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US 11,463,214 · App. 17/093,330 · Granted Oct 4, 2022

Quasi co-location configuration method, terminal, and network device

Inventors: Ye Si (Chang'an Dongguan, CN); Peng Sun (Chang'an Dongguan, CN)
Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
H04L5/0048H04W72/042
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Patent No.
US 11,463,214
App. No.
17/093,330
Granted
Oct 4, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A configuration method for tracking reference signal, a terminal and a network device are provided. The method includes: in a case that a network device configures an aperiodic reference signal quasi-co-located with a physical channel or a physical signal, determining, according to a preset manner, that the aperiodic reference signal or a target physical signal associated with the aperiodic reference signal is a quasi co-location signal of the physical channel or the physical signal.

Claims (41)

1. A quasi co-location configuration method, applied to a terminal side, comprising:

in a case that a network device configures an aperiodic reference signal quasi-co-located with a physical channel or a physical signal, determining, according to a preset manner, that the aperiodic reference signal or a target physical signal associated with the aperiodic reference signal is a quasi co-location signal of the physical channel or the physical signal;

wherein an association relationship between the aperiodic reference signal and the target physical signal is determined according to a quasi co-location relationship indicated by a high-layer signaling transmitted by the network device.

2. The quasi co-location configuration method according to claim 1 , wherein a quasi co-location type of a quasi co-location relationship between the physical channel or the physical signal and the target physical signal is the same as a quasi co-location type of a quasi co-location relationship between the physical channel or the physical signal and the aperiodic reference signal.

3. The quasi co-location configuration method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining, according to the preset manner, that the aperiodic reference signal or the target physical signal associated with the aperiodic reference signal is the quasi co-location signal of the physical channel or the physical signal comprises:

in a case that the aperiodic reference signal is received within a first time window, determining that the aperiodic reference signal is the quasi co-location signal of the physical channel or the physical signal; or

in a case that the aperiodic reference signal is not received within the first time window, determining that the target physical signal associated with the aperiodic reference signal is the quasi co-location signal of the physical channel or the physical signal; or

in a case that the aperiodic reference signal and the target physical signal associated with the aperiodic reference signal are received within the first time window, determining that one, closest to the physical channel or the physical signal, of the aperiodic reference signal and the target physical signal is the quasi co-location signal of the physical channel or the physical signal.

4. The quasi co-location configuration method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining that the aperiodic reference signal is the quasi co-location signal of the physical channel or the physical signal comprises:

determining that a received aperiodic reference signal closest to the physical channel or the physical signal is the quasi co-location signal of the physical channel or the physical signal.

5. The quasi co-location configuration method according to claim 3 , wherein the parameter of the first time window comprises at least one of a window length, a start position or an end position, wherein the window length is a period length of a periodic signal associated with the aperiodic reference signal.

6. The quasi co-location configuration method according to claim 1 , wherein the aperiodic reference signal comprises at least one of an aperiodic tracking reference signal (TRS) or an aperiodic channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS).

7. The quasi co-location configuration method according to claim 6 , wherein in a case that the aperiodic reference signal is the aperiodic TRS, the target physical signal is a periodic TRS;

in a case that the aperiodic reference signal is the aperiodic CSI-RS, the target physical signal is at least one of a periodic TRS, an aperiodic TRS, a synchronization signal and PBCH block (SSB), a periodic CSI-RS, a semi-persistent CSI-RS or an aperiodic CSI-RS.

8. The quasi co-location configuration method according to claim 6 , wherein in a case that the aperiodic reference signal is the aperiodic CSI-RS, the determining, according to the preset manner, that the target physical signal associated with the aperiodic reference signal is the quasi co-location signal of the physical channel or the physical signal comprises:

in a case that a first target physical signal associated with the aperiodic CSI-RS is not received within a second time window, determining, according to the preset manner, that a second target physical signal associated with the first target physical signal is the quasi co-location signal of the physical channel or the physical signal.

9. The quasi co-location configuration method according to claim 1 , wherein the physical channel comprises at least one of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) or a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), and the physical signal comprises at least one of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) or a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS).

10. A terminal, comprising a processor, a memory and a program stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the processor, wherein the processor is configured to execute the program to implement following step:

in a case that a network device configures an aperiodic reference signal quasi-co-located with a physical channel or a physical signal, determining, according to a preset manner, that the aperiodic reference signal or a target physical signal associated with the aperiodic reference signal is a quasi co-location signal of the physical channel or the physical signal;

wherein an association relationship between the aperiodic reference signal and the target physical signal is determined according to a quasi co-location relationship indicated by a high-layer signaling transmitted by the network device.

11. The terminal according to claim 10 , wherein a quasi co-location type of a quasi co-location relationship between the physical channel or the physical signal and the target physical signal is the same as a quasi co-location type of a quasi co-location relationship between the physical channel or the physical signal and the aperiodic reference signal.

12. The terminal according to claim 10 , wherein the determining, according to the preset manner, that the aperiodic reference signal or the target physical signal associated with the aperiodic reference signal is the quasi co-location signal of the physical channel or the physical signal comprises:

in a case that the aperiodic reference signal is received within a first time window, determining that the aperiodic reference signal is the quasi co-location signal of the physical channel or the physical signal; or

in a case that the aperiodic reference signal is not received within the first time window, determining that the target physical signal associated with the aperiodic reference signal is the quasi co-location signal of the physical channel or the physical signal; or

in a case that the aperiodic reference signal and the target physical signal associated with the aperiodic reference signal are received within the first time window, determining that one, closest to the physical channel or the physical signal, of the aperiodic reference signal and the target physical signal is the quasi co-location signal of the physical channel or the physical signal.

13. The terminal according to claim 10 , wherein the determining that the aperiodic reference signal is the quasi co-location signal of the physical channel or the physical signal comprises:

determining that a received aperiodic reference signal closest to the physical channel or the physical signal is the quasi co-location signal of the physical channel or the physical signal.

14. The terminal according to claim 12 , wherein the parameter of the first time window comprises at least one of a window length, a start position or an end position, wherein the window length is a period length of a periodic signal associated with the aperiodic reference signal.

15. The terminal according to claim 10 , wherein the aperiodic reference signal comprises at least one of an aperiodic tracking reference signal (TRS) or an aperiodic channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS).

16. The terminal according to claim 15 , wherein in a case that the aperiodic reference signal is the aperiodic TRS, the target physical signal is a periodic TRS;

in a case that the aperiodic reference signal is the aperiodic CSI-RS, the target physical signal is at least one of a periodic TRS, an aperiodic TRS, a synchronization signal and PBCH block (SSB), a periodic CSI-RS, a semi-persistent CSI-RS or an aperiodic CSI-RS.

17. The terminal according to claim 15 , wherein in a case that the aperiodic reference signal is the aperiodic CSI-RS, the determining, according to the preset manner, that the target physical signal associated with the aperiodic reference signal is the quasi co-location signal of the physical channel or the physical signal comprises:

in a case that a first target physical signal associated with the aperiodic CSI-RS is not received within a second time window, determining, according to the preset manner, that a second target physical signal associated with the first target physical signal is the quasi co-location signal of the physical channel or the physical signal.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, storing therein a program, wherein the program is configured to be executed by a processor to implement following step:

in a case that a network device configures an aperiodic reference signal quasi-co-located with a physical channel or a physical signal, determining, according to a preset manner, that the aperiodic reference signal or a target physical signal associated with the aperiodic reference signal is a quasi co-location signal of the physical channel or the physical signal;

wherein an association relationship between the aperiodic reference signal and the target physical signal is determined according to a quasi co-location relationship indicated by a high-layer signaling transmitted by the network device.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 18 , wherein a quasi co-location type of a quasi co-location relationship between the physical channel or the physical signal and the target physical signal is the same as a quasi co-location type of a quasi co-location relationship between the physical channel or the physical signal and the aperiodic reference signal.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 18 , wherein the determining, according to the preset manner, that the aperiodic reference signal or the target physical signal associated with the aperiodic reference signal is the quasi co-location signal of the physical channel or the physical signal comprises:

in a case that the aperiodic reference signal is received within a first time window, determining that the aperiodic reference signal is the quasi co-location signal of the physical channel or the physical signal; or

in a case that the aperiodic reference signal is not received within the first time window, determining that the target physical signal associated with the aperiodic reference signal is the quasi co-location signal of the physical channel or the physical signal; or

in a case that the aperiodic reference signal and the target physical signal associated with the aperiodic reference signal are received within the first time window, determining that one, closest to the physical channel or the physical signal, of the aperiodic reference signal and the target physical signal is the quasi co-location signal of the physical channel or the physical signal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2020
From: SI, YE; SUN, PENG
To: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO.,LTD.
Reel/Frame 054327/0832 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201810451283.X · May 11, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
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