Group Identifier Configuration for 5G NR Multi-Panel Throughput

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing 5G NR systems face challenges in managing multiple user equipment (UE) panels, particularly in achieving simultaneous transmission and reception across multiple panels, which is essential for improving throughput and robustness.

Innovation Solution

The proposed solution involves using group identifiers to manage multiple UE panels, allowing for simultaneous communication of signals associated with the same group identifier, and configuring offsets between transmissions for signals with different group identifiers.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If multiple UE panels are managed without group identifiers, then signal communication can proceed, but simultaneous transmission and reception across multiple panels cannot be achieved, reducing throughput

Engineering Contradiction:

ImprovethroughputVSAvoidpanel management complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments UE panels into groups based on their spatial location and communication characteristics. Each group is identified by a group identifier, allowing the system to manage multiple panels independently while enabling simultaneous transmission and reception across different groups. This segmentation resolves the contradiction by organizing complex multi-panel management into manageable groups, thereby achieving higher throughput without overwhelming complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The group identifier mechanism provides multi-functionality in panel management. It enables the system to simultaneously handle multiple panels with different group identifiers for transmission, reception, and combination operations. This universal approach allows a single identification mechanism to manage diverse panel configurations, improving throughput while maintaining manageable complexity through standardized group-based operations.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Productivity

If signals from different groups are transmitted simultaneously, then throughput improves, but interference between groups increases

Engineering Contradiction:

ImprovethroughputVSAvoidinterference

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by assigning different group identifiers to panels based on their specific spatial locations and interference characteristics. Each group is configured with appropriate transmission parameters tailored to its local environment, allowing simultaneous transmission across groups while minimizing interference through localized optimization of transmission characteristics for each group.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary actions by configuring group identifiers and transmission parameters before actual communication occurs. The network determines group memberships and sets up appropriate transmission configurations in advance, enabling simultaneous transmission across multiple groups while pre-establishing mechanisms to manage and mitigate potential interference between groups.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Ease of operation

If group identifiers are used to manage UE panels, then simultaneous communication is enabled, but configuration complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesimultaneous communication capabilityVSAvoidconfiguration complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges multiple panel management functions into a unified group identifier-based system. By combining the identification, organization, and coordination of multiple panels under group identifiers, the system achieves simultaneous communication capability while consolidating configuration management into a single standardized framework, thereby reducing overall configuration complexity despite the added functionality.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

4Productivity

If all panels communicate simultaneously, then productivity increases, but system reliability decreases due to potential conflicts

Engineering Contradiction:

ImprovethroughputVSAvoidcommunication reliability

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments all communicating panels into distinct groups with unique identifiers, allowing simultaneous communication across groups while preventing conflicts within groups. This segmentation maintains reliability by ensuring that panels within the same group do not interfere with each other, while still enabling high productivity through simultaneous cross-group transmission and reception operations.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS20250175975A1Systems and methods of configuration using group identifiers

Publication Date: 2025.05.29 ZTE CORP

AI summary

Systems and methods of configuration using group identifiers are provided. A wireless communication node or a wireless communication device can determine that signals to be communicated between the wireless communication device and the wireless communication node, are associated with a group identifier. The wireless communication node or the wireless communication device, responsive to determining that the signals are associated with the group identifier, can configure communication of the signals between the wireless communication device and the wireless communication node, without simultaneous communication of the signals.