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Granted Patent B2
US 10,819,486 · App. 16/090,383 · Granted Oct 27, 2020

Sounding reference signal transmission and reception methods, apparatus, system, and storage medium

Inventors: Ling Yang (Shenzhen, CN); Wei Gou (Shenzhen, CN); Yajun Zhao (Shenzhen, CN); Focai Peng (Shenzhen, CN); Feng Bi (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
H04L5/005H04L5/0051H04L5/0053H04W72/042H04W72/0446H04W74/002H04W74/0816H04W76/27H04W16/14
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Patent No.
US 10,819,486
App. No.
16/090,383
Granted
Oct 27, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission method. The method comprises: determining a resource on an unlicensed carrier for transmitting an SRS; and transmitting the SRS according to the determined resource. The invention solves a problem in the prior art in which transmitting an SRS on an unlicensed carrier is less feasible, thereby increasing feasibility of transmitting an SRS on an unlicensed carrier. Also disclosed are an SRS reception method, an apparatus, a system, and a storage medium.

Claims (31)

1. A method for sending a Sounding Reference Signal (SRS), comprising:

determining a resource for sending an Aperiodic SRS (AP-SRS) on an unlicensed carrier by a 2-bit SRS request field indicated in Downlink Control Information (DCI) format 0B/4B; and

sending the AP-SRS according to the determined resource;

wherein the 2-bit SRS request field indicates:

no AP-SRS trigger; or

AP-SRS trigger and at least one of a SubFrame (SF) position, SF position set, symbol or symbol set for sending the AP-SRS.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein field information of the 2-bit SRS request field in the DCI format 0B/4B comprises at least one of the following information:

not triggering AP-SRS;

triggering of the AP-SRS and configuration of at least one of an SRS SF position, SF position set, symbol or symbol set;

triggering of the AP-SRS and configuration of at least one of succesive SRS SF positions, SF position set, symbol or symbol set;

triggering of the AP-SRS and configuration of at least one of discrete SRS SF positions, SF position set, symbol or symbol set;

triggering of the AP-SRS and configuration of at least one of an SRS SF set or symbol set, the set comprising only one element and a position corresponding to the element being at least one of an SRS SF position or symbol set;

triggering of the AP-SRS and configuration of at least one of an SRS SF set or symbol set, the set comprising multiple elements and positions corresponding to the multiple elements being at least one of succesive SRS SF positions or symbol set; or

triggering of the AP-SRS and configuration of at least one of an SRS SF set or symbol set, the set comprising multiple elements and positions corresponding to the multiple elements being at least one of discrete SRS SF positions or symbol set.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein SF positions or symbol positions corresponding to the elements of the SRS SF or SRS SF set or symbol or symbol set in the field information of the SRS request field in the DCI format 0B/4B are discrete at equal intervals, or discrete at unequal intervals or succesive on a time domain.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the field information of the SRS request field in the DCI format 0B comprises that:

the SRS request field in the DCI format 0B/4B occupies N bits, the N bits being configured to indicate at least one of non-triggering and triggering of the AP-SRS, sending position or resource information, and N being a positive integer,

wherein the sending position or resource comprises at least one of: an SF, symbol, SF set or symbol set.

5. A user Equipment (UE), comprising a first processor and a first memory coupled to the first processor, wherein

the first processor is configured to

determine a resource for sending an Aperiodic Sounding Reference Signal (AP-SRS) on an unlicensed carrier by a 2-bit SRS request field indicated in Downlink Control Information (DCI) format 0B/4B; and

send the SRS according to the determined resource;

wherein the 2-bit SRS request field indicates:

no AP-SRS trigger; or

AP-SRS trigger and at least one of a SubFrame (SF) position, SF position set, symbol or symbol set for sending the AP-SRS.

6. A non-transitory computer storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions for executing a method for sending a Sounding Reference Signal (SRS), the method comprising:

determining a resource for sending an Aperiodic SRS (AP-SRS) on an unlicensed carrier by a 2-bit SRS request field indicated in Downlink Control Information (DCI) format 0B/4B; and

sending the AP-SRS according to the determined resource;

wherein the 2-bit SRS request field indicates:

no AP-SRS trigger; or

AP-SRS trigger and at least one of a SubFrame (SF) position, SF position set, symbol or symbol set for sending the AP-SRS.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2018
From: YANG, LING; GOU, WEI; ZHAO, YAJUN; PENG, FOCAI; BI, FENG
To: ZTE CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 2016 1 0204328 · Apr 1, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190215110A1 · Jul 11, 2019
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