US2021399937A1PendingUtilityA1

Facilitating an antenna port specific downlink control channel design for advanced networks

Assignee: AT & T IP I LPPriority: Nov 2, 2018Filed: Sep 1, 2021Published: Dec 23, 2021
Est. expiryNov 2, 2038(~12.2 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Sairamesh Nammi
H04L 5/0051H04L 27/261H04L 5/0053H04L 27/2602H04J 13/0025H04J 13/16H04L 5/0091H04L 5/001H04L 27/2614H04L 5/0016H04L 1/003H04L 1/0026H04B 7/0456H04L 5/0057H04L 5/005H04J 13/00H04L 27/2649
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Abstract

Facilitating port specific control channel design for advanced networks (e.g., 4G, 5G, and beyond) is provided herein. Operations of a system can comprise receiving a first indication related to a quantity of demodulation reference signal ports and a second indication related to a code division multiplexing group associated with a mobile device. The operations can also comprise, based on the code division multiplexing group and the demodulation reference signal ports, facilitating a transmission of an adaptive control channel structure of a control channel that comprises a demodulation reference signal sequence initialization.

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1 . A method, comprising:
 based on a quantity of code division multiplexing groups associated with a user equipment being determined to be a single code division multiplexing group,
 changing, by a system comprising a processor, a payload of a control channel to a single bit for initialization of the single code division multiplexing group, and 
 facilitating, by the system, a first transmission of data via the control channel, wherein the first transmission of data comprises the single bit for the initialization of the single code division multiplexing group; and 
   based on the quantity of code division multiplexing groups associated with the user equipment being determined to be multiple code division multiplexing groups,
 changing, by the system, the payload to a first group of two bits for a first demodulation reference signal sequence initialization for a first code division multiplexing group and a second group of two bits for a second demodulation reference signal sequence initialization for a second code division multiplexing group, and 
 facilitating, by the system, a second transmission of data via the control channel, wherein the second transmission of data comprises the first group of two bits for the first demodulation reference signal sequence initialization for the first code division multiplexing group and the second group of two bits for the second demodulation reference signal sequence initialization for the second code division multiplexing group. 
   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 conserving, by the system, an amount of power utilized for the transmitting the single bit and the transmitting of the first group of two bits and the second group of two bits, resulting in conserved power; and   using, by the system, the conserved power for a data transmission.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the facilitating of the first transmission and the facilitating of the second transmission comprises increasing a communication link throughput above a threshold communication link throughput. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the facilitating of the first transmission and the facilitating of the second transmission comprises reducing the payload of the control channel based on the quantity of code division multiplexing groups and a quantity of demodulation reference signal ports. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the facilitating of the first transmission comprises scheduling the user equipment with a Type 1 demodulation reference signal via radio resource control signaling. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the facilitating of the second transmission comprises scheduling the user equipment with a Type 2 demodulation reference signal. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the facilitating of the first transmission comprises reducing a peak-to-average power ratio and the payload of the control channel based on the single bit being conveyed based on the quantity of code division multiplexing groups and a quantity of demodulation reference signal ports. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the control channel is a downlink control channel. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the control channel is an uplink control channel. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the control channel is a side link control channel. 
     
     
         11 . A system, comprising:
 a processor; and   a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
 based on a number of code division multiplexing groups received from network equipment indicating one code division multiplexing group is scheduled for a user equipment, determining that a payload of a downlink control channel comprises a single bit for a demodulation reference signal sequence initialization for the one code division multiplexing group, and 
 based on the number of code division multiplexing groups indicating multiple groups comprising a first code division multiplexing group and a second code division multiplexing group are scheduled for the user equipment, determining that the payload of the downlink control channel comprises a first group of two bits for a first demodulation reference signal sequence initialization for the first code division multiplexing group and a second group of two bits for a second demodulation reference signal sequence initialization for the second code division multiplexing group. 
   
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein a type of demodulation reference signal scheduled for the user equipment is a Type 2 demodulation reference signal configured for the user equipment, and wherein the operations further comprise conveying the single bit for the demodulation reference signal sequence initialization. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 12 , wherein the operations further comprise mitigating a peak-to-average power ratio and the payload of the downlink control channel based on the conveying the single bit. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the first group of two bits and the second group of two bits are configured to facilitate a mitigation of a peak-to-average power ratio. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 prior to determining the payload, transmitting, to the network equipment, first information indicative of a number of demodulation reference signal ports.   
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the downlink control channel comprises a downlink control channel configured to operate according to a fifth generation communication protocol. 
     
     
         17 . A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
 based on a quantity of code division multiplexing groups associated with a user equipment indicating a single code division multiplexing group,
 changing a payload of a control channel to a single bit for initialization of the single code division multiplexing group, and 
 transmitting the single bit for the initialization of the single code division multiplexing group; and 
   based on the quantity of code division multiplexing groups associated with the user equipment indicating multiple code division multiplexing groups,
 changing the payload to a first group of two bits for a first demodulation reference signal sequence initialization for a first code division multiplexing group and a second group of two bits for a second demodulation reference signal sequence initialization for a second code division multiplexing group, and 
 transmitting, via the control channel, the first group of two bits for the first demodulation reference signal sequence initialization for the first code division multiplexing group and the second group of two bits for the second demodulation reference signal sequence initialization for the second code division multiplexing group. 
   
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 17 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 reserving an amount of power utilized for the transmitting the single bit and the transmitting of the first group of two bits and the second group of two bits, resulting in reserved power; and   using the reserved power for a data transmission.   
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 17 , wherein the transmitting of the single bit comprises reducing a peak-to-average power ratio and the payload of the control channel based on the single bit being conveyed based on the quantity of code division multiplexing groups and a quantity of demodulation reference signal ports. 
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 17 , wherein the transmitting of the single bit comprises scheduling the user equipment with a Type 1 demodulation reference signal via radio resource control signaling.

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