Sensing window-based sensing method and device in 6g

Abstract

Disclosed are a method and device for sensing window-based sensing in 6G in a wireless communication system. The method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises the steps in which: a first device acquires sensing measurement window configuration information; and the first device measures or transmits a sensing reference signal within a sensing measurement window on the basis of the sensing measurement window configuration information, wherein the sensing reference signal includes a signal for sensing related to a target sensing area.

Description

Sensing window-based sensing method and device in 6G

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

[0002] 5G NR is a successor technology to LTE (long term evolution) and is a new clean-slate type mobile communication system with characteristics such as high performance, low latency, and high availability. 5G NR can utilize all available spectrum resources, ranging from low frequency bands below 1 GHz to mid-frequency bands from 1 GHz to 10 GHz, and high frequency (millimeter wave) bands above 24 GHz.

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

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

[0005] According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method may be provided. For example, the method may include at least one of: a first device acquiring sensing measurement window setting information; and / or the first device performing a measurement or transmission of a sensing reference signal within a sensing measurement window based on the sensing measurement window setting information. For example, the sensing reference signal may be a signal for sensing associated with a target sensing area.

[0006] According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a first device may be provided. For example, the first device may include at least one transceiver; at least one processor; and at least one memory connected to the at least one processor and storing instructions. For example, the instructions may cause the first device to perform an operation based on execution by the at least one processor. For example, the operation may include at least one of: obtaining sensing measurement window setting information; and / or performing measurement or transmission of a sensing reference signal within a sensing measurement window based on the sensing measurement window setting information. For example, the sensing reference signal may be a signal for sensing associated with a target sensing area.

[0007] According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a processing device may be provided. For example, the processing device may include at least one processor; and at least one memory connected to the at least one processor and storing instructions. For example, the instructions may cause a first device to perform an operation based on execution by the at least one processor. For example, the operation may include at least one of: obtaining sensing measurement window setting information; and / or performing a measurement or transmission of a sensing reference signal within a sensing measurement window based on the sensing measurement window setting information. For example, the sensing reference signal may be a signal for sensing related to a target sensing area.

[0008] According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a non-transient computer-readable storage medium recording instructions may be provided. For example, the instructions may cause a first device to perform an operation based on execution. For example, the operation may include at least one of: obtaining sensing measurement window setting information; and / or performing a measurement or transmission of a sensing reference signal within a sensing measurement window based on the sensing measurement window setting information. For example, the sensing reference signal may be a signal for sensing related to a target sensing area.

[0009] FIG. 1 illustrates a communication procedure between devices according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0010] FIG. 2 shows a radio protocol architecture according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0011] FIG. 3 shows the structure of a wireless frame according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0012] FIG. 4 shows a slot structure of a frame according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0013] FIG. 5 shows an example of a BWP according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0014] FIG. 6 shows a communication structure that can be provided in a 6G system according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0015] FIG. 7 illustrates an example of a communication scenario based on a 6G system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0016] FIG. 8 shows an example of a sensing operation according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0017] FIG. 9 illustrates a procedure for performing measurement or transmission of a sensing reference signal based on a sensing measurement window setting according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0018] FIG. 10 illustrates a procedure performed by a first device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0019] FIG. 11 illustrates a procedure performed by a second device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0020] FIG. 12 shows a communication system (1) according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0021] FIG. 13 shows a wireless device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0022] FIG. 14 shows a signal processing circuit for a transmission signal according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0023] FIG. 15 shows a wireless device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0024] FIG. 16 shows a portable device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0025] In the present disclosure, "A or B" may mean "only A," "only B," or "both A and B." Alternatively, in the present disclosure, "A or B" may be interpreted as "A and / or B." For example, in the present disclosure, "A, B or C" may mean "only A," "only B," "only C," or "any combination of A, B and C."

[0026] A slash ( / ) or a comma used in the present disclosure may mean "and / or." For example, "A / B" may mean "A and / or B." Accordingly, "A / B" may mean "only A," "only B," or "both A and B." For example, "A, B, C" may mean "A, B or C."

[0027] In the present disclosure, "at least one of A and B" may mean "only A," "only B," or "both A and B." Additionally, in the present disclosure, the expressions "at least one of A or B" or "at least one of A and / or B" may be interpreted as synonymous with "at least one of A and B."

[0028] Additionally, in the present disclosure, "at least one of A, B and C" may mean "only A," "only B," "only C," or "any combination of A, B and C." Additionally, "at least one of A, B or C" or "at least one of A, B and / or C" may mean "at least one of A, B and C."

[0029] Additionally, parentheses used in the present disclosure may mean "for example." Specifically, when indicated as "control information (PDCCH)," "PDCCH" may be proposed as an example of "control information." In other words, the "control information" of the present disclosure is not limited to "PDCCH," and "PDCCH" may be proposed as an example of "control information." Furthermore, even when indicated as "control information (i.e., PDCCH)," "PDCCH" may be proposed as an example of "control information."

[0030] In the following explanation, 'when, if, in case of' can be replaced with 'based on'.

[0031] Technical features described individually within one drawing in this disclosure may be implemented individually or simultaneously.

[0032] In the present disclosure, a higher layer parameter may be a parameter that is set for the terminal, pre-set, or pre-defined. For example, a base station or a network may transmit the higher layer parameter to the terminal. For example, the higher layer parameter may be transmitted via radio resource control (RRC) signaling or medium access control (MAC) signaling.

[0033] In the present disclosure, "configured or defined" may be interpreted as being configured or pre-configured to a device through pre-defined signaling from a base station or network (e.g., SIB, MAC, RRC, DCI (downlink control information), etc.). In the present disclosure, "configured or defined" may be interpreted as being configured or pre-configured to a device through pre-defined signaling from another device (e.g., MAC, RRC, SCI (sidelink control information), control information signaled between devices, etc.). In the present disclosure, "configured or defined" may be interpreted as being pre-configured to a device.

[0034] In the present disclosure, user equipment (UE) may refer to a device, a portable device, a wireless device, etc. In the present disclosure, a base station (BS) may refer to a radio access network (RAN) node, a non-terrestrial network (NTN) cell / node, a transmission reception point (TRP), a network, an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node, a device, a portable device, a wireless device, etc.

[0035] The technology proposed in this disclosure can be used in various wireless communication systems such as CDMA (code division multiple access), FDMA (frequency division multiple access), TDMA (time division multiple access), OFDMA (orthogonal frequency division multiple access), and SC-FDMA (single carrier frequency division multiple access). CDMA can be implemented with wireless technologies such as UTRA (universal terrestrial radio access) or CDMA2000. TDMA can be implemented with wireless technologies such as GSM (global system for mobile communications), GPRS (general packet radio service), and EDGE (enhanced data rates for GSM evolution). OFDMA can be implemented with wireless technologies such as IEEE (institute of electrical and electronics engineers) 802.11 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), IEEE 802-20, E-UTRA (evolved UTRA), LTE (long term evolution), and 5G NR.

[0036] The technology proposed in this disclosure can be implemented as 6G wireless technology and can be applied to various 6G systems. For example, 6G systems may have key factors such as eMBB (enhanced mobile broadband), URLLC (ultra-reliable low latency communications), mMTC (massive machine-type communication), AI (artificial intelligence) integrated communication, tactile internet, high throughput, high network capacity, high energy efficiency, low backhaul and access network congestion, and enhanced data security.

[0037] FIG. 1 illustrates a communication procedure between devices according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 1 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure, and some descriptions, functions, procedures, suggestions, methods, and / or operations of the embodiments may be omitted.

[0038] Referring to FIG. 1, in step S101, the first device and the second device can perform synchronization. For example, the first device may be a terminal and / or at least one of the devices proposed in the present disclosure. For example, the second device may be a base station, a network, a RAN node, an NTN node / cell, a TRP, a terminal and / or at least one of the devices proposed in the present disclosure. For example, the first device may perform an initial cell search operation. For example, the first device may detect at least one synchronization signal transmitted according to a rule predefined by the second device. Here, for example, the synchronization signal may include a plurality of synchronization signals (e.g., primary synchronization signal, secondary synchronization signal, etc.) classified according to structure or use. Through this, the first device can identify the boundaries of the frame, subframe, time unit, slot, and / or symbol of the second device, and the first device can obtain information about the second device (e.g., cell identifier).

[0039] In step S103, the first device may obtain system information transmitted by the second device. For example, the system information may include information related to the attributes, characteristics, and / or capabilities of the second device that are necessary to connect to the second device and use the service. For example, the system information may be classified according to content (e.g., whether it is essential for connection), transmission structure (e.g., the channel used, whether it is provided on-demand), etc. For example, the system information may be classified into a master information block (MIB) and a system information block (SIB). For example, if necessary, the first device may transmit a signal requesting the system information prior to receiving the system information. For example, the request and provision of the system information may be performed after a random access procedure described later.

[0040] In step S105, the first device and the second device may perform a random access procedure. For example, the first device may transmit and / or receive at least one message for the random access procedure (e.g., random access preamble, random access response message, etc.) based on information related to the random access channel of the second device obtained through system information (e.g., channel location, channel structure, structure of supported preamble, etc.). For example, the first device may transmit a preamble (e.g., Msg1) through the random access channel, and the first device may receive a random access response message (e.g., Msg2). The first device may transmit a message (e.g., Msg3) containing information related to the first device (e.g., identification information) to the second device using scheduling information included in the random access response message, and the first device may receive a message (e.g., Msg4) for contention resolution and / or connection establishment. For example, Msg1 and Msg3 can be transmitted and received as a single message (e.g., MsgA), and / or Msg2 and Msg4 can be transmitted and received as a single message (e.g., MsgB).

[0041] In step S107, the first device and the second device may perform signaling of control information. Here, for example, the control information may be defined in various layers, such as a layer controlling the connection (e.g., a radio resource control (RRC) layer), a layer handling mapping between a logical channel and a transmission channel (e.g., a media access control (MAC) layer), and a layer handling a physical channel (e.g., a physical (PHY) layer). For example, the first device and the second device may perform at least one of signaling to establish a connection, signaling to determine settings related to communication, and / or signaling to indicate allocated resources. For example, the control information may be signaled / transmitted through a control channel. For example, the control information and / or the control channel may be used to schedule at least one of data, a data channel (e.g., a shared channel), and / or control information on the data channel.

[0042] In step S109, the first device and the second device may transmit and / or receive data. For example, the first device and the second device may process data based on signaling of control information and transmit and / or receive it. For example, when transmitting data, the first device or the second device may perform at least one of channel encoding, rate matching, scrambling, constellation mapping, layer mapping, waveform modulation, antenna mapping, and / or resource mapping on the information bits. For example, when receiving data, the first device or the second device may perform at least one of signal extraction from resources, antenna-specific waveform demodulation, signal placement considering layer mapping, constellation demapping, descrambling, and / or channel decoding.

[0043] For example, the layers of the radio interface protocol between the first device and the second device can be classified into L1 (layer 1), L2 (layer 2), L3 (layer 3), etc. For example, the physical layer belonging to layer 1 can provide an information transfer service using a physical channel, and the radio resource control (RRC) layer located at layer 3 can perform the role of controlling radio resources between the first device and the second device. To this end, for example, the RRC layer can exchange RRC messages between the first device and the second device.

[0044] FIG. 2 illustrates a radio protocol architecture according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 2 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure, and some descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and / or operations of said embodiment may be omitted. For example, FIG. 2(a) may represent a radio protocol stack in the user plane for uplink communication or downlink communication, and FIG. 2(b) may represent a radio protocol stack in the control plane for uplink communication or downlink communication. For example, FIG. 2(c) may represent a radio protocol stack in the user plane for device-to-device communication, and FIG. 2(d) may represent a radio protocol stack in the control plane for device-to-device communication.

[0045] For example, the physical layer can provide information transmission services to upper layers using a physical channel. For example, the physical layer can be connected to the upper layer, the MAC (medium access control) layer, through a transport channel. For example, data can be transmitted between the MAC layer and the physical layer through a transport channel. For example, transport channels can be classified according to how and with what characteristics data is transmitted through a wireless interface. For example, data can be transmitted through a physical channel between different physical layers, e.g., between the physical layers of a first device and a second device. For example, the physical channel can be modulated using the OFDM (orthogonal frequency division multiplexing) method, and time and frequency can be utilized as wireless resources.

[0046] For example, the MAC layer can provide services to the upper layer, the RLC (radio link control) layer, through logical channels. For example, the MAC layer can provide mapping functions from multiple logical channels to multiple transmission channels. For example, the MAC layer can provide logical channel multiplexing functions through mapping from multiple logical channels to a single transmission channel. For example, the MAC sublayer can provide data transmission services over logical channels.

[0047] For example, the RLC layer can perform concatenation, segmentation, and reassembly of RLC service data units (SDUs). For example, to guarantee various quality of service (QoS) required by a radio bearer (RB), the RLC layer can provide three modes of operation: transparent mode (TM), unacknowledged mode (UM), and acknowledged mode (AM). For example, AM RLC can provide error correction through automatic repeat requests (ARQ).

[0048] For example, the RRC (radio resource control) layer may be defined only in the control plane. For example, the RRC layer may be responsible for controlling logical channels, transmission channels, and physical channels in relation to the configuration, reconfiguration, and release of radio bearers. For example, RB may refer to a logical path provided by the first layer (e.g., physical layer) and the second layer (e.g., MAC layer, RLC layer, PDCP (packet data convergence protocol) layer, SDAP (service data adaptation protocol) layer, etc.) for data transfer between a first device and a second device.

[0049] For example, the functions of the PDCP layer in the user plane may include the delivery of user data, header compression, and ciphering. For example, the functions of the PDCP layer in the control plane may include the delivery of control plane data and encryption / integrity protection.

[0050] For example, the establishment of an RB can mean the process of defining the characteristics of the wireless protocol layer and channel to provide specific services, and setting each specific parameter and method of operation. For example, an RB can be divided into two types: an SRB (signaling radio bearer) and a DRB (data radio bearer). For example, an SRB can be used as a channel to transmit RRC messages in the control plane, and a DRB can be used as a channel to transmit user data in the user plane.

[0051] For example, a downlink transmission channel may include at least one of a broadcast channel (BCH) that transmits system information and / or a shared channel (SCH) that transmits user traffic or control messages. For example, traffic or control messages for a downlink multicast or broadcast service may be transmitted via a downlink SCH or via a separate multicast channel (MCH). Meanwhile, an uplink transmission channel may include at least one of a random access channel (RACH) that transmits initial control messages and / or a shared channel (SCH) that transmits user traffic or control messages. For example, a logical channel located above the transmission channel and mapped to the transmission channel may include at least one of a broadcast control channel (BCCH), a paging control channel (PCCH), a common control channel (CCCH), a multicast control channel (MCCH), and / or a multicast traffic channel (MTCH).

[0052] FIG. 3 shows the structure of a wireless frame according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 3 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure, and some descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and / or operations of the embodiments may be omitted.

[0053] Referring to FIG. 3, radio frames may be used, for example, in uplink transmission, downlink transmission, and / or device-to-device transmission. For example, a radio frame may have a length of 10 ms and may be defined as two 5 ms half-frames (HF). For example, a half-frame may contain five 1 ms subframes (SF). For example, a subframe may be divided into one or more slots, and the number of slots within a subframe may be determined by subcarrier spacing (SCS). For example, each slot may contain 12 or 14 OFDM(A) symbols according to a cyclic prefix (CP).

[0054] For example, when normal CP is used, each slot may contain 14 symbols. For example, when extended CP is used, each slot may contain 12 symbols. Here, for example, the symbols may include OFDM symbols (or CP-OFDM symbols) and SC-FDMA (single carrier-FDMA) symbols (or DFT-s-OFDM (Discrete Fourier Transform-spread-OFDM) symbols).

[0055] Table 2 below shows the number of symbols per slot (N) according to the SCS setting (u) when Normal CP or Extended CP is used. slot symb ), number of slots per frame (N frame,u slot ) and the number of slots per subframe (N subframe,u slot) exemplifies.

[0056] CP Type SCS (15*2 u )N slot symb N frame,u slot N subframe,u slot Normal CP 15kHz (u=0) 1410 130kHz (u=1) 1420 260kHz (u=2) 1440 4120kHz (u=3) 1480 8240kHz (u=4) 14160 16 Extended CP 60kHz (u=2) 1240 4

[0057] For example, OFDM(A) numerology (e.g., SCS, CP length, etc.) may be configured differently among multiple cells merged into a single terminal. Accordingly, the (absolute time) interval of a time resource (e.g., subframe, slot, or TTI (transmit time interval)) composed of the same number of symbols may be configured differently among the merged cells. For example, in the present disclosure, time resources such as subframes, slots, TTI, etc. may be referred to as time units.

[0058] For example, multiple numerologies or SCSs may be supported to support various services. For example, if the SCS is 15 kHz, a wide area in traditional cellular bands may be supported, and if the SCS is 30 kHz / 60 kHz, dense-urban, lower latency, and wider carrier bandwidth may be supported. For example, if the SCS is 60 kHz or higher, a bandwidth greater than 24.25 GHz may be supported to overcome phase noise.

[0059] FIG. 4 shows a slot structure of a frame according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 4 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure, and some descriptions, functions, procedures, suggestions, methods, and / or operations of the embodiments may be omitted.

[0060] Referring to FIG. 4, for example, a slot may include multiple symbols in the time domain. For example, a carrier may include multiple subcarriers in the frequency domain. For example, a resource block (RB) may be defined as multiple consecutive subcarriers in the frequency domain. For example, a bandwidth part (BWP) may be defined as multiple consecutive (P)RBs ((physical) resource blocks) in the frequency domain and may correspond to a single numerology (e.g., SCS, CP length, etc.). For example, a carrier may include up to N BWPs (where N is a positive integer). For example, data communication may be performed through an active BWP. For example, each element may be referred to as a resource element (RE) in a resource grid and may be mapped to a single complex symbol.

[0061] For example, a BWP can be a continuous set of PRBs in a given numerology. For example, a PRB can be selected from a continuous subset of common resource blocks (CRBs) for a given numerology on a given carrier.

[0062] For example, the BWP may be at least one of an active BWP, an initial BWP, and / or a default BWP. For example, the terminal may not monitor downlink radio link quality on DL BWPs other than the active DL BWP on the PCell (primary cell). For example, the terminal may not receive PDCCH (physical downlink control channel), PDSCH (physical downlink shared channel), or CSI-RS (channel state information-reference signal) (except for RRM (radio resource management)) outside of the active DL BWP. For example, the terminal may not trigger CSI (channel state information) reporting for an inactive DL BWP. For example, the terminal may not transmit PUCCH (physical uplink control channel) or PUSCH (physical uplink shared channel) outside of the active UL (uplink) BWP. For example, for the downlink, the initial BWP can be given as a consecutive set of resource blocks (RBs) for the remaining minimum system information (RMSI) CORESET (control resource set) (set by the physical broadcast channel (PBCH)). For example, for the uplink, the initial BWP can be given by the system information block (SIB) for the random access procedure. For example, the default BWP can be set by the upper layer. For example, the initial value of the default BWP can be the initial DL BWP.For energy saving, if the terminal fails to detect DCI (downlink control information) for a certain period, the terminal can switch the active BWP of the terminal to the default BWP.

[0063] FIG. 5 illustrates an example of a BWP according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 5 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure, and some descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and / or operations of the embodiments may be omitted. In the embodiment of FIG. 5, it is assumed that there are three BWPs.

[0064] Referring to FIG. 5, for example, a common resource block (CRB) may be a numbered carrier resource block from one end of the carrier band to the other, and a PRB may be a numbered resource block within each BWP. For example, point A may indicate a common reference point for the resource block grid.

[0065] For example, BWP is point A, offset from point A (N start BWP ) and bandwidth (N size BWP It can be set by ). For example, point A may be an external reference point of the PRB of a carrier where the subcarrier 0 of all numerologies (e.g., all numerologies supported by the network in that carrier) are aligned. For example, offset may be the PRB interval between the lowest subcarrier in a given numerology and point A. For example, bandwidth may be the number of PRBs in a given numerology.

[0066] FIG. 6 illustrates a communication structure that can be provided in a 6G system according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 6 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure, and some descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and / or operations of said embodiments may be omitted.

[0067] As core implementation technologies for 6G systems, technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), THz (Terahertz) communication, optical wireless technology, free space optical transmission (FSO) backhaul networks, large-scale MIMO (multiple input multiple output) technology, blockchain, 3D networking, quantum communication, unmanned aerial vehicles, cell-free communication, wireless information and energy transfer (WIET), integration of sensing and communication, integration of access backhaul networks, holographic beamforming, big data analysis, and large intelligent surface (LIS) can be adopted.

[0068] - Artificial Intelligence: Introducing AI into communications can streamline and enhance real-time data transmission. AI can determine how complex target tasks are performed using numerous analyses. For example, AI can increase efficiency and reduce processing latency. Time-consuming tasks such as handover, network selection, and resource scheduling can be performed instantly using AI. AI can also play a significant role in M2M, machine-to-human, and human-to-machine communication. Furthermore, AI can enable rapid communication in Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI). AI-based communication systems can be supported by metamaterials, intelligent structures, intelligent networks, intelligent devices, intelligent cognitive radios, self-sustaining wireless networks, and machine learning.

[0069] - THz Communication: Data transmission rates can be increased by expanding bandwidth. This can be achieved by using sub-THz communication with wide bandwidth and applying advanced large-scale MIMO technology. THz waves, also known as sub-millimeter radiation, generally refer to a frequency band between 0.1 THz and 10 THz with corresponding wavelengths ranging from 0.03 mm to 3 mm. The 100 GHz-300 GHz band range (Sub-THz band) is considered the primary portion of the THz band for cellular communication. Adding the Sub-THz band to the mmWave band increases 6G cellular communication capacity. Among the defined THz bands, the 300 GHz-3 THz band is located in the far-infrared (IR) frequency band. Although the 300 GHz-3 THz band is part of the optical band, it lies at the boundary of the optical band and immediately following the RF band. Therefore, this 300 GHz-3 THz band exhibits similarities to RF. Key characteristics of THz communication include (i) widely available bandwidth to support very high data transmission rates, and (ii) high path loss occurring at high frequencies (highly directional antennas are indispensable). The narrow beam width generated by highly directional antennas reduces interference. The small wavelength of THz signals allows a much larger number of antenna elements to be integrated into devices and BSs operating in this band. This enables the use of advanced adaptive array technologies that can overcome range limitations.

[0070] - Large-scale MIMO technology

[0071] - Hologram beamforming (HBF)

[0072] - Optical wireless technology

[0073] - Free Space Optical Transmission Backhaul Network (FSO backhaul network)

[0074] - Quantum communication

[0075] - Cell-free communication

[0076] - Integration of wireless information and power transmission

[0077] - Integration of wireless communication and sensing

[0078] - Integrated access and backhaul network

[0079] - Big data analysis

[0080] - Reconfigurable intelligent metasurface

[0081] - Metaverse

[0082] - blockchain

[0083] - Advanced Air Mobility (AAM): AAM can be a broad concept encompassing Urban Air Mobility (UAM), Regional Air Mobility (RAM), and Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS). For example, AAM may include UAM, RAM, UAS, and UAVs (uncrewed aerial vehicles).

[0084] - Autonomous driving (self-driving): V2X (vehicle to everything), a core element of building autonomous driving infrastructure, refers to technologies that enable vehicles to communicate and share with various elements on the road to perform autonomous driving, such as wireless communication between vehicles (vehicle to vehicle, V2V) and between vehicles and infrastructure (vehicle to infrastructure, V2I).

[0085] - Non-terrestrial Network (NTN): An NTN may refer to a network or network segment that utilizes RF (radio frequency) resources mounted on a satellite (or UAS platform). The use of NTN services may be considered to secure wider coverage or to provide wireless communication services in locations where the installation of wireless communication base stations is difficult.

[0086] - Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC): Wireless sensing is a technology that uses radio frequencies to determine the instantaneous linear velocity, angle, distance (range), etc., of an object, thereby obtaining information about the characteristics of the environment and / or objects within the environment.

[0087] - Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS): An RIS can be used to manipulate and enhance signal propagation in a wireless communication environment. For example, an RIS can be composed of many small antennas or metasurfaces arranged on a surface, each of which can actively control the phase, amplitude, polarization, etc., of the reflected signal. For instance, an RIS can improve signal reception by controlling the path, phase, and / or strength of the propagating signal. For instance, power consumption can be very low because power is consumed only for controlling the phase and amplitude of the small antennas. For instance, since an RIS can be reconfigured to suit various environments, it can meet diverse communication requirements and operate effectively in dynamic network environments.

[0088] FIG. 7 illustrates an example of a communication scenario based on a 6G system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 7 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure, and some descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and / or operations of the embodiments may be omitted.

[0089] Referring to FIG. 7, NTN communication can be performed based on a satellite network, HIBS (high-altitude platform stations (HAPS) as international mobile telecommunications (IMT) base stations (BS)), and an aeronautical communication-capable terminal (e.g., AAM). For example, to improve coverage, devices such as a satellite network, HIBS, and an aeronautical communication-capable terminal (e.g., AAM) can act as relays. For example, an AAM can communicate with a base station, a satellite network, etc., and / or an AAM can communicate directly with a terminal, another AAM, etc.

[0090] For example, a terminal can obtain information about the characteristics of the environment and / or objects within the environment by using radio frequency sensing to determine the instantaneous linear velocity, angle, distance (range), etc. of an object. Since radio frequency sensing capabilities do not require connecting to an object via a device within the network, they can provide services for object location determination without a device. The ability to obtain range, velocity, and angle information from radio frequency signals can provide a wide range of new functions, such as various object detection, object recognition (e.g., vehicles, humans, animals, UAVs), and high-precision localization, tracking, and activity recognition. Radio sensing services can provide information to various industries (e.g., unmanned aerial vehicles, smart homes, V2X, factories, railways, public safety, etc.) that enable applications such as intruder detection, assisted vehicle steering and navigation, trajectory tracking, collision avoidance, traffic management, and health and traffic management. In some cases, radio sensing may use non-3GPP type sensors (e.g., radar, cameras) to further support 3GPP-based sensing. For example, the operation of a wireless sensing service, e.g., sensing operation, may depend on the transmission, reflection, and scattering processing of wireless sensing signals. Therefore, wireless sensing can provide an opportunity to enhance existing communication systems from communication networks into wireless communication and sensing networks.

[0091] FIG. 8 illustrates an example of a sensing operation according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 8 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure, and some descriptions, functions, procedures, suggestions, methods, and / or operations of the embodiments may be omitted. Specifically, FIG. 8 (a) illustrates an example of sensing using a sensing receiver and a sensing transmitter located at the same location (e.g., monostatic sensing), and FIG. 8 (b) illustrates an example of sensing using a separated sensing receiver and a sensing transmitter (e.g., bistatic sensing).

[0092] Referring to FIG. 8, a sensing transmitter may transmit a sensing signal for sensing one or more objects (and / or the environment surrounding the objects). For example, the sensing signal may be a radio (frequency) signal defined to be transmittable by a base station / terminal. For example, a sensing receiver may receive a signal that is scattered or reflected by one or more objects (and / or the environment surrounding the objects) from the sensing signal transmitted by the sensing transmitter. For example, at the sensing receiver, sensing data may be derived from the scattered or reflected signal, and a sensing result may be generated or obtained through processing of the sensing data. Here, for example, the sensing result may include characteristic information (e.g., location, distance, speed, angle, etc.) about one or more objects (and / or the environment surrounding the objects). For example, the sensing results generated / acquired in this way may be utilized for wireless sensing services (e.g., detection, tracking of objects and / or environments, etc.) or provided / disclosed to a trusted third party.

[0093] For example, a sensing transmitter may be a base station or terminal that transmits a sensing signal to be used for the operation of a sensing service, and the sensing transmitter may be located at the same base station or terminal as the sensing receiver or at a different base station or terminal. For example, a sensing receiver may be a base station or terminal that receives a sensing signal to be used for the operation of a sensing service, and the sensing receiver may be located at the same base station or terminal as the sensing transmitter or at a different base station or terminal. For example, a sensing target may be an object to be detected by deriving the characteristics of an object within the environment from the sensing signal. For example, a background environment may be a background that is not a sensing target (e.g., clutter, environmental objects, etc.). For example, an environment object may be an object whose location is known other than that of a sensing target. For example, monostatic sensing may be a sensing in which the sensing transmitter and the sensing receiver coexist at the same base station or terminal. For example, bistatic sensing may be sensing where the sensing transmitter and the sensing receiver are located at different base stations or terminals. For example, multistatic sensing may be sensing where there are multiple sensing transmitters and / or multiple sensing receivers for a (single) sensing target. For example, monostatic sensing, bistatic sensing, and / or multistatic sensing may be distinguished based on the angle between the sensing transmitter, the sensing target, and the sensing receiver. For example, if the angle between the sensing transmitter, the sensing target, and the sensing receiver is below or equal to a threshold, it may be defined as monostatic sensing or semi-monostatic sensing. For example, if the angle between the sensing transmitter, the sensing target, and the sensing receiver is above or equal to a threshold, it may be defined as bistatic sensing or multistatic sensing.For example, the terminal can transmit a sensing signal over a wireless interface that can be used for sensing purposes. For example, the terminal can transmit a sensing signal over a 3GPP wireless interface that can be used for sensing purposes.

[0094] Meanwhile, in conventional communications (e.g., NR Uu or NR sidelink), the sensing procedure of a device (e.g., terminal or base station) was not considered a service. However, since the primary purpose of an ISAC service is to rapidly detect and distinguish a target object (e.g., target object) through sensing, the sensing procedure (or operation) needs to be classified as a service that must satisfy a QoS requirement (e.g., sensing latency: the time required for a terminal triggering the sensing procedure to receive the sensing result of the target object from a receiving terminal, sensing accuracy, etc.). For example, in ISAC, the sensing operation of a device (e.g., terminal, base station, or SMF (sensing management function)) can be considered a service that must satisfy the QoS requirement related to ISAC sensing, and the terminal can perform a sensing operation based on the corresponding sensing QoS (e.g., transmitting a sensing RS and / or receiving a sensing RS).

[0095] For example, in ISAC, sensing can be considered a higher-tier service that must satisfy sensing result-based sensing QoS (or sensing quality), and a new QoS for ISAC sensing services (e.g., Sensing QoS Flow ID, SQFI) can be defined as follows. For example, SQFI can be set to a value from 1 to 8. For example, SQFI can be distinguished according to the level of sensing QoS requirements (e.g., sensing accuracy, sensing latency: the delay bound from triggering sensing until receiving the sensing result, sensing priority: e.g., a priority that can be used to determine which sensing service is triggered first based on priority when multiple sensing procedures are required). For example, a smaller SQFI value can be defined as a sensing service with tighter QoS requirements (e.g., a sensing service requiring high sensing accuracy or a sensing service requiring low / lower / lowest sensing latency). For example, a sensing service with a larger SQFI value can be defined as having tighter QoS requirements (e.g., a sensing service requiring high sensing accuracy or a sensing service requiring low / lower / lowest sensing latency).

[0096] Additionally, in ISAC, terminal and TRP (or base station) operations for supporting sensing services such as detection, localization, and tracking may be defined. For example, the sensing QoS for ISAC services (detection, localization, tracking, etc.) may be as follows.

[0097] - Detection QoS: Detection probability, False alarm probability

[0098] - Location Finding QoS: Finding the location of static objects. Location Finding QoS parameters (time delay, angle of reach)

[0099] - Tracking QoS: Tracks changes in the state (distance, angle, speed, etc.) of moving objects (e.g., vehicles or drones).

[0100] In the present disclosure, for example, the following terms may be used.

[0101] - PRS: Positioning Reference Signal

[0102] - CCH: control channel

[0103] - TP (transmission point): A set of transmission antennas (e.g., an antenna array having one or more antenna elements) placed at geographically identical locations for a cell, a part of a cell, or a DL PRS-only TP. Transmission points may include base station (ng-eNB or gNB) antennas, remote radio heads, remote antennas of base stations, antennas of DL PRS-only TPs, etc. A cell may include one or more transmission points. In the case of homogeneous placement, each transmission point may correspond to one cell.

[0104] - RP (reception point): A set of receiving antennas (e.g., antenna arrays having one or more antenna elements) placed at geographically identical locations for a cell, a part of a cell, or a UL SRS (sounding reference signal)-only RP. Reception points may include base station (ng-eNB or gNB) antennas, remote radio heads, remote antennas of base stations, antennas of UL SRS-only RPs, etc. A cell may include one or more reception points. In the case of homogeneous placement, each reception point may correspond to one cell.

[0105] - PRS-only TP: A TP that transmits only PRS signals for PRS-based TBS (terrestrial beacon system) positioning and is not connected to a cell.

[0106] - TRP (transmission-reception point): A set of antennas (e.g., an antenna array (with one or more antenna elements)) placed at the same geographical location that supports TP and / or RP functions.

[0107] - SRS-only RP: An RP that receives only SRS signals for UL-only positioning and is not associated with a cell

[0108] - Sensing device: UE and / or TRP

[0109] - Sensing TX device: A device that transmits a sensing reference signal

[0110] - Sensing RX device: A device that receives a sensing reference signal

[0111] - SF (sensing function): A network entity that controls and manages the sensing procedures of a UE or TRP in the ISAC. For example, the SF can receive reports of sensing data collected by the UE or TRP and store the sensing data, and / or provide the sensing data for the sensing service to the sensing device.

[0112] - Non-3GPP Sensing Data: Sensing data that is not collected through 3GPP communication-based sensing (e.g., camera data, video data, data collected through other RAT (e.g., Wi-Fi) based sensing, etc.)

[0113] - 3rd party entity: A server device operated by a sensing service operator (a business operator that uses / operates sensing data for a sensing service). For example, the 3rd party entity may receive and store sensing data for a sensing service from a sensing device, and / or provide sensing data for a sensing service to a sensing device.

[0114] In this disclosure, TRP and base station may be substituted for the same entity. In this disclosure, the term "sensing message" may be used interchangeably with "sensing reference signal" or "sensing measurement report." The "sensing signal" mentioned in this disclosure may be interpreted as having the same meaning as "sensing reference signal." The "sensing data" mentioned in this disclosure may be interpreted as having the same meaning as "sensing measurement data" or "sensing measurement report." Various embodiments of this disclosure may be extended and applied to base station mono-static (the same base station handles both Tx and Rx), base station bi-static (one base station handles Tx and the other handles Rx), base station-terminal bi-static (the base station handles Tx and the terminal handles Rx), terminal-base station bi-static (the terminal handles Tx and the base station handles Rx), terminal mono-static (the same terminal handles both Tx and Rx), and terminal bi-static (one terminal handles Tx and the other handles Rx).

[0115] Meanwhile, in a scenario where communication services and sensing services coexist in an ISAC, mutual interference may occur as communication signals and sensing signals are transmitted and received overlappingly from the same resource. Consequently, problems may arise such as degraded reception quality of communication services or reduced accuracy in distance / speed estimation using sensing signals. Therefore, in a scenario where communication services and sensing services coexist in an ISAC, it is necessary to independently set a interval (e.g., sensing measurement window) for receiving (or monitoring) signals and messages (e.g., sensing reference signals) for sensing services (e.g., object detection, target object speed measurement, target object location estimation, etc.). For instance, since the QoS requirements of communication services (e.g., service latency) and sensing services (e.g., service latency) may differ, the transmission period, measurement period, and measurement time length of the reference signal for sensing services need to be defined differently. Meanwhile, the measurement gap for communication can be set by the base station for each terminal through an RRC reset process. However, the setting of the sensing measurement window for sensing may not need to be configured per terminal, as in conventional Uu service communication. For example, in the case of a sensing service that performs environmental sensing of the entire cell coverage area, it may be necessary to set a common sensing measurement window for multiple sensing devices within the cell (e.g., a sensing RX device: a device that receives a sensing reference signal).

[0116] In the present disclosure, an operation and procedure may be proposed in which an independent sensing measurement window (SMW) is defined for measuring a sensing reference signal for sensing, so that a sensing device can perform a sensing measurement operation based on a sensing measurement window configuration (SMWC).

[0117] FIG. 9 illustrates a procedure for performing measurement or transmission of a sensing reference signal based on a sensing measurement window setting according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 9 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure, and some descriptions, functions, procedures, suggestions, methods, and / or operations of said embodiments may be omitted.

[0118] Referring to FIG. 9, at step S910, the first device may obtain a sensing measurement window setting. For example, the first device may receive the sensing measurement window setting from the second device. Although not illustrated in the embodiment of FIG. 9, the sensing measurement window setting may be set or pre-set for the first device, in which case step S910 may be omitted. At step S920, the first device may perform a measurement or transmission of a sensing reference signal within a set or determined sensing measurement window obtained based on the sensing measurement window setting. At step S920, the second device may perform a measurement or transmission of a sensing reference signal within a set or determined sensing measurement window obtained based on the sensing measurement window setting. For example, the first device may be a terminal, and the second device may be a base station, a TRP, and / or a sensing function (SF). For example, the first device may be a device that transmits and / or receives a sensing signal, and the second device may be a device that transmits and / or receives a sensing signal.

[0119] For example, a sensing measurement window may be a period during which communication operations with the currently connected base station (or cell) for communication services (e.g., uplink data transmission, downlink data reception, PDCCH monitoring, etc.) are temporarily paused to measure or transmit a sensing reference signal for the sensing service.

[0120] For example, the sensing measurement window setting may be a sensing-only measurement window setting configured by a base station or sensing function to temporarily pause communication operations with the currently connected base station (or cell) for communication services (e.g., uplink data transmission, downlink data reception, PDCCH monitoring, etc.) and to measure or transmit a sensing reference signal for the sensing service.

[0121] For example, SMWC may include at least one of the following information elements.

[0122] - Sensing measurement window length: The time during which a sensing device measures a sensing reference signal (e.g., CSI-RS, sensing specific reference signal, etc.) within the sensing measurement window period.

[0123] - Sensing measurement window period: The repetition period during which the sensing device measures the sensing reference signal (e.g., if the sensing measurement window period is set to 30ms and the sensing measurement window length is set to 5ms, the sensing device can measure the sensing reference signal for a time of 5ms every 30ms when a sensing measurement is triggered)

[0124] - Measurement type (e.g., CSI-RS, sensing-specific reference signal, etc.)

[0125] - Information on the target sensing area (TSA) to be sensed (e.g., TSA identifier, TSA absolute / relative location information, etc.)

[0126] - Beam direction information to the TSA

[0127] - Received beam direction information from the TSA

[0128] Below, the method for setting the sensing measurement window is explained in detail.

[0129] For example, sensing may vary depending on whether the sensing target (e.g., target sensing area or target object) is a specific environment around the terminal, a cluster-unit environment, or a cell-unit environment. For example, in a sensing service for smart city operations requiring real-time monitoring of traffic volume, pedestrian density, and weather changes around a cell, it is necessary to sense the surrounding environment at the cell level and provide cell-unit environment data. Alternatively, for example, in a sensing scenario to support autonomous driving, in a sensing service to assist in path planning for autonomous vehicles or drones, it is necessary to sense the surrounding environment at the cluster (or specific area within a cell) level and provide cluster (or specific area within a cell) unit environment data. Accordingly, in this disclosure, different sensing measurement window settings and setting procedures for each sensing service may be proposed as follows.

[0130] (1) Sensing a specific environment around the sensing device

[0131] For example, if the sensing function or base station is a sensing service that senses a specific environment around the sensing device, it may set a "sensing device-specific" SMWC on the sensing device. Additionally, for example, if the sensing service is triggered by the sensing device itself, the sensing device (e.g., sensing TX device or sensing RX device) may transmit sensing service type information (e.g., 1. Sensing a specific environment around the sensing device, 2. Cluster-unit environment sensing, 3. Cell-unit environment sensing) as auxiliary information to the sensing function. For example, in the case of cluster-unit environment sensing, information such as the cluster environment (e.g., zone ID) may be transmitted along with it. Or, for example, in the case of cell-unit environment sensing, information such as the cell environment (e.g., cell ID) may be transmitted along with it. For example, if the sensing function (or base station) is sensing a specific environment (or area) around the sensing device through an RRC reset procedure, the sensing function (or base station) can set the SMWC on the sensing device using an RRC reset message.

[0132] (2) Environmental sensing for a cluster (or specific zone)

[0133] For example, if the sensing function or base station is a sensing service that senses a cluster environment (e.g., a specific zone within a cell, identified by a zone ID), the sensing function or base station may set a "specific zone-specific" SMWC to the sensing device. Additionally, for example, if the sensing service is triggered by the sensing device itself, the sensing device (e.g., a sensing TX device or a sensing RX device) may transmit sensing service type information (e.g., 1. Sensing a specific environment around the sensing device, 2. Cluster-unit environment sensing, 3. Cell-unit environment sensing) as auxiliary information to the sensing function. For example, in the case of cluster-unit environment sensing, information such as the cluster environment (e.g., zone ID) may be transmitted along with it. Or, for example, in the case of cell-unit environment sensing, information such as the cell environment (e.g., cell ID) may be transmitted along with it. For example, if the sensing function (or base station) is sensing a cluster environment (e.g., a specific zone within a cell, identified by a zone ID), the sensing function (or base station) can set SMWCs for each specific zone. In this case, for example, the cluster or zone-specific SMWCs set by the base station can be configured on the sensing device via a System Information Block (SIB). For instance, since the SMWC configured via the SIB includes cluster identifier (e.g., zone ID) information, SMWCs can be distinguished by cluster identifier (e.g., zone ID). Additionally, for example, if the sensing device itself triggers environmental sensing for a cluster (or specific zone), it can receive SMWCs on an on-demand basis. For instance, when environmental sensing for a cluster (or specific zone) is triggered, the sensing device can request an SMWC from the base station or the sensing function by requesting an on-demand SIB. For example, when a base station or sensing function receives an on-demand SIB request message requesting an SMWC from a sensing device, it can set a cluster (or specific zone) dedicated SMWC in the sensing device and transmit the SMWC set via the SIB.For example, an on-demand SIB request message transmitted by a sensing device may include zone ID identifying a cluster and SMWC request flag information.

[0134] (3) Cell-level environmental sensing

[0135] For example, if the sensing service is a sensing service that senses a cell-level environment (e.g., sensing the environment within a specific cell, identified by a cell ID), the sensing function or base station may set a "specific cell-specific" SMWC on the sensing device. Additionally, for example, if the sensing service is triggered by the sensing device itself, the sensing device (e.g., a sensing TX device or a sensing RX device) may transmit sensing service type information (e.g., 1. sensing a specific environment around the sensing device, 2. sensing a cluster-level environment, 3. sensing a cell-level environment) as auxiliary information to the sensing function. For example, in the case of cluster-level environment sensing, information such as the cluster environment (e.g., zone ID) may be transmitted along with it. Or, for example, in the case of cell-level environment sensing, information such as the cell environment (e.g., cell ID) may be transmitted along with it. For example, if the sensing service or sensing type is cell environment sensing, the sensing function (or base station) may set a specific cell-specific SMWC. In this case, for example, a cell-specific SMWC configured by a base station can be set to a sensing device via a System Information Block (SIB). For instance, since the SMWC configured via the SIB includes cell identifier (e.g., cell ID) information, SMWCs can be distinguished by cell identifier (e.g., cell ID). Additionally, for instance, if the sensing device itself triggers environment sensing within a specific cell, it can receive an SMWC on-demand. For instance, when environment sensing regarding the cell environment is triggered, the sensing device can request an SMWC from the base station or the sensing function by requesting an on-demand SIB. For instance, upon receiving an on-demand SIB request message from the sensing device requesting an SMWC, the base station or the sensing function can configure a specific cell-specific SMWC in the sensing device and deliver the SMWC configured via the SIB.For example, an on-demand SIB request message transmitted by a sensing device may include a cell ID identifying the cell and SMWC request flag information.

[0136] For example, a communication measurement gap and a sensing measurement window can be used together. For example, if a sensing device transmits sensing service information (e.g., service type, sensing QoS information (latency, reliability, etc.)) and communication measurement gap setting information to a sensing function, and / or if the sensing function determines that the communication measurement gap can be used together for the sensing measurement window based on the sensing service information and communication measurement gap setting information of the sensing device, the sensing function may set and assign a sensing measurement window identical to the communication measurement gap to the base station or the sensing device, or set an overlapping measurement window. For example, the communication measurement gap setting may be reused for the measurement of a reference signal for sensing, so that the sensing reference signal can be measured within the communication measurement gap. In this case, for example, the sensing function may instruct the sensing device to use the communication measurement gap. For example, the sensing measurement window may be set as a time resource within the communication measurement gap.

[0137] For example, the length and / or period of the SMW may be set differently depending on the type of sensing service (e.g., detection, localization, tracking, etc.). Additionally, for example, bandwidth requirements for sensing may differ from those for communication, and in the case of sensing, a wide bandwidth may be required for high measurement accuracy. For example, when switching to a sensing service during the execution of a communication service, BWP switching (e.g., switching from a narrow BWP to a wide BWP) may be required. For example, when a terminal (a terminal supporting both sensing and communication services) switches to a sensing service (e.g., transmitting a sensing reference signal) during a communication service-based transmission / reception operation, the switching of the BWP may be triggered to perform a procedure to replace it with a BWP configured for sensing only. For example, for the above operation, a BWP dedicated to the communication service and a BWP dedicated to the sensing service may be configured.

[0138] For example, a sensing device (e.g., a sensing TX device or a sensing RX device) may request an SMWC from a base station or a sensing function (e.g., via an RRC reset or an on-demand SIB) when initiating a sensing service. Additionally, for example, the sensing device may transmit sensing service auxiliary information (sensing service type, sensing QoS, etc.) along with the SMWC request to enable the base station and / or the sensing function to set up the SMWC and a sensing-only BWP together. For example, this can be interpreted as a switching of the BWP (e.g., switching from a communication-only BWP to a sensing-only BWP) occurring upon the SMWC request.

[0139] For example, a priority determination operation between communication and sensing measurement gaps or between measurement gaps (sensing and communication) may be proposed. For example, in the case of conventional communication, when uplink transmission and downlink reception overlap with a measurement gap, an operation was supported to determine whether to prioritize the measurement gap or the uplink transmission and downlink reception (e.g., the base station determines and instructs the terminal). For example, in ISAC, it is necessary to define an operation to determine which operation to prioritize when communication (uplink transmission and downlink reception) and the sensing measurement window overlap. For example, when the base station and / or sensing function sets the SMWC to the sensing device, if communication and the sensing measurement window overlap, it may instruct the device (e.g., a terminal that supports and performs both communication service and sensing service operations) to prioritize which operation. For example, 0 may indicate that communication operations (uplink transmission and downlink reception) take precedence over sensing operations within the SMW (e.g., transmitting and receiving a sensing reference signal), and 1 may indicate that sensing operations within the SMW (e.g., transmitting and receiving a sensing reference signal) take precedence over communication operations (uplink transmission and downlink reception).

[0140] For example, when the sensing measurement window and the communication measurement gap overlap, an action to determine which measurement action to prioritize can be proposed as follows.

[0141] For example, if the sensing measurement window and the communication measurement gap overlap, the device (e.g., a terminal that supports and performs both communication service and sensing service operations) can directly compare the priority of the sensing service (e.g., sensing reference signal) (QoS) and the priority of the communication service (e.g., CSI-RS) (QoS) in a one-to-one manner and prioritize the measurement operation for the service with the higher priority.

[0142] For example, when the base station and / or sensing function sets the SMWC on the device, if the measurement gap for communication and the sensing measurement window overlap, it may indicate which measurement operation the device (e.g., a terminal that supports and performs both communication service and sensing service operations) should prioritize. For example, 0 may indicate that the communication measurement gap operation is prioritized over the sensing measurement window operation, and 1 may indicate that the sensing measurement window operation is prioritized over the communication measurement gap operation.

[0143] For example, a sensing processing window (SPW) may be defined or configured. For example, the fusion of communication signals and sensing signals may be supported by defining a window that allows for the transmission of communication signals (e.g., uplink transmission / reception and downlink transmission / reception for communication services / sensing services (e.g., sensing measurement reports), or reference signals for communication services such as CSI-RS) and sensing signals (e.g., sensing reference signals) by multiplexing (e.g., fusing communication signals and sensing reference signals based on resources associated with one control channel and / or one data channel) (e.g., communication downlink data + sensing reference signal, communication uplink data + sensing reference signal, CSI-RS for communication + sensing reference signal).

[0144] For example, when communication and sensing operations conflict within an SPW (e.g., "reception of communication downlink by the terminal and transmission of uplink sensing reference signal by the terminal", "transmission of communication uplink by the terminal and reception of downlink sensing reference signal by the terminal", "reception of downlink CSI-RS for communication by the terminal and transmission of uplink sensing reference signal by the terminal"), a priority rule may be proposed as follows. For example, when a base station and / or sensing function sets up an SPW for a device (e.g., a terminal and / or TRP that supports and performs both communication service and sensing service operations), if communication and SPW overlap (or if communication for communication service occurs within the SPW and conflicts with the transmission and / or reception of sensing reference signal operations), the base station and / or sensing function may instruct which operation the device (e.g., a terminal and / or TRP that supports and performs both communication service and sensing service operations) should prioritize. For example, 0 may indicate that the communication operation (uplink transmission and downlink reception and transmission / reception of a reference signal for communication) takes precedence over the sensing operation within the SPW (e.g., transmission and reception of a sensing reference signal), and 1 may indicate that the sensing operation within the SMW (e.g., transmission and reception of a sensing reference signal) takes precedence over the communication operation (uplink transmission and downlink reception and transmission / reception of a reference signal for communication).

[0145] For example, if communication and sensing operations conflict within the SPW (e.g., "reception of communication downlink by the terminal and transmission of the terminal's uplink sensing reference signal", "transmission of communication uplink by the terminal and reception of the terminal's downlink sensing reference signal", "reception of downlink CSI-RS for communication by the terminal and transmission of the terminal's uplink sensing reference signal"), a priority rule may be proposed as follows.

[0146] For example, if communication and sensing operations conflict within the SPW (e.g., "receiving communication downlink signals of the terminal and transmitting uplink sensing reference signals of the terminal", "transmitting communication uplink signals of the terminal and receiving downlink sensing reference signals of the terminal", "receiving downlink CSI-RS for communication of the terminal and transmitting uplink sensing reference signals of the terminal"), the device (e.g., a terminal and / or TRP that supports and performs both communication service and sensing service operations) can directly compare the priority of the sensing service (e.g., transmitting sensing reference signals, receiving sensing reference signals) (QoS) with the priority of the communication service (e.g., CSI-RS, transmitting uplink data, receiving uplink data, transmitting downlink data, receiving downlink data) (QoS) in a one-to-one manner and prioritize the operation for the service with the higher priority.

[0147] For example, if the transmission and reception of a reference signal for communication within a configured SWP conflicts with the transmission / reception operation of a sensing reference signal, the base station and / or sensing function may instruct the device (e.g., a terminal that supports and performs both communication service and sensing service operations) which operation (e.g., transmission / reception of a communication reference signal, transmission / reception of a sensing reference signal) the device should prioritize. For example, 0 may indicate that the transmission / reception operation of a communication reference signal is prioritized over the transmission / reception operation of a sensing reference signal, and 1 may indicate that the transmission / reception operation of a sensing reference signal is prioritized over the transmission / reception operation of a communication reference signal.

[0148] For example, the applicability of (some) proposed methods / rules of the present disclosure and / or related parameters (e.g., thresholds) may be set specifically to the resource pool (or differently or independently). For example, the applicability of (some) proposed methods / rules of the present disclosure and / or related parameters (e.g., thresholds) may be set specifically to the congestion level (or differently or independently). For example, the applicability of (some) proposed methods / rules of the present disclosure and / or related parameters (e.g., thresholds) may be set specifically to the service priority (or differently or independently). For example, the applicability of (some) proposed methods / rules of the present disclosure and / or related parameters (e.g., thresholds) may be set specifically to the service type (or differently or independently). For example, the applicability of (some) proposed methods / rules of the present disclosure and / or related parameters (e.g., thresholds) may be set specifically to QoS requirements (e.g., latency, reliability) (or differently or independently). For example, the applicability of (some) proposed methods / rules of the present disclosure and / or related parameters (e.g., thresholds) may be set specifically (or differently or independently) to PQI (5QI (5G QoS identifier) ​​for PC5). For example, the applicability of (some) proposed methods / rules of the present disclosure and / or related parameters (e.g., thresholds) may be set specifically (or differently or independently) to traffic types (e.g., periodic generation or non-periodic generation). For example, the applicability of (some) proposed methods / rules of the present disclosure and / or related parameters (e.g., thresholds) may be set specifically (or differently or independently) to SL transmission resource allocation modes (e.g., Mode 1 or Mode 2).For example, whether the proposed method / rule of the present disclosure applies and / or related parameters (e.g., thresholds) may be specifically (or differently or independently) set to a Tx profile (e.g., a Tx profile indicating that the service supports sidelink DRX operation or a Tx profile indicating that the service does not support sidelink DRX operation).

[0149] For example, the applicability of the proposed rules of the present disclosure and / or the related parameter setting values ​​may be specifically (or differently or independently) set depending on whether PUCCH setting is supported (e.g., when a PUCCH resource is set or when a PUCCH resource is not set). For example, the applicability of the proposed rules of the present disclosure and / or the related parameter setting values ​​may be specifically (or differently or independently) set for a resource pool (e.g., a resource pool where PSFCH is set or a resource pool where PSFCH is not set). For example, the applicability of the proposed rules of the present disclosure and / or the related parameter setting values ​​may be specifically (or differently or independently) set for the type of service / packet. For example, the applicability of the proposed rules of the present disclosure and / or the related parameter setting values ​​may be specifically (or differently or independently) set for the priority of the service / packet. For example, the applicability of the proposal rule of the present disclosure and / or the related parameter setting values ​​may be set specifically (or differently or independently) to a QoS profile or QoS requirements (e.g., URLLC / EMBB traffic, reliability, latency). For example, the applicability of the proposal rule of the present disclosure and / or the related parameter setting values ​​may be set specifically (or differently or independently) to a PQI. For example, the applicability of the proposal rule of the present disclosure and / or the related parameter setting values ​​may be set specifically (or differently or independently) to a PFI. For example, the applicability of the proposal rule of the present disclosure and / or the related parameter setting values ​​may be set specifically (or differently or independently) to a cast type (e.g., unicast, groupcast, broadcast). For example, the applicability of the proposal rule of the present disclosure and / or the related parameter setting values ​​may be set specifically (or differently or independently) to a (resource pool) congestion level (e.g., CBR).For example, whether the proposed rule of the present disclosure applies and / or the related parameter setting value may be set specifically (or differently or independently) to an SL HARQ feedback method (e.g., NACK-only feedback, ACK / NACK feedback). For example, whether the proposed rule of the present disclosure applies and / or the related parameter setting value may be set specifically (or differently or independently) to HARQ Feedback Enabled MAC PDU transmission. For example, whether the proposed rule of the present disclosure applies and / or the related parameter setting value may be set specifically (or differently or independently) to HARQ Feedback Disabled MAC PDU transmission. For example, whether the proposed rule of the present disclosure applies and / or the related parameter setting value may be set specifically (or differently or independently) depending on whether a PUCCH-based SL HARQ feedback reporting operation is enabled. For example, the applicability of the proposal rule of the present disclosure and / or the related parameter setting values ​​may be specifically (or differently or independently) set depending on whether pre-emption or pre-emption-based resource reselection is performed. For example, the applicability of the proposal rule of the present disclosure and / or the related parameter setting values ​​may be specifically (or differently or independently) set depending on whether re-evaluation or re-evaluation-based resource reselection is performed. For example, the applicability of the proposal rule of the present disclosure and / or the related parameter setting values ​​may be specifically (or differently or independently) set to the (L2 or L1) (source and / or destination) identifier. For example, the applicability of the proposal rule of the present disclosure and / or the related parameter setting values ​​may be specifically (or differently or independently) set to the (L2 or L1) (combination of source ID and destination ID) identifier.For example, the applicability of the proposal rule of the present disclosure and / or the related parameter setting value may be set specifically (or differently or independently) to the identifier (L2 or L1) (combination of the pair of source ID and destination ID and cast type). For example, the applicability of the proposal rule of the present disclosure and / or the related parameter setting value may be set specifically (or differently or independently) to the direction of the pair of source layer ID and destination layer ID. For example, the applicability of the proposal rule of the present disclosure and / or the related parameter setting value may be set specifically (or differently or independently) to the PC5 RRC connection / link. For example, the applicability of the proposal rule of the present disclosure and / or the related parameter setting value may be set specifically (or differently or independently) depending on whether SL DRX is performed. For example, the applicability of the proposal rule of the present disclosure and / or the related parameter setting value may be set specifically (or differently or independently) depending on whether SL DRX is supported. For example, whether the proposed rules of the present disclosure apply and / or the related parameter setting values ​​may be set specifically (or differently or independently) to an SL mode type (e.g., resource allocation mode 1 or resource allocation mode 2). For example, whether the proposed rules of the present disclosure apply and / or the related parameter setting values ​​may be set specifically (or differently or independently) to cases where (non)periodic resource reservation is performed. For example, whether the proposed rules of the present disclosure apply and / or the related parameter setting values ​​may be set specifically (or differently or independently) to a Tx profile (e.g., a Tx profile indicating that the service supports sidelink DRX operation or a Tx profile indicating that the service does not support sidelink DRX operation).

[0150] For example, the applicability of the above rule and / or parameter values ​​related to the proposed method / rule of the present disclosure may be set / allowed specifically to the service type (or differently or independently). For example, the applicability of the above rule and / or parameter values ​​related to the proposed method / rule of the present disclosure may be set / allowed specifically to the priority (LCH or service) (or differently or independently). For example, the applicability of the above rule and / or parameter values ​​related to the proposed method / rule of the present disclosure may be set / allowed specifically to QoS requirements (e.g., latency, reliability, minimum communication range) (or differently or independently). For example, the applicability of the above rule and / or parameter values ​​related to the proposed method / rule of the present disclosure may be set / allowed specifically to the PQI parameter (or differently or independently). For example, the applicability of the above rule and / or parameter values ​​related to the proposed method / rule of the present disclosure may be set / allowed specifically to the SL HARQ feedback ENABLED LCH / MAC PDU (transmission) (or differently or independently). For example, the applicability of the above rule and / or parameter values ​​related to the proposed method / rule of the present disclosure may be set / allowed specifically (or differently or independently) to SL HARQ feedback DISABLED LCH / MAC PDU (transmission). For example, the applicability of the above rule and / or parameter values ​​related to the proposed method / rule of the present disclosure may be set / allowed specifically (or differently or independently) to CBR measurement values ​​of the resource pool. For example, the applicability of the above rule and / or parameter values ​​related to the proposed method / rule of the present disclosure may be set / allowed specifically (or differently or independently) to SL cast type (e.g., unicast, groupcast, broadcast).For example, the application status of the above rule and / or parameter values ​​related to the proposed method / rule of the present disclosure may be set / allowed specifically (or differently or independently) to SL GroupCast HARQ feedback options (e.g., NACK only feedback, ACK / NACK feedback, TX-RX distance-based NACK only feedback). For example, the application status of the above rule and / or parameter values ​​related to the proposed method / rule of the present disclosure may be set / allowed specifically (or differently or independently) to SL Mode 1 CG type (e.g., SL CG type 1 or SL CG type 2). For example, the application status of the above rule and / or parameter values ​​related to the proposed method / rule of the present disclosure may be set / allowed specifically (or differently or independently) to SL Mode type (e.g., Mode 1 or Mode 2). For example, the application status of the above rule and / or parameter values ​​related to the proposed method / rule of the present disclosure may be set / allowed specifically (or differently or independently) to resource pool. For example, the parameter values ​​regarding the applicability of the above rule and / or the proposed method / rule of the present disclosure may be set / allowed specifically (or differently or independently) depending on whether the PSFCH resource is a resource pool where it is configured. For example, the parameter values ​​regarding the applicability of the above rule and / or the proposed method / rule of the present disclosure may be set / allowed specifically (or differently or independently) depending on the source (L2) ID. For example, the parameter values ​​regarding the applicability of the above rule and / or the proposed method / rule of the present disclosure may be set / allowed specifically (or differently or independently) depending on the destination (L2) ID. For example, the parameter values ​​regarding the applicability of the above rule and / or the proposed method / rule of the present disclosure may be set / allowed specifically (or differently or independently) depending on the PC5 RRC connection link.For example, the applicability of the above rule and / or parameter values ​​related to the proposed method / rule of the present disclosure may be set / allowed specifically to the SL link (or differently or independently). For example, the applicability of the above rule and / or parameter values ​​related to the proposed method / rule of the present disclosure may be set / allowed specifically to the connection status (e.g., RRC CONNECTED status, IDLE status, INACTIVE status) (or differently or independently). For example, the applicability of the above rule and / or parameter values ​​related to the proposed method / rule of the present disclosure may be set / allowed specifically to the SL HARQ process (ID) (or differently or independently). For example, the applicability of the above rule and / or parameter values ​​related to the proposed method / rule of the present disclosure may be set / allowed specifically to the SL DRX operation (of the TX UE or RX UE) (or differently or independently). For example, the parameter values ​​regarding whether the above rule applies and / or the proposed method / rule of the present disclosure may be set / allowed specifically (or differently or independently) to the power saving (TX or RX) UE. For example, the parameter values ​​regarding whether the above rule applies and / or the proposed method / rule of the present disclosure may be set / allowed specifically (or differently or independently) to the case where PSFCH TX and PSFCH RX overlap (and / or multiple PSFCH TXs exceeding the UE's capability) (and / or where PSFCH TX (and / or PSFCH RX) are omitted) from the perspective of a specific UE. For example, the parameter values ​​regarding whether the above rule applies and / or the proposed method / rule of the present disclosure may be set / allowed specifically (or differently or independently) to the case where the RX UE actually (successfully) receives a PSCCH (and / or PSSCH) (re)transmission from the TX UE.

[0151] For example, the setting (or designation) wording in the present disclosure may be interpreted in an extended manner, such as a form in which a base station informs a terminal through a predefined (physical layer or upper layer) channel / signal (e.g., SIB, RRC, MAC CE) (and / or a form provided through pre-configuration and / or a form in which a terminal informs another terminal through a predefined (physical layer or upper layer) channel / signal (e.g., SL MAC CE, PC5 RRC)).

[0152] For example, in the present disclosure, a specific threshold value may refer to a threshold value that is predefined or set (in advance) by an upper layer (including the application layer) of a network, base station, or terminal. For example, in the present disclosure, a specific setting value may refer to a value that is predefined or set (in advance) by an upper layer (including the application layer) of a network, base station, or terminal. For example, an operation set by a network / base station may refer to an operation in which the base station sets (in advance) to the UE through upper layer RRC signaling, sets / signals to the UE through MAC CE, or signals to the UE through DCI.

[0153] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the message may be interpreted as being replaced with a control message or a data message or a signal or a data signal or a control signal.

[0154] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a beam management operation may be interpreted as being replaced by beam selection or spatial filter selection or beam pairing or spatial filter pairing or beam failure recovery or spatial filter recovery or beam sweeping or spatial filter sweeping or beam switching or spatial filter switching or measurement of a reference signal resource or measurement of a reference signal resource reporting operation or beam reporting or spatial filter reporting, etc.

[0155] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the beam may be interpreted by replacing it with an RS or an RS resource or a spatial filter resource.

[0156] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, RS can be interpreted as being replaced by an RS resource or a spatial filter resource.

[0157] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the transmission terminal may be interpreted as being replaced with a terminal that transmits a beam, a terminal that transmits a beam RS, or a terminal that transmits a beam RS resource.

[0158] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the receiving terminal may be interpreted as being replaced with a terminal receiving a beam, a terminal receiving a beam RS, or a terminal receiving a beam RS resource.

[0159] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the transmission beam or reception beam information transmitted and received by the terminal may be interpreted as being replaced with resource information of a reference signal (RS) associated with the transmission beam and resource information of a reference signal (RS) associated with the reception beam.

[0160] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a DCR (direct communication request) and / or DCA (direct communication accept) message may be interpreted as being replaced by a PC5-S DCR and / or PC5-S DCA message, etc.

[0161] In embodiments of the present disclosure, spatial setting and / or transmission configuration indication (TCI) information and / or quasi-co-location (QCL) information and / or beams, etc., may refer to each other and / or may be interpreted as being replaced by beam-related information, beam direction, spatial domain transmission or reception filter, etc.

[0162] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the beam may be interpreted as being replaced by a transmitting beam or a receiving beam or a spatial filter or a spatial transmission (TX) filter or a spatial area transmission (TX) filter or a spatial reception (RX) filter or a spatial area reception (RX) filter.

[0163] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the transmit / transmit beam may be interpreted as being replaced by a spatial transmission (TX) filter or a spatial area transmission (TX) filter.

[0164] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the receiving beam may be interpreted as being replaced by a spatial receiving (RX) filter or a spatial area receiving (RX) filter.

[0165] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the fact that the spatial setting information (or beam information) for transmission is the same may mean that the spatial area TX filter of the terminal is the same for two different transmission signals. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the fact that the spatial setting information (or beam information) for reception is the same may mean that two different reception signals are in a QCL 'TypeD' relationship and / or have a relationship using the same spatial RX parameter.

[0166] For example, the control message (or signal) and / or data message (or signal) in the present disclosure may mean a control message (or signal) and / or data message (or signal) for wireless communication (e.g., LTE communication, NR communication, 6G communication, Wi-Fi communication, Bluetooth communication, and / or other wireless communication) that is not a radar signal.

[0167] For example, the source ID and destination ID disclosed in the present disclosure may mean a source layer 1 ID and a destination layer 1 ID and / or a source layer 2 ID and a destination layer 2 ID.

[0168] FIG. 10 illustrates a procedure performed by a first device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 10 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure, and some descriptions, functions, procedures, suggestions, methods, and / or operations of said embodiments may be omitted.

[0169] Referring to FIG. 10, in step S1010, the first device can obtain sensing measurement window setting information. In step S1020, the first device can perform measurement or transmission of a sensing reference signal within the sensing measurement window based on the sensing measurement window setting information. For example, the sensing reference signal may be a signal for sensing related to a target sensing area.

[0170] For example, the sensing measurement window setting information may be received from a second device. For example, the second device may be a base station or a sensing function (SF).

[0171] For example, measurement or transmission of the above-mentioned sensing reference signal may be allowed within the sensing measurement window, and / or communication may not be allowed within the sensing measurement window.

[0172] For example, the sensing measurement window setting information may include at least one of information related to the length of the sensing measurement window, information related to the period of the sensing measurement window, information related to the measurement type, or information related to the target sensing area.

[0173] For example, the sensing measurement window setting information may include at least one of information related to the beam direction toward the target sensing area or information related to the beam direction from the target sensing area.

[0174] For example, the above sensing measurement window setting information can be set for each sensing device.

[0175] For example, the above sensing measurement window setting information can be set by area.

[0176] For example, the above sensing measurement window setting information can be set per cell.

[0177] For example, information related to the length of the sensing measurement window and information related to the period of the sensing measurement window included in the sensing measurement window setting information can be set based on the type of sensing service.

[0178] For example, based on the overlap between the sensing measurement window and the communication-related measurement gap, the measurement with higher priority among the sensing-related measurement and the communication-related measurement may be prioritized.

[0179] For example, the above-mentioned sensing measurement window setting information may include information indicating that a communication-related measurement gap is prioritized or information indicating that the above-mentioned sensing measurement window is prioritized.

[0180] For example, information related to the sensing processing window may be set to the first device, and / or multiplexing of the sensing reference signal and the communication-related signal may be allowed within the sensing processing window.

[0181] The proposed method above may be applied to a device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure. For example, a processor (102) of a first device (100) may obtain sensing measurement window setting information, and / or the processor (102) of the first device (100) may control a transceiver (106) to perform measurement or transmission of a sensing reference signal within a sensing measurement window based on the sensing measurement window setting information. For example, the sensing reference signal may be a signal for sensing related to a target sensing area.

[0182] According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a first device may be provided. For example, the first device may include at least one transceiver; at least one processor; and at least one memory connected to the at least one processor and storing instructions. For example, the instructions may cause the first device to perform an operation based on execution by the at least one processor. For example, the operation may include at least one of: obtaining sensing measurement window setting information; and / or performing measurement or transmission of a sensing reference signal within a sensing measurement window based on the sensing measurement window setting information. For example, the sensing reference signal may be a signal for sensing associated with a target sensing area.

[0183] According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a processing device may be provided. For example, the processing device may include at least one processor; and at least one memory connected to the at least one processor and storing instructions. For example, the instructions may cause a first device to perform an operation based on execution by the at least one processor. For example, the operation may include at least one of: obtaining sensing measurement window setting information; and / or performing a measurement or transmission of a sensing reference signal within a sensing measurement window based on the sensing measurement window setting information. For example, the sensing reference signal may be a signal for sensing related to a target sensing area.

[0184] According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a non-transient computer-readable storage medium recording instructions may be provided. For example, the instructions may cause a first device to perform an operation based on execution. For example, the operation may include at least one of: obtaining sensing measurement window setting information; and / or performing a measurement or transmission of a sensing reference signal within a sensing measurement window based on the sensing measurement window setting information. For example, the sensing reference signal may be a signal for sensing related to a target sensing area.

[0185] FIG. 11 illustrates a procedure performed by a second device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 11 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure, and some descriptions, functions, procedures, suggestions, methods, and / or operations of said embodiments may be omitted.

[0186] Referring to FIG. 11, in step S1110, the second device may transmit sensing measurement window setting information to the first device. In step S1120, the second device may perform measurement or transmission of a sensing reference signal within the sensing measurement window based on the sensing measurement window setting information. For example, the sensing reference signal may be a signal for sensing related to a target sensing area.

[0187] For example, the second device may be a base station or a sensing function (SF).

[0188] For example, measurement or transmission of the above-mentioned sensing reference signal may be allowed within the sensing measurement window, and / or communication may not be allowed within the sensing measurement window.

[0189] For example, the sensing measurement window setting information may include at least one of information related to the length of the sensing measurement window, information related to the period of the sensing measurement window, information related to the measurement type, or information related to the target sensing area.

[0190] For example, the sensing measurement window setting information may include at least one of information related to the beam direction toward the target sensing area or information related to the beam direction from the target sensing area.

[0191] For example, the above sensing measurement window setting information can be set for each sensing device.

[0192] For example, the above sensing measurement window setting information can be set by area.

[0193] For example, the above sensing measurement window setting information can be set per cell.

[0194] For example, information related to the length of the sensing measurement window and information related to the period of the sensing measurement window included in the sensing measurement window setting information can be set based on the type of sensing service.

[0195] For example, based on the overlap between the sensing measurement window and the communication-related measurement gap, the measurement with higher priority among the sensing-related measurement and the communication-related measurement may be prioritized.

[0196] For example, the above-mentioned sensing measurement window setting information may include information indicating that a communication-related measurement gap is prioritized or information indicating that the above-mentioned sensing measurement window is prioritized.

[0197] For example, information related to the sensing processing window may be transmitted to the first device, and / or multiplexing of the sensing reference signal and the communication-related signal may be allowed within the sensing processing window.

[0198] The proposed method above may be applied to a device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure. For example, a processor (202) of a second device (200) may control a transceiver (206) to transmit sensing measurement window setting information to a first device, and / or the processor (202) of the second device (200) may control the transceiver (206) to perform measurement or transmission of a sensing reference signal within a sensing measurement window based on the sensing measurement window setting information. For example, the sensing reference signal may be a signal for sensing related to a target sensing area.

[0199] According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a second device may be provided. For example, the second device may include at least one transceiver; at least one processor; and at least one memory connected to the at least one processor and storing instructions. For example, the instructions may cause the second device to perform an operation based on execution by the at least one processor. For example, the operation may include at least one of: transmitting sensing measurement window setting information to the first device; and / or performing a measurement or transmission of a sensing reference signal within the sensing measurement window based on the sensing measurement window setting information. For example, the sensing reference signal may be a signal for sensing related to a target sensing area.

[0200] According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a processing device may be provided. For example, the processing device may include at least one processor; and at least one memory connected to the at least one processor and storing instructions. For example, the instructions may cause a second device to perform an operation based on execution by the at least one processor. For example, the operation may include at least one of: transmitting sensing measurement window setting information to a first device; and / or performing a measurement or transmission of a sensing reference signal within a sensing measurement window based on the sensing measurement window setting information. For example, the sensing reference signal may be a signal for sensing related to a target sensing area.

[0201] According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a non-transient computer-readable storage medium recording instructions may be provided. For example, the instructions may cause a second device to perform an operation based on execution. For example, the operation may include at least one of: transmitting sensing measurement window setting information to a first device; and / or performing a measurement or transmission of a sensing reference signal within a sensing measurement window based on the sensing measurement window setting information. For example, the sensing reference signal may be a signal for sensing related to a target sensing area.

[0202] According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, mutual interference between communication signals and sensing signals can be effectively mitigated in an ISAC environment where communication services and sensing services coexist. Accordingly, degradation of the reception quality of communication services can be prevented, and at the same time, sensing performance (e.g., accuracy, reliability, etc.) such as distance estimation, velocity estimation, and location estimation performed by sensing services can be improved. For example, interference can be minimized by separating or adjusting the transmission and reception timings of communication-related signals and sensing-related signals through a sensing measurement window, thereby improving the overall coexistence efficiency and service quality of the ISAC system.

[0203] Various embodiments of the present disclosure may be combined with one another, and some descriptions, functions, procedures, suggestions, methods, and / or operations of the embodiments may be omitted.

[0204] The following describes an apparatus to which various embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied.

[0205] Although not limited to this, the various descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and / or flowcharts of operation disclosed in this document may be applied to various fields requiring wireless communication / connection (e.g., 5G) between devices.

[0206] Examples are provided in more detail below with reference to the drawings. In the following drawings and descriptions, the same reference numerals may represent the same or corresponding hardware blocks, software blocks, or function blocks unless otherwise described.

[0207] FIG. 12 shows a communication system (1) according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 12 can be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0208] Referring to FIG. 12, a communication system (1) to which various embodiments of the present disclosure are applied includes a wireless device, a base station, and a network. Here, the wireless device refers to a device that performs communication using wireless access technology (e.g., 5G NR (New RAT), LTE (Long Term Evolution)) and may be referred to as a communication / wireless / 5G device. Although not limited thereto, the wireless device may include a robot (100a), a vehicle (100b-1, 100b-2), an XR (eXtended Reality) device (100c), a hand-held device (100d), a home appliance (100e), an IoT (Internet of Thing) device (100f), and an AI device / server (400). For example, the vehicle may include a vehicle equipped with wireless communication functions, an autonomous vehicle, a vehicle capable of performing inter-vehicle communication, etc. Here, the vehicle may include an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) (e.g., a drone) and / or an Aerial Vehicle (AV) (e.g., Advanced Air Mobility). The XR device includes an Augmented Reality (AR) / Virtual Reality (VR) / Mixed Reality (MR) device and may be implemented in the form of a Head-Mounted Device (HMD), a Head-Up Display (HUD) equipped in a vehicle, a television, a smartphone, a computer, a wearable device, a home appliance, digital signage, a vehicle, a robot, etc. The portable device may include a smartphone, a smartpad, a wearable device (e.g., a smartwatch, smart glasses), a computer (e.g., a laptop, etc.). The home appliance may include a TV, a refrigerator, a washing machine, etc. The IoT device may include a sensor, a smart meter, etc. For example, a base station and a network may be implemented as a wireless device, and a specific wireless device (200a) may operate as a base station / network node to other wireless devices.

[0209] Here, the wireless communication technology implemented in the wireless devices (100a to 100f) of this specification may include LTE, NR, and 6G, as well as Narrowband Internet of Things for low-power communication. For example, NB-IoT technology may be an example of LPWAN (Low Power Wide Area Network) technology and may be implemented according to standards such as LTE Cat NB1 and / or LTE Cat NB2, but is not limited to the names mentioned above. Additionally, or generally, the wireless communication technology implemented in the wireless devices (100a to 100f) of this specification may perform communication based on LTE-M technology. For example, LTE-M technology may be an example of LPWAN technology and may be referred to by various names such as eMTC (enhanced Machine Type Communication). For example, LTE-M technology may be implemented in at least one of various standards such as 1) LTE CAT 0, 2) LTE Cat M1, 3) LTE Cat M2, 4) LTE non-BL (non-Bandwidth Limited), 5) LTE-MTC, 6) LTE Machine Type Communication, and / or 7) LTE M, and is not limited to the names mentioned above. Additionally or generally, wireless communication technology implemented in the wireless devices (100a to 100f) of this specification may include at least one of ZigBee, Bluetooth, and Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) for low-power communication, and is not limited to the names mentioned above. As an example, ZigBee technology can create personal area networks (PANs) related to small / low-power digital communication based on various standards such as IEEE 802.15.4, and may be referred to by various names.

[0210] Wireless devices (100a to 100f) can be connected to a network (300) through a base station (200). Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology may be applied to the wireless devices (100a to 100f), and the wireless devices (100a to 100f) can be connected to an AI server (400) through the network (300). The network (300) can be configured using a 3G network, a 4G (e.g., LTE) network, or a 5G (e.g., NR) network. The wireless devices (100a to 100f) may communicate with each other through the base station (200) / network (300), but they may also communicate directly (e.g., sidelink communication) without going through the base station / network. For example, vehicles (100b-1, 100b-2) can communicate directly (e.g., V2V (Vehicle to Vehicle) / V2X (Vehicle to everything) communication). Also, IoT devices (e.g., sensors) can communicate directly with other IoT devices (e.g., sensors) or other wireless devices (100a to 100f).

[0211] Wireless communication / connection (150a, 150b, 150c) can be established between wireless devices (100a~100f) / base station (200) and base station (200) / base station (200). Here, wireless communication / connection can be achieved through various wireless access technologies (e.g., 5G NR), such as uplink / downlink communication (150a), sidelink communication (150b) (or D2D communication), and inter-base station communication (150c) (e.g., relay, IAB (Integrated Access Backhaul)). Through wireless communication / connection (150a, 150b, 150c), wireless devices and base stations / wireless devices, and base stations and base stations can transmit / receive wireless signals to / from each other. For example, wireless communication / connection (150a, 150b, 150c) can transmit / receive signals through various physical channels. To this end, based on various proposals of the present disclosure, at least some of the following may be performed: various configuration information setting processes for transmitting / receiving wireless signals, various signal processing processes (e.g., channel encoding / decoding, modulation / demodulation, resource mapping / demapping, etc.), resource allocation processes, etc.

[0212] FIG. 13 shows a wireless device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 13 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0213] Referring to FIG. 13, the first wireless device (100) and the second wireless device (200) can transmit and receive wireless signals through various wireless access technologies (e.g., LTE, NR). Here, {the first wireless device (100), the second wireless device (200)} may correspond to {wireless device (100x), base station (200)} and / or {wireless device (100x), wireless device (100x)} of FIG. 12.

[0214] The first wireless device (100) includes one or more processors (102) and one or more memories (104), and may additionally include one or more transceivers (106) and / or one or more antennas (108). The processor (102) controls the memory (104) and / or transceivers (106) and may be configured to implement the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods and / or sequences of operation disclosed in this document. For example, the processor (102) may process information within the memory (104) to generate a first information / signal and then transmit a wireless signal containing the first information / signal through the transceiver (106). Additionally, the processor (102) may receive a wireless signal containing a second information / signal through the transceiver (106) and then store information obtained from the signal processing of the second information / signal in the memory (104). The memory (104) may be connected to the processor (102) and may store various information related to the operation of the processor (102). For example, the memory (104) may store software code containing instructions for performing some or all of the processes controlled by the processor (102) or for performing the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and / or operation sequence diagrams disclosed in this document. Here, the processor (102) and the memory (104) may be part of a communication modem / circuit / chip designed to implement wireless communication technology (e.g., LTE, NR). The transceiver (106) may be connected to the processor (102) and may transmit and / or receive wireless signals through one or more antennas (108). The transceiver (106) may include a transmitter and / or receiver. The transceiver (106) may be combined with an RF (Radio Frequency) unit. In the present disclosure, a wireless device may refer to a communication modem / circuit / chip.

[0215] The second wireless device (200) includes one or more processors (202) and one or more memories (204), and may additionally include one or more transceivers (206) and / or one or more antennas (208). The processor (202) controls the memory (204) and / or transceivers (206) and may be configured to implement the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods and / or sequences of operation disclosed in this document. For example, the processor (202) may process information within the memory (204) to generate a third information / signal and then transmit a wireless signal containing the third information / signal through the transceiver (206). Additionally, the processor (202) may receive a wireless signal containing a fourth information / signal through the transceiver (206) and then store information obtained from the signal processing of the fourth information / signal in the memory (204). Memory (204) may be connected to the processor (202) and may store various information related to the operation of the processor (202). For example, memory (204) may store software code containing instructions for performing some or all of the processes controlled by the processor (202) or for performing the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and / or flowcharts of operation disclosed in this document. Here, the processor (202) and memory (204) may be part of a communication modem / circuit / chip designed to implement wireless communication technology (e.g., LTE, NR). A transceiver (206) may be connected to the processor (202) and may transmit and / or receive wireless signals through one or more antennas (208). The transceiver (206) may include a transmitter and / or receiver. The transceiver (206) may be interchangeable with an RF unit. In this disclosure, a wireless device may refer to a communication modem / circuit / chip.

[0216] Hereinafter, hardware elements of the wireless device (100, 200) will be described in more detail. Although not limited thereto, one or more protocol layers may be implemented by one or more processors (102, 202). For example, one or more processors (102, 202) may implement one or more layers (e.g., functional layers such as PHY, MAC, RLC, PDCP, RRC, SDAP). One or more processors (102, 202) may generate one or more Protocol Data Units (PDUs) and / or Service Data Units (SDUs) according to the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and / or flowcharts of operation disclosed in this document. One or more processors (102, 202) may generate messages, control information, data, or information according to the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and / or flowcharts of operation disclosed in this document. One or more processors (102, 202) may generate a signal (e.g., baseband signal) containing a PDU, SDU, message, control information, data, or information according to the functions, procedures, proposals, and / or methods disclosed in this document and provide it to one or more transceivers (106, 206). One or more processors (102, 202) may receive a signal (e.g., baseband signal) from one or more transceivers (106, 206) and may obtain a PDU, SDU, message, control information, data, or information according to the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and / or flowcharts disclosed in this document.

[0217] One or more processors (102, 202) may be referred to as a controller, microcontroller, microprocessor, or microcomputer. One or more processors (102, 202) may be implemented by hardware, firmware, software, or a combination thereof. For example, one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), one or more Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), one or more Digital Signal Processing Devices (DSPDs), one or more Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), or one or more Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) may be included in one or more processors (102, 202). The descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and / or flowcharts disclosed in this document may be implemented using firmware or software, and the firmware or software may be implemented to include modules, procedures, functions, etc. Firmware or software configured to perform the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and / or operation sequences disclosed in this document may be contained in one or more processors (102, 202) or stored in one or more memories (104, 204) and driven by one or more processors (102, 202). The descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and / or operation sequences disclosed in this document may be implemented using firmware or software in the form of code, instructions, and / or sets of instructions.

[0218] One or more memories (104, 204) may be connected to one or more processors (102, 202) and may store various forms of data, signals, messages, information, programs, code, instructions, and / or commands. One or more memories (104, 204) may be composed of ROM, RAM, EPROM, flash memory, hard drive, registers, cache memory, computer read storage media, and / or combinations thereof. One or more memories (104, 204) may be located inside and / or outside of one or more processors (102, 202). Additionally, one or more memories (104, 204) may be connected to one or more processors (102, 202) through various technologies such as wired or wireless connections.

[0219] One or more transceivers (106, 206) may transmit user data, control information, wireless signals / channels, etc., as mentioned in the methods and / or operation flowcharts, etc., of this document to one or more other devices. One or more transceivers (106, 206) may receive user data, control information, wireless signals / channels, etc., as mentioned in the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods and / or operation flowcharts, etc., disclosed in this document from one or more other devices. For example, one or more transceivers (106, 206) may be connected to one or more processors (102, 202) and may transmit and receive wireless signals. For example, one or more processors (102, 202) may control one or more transceivers (106, 206) to transmit user data, control information, or wireless signals to one or more other devices. Additionally, one or more processors (102, 202) may control one or more transceivers (106, 206) to receive user data, control information, or wireless signals from one or more other devices. Additionally, one or more transceivers (106, 206) may be connected to one or more antennas (108, 208), and one or more transceivers (106, 206) may be configured to transmit and receive user data, control information, wireless signals / channels, etc., as described in the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and / or flowcharts of operation disclosed in this document through one or more antennas (108, 208). In this document, one or more antennas may be multiple physical antennas or multiple logical antennas (e.g., antenna ports). One or more transceivers (106, 206) can convert the received wireless signal / channel, etc. from an RF band signal to a baseband signal in order to process the received user data, control information, wireless signal / channel, etc. using one or more processors (102, 202).One or more transceivers (106, 206) can convert user data, control information, wireless signals / channels, etc. processed using one or more processors (102, 202) from baseband signals to RF band signals. To this end, one or more transceivers (106, 206) may include (analog) oscillators and / or filters.

[0220] FIG. 14 shows a signal processing circuit for a transmission signal according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 14 can be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0221] Referring to FIG. 14, the signal processing circuit (1000) may include a scrambler (1010), a modulator (1020), a layer mapper (1030), a precoder (1040), a resource mapper (1050), and a signal generator (1060). Although not limited thereto, the operation / function of FIG. 14 may be performed in the processor (102, 202) and / or transceiver (106, 206) of FIG. 13. The hardware elements of FIG. 14 may be implemented in the processor (102, 202) and / or transceiver (106, 206) of FIG. 13. For example, blocks 1010 through 1060 may be implemented in the processor (102, 202) of FIG. 13. Additionally, blocks 1010 to 1050 may be implemented in the processor (102, 202) of FIG. 13, and block 1060 may be implemented in the transceiver (106, 206) of FIG. 13.

[0222] The codeword can be converted into a wireless signal through the signal processing circuit (1000) of FIG. 14. Here, the codeword is an encoded bit sequence of an information block. The information block may include a transmission block (e.g., UL-SCH transmission block, DL-SCH transmission block). The wireless signal can be transmitted through various physical channels (e.g., PUSCH, PDSCH).

[0223] Specifically, a codeword can be converted into a scrambled bit sequence by a scrambler (1010). The scrambled sequence used for scrambling is generated based on an initialization value, which may include ID information of a wireless device, etc. The scrambled bit sequence can be modulated into a modulation symbol sequence by a modulator (1020). The modulation method may include pi / 2-BPSK (pi / 2-Binary Phase Shift Keying), m-PSK (m-Phase Shift Keying), m-QAM (m-Quadrature Amplitude Modulation), etc. The complex modulation symbol sequence can be mapped to one or more transmission layers by a layer mapper (1030). The modulation symbols of each transmission layer can be mapped to the corresponding antenna port(s) by a precoder (1040) (precoding). The output z of the precoder (1040) can be obtained by multiplying the output y of the layer mapper (1030) by an N*M precoding matrix W. Here, N is the number of antenna ports and M is the number of transmission layers. Here, the precoder (1040) can perform precoding after performing transform precoding (e.g., DFT transform) on the complex modulation symbols. Additionally, the precoder (1040) can perform precoding without performing transform precoding.

[0224] A resource mapper (1050) can map the modulation symbols of each antenna port to a time-frequency resource. The time-frequency resource may include multiple symbols (e.g., CP-OFDMA symbols, DFT-s-OFDMA symbols) in the time domain and multiple subcarriers in the frequency domain. A signal generator (1060) generates a radio signal from the mapped modulation symbols, and the generated radio signal can be transmitted to another device through each antenna. To this end, the signal generator (1060) may include an Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT) module, a Cyclic Prefix (CP) inserter, a Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC), a frequency uplink converter, etc.

[0225] The signal processing process for a received signal in a wireless device can be configured as the inverse of the signal processing process (1010–1060) of FIG. 14. For example, a wireless device (e.g., 100, 200 in FIG. 13) can receive a wireless signal from the outside through an antenna port / transceiver. The received wireless signal can be converted into a baseband signal through a signal restorer. To this end, the signal restorer may include a frequency downlink converter, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), a CP remover, and a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) module. Subsequently, the baseband signal can be restored into a codeword through a resource de-mapper process, a postcoding process, a demodulation process, and a de-scrambling process. The codeword can be restored into the original information block through decoding. Accordingly, a signal processing circuit (not shown) for a received signal may include a signal restorer, a resource de-mapper, a postcoder, a demodulator, a de-scrambler, and a decoder.

[0226] FIG. 15 shows a wireless device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. The wireless device may be implemented in various forms depending on the use-example / service (see FIG. 12). The embodiment of FIG. 15 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0227] Referring to FIG. 15, the wireless device (100, 200) corresponds to the wireless device (100, 200) of FIG. 13 and may be composed of various elements, components, units / parts, and / or modules. For example, the wireless device (100, 200) may include a communication unit (110), a control unit (120), a memory unit (130), and additional elements (140). The communication unit may include a communication circuit (112) and transceiver(s) (114). For example, the communication circuit (112) may include one or more processors (102, 202) and / or one or more memories (104, 204) of FIG. 13. For example, the transceiver(s) (114) may include one or more transceivers (106, 206) and / or one or more antennas (108, 208) of FIG. 13. The control unit (120) is electrically connected to the communication unit (110), the memory unit (130), and additional elements (140) and controls the general operation of the wireless device. For example, the control unit (120) may control the electrical / mechanical operation of the wireless device based on a program / code / command / information stored in the memory unit (130). Additionally, the control unit (120) may transmit information stored in the memory unit (130) to an external (e.g., another communication device) via a wireless / wired interface through the communication unit (110), or store information received from an external (e.g., another communication device) via a wireless / wired interface through the communication unit (110) in the memory unit (130).

[0228] The additional element (140) can be configured in various ways depending on the type of wireless device. For example, the additional element (140) may include at least one of a power unit / battery, an input / output unit (I / O unit), a driving unit, and a computing unit. Although not limited thereto, the wireless device may be implemented in the form of a robot (Fig. 12, 100a), a vehicle (Fig. 12, 100b-1, 100b-2), an XR device (Fig. 12, 100c), a portable device (Fig. 12, 100d), a home appliance (Fig. 12, 100e), an IoT device (Fig. 12, 100f), a digital broadcasting terminal, a hologram device, a public safety device, an MTC device, a medical device, a fintech device (or financial device), a security device, a climate / environment device, an AI server / device (Fig. 12, 400), a base station (Fig. 12, 200), a network node, etc. Wireless devices can be used in a movable or fixed location depending on the use—e.g., service.

[0229] In FIG. 15, various elements, components, units / parts, and / or modules within the wireless device (100, 200) may be entirely interconnected via a wired interface, or at least partially connected via a communication unit (110). For example, within the wireless device (100, 200), the control unit (120) and the communication unit (110) may be connected via a wire, and the control unit (120) and the first unit (e.g., 130, 140) may be connected wirelessly via the communication unit (110). Additionally, each element, component, unit / part, and / or module within the wireless device (100, 200) may include one or more additional elements. For example, the control unit (120) may be composed of one or more sets of processors. For example, the control unit (120) may be composed of a set of a communication control processor, an application processor, an Electronic Control Unit (ECU), a graphics processing processor, a memory control processor, etc. As another example, the memory unit (130) may be composed of RAM (Random Access Memory), DRAM (Dynamic RAM), ROM (Read Only Memory), flash memory, volatile memory, non-volatile memory and / or a combination thereof.

[0230] Hereinafter, an example of the implementation of FIG. 15 will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings.

[0231] FIG. 16 illustrates a portable device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. The portable device may include a smartphone, a smartpad, a wearable device (e.g., a smartwatch, smart glasses), a portable computer (e.g., a laptop, etc.). The portable device may be referred to as an MS (Mobile Station), UT (User Terminal), MSS (Mobile Subscriber Station), SS (Subscriber Station), AMS (Advanced Mobile Station), or WT (Wireless Terminal). The embodiment of FIG. 16 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0232] Referring to FIG. 16, the portable device (100) may include an antenna unit (108), a communication unit (110), a control unit (120), a memory unit (130), a power supply unit (140a), an interface unit (140b), and an input / output unit (140c). The antenna unit (108) may be configured as part of the communication unit (110). Blocks 110 to 130 / 140a to 140c each correspond to blocks 110 to 130 / 140 of FIG. 15.

[0233] The communication unit (110) can transmit and receive signals (e.g., data, control signals, etc.) with other wireless devices and base stations. The control unit (120) can control the components of the portable device (100) to perform various operations. The control unit (120) may include an AP (Application Processor). The memory unit (130) can store data / parameters / programs / code / commands required for the operation of the portable device (100). Additionally, the memory unit (130) can store input / output data / information, etc. The power supply unit (140a) supplies power to the portable device (100) and may include wired / wireless charging circuits, batteries, etc. The interface unit (140b) can support the connection between the portable device (100) and other external devices. The interface unit (140b) may include various ports (e.g., audio input / output ports, video input / output ports) for connection with external devices. The input / output unit (140c) can receive or output video information / signals, audio information / signals, data, and / or information input by a user. The input / output unit (140c) may include a camera, a microphone, a user input unit, a display unit (140d), a speaker and / or a haptic module, etc.

[0234] For example, in the case of data communication, the input / output unit (140c) acquires information / signals (e.g., touch, text, voice, image, video) input from the user, and the acquired information / signals can be stored in the memory unit (130). The communication unit (110) converts the information / signals stored in the memory into wireless signals and can directly transmit the converted wireless signals to another wireless device or to a base station. Additionally, the communication unit (110) can receive wireless signals from another wireless device or base station and then restore the received wireless signals to their original information / signals. The restored information / signals can be stored in the memory unit (130) and then output in various forms (e.g., text, voice, image, video, haptic) through the input / output unit (140c).

[0235] The claims described in this specification may be combined in various ways. For example, the technical features of the method claims in this specification may be combined to be implemented as a device, and the technical features of the device claims in this specification may be combined to be implemented as a method. Furthermore, the technical features of the method claims and the technical features of the device claims in this specification may be combined to be implemented as a device, and the technical features of the method claims and the technical features of the device claims in this specification may be combined to be implemented as a method.

Claims

1. Regarding the method, The first device acquires sensing measurement window setting information; and The first device comprises the step of performing measurement or transmission of a sensing reference signal within a sensing measurement window based on the sensing measurement window setting information; A method in which the above-mentioned sensing reference signal is a signal for sensing related to a target sensing area.

2. In Paragraph 1, The above-mentioned sensing measurement window setting information is received from a second device.

3. In Paragraph 2, The above second device is a base station or a sensing function (SF), a method.

4. In Paragraph 1, A method in which measurement or transmission of the above-mentioned sensing reference signal is allowed within the sensing measurement window, and communication is not allowed within the sensing measurement window.

5. In Paragraph 1, A method in which the sensing measurement window setting information comprises at least one of information related to the length of the sensing measurement window, information related to the period of the sensing measurement window, information related to the measurement type, or information related to the target sensing area.

6. In Paragraph 1, A method in which the sensing measurement window setting information comprises at least one of information related to the beam direction toward the target sensing area or information related to the beam direction from the target sensing area.

7. In Paragraph 1, The above sensing measurement window setting information is set for each sensing device.

8. In Paragraph 1, The above-mentioned sensing measurement window setting information is set by area, a method.

9. In Paragraph 1, The above sensing measurement window setting information is set for each cell, a method.

10. In Paragraph 1, A method in which information related to the length of the sensing measurement window and information related to the period of the sensing measurement window included in the above sensing measurement window setting information are set based on the type of sensing service.

11. In Paragraph 1, A method in which, based on the overlap between the above-mentioned sensing measurement window and the communication-related measurement gap, a measurement of higher priority among the sensing-related measurement and the communication-related measurement is prioritized.

12. In Paragraph 1, A method comprising the above sensing measurement window setting information including information indicating that a communication-related measurement gap is prioritized or information indicating that the above sensing measurement window is prioritized.

13. In Paragraph 1, Information related to a sensing processing window is set to the first device, and multiplexing of the sensing reference signal and the communication-related signal is allowed within the sensing processing window, a method.

14. In the first device, At least one transmitter / receiver; At least one processor; and The first device is configured to perform an operation based on the instructions being executed by the at least one processor, wherein the operation comprises: at least one memory connected to the at least one processor and storing instructions, the instructions being executed by the at least one processor. Acquiring sensing measurement window setting information; and Based on the above-mentioned sensing measurement window setting information, performing measurement or transmission of a sensing reference signal within the sensing measurement window; including, A first device, wherein the above-mentioned sensing reference signal is a signal for sensing related to a target sensing area.

15. In a processing device, At least one processor; and The first device is configured to perform an operation based on the instructions being executed by the at least one processor, wherein the operation comprises: at least one memory connected to the at least one processor and storing instructions, the instructions being executed by the at least one processor. Acquiring sensing measurement window setting information; and Based on the above-mentioned sensing measurement window setting information, performing measurement or transmission of a sensing reference signal within the sensing measurement window; including, A processing device in which the above-mentioned sensing reference signal is a signal for sensing related to a target sensing area.

16. A non-transient computer-readable storage medium that records instructions, The above commands cause the first device to perform an operation based on execution, wherein the operation is: Acquiring sensing measurement window setting information; and Based on the above-mentioned sensing measurement window setting information, performing measurement or transmission of a sensing reference signal within the sensing measurement window; including, A non-transient computer-readable storage medium in which the above-mentioned sensing reference signal is a signal for sensing related to a target sensing area.

17. Regarding the method, The second device transmits sensing measurement window setting information to the first device; and The second device comprises the step of performing measurement or transmission of a sensing reference signal within a sensing measurement window based on the sensing measurement window setting information; A method in which the above-mentioned sensing reference signal is a signal for sensing related to a target sensing area.

18. In the second device, At least one transmitter / receiver; At least one processor; and The second device is configured to perform an operation based on the instructions being executed by the at least one processor, wherein the operation comprises: at least one memory connected to the at least one processor and storing instructions, the instructions being executed by the at least one processor. Transmitting sensing measurement window setting information to a first device; and Based on the above-mentioned sensing measurement window setting information, performing measurement or transmission of a sensing reference signal within the sensing measurement window; including, A second device, wherein the above-mentioned sensing reference signal is a signal for sensing related to a target sensing area.

19. In a processing device, At least one processor; and The second device is configured to perform an operation based on the instructions being executed by the at least one processor, wherein the operation comprises: at least one memory connected to the at least one processor and storing instructions, the instructions being executed by the at least one processor. Transmitting sensing measurement window setting information to a first device; and Based on the above-mentioned sensing measurement window setting information, performing measurement or transmission of a sensing reference signal within the sensing measurement window; including, A processing device in which the above-mentioned sensing reference signal is a signal for sensing related to a target sensing area.

20. A non-transient computer-readable storage medium that records instructions, The above commands cause the second device to perform an operation based on execution, wherein the operation is: Transmitting sensing measurement window setting information to a first device; and Based on the above-mentioned sensing measurement window setting information, performing measurement or transmission of a sensing reference signal within the sensing measurement window; including, A non-transient computer-readable storage medium in which the above-mentioned sensing reference signal is a signal for sensing related to a target sensing area.

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