Front-Loaded SRS Feedback for Precoded V2X Transmission

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing vehicle-to-everything (V2X) and vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication technologies face limitations in achieving high data rates, capacity, and spectral efficiency, particularly at high speeds and high carrier frequencies.

Innovation Solution

Implementing a front-loaded SRS (sounding reference signal) mechanism that allows for precoding and rank adaptation based on channel knowledge obtained from direct feedback, enhancing communication performance by adjusting transmission parameters.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Device complexity

If single-port non-precoded transmissions are used, then device complexity is reduced, but data rate and spectral efficiency deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetransmission complexityVSAvoiddata rate
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The receiver UE performs channel measurements and generates SRS feedback in advance before the transmitter UE needs to adapt its transmission parameters. This preliminary channel knowledge allows the transmitter to apply precoding and rank adaptation in subsequent transmissions, improving data rate without requiring complex real-time channel estimation at the transmitter

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The receiver UE provides feedback about channel conditions through SRS (Sounding Reference Signal) measurements back to the transmitter UE. This feedback mechanism enables the transmitter to adapt transmission parameters such as precoding matrices and rank based on actual channel state information, thereby improving spectral efficiency and data rate while maintaining manageable device complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Device complexity

If single-port non-precoded transmissions are used, then device complexity is reduced, but spectral efficiency deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetransmission complexityVSAvoidspectral efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

Channel measurements and feedback generation are performed in advance by the receiver UE, providing the transmitter with channel knowledge before transmission parameter adaptation is needed. This allows precoding and rank adaptation to be implemented efficiently, improving spectral efficiency without proportionally increasing device complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

SRS feedback mechanism enables the receiver to communicate channel state information to the transmitter. This feedback allows the transmitter to optimize spectral efficiency through precoding and rank adaptation based on actual channel conditions, while the complexity increase is limited to implementing the feedback processing algorithms

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Reliability

If feedback mechanism is implemented, then transmission parameter adaptation is improved, but loss of time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetransmission parameter accuracyVSAvoidfeedback delay
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The receiver UE performs channel measurements and generates feedback in advance before the transmitter needs to adapt its transmission parameters. By preparing the feedback beforehand, the system minimizes the time delay between channel condition changes and the corresponding transmission parameter adaptations, thus reducing feedback delay while maintaining accurate parameter selection

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentEP3824580B1Front loaded srs
Publication Date: 2026.02.18 QUALCOMM INC
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AI summary

A method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus may be a first UE in a bundled TTI comprising a first TTI and a second TTI. The first UE is configured to receive a first data transmission and a first reference signal from a second UE in the first TTI, to transmit a SRS to the second UE, and to receive a second data transmission having one or more transmission parameters adapted based on the SRS in the second TTI. In certain aspects, the first UE is configured to transmit a first data transmission and a first reference signal to a second UE in the first TTI, to receive a SRS from the second UE, to adapt one or more transmission parameters for a second data transmission in the second TTI based on the SRS, and to transmit the second data transmission to the second UE in the second TTI.