IP Library Granted Patent US 11,153,134
Granted Patent B2
US 11,153,134 · App. 16/580,651 · Granted Oct 19, 2021

Reference signal transmission method, apparatus, and system

Inventors: Yu Sun (Shanghai, CN); Yi Qin (Kista, SE); Zhongfeng Li (Munich, DE); Leiming Zhang (Beijing, CN); Shengyue Dou (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
H04L25/03821H04L1/0003H04L5/0051H04L5/0092H04L25/0226H04L27/261H04W72/1273
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Patent No.
US 11,153,134
App. No.
16/580,651
Granted
Oct 19, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A reference signal transmission method includes: sending, by a terminal, a first reference signal and a second reference signal; and correspondingly, receiving, by a network device, the first reference signal and the second reference signal, where the first reference signal is mapped to a plurality of symbols and is used for estimation of channel state information, the second reference signal is mapped to at least two of the plurality of symbols and is used for phase tracking, and a subcarrier to which the second reference signal is mapped on one of the at least two symbols has a same frequency-domain location as a subcarrier to which the second reference signal is mapped on the rest of the at least two symbols. With the foregoing solution, accuracy of channel state information estimation can be improved.

Claims (72)

1. A communication method, wherein the method comprises:

determining, by a terminal, resource location information of a phase tracking reference signal; and

receiving, by the terminal, the phase tracking reference signal on a resource based on the resource location information, a time-domain density of the phase tracking reference signal and a frequency-domain density of the phase tracking reference signal;

wherein the time-domain density of the phase tracking reference signal is related to a bandwidth part and a modulation and coding scheme (MCS);

wherein the frequency-domain density of the phase tracking reference signal is related to the bandwidth part and a scheduled bandwidth;

wherein the bandwidth part comprises multiple consecutive physical resource blocks in the frequency domain; and

wherein the bandwidth part corresponds to one or more subcarrier spacings.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, by the terminal, a signaling which indicates one or more values of bandwidth parts from a network device.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, by the terminal, a signaling which indicates one or more groups of MCS thresholds from a network device, wherein the bandwidth part corresponds to one group of MCS thresholds.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, by the terminal, a signaling which indicates one or more groups of scheduled bandwidth thresholds from a network device, wherein the bandwidth part corresponds to one group of scheduled bandwidth thresholds.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, by the terminal, a signaling which indicates an active value of the bandwidth part from the network device.

6. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, by the terminal, the resource location information of the phase tracking reference signal from a network device.

7. A terminal, comprising:

one or more non-transitory memories configured to store instructions; and

one or more processors, coupled to the non-transitory one or more memories, and configured to execute the instructions to facilitate:

determining resource location information of a phase tracking reference signal from a network device; and

receiving the phase tracking reference signal on a resource based on the resource location information, a time-domain density of the phase tracking reference signal and a frequency-domain density of the phase tracking reference signal;

wherein the time-domain density of the phase tracking reference signal is related to a bandwidth part and a modulation and coding scheme (MCS);

wherein the frequency-domain density of the phase tracking reference signal is related to the bandwidth part and a scheduled bandwidth;

wherein the bandwidth part comprises multiple consecutive physical resource blocks in the frequency domain; and

wherein the bandwidth part corresponds to one or more subcarrier spacings.

8. The terminal according to claim 7 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to execute the instructions to facilitate:

receiving a signaling which indicates one or more values of bandwidth parts from a network device.

9. The terminal according to claim 7 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to execute the instructions to facilitate:

receiving a signaling which indicates one or more groups of MCS thresholds from a network device, wherein the bandwidth part corresponds to one group of MCS thresholds.

10. The terminal according to claim 7 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to execute the instructions to facilitate:

receiving a signaling which indicates one or more groups of scheduled bandwidth thresholds from a network device, wherein the bandwidth part corresponds to one group of scheduled bandwidth thresholds.

11. The terminal according to claim 7 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute the instructions to facilitate:

receiving a signaling which indicates an active value of the bandwidth part from the network device.

12. The terminal according to claim 7 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute the instructions to facilitate:

receiving the resource location information of the phase tracking reference signal from a network device.

13. A communication method, wherein the method comprises:

configuring, by a network device based on a time-domain density of a phase tracking reference signal and a frequency-domain density of the phase tracking reference signal, a time-frequency resource of the phase tracking reference signal for a terminal; and

sending, by the network device, the phase tracking reference signal to the terminal;

wherein the time-domain density of the phase tracking reference signal is related to a bandwidth part and a modulation and coding scheme (MCS);

wherein the frequency-domain density of the phase tracking reference signal is related to the bandwidth part and a scheduled bandwidth;

wherein the bandwidth part comprises multiple consecutive physical resource blocks in the frequency domain; and

wherein the bandwidth part corresponds to one or more subcarrier spacings.

14. The method according to claim 13 , further comprising:

sending, by the network device, a signaling which indicates one or more values of bandwidth parts to the terminal.

15. The method according to claim 13 , further comprising:

sending, by the network device, a signaling which indicates one or more groups of MCS thresholds to the terminal, wherein the bandwidth part corresponds to one group of MCS thresholds.

16. The method according to claim 13 , further comprising:

sending, by the network device, a signaling which indicates one or more groups of scheduled bandwidth thresholds to the terminal, wherein the bandwidth part corresponds to one group of scheduled bandwidth thresholds.

17. The method according to claim 13 , further comprising:

sending, by the network device, a signaling which indicates an active value of the bandwidth part to the terminal.

18. The method according to claim 13 , further comprising:

sending, by the network device, resource location information of the phase tracking reference signal to the terminal.

19. A network device, comprising:

one or more non-transitory memories configured to store instructions; and

one or more processors, coupled to the one or more non-transitory memories, and configured to execute the instructions to facilitate:

configuring, based on a time-domain density of a phase tracking reference signal and a frequency-domain density of the phase tracking reference signal, a time-frequency resource of the phase tracking reference signal for a terminal; and

sending the phase tracking reference signal to the terminal;

wherein the time-domain density of the phase tracking reference signal is related to a bandwidth part and a modulation and coding scheme (MCS);

wherein the frequency-domain density of the phase tracking reference signal is related to the bandwidth part and a scheduled bandwidth;

wherein the bandwidth part comprises multiple consecutive physical resource blocks in the frequency domain; and

wherein the bandwidth part corresponds to one or more subcarrier spacings.

20. The network device according to claim 19 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to execute the instructions to facilitate:

sending a signaling which indicates one or more values of bandwidth parts to the terminal.

21. The network device according to claim 19 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to execute the instructions to facilitate:

sending a signaling which indicates one or more groups of MCS thresholds to the terminal, wherein the bandwidth part corresponds to one group of MCS thresholds.

22. The network device according to claim 19 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to execute the instructions to facilitate:

sending a signaling which indicates one or more groups of scheduled bandwidth thresholds to the terminal, wherein the bandwidth part corresponds to one group of scheduled bandwidth thresholds.

23. The network device according to claim 19 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to execute the instructions to facilitate:

sending a signaling which indicates an active value of the bandwidth part to the terminal.

24. The network device according to claim 19 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to execute the instructions to facilitate:

sending resource location information of the phase tracking reference signal to the terminal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 10, 2021
From: SUN, YU; QIN, YI; DOU, SHENGYUE; LI, ZHONGFENG; ZHANG, LEIMING
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (3)
CN 201710184763.X · Mar 24, 2017 · national
CN 201710400977.6 · May 31, 2017 · national
CN 201710444726.8 · Jun 13, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2018080397 · Mar 24, 2018
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