Layer specific DMR pilot density
Patent Information
- Application Number
- PCT/CN2025/078234
- Authority / Receiving Office
- WO · WO
- Patent Type
- Applications
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-02-20
- Publication Date
- 2026-08-27
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Abstract
Description
LAYER SPECIFIC DMR PILOT DENSITYFIELD OF TECHNOLOGY
[0001] The following relates to wireless communications, including layer-specific demodulation reference signal (DMRS) density (e.g., layer specific demodulation reference (DMR) pilot density) for multi-layer wireless transmissions.BACKGROUND
[0002] Wireless communications systems are widely deployed to provide various types of communication content such as voice, video, packet data, messaging, broadcast, and so on. These systems may be capable of supporting communication with multiple users by sharing the available system resources (e.g., time, frequency, and power) . Examples of such multiple-access systems include fourth generation (4G) systems such as Long Term Evolution (LTE) systems, LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) systems, or LTE-A Pro systems, and fifth generation (5G) systems which may be referred to as New Radio (NR) systems. These systems may employ technologies such as code division multiple access (CDMA) , time division multiple access (TDMA) , frequency division multiple access (FDMA) , orthogonal FDMA (OFDMA) , or discrete Fourier transform spread orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (DFT-S-OFDM) . A wireless multiple-access communications system may include one or more base stations, each supporting wireless communication for communication devices, which may be known as user equipment (UE) .
[0003] In some wireless communications systems, wireless devices may communicate demodulation reference signal (DMRS) transmission to perform channel estimation for physical channel reception. For example, a wireless device may communicate a DMRS via one or more ports accompanying a data transmission to support successful reception of the data transmission.SUMMARY
[0004] The systems, methods, and devices of this disclosure each have several innovative aspects, no single one of which is solely responsible for the desirable attributes disclosed herein.
[0005] A method for wireless communications by a first wireless device is described. The method may include communicating a transmission between the first wireless device and a second wireless device using a set of multiple spatial resources, where communicating the transmission includes, communicating, using a first spatial resource of the set of multiple spatial resources, a first portion of the transmission with a first set of multiple demodulation reference signals (DMRSs) in accordance with a first DMRS density, and communicating, using a second spatial resource of the set of multiple spatial resources and concurrent with communicating the first portion of the transmission, a second portion of the transmission with a second set of multiple DMRSs in accordance with a second DMRS density that is different from the first DMRS density.
[0006] A first wireless device for wireless communications is described. The first wireless device may include one or more memories storing processor executable code, and one or more processors coupled with the one or more memories. The one or more processors may individually or collectively be operable to execute the code to cause the first wireless device to communicate a transmission between the first wireless device and a second wireless device using a set of multiple spatial resources, where communicating the transmission includes, communicate, using a first spatial resource of the set of multiple spatial resources, a first portion of the transmission with a first set of multiple DMRSs in accordance with a first DMRS density, and communicate, using a second spatial resource of the set of multiple spatial resources and concurrent with communicating the first portion of the transmission, a second portion of the transmission with a second set of multiple DMRSs in accordance with a second DMRS density that is different from the first DMRS density.
[0007] Another first wireless device for wireless communications is described. The first wireless device may include means for communicating a transmission between the first wireless device and a second wireless device using a set of multiple spatial resources, where communicating the transmission includes, means for communicating, using a first spatial resource of the set of multiple spatial resources, a first portion of the transmission with a first set of multiple DMRSs in accordance with a first DMRS density, and means for communicating, using a second spatial resource of the set of multiple spatial resources and concurrent with communicating the first portion of the transmission, a second portion of the transmission with a second set of multiple DMRSs in accordance with a second DMRS density that is different from the first DMRS density.
[0008] A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communications is described. The code may include instructions executable by one or more processors to communicate a transmission between the first wireless device and a second wireless device using a set of multiple spatial resources, where communicating the transmission includes, communicate, using a first spatial resource of the set of multiple spatial resources, a first portion of the transmission with a first set of multiple DMRSs in accordance with a first DMRS density, and communicate, using a second spatial resource of the set of multiple spatial resources and concurrent with communicating the first portion of the transmission, a second portion of the transmission with a second set of multiple DMRSs in accordance with a second DMRS density that is different from the first DMRS density.
[0009] In some examples of the method, first wireless devices, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein, the first DMRS density may be different from the second DMRS density in a frequency domain, in a time domain, or both.
[0010] In some examples of the method, first wireless devices, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein, the first DMRS density may be associated with a first quantity of resource elements (REs) in the frequency domain per symbol in the time domain; and the second DMRS density may be associated with a second quantity of REs in the frequency domain per symbol in the time domain, the second quantity of REs greater than the first quantity of REs.
[0011] In some examples of the method, first wireless devices, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein, the first spatial resource may be associated with a first antenna port of the first wireless device; and the second spatial resource may be associated with a second antenna port of the first wireless device that may be different from the first antenna port.
[0012] In some examples of the method, first wireless devices, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein, the first spatial resource may be associated with a first beam of the first wireless device; and the second spatial resource may be associated with a second beam of the first wireless device that may be along a different direction than the first beam.
[0013] Some examples of the method, first wireless devices, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein may further include operations, features, means, or instructions for communicating the first portion of the transmission with the first set of multiple DMRSs in accordance with the first DMRS density and communicating the second portion of the transmission with the second set of multiple DMRSs in accordance with the second DMRS density may be based on a rank of the transmission satisfying a threshold.
[0014] In some examples of the method, first wireless devices, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein, the first wireless device may be a user equipment (UE) and the method, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable medium may include further operations, features, means, or instructions for receiving, at the UE, one or more indications scheduling the transmission and indicating the first DMRS density and the second DMRS density, where communicating the transmission includes, receiving, at the UE using the first spatial resource, the first portion of the transmission with the first set of multiple DMRSs in accordance with the first DMRS density based on receiving the one or more indications, and receiving, at the UE using the second spatial resource, the second portion of the transmission with the second set of multiple DMRSs in accordance with the second DMRS density based on receiving the one or more indications.
[0015] In some examples of the method, first wireless devices, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein, the first DMRS density and the second DMRS density may be indicated at least in part by a bit of downlink control information (DCI) received at the UE.
[0016] In some examples of the method, first wireless devices, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein, the first DMRS density and the second DMRS density may be indicated at least in part by configuration information indicating that layer-specific DMRS density may be enabled.
[0017] Some examples of the method, first wireless devices, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein may further include operations, features, means, or instructions for transmitting, from the UE, an indication associated with layer-specific DMRS density, where receiving the one or more indications of the first DMRS density and the second DMRS density may be based on transmitting the indication associated with layer-specific DMRS density.
[0018] In some examples of the method, first wireless devices, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein, communicating the transmission may include operations, features, means, or instructions for transmitting, from the network entity using the first spatial resource, the first portion of the transmission with the first set of multiple DMRSs in accordance with the first DMRS density and transmitting, from the network entity using the second spatial resource, the second portion of the transmission with the second set of multiple DMRSs in accordance with the second DMRS density.
[0019] Some examples of the method, first wireless devices, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein may further include operations, features, means, or instructions for transmitting, from the network entity, one or more indications indicating the first DMRS density and the second DMRS density.
[0020] Some examples of the method, first wireless devices, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein may further include operations, features, means, or instructions for receiving an indication associated with layer-specific DMRS density from the second wireless device, where transmitting the first portion of the transmission with the first set of multiple DMRSs in accordance with the first DMRS density and transmitting the second portion of the transmission with the second set of multiple DMRSs in accordance with the second DMRS density may be based on receiving the indication.
[0021] In some examples of the method, first wireless devices, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein, the first set of multiple DMRSs may be associated with a first code division multiplexing (CDM) group of the transmission and the second set of multiple DMRSs may be associated with a second CDM group different from the first CDM group of the transmission.
[0022] Details of one or more implementations of the subject matter described in this disclosure are set forth in the accompanying drawings and the description below. Other features, aspects, and advantages will become apparent from the description, the drawings, and the claims. Note that the relative dimensions of the following figures may not be drawn to scale.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0023] FIG. 1 shows an example of a wireless communications system that supports layer-specific demodulation reference signal (DMRS) density for multi-layer wireless transmissions in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure.
[0024] FIG. 2 shows an example of a signaling configuration that supports layer-specific DMRS density for multi-layer wireless transmissions in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure.
[0025] FIG. 3 shows an example of a process flow that supports layer-specific DMRS density for multi-layer wireless transmissions in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure.
[0026] FIGs. 4 and 5 show block diagrams of devices that support layer-specific DMRS density for multi-layer wireless transmissions in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure.
[0027] FIG. 6 shows a block diagram of a communications manager that supports layer-specific DMRS density for multi-layer wireless transmissions in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure.
[0028] FIG. 7 shows a diagram of a system including a UE that supports layer-specific DMRS density for multi-layer wireless transmissions in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure.
[0029] FIG. 8 shows a diagram of a system including a network entity that supports layer-specific DMRS density for multi-layer wireless transmissions in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure.
[0030] FIG. 9 shows a flowchart illustrating methods that support layer-specific DMRS density for multi-layer wireless transmissions in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure.DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0031] In some wireless communications systems, a wireless transmission may include demodulation reference signals (DMRSs) to support channel estimation and demodulation of one or more physical channels of the transmission. For example, DMRSs may be measured to perform channel estimation that supports demodulation of a data transmission (e.g., a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission, a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission) , which may improve reliability or spectral efficiency for communicating the data transmission. In some examples, wireless devices may communicate a transmission and accompanying DMRSs using multiple spatial resources (e.g., multiple layers, multiple ports, multiple antennas, multiple streams) during overlapping durations, using overlapping frequency resources, or both. For example, a wireless device may communicate a first portion of a transmission on a first spatial resource with a first set of DMRSs (e.g., first DMRS pilots) and may communicate a second portion of the transmission on a second spatial resource with a second set of DMRSs (e.g., second DMRS pilots) . In some examples, DMRS density (e.g., density in a frequency domain, density in a time domain, or both) associated with each of the spatial resources may be the same. For example, the first set of DMRSs and the second set of DMRSs may occupy the same quantity of resource elements (REs) within respective resource blocks (RBs) of the spatial resources. However, implementing the same DMRS density for different spatial resources may limit a performance of the communications, particularly when the different spatial resources are associated with different channel quality parameters.
[0032] Techniques described herein provide for a wireless device to communicate a transmission using layer-specific (e.g., spatial resource-specific) DMRS density. For example, a wireless device may communicate a first portion of a transmission (e.g., a multi-layer transmission, a transmission having a rank of two or higher) using a first spatial resource with a first set of DMRSs having a first DMRS density and may communicate a second portion of the transmission (e.g., concurrently with the transmission of the first portion of the transmission) using a second spatial resource with a second set of DMRSs having a second DMRS density different from the first DMRS density. In some examples, the first DMRS density may be less than the second DMRS density when the first spatial resource is associated with a higher channel quality (e.g., a higher signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) ) compared to the second spatial resource, or vice versa. For example, the first DMRS density may indicate that the first set of DMRSs includes a first quantity of DMRS pilots (e.g., occupying three REs within an RB) and the second DMRS density may indicate that the second set of DMRSs includes a second quantity of DMRS pilots (e.g., occupying six REs within an RB) . In some examples, utilization of layer-specific DMRS density may be enabled via control signaling (e.g., activated via a radio resource control (RRC) signal or a media access control control element (MAC-CE) ) . Additionally, or alternatively, whether a transmission is configured with layer-specific DMRS density may be indicated via a dynamic indication (e.g., indicated via one or more bits included a downlink control information (DCI) indication or an uplink control information (UCI) indication) . Such techniques may improve communication performance by reducing DMRS density for spatial resources having a relatively high channel quality, increasing DMRS density for spatial resources having a relatively low channel quality, or both, which may improve network flexibility (e.g., by increasing available communication resources) , may reduce processing time and complexity associated with a receiving device performing channel estimation, or both, among other advantages.
[0033] Aspects of the disclosure are initially described in the context of wireless communications systems. Aspects of the disclosure are further illustrated by and described with reference to a signaling configuration and a process flow. Aspects of the disclosure are further illustrated by and described with reference to apparatus diagrams, system diagrams, and flowcharts that relate to layer-specific DMRS density for multi-layer wireless transmissions.
[0034] FIG. 1 shows an example of a wireless communications system 100 that supports layer-specific DMRS density for multi-layer wireless transmissions in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure. The wireless communications system 100 may include one or more devices, such as one or more network devices (e.g., network entities 105) , one or more UEs 115, and a core network 130. In some examples, the wireless communications system 100 may be a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network, an LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) network, an LTE-A Pro network, a New Radio (NR) network, or a network operating in accordance with other systems and radio technologies, including future systems and radio technologies not explicitly mentioned herein.
[0035] The network entities 105 may be dispersed throughout a geographic area to form the wireless communications system 100 and may include devices in different forms or having different capabilities. In various examples, a network entity 105 may be referred to as a network element, a mobility element, a radio access network (RAN) node, or network equipment, among other nomenclature. In some examples, network entities 105 and UEs 115 may wirelessly communicate via communication link (s) 125 (e.g., a radio frequency (RF) access link) . For example, a network entity 105 may support a coverage area 110 (e.g., a geographic coverage area) over which the UEs 115 and the network entity 105 may establish the communication link (s) 125. The coverage area 110 may be an example of a geographic area over which a network entity 105 and a UE 115 may support the communication of signals according to one or more radio access technologies (RATs) .
[0036] The UEs 115 may be dispersed throughout a coverage area 110 of the wireless communications system 100, and each UE 115 may be stationary, or mobile, or both at different times. The UEs 115 may be devices in different forms or having different capabilities. Some example UEs 115 are illustrated in FIG. 1. The UEs 115 described herein may be capable of supporting communications with various types of devices in the wireless communications system 100 (e.g., other wireless communication devices, including UEs 115 or network entities 105) , as shown in FIG. 1.
[0037] As described herein, a node of the wireless communications system 100, which may be referred to as a network node, or a wireless node, may be a network entity 105 (e.g., any network entity described herein) , a UE 115 (e.g., any UE described herein) , a network controller, an apparatus, a device, a computing system, one or more components, or another suitable processing entity configured to perform any of the techniques described herein. For example, a node may be a UE 115. As another example, a node may be a network entity 105. As another example, a first node may be configured to communicate with a second node or a third node. In one aspect of this example, the first node may be a UE 115, the second node may be a network entity 105, and the third node may be a UE 115. In another aspect of this example, the first node may be a UE 115, the second node may be a network entity 105, and the third node may be a network entity 105. In yet other aspects of this example, the first, second, and third nodes may be different relative to these examples. Similarly, reference to a UE 115, network entity 105, apparatus, device, computing system, or the like may include disclosure of the UE 115, network entity 105, apparatus, device, computing system, or the like being a node. For example, disclosure that a UE 115 is configured to receive information from a network entity 105 also discloses that a first node is configured to receive information from a second node.
[0038] In some examples, network entities 105 may communicate with a core network 130, or with one another, or both. For example, network entities 105 may communicate with the core network 130 via backhaul communication link (s) 120 (e.g., in accordance with an S1, N2, N3, or other interface protocol) . In some examples, network entities 105 may communicate with one another via backhaul communication link (s) 120 (e.g., in accordance with an X2, Xn, or other interface protocol) either directly (e.g., directly between network entities 105) or indirectly (e.g., via the core network 130) . In some examples, network entities 105 may communicate with one another via a midhaul communication link 162 (e.g., in accordance with a midhaul interface protocol) or a fronthaul communication link 168 (e.g., in accordance with a fronthaul interface protocol) , or any combination thereof. The backhaul communication link (s) 120, midhaul communication links 162, or fronthaul communication links 168 may be or include one or more wired links (e.g., an electrical link, an optical fiber link) or one or more wireless links (e.g., a radio link, a wireless optical link) , among other examples or various combinations thereof. A UE 115 may communicate with the core network 130 via a communication link 155.
[0039] One or more of the network entities 105 or network equipment described herein may include or may be referred to as a base station 140 (e.g., a base transceiver station, a radio base station, an NR base station, an access point, a radio transceiver, a NodeB, an eNodeB (eNB) , a next-generation NodeB or giga-NodeB (either of which may be referred to as a gNB) , a 5G NB, a next-generation eNB (ng-eNB) , a Home NodeB, a Home eNodeB, or other suitable terminology) . In some examples, a network entity 105 (e.g., a base station 140) may be implemented in an aggregated (e.g., monolithic, standalone) base station architecture, which may be configured to utilize a protocol stack that is physically or logically integrated within one network entity (e.g., a network entity 105 or a single RAN node, such as a base station 140) .
[0040] In some examples, a network entity 105 may be implemented in a disaggregated architecture (e.g., a disaggregated base station architecture, a disaggregated RAN architecture) , which may be configured to utilize a protocol stack that is physically or logically distributed among multiple network entities (e.g., network entities 105) , such as an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) network, an open RAN (O-RAN) (e.g., a network configuration sponsored by the O-RAN Alliance) , or a virtualized RAN (vRAN) (e.g., a cloud RAN (C-RAN) ) . For example, a network entity 105 may include one or more of a central unit (CU) , such as a CU 160, a distributed unit (DU) , such as a DU 165, a radio unit (RU) , such as an RU 170, a RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) , such as an RIC 175 (e.g., a Near-Real Time RIC (Near-RT RIC) , a Non-Real Time RIC (Non-RT RIC) ) , a Service Management and Orchestration (SMO) system, such as an SMO system 180, or any combination thereof. An RU 170 may also be referred to as a radio head, a smart radio head, a remote radio head (RRH) , a remote radio unit (RRU) , or a transmission reception point (TRP) . One or more components of the network entities 105 in a disaggregated RAN architecture may be co-located, or one or more components of the network entities 105 may be located in distributed locations (e.g., separate physical locations) . In some examples, one or more of the network entities 105 of a disaggregated RAN architecture may be implemented as virtual units (e.g., a virtual CU (VCU) , a virtual DU (VDU) , a virtual RU (VRU) ) .
[0041] The split of functionality between a CU 160, a DU 165, and an RU 170 is flexible and may support different functionalities depending on which functions (e.g., network layer functions, protocol layer functions, baseband functions, RF functions, or any combinations thereof) are performed at a CU 160, a DU 165, or an RU 170. For example, a functional split of a protocol stack may be employed between a CU 160 and a DU 165 such that the CU 160 may support one or more layers of the protocol stack and the DU 165 may support one or more different layers of the protocol stack. In some examples, the CU 160 may host upper protocol layer (e.g., layer 3 (L3) , layer 2 (L2) ) functionality and signaling (e.g., Radio Resource Control (RRC) , service data adaptation protocol (SDAP) , Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) ) . The CU 160 (e.g., one or more CUs) may be connected to a DU 165 (e.g., one or more DUs) or an RU 170 (e.g., one or more RUs) , or some combination thereof, and the DUs 165, RUs 170, or both may host lower protocol layers, such as layer 1 (L1) (e.g., physical (PHY) layer) or L2 (e.g., radio link control (RLC) layer, medium access control (MAC) layer) functionality and signaling, and may each be at least partially controlled by the CU 160. Additionally, or alternatively, a functional split of the protocol stack may be employed between a DU 165 and an RU 170 such that the DU 165 may support one or more layers of the protocol stack and the RU 170 may support one or more different layers of the protocol stack. The DU 165 may support one or multiple different cells (e.g., via one or multiple different RUs, such as an RU 170) . In some cases, a functional split between a CU 160 and a DU 165 or between a DU 165 and an RU 170 may be within a protocol layer (e.g., some functions for a protocol layer may be performed by one of a CU 160, a DU 165, or an RU 170, while other functions of the protocol layer are performed by a different one of the CU 160, the DU 165, or the RU 170) . A CU 160 may be functionally split further into CU control plane (CU-CP) and CU user plane (CU-UP) functions. A CU 160 may be connected to a DU 165 via a midhaul communication link 162 (e.g., F1, F1-c, F1-u) , and a DU 165 may be connected to an RU 170 via a fronthaul communication link 168 (e.g., open fronthaul (FH) interface) . In some examples, a midhaul communication link 162 or a fronthaul communication link 168 may be implemented in accordance with an interface (e.g., a channel) between layers of a protocol stack supported by respective network entities (e.g., one or more of the network entities 105) that are in communication via such communication links.
[0042] In some wireless communications systems (e.g., the wireless communications system 100) , infrastructure and spectral resources for radio access may support wireless backhaul link capabilities to supplement wired backhaul connections, providing an IAB network architecture (e.g., to a core network 130) . In some cases, in an IAB network, one or more of the network entities 105 (e.g., network entities 105 or IAB node (s) 104) may be partially controlled by each other. The IAB node (s) 104 may be referred to as a donor entity or an IAB donor. A DU 165 or an RU 170 may be partially controlled by a CU 160 associated with a network entity 105 or base station 140 (such as a donor network entity or a donor base station) . The one or more donor entities (e.g., IAB donors) may be in communication with one or more additional devices (e.g., IAB node (s) 104) via supported access and backhaul links (e.g., backhaul communication link (s) 120) . IAB node (s) 104 may include an IAB mobile termination (IAB-MT) controlled (e.g., scheduled) by one or more DUs (e.g., DUs 165) of a coupled IAB donor. An IAB-MT may be equipped with an independent set of antennas for relay of communications with UEs 115 or may share the same antennas (e.g., of an RU 170) of IAB node (s) 104 used for access via the DU 165 of the IAB node (s) 104 (e.g., referred to as virtual IAB-MT (vIAB-MT) ) . In some examples, the IAB node (s) 104 may include one or more DUs (e.g., DUs 165) that support communication links with additional entities (e.g., IAB node (s) 104, UEs 115) within the relay chain or configuration of the access network (e.g., downstream) . In such cases, one or more components of the disaggregated RAN architecture (e.g., the IAB node (s) 104 or components of the IAB node (s) 104) may be configured to operate according to the techniques described herein.
[0043] In the case of the techniques described herein applied in the context of a disaggregated RAN architecture, one or more components of the disaggregated RAN architecture may be configured to support layer-specific DMRS density for multi-layer wireless transmissions as described herein. For example, some operations described as being performed by a UE 115 or a network entity 105 (e.g., a base station 140) may additionally, or alternatively, be performed by one or more components of the disaggregated RAN architecture (e.g., components such as an IAB node, a DU 165, a CU 160, an RU 170, an RIC 175, an SMO system 180) .
[0044] A UE 115 may include or may be referred to as a mobile device, a wireless device, a remote device, a handheld device, or a subscriber device, or some other suitable terminology, where the “device” may also be referred to as a unit, a station, a terminal, or a client, among other examples. A UE 115 may also include or may be referred to as a personal electronic device such as a cellular phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA) , a tablet computer, a laptop computer, or a personal computer. In some examples, a UE 115 may include or be referred to as a wireless local loop (WLL) station, an Internet of Things (IoT) device, an Internet of Everything (IoE) device, or a machine type communications (MTC) device, among other examples, which may be implemented in various objects such as appliances, vehicles, or meters, among other examples.
[0045] The UEs 115 described herein may be able to communicate with various types of devices, such as UEs 115 that may sometimes operate as relays, as well as the network entities 105 and the network equipment including macro eNBs or gNBs, small cell eNBs or gNBs, or relay base stations, among other examples, as shown in FIG. 1.
[0046] The UEs 115 and the network entities 105 may wirelessly communicate with one another via the communication link (s) 125 (e.g., one or more access links) using resources associated with one or more carriers. The term “carrier” may refer to a set of RF spectrum resources having a defined PHY layer structure for supporting the communication link (s) 125. For example, a carrier used for the communication link (s) 125 may include a portion of an RF spectrum band (e.g., a bandwidth part (BWP) ) that is operated according to one or more PHY layer channels for a given RAT (e.g., LTE, LTE-A, LTE-A Pro, NR) . Each PHY layer channel may carry acquisition signaling (e.g., synchronization signals, system information) , control signaling that coordinates operation for the carrier, user data, or other signaling. The wireless communications system 100 may support communication with a UE 115 using carrier aggregation or multi-carrier operation. A UE 115 may be configured with multiple downlink component carriers and one or more uplink component carriers according to a carrier aggregation configuration. Carrier aggregation may be used with both frequency division duplexing (FDD) and time division duplexing (TDD) component carriers. Communication between a network entity 105 and other devices may refer to communication between the devices and any portion (e.g., entity, sub-entity) of a network entity 105. For example, the terms “transmitting, ” “receiving, ” or “communicating, ” when referring to a network entity 105, may refer to any portion of a network entity 105 (e.g., a base station 140, a CU 160, a DU 165, a RU 170) of a RAN communicating with another device (e.g., directly or via one or more other network entities, such as one or more of the network entities 105) .
[0047] Signal waveforms transmitted via a carrier may be made up of multiple subcarriers (e.g., using multi-carrier modulation (MCM) techniques such as orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) or discrete Fourier transform spread OFDM (DFT-S-OFDM) ) . In a system employing MCM techniques, a RE may refer to resources of one symbol period (e.g., a duration of one modulation symbol) and one subcarrier, in which case the symbol period and subcarrier spacing may be inversely related. The quantity of bits carried by each RE may depend on the modulation scheme (e.g., the order of the modulation scheme, the coding rate of the modulation scheme, or both) , such that a relatively higher quantity of REs (e.g., in a transmission duration) and a relatively higher order of a modulation scheme may correspond to a relatively higher rate of communication. A wireless communications resource may refer to a combination of an RF spectrum resource, a time resource, and a spatial resource (e.g., a spatial layer, a beam) , and the use of multiple spatial resources may increase the data rate or data integrity for communications with a UE 115.
[0048] The time intervals for the network entities 105 or the UEs 115 may be expressed in multiples of a basic time unit which may, for example, refer to a sampling period of Ts=1 / (Δfmax·Nf) seconds, for which Δfmax may represent a supported subcarrier spacing, and Nf may represent a supported discrete Fourier transform (DFT) size. Time intervals of a communications resource may be organized according to radio frames each having a specified duration (e.g., 10 milliseconds (ms) ) . Each radio frame may be identified by a system frame number (SFN) (e.g., ranging from 0 to 1023) .
[0049] Each frame may include multiple consecutively-numbered subframes or slots, and each subframe or slot may have the same duration. In some examples, a frame may be divided (e.g., in the time domain) into subframes, and each subframe may be further divided into a quantity of slots. Alternatively, each frame may include a variable quantity of slots, and the quantity of slots may depend on subcarrier spacing. Each slot may include a quantity of symbol periods (e.g., depending on the length of the cyclic prefix prepended to each symbol period) . In some wireless communications systems, such as the wireless communications system 100, a slot may further be divided into multiple mini-slots associated with one or more symbols. Excluding the cyclic prefix, each symbol period may be associated with one or more (e.g., Nf) sampling periods. The duration of a symbol period may depend on the subcarrier spacing or frequency band of operation.
[0050] A subframe, a slot, a mini-slot, or a symbol may be the smallest scheduling unit (e.g., in the time domain) of the wireless communications system 100 and may be referred to as a transmission time interval (TTI) . In some examples, the TTI duration (e.g., a quantity of symbol periods in a TTI) may be variable. Additionally, or alternatively, the smallest scheduling unit of the wireless communications system 100 may be dynamically selected (e.g., in bursts of shortened TTIs (sTTIs) ) .
[0051] Physical channels may be multiplexed for communication using a carrier according to various techniques. A physical control channel and a physical data channel may be multiplexed for signaling via a downlink carrier, for example, using one or more of time division multiplexing (TDM) techniques, frequency division multiplexing (FDM) techniques, or hybrid TDM-FDM techniques. A control region (e.g., a control resource set (CORESET) ) for a physical control channel may be defined by a set of symbol periods and may extend across the system bandwidth or a subset of the system bandwidth of the carrier. One or more control regions (e.g., CORESETs) may be configured for a set of the UEs 115. For example, one or more of the UEs 115 may monitor or search control regions for control information according to one or more search space sets, and each search space set may include one or multiple control channel candidates in one or more aggregation levels arranged in a cascaded manner. An aggregation level for a control channel candidate may refer to an amount of control channel resources (e.g., control channel elements (CCEs) ) associated with encoded information for a control information format having a given payload size. Search space sets may include common search space sets configured for sending control information to UEs 115 (e.g., one or more UEs) or may include UE-specific search space sets for sending control information to a UE 115 (e.g., a specific UE) .
[0052] In some examples, a network entity 105 (e.g., a base station 140, an RU 170) may be movable and therefore provide communication coverage for a moving coverage area, such as the coverage area 110. In some examples, coverage areas 110 (e.g., different coverage areas) associated with different technologies may overlap, but the coverage areas 110 (e.g., different coverage areas) may be supported by the same network entity (e.g., a network entity 105) . In some other examples, overlapping coverage areas, such as a coverage area 110, associated with different technologies may be supported by different network entities (e.g., the network entities 105) . The wireless communications system 100 may include, for example, a heterogeneous network in which different types of the network entities 105 support communications for coverage areas 110 (e.g., different coverage areas) using the same or different RATs.
[0053] The wireless communications system 100 may be configured to support ultra-reliable communications or low-latency communications, or various combinations thereof. For example, the wireless communications system 100 may be configured to support ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC) . The UEs 115 may be designed to support ultra-reliable, low-latency, or critical functions. Ultra-reliable communications may include private communication or group communication and may be supported by one or more services such as push-to-talk, video, or data. Support for ultra-reliable, low-latency functions may include prioritization of services, and such services may be used for public safety or general commercial applications. The terms ultra-reliable, low-latency, and ultra-reliable low-latency may be used interchangeably herein.
[0054] In some examples, a UE 115 may be configured to support communicating directly with other UEs (e.g., one or more of the UEs 115) via a device-to-device (D2D) communication link, such as a D2D communication link 135 (e.g., in accordance with a peer-to-peer (P2P) , D2D, or sidelink protocol) . In some examples, one or more UEs 115 of a group that are performing D2D communications may be within the coverage area 110 of a network entity 105 (e.g., a base station 140, an RU 170) , which may support aspects of such D2D communications being configured by (e.g., scheduled by) the network entity 105. In some examples, one or more UEs 115 of such a group may be outside the coverage area 110 of a network entity 105 or may be otherwise unable to or not configured to receive transmissions from a network entity 105. In some examples, groups of the UEs 115 communicating via D2D communications may support a one-to-many (1: M) system in which each UE 115 transmits to one or more of the UEs 115 in the group. In some examples, a network entity 105 may facilitate the scheduling of resources for D2D communications. In some other examples, D2D communications may be carried out between the UEs 115 without an involvement of a network entity 105.
[0055] The core network 130 may provide user authentication, access authorization, tracking, Internet Protocol (IP) connectivity, and other access, routing, or mobility functions. The core network 130 may be an evolved packet core (EPC) or 5G core (5GC) , which may include at least one control plane entity that manages access and mobility (e.g., a mobility management entity (MME) , an access and mobility management function (AMF) ) and at least one user plane entity that routes packets or interconnects to external networks (e.g., a serving gateway (S-GW) , a Packet Data Network (PDN) gateway (P-GW) , or a user plane function (UPF) ) . The control plane entity may manage non-access stratum (NAS) functions such as mobility, authentication, and bearer management for the UEs 115 served by the network entities 105 (e.g., base stations 140) associated with the core network 130. User IP packets may be transferred through the user plane entity, which may provide IP address allocation as well as other functions. The user plane entity may be connected to IP services 150 for one or more network operators. The IP services 150 may include access to the Internet, Intranet (s) , an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) , or a Packet-Switched Streaming Service.
[0056] The wireless communications system 100 may operate using one or more frequency bands, which may be in the range of 300 megahertz (MHz) to 300 gigahertz (GHz) . Generally, the region from 300 MHz to 3 GHz is known as the ultra-high frequency (UHF) region or decimeter band because the wavelengths range from approximately one decimeter to one meter in length. UHF waves may be blocked or redirected by buildings and environmental features, which may be referred to as clusters, but the waves may penetrate structures sufficiently for a macro cell to provide service to the UEs 115 located indoors. Communications using UHF waves may be associated with smaller antennas and shorter ranges (e.g., less than one hundred kilometers) compared to communications using the smaller frequencies and longer waves of the high frequency (HF) or very high frequency (VHF) portion of the spectrum below 300 MHz.
[0057] The wireless communications system 100 may utilize both licensed and unlicensed RF spectrum bands. For example, the wireless communications system 100 may employ License Assisted Access (LAA) , LTE-Unlicensed (LTE-U) RAT, or NR technology using an unlicensed band such as the 5 GHz industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) band. While operating using unlicensed RF spectrum bands, devices such as the network entities 105 and the UEs 115 may employ carrier sensing for collision detection and avoidance. In some examples, operations using unlicensed bands may be based on a carrier aggregation configuration in conjunction with component carriers operating using a licensed band (e.g., LAA) . Operations using unlicensed spectrum may include downlink transmissions, uplink transmissions, P2P transmissions, or D2D transmissions, among other examples.
[0058] A network entity 105 (e.g., a base station 140, an RU 170) or a UE 115 may be equipped with multiple antennas, which may be used to employ techniques such as transmit diversity, receive diversity, multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communications, or beamforming. The antennas of a network entity 105 or a UE 115 may be located within one or more antenna arrays or antenna panels, which may support MIMO operations or transmit or receive beamforming. For example, one or more base station antennas or antenna arrays may be co-located at an antenna assembly, such as an antenna tower. In some examples, antennas or antenna arrays associated with a network entity 105 may be located at diverse geographic locations. A network entity 105 may include an antenna array with a set of rows and columns of antenna ports that the network entity 105 may use to support beamforming of communications with a UE 115. Likewise, a UE 115 may include one or more antenna arrays that may support various MIMO or beamforming operations. Additionally, or alternatively, an antenna panel may support RF beamforming for a signal transmitted via an antenna port.
[0059] The network entities 105 or the UEs 115 may use MIMO communications to exploit multipath signal propagation and increase spectral efficiency by transmitting or receiving multiple signals via different spatial layers. Such techniques may be referred to as spatial multiplexing. The multiple signals may, for example, be transmitted by the transmitting device via different antennas or different combinations of antennas. Likewise, the multiple signals may be received by the receiving device via different antennas or different combinations of antennas. Each of the multiple signals may be referred to as a separate spatial stream and may carry information associated with the same data stream (e.g., the same codeword) or different data streams (e.g., different codewords) . Different spatial layers may be associated with different antenna ports used for channel measurement and reporting. MIMO techniques include single-user MIMO (SU-MIMO) , for which multiple spatial layers are transmitted to the same receiving device, and multiple-user MIMO (MU-MIMO) , for which multiple spatial layers are transmitted to multiple devices.
[0060] Beamforming, which may also be referred to as spatial filtering, directional transmission, or directional reception, is a signal processing technique that may be used at a transmitting device or a receiving device (e.g., a network entity 105, a UE 115) to shape or steer an antenna beam (e.g., a transmit beam, a receive beam) along a spatial path between the transmitting device and the receiving device. Beamforming may be achieved by combining the signals communicated via antenna elements of an antenna array such that some signals propagating along particular orientations with respect to an antenna array experience constructive interference while others experience destructive interference. The adjustment of signals communicated via the antenna elements may include a transmitting device or a receiving device applying amplitude offsets, phase offsets, or both to signals carried via the antenna elements associated with the device. The adjustments associated with each of the antenna elements may be defined by a beamforming weight set associated with a particular orientation (e.g., with respect to the antenna array of the transmitting device or receiving device, or with respect to some other orientation) .
[0061] A network entity 105 or a UE 115 may use beam sweeping techniques as part of beamforming operations. For example, a network entity 105 (e.g., a base station 140, an RU 170) may use multiple antennas or antenna arrays (e.g., antenna panels) to conduct beamforming operations for directional communications with a UE 115. Some signals (e.g., synchronization signals, reference signals, beam selection signals, or other control signals) may be transmitted by a network entity 105 multiple times along different directions. For example, the network entity 105 may transmit a signal according to different beamforming weight sets associated with different directions of transmission. Transmissions along different beam directions may be used to identify (e.g., by a transmitting device, such as a network entity 105, or by a receiving device, such as a UE 115) a beam direction for later transmission or reception by the network entity 105.
[0062] Some signals, such as data signals associated with a particular receiving device, may be transmitted by a transmitting device (e.g., a network entity 105 or a UE 115) along a single beam direction (e.g., a direction associated with the receiving device, such as another network entity 105 or UE 115) . In some examples, the beam direction associated with transmissions along a single beam direction may be determined based on a signal that was transmitted along one or more beam directions. For example, a UE 115 may receive one or more of the signals transmitted by the network entity 105 along different directions and may report to the network entity 105 an indication of the signal that the UE 115 received with a highest signal quality or an otherwise acceptable signal quality.
[0063] In some examples, transmissions by a device (e.g., by a network entity 105 or a UE 115) may be performed using multiple beam directions, and the device may use a combination of digital precoding or beamforming to generate a combined beam for transmission (e.g., from a network entity 105 to a UE 115) . The UE 115 may report feedback that indicates precoding weights for one or more beam directions, and the feedback may correspond to a configured set of beams across a system bandwidth or one or more sub-bands. The network entity 105 may transmit a reference signal (e.g., a cell-specific reference signal (CRS) , a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) ) , which may be precoded or unprecoded. The UE 115 may provide feedback for beam selection, which may be a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) or codebook-based feedback (e.g., a multi-panel type codebook, a linear combination type codebook, a port selection type codebook) . Although these techniques are described with reference to signals transmitted along one or more directions by a network entity 105 (e.g., a base station 140, an RU 170) , a UE 115 may employ similar techniques for transmitting signals multiple times along different directions (e.g., for identifying a beam direction for subsequent transmission or reception by the UE 115) or for transmitting a signal along a single direction (e.g., for transmitting data to a receiving device) .
[0064] A receiving device (e.g., a UE 115) may perform reception operations in accordance with multiple receive configurations (e.g., directional listening) when receiving various signals from a transmitting device (e.g., a network entity 105) , such as synchronization signals, reference signals, beam selection signals, or other control signals. For example, a receiving device may perform reception in accordance with multiple receive directions by receiving via different antenna subarrays, by processing received signals according to different antenna subarrays, by receiving according to different receive beamforming weight sets (e.g., different directional listening weight sets) applied to signals received at multiple antenna elements of an antenna array, or by processing received signals according to different receive beamforming weight sets applied to signals received at multiple antenna elements of an antenna array, any of which may be referred to as “listening” according to different receive configurations or receive directions. In some examples, a receiving device may use a single receive configuration to receive along a single beam direction (e.g., when receiving a data signal) . The single receive configuration may be aligned along a beam direction determined based on listening according to different receive configuration directions (e.g., a beam direction determined to have a highest signal strength, highest signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) , or otherwise acceptable signal quality based on listening according to multiple beam directions) .
[0065] The wireless communications system 100 may be a packet-based network that operates according to a layered protocol stack. In the user plane, communications at the bearer or PDCP layer may be IP-based. An RLC layer may perform packet segmentation and reassembly to communicate via logical channels. A MAC layer may perform priority handling and multiplexing of logical channels into transport channels. The MAC layer also may implement error detection techniques, error correction techniques, or both to support retransmissions to improve link efficiency. In the control plane, an RRC layer may provide establishment, configuration, and maintenance of an RRC connection between a UE 115 and a network entity 105 or a core network 130 supporting radio bearers for user plane data. A PHY layer may map transport channels to physical channels.
[0066] In some wireless communications systems (e.g., the wireless communications system 100) , wireless transmissions may include DMRSs to support channel estimation and demodulation of one or more physical channels of the transmission. For example, DMRSs may be measured to perform channel estimation that supports demodulation of a data transmission (e.g., a PDSCH transmission or a PUSCH transmission) , which may improve reliability or spectral efficiency for communicating the data transmission. In some examples, wireless devices (e.g., UEs 115 and network entities 105) may communicate a transmission and accompanying DMRSs using multiple spatial resources (e.g., multiple layers, multiple ports, multiple antennas, multiple streams, or any combination thereof) in overlapping durations, using overlapping frequency resources, or both. For example, a wireless device may communicate a first portion of a transmission on a first spatial resource with a first set of DMRSs (e.g., first DMRS pilots) and may communicate a second portion of the transmission on a second spatial resource with a second set of DMRSs (e.g., second DMRS pilots) . In some examples, DMRS density (e.g., density in a frequency domain, density in a time domain, or both) associated with each of the spatial resources may be the same. For example, the first set of DMRSs and the second set of DMRSs may occupy the same quantity of REs within respective RBs of the spatial resources. However, implementing the same DMRS density for different spatial resources may limit a performance of the communications, particularly when the different spatial resources are associated with different channel quality parameters.
[0067] Techniques described herein provide for a wireless device (e.g., a UE 115, a network entity 105) to communicate a transmission (e.g., transmit a transmission, receive a transmission) using layer-specific (e.g., spatial resource-specific) DMRS density. For example, the wireless device may communicate a first portion of a transmission (e.g., a multi-layer transmission, a transmission having a rank of two or higher) using a first spatial resource with a first set of DMRSs having a first DMRS density and may communicate a second portion of the transmission (e.g., concurrently with the transmission of the first portion of the transmission) using a second spatial resource with a second set of DMRSs having a second DMRS density different from the first DMRS density. In some examples, the first DMRS density may be less than the second DMRS density when the first spatial resource is associated with a higher channel quality (e.g., a higher SNR) compared to the second spatial resource, or vice versa. For example, the first DMRS density may indicate that the first set of DMRSs includes a first quantity of DMRS pilots (e.g., occupying three REs within an RB) and the second DMRS density may indicate that the second set of DMRSs includes a second quantity of DMRS pilots (e.g., occupying six REs within an RB) . In some examples, utilization of layer-specific DMRS density may be enabled via control signaling (e.g., activated via RRC signaling or a MAC-CE) . Additionally, or alternatively, whether a transmission is configured with layer-specific DMRS density may be indicated via a dynamic indication (e.g., indicated via one or more bits included a DCI message or a UCI message) . Such techniques may improve communication performance by reducing DMRS density for spatial resources having a relatively high channel quality, which may improve network flexibility (e.g., by increasing available communication resources) , may reduce processing time and complexity associated with a receiving device performing channel estimation, or both, among other advantages.
[0068] FIG. 2 shows an example of a signaling configuration 200 that supports layer-specific DMRS density for multi-layer wireless transmissions in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure. The signaling configuration 200 may implement, or be implemented by, one or more aspects of the wireless communications system 100. For example, the signaling configuration 200 shows communications between a wireless device 205 (e.g., a transmitting wireless device) and a wireless device 210 (e.g., a receiving wireless device) , each of which may be an example of either a UE 115 or a network entity 105.
[0069] The signaling configuration 200 may support the wireless device 205 and the wireless device 210 communicating a transmission via multiple spatial resources 215. For example, the wireless device 205 may transmit and the wireless device 210 may receive a first portion 220-a of the transmission using the spatial resource 215-a and a second portion 220-b of the transmission using the spatial resource 215-b. As described herein, the spatial resources 215 may be associated with different layers of the transmission, different ports at the wireless device 205 and the wireless device 210, different antenna elements at the wireless device 205 and the wireless device 210, different directions (e.g., beamforming directions) different communication streams, or any combination thereof. For example, at the wireless device 205, the spatial resources 215-a and 215-b may correspond to different transmission ports, different transmission antenna elements, or different transmission directions and, at the wireless device 210, the spatial resources 215-a and 215-b may correspond to different reception ports, different reception antenna elements, or different reception directions.
[0070] The portions 220 of the transmission may be accompanied by respective DMRSs 225, which may support channel estimation and demodulation of one or more physical channels (e.g., a PUSCH, a PDSCH, among other physical channels) of the transmission. For example, the wireless devices may communicate, using the spatial resource 215-a, the portion 220-a of the transmission along with a first set of DMRSs 225-a and may communicate, using the spatial resource 215-b, the portion 220-b of the transmission along with a second set of DMRSs 225-b. In some cases, the portions 220 of the transmission and the associated DMRSs 225 may be communicated using the respective spatial resources 215 during overlapping durations (e.g., time domain resources) , using overlapping frequency resources, or both. For example, the first set of DMRSs 225-a and the second set of DMRSs 225-b may be multiplexed according to TDM techniques, FDM techniques, code division multiplexing (CDM) techniques, or any combination thereof.
[0071] By multiplexing the DMRSs 225 within a slot, or other time domain resource, each set of DMRSs 225 may be associated with multiple DMRS pilots. For example, pilots for the first set of DMRSs 225-a may occupy a first quantity of REs (e.g., subcarriers, sub-divisions of frequency resources) within an RB 230-a of the spatial resource 215-a during a symbol 235-a and pilots for the second set of DMRSs 225-b may occupy a second quantity of REs within an RB 230-b of the spatial resource 215-b during a symbol 235-b. In some cases, the quantity of REs occupied by DMRS pilots within an RB 230 may be referred to as a DMRS density (e.g., a DMRS density in the frequency domain) .
[0072] As described herein, the signaling configuration 200 may support the wireless device 205 and the wireless device 210 communicating the DMRSs 225 according to spatial resource-specific (e.g., layer-specific) DMRS density. In some examples, the spatial resource 215-a and the spatial resource 215-b may be associated with different channel quality parameters. For example, the spatial resource 215-b may reflect off an obstruction 240 (e.g., a physical obstruction along a path of the spatial resource 215-b between the wireless device 205 and the wireless device 210) such that a portion of transmissions via the spatial resource 215-b are scattered or redirected in accordance with a reflection 245. In such examples, signals received at the wireless device 210 using the spatial resource 215-b may be associated with a lower SNR (e.g., a relatively degraded channel quality) relative to signals received using the spatial resource 215-a.
[0073] In some cases, the wireless device 205 and the wireless device 210 may be configured to communicate the first set of DMRSs 225-a and the second set of DMRSs 225-b according to different DMRS densities based on the difference in channel quality between the spatial resource 215-a and the spatial resource 215-b. For example, due to losses associated with the reflection 245 using the spatial resource 215-b, a relatively greater quantity of DMRS pilots may be used for performing channel estimation and demodulation for the portion 220-b of the transmission (e.g., to ensure successful channel estimation and demodulation) . In the example illustrated by the signaling configuration 200, the second set of DMRSs 225-b may occupy six REs within the RB 230-b. In some cases, since the spatial resource 215-a is associated with a higher SNR than the spatial resource 215-b, the wireless device 205 and the wireless device 210 may be capable of performing channel estimation and demodulation using a relatively lower quantity of DMRS pilots. As such, using the same quantity of DMRS pilots for the first set of DMRSs 225-a as the second set of DMRSs 225-b may result in underutilization of communication resources and increased complexity of receiving the first set of DMRSs 225-a at the wireless device 210.
[0074] To improve utilization of communication resources and reduce the complexity associated with communicating the first set of DMRSs 225-a, the wireless devices may be configured to communicate the first set of DMRSs 225-a in accordance with a reduced DMRS density. For example, the first set of DMRSs 225-a may occupy three REs within the RB 230-a. In some cases, a difference between a first DMRS density for the spatial resource 215-a and a second DMRS density for the spatial resource 215-b may be configured according to a ratio (e.g., a 1: 2 ratio, a 1: 3 ratio, or another suitable ratio) . It should be noted that, although the signaling configuration 200 illustrates the wireless device 205 and the wireless device 210 communicating using two spatial resources 215, techniques described herein may be applicable to communications using any quantity of multiple spatial resources 215 (e.g., to support a multi-layer transmission using any set of multiple layers) . For example, the wireless device 205 and the wireless device 210 may communicate a transmission using four spatial resources 215 (e.g., four layers, a rank four transmission) , for which a first set of one or more spatial resources 215 having relatively better channel qualities (e.g., a first and a second indexed layer) may be associated with a first DMRS density and a second set of one or more spatial resources 215 having relatively worse channel qualities (e.g., a third and a fourth indexed layer) may be associated with a second DMRS density greater than the first DMRS density.
[0075] Such techniques may improve communication of multi-layer DMRSs by utilizing layer-specific DMRS density. For example, by reducing the DMRS density for spatial resources associated with relatively better channel qualities, communication resource utilization may be improved, DMRS communication complexity may be reduced, and overall communication of DMRSs between the wireless device 205 and the wireless device 210 may be improved.
[0076] FIG. 3 shows an example of a process flow 300 that supports layer-specific DMRS density for multi-layer wireless transmissions in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure. The process flow 300 may implement, or be implemented by, one or more aspects of the wireless communications system 100 and the signaling configuration 200. For example, the process flow 300 illustrates signaling between and operations by a wireless device 205-a and a wireless device 210-a (e.g., each being examples of either a UE 115 or a network entity 105) . Alternative examples of the following may be implemented, for which some processes are performed in a different order than described or are not performed. In some cases, processes may include additional features not mentioned below, or further processes may be added.
[0077] In some examples, at 310, the wireless device 205-a and the wireless device 210-a may communicate DMRS configuration information. For example, the wireless device 205-a may transmit DMRS configuration information, which may be received by the wireless device 210-a. The DMRS configuration information may indicate whether layer-specific (e.g., spatial resource-specific) DMRS density is enabled for subsequent communications between the wireless device 205-a and the wireless device 210-a. Additionally, or alternatively, the configuration information may include a first DMRS density and a second DMRS density different from the first DMRS density. In some examples, the DMRS configuration information may be communicated via RRC signaling or a MAC-CE (e.g., included in control signaling between the wireless device 205-a and the wireless device 210-a) .
[0078] In some examples, at 315, the wireless device 210-a may transmit a DMRS density indication, which may be received by the wireless device 205-a. For example, the wireless device 210-a (e.g., a UE 115) may transmit, to the wireless device 205-a(e.g., a network entity 105) , an indication associated with layer-specific DMRS density. In some examples, the indication may include a recommended frequency domain selectivity for DMRS density (e.g., different frequency domain resource allocations for DMRSs associated with different spatial resources) for subsequent transmissions between the wireless device 205-a and the wireless device 210-a. Additionally, or alternatively, the indication of 310 may indicate the first DMRS density and the second DMRS density different from the first DMRS density. In some cases, the frequency domain selectivity may be associated with a channel quality indicator (CQI) , a precoding matric indicator (PMI) , or both (e.g., related to beamforming information for the wireless device 210-a) . For example, the wireless device 210-a may transmit a control signal (e.g., a UCI message) including an indication associated with layer-specific DMRS density (e.g., one or more bits indicating whether layer-specific DMRS density is recommended) together with the CQI and the PMI.
[0079] In some examples, at 320, the wireless device 205-a may transmit a DMRS density indication, which may be received by the wireless device 210-a. For example, the wireless device 205-a may transmit one or more indications scheduling a transmission between the wireless device 205-a and the wireless device 210-a and indicating the first DMRS density and the second DMRS density different from the second DMRS density. In some cases, the indication (s) of 320 may indicate whether layer-specific DMRS density is active for the transmission. For example, the one or more indications may include a control signal (e.g., a DCI message) including one or more bits indicating the DMRS density configuration for the transmission (e.g., one bit in the DCI may be set to enable or disable layer-specific DMRS density for a transmission according to a binary value of the bit) .
[0080] At 325, the wireless device 205-a and the wireless device 210-a may communicate a transmission. For example, the wireless device 205-a may transmit the transmission of 325, which may be received by the wireless device 210-a. The transmission of 325 may be a multi-layer transmission, such as a transmission of rank 2 or higher. The spatial resources may be associated with layers of the transmission, ranks of the transmission, beams of the wireless devices, ports of the wireless devices, antenna elements of the wireless devices, or any combination thereof. For example, a first spatial resource may be associated with respective first beams of the wireless device 205-a and the wireless device 210-a, respective first antenna ports of the wireless device 205-a and the wireless device 210-a, or both, and a second spatial resource may be associated with respective second beams of the wireless device 205-a and the wireless device 210-a, respective second antenna ports of the wireless device 205-a and the wireless device 210-a, or both.
[0081] For the transmission of 325, at 330, the wireless device 205-a may transmit DMRSs via the multiple spatial resources (e.g., using multiple spatial resources for transmission) , which may be received by the wireless device 210-a (e.g., using multiple spatial resources for reception) . In some examples, DMRSs associated with different spatial resources may be configured with the different DMRS densities (e.g., when layer-specific DMRS density is enabled for the transmission) . For example, a first set of DMRSs having the first DMRS density (e.g., a first density of DMRS pilots in the frequency domain) may be communicated using a first spatial resource and a second set of DMRSs having the second DMRS density (e.g., a second density of DMRS pilots in the frequency domain) may be communicated using a second spatial resource. The first DMRS density may be different from the second DMRS density in the frequency domain, in the time domain, or both. In some examples, the different sets of DMRSs with different DMRS densities may be communicated using TDM techniques, CDM techniques, or both to support communicating the first set of DMRSs and the second set of DMRSs at least partially concurrently using the first spatial resource and the second spatial resource.
[0082] As described herein, whether layer-specific DMRS density is enabled for a transmission may be signaled via one or more indications (e.g., configured via the DMRS configuration information at 310, configured or triggered dynamically via the DMRS density indication at 315, configured or triggered dynamically via the DMRS density indication at 320, or any combination thereof) . As an example, Table 1 below shows an example of DMRS density used for the transmission when layer-specific DMRS density is applied for the transmission of 325: Table 1 –Frequency-domain density with layer-specific DMRS density enabled
[0083] Table 1 provides an example of DMRS density in the frequency domain when layer-specific DMRS density is enabled (e.g., a frequency domain DMRS density per RB for respective spatial resources) . As shown in Table 1, when layer-specific DMRS density is enabled for a transmission, the wireless device 205-a and the wireless device 210-a may adjust a DMRS density (e.g., for transmission, for reception) for different ports at the wireless devices (e.g., different layers, different antenna elements, different spatial resources) according to a rank of the transmission. For example, for transmissions of rank 1 through rank 4, port 1 may be associated with 3 REs per RB, for transmissions of rank 2 through rank 4, port 2 may be associated with 3 REs per RB (e.g., ports 1 and 2 may have the first DMRS density) , for transmissions of rank 3 or 4, port 3 may be associated with 6 REs per RB (e.g., port 3 may have the second DMRS density) ., and for a rank 4 transmission, port 4 may be associated with 6 REs per RB (e.g., ports 3 and 4 may have the second DMRS density) . In some cases, the ports of the wireless devices may be indexed according to channel quality, such that ports 1 and 2 (e.g., first and second spatial resources) may be associated with a higher SNR than ports 3 and 4 (e.g., third and fourth spatial resources) . In such examples, whether layer-specific DMRS density is applied for a transmission may be based on the rank of the transmission satisfying a threshold (e.g., layer-specific DMRS density may be applicable to transmissions of rank 3 and above) . In some cases, DMRS ports having similar DMRS density may be associated with the same CDM group (e.g., DMRS ports with different DMRS density may be associated with different CDM groups) . For example, ports 1 and 2 may be associated with a first CDM group and ports 3 and 4 may be associated with a second CDM group different from the first CDM group.
[0084] As another example, Table 2 below shows an example of DMRS density used for the transmission when layer-specific DMRS density is not applied for the transmission: Table 2 -Frequency-domain density with layer-specific DMRS density disabled
[0085] Table 2 provides an example of DMRS density in the frequency domain when layer-specific DMRS density is disabled. As shown in Table 2, when layer-specific DMRS density is disabled for a transmission, the wireless device 205-a and the wireless device 210-a may use a similar DMRS density for different ports at the wireless devices (e.g., different layers, different antenna elements, different spatial resources) independent of channel quality differences between spatial resources associated with the ports. For example, each of ports 1, 2, 3, and 4 may be associated with 6 REs per RB for each respective spatial resource.
[0086] For the transmission of 325, at 335, the wireless device 205-a may transmit respective transmission portions via multiple spatial resources (e.g., using the multiple spatial resources for transmission) , which may be received by the wireless device 210-a(e.g., using the multiple spatial resources for reception) . In some cases, the portions of the transmission may be communicated along with respective sets of DMRSs (e.g., communicated at 330) . For example, the wireless devices may communicate a first portion of the transmission and the first set of DMRSs using the first spatial resource and may communicate a second portion of the transmission and the second set of DMRSs using the second spatial resource. In some examples, the wireless devices may communicate the second portion of the transmission concurrent with communicating the first portion of the transmission. The wireless device 210-a (e.g., a receiving wireless device) may perform channel estimation and demodulation for the portions of the transmission using the respective sets of DMRSs and according to respective spatial resources and densities of the DMRSs. For example, if layer-specific DMRS density is enabled for the transmission, the wireless device 210-a may measure a first set of DMRSs received using a first spatial resource according to a first DMRS density and may measure a second set of DMRSs received using a second spatial resource according to a second DMRS density to perform channel estimation and demodulation for the first portion and the second portion of the transmission, respectively.
[0087] The described techniques may improve communication of multi-layer DMRSs by utilizing layer-specific DMRS density. For example, by reducing DMRS density for spatial resources associated with relatively higher channel quality, or increasing DMRS density for spatial resources associated with relatively lower channel quality, or both, communication resource utilization may be improved (e.g., enabling more bandwidth for data communication, enabling multi-layer transmissions that implement relatively lower-quality spatial resources) , DMRS communication complexity may be reduced (e.g., by supporting some spatial resources with fewer DMRSs) , and overall communication between a wireless device 205 and a wireless device 210 may be improved.
[0088] FIG. 4 shows a block diagram 400 of a device 405 that supports layer-specific DMRS density for multi-layer wireless transmissions in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure. The device 405 may be an example of aspects of a UE 115 or a network entity 105 as described herein. The device 405 may include a receiver 410, a transmitter 415, and a communications manager 420. The device 405, or one or more components of the device 405 (e.g., the receiver 410, the transmitter 415, the communications manager 420) , may include at least one processor, which may be coupled with at least one memory, to, individually or collectively, support or enable the described techniques. Each of these components may be in communication with one another (e.g., via one or more buses) .
[0089] The receiver 410 may provide a means for receiving information such as packets, user data, control information, or any combination thereof associated with various information channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, information channels related to layer-specific DMRS density for multi-layer wireless transmissions) . Information may be passed on to other components of the device 405. The receiver 410 may utilize a single antenna or a set of multiple antennas.
[0090] The transmitter 415 may provide a means for transmitting signals generated by other components of the device 405. For example, the transmitter 415 may transmit information such as packets, user data, control information, or any combination thereof associated with various information channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, information channels related to layer-specific DMRS density for multi-layer wireless transmissions) . In some examples, the transmitter 415 may be co-located with a receiver 410 in a transceiver module. The transmitter 415 may utilize a single antenna or a set of multiple antennas.
[0091] The communications manager 420, the receiver 410, the transmitter 415, or various combinations or components thereof may be examples of means for performing various aspects of layer-specific DMRS density for multi-layer wireless transmissions as described herein. For example, the communications manager 420, the receiver 410, the transmitter 415, or various combinations or components thereof may be capable of performing one or more of the functions described herein.
[0092] In some examples, the communications manager 420, the receiver 410, the transmitter 415, or various combinations or components thereof may be implemented in hardware (e.g., in communications management circuitry) . The hardware may include at least one of a processor, a digital signal processor (DSP) , a central processing unit (CPU) , an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) , a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, a microcontroller, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof configured as or otherwise supporting, individually or collectively, a means for performing the functions described in the present disclosure. In some examples, at least one processor and at least one memory coupled with the at least one processor may be configured to perform one or more of the functions described herein (e.g., by one or more processors, individually or collectively, executing instructions stored in the at least one memory) .
[0093] Additionally, or alternatively, the communications manager 420, the receiver 410, the transmitter 415, or various combinations or components thereof may be implemented in code (e.g., as communications management software or firmware) executed by at least one processor (e.g., referred to as a processor-executable code) . If implemented in code executed by at least one processor, the functions of the communications manager 420, the receiver 410, the transmitter 415, or various combinations or components thereof may be performed by a general-purpose processor, a DSP, a CPU, an ASIC, an FPGA, a microcontroller, or any combination of these or other programmable logic devices (e.g., configured as or otherwise supporting, individually or collectively, a means for performing the functions described in the present disclosure) .
[0094] In some examples, the communications manager 420 may be configured to perform various operations (e.g., receiving, obtaining, monitoring, outputting, transmitting) using or otherwise in cooperation with the receiver 410, the transmitter 415, or both. For example, the communications manager 420 may receive information from the receiver 410, send information to the transmitter 415, or be integrated in combination with the receiver 410, the transmitter 415, or both to obtain information, output information, or perform various other operations as described herein.
[0095] The communications manager 420 may support wireless communications in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. For example, the communications manager 420 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for communicating a transmission between the first wireless device and a second wireless device using a set of multiple spatial resources. For example, the communications manager 420 may be capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for communicating, using a first spatial resource of the set of multiple spatial resources, a first portion of the transmission with a first set of multiple DMRSs in accordance with a first DMRS density. The communications manager 420 may also be capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for communicating, using a second spatial resource of the set of multiple spatial resources and concurrent with communicating the first portion of the transmission, a second portion of the transmission with a second set of multiple DMRSs in accordance with a second DMRS density that is different from the first DMRS density.
[0096] By including or configuring the communications manager 420 in accordance with examples as described herein, the device 405 (e.g., at least one processor controlling or otherwise coupled with the receiver 410, the transmitter 415, the communications manager 420, or a combination thereof) may support techniques for layer-specific DMRS density associated with different spatial resources, which may improve resource utilization associated with communicating DMRSs, reduce complexity associated with communicating and processing DMRSs, and improve communications between wireless devices.
[0097] FIG. 5 shows a block diagram 500 of a device 505 that supports layer-specific DMRS density for multi-layer wireless transmissions in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure. The device 505 may be an example of aspects of a device 405, a UE 115, or a network entity 105 as described herein. The device 505 may include a receiver 510, a transmitter 515, and a communications manager 520. The device 505, or one or more components of the device 505 (e.g., the receiver 510, the transmitter 515, the communications manager 520) , may include at least one processor, which may be coupled with at least one memory, to support the described techniques. Each of these components may be in communication with one another (e.g., via one or more buses) .
[0098] The receiver 510 may provide a means for receiving information such as packets, user data, control information, or any combination thereof associated with various information channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, information channels related to layer-specific DMRS density for multi-layer wireless transmissions) . Information may be passed on to other components of the device 505. The receiver 510 may utilize a single antenna or a set of multiple antennas.
[0099] The transmitter 515 may provide a means for transmitting signals generated by other components of the device 505. For example, the transmitter 515 may transmit information such as packets, user data, control information, or any combination thereof associated with various information channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, information channels related to layer-specific DMRS density for multi-layer wireless transmissions) . In some examples, the transmitter 515 may be co-located with a receiver 510 in a transceiver module. The transmitter 515 may utilize a single antenna or a set of multiple antennas.
[0100] The device 505, or various components thereof, may be an example of means for performing various aspects of layer-specific DMRS density for multi-layer wireless transmissions as described herein. For example, the communications manager 520 may include a multi-layer communication component 525. The communications manager 520 may be an example of aspects of a communications manager 420 as described herein. In some examples, the communications manager 520, or various components thereof, may be configured to perform various operations (e.g., receiving, obtaining, monitoring, outputting, transmitting) using or otherwise in cooperation with the receiver 510, the transmitter 515, or both. For example, the communications manager 520 may receive information from the receiver 510, send information to the transmitter 515, or be integrated in combination with the receiver 510, the transmitter 515, or both to obtain information, output information, or perform various other operations as described herein.
[0101] The communications manager 520 may support wireless communications in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. The multi-layer communication component 525 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for communicating a transmission between the first wireless device and a second wireless device using a set of multiple spatial resources. The multi-layer communication component 525 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for communicating, using a first spatial resource of the set of multiple spatial resources, a first portion of the transmission with a first set of multiple DMRSs in accordance with a first DMRS density. The multi-layer communication component 525 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for communicating, using a second spatial resource of the set of multiple spatial resources and concurrent with communicating the first portion of the transmission, a second portion of the transmission with a second set of multiple DMRSs in accordance with a second DMRS density that is different from the first DMRS density.
[0102] FIG. 6 shows a block diagram 600 of a communications manager 620 that supports layer-specific DMRS density for multi-layer wireless transmissions in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure. The communications manager 620 may be an example of aspects of a communications manager 420, a communications manager 520, or both, as described herein. The communications manager 620, or various components thereof, may be an example of means for performing various aspects of layer-specific DMRS density for multi-layer wireless transmissions as described herein. For example, the communications manager 620 may include a signal transmission component 625, a signal reception component 630, an indication transmission component 635, an indication reception component 640, or any combination thereof. Each of these components, or components or subcomponents thereof (e.g., one or more processors, one or more memories) , may communicate, directly or indirectly, with one another (e.g., via one or more buses) . The communications may include communications within a protocol layer of a protocol stack, communications associated with a logical channel of a protocol stack (e.g., between protocol layers of a protocol stack, within a device, component, or virtualized component associated with a network entity 105, between devices, components, or virtualized components associated with a network entity 105) , or any combination thereof.
[0103] The communications manager 620 may support wireless communications in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. The signal transmission component 625, the signal reception component 630, or both are capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for communicating a transmission between the first wireless device and a second wireless device using a set of multiple spatial resources. For example, the signal transmission component 625, the signal reception component 630, or both may be capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for communicating, using a first spatial resource of the set of multiple spatial resources, a first portion of the transmission with a first set of multiple DMRSs in accordance with a first DMRS density. In some examples, signal transmission component 625, the signal reception component 630, or both may be capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for communicating, using a second spatial resource of the set of multiple spatial resources and concurrent with communicating the first portion of the transmission, a second portion of the transmission with a second set of multiple DMRSs in accordance with a second DMRS density that is different from the first DMRS density.
[0104] In some examples, the first DMRS density is different from the second DMRS density in a frequency domain, in a time domain, or both.
[0105] In some examples, the first DMRS density is associated with a first quantity of REs in the frequency domain per symbol in the time domain; and the second DMRS density is associated with a second quantity of REs in the frequency domain per symbol in the time domain, the second quantity of REs greater than the first quantity of REs.
[0106] In some examples, the first spatial resource is associated with a first antenna port of the first wireless device; and the second spatial resource is associated with a second antenna port of the first wireless device that is different from the first antenna port.
[0107] In some examples, the first spatial resource is associated with a first beam of the first wireless device; and the second spatial resource is associated with a second beam of the first wireless device that is along a different direction than the first beam.
[0108] In some examples, communicating the first portion of the transmission with the first set of multiple DMRSs in accordance with the first DMRS density and communicating the second portion of the transmission with the second set of multiple DMRSs in accordance with the second DMRS density is based on a rank of the transmission satisfying a threshold.
[0109] In some examples, the first wireless device is a UE, and the signal reception component 630 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for receiving, at the UE, one or more indications scheduling the transmission and indicating the first DMRS density and the second DMRS density. In some examples, the first wireless device is a UE, and the signal reception component 630 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for receiving, at the UE using the first spatial resource, the first portion of the transmission with the first set of multiple DMRSs in accordance with the first DMRS density based on receiving the one or more indications. In some examples, the first wireless device is a UE, and the signal reception component 630 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for receiving, at the UE using the second spatial resource, the second portion of the transmission with the second set of multiple DMRSs in accordance with the second DMRS density based on receiving the one or more indications.
[0110] In some examples, the first DMRS density and the second DMRS density are indicated at least in part by a bit of DCI received at the UE.
[0111] In some examples, the first DMRS density and the second DMRS density are indicated at least in part by configuration information indicating that layer-specific DMRS density is enabled.
[0112] In some examples, the indication transmission component 635 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for transmitting, from the UE, an indication associated with layer-specific DMRS density, and receiving the one or more indications of the first DMRS density and the second DMRS density is based on transmitting the indication associated with layer-specific DMRS density.
[0113] In some examples, to support communicating the transmission, the signal transmission component 625 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for transmitting, from a network entity using the first spatial resource, the first portion of the transmission with the first set of multiple DMRSs in accordance with the first DMRS density. In some examples, to support communicating the transmission, the signal transmission component 625 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for transmitting, from the network entity using the second spatial resource, the second portion of the transmission with the second set of multiple DMRSs in accordance with the second DMRS density.
[0114] In some examples, the indication transmission component 635 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for transmitting, from the network entity, one or more indications indicating the first DMRS density and the second DMRS density.
[0115] In some examples, the indication reception component 640 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for receiving an indication associated with layer-specific DMRS density from the second wireless device, where transmitting the first portion of the transmission with the first set of multiple DMRSs in accordance with the first DMRS density and transmitting the second portion of the transmission with the second set of multiple DMRSs in accordance with the second DMRS density is based on receiving the indication.
[0116] In some examples, the first set of multiple DMRSs are associated with a first CDM group of the transmission and the second set of multiple DMRSs are associated with a second CDM group different from the first CDM group of the transmission.
[0117] FIG. 7 shows a diagram of a system 700 including a device 705 that supports layer-specific DMRS density for multi-layer wireless transmissions in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure. The device 705 may be an example of or include components of a device 405, a device 505, or a UE 115 as described herein. The device 705 may communicate (e.g., wirelessly) with one or more other devices (e.g., network entities 105, UEs 115, or a combination thereof) . The device 705 may include components for bi-directional voice and data communications including components for transmitting and receiving communications, such as a communications manager 720, an input / output (I / O) controller, such as an I / O controller 710, a transceiver 715, one or more antennas 725, at least one memory 730, code 735, and at least one processor 740. These components may be in electronic communication or otherwise coupled (e.g., operatively, communicatively, functionally, electronically, electrically) via one or more buses (e.g., a bus 745) .
[0118] The I / O controller 710 may manage input and output signals for the device 705. The I / O controller 710 may also manage peripherals not integrated into the device 705. In some cases, the I / O controller 710 may represent a physical connection or port to an external peripheral. In some cases, the I / O controller 710 may utilize an operating system such as or another known operating system. Additionally, or alternatively, the I / O controller 710 may represent or interact with a modem, a keyboard, a mouse, a touchscreen, or a similar device. In some cases, the I / O controller 710 may be implemented as part of one or more processors, such as the at least one processor 740. In some cases, a user may interact with the device 705 via the I / O controller 710 or via hardware components controlled by the I / O controller 710.
[0119] In some cases, the device 705 may include a single antenna. However, in some other cases, the device 705 may have more than one antenna, which may be capable of concurrently transmitting or receiving multiple wireless transmissions. The transceiver 715 may communicate bi-directionally via the one or more antennas 725 using wired or wireless links as described herein. For example, the transceiver 715 may represent a wireless transceiver and may communicate bi-directionally with another wireless transceiver. The transceiver 715 may also include a modem to modulate the packets, to provide the modulated packets to one or more antennas 725 for transmission, and to demodulate packets received from the one or more antennas 725. The transceiver 715, or the transceiver 715 and one or more antennas 725, may be an example of a transmitter 415, a transmitter 515, a receiver 410, a receiver 510, or any combination thereof or component thereof, as described herein.
[0120] The at least one memory 730 may include random access memory (RAM) and read-only memory (ROM) . The at least one memory 730 may store computer-readable, computer-executable, or processor-executable code, such as the code 735. The code 735 may include instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor 740, cause the device 705 to perform various functions described herein. The code 735 may be stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium such as system memory or another type of memory. In some cases, the code 735 may not be directly executable by the at least one processor 740 but may cause a computer (e.g., when compiled and executed) to perform functions described herein. In some cases, the at least one memory 730 may include, among other things, a basic I / O system (BIOS) which may control basic hardware or software operation such as the interaction with peripheral components or devices.
[0121] The at least one processor 740 may include one or more intelligent hardware devices (e.g., one or more general-purpose processors, one or more DSPs, one or more CPUs, one or more graphics processing units (GPUs) , one or more neural processing units (NPUs) (also referred to as neural network processors or deep learning processors (DLPs) ) , one or more microcontrollers, one or more ASICs, one or more FPGAs, one or more programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic, one or more discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof) . In some cases, the at least one processor 740 may be configured to operate a memory array using a memory controller. In some other cases, a memory controller may be integrated into the at least one processor 740. The at least one processor 740 may be configured to execute computer-readable instructions stored in a memory (e.g., the at least one memory 730) to cause the device 705 to perform various functions (e.g., functions or tasks supporting layer-specific DMRS density for multi-layer wireless transmissions) . For example, the device 705 or a component of the device 705 may include at least one processor 740 and at least one memory 730 coupled with or to the at least one processor 740, the at least one processor 740 and the at least one memory 730 configured to perform various functions described herein.
[0122] In some examples, the at least one processor 740 may include multiple processors and the at least one memory 730 may include multiple memories. One or more of the multiple processors may be coupled with one or more of the multiple memories, which may, individually or collectively, be configured to perform various functions described herein. In some examples, the at least one processor 740 may be a component of a processing system, which may refer to a system (such as a series) of machines, circuitry (including, for example, one or both of processor circuitry (which may include the at least one processor 740) and memory circuitry (which may include the at least one memory 730) ) , or components, that receives or obtains inputs and processes the inputs to produce, generate, or obtain a set of outputs. The processing system may be configured to perform one or more of the functions described herein. For example, the at least one processor 740 or a processing system including the at least one processor 740 may be configured to, configurable to, or operable to cause the device 705 to perform one or more of the functions described herein. Further, as described herein, being “configured to, ” being “configurable to, ” and being “operable to” may be used interchangeably and may be associated with a capability, when executing code 735 (e.g., processor-executable code) stored in the at least one memory 730 or otherwise, to perform one or more of the functions described herein.
[0123] The communications manager 720 may support wireless communications in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. For example, the communications manager 720 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for communicating (e.g., transmitting, receiving, or both for different transmissions) a transmission between the first wireless device and a second wireless device using a set of multiple spatial resources. For example, the communications manager 720 may be capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for communicating, using a first spatial resource of the set of multiple spatial resources, a first portion of the transmission with a first set of multiple DMRSs in accordance with a first DMRS density. The communications manager 720 may also be capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for communicating, using a second spatial resource of the set of multiple spatial resources and concurrent with communicating the first portion of the transmission, a second portion of the transmission with a second set of multiple DMRSs in accordance with a second DMRS density that is different from the first DMRS density.
[0124] By including or configuring the communications manager 720 in accordance with examples as described herein, the device 705 may support techniques for layer-specific DMRS density associated with different spatial resources, which may improve resource utilization associated with communicating DMRSs, reduce complexity associated with communicating and processing DMRSs, and improve communications between wireless devices.
[0125] In some examples, the communications manager 720 may be configured to perform various operations (e.g., receiving, monitoring, transmitting) using or otherwise in cooperation with the transceiver 715, the one or more antennas 725, or any combination thereof. Although the communications manager 720 is illustrated as a separate component, in some examples, one or more functions described with reference to the communications manager 720 may be supported by or performed by the at least one processor 740, the at least one memory 730, the code 735, or any combination thereof. For example, the code 735 may include instructions executable by the at least one processor 740 to cause the device 705 to perform various aspects of layer-specific DMRS density for multi-layer wireless transmissions as described herein, or the at least one processor 740 and the at least one memory 730 may be otherwise configured to, individually or collectively, perform or support such operations.
[0126] FIG. 8 shows a diagram of a system 800 including a device 805 that supports layer-specific DMRS density for multi-layer wireless transmissions in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure. The device 805 may be an example of or include components of a device 405, a device 505, or a network entity 105 as described herein. The device 805 may communicate with other network devices or network equipment such as one or more of the network entities 105, UEs 115, or any combination thereof. The communications may include communications over one or more wired interfaces, over one or more wireless interfaces, or any combination thereof. The device 805 may include components that support outputting and obtaining communications, such as a communications manager 820, a transceiver 810, one or more antennas 815, at least one memory 825, code 830, and at least one processor 835. These components may be in electronic communication or otherwise coupled (e.g., operatively, communicatively, functionally, electronically, electrically) via one or more buses (e.g., a bus 840) .
[0127] The transceiver 810 may support bi-directional communications via wired links, wireless links, or both as described herein. In some examples, the transceiver 810 may include a wired transceiver and may communicate bi-directionally with another wired transceiver. Additionally, or alternatively, in some examples, the transceiver 810 may include a wireless transceiver and may communicate bi-directionally with another wireless transceiver. In some examples, the device 805 may include one or more antennas 815, which may be capable of transmitting or receiving wireless transmissions (e.g., concurrently) . The transceiver 810 may also include a modem to modulate signals, to provide the modulated signals for transmission (e.g., by one or more antennas 815, by a wired transmitter) , to receive modulated signals (e.g., from one or more antennas 815, from a wired receiver) , and to demodulate signals. In some implementations, the transceiver 810 may include one or more interfaces, such as one or more interfaces coupled with the one or more antennas 815 that are configured to support various receiving or obtaining operations, or one or more interfaces coupled with the one or more antennas 815 that are configured to support various transmitting or outputting operations, or a combination thereof. In some implementations, the transceiver 810 may include or be configured for coupling with one or more processors or one or more memory components that are operable to perform or support operations based on received or obtained information or signals, or to generate information or other signals for transmission or other outputting, or any combination thereof. In some implementations, the transceiver 810, or the transceiver 810 and the one or more antennas 815, or the transceiver 810 and the one or more antennas 815 and one or more processors or one or more memory components (e.g., the at least one processor 835, the at least one memory 825, or both) , may be included in a chip or chip assembly that is installed in the device 805. In some examples, the transceiver 810 may be operable to support communications via one or more communications links (e.g., communication link (s) 125, backhaul communication link (s) 120, a midhaul communication link 162, a fronthaul communication link 168) .
[0128] The at least one memory 825 may include RAM, ROM, or any combination thereof. The at least one memory 825 may store computer-readable, computer-executable, or processor-executable code, such as the code 830. The code 830 may include instructions that, when executed by one or more of the at least one processor 835, cause the device 805 to perform various functions described herein. The code 830 may be stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium such as system memory or another type of memory. In some cases, the code 830 may not be directly executable by a processor of the at least one processor 835 but may cause a computer (e.g., when compiled and executed) to perform functions described herein. In some cases, the at least one memory 825 may include, among other things, a BIOS which may control basic hardware or software operation such as the interaction with peripheral components or devices. In some examples, the at least one processor 835 may include multiple processors and the at least one memory 825 may include multiple memories. One or more of the multiple processors may be coupled with one or more of the multiple memories which may, individually or collectively, be configured to perform various functions herein (for example, as part of a processing system) .
[0129] The at least one processor 835 may include one or more intelligent hardware devices (e.g., one or more general-purpose processors, one or more DSPs, one or more CPUs, one or more graphics processing units (GPUs) , one or more neural processing units (NPUs) (also referred to as neural network processors or deep learning processors (DLPs) ) , one or more microcontrollers, one or more ASICs, one or more FPGAs, one or more programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic, one or more discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof) . In some cases, the at least one processor 835 may be configured to operate a memory array using a memory controller. In some other cases, a memory controller may be integrated into one or more of the at least one processor 835. The at least one processor 835 may be configured to execute computer-readable instructions stored in a memory (e.g., one or more of the at least one memory 825) to cause the device 805 to perform various functions (e.g., functions or tasks supporting layer-specific DMRS density for multi-layer wireless transmissions) . For example, the device 805 or a component of the device 805 may include at least one processor 835 and at least one memory 825 coupled with one or more of the at least one processor 835, the at least one processor 835 and the at least one memory 825 configured to perform various functions described herein. The at least one processor 835 may be an example of a cloud-computing platform (e.g., one or more physical nodes and supporting software such as operating systems, virtual machines, or container instances) that may host the functions (e.g., by executing code 830) to perform the functions of the device 805. The at least one processor 835 may be any one or more suitable processors capable of executing scripts or instructions of one or more software programs stored in the device 805 (such as within one or more of the at least one memory 825) .
[0130] In some examples, the at least one processor 835 may include multiple processors and the at least one memory 825 may include multiple memories. One or more of the multiple processors may be coupled with one or more of the multiple memories, which may, individually or collectively, be configured to perform various functions herein. In some examples, the at least one processor 835 may be a component of a processing system, which may refer to a system (such as a series) of machines, circuitry (including, for example, one or both of processor circuitry (which may include the at least one processor 835) and memory circuitry (which may include the at least one memory 825) ) , or components, that receives or obtains inputs and processes the inputs to produce, generate, or obtain a set of outputs. The processing system may be configured to perform one or more of the functions described herein. For example, the at least one processor 835 or a processing system including the at least one processor 835 may be configured to, configurable to, or operable to cause the device 805 to perform one or more of the functions described herein. Further, as described herein, being “configured to, ” being “configurable to, ” and being “operable to” may be used interchangeably and may be associated with a capability, when executing code stored in the at least one memory 825 or otherwise, to perform one or more of the functions described herein.
[0131] In some examples, a bus 840 may support communications of (e.g., within) a protocol layer of a protocol stack. In some examples, a bus 840 may support communications associated with a logical channel of a protocol stack (e.g., between protocol layers of a protocol stack) , which may include communications performed within a component of the device 805, or between different components of the device 805 that may be co-located or located in different locations (e.g., where the device 805 may refer to a system in which one or more of the communications manager 820, the transceiver 810, the at least one memory 825, the code 830, and the at least one processor 835 may be located in one of the different components or divided between different components) .
[0132] In some examples, the communications manager 820 may manage aspects of communications with a core network 130 (e.g., via one or more wired or wireless backhaul links) . For example, the communications manager 820 may manage the transfer of data communications for client devices, such as one or more UEs 115. In some examples, the communications manager 820 may manage communications with one or more other network entities 105, and may include a controller or scheduler for controlling communications with UEs 115 (e.g., in cooperation with the one or more other network devices) . In some examples, the communications manager 820 may support an X2 interface within an LTE / LTE-A wireless communications network technology to provide communication between network entities 105.
[0133] The communications manager 820 may support wireless communications in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. For example, the communications manager 820 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for communicating (e.g., transmitting, receiving, or both for different transmissions) a transmission between the first wireless device and a second wireless device using a set of multiple spatial resources. For example, the communications manager 820 may be capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for communicating, using a first spatial resource of the set of multiple spatial resources, a first portion of the transmission with a first set of multiple DMRSs in accordance with a first DMRS density. The communications manager 820 may also be capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for communicating, using a second spatial resource of the set of multiple spatial resources and concurrent with communicating the first portion of the transmission, a second portion of the transmission with a second set of multiple DMRSs in accordance with a second DMRS density that is different from the first DMRS density.
[0134] By including or configuring the communications manager 820 in accordance with examples as described herein, the device 805 may support techniques for layer-specific DMRS density associated with different spatial resources, which may improve resource utilization associated with communicating DMRSs, reduce complexity associated with communicating and processing DMRSs, and improve communications between wireless devices.
[0135] In some examples, the communications manager 820 may be configured to perform various operations (e.g., receiving, obtaining, monitoring, outputting, transmitting) using or otherwise in cooperation with the transceiver 810, the one or more antennas 815 (e.g., where applicable) , or any combination thereof. Although the communications manager 820 is illustrated as a separate component, in some examples, one or more functions described with reference to the communications manager 820 may be supported by or performed by the transceiver 810, one or more of the at least one processor 835, one or more of the at least one memory 825, the code 830, or any combination thereof (for example, by a processing system including at least a portion of the at least one processor 835, the at least one memory 825, the code 830, or any combination thereof) . For example, the code 830 may include instructions executable by one or more of the at least one processor 835 to cause the device 805 to perform various aspects of layer-specific DMRS density for multi-layer wireless transmissions as described herein, or the at least one processor 835 and the at least one memory 825 may be otherwise configured to, individually or collectively, perform or support such operations.
[0136] FIG. 9 shows a flowchart illustrating a method 900 that supports layer-specific DMRS density for multi-layer wireless transmissions in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure. The operations of the method 900 may be implemented by a UE or a network entity or its components as described herein. For example, the operations of the method 900 may be performed by a UE 115 or a network entity as described with reference to FIGs. 1 through 8. In some examples, a UE or a network entity may execute a set of instructions to control the functional elements of the UE or the network entity to perform the described functions. Additionally, or alternatively, the UE or the network entity may perform aspects of the described functions using special-purpose hardware.
[0137] At 905, the method 900 may include communicating a transmission between the first wireless device and a second wireless device using a set of multiple spatial resources. For example, at 910, the method 900 may include communicating, using a first spatial resource of the set of multiple spatial resources, a first portion of the transmission with a first set of multiple DMRSs in accordance with a first DMRS density. Further, at 915 (e.g., concurrently with the operations of 910) , the method 900 may include communicating, using a second spatial resource of the set of multiple spatial resources and concurrent with communicating the first portion of the transmission, a second portion of the transmission with a second set of multiple DMRSs in accordance with a second DMRS density that is different from the first DMRS density. The operations of 905 may be performed in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. For example, aspects of the operations of 905 may be performed by a multi-layer communication component 525, a signal transmission component 625, or a signal reception component 630.
[0138] The following provides an overview of aspects of the present disclosure:
[0139] Aspect 1: A method for wireless communications by a first wireless device, comprising: communicating a transmission between the first wireless device and a second wireless device using a plurality of spatial resources, wherein communicating the transmission comprises: communicating, using a first spatial resource of the plurality of spatial resources, a first portion of the transmission with a first plurality of DMRSs in accordance with a first DMRS density; and communicating, using a second spatial resource of the plurality of spatial resources and concurrent with communicating the first portion of the transmission, a second portion of the transmission with a second plurality of DMRSs in accordance with a second DMRS density that is different from the first DMRS density.
[0140] Aspect 2: The method of aspect 1, wherein the first DMRS density is different from the second DMRS density in a frequency domain, in a time domain, or both.
[0141] Aspect 3: The method of aspect 2, wherein the first DMRS density is associated with a first quantity of REs in the frequency domain per symbol in the time domain; and the second DMRS density is associated with a second quantity of REs in the frequency domain per symbol in the time domain, the second quantity of REs greater than the first quantity of REs.
[0142] Aspect 4: The method of any of aspects 1 through 3, wherein the first spatial resource is associated with a first antenna port of the first wireless device; and the second spatial resource is associated with a second antenna port of the first wireless device that is different from the first antenna port.
[0143] Aspect 5: The method of any of aspects 1 through 4, wherein the first spatial resource is associated with a first beam of the first wireless device; and the second spatial resource is associated with a second beam of the first wireless device that is along a different direction than the first beam.
[0144] Aspect 6: The method of any of aspects 1 through 5, wherein communicating the first portion of the transmission with the first plurality of DMRSs in accordance with the first DMRS density and communicating the second portion of the transmission with the second plurality of DMRSs in accordance with the second DMRS density is based at least in part on a rank of the transmission satisfying a threshold.
[0145] Aspect 7: The method of any of aspects 1 through 6, wherein the first wireless device is a UE, the method further comprising: receiving, at the UE, one or more indications scheduling the transmission and indicating the first DMRS density and the second DMRS density, wherein communicating the transmission comprises: receiving, at the UE using the first spatial resource, the first portion of the transmission with the first plurality of DMRSs in accordance with the first DMRS density based at least in part on receiving the one or more indications; and receiving, at the UE using the second spatial resource, the second portion of the transmission with the second plurality of DMRSs in accordance with the second DMRS density based at least in part on receiving the one or more indications.
[0146] Aspect 8: The method of aspect 7, wherein the first DMRS density and the second DMRS density are indicated at least in part by a bit of DCI received at the UE.
[0147] Aspect 9: The method of any of aspects 7 through 8, wherein the first DMRS density and the second DMRS density are indicated at least in part by configuration information indicating that layer-specific DMRS density is enabled.
[0148] Aspect 10: The method of any of aspects 7 through 9, further comprising: transmitting, from the UE, an indication associated with layer-specific DMRS density, wherein receiving the one or more indications of the first DMRS density and the second DMRS density is based at least in part on transmitting the indication associated with layer-specific DMRS density.
[0149] Aspect 11: The method of any of aspects 1 through 6, wherein the first wireless device is a network entity, wherein communicating the transmission comprises: transmitting, from the network entity using the first spatial resource, the first portion of the transmission with the first plurality of DMRSs in accordance with the first DMRS density; and transmitting, from the network entity using the second spatial resource, the second portion of the transmission with the second plurality of DMRSs in accordance with the second DMRS density.
[0150] Aspect 12: The method of aspect 11, further comprising: transmitting, from the network entity, one or more indications indicating the first DMRS density and the second DMRS density.
[0151] Aspect 13: The method of any of aspects 11 through 12, further comprising: receiving an indication associated with layer-specific DMRS density from the second wireless device, wherein transmitting the first portion of the transmission with the first plurality of DMRSs in accordance with the first DMRS density and transmitting the second portion of the transmission with the second plurality of DMRSs in accordance with the second DMRS density is based at least in part on receiving the indication.
[0152] Aspect 14: The method of any of aspects 1 through 13, wherein the first plurality of DMRSs are associated with a first CDM group of the transmission and the second plurality of DMRSs are associated with a second CDM group different from the first CDM group of the transmission.
[0153] Aspect 15: A first wireless device for wireless communications, comprising one or more memories storing processor-executable code, and one or more processors coupled with the one or more memories and individually or collectively operable to execute the code to cause the first wireless device to perform a method of any of aspects 1 through 14.
[0154] Aspect 16: A first wireless device for wireless communications, comprising at least one means for performing a method of any of aspects 1 through 14.
[0155] Aspect 17: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communications, the code comprising instructions executable by one or more processors to perform a method of any of aspects 1 through 14.
[0156] It should be noted that the methods described herein describe possible implementations. The operations and the steps may be rearranged or otherwise modified and other implementations are possible. Further, aspects from two or more of the methods may be combined.
[0157] Although aspects of an LTE, LTE-A, LTE-A Pro, or NR system may be described for purposes of example, and LTE, LTE-A, LTE-A Pro, or NR terminology may be used in much of the description, the techniques described herein are applicable beyond LTE, LTE-A, LTE-A Pro, or NR networks. For example, the described techniques may be applicable to various other wireless communications systems such as Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB) , Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 (Wi-Fi) , IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX) , IEEE 802.20, Flash-OFDM, as well as other systems and radio technologies not explicitly mentioned herein.
[0158] Information and signals described herein may be represented using any of a variety of different technologies and techniques. For example, data, instructions, commands, information, signals, bits, symbols, and chips that may be referenced throughout the description may be represented by voltages, currents, electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or particles, optical fields or particles, or any combination thereof.
[0159] The various illustrative blocks and components described in connection with the disclosure herein may be implemented or performed using a general-purpose processor, a DSP, an ASIC, a CPU, a graphics processing unit (GPU) , a neural processing unit (NPU) , an FPGA or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof designed to perform the functions described herein. A general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor but, in the alternative, the processor may be any processor, controller, microcontroller, or state machine. A processor may also be implemented as a combination of computing devices (e.g., a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, multiple microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in conjunction with a DSP core, or any other such configuration) . Any functions or operations described herein as being capable of being performed by a processor may be performed by multiple processors that, individually or collectively, are capable of performing the described functions or operations.
[0160] The functions described herein may be implemented using hardware, software executed by a processor, firmware, or any combination thereof. If implemented using software executed by a processor, the functions may be stored as or transmitted using one or more instructions or code of a computer-readable medium. Other examples and implementations are within the scope of the disclosure and appended claims. For example, due to the nature of software, functions described herein may be implemented using software executed by a processor, hardware, firmware, hardwiring, or combinations of any of these. Features implementing functions may also be physically located at various positions, including being distributed such that portions of functions are implemented at different physical locations.
[0161] Computer-readable media includes both non-transitory computer storage media and communication media including any medium that facilitates transfer of a computer program from one location to another. A non-transitory storage medium may be any available medium that may be accessed by a general-purpose or special-purpose computer. By way of example, and not limitation, non-transitory computer-readable media may include RAM, ROM, electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM) , flash memory, compact disk (CD) ROM or other optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other non-transitory medium that may be used to carry or store desired program code means in the form of instructions or data structures and that may be accessed by a general-purpose or special-purpose computer or a general-purpose or special-purpose processor. Also, any connection is properly termed a computer-readable medium. For example, if the software is transmitted from a website, server, or other remote source using a coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, digital subscriber line (DSL) , or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave, then the coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, DSL, or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave are included in the definition of computer-readable medium. Disk and disc, as used herein, include CD, laser disc, optical disc, digital versatile disc (DVD) , floppy disk, and Blu-ray disc. Disks may reproduce data magnetically, and discs may reproduce data optically using lasers. Combinations of the above are also included within the scope of computer-readable media. Any functions or operations described herein as being capable of being performed by a memory may be performed by multiple memories that, individually or collectively, are capable of performing the described functions or operations.
[0162] As used herein, including in the claims, “or” as used in a list of items (e.g., a list of items prefaced by a phrase such as “at least one of” or “one or more of” ) indicates an inclusive list such that, for example, a list of at least one of A, B, or C means A or B or C or AB or AC or BC or ABC (i.e., A and B and C) . Also, as used herein, the phrase “based on” shall not be construed as a reference to a closed set of conditions. For example, an example step that is described as “based on condition A” may be based on both a condition A and a condition B without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. In other words, as used herein, the phrase “based on” shall be construed in the same manner as the phrase “based at least in part on. ”
[0163] As used herein, including in the claims, the article “a” before a noun is open-ended and understood to refer to “at least one” of those nouns or “one or more” of those nouns. Thus, the terms “a, ” “at least one, ” “one or more, ” and “at least one of one or more” may be interchangeable. For example, if a claim recites “a component” that performs one or more functions, each of the individual functions may be performed by a single component or by any combination of multiple components. Thus, the term “acomponent” having characteristics or performing functions may refer to “at least one of one or more components” having a particular characteristic or performing a particular function. Subsequent reference to a component introduced with the article “a” using the terms “the” or “said” may refer to any or all of the one or more components. For example, a component introduced with the article “a” may be understood to mean “one or more components, ” and referring to “the component” subsequently in the claims may be understood to be equivalent to referring to “at least one of the one or more components. ” Similarly, subsequent reference to a component introduced as “one or more components” using the terms “the” or “said” may refer to any or all of the one or more components. For example, referring to “the one or more components” subsequently in the claims may be understood to be equivalent to referring to “at least one of the one or more components. ”
[0164] The term “determine” or “determining” encompasses a variety of actions and, therefore, “determining” can include calculating, computing, processing, deriving, investigating, looking up (such as via looking up in a table, a database, or another data structure) , ascertaining, and the like. Also, “determining” can include receiving (e.g., receiving information) , accessing (e.g., accessing data stored in memory) , and the like. Also, “determining” can include resolving, obtaining, selecting, choosing, establishing, and other such similar actions.
[0165] In the appended figures, similar components or features may have the same reference label. Further, various components of the same type may be distinguished by following the reference label by a dash and a second label that distinguishes among the similar components. If just the first reference label is used in the specification, the description is applicable to any one of the similar components having the same first reference label irrespective of the second reference label or other subsequent reference label.
[0166] The description set forth herein, in connection with the appended drawings, describes example configurations and does not represent all the examples that may be implemented or that are within the scope of the claims. The term “example” used herein means “serving as an example, instance, or illustration” and not “preferred” or “advantageous over other examples. ” The detailed description includes specific details for the purpose of providing an understanding of the described techniques. These techniques, however, may be practiced without these specific details. In some figures, known structures and devices are shown in block diagram form in order to avoid obscuring the concepts of the described examples.
[0167] The description herein is provided to enable a person having ordinary skill in the art to make or use the disclosure. Various modifications to the disclosure will be apparent to a person having ordinary skill in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other variations without departing from the scope of the disclosure. Thus, the disclosure is not limited to the examples and designs described herein but is to be accorded the broadest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.
Claims
1.A first wireless device, comprising:one or more memories storing processor-executable code; andone or more processors coupled with the one or more memories and individually or collectively operable to execute the code to cause the first wireless device to:communicate a transmission between the first wireless device and a second wireless device using a plurality of spatial resources, wherein, to communicate the transmission, the one or more processors are individually or collectively operable to execute the code to cause the first wireless device to:communicate, using a first spatial resource of the plurality of spatial resources, a first portion of the transmission with a first plurality of demodulation reference signals in accordance with a first demodulation reference signal density; andcommunicate, using a second spatial resource of the plurality of spatial resources and concurrent with communicating the first portion of the transmission, a second portion of the transmission with a second plurality of demodulation reference signals in accordance with a second demodulation reference signal density that is different from the first demodulation reference signal density.2.The first wireless device of claim 1, wherein the first demodulation reference signal density is different from the second demodulation reference signal density in a frequency domain, in a time domain, or both.3.The first wireless device of claim 2, wherein:the first demodulation reference signal density is associated with a first quantity of resource elements in the frequency domain per symbol in the time domain; andthe second demodulation reference signal density is associated with a second quantity of resource elements in the frequency domain per symbol in the time domain, the second quantity of resource elements greater than the first quantity of resource elements.4.The first wireless device of claim 1, wherein:the first spatial resource is associated with a first antenna port of the first wireless device; andthe second spatial resource is associated with a second antenna port of the first wireless device that is different from the first antenna port.5.The first wireless device of claim 1, wherein:the first spatial resource is associated with a first beam of the first wireless device; andthe second spatial resource is associated with a second beam of the first wireless device that is along a different direction than the first beam.6.The first wireless device of claim 1, wherein communicating the first portion of the transmission with the first plurality of demodulation reference signals in accordance with the first demodulation reference signal density and communicating the second portion of the transmission with the second plurality of demodulation reference signals in accordance with the second demodulation reference signal density is based at least in part on a rank of the transmission satisfying a threshold.7.The first wireless device of claim 1, wherein the first wireless device is a user equipment (UE) , and the one or more processors are individually or collectively operable to execute the code to cause the first wireless device to:receive, at the UE, one or more indications scheduling the transmission and indicating the first demodulation reference signal density and the second demodulation reference signal density, wherein, to communicate the transmission, the one or more processors are individually or collectively operable to execute the code to cause the UE to:receive, at the UE using the first spatial resource, the first portion of the transmission with the first plurality of demodulation reference signals in accordance with the first demodulation reference signal density based at least in part on receiving the one or more indications; andreceive, at the UE using the second spatial resource, the second portion of the transmission with the second plurality of demodulation reference signals in accordance with the second demodulation reference signal density based at least in part on receiving the one or more indications.8.The first wireless device of claim 7, wherein the first demodulation reference signal density and the second demodulation reference signal density are indicated at least in part by a bit of downlink control information received at the UE.9.The first wireless device of claim 7, wherein the first demodulation reference signal density and the second demodulation reference signal density are indicated at least in part by configuration information indicating that layer-specific demodulation reference signal density is enabled.10.The first wireless device of claim 7, wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the UE to:transmit, from the UE, an indication associated with layer-specific demodulation reference signal density, wherein receiving the one or more indications of the first demodulation reference signal density and the second demodulation reference signal density is based at least in part on transmitting the indication associated with layer-specific demodulation reference signal density.11.The first wireless device of claim 1, wherein the first wireless device is a network entity and, to communicate the transmission, the one or more processors are individually or collectively operable to execute the code to cause the network entity to:transmit, from the network entity using the first spatial resource, the first portion of the transmission with the first plurality of demodulation reference signals in accordance with the first demodulation reference signal density; andtransmit, from the network entity using the second spatial resource, the second portion of the transmission with the second plurality of demodulation reference signals in accordance with the second demodulation reference signal density.12.The first wireless device of claim 11, wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the network entity to:transmit, from the network entity, one or more indications indicating the first demodulation reference signal density and the second demodulation reference signal density.13.The first wireless device of claim 11, wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the network entity to:receive an indication associated with layer-specific demodulation reference signal density from the second wireless device, wherein transmitting the first portion of the transmission with the first plurality of demodulation reference signals in accordance with the first demodulation reference signal density and transmitting the second portion of the transmission with the second plurality of demodulation reference signals in accordance with the second demodulation reference signal density is based at least in part on receiving the indication.14.The first wireless device of claim 1, wherein the first plurality of demodulation reference signals are associated with a first code division multiplexing group of the transmission and the second plurality of demodulation reference signals are associated with a second code division multiplexing group different from the first code division multiplexing group of the transmission.15.A method for wireless communications by a first wireless device, comprising:communicating a transmission between the first wireless device and a second wireless device using a plurality of spatial resources, wherein communicating the transmission comprises:communicating, using a first spatial resource of the plurality of spatial resources, a first portion of the transmission with a first plurality of demodulation reference signals in accordance with a first demodulation reference signal density; andcommunicating, using a second spatial resource of the plurality of spatial resources and concurrent with communicating the first portion of the transmission, a second portion of the transmission with a second plurality of demodulation reference signals in accordance with a second demodulation reference signal density that is different from the first demodulation reference signal density.16.The method of claim 15, wherein the first demodulation reference signal density is different from the second demodulation reference signal density in a frequency domain, in a time domain, or both.17.The method of claim 16, wherein:the first demodulation reference signal density is associated with a first quantity of resource elements in the frequency domain per symbol in the time domain; andthe second demodulation reference signal density is associated with a second quantity of resource elements in the frequency domain per symbol in the time domain, the second quantity of resource elements greater than the first quantity of resource elements.18.The method of claim 15, wherein:the first spatial resource is associated with a first antenna port of the first wireless device; andthe second spatial resource is associated with a second antenna port of the first wireless device that is different from the first antenna port.19.The method of claim 15, wherein:the first spatial resource is associated with a first beam of the first wireless device; andthe second spatial resource is associated with a second beam of the first wireless device that is along a different direction than the first beam.20.A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communications, the code comprising instructions executable by one or more processors of a first wireless device to:communicate a transmission between the first wireless device and a second wireless device using a plurality of spatial resources, wherein, to communicate the transmission, the instructions are executable by the one or more processors of the first wireless device to:communicate, using a first spatial resource of the plurality of spatial resources, a first portion of the transmission with a first plurality of demodulation reference signals in accordance with a first demodulation reference signal density; andcommunicate, using a second spatial resource of the plurality of spatial resources and concurrent with communicating the first portion of the transmission, a second portion of the transmission with a second plurality of demodulation reference signals in accordance with a second demodulation reference signal density that is different from the first demodulation reference signal density.