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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2018
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Weimin Xiao, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Qian Cheng, Naperville, IL (US);
Philippe Sartori, Algonquin, IL (US);
Vipul Desai, Palatine, IL (US);
Jialing Liu, Palatine, IL (US);
Lukasz Krzymien, Rolling Meadows, IL (US);
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A device and method for transmission and reception of control and data channels with a group reference signal (GRS). A GRS may include a first common reference signal associated with a first group of users and a second common reference signal associated with a second group of users. Some users or channels can be grouped to use one set of common reference signals and other users or channels can be grouped to use another set of common reference signals.