 by MRT-precoding the SRSs 215 such that a phase impact of the channel is canceled out. In such examples, the SRSs 215 may be precoded with to cancel out the channel phase. For example, the UE 115-a may generate the first SRS 215 for transmission by the antenna port 225-a according to and may generate the second SRS 215 for transmission by the antenna port 225-b according to In such examples, may be denoted as and may be denoted as (e.g., amplitude is ignored by assuming a constant Rx-to-Tx amplitude between the antenna ports 225 of the UE 115-a) . Similarly, at the network entity 105-a, may be denoted as and may be denoted as Accordingly, the UE 115-a may precode the first SRS 215 according to a first phase of the downlink reference signal 205 at the antenna port 225-a and may precode the second SRS 215 according to a second phase of the downlink reference signal 205 at the antenna port 225-b, where the first phase and the second phase of the downlink reference signal 205 may be different.
[0083] The UE 115-a may transmit the first SRS 215 and the second SRS 215 (e.g., y1 and y2) to the network entity 105-a, and the network entity 105-a may use the first SRS 215 and the second SRS 215 to calculate calibration parameters for the antenna ports 225 of the UE 115-a. For example, the network entity 105-a may calculate an inter-antenna phase offset (or additionally an inter-antenna TAE) for calibrating the antenna port 225-b relative to the antenna port 225-a (e.g., without amplitude offset) . The network entity 105-a may calculate the calibration parameters according to
[0084] In some examples, if TAE between the antenna ports 225 is negligible (e.g., less than a threshold) , the wideband phase offset may be averaged over k subcarriers. For example, the network entity 105-a may calculate the phase offset between the antenna port 225-b and the antenna port 225-a according to Alternatively, if the TAE between the antenna ports 225 is relatively large (e.g., not negligible, greater than or equal to a threshold) ) , the network entity 105-a may estimate a TAE offset according to The network entity 105-a may then calculate the wideband phase offset conditioned on the calculated TAE, such that the phase offset is calculated according to The network entity 105-a may then transmit the control information 230 to the UE 115-a indicating the calibration parameters, and the UE 115-a may use the calibration parameters to perform calibration of the antenna port 225-a relative to the antenna port 225-b.
[0085] In some cases, as described herein, the network entity 105-a may indicate the inter-antenna calibration parameters for the UE 115-a (e.g., Rx-to-Tx phase offset, Rx-to-Tx amplitude offset, inter-antenna TAE, or any combination thereof) and the UE 115-a may be configured with a set of SRS resources for transmitting the MRT-precoded SRSs 215. For example, the network entity 105-a may send scheduling information to the UE 115-a indicating a set of multiple time-frequency-code resources (including a cyclic shift value associated with the SRS sequence) corresponding to SRS ports for transmitting the MRT-precoded SRSs 215, where each SRS 215 may be precoded based on the phase of the received downlink reference signal 205. For example, an antenna port 225 associated with any one of the SRS ports may transmit the precoded SRS port based on the phase of the downlink reference signal 205 observed when the antenna port 225 receives the downlink reference signal 205.
[0086] Such SRS ports (e.g., the indicated time-frequency-code resources) may be defined as SRS ports for antenna calibration (e.g., by using MRT-precoded SRS resources, the UE 115-a may not reuse non-precoded SRS resources configured for antenna switching) . In some cases, the SRS ports for antenna calibration may be configured according to capabilities of the UE 115-a. For example, the UE 115-a may transmit a capability report 235 to the network entity 105-a (e.g., in advance of receiving the scheduling information, such as when or relatively soon after the UE 115-a establishes a connection with the network entity 105-a) indicating a first quantity of transmit antenna ports at the UE 115-a and a second quantity of receive antenna ports at the UE 115-a (e.g., xTyR, where x represents the quantity of transmit antenna ports and y represents the quantity of receive antenna ports) . The network entity 105-a may transmit the scheduling information indicating a set of Q SRS resources (e.g., time-frequency-code resources) for antenna calibration, where Q may be equal to y / x or In this example, the total quantity of ports of the Q SRS resources may be equal to y, such that each SRS resource of the Q SRS resources includes x ports. In some cases, the full set or a subset of the y ports in the set of SRS resources may be configured for antenna calibration at the UE 115-a.
[0087] In some cases, such as when performing calibration for phase and amplitude, the UE 115-a may precode each SRS port with the inverse of the received downlink reference signal 205 at a certain antenna port 225. For example, the UE 115-a may precode the first SRS 215 for transmission by the antenna port 225-a and the second SRS 215 for transmission by the antenna port 225-b according to a phase conjugate and amplitude inverse (e.g., ) of the downlink reference signal 205 as received by the respective antenna ports 225. In such examples, the UE 115-a may not maintain a constant-modulus amplitude, which may increase a peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) of the SRSs 215, and the control information 230 may include both a phase offset and an amplitude offset (and, in some cases, a TAE offset) based on the signal inverse precoding. Alternatively, when performing calibration for phase without amplitude, the UE 115-a may precode each SRS 215 according to a phase conjugate of the downlink reference signal 205 as received by the respective antenna ports 225. In some examples, due to not scaling the amplitude (e.g., constant amplitude across a frequency-domain signal of one SRS port, or across multiple SRS ports) , the legacy constant-modulus characteristic of SRS (e.g., Zadoff-Chu sequence) may be unchanged. In such examples, the control information 230 may not include an amplitude offset due to the UE 115-a performing signal phase conjugate precoding.
[0088] In some examples, the UE 115-a may indicate, in the capability report 235, whether the UE 115-a supports amplitude inverse SRS precoding (e.g., and thus non-constant-modulation SRS transmission) . For example, supporting non-constant-modulus SRS transmission may require relatively expensive power amplifiers at the UE 115-a, and if the UE 115-a can guarantee a sufficient Rx-to-Tx amplitude offset for channel reciprocity between antennas, calibrating amplitude offset according to network entity 105-a indication may not be needed.
[0089] In some cases, the network entity 105-a may indicate, via the control information 230 (e.g., a media access control control element (MAC-CE) or radio resource control (RRC) message) , resource information for the calibration parameters. For example, the control information 230 may indicate a phase offset per-wideband (e.g., wideband averaged) , per-subband, or as an initial phase offset with TAE. Additionally, if amplitude offset is indicated in the control information 230, the control information 230 may indicate the amplitude offset per-wideband (e.g., wideband averaged) or per-subband, or both.
[0090] Additionally, or alternatively, the UE 115-a may transmit a request for antenna calibration. For example, the UE 115-a may transmit a message (e.g., a MAC-CE or RRC message) to the network entity 105-a requesting inter-antenna Rx-to-Tx phase offset and / or amplitude offset calibration via network entity 105-a indication. The UE 115-a may transmit such a request when receive or transmit antennas are turned on, such as after being dynamically shut down to support power savings at the UE 115-a (e.g., a micro-sleep) .
[0091] In some cases, after calibrating the antenna ports 225 at the UE 115-a, the UE 115-a may be capable of assisting in CJT mTRP calibration. For example, in some implementations, the UE 115-a may use a single antenna port 225 when assisting the network entity 105-a with CJT mTRP phase calibration (e.g., to guarantee channel phase can be canceled between the downlink channel 210 and the uplink channel 220) . Usage of a single antenna port 225 may be based on an assumption that different antenna ports 225 of the UE 115-a are non-coherent relative to one another. However, if the UE 115-a performs antenna calibration according to techniques described herein, the UE 115-a may be capable of assisting in CJT mTRP calibration using multiple antenna ports 225 (e.g., based on the MRT-precoded SRSs 215) . For example, a second type of MRT-precoded SRS resource (e.g., different from those used for UE antenna calibration, which may be referred to as SRS for network / TRP calibration) may be defined for UE-assisted CJT mTRP calibration. The resources may be defined according to a quantity of TRPs being calibrated, NTRP, such that NTRP > 1 SRS resources of the second type may correspond to NTRP > 1 CSI-RS resources, respectively. In some cases, each of the NTRP resources may be single-port SRS resources and may be transmitted by multiple antenna ports 225. For example, x>1 antenna ports 225 (e.g., where x is an integer) associated with x ports of one SRS resource in a set of SRS resources configured for antenna switching, a set of SRS resources configured for antenna calibration, or both. In this example, each of the x antenna ports 225 may precode any one of the SRS resources (e.g., SRS nTRP) based on the phase of a corresponding received downlink reference signal (e.g., CSI-RS nTRP) . Additionally, a phase offset without an amplitude offset or a phase offset with an amplitude offset may be applied to each of the x antenna ports 225 for the MRT-precoding of the second type of SRS.
[0092] By precoding the SRSs 215 according to a phase of the downlink reference signal 205 observed at different antenna ports 225, the UE 115-a may improve antenna calibration between the antenna ports 225, which may support subsequent communications by the UE 115-a.
[0093] FIG. 3 shows an example of a process flow 300 that supports antenna calibration via precoded sounding reference signaling in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure. The process flow 300 may implement, or be implemented by, one or more aspects of the wireless communications systems 100 and 200. For example, the process flow 300 shows signaling between a UE 115-b and a network entity 105-b, which may be examples of corresponding devices described with reference to FIGs. 1 and 2. Additionally, the UE 115-b may include one or more antenna ports, such as an antenna port 301-a and an antenna port 301-b, which may be examples of antenna ports 225 described with reference to FIG. 2. In some cases, the process flow 300 may support the UE 115-b MRT-precoding SRS transmissions according to a phase of a downlink reference signal observed at different antenna ports 301 of the UE 115-b, as described herein. Alternative examples of the following may be implemented, where some processes are performed in a different order than described or are not performed. In some cases, processes may include additional features not mentioned below, or further processes may be added.
[0094] At 305, the UE 115-b may transmit a capability report to the network entity 105-b. The capability report may indicate one or more capabilities of the UE 115-b. For example, the capability report may indicate a first quantity of transmit antenna ports 301 at the UE 115-b and a second quantity of receive antenna ports 301 at the UE 115-b. Additionally, or alternatively, the capability report may indicate whether the UE 115-b is capable of supporting amplitude inverse SRS precoding (e.g., non-constant-modulation SRS transmission) .
[0095] At 310, the UE 115-b may transmit a calibration request to the network entity 105-b. For example, the UE 115-b may transmit a request for phase offset calibration, amplitude offset calibration, or both for one or more antenna ports 301 of a set of multiple of antenna ports 301 of the UE 115-b. In some cases, the UE 115-b may transmit the request in response to turning on the one or more antenna ports 301, such as when the one or more antenna ports 301 are turned off or deactivated temporarily to support power savings at the UE 115-b.
[0096] At 315, the network entity 105-b may transmit scheduling information to the UE 115-b. In some examples, the network entity 105-b may transmit the scheduling information in response to the request received at 310. The scheduling information may indicate multiple time-frequency-code resources (e.g., a set of multiple SRS ports associated with one or more time-domain resources, one or more frequency-domain resources, one or more cyclic shift resources, or any combination thereof) for communicating one or more SRSs.
[0097] At 320, the network entity 105-b may transmit a downlink reference signal to the UE 115-b. For example, the downlink reference signal may be received by each antenna port of the UE 115-b, such as by both the antenna port 301 and the antenna port 302. In some examples, the antenna port 301-a may receive a first phase of the downlink reference signal and the antenna port 301-b may receive a second phase of the downlink reference signal. For example, the antenna port 301-a may receive the downlink reference signal according to where represents the amplitude and phase of the received downlink reference signal at the antenna port 301-a (e.g., ) , represents the measurement by the antenna port 301-a of a downlink channel via which the downlink reference signal is communicated, and represents the amplitude and phase of the downlink reference signal as transmitted by the network entity 105-b. Similarly, the antenna port 301-b may receive the downlink reference signal according to which may indicate similar parameters observed at the antenna port 301-b. In some cases, the first phase and the second phase of the downlink reference signal may be different (e.g., the antenna port 301-a and the antenna port 301-b may observe variations in the phase of the downlink reference signal, for example due to physical separation of the antenna ports within the UE 115-b) . In some cases, the downlink reference signal may be an example of a CSI-RS (e.g., when the network entity 105-b transmits a multi-port downlink reference signal, which may be shared with a CSI-RS for NCB-PUSCH transmissions) or the downlink reference signal may be an example of a TRS (e.g., when the network entity 105-b transmits a single-port downlink reference signal) .
[0098] At 325, the UE 115-b may precode (e.g., MRT-precode) one or more SRSs for transmission by one or more antenna ports 301. For example, the UE 115-b may precode a first SRS for transmission by the antenna port 301-a based on the first phase of the downlink reference signal received at the antenna port 301-a and may precode a second SRS for transmission by the antenna port 301-b based on the second phase of the downlink reference signal received at the antenna port 301-b. In some examples, the UE 115-b may precode the first SRS in accordance with a phase conjugate of the first phase of the downlink reference signal at the antenna port 301-a and may precode the second SRS in accordance with a phase conjugate of the second phase of the downlink reference signal at the antenna port 301-b. In such examples, the UE 115-b may solicit a phase offset from the network entity 105-b (e.g., without an amplitude offset) , such as when the UE 115-b indicates that the UE 115-b does not support amplitude inverse SRS precoding in the capability report. Additionally, or alternatively, the UE 115-b may precode the first SRS in accordance with an amplitude inverse of the downlink reference signal at the antenna port 301-a and may precode the second SRS in accordance with an amplitude inverse of the downlink reference signal at the antenna port 301-b. In such examples, the UE 115-b may solicit a phase offset and an amplitude offset from the network entity 105-b, such as when the UE 115-b indicates that the UE 115-b supports amplitude inverse SRS precoding in the capability report.
[0099] At 330, the UE 115-b may transmit, by the antenna port 301-a, the first SRS to the network entity 105-b. In some cases, the first SRS may be MRT-precoded according to the downlink reference signal received at the antenna port 301-a. In some cases, if the UE 115-b performs amplitude inverse MRT-precoding, the UE 115-b may transmit the first SRS according to which may cancel an impact of the uplink and downlink channels between the UE 115-b and the network entity 105-b. Alternatively, if the UE 115-b performs signal phase conjugate MRT-precoding, the UE 115-b may transmit the first SRS according to which may cancel a phase impact of the uplink and downlink channels. The UE 115-b may transmit the first SRS via a first time-domain resource (e.g., in accordance with time-domain duplexing) , such as a first symbol of a slot.
[0100] At 335, the UE 115-b may transmit, by the antenna port 301-b, the second SRS to the network entity 105-b. In some cases, the second SRS may be MRT-precoded according to the downlink reference signal received at the antenna port 301-b. In some cases, if the UE 115-b performs amplitude inverse MRT-precoding, the UE 115-b may transmit the second SRS according to which may cancel an impact of the uplink and downlink channels between the UE 115-b and the network entity 105-b. Alternatively, if the UE 115-b performs signal phase conjugate MRT-precoding, the UE 115-b may transmit the second SRS according to which may cancel a phase impact of the uplink and downlink channels. The UE 115-b may transmit the second SRS via a second time-domain resource (e.g., in accordance with time-domain duplexing) , such as a second symbol of the slot.
[0101] At 340, the network entity 105-b may calculate one or more calibration parameters for calibrating the antenna ports 301 of the UE 115-b. In some cases, the network entity 105-b may calculate the calibration parameters according to the first SRS and the second SRS received from the UE 115-b. In a first example, if the UE 115-b precodes the first SRS and the second SRS according to amplitude inverse SRS precoding, the network entity 105-b may calculate a phase offset value and an amplitude offset value. For example, the network entity 105-b may calculate on multiple subcarriers, such that the network entity 105-b may identify an amplitude offset value according to and may identify a phase offset value according to exp In a second example, if the UE 115-b precodes the first SRS and the second SRS according to phase conjugate precoding, the network entity 105-b may calculate a phase offset value (e.g., without an amplitude offset value) . For example, the network entity 105-b may calculate on multiple subcarriers, such that the network entity 105-b may identify a phase offset value according to |hant1||hant2|exp Additionally, or alternatively, the network entity 105-b may calculate a timing offset value according to a TAE between the antenna ports 301, where the wideband amplitude offset value, phase offset value, or both may be calculated conditioned on the TAE (e.g., as described with reference to FIG. 2) .
[0102] At 345, the network entity 105-b may transmit control information to the UE 115-b. The control information may indicate the calibration parameters calculated at 340. For example, the control information may indicate the phase offset value, the amplitude offset value, the timing offset value, or any combination thereof associated with the antenna port 301-a and the antenna port 301-b. In some cases, the control information may indicate whether the phase offset value is a wideband phase offset value or a sub-band phase offset value.
[0103] At 350, the UE 115-b may perform a calibration procedure. The calibration procedure may support the UE 115-b calibrating the antenna port 301-b relative to the antenna port 301-a. The UE 115-b may perform the calibration procedure according to the calibration parameters received from the network entity 105-b.
[0104] At 355, the UE 115-b may communicate one or more signals with the network entity 105-b. In some cases, the one or more signals may be communicated using the antenna port 301-a and the antenna port 301-b. By calibrating the antenna port 301-a and the antenna port 301-b, the UE 115-b may support using each antenna port 301 for communicating the signals, for example to communicate beamformed signals using each antenna port 301.
[0105] FIG. 4 shows a block diagram 400 of a device 405 that supports antenna calibration via precoded sounding reference signaling in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure. The device 405 may be an example of aspects of a UE 115 as described herein. The device 405 may include a receiver 410, a transmitter 415, and a communications manager 420. The device 405, or one or more components of the device 405 (e.g., the receiver 410, the transmitter 415, the communications manager 420) , may include at least one processor, which may be coupled with at least one memory, to, individually or collectively, support or enable the described techniques. Each of these components may be in communication with one another (e.g., via one or more buses) .
[0106] The receiver 410 may provide a means for receiving information such as packets, user data, control information, or any combination thereof associated with various information channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, information channels related to antenna calibration via precoded sounding reference signaling) . Information may be passed on to other components of the device 405. The receiver 410 may utilize a single antenna or a set of multiple antennas.
[0107] The transmitter 415 may provide a means for transmitting signals generated by other components of the device 405. For example, the transmitter 415 may transmit information such as packets, user data, control information, or any combination thereof associated with various information channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, information channels related to antenna calibration via precoded sounding reference signaling) . In some examples, the transmitter 415 may be co-located with a receiver 410 in a transceiver module. The transmitter 415 may utilize a single antenna or a set of multiple antennas.
[0108] The communications manager 420, the receiver 410, the transmitter 415, or various combinations or components thereof may be examples of means for performing various aspects of antenna calibration via precoded sounding reference signaling as described herein. For example, the communications manager 420, the receiver 410, the transmitter 415, or various combinations or components thereof may be capable of performing one or more of the functions described herein.
[0109] In some examples, the communications manager 420, the receiver 410, the transmitter 415, or various combinations or components thereof may be implemented in hardware (e.g., in communications management circuitry) . The hardware may include at least one of a processor, a digital signal processor (DSP) , a central processing unit (CPU) , an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) , a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, a microcontroller, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof configured as or otherwise supporting, individually or collectively, a means for performing the functions described in the present disclosure. In some examples, at least one processor and at least one memory coupled with the at least one processor may be configured to perform one or more of the functions described herein (e.g., by one or more processors, individually or collectively, executing instructions stored in the at least one memory) .
[0110] Additionally, or alternatively, the communications manager 420, the receiver 410, the transmitter 415, or various combinations or components thereof may be implemented in code (e.g., as communications management software or firmware) executed by at least one processor (e.g., referred to as a processor-executable code) . If implemented in code executed by at least one processor, the functions of the communications manager 420, the receiver 410, the transmitter 415, or various combinations or components thereof may be performed by a general-purpose processor, a DSP, a CPU, an ASIC, an FPGA, a microcontroller, or any combination of these or other programmable logic devices (e.g., configured as or otherwise supporting, individually or collectively, a means for performing the functions described in the present disclosure) .
[0111] In some examples, the communications manager 420 may be configured to perform various operations (e.g., receiving, obtaining, monitoring, outputting, transmitting) using or otherwise in cooperation with the receiver 410, the transmitter 415, or both. For example, the communications manager 420 may receive information from the receiver 410, send information to the transmitter 415, or be integrated in combination with the receiver 410, the transmitter 415, or both to obtain information, output information, or perform various other operations as described herein.
[0112] The communications manager 420 may support wireless communications in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. For example, the communications manager 420 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for transmitting, by a first antenna port of a set of multiple antenna ports of the UE, a first SRS via a first time-frequency-code resource of a set of multiple time-frequency-code resources for communicating one or more SRSs, where the first SRS is precoded based on a first phase of a downlink reference signal received at the first antenna port. The communications manager 420 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for transmitting, by a second antenna port of the set of multiple antenna ports, a second SRS via a second time-frequency-code resource of the set of multiple time-frequency-code resources, where the second SRS is precoded based on a second phase of the downlink reference signal received at the second antenna port. The communications manager 420 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for receiving control information indicating a phase offset value associated with the first antenna port and the second antenna port, where the phase offset value is based on a difference between the first phase of the downlink reference signal received at the first antenna port and the second phase of the downlink reference signal received at the second antenna port.
[0113] By including or configuring the communications manager 420 in accordance with examples as described herein, the device 405 (e.g., at least one processor controlling or otherwise coupled with the receiver 410, the transmitter 415, the communications manager 420, or a combination thereof) may support techniques for antenna calibration via MRT-precoded SRS signaling, which may improve communications by the UE using multiple antenna ports.
[0114] FIG. 5 shows a block diagram 500 of a device 505 that supports antenna calibration via precoded sounding reference signaling in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure. The device 505 may be an example of aspects of a device 405 or a UE 115 as described herein. The device 505 may include a receiver 510, a transmitter 515, and a communications manager 520. The device 505, or one or more components of the device 505 (e.g., the receiver 510, the transmitter 515, the communications manager 520) , may include at least one processor, which may be coupled with at least one memory, to support the described techniques. Each of these components may be in communication with one another (e.g., via one or more buses) .
[0115] The receiver 510 may provide a means for receiving information such as packets, user data, control information, or any combination thereof associated with various information channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, information channels related to antenna calibration via precoded sounding reference signaling) . Information may be passed on to other components of the device 505. The receiver 510 may utilize a single antenna or a set of multiple antennas.
[0116] The transmitter 515 may provide a means for transmitting signals generated by other components of the device 505. For example, the transmitter 515 may transmit information such as packets, user data, control information, or any combination thereof associated with various information channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, information channels related to antenna calibration via precoded sounding reference signaling) . In some examples, the transmitter 515 may be co-located with a receiver 510 in a transceiver module. The transmitter 515 may utilize a single antenna or a set of multiple antennas.
[0117] The device 505, or various components thereof, may be an example of means for performing various aspects of antenna calibration via precoded sounding reference signaling as described herein. For example, the communications manager 520 may include a signal transmission component 525 a signal reception component 530, or any combination thereof. The communications manager 520 may be an example of aspects of a communications manager 420 as described herein. In some examples, the communications manager 520, or various components thereof, may be configured to perform various operations (e.g., receiving, obtaining, monitoring, outputting, transmitting) using or otherwise in cooperation with the receiver 510, the transmitter 515, or both. For example, the communications manager 520 may receive information from the receiver 510, send information to the transmitter 515, or be integrated in combination with the receiver 510, the transmitter 515, or both to obtain information, output information, or perform various other operations as described herein.
[0118] The communications manager 520 may support wireless communications in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. The signal transmission component 525 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for transmitting, by a first antenna port of a set of multiple antenna ports of the UE, a first SRS via a first time-frequency-code resource of a set of multiple time-frequency-code resources for communicating one or more SRSs, where the first SRS is precoded based on a first phase of a downlink reference signal received at the first antenna port. The signal transmission component 525 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for transmitting, by a second antenna port of the set of multiple antenna ports, a second SRS via a second time-frequency-code resource of the set of multiple time-frequency-code resources, where the second SRS is precoded based on a second phase of the downlink reference signal received at the second antenna port. The signal reception component 530 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for receiving control information indicating a phase offset value associated with the first antenna port and the second antenna port, where the phase offset value is based on a difference between the first phase of the downlink reference signal received at the first antenna port and the second phase of the downlink reference signal received at the second antenna port.
[0119] FIG. 6 shows a block diagram 600 of a communications manager 620 that supports antenna calibration via precoded sounding reference signaling in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure. The communications manager 620 may be an example of aspects of a communications manager 420, a communications manager 520, or both, as described herein. The communications manager 620, or various components thereof, may be an example of means for performing various aspects of antenna calibration via precoded sounding reference signaling as described herein. For example, the communications manager 620 may include a signal transmission component 625, a signal reception component 630, a signal generation component 635, an antenna management component 640, a communications component 645, or any combination thereof. Each of these components, or components or subcomponents thereof (e.g., one or more processors, one or more memories) , may communicate, directly or indirectly, with one another (e.g., via one or more buses) .
[0120] The communications manager 620 may support wireless communications in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. The signal transmission component 625 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for transmitting, by a first antenna port of a set of multiple antenna ports of the UE, a first SRS via a first time-frequency-code resource of a set of multiple time-frequency-code resources for communicating one or more SRSs, where the first SRS is precoded based on a first phase of a downlink reference signal received at the first antenna port. In some examples, the signal transmission component 625 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for transmitting, by a second antenna port of the set of multiple antenna ports, a second SRS via a second time-frequency-code resource of the set of multiple time-frequency-code resources, where the second SRS is precoded based on a second phase of the downlink reference signal received at the second antenna port. The signal reception component 630 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for receiving control information indicating a phase offset value associated with the first antenna port and the second antenna port, where the phase offset value is based on a difference between the first phase of the downlink reference signal received at the first antenna port and the second phase of the downlink reference signal received at the second antenna port.
[0121] In some examples, the control information indicates an amplitude offset value that is based on the first SRS and the second SRS.
[0122] In some examples, the control information indicates a timing offset that is based on a TAE between the first antenna port and the second antenna port. In some examples, the phase offset value is a wideband phase offset value or a sub-band phase offset value that is based on the timing offset.
[0123] In some examples, the signal transmission component 625 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for transmitting a capability report indicating a first quantity of transmit antenna ports of the set of multiple antenna ports and a second quantity of receive antenna ports of the set of multiple antenna ports, where a quantity of the set of multiple time-frequency-code resources is based on the first quantity of transmit antenna ports and the second quantity of receive antenna ports.
[0124] In some examples, the downlink reference signal includes a TRS or a CSI-RS.
[0125] In some examples, the signal generation component 635 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for precoding the first SRS in accordance with a phase conjugate of the first phase of the downlink reference signal at the first antenna port. In some examples, the signal generation component 635 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for precoding the second SRS in accordance with a phase conjugate of the second phase of the downlink reference signal at the second antenna port.
[0126] In some examples, the signal generation component 635 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for precoding the first SRS in accordance with an amplitude inverse of the downlink reference signal at the first antenna port. In some examples, the signal generation component 635 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for precoding the second SRS in accordance with an amplitude inverse of the downlink reference signal at the second antenna port.
[0127] In some examples, the antenna management component 640 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for performing a calibration procedure to calibrate the first antenna port and the second antenna port based on reception of the control information. In some examples, the communications component 645 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for communicating one or more signals using the first antenna port and the second antenna port based on the calibration procedure.
[0128] In some examples, the signal transmission component 625 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for transmitting a request for phase offset calibration, amplitude offset calibration, or both for one or more antenna ports of the set of multiple antenna ports of the UE; and. In some examples, the signal reception component 630 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for receiving, in response to the request, scheduling information indicating the set of multiple time-frequency-code resources for communicating the one or more SRSs, where transmitting the first SRS and the second SRS is based on the scheduling information.
[0129] FIG. 7 shows a diagram of a system 700 including a device 705 that supports antenna calibration via precoded sounding reference signaling in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure. The device 705 may be an example of or include components of a device 405, a device 505, or a UE 115 as described herein. The device 705 may communicate (e.g., wirelessly) with one or more other devices (e.g., network entities 105, UEs 115, or a combination thereof) . The device 705 may include components for bi-directional voice and data communications including components for transmitting and receiving communications, such as a communications manager 720, an input / output (I / O) controller, such as an I / O controller 710, a transceiver 715, one or more antennas 725, at least one memory 730, code 735, and at least one processor 740. These components may be in electronic communication or otherwise coupled (e.g., operatively, communicatively, functionally, electronically, electrically) via one or more buses (e.g., a bus 745) .
[0130] The I / O controller 710 may manage input and output signals for the device 705. The I / O controller 710 may also manage peripherals not integrated into the device 705. In some cases, the I / O controller 710 may represent a physical connection or port to an external peripheral. In some cases, the I / O controller 710 may utilize an operating system such as or another known operating system. Additionally, or alternatively, the I / O controller 710 may represent or interact with a modem, a keyboard, a mouse, a touchscreen, or a similar device. In some cases, the I / O controller 710 may be implemented as part of one or more processors, such as the at least one processor 740. In some cases, a user may interact with the device 705 via the I / O controller 710 or via hardware components controlled by the I / O controller 710.
[0131] In some cases, the device 705 may include a single antenna. However, in some other cases, the device 705 may have more than one antenna, which may be capable of concurrently transmitting or receiving multiple wireless transmissions. The transceiver 715 may communicate bi-directionally via the one or more antennas 725 using wired or wireless links as described herein. For example, the transceiver 715 may represent a wireless transceiver and may communicate bi-directionally with another wireless transceiver. The transceiver 715 may also include a modem to modulate the packets, to provide the modulated packets to one or more antennas 725 for transmission, and to demodulate packets received from the one or more antennas 725. The transceiver 715, or the transceiver 715 and one or more antennas 725, may be an example of a transmitter 415, a transmitter 515, a receiver 410, a receiver 510, or any combination thereof or component thereof, as described herein.
[0132] The at least one memory 730 may include random access memory (RAM) and read-only memory (ROM) . The at least one memory 730 may store computer-readable, computer-executable, or processor-executable code, such as the code 735. The code 735 may include instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor 740, cause the device 705 to perform various functions described herein. The code 735 may be stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium such as system memory or another type of memory. In some cases, the code 735 may not be directly executable by the at least one processor 740 but may cause a computer (e.g., when compiled and executed) to perform functions described herein. In some cases, the at least one memory 730 may include, among other things, a basic I / O system (BIOS) which may control basic hardware or software operation such as the interaction with peripheral components or devices.
[0133] The at least one processor 740 may include one or more intelligent hardware devices (e.g., one or more general-purpose processors, one or more DSPs, one or more CPUs, one or more graphics processing units (GPUs) , one or more neural processing units (NPUs) (also referred to as neural network processors or deep learning processors (DLPs) ) , one or more microcontrollers, one or more ASICs, one or more FPGAs, one or more programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic, one or more discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof) . In some cases, the at least one processor 740 may be configured to operate a memory array using a memory controller. In some other cases, a memory controller may be integrated into the at least one processor 740. The at least one processor 740 may be configured to execute computer-readable instructions stored in a memory (e.g., the at least one memory 730) to cause the device 705 to perform various functions (e.g., functions or tasks supporting antenna calibration via precoded sounding reference signaling) . For example, the device 705 or a component of the device 705 may include at least one processor 740 and at least one memory 730 coupled with or to the at least one processor 740, the at least one processor 740 and the at least one memory 730 configured to perform various functions described herein.
[0134] In some examples, the at least one processor 740 may include multiple processors and the at least one memory 730 may include multiple memories. One or more of the multiple processors may be coupled with one or more of the multiple memories, which may, individually or collectively, be configured to perform various functions described herein. In some examples, the at least one processor 740 may be a component of a processing system, which may refer to a system (such as a series) of machines, circuitry (including, for example, one or both of processor circuitry (which may include the at least one processor 740) and memory circuitry (which may include the at least one memory 730) ) , or components, that receives or obtains inputs and processes the inputs to produce, generate, or obtain a set of outputs. The processing system may be configured to perform one or more of the functions described herein. For example, the at least one processor 740 or a processing system including the at least one processor 740 may be configured to, configurable to, or operable to cause the device 705 to perform one or more of the functions described herein. Further, as described herein, being “configured to, ” being “configurable to, ” and being “operable to” may be used interchangeably and may be associated with a capability, when executing code 735 (e.g., processor-executable code) stored in the at least one memory 730 or otherwise, to perform one or more of the functions described herein.
[0135] The communications manager 720 may support wireless communications in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. For example, the communications manager 720 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for transmitting, by a first antenna port of a set of multiple antenna ports of the UE, a first SRS via a first time-frequency-code resource of a set of multiple time-frequency-code resources for communicating one or more SRSs, where the first SRS is precoded based on a first phase of a downlink reference signal received at the first antenna port. The communications manager 720 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for transmitting, by a second antenna port of the set of multiple antenna ports, a second SRS via a second time-frequency-code resource of the set of multiple time-frequency-code resources, where the second SRS is precoded based on a second phase of the downlink reference signal received at the second antenna port. The communications manager 720 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for receiving control information indicating a phase offset value associated with the first antenna port and the second antenna port, where the phase offset value is based on a difference between the first phase of the downlink reference signal received at the first antenna port and the second phase of the downlink reference signal received at the second antenna port.
[0136] By including or configuring the communications manager 720 in accordance with examples as described herein, the device 705 may support techniques for antenna calibration via MRT-precoded SRS signaling, which may improve communications by the UE using multiple antenna ports.
[0137] In some examples, the communications manager 720 may be configured to perform various operations (e.g., receiving, monitoring, transmitting) using or otherwise in cooperation with the transceiver 715, the one or more antennas 725, or any combination thereof. Although the communications manager 720 is illustrated as a separate component, in some examples, one or more functions described with reference to the communications manager 720 may be supported by or performed by the at least one processor 740, the at least one memory 730, the code 735, or any combination thereof. For example, the code 735 may include instructions executable by the at least one processor 740 to cause the device 705 to perform various aspects of antenna calibration via precoded sounding reference signaling as described herein, or the at least one processor 740 and the at least one memory 730 may be otherwise configured to, individually or collectively, perform or support such operations.
[0138] FIG. 8 shows a flowchart illustrating a method 800 that supports antenna calibration via precoded sounding reference signaling in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure. The operations of the method 800 may be implemented by a UE or its components as described herein. For example, the operations of the method 800 may be performed by a UE 115 as described with reference to FIGs. 1 through 7. In some examples, a UE may execute a set of instructions to control the functional elements of the UE to perform the described functions. Additionally, or alternatively, the UE may perform aspects of the described functions using special-purpose hardware.
[0139] At 805, the method may include transmitting, by a first antenna port of a set of multiple antenna ports of the UE, a first SRS via a first time-frequency-code resource of a set of multiple time-frequency-code resources for communicating one or more SRSs, where the first SRS is precoded based on a first phase of a downlink reference signal received at the first antenna port. The operations of 805 may be performed in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operations of 805 may be performed by a signal transmission component 625 as described with reference to FIG. 6.
[0140] At 810, the method may include transmitting, by a second antenna port of the set of multiple antenna ports, a second SRS via a second time-frequency-code resource of the set of multiple time-frequency-code resources, where the second SRS is precoded based on a second phase of the downlink reference signal received at the second antenna port. The operations of 810 may be performed in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operations of 810 may be performed by a signal transmission component 625 as described with reference to FIG. 6.
[0141] At 815, the method may include receiving control information indicating a phase offset value associated with the first antenna port and the second antenna port, where the phase offset value is based on a difference between the first phase of the downlink reference signal received at the first antenna port and the second phase of the downlink reference signal received at the second antenna port. The operations of 815 may be performed in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. In some examples, aspects of the operations of 815 may be performed by a signal reception component 630 as described with reference to FIG. 6.
[0142] The following provides an overview of aspects of the present disclosure:
[0143] Aspect 1: A method for wireless communications at a UE, comprising: transmitting, by a first antenna port of a plurality of antenna ports of the UE, a first SRS via a first time-frequency-code resource of a plurality of time-frequency-code resources for communicating one or more SRSs, wherein the first SRS is precoded based at least in part on a first phase of a downlink reference signal received at the first antenna port; transmitting, by a second antenna port of the plurality of antenna ports, a second SRS via a second time-frequency-code resource of the plurality of time-frequency-code resources, wherein the second SRS is precoded based at least in part on a second phase of the downlink reference signal received at the second antenna port; and receiving control information indicating a phase offset value associated with the first antenna port and the second antenna port, wherein the phase offset value is based at least in part on a difference between the first phase of the downlink reference signal received at the first antenna port and the second phase of the downlink reference signal received at the second antenna port.
[0144] Aspect 2: The method of aspect 1, wherein the control information indicates an amplitude offset value that is based at least in part on the first SRS and the second SRS.
[0145] Aspect 3: The method of any of aspects 1 through 2, wherein the control information indicates a timing offset that is based on a TAE between the first antenna port and the second antenna port, and the phase offset value is a wideband phase offset value or a sub-band phase offset value that is based at least in part on the timing offset.
[0146] Aspect 4: The method of any of aspects 1 through 3, further comprising: transmitting a capability report indicating a first quantity of transmit antenna ports of the plurality of antenna ports and a second quantity of receive antenna ports of the plurality of antenna ports, wherein a quantity of the plurality of time-frequency-code resources is based on the first quantity of transmit antenna ports and the second quantity of receive antenna ports.
[0147] Aspect 5: The method of any of aspects 1 through 4, wherein the downlink reference signal comprises a TRS or a CSI-RS.
[0148] Aspect 6: The method of any of aspects 1 through 5, further comprising: precoding the first SRS in accordance with a phase conjugate of the first phase of the downlink reference signal at the first antenna port; and precoding the second SRS in accordance with a phase conjugate of the second phase of the downlink reference signal at the second antenna port.
[0149] Aspect 7: The method of aspect 6, further comprising: precoding the first SRS in accordance with an amplitude inverse of the downlink reference signal at the first antenna port; and precoding the second SRS in accordance with an amplitude inverse of the downlink reference signal at the second antenna port.
[0150] Aspect 8: The method of any of aspects 1 through 7, further comprising: performing a calibration procedure to calibrate the first antenna port and the second antenna port based at least in part on reception of the control information; and communicating one or more signals using the first antenna port and the second antenna port based at least in part on the calibration procedure.
[0151] Aspect 9: The method of any of aspects 1 through 8, further comprising: transmitting a request for phase offset calibration, amplitude offset calibration, or both for one or more antenna ports of the plurality of antenna ports of the UE; and receiving, in response to the request, scheduling information indicating the plurality of time-frequency-code resources for communicating the one or more SRSs, wherein transmitting the first SRS and the second SRS is based at least in part on the scheduling information.
[0152] Aspect 10: A UE for wireless communications, comprising one or more memories storing processor-executable code, and one or more processors coupled with the one or more memories and individually or collectively operable to execute the code to cause the UE to perform a method of any of aspects 1 through 9.
[0153] Aspect 11: A UE for wireless communications, comprising at least one means for performing a method of any of aspects 1 through 9.
[0154] Aspect 12: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communications, the code comprising instructions executable by one or more processors to perform a method of any of aspects 1 through 9.
[0155] It should be noted that the methods described herein describe possible implementations. The operations and the steps may be rearranged or otherwise modified and other implementations are possible. Further, aspects from two or more of the methods may be combined.
[0156] Although aspects of an LTE, LTE-A, LTE-A Pro, or NR system may be described for purposes of example, and LTE, LTE-A, LTE-A Pro, or NR terminology may be used in much of the description, the techniques described herein are applicable beyond LTE, LTE-A, LTE-A Pro, or NR networks. For example, the described techniques may be applicable to various other wireless communications systems such as Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB) , Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 (Wi-Fi) , IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX) , IEEE 802.20, Flash-OFDM, as well as other systems and radio technologies not explicitly mentioned herein.
[0157] Information and signals described herein may be represented using any of a variety of different technologies and techniques. For example, data, instructions, commands, information, signals, bits, symbols, and chips that may be referenced throughout the description may be represented by voltages, currents, electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or particles, optical fields or particles, or any combination thereof.
[0158] The various illustrative blocks and components described in connection with the disclosure herein may be implemented or performed using a general-purpose processor, a DSP, an ASIC, a CPU, a graphics processing unit (GPU) , a neural processing unit (NPU) , an FPGA or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof designed to perform the functions described herein. A general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor but, in the alternative, the processor may be any processor, controller, microcontroller, or state machine. A processor may also be implemented as a combination of computing devices (e.g., a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, multiple microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in conjunction with a DSP core, or any other such configuration) . Any functions or operations described herein as being capable of being performed by a processor may be performed by multiple processors that, individually or collectively, are capable of performing the described functions or operations.
[0159] The functions described herein may be implemented using hardware, software executed by a processor, firmware, or any combination thereof. If implemented using software executed by a processor, the functions may be stored as or transmitted using one or more instructions or code of a computer-readable medium. Other examples and implementations are within the scope of the disclosure and appended claims. For example, due to the nature of software, functions described herein may be implemented using software executed by a processor, hardware, firmware, hardwiring, or combinations of any of these. Features implementing functions may also be physically located at various positions, including being distributed such that portions of functions are implemented at different physical locations.
[0160] Computer-readable media includes both non-transitory computer storage media and communication media including any medium that facilitates transfer of a computer program from one location to another. A non-transitory storage medium may be any available medium that may be accessed by a general-purpose or special-purpose computer. By way of example, and not limitation, non-transitory computer-readable media may include RAM, ROM, electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM) , flash memory, compact disk (CD) ROM or other optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other non-transitory medium that may be used to carry or store desired program code means in the form of instructions or data structures and that may be accessed by a general-purpose or special-purpose computer or a general-purpose or special-purpose processor. Also, any connection is properly termed a computer-readable medium. For example, if the software is transmitted from a website, server, or other remote source using a coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, digital subscriber line (DSL) , or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave, then the coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, DSL, or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave are included in the definition of computer-readable medium. Disk and disc, as used herein, include CD, laser disc, optical disc, digital versatile disc (DVD) , floppy disk, and Blu-ray disc. Disks may reproduce data magnetically, and discs may reproduce data optically using lasers. Combinations of the above are also included within the scope of computer-readable media. Any functions or operations described herein as being capable of being performed by a memory may be performed by multiple memories that, individually or collectively, are capable of performing the described functions or operations.
[0161] As used herein, including in the claims, “or” as used in a list of items (e.g., a list of items prefaced by a phrase such as “at least one of” or “one or more of” ) indicates an inclusive list such that, for example, a list of at least one of A, B, or C means A or B or C or AB or AC or BC or ABC (i.e., A and B and C) . Also, as used herein, the phrase “based on” shall not be construed as a reference to a closed set of conditions. For example, an example step that is described as “based on condition A” may be based on both a condition A and a condition B without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. In other words, as used herein, the phrase “based on” shall be construed in the same manner as the phrase “based at least in part on. ”
[0162] As used herein, including in the claims, the article “a” before a noun is open-ended and understood to refer to “at least one” of those nouns or “one or more” of those nouns. Thus, the terms “a, ” “at least one, ” “one or more, ” and “at least one of one or more” may be interchangeable. For example, if a claim recites “acomponent” that performs one or more functions, each of the individual functions may be performed by a single component or by any combination of multiple components. Thus, the term “a component” having characteristics or performing functions may refer to “at least one of one or more components” having a particular characteristic or performing a particular function. Subsequent reference to a component introduced with the article “a” using the terms “the” or “said” may refer to any or all of the one or more components. For example, a component introduced with the article “a” may be understood to mean “one or more components, ” and referring to “the component” subsequently in the claims may be understood to be equivalent to referring to “at least one of the one or more components. ” Similarly, subsequent reference to a component introduced as “one or more components” using the terms “the” or “said” may refer to any or all of the one or more components. For example, referring to “the one or more components” subsequently in the claims may be understood to be equivalent to referring to “at least one of the one or more components. ”
[0163] The term “determine” or “determining” encompasses a variety of actions and, therefore, “determining” can include calculating, computing, processing, deriving, investigating, looking up (such as via looking up in a table, a database, or another data structure) , ascertaining, and the like. Also, “determining” can include receiving (e.g., receiving information) , accessing (e.g., accessing data stored in memory) , and the like. Also, “determining” can include resolving, obtaining, selecting, choosing, establishing, and other such similar actions.
[0164] In the appended figures, similar components or features may have the same reference label. Further, various components of the same type may be distinguished by following the reference label by a dash and a second label that distinguishes among the similar components. If just the first reference label is used in the specification, the description is applicable to any one of the similar components having the same first reference label irrespective of the second reference label or other subsequent reference label.
[0165] The description set forth herein, in connection with the appended drawings, describes example configurations and does not represent all the examples that may be implemented or that are within the scope of the claims. The term “example” used herein means “serving as an example, instance, or illustration” and not “preferred” or “advantageous over other examples. ” The detailed description includes specific details for the purpose of providing an understanding of the described techniques. These techniques, however, may be practiced without these specific details. In some figures, known structures and devices are shown in block diagram form in order to avoid obscuring the concepts of the described examples.
[0166] The description herein is provided to enable a person having ordinary skill in the art to make or use the disclosure. Various modifications to the disclosure will be apparent to a person having ordinary skill in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other variations without departing from the scope of the disclosure. Thus, the disclosure is not limited to the examples and designs described herein but is to be accorded the broadest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.
Claims
1.A user equipment (UE) , comprising:one or more memories storing processor-executable code; andone or more processors coupled with the one or more memories and individually or collectively operable to execute the code to cause the UE to:transmit, by a first antenna port of a plurality of antenna ports of the UE, a first sounding reference signal via a first time-frequency-code resource of a plurality of time-frequency-code resources for communicating one or more sounding reference signals, wherein the first sounding reference signal is precoded based at least in part on a first phase of a downlink reference signal received at the first antenna port;transmit, by a second antenna port of the plurality of antenna ports, a second sounding reference signal via a second time-frequency-code resource of the plurality of time-frequency-code resources, wherein the second sounding reference signal is precoded based at least in part on a second phase of the downlink reference signal received at the second antenna port; andreceive control information indicating a phase offset value associated with the first antenna port and the second antenna port, wherein the phase offset value is based at least in part on a difference between the first phase of the downlink reference signal received at the first antenna port and the second phase of the downlink reference signal received at the second antenna port.2.The UE of claim 1, wherein the control information indicates an amplitude offset value that is based at least in part on the first sounding reference signal and the second sounding reference signal.3.The UE of claim 1, wherein the control information indicates a timing offset that is based on a timing alignment error between the first antenna port and the second antenna port, and wherein the phase offset value is a wideband phase offset value or a sub-band phase offset value that is based at least in part on the timing offset.4.The UE of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the UE to:transmit a capability report indicating a first quantity of transmit antenna ports of the plurality of antenna ports and a second quantity of receive antenna ports of the plurality of antenna ports, wherein a quantity of the plurality of time-frequency-code resources is based on the first quantity of transmit antenna ports and the second quantity of receive antenna ports.5.The UE of claim 1, wherein the downlink reference signal comprises a tracking reference signal or a channel state information reference signal.6.The UE of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the UE to:precode the first sounding reference signal in accordance with a phase conjugate of the first phase of the downlink reference signal at the first antenna port; andprecode the second sounding reference signal in accordance with a phase conjugate of the second phase of the downlink reference signal at the second antenna port.7.The UE of claim 6, wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the UE to:precode the first sounding reference signal in accordance with an amplitude inverse of the downlink reference signal at the first antenna port; andprecode the second sounding reference signal in accordance with an amplitude inverse of the downlink reference signal at the second antenna port.8.The UE of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the UE to:perform a calibration procedure to calibrate the first antenna port and the second antenna port based at least in part on reception of the control information; andcommunicate one or more signals using the first antenna port and the second antenna port based at least in part on the calibration procedure.9.The UE of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the UE to:transmit a request for phase offset calibration, amplitude offset calibration, or both for one or more antenna ports of the plurality of antenna ports of the UE; andreceive, in response to the request, scheduling information indicating the plurality of time-frequency-code resources for communicating the one or more sounding reference signals, wherein transmitting the first sounding reference signal and the second sounding reference signal is based at least in part on the scheduling information.10.A method for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE) , comprising:transmitting, by a first antenna port of a plurality of antenna ports of the UE, a first sounding reference signal via a first time-frequency-code resource of a plurality of time-frequency-code resources for communicating one or more sounding reference signals, wherein the first sounding reference signal is precoded based at least in part on a first phase of a downlink reference signal received at the first antenna port;transmitting, by a second antenna port of the plurality of antenna ports, a second sounding reference signal via a second time-frequency-code resource of the plurality of time-frequency-code resources, wherein the second sounding reference signal is precoded based at least in part on a second phase of the downlink reference signal received at the second antenna port; andreceiving control information indicating a phase offset value associated with the first antenna port and the second antenna port, wherein the phase offset value is based at least in part on a difference between the first phase of the downlink reference signal received at the first antenna port and the second phase of the downlink reference signal received at the second antenna port.11.The method of claim 10, wherein the control information indicates an amplitude offset value that is based at least in part on the first sounding reference signal and the second sounding reference signal.12.The method of claim 10, wherein the control information indicates a timing offset that is based on a timing alignment error between the first antenna port and the second antenna port, and wherein the phase offset value is a wideband phase offset value or a sub-band phase offset value that is based at least in part on the timing offset.13.The method of claim 10, further comprising:transmitting a capability report indicating a first quantity of transmit antenna ports of the plurality of antenna ports and a second quantity of receive antenna ports of the plurality of antenna ports, wherein a quantity of the plurality of time-frequency-code resources is based on the first quantity of transmit antenna ports and the second quantity of receive antenna ports.14.The method of claim 10, wherein the downlink reference signal comprises a tracking reference signal or a channel state information reference signal.15.The method of claim 10, further comprising:precoding the first sounding reference signal in accordance with a phase conjugate of the first phase of the downlink reference signal at the first antenna port; andprecoding the second sounding reference signal in accordance with a phase conjugate of the second phase of the downlink reference signal at the second antenna port.16.The method of claim 15, further comprising:precoding the first sounding reference signal in accordance with an amplitude inverse of the downlink reference signal at the first antenna port; andprecoding the second sounding reference signal in accordance with an amplitude inverse of the downlink reference signal at the second antenna port.17.The method of claim 10, further comprising:performing a calibration procedure to calibrate the first antenna port and the second antenna port based at least in part on reception of the control information; andcommunicating one or more signals using the first antenna port and the second antenna port based at least in part on the calibration procedure.18.The method of claim 10, further comprising:transmitting a request for phase offset calibration, amplitude offset calibration, or both for one or more antenna ports of the plurality of antenna ports of the UE; andreceiving, in response to the request, scheduling information indicating the plurality of time-frequency-code resources for communicating the one or more sounding reference signals, wherein transmitting the first sounding reference signal and the second sounding reference signal is based at least in part on the scheduling information.19.A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communications, the code comprising instructions executable by one or more processors to:transmit, by a first antenna port of a plurality of antenna ports of a user equipment (UE) , a first sounding reference signal via a first time-frequency-code resource of a plurality of time-frequency-code resources for communicating one or more sounding reference signals, wherein the first sounding reference signal is precoded based at least in part on a first phase of a downlink reference signal received at the first antenna port;transmit, by a second antenna port of the plurality of antenna ports, a second sounding reference signal via a second time-frequency-code resource of the plurality of time-frequency-code resources, wherein the second sounding reference signal is precoded based at least in part on a second phase of the downlink reference signal received at the second antenna port; andreceive control information indicating a phase offset value associated with the first antenna port and the second antenna port, wherein the phase offset value is based at least in part on a difference between the first phase of the downlink reference signal received at the first antenna port and the second phase of the downlink reference signal received at the second antenna port.20.The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the control information indicates an amplitude offset value that is based at least in part on the first sounding reference signal and the second sounding reference signal.
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