Channel Side Information Feedback for Mission-Critical Wireless Links

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current channel side information feedback (CSF) reporting in wireless communication systems is not robust enough for mission-critical services, as it primarily focuses on error probability and spectral efficiency, failing to account for parameters like deadline and multiple transmission links, and does not effectively identify or mitigate interference.

Innovation Solution

The proposed techniques enhance CSF reporting by conditioning feedback on parameters other than error probability, including deadline and transmission link parameters, and modify reporting to indicate interfering devices and correlate interference with time and frequency, enabling more accurate channel condition assessment and interference management.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If current CSF reporting methods are used, then spectral efficiency is maintained, but link reliability is insufficient for mission-critical services

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelink reliabilityVSAvoidspectral efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the parameters reported in CSF from traditional error probability and spectral efficiency metrics to include deadline parameters, transmission link parameters, and interference correlation information. This parameter transformation enables mission-critical services to achieve fiber-like link reliability while maintaining spectral efficiency through adaptive modulation and coding scheme selection based on the new parameter set.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Measurement precision

If CSF reporting includes multiple parameters and interference information, then channel condition assessment accuracy improves, but feedback message complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvechannel condition assessment accuracyVSAvoidfeedback message complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the CSF reporting into multiple independent components: deadline parameter, transmission link parameter, interference correlation information, and channel quality metrics. Each segment can be independently processed and transmitted, reducing overall feedback complexity while maintaining comprehensive channel assessment accuracy for mission-critical services.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Object-affected harmful factors

If interference identification and correlation reporting are implemented, then interference management capability improves, but CSF reporting overhead increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinterference management capabilityVSAvoidCSF reporting overhead
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a feedback mechanism where interference correlation information is reported in CSF messages, enabling the base station to adaptively adjust transmission parameters. The feedback includes interference identification and temporal/spatial correlation data, allowing the system to optimize resource allocation and reduce reporting overhead through intelligent interference exploitation rather than treating all interference as harmful.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentEP3172916B1Ultra reliable link design
Publication Date: 2020.03.11 QUALCOMM INC
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AI summary

Techniques are described for wireless communication. A first method includes measuring, by a first device, a condition of a wireless channel; and generating at least one channel side information feedback message based on the measured condition of the wireless channel. The at least one channel side information feedback message provides information on a relationship of a set of parameters, including a data rate parameter, an error probability parameter, and at least one of a deadline parameter or a transmission link parameter. A second method includes measuring, by a first device, interference on a wireless channel; identifying an interfering device for the wireless channel based on the measurement; and generating a channel side information feedback message based on the measured interference on the wireless channel. The channel side information feedback message indicates the interfering device for the wireless channel and a correlation of interference from the interfering device with time or frequency.