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Granted Patent B2
US 12676713 · App. 17/889,730 · Granted Jul 7, 2026

Reference signal transmission method and related device

Inventors: Han Zhou (Shanghai, CN); Xiaolei Tie (Shanghai, CN); Zhanzhan Zhang (Shanghai, CN); Meng Hua (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
H04L5/0048H04W72/23
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Patent No.
US 12676713
App. No.
17/889,730
Granted
Jul 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A reference signal transmission method is provided to reduce power consumption. The method may be applied to time-frequency tracking. The method includes a network device sends configuration information of a reference signal RS to a terminal device, where the configuration information is used to indicate at least one periodic target sending time period of the RS; and the network device sends the RS in a first target sending time period based on a first periodicity, where the first target sending time period belongs to the at least one periodic target sending time period. In this case, the RS is sent only in a part of the target sending time period, that is, the RS is not an always-on signal, and wake-up duration of UE is short. This helps UE reduce power consumption.

Claims (45)

1 . A reference signal transmission method, comprising:

sending configuration information of a reference signal (RS) to a terminal device, wherein the configuration information comprises a parameter of at least one periodic target sending time period of the RS;

sending first indication information to the terminal device in paging downlink control information (DCI), wherein the first indication information indicates that a network device sends the RS in a first target sending time period; and

sending the RS in the first target sending time period based on a first periodicity, wherein the first target sending time period belongs to the at least one periodic target sending time period,

wherein each of the at least one periodic target sending time period is longer than the first periodicity.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the paging DCI is in a first duration at a beginning of the first target sending time period.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the configuration information indicates a first time point and a second time point in the first target sending time period, and wherein sending the RS in the first target sending time period based on the first periodicity comprises:

sending the RS between the first time point and the second time point based on the first periodicity.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the RS is a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) or a time-frequency tracking signal (TRS).

5 . A reference signal transmission method, comprising:

receiving configuration information of a reference signal (RS) from a network device, wherein the configuration information comprises a parameter of at least one periodic target sending time period of the RS;

determining a paging downlink control information (DCI);

determining whether the network device sends the RS in a target sending time period by determining whether the paging DCI comprises first indication information, wherein the first indication information indicates that the network device sends the RS in a first target sending time period, the first target sending time period belongs to the target sending time period; and

receiving the RS if the network device sends the RS in the target sending time period, wherein each of the at least one periodic target sending time period is longer than a first periodicity.

6 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein the paging DCI is in a first duration at a beginning of the first target sending time period; and

wherein receiving the RS comprises receiving the RS based on the first indication information.

7 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein the configuration information indicates a first time point and a second time point in the target sending time period, and wherein receiving the RS comprises:

receiving the RS in a time period between the first time point and the second time point.

8 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein, after receiving the RS, the method further comprises:

performing time-frequency tracking based on the RS.

9 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein the RS is a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) or a time-frequency tracking signal (TRS).

10 . An apparatus, comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more non-transitory computer readable memories coupled to the one or more processors and storing programming to be executed by the one or more processors, the programming including instructions for:

receiving configuration information of a reference signal (RS) from a network device, wherein the configuration information comprises a parameter of at least one periodic target sending time period of the RS;

determining a paging downlink control information (DCI);

determining whether the network device sends the RS in a target sending time period by determining whether the paging DCI comprises first indication information, wherein the first indication information indicates that the network device sends the RS in a first target sending time period, the first target sending time period belongs to the target sending time period; and

receiving the RS if the network device sends the RS in the target sending time period,

wherein each of the at least one periodic target sending time period is longer than a first periodicity.

11 . The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the paging DCI is in a first duration at a beginning of the first target sending time period; and

wherein receiving the RS comprises receiving the RS based on the first indication information.

12 . The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein after receiving the RS, the instructions further include instructions for:

performing time-frequency tracking based on the RS.

13 . The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the RS is a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) or a time-frequency tracking signal (TRS).

14 . An apparatus, comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more non-transitory computer readable memories coupled to the one or more processors and storing programming to be executed by the one or more processors, the programming including instructions for:

sending configuration information of a reference signal (RS) to a terminal device, wherein the configuration information comprises a parameter of at least one periodic target sending time period of the RS;

sending first indication information to the terminal device in paging downlink control information (DCI), wherein the first indication information indicates that a network device sends the RS in a first target sending time period; and

sending the RS in the first target sending time period based on a first periodicity, wherein the first target sending time period belongs to the at least one periodic target sending time period,

wherein each of the at least one periodic target sending time period is longer than the first periodicity.

15 . The apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the paging DCI is in a first duration at a beginning of the first target sending time period.

16 . The apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the RS is a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) or a time-frequency tracking signal (TRS).

17 . The apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the configuration information indicates a first time point and a second time point in the first target sending time period, and wherein sending the RS in the first target sending time period based on the first periodicity comprises:

sending the RS between the first time point and the second time point based on the first periodicity.