CN-122003887-A - Apparatus, method and computer readable medium for integrated sensing and communication

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media for ISAC. The device determines at least one set of resources, wherein the at least one set of resources is used only for the sensing service. Accordingly, the device transmits or receives the sensing signal on at least one resource of one of the at least one resource set.

Inventors

• YANG JIN
• WANG GANG

Assignees

• 日本电气株式会社

Dates

Publication Date

20260508

Application Date

20231026

Claims (20)

1. 1. An apparatus, the apparatus comprising: a processor configured to cause the device to: determining at least one set of resources, wherein the at least one set of resources is used only for sensing services, and A sensing signal is transmitted or received on at least one resource of one of the at least one resource set.
2. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one set of resources comprises resources of at least one of: carrier wave for the sensing service, A cell for the sensing service, A Bandwidth Part (BWP) for the sensing service, or A pool of resources for the sensing service.
3. 3. An apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is further caused to: A configuration for the at least one set of resources is determined.
4. 4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the at least one set of resources comprises resources for a carrier of the sensing service, the configuration for the at least one set of resources comprising at least one of: subcarrier spacing (SCS, subcarrier Spacing) for said carrier, Reference resource blocks for the carrier, or Frequency domain location and bandwidth for the carrier.
5. 5. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the at least one set of resources comprises resources for a cell of the sensing service, the configuration for the at least one set of resources comprising at least one of: an identification of the cell for the sensing service, or A sensing configuration of the cell for the sensing service.
6. 6. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the at least one set of resources comprises resources for a bandwidth portion (BWP) of the sensing service, the configuration for the at least one set of dedicated resources comprising at least one of: the BWP mark, The subcarrier spacing (SCS) of BWP, or The frequency domain location and bandwidth of the BWP.
7. 7. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the configuration for the at least one set of resources comprises at least one of: A sense signal type for the at least one set of resources, At least one sensing mode supported in the at least one resource set, A sensed resource pattern for the at least one resource set, or A transmit power configuration associated with the sense signal.
8. 8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one resource set is configured for sensing a Transmission-Reception Point (TRP).
9. 9. A network device, the network device comprising: a processor configured to cause the network device to: determining an allocation of sensing resources in a set of shared resources for communication and sensing, and The allocation of sensing resources is sent.
10. 10. A network device according to claim 9, wherein the network device is caused to determine the allocation of sensing resources by: determining at least one of the available types of communication resources that can be reconfigured as the sensing resources, and Wherein the available types of communication resources include: Downlink communication resources, Flexible communication resources, or Uplink communication resources.
11. 11. A network device according to claim 10, wherein the network device is further caused to: Determining overlapping resources in the time domain between the sensing resources based on the allocation of the sensing resources and the communication resources that can be reconfigured as the sensing resources, and The overlapping resources are determined as available sensing resources in the set of shared resources.
12. 12. The network device of claim 10, wherein the network device is caused to determine the allocation of sensing resources by: The sensing resources within a communication resource that can be reconfigured as the sensing resources are determined.
13. 13. The network device of claim 11 or 12, wherein the allocation of sensing resources indicates at least one of: time slots within the period of the allocation of communication resources, or At least one symbol in the slot.
14. 14. The network device of claim 9, wherein sensing the allocation of resources comprises: a list of slot formats configured, preconfigured or predefined for sensing.
15. 15. An apparatus, the apparatus comprising: a processor configured to cause the device to: Determining a set of resources for reporting the sensing result, and The sensing result is transmitted on at least one resource of the set of resources.
16. 16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the set of resources for reporting the sensing result comprises resources of at least one of: a carrier wave for reporting the sensing result, A cell for reporting the sensing result, A bandwidth part (BWP) for reporting the sensing result, or A pool of resources for reporting the sensing results.
17. 17. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the set of resources for reporting the sensing result is configured or preconfigured for one of: sensing a Transmission Reception Point (TRP), A first set of resources for transmitting the sense signal, Sensing a service procedure, or A target is sensed.
18. 18. An apparatus of claim 15, wherein the apparatus is further caused to: a configuration of the set of resources for reporting the sensing result is determined.
19. 19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the set of resources for reporting the sensing result comprises resources of a carrier, the configuration for the set of resources comprising at least one of: subcarrier spacing (SCS, subcarrier Spacing) for said carrier, A reference resource block for the carrier, Frequency domain location and bandwidth for the carrier, or Index of cell for reporting the sensing result.
20. 20. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the set of resources for reporting the sensing result comprises at least one of: Main cell resource of terminal equipment, A first cell resource including a resource for transmitting a sensing signal, Second cell resources including resources for transmitting uplink control information, Third cell resource comprising measurement report for transmitting channel state Information reference signal (CSI-RS, channel State Information REFERENCE SIGNAL), or Resources used by a donor Transmit Receive Point (TRP).

Description

Apparatus, method and computer readable medium for integrated sensing and communication Technical Field Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to the field of telecommunications and, in particular, relate to an apparatus, method, and computer-readable medium for integrated sensing and Communication (ISAC, integrated Sensing And communications). Background ISACs are considered a promising topic of future wireless network extensions. In the third generation partnership project (3GPP,the Third Generation Partnership Project), the early stages of ISAC discussion may be aimed at building communication-based sensing systems. The working carriers used for sensing and communication may be different and more than one carrier may be assigned for communication and/or sensing, depending on the requirements of the communication or sensing and system resource management. Subsequently, a carrier aggregation scheme in the ISAC system should be considered. Disclosure of Invention In general, example embodiments of the present disclosure provide an apparatus, method, and computer-readable medium for ISAC. In a first aspect, an apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a processor. The processor is configured to cause the apparatus to determine at least one set of resources, wherein the at least one set of resources is used only for sensing services, and transmit or receive a sensing signal on at least one resource of one of the at least one set of resources. In a second aspect, a network device is provided. The network device includes a processor. The processor is configured to cause the network device to determine an allocation of sensing resources in a set of shared resources for communication and sensing and to transmit the allocation of sensing resources. In a third aspect, an apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a processor. The processor is configured to cause the device to receive an allocation of sensing resources in a set of shared resources for communication and sensing, and determine at least one of the sensing resources to use for transmitting or receiving a sensing signal based on the allocation of the sensing resources. In a fourth aspect, an apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a processor. The processor is configured to cause the apparatus to determine a set of resources for reporting the sensing result and transmit the sensing result on at least one resource of the set of resources. In a fifth aspect, a method for ISAC is provided. The method includes determining at least one set of resources at a device, wherein the at least one set of resources is used only for sensing services, and transmitting or receiving a sensing signal on at least one resource of one of the at least one set of resources. In a sixth aspect, a method for ISAC is provided. The method includes determining, at a network device, an allocation of sensing resources in a set of shared resources for communication and sensing, and transmitting the allocation of sensing resources. In a seventh aspect, a method for ISAC is provided. The method includes receiving, at a device, an allocation of sensing resources in a set of shared resources for communication and sensing, and determining at least one of the sensing resources for transmitting or receiving a sensing signal based on the allocation of the sensing resources. In an eighth aspect, a method for ISAC is provided. The method includes determining, at a device, a set of resources for reporting the sensing result and transmitting the sensing result on at least one resource of the set of resources. In a ninth aspect, a computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon is provided. The instructions, when executed on at least one processor of a device, cause the device to perform the method of any of the fifth, sixth, seventh or eighth aspects. It should be understood that the summary is not intended to identify key or essential features of the embodiments of the disclosure, nor is it intended to be used to limit the scope of the disclosure. Other features of the present disclosure will become apparent from the following description. Drawings The foregoing and other objects, features, and advantages of the disclosure will be apparent from the following more particular description of certain embodiments of the disclosure, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which: FIGS. 1A, 1B, and 1C illustrate example communication networks, respectively, in which embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented; Fig. 2A, 2B, and 2C illustrate examples of time division duplex (TDD, time Division Duplexing) allocation schemes of communication resources, respectively, according to some embodiments of the present disclosure; Fig. 3 and 4 illustrate signaling diagrams illustrating example processes for ISACs, respectively, according to some embodiments of the present disclosure; FIG. 5 illustrates a flowchart of an example method according to some embo