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Granted Patent B2
US 11,229,017 · App. 16/579,347 · Granted Jan 18, 2022

Wireless communication method, network device, and terminal device

Inventors: Xi Zhang (Chengdu, CN); Minghui Xu (Chengdu, CN)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
H04W72/0413H04B17/104H04B17/345H04L5/0057H04W72/082
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Patent No.
US 11,229,017
App. No.
16/579,347
Granted
Jan 18, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless communication method, including: obtaining, by a network device, at least one of information that is about sharing a local oscillator by a plurality of transceiver units and that is sent by a terminal device, information that is about phase noise errors measured on a plurality of phase tracking reference signal ports and that is sent by the terminal device, isolation between a plurality of channels used to carry phase tracking reference signals, and status information of the channels used to carry the phase tracking reference signals; determining port configuration information of a phase tracking reference signal based on the at least one of the information about sharing a local oscillator, the information about the phase noise errors, the isolation between the plurality of channels used to carry the phase tracking reference signals, and the status information of the channels used to carry the phase tracking reference signals.

Claims (31)

1. A wireless communication method, the method comprising:

determining, by a terminal device, port configuration information of a phase tracking reference signal to be reported to a network device;

determining, by the terminal device, a quantity of phase tracking reference signal ports based on a sharing status of a plurality of transceiver units of the terminal device that share a quantity of local oscillators; and

sending, by the terminal device, the port configuration information of the phase tracking reference signal to the network device, wherein the port configuration information of the phase tracking reference signal comprises the quantity of phase tracking reference signal ports.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the port configuration information of the phase tracking reference signal further comprises:

a mapping relationship between the phase tracking reference signal and a first reference signal, wherein the first reference signal comprises a demodulation reference signal (DMRS).

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining the quantity of phase tracking reference signal ports comprises:

determining that the quantity of phase tracking reference signal ports is one in response to the quantity of local oscillators that are shared by the plurality of transceiver units of the terminal device being one.

4. The method according to claim 2 , further comprising:

determining the mapping relationship between the phase tracking reference signal and the first reference signal based on status information of a channel used to carry the phase tracking reference signal.

5. A wireless communication method, the method comprising:

receiving, by a network device, a communication from a terminal device; and

determining, by the network device, port configuration information of a phase tracking reference signal based on the communication, wherein the port configuration information of the phase tracking reference signal comprises a quantity of phase tracking reference signal ports, wherein the quantity of phase tracking reference signal ports is based on a sharing status of a plurality of transceiver units of the terminal device that share a quantity of local oscillators.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the port configuration information of the phase tracking reference signal further comprises:

a mapping relationship between the phase tracking reference signal and a first reference signal, wherein the first reference signal comprises a demodulation reference signal (DMRS).

7. A terminal device, comprising:

a processor, configured to:

determine port configuration information of a phase tracking reference signal to be reported to a network device; and

determine a quantity of phase tracking reference signal ports based on a sharing status of a plurality of transceiver units of the terminal device that share a quantity of local oscillators; and

a transmitter, configured to send the port configuration information of the phase tracking reference signal to the network device, wherein the port configuration information of the phase tracking reference signal comprises the quantity of phase tracking reference signal ports.

8. The terminal device according to claim 7 , wherein the port configuration information of the phase tracking reference signal further comprises:

a mapping relationship between the phase tracking reference signal and a first reference signal, wherein the first reference signal comprises a demodulation reference signal (DMRS).

9. The terminal device according to claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine that the quantity of phase tracking reference signal ports is one in response to the quantity of local oscillators that are shared by the plurality of transceiver units of the terminal device being one.

10. The terminal device according to claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine the mapping relationship between the phase tracking reference signal and the first reference signal based on status information of a channel used to carry the phase tracking reference signal.

11. A network device, comprising:

a receiver, configured to receive a communication from a terminal device; and

a processor, configured to determine port configuration information of a phase tracking reference signal based on the communication, wherein the port configuration information of the phase tracking reference signal comprises a quantity of phase tracking reference signal ports, wherein the quantity of phase tracking reference signal ports is based on a sharing status of a plurality of transceiver units of the terminal device that share a quantity of local oscillators.

12. The network device according to claim 11 , wherein the port configuration information of the phase tracking reference signal further comprises:

a mapping relationship between the phase tracking reference signal and a first reference signal, wherein the first reference signal comprises a demodulation reference signal (DMRS).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 3, 2020
From: ZHANG, XI; XU, MINGHUI
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 052823/0655 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201710184424.1 · Mar 24, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2018079069 · Mar 15, 2018
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