Two-Stage Scrambling for RSMA Code Assignment

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current wireless communication systems face challenges in efficiently managing multiple access technologies, particularly in supporting increased demand for mobile broadband access and diverse services like eMBB, mMTC, and URLLC, where existing multiple-access technologies struggle with interference and resource allocation in 5G networks.

Innovation Solution

The implementation of a two-stage scrambling technique for Resource Spread Multiple Access (RSMA) that assigns sequences to User Equipments (UEs) based on low cross-correlation criteria, depending on the spreading factor and number of UEs, to enable efficient decoding and interference cancellation in multi-layer RSMA modulated streams.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If existing multiple-access technologies are used to support increased demand for mobile broadband access, then connection density increases, but interference and resource allocation efficiency deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconnection densityVSAvoidinterference
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSObject-generated harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the multiple access problem into two distinct stages: a first scrambling stage that handles initial signal separation, and a second scrambling stage that performs refined interference cancellation. This segmentation allows each stage to specialize in specific aspects of signal separation, improving overall performance while supporting higher connection densities without proportionally increasing interference

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The first scrambling stage performs preliminary interference reduction before the second stage processes the signals. By预先 (in advance) separating signals at the first stage, the second stage operates on already partially cleaned signals, making the overall system more efficient at handling high connection densities with controlled interference levels

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Adaptability or versatility

If existing multiple-access technologies are used to support diverse 5G services, then service diversity increases, but resource allocation efficiency deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveservice diversityVSAvoidresource allocation efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The two-stage scrambling technique is designed as a universal framework that can accommodate diverse 5G services (eMBB, mMTC, URLLC) through a common signal processing architecture. The same two-stage structure handles different service types by adjusting parameters rather than requiring service-specific processing paths, thereby maintaining resource allocation efficiency while supporting service diversity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The system maintains efficiency across diverse services by changing parameters within the unified two-stage scrambling framework. Different services are supported by adjusting scrambling codes, spreading factors, or power allocation parameters rather than changing the fundamental processing architecture, preserving resource allocation efficiency while achieving service diversity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Measurement precision

If sequences are assigned for RSMA to distinguish between UEs and layers, then decoding accuracy improves, but sequence design complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedecoding accuracyVSAvoidsequence design complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The sequence design is segmented into two distinct stages corresponding to the two scrambling operations. The first stage uses a first set of scrambling codes for initial separation, while the second stage employs a second set of codes for refined discrimination. This segmentation of the sequence design problem allows each stage to use simpler, specialized codes rather than requiring a single complex code set to handle all discrimination tasks

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The first scrambling stage performs preliminary signal separation using its set of codes, reducing the burden on the second stage. By预先 (in advance) separating signals at the first stage, the second stage only needs to handle residual interference and finer discrimination, allowing the use of simpler sequences in the second stage while maintaining high decoding accuracy

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentEP3738232B1Sequence based short code design for resource spread multiple access (RSMA)
Publication Date: 2023.06.28 QUALCOMM INC
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AI summary

Aspects of the present disclosure provide design that allows for assigning code sequences for UEs for use in RSMA.