IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,119,974
Granted Patent B2
US 12,119,974 · App. 17/554,946 · Granted Oct 15, 2024

Techniques for determining phase tracking reference signal density

Inventors: Mahmoud Taherzadeh Boroujeni (San Diego, CA); Tao Luo (San Diego, CA); Gokul Sridharan (Sunnyvale, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04L27/2613H04L5/0048H04L5/0094H04L25/0224H04L27/26025H04L1/0003
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Patent No.
US 12,119,974
App. No.
17/554,946
Granted
Oct 15, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive control signaling indicating a first set of thresholds corresponding to a first set of reference signal densities and a second set of thresholds corresponding to a second set of reference signal densities. The first set of thresholds may be associated with enabled uplink demodulation reference signal (DMRS) bundling, and the second set of thresholds may be associated with disabled uplink DMRS bundling. The UE may select a reference signal density from the first set or the second set based on a DMRS bundling status and map reference signaling (e.g., a DMRS, a phase tracking reference signal (PTRS), or both) to a set of resources based on the reference signal density. Uplink channel repetitions may occur in disjoint symbols and in such cases, DMRS bundling may be activated when PTRSs between repetitions meet a threshold.

Claims (91)

1. An apparatus for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

at least one processor;

memory coupled with the at least one processor; and

instructions stored in the memory and executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to:

receive control signaling indicating a first set of thresholds corresponding to a first set of reference signal densities and a second set of thresholds corresponding to a second set of reference signal densities, wherein the first set of thresholds is associated with uplink demodulation reference signal bundling being enabled, and the second set of thresholds is associated with uplink demodulation reference signal bundling being disabled;

select a reference signal density from the first set of reference signal densities or the second set of reference signal densities based at least in part on an uplink demodulation reference signal bundling status;

map reference signaling to a set of resources based at least in part on the reference signal density, the reference signaling comprising a demodulation reference signal, a phase tracking reference signal, or both; and

transmit an uplink transmission based at least in part on the mapping.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to:

receive a message indicating that the uplink demodulation reference signal bundling status is enabled; and

select the reference signal density from the first set of reference signal densities based at least in part on the uplink demodulation reference signal bundling status being enabled.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the instructions to receive the control signaling indicating the first set of thresholds are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to:

receive an indication of the first set of thresholds, wherein the first set of thresholds comprises a set of modulation and coding scheme thresholds corresponding to a set of phase tracking reference signal time density values.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to:

receive a configuration message indicating a configuration of the uplink transmission, the configuration message comprising a modulation and coding scheme value; and

identify a modulation and coding scheme threshold from the set of modulation and coding scheme thresholds based at least in part on the modulation and coding scheme value, wherein the reference signal density is based at least in part on a phase tracking reference signal time density value corresponding to the modulation and coding scheme threshold.

5. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the instructions to receive the control signaling indicating the first set of thresholds are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to:

receive an indication of the first set of thresholds, wherein the first set of thresholds comprises a set of bandwidth allocation thresholds corresponding to a set of frequency density values.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to:

receive a configuration message indicating a configuration of the uplink transmission, the configuration message comprising a bandwidth allocation value for transmitting the uplink transmission; and

identify a bandwidth allocation threshold from the set of bandwidth allocation thresholds based at least in part on the bandwidth allocation value, wherein the reference signal density is based at least in part on a frequency density value corresponding to the bandwidth allocation threshold.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to:

receive a message indicating that the uplink demodulation reference signal bundling status is disabled; and

select the reference signal density from the second set of reference signal densities based at least in part on the uplink demodulation reference signal bundling status being disabled.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the reference signal density corresponds to a phase tracking reference signal density, and the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to:

identify a demodulation reference signal density based at least in part on the phase tracking reference signal density.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the instructions to receive the control signaling indicating the first set of thresholds are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to:

receive a plurality of subsets of reference signal thresholds, each subset of the plurality of subsets associated with a bundling parameter of the uplink transmission; and

select the reference signal density from a subset of reference signal thresholds based at least in part on the uplink demodulation reference signal bundling status being enabled and the bundling parameter.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to:

transmit an indication of a capability of the UE associated with phase continuity maintenance, wherein the uplink demodulation reference signal bundling status is based at least in part on the capability of the UE.

11. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:

the first set of reference signal densities and the second set of reference signal densities comprise phase tracking reference signal densities, demodulation reference signal densities, or a combination thereof, and

the reference signaling comprises phase tracking reference signal signaling, demodulation reference signal signaling, or a combination thereof.

12. A method for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving control signaling indicating a first set of thresholds corresponding to a first set of reference signal densities and a second set of thresholds corresponding to a second set of reference signal densities, wherein the first set of thresholds is associated with uplink demodulation reference signal bundling being enabled, and the second set of thresholds is associated with uplink demodulation reference signal bundling being disabled;

selecting a reference signal density from the first set of reference signal densities or the second set of reference signal densities based at least in part on an uplink demodulation reference signal bundling status;

mapping reference signaling to a set of resources based at least in part on the reference signal density, the reference signaling comprising a demodulation reference signal, a phase tracking reference signal, or both; and

transmitting an uplink transmission based at least in part on the mapping.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

receiving a message indicating that the uplink demodulation reference signal bundling status is enabled; and

selecting the reference signal density from the first set of reference signal densities based at least in part on the uplink demodulation reference signal bundling status being enabled.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein receiving the control signaling indicating the first set of thresholds further comprises:

receiving an indication of the first set of thresholds, wherein the first set of thresholds comprises a set of modulation and coding scheme thresholds corresponding to a set of phase tracking reference signal time density values.

15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

receiving a configuration message indicating a configuration of the uplink transmission, the configuration message comprising a modulation and coding scheme value; and

identifying a modulation and coding scheme threshold from the set of modulation and coding scheme thresholds based at least in part on the modulation and coding scheme value, wherein the reference signal density is based at least in part on a phase tracking reference signal time density value corresponding to the modulation and coding scheme threshold.

16. The method of claim 13 , wherein receiving the control signaling indicating the first set of thresholds further comprises:

receiving an indication of the first set of thresholds, wherein the first set of thresholds comprises a set of bandwidth allocation thresholds corresponding to a set of frequency density values.

17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:

receiving a configuration message indicating a configuration of the uplink transmission, the configuration message comprising a bandwidth allocation value for transmitting the uplink transmission; and

identifying a bandwidth allocation threshold from the set of bandwidth allocation thresholds based at least in part on the bandwidth allocation value, wherein the reference signal density is based at least in part on a frequency density value corresponding to the bandwidth allocation threshold.

18. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

receive a message indicating that the uplink demodulation reference signal bundling status is disabled; and

select the reference signal density from the second set of reference signal densities based at least in part on the uplink demodulation reference signal bundling status being disabled.

19. The method of claim 12 , wherein the reference signal density corresponds to a phase tracking reference signal density, wherein the method further comprises:

identifying a demodulation reference signal density based at least in part on the phase tracking reference signal density.

20. The method of claim 12 , wherein receiving the control signaling indicating the first set of thresholds further comprises:

receiving a plurality of subsets of reference signal thresholds, each subset of the plurality of subsets associated with a bundling parameter of the uplink transmission; and

selecting the reference signal density from a subset of reference signal thresholds based at least in part on the uplink demodulation reference signal bundling status being enabled and the bundling parameter.

21. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

transmitting an indication of a capability of the UE associated with phase continuity maintenance, wherein the uplink demodulation reference signal bundling status is based at least in part on the capability of the UE.

22. The method of claim 12 , wherein:

the first set of reference signal densities and the second set of reference signal densities comprise phase tracking reference signal densities, demodulation reference signal densities, or a combination thereof, and

the reference signaling comprises phase tracking reference signal signaling, demodulation reference signal signaling, or a combination thereof.

23. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE), the code comprising instructions executable by one or more processors to:

receive control signaling indicating a first set of thresholds corresponding to a first set of reference signal densities and a second set of thresholds corresponding to a second set of reference signal densities, wherein the first set of thresholds is associated with uplink demodulation reference signal bundling being enabled, and the second set of thresholds is associated with uplink demodulation reference signal bundling being disabled;

select a reference signal density from the first set of reference signal densities or the second set of reference signal densities based at least in part on an uplink demodulation reference signal bundling status;

map reference signaling to a set of resources based at least in part on the reference signal density, the reference signaling comprising a demodulation reference signal, a phase tracking reference signal, or both; and

transmit an uplink transmission based at least in part on the mapping.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 23 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to:

receive a message indicating that the uplink demodulation reference signal bundling status is enabled; and

select the reference signal density from the first set of reference signal densities based at least in part on the uplink demodulation reference signal bundling status being enabled.

25. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 24 , wherein the instructions to receive the control signaling indicating the first set of thresholds are further executable by the one or more processors to:

receive an indication of the first set of thresholds, wherein the first set of thresholds comprises a set of modulation and coding scheme thresholds corresponding to a set of phase tracking reference signal time density values.

26. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 25 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to:

receive a configuration message indicating a configuration of the uplink transmission, the configuration message comprising a modulation and coding scheme value; and

identify a modulation and coding scheme threshold from the set of modulation and coding scheme thresholds based at least in part on the modulation and coding scheme value, wherein the reference signal density is based at least in part on a phase tracking reference signal time density value corresponding to the modulation and coding scheme threshold.

27. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 24 , wherein the instructions to receive the control signaling indicating the first set of thresholds are further executable by the one or more processors to:

receive an indication of the first set of thresholds, wherein the first set of thresholds comprises a set of bandwidth allocation thresholds corresponding to a set of frequency density values.

28. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 27 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to:

receive a configuration message indicating a configuration of the uplink transmission, the configuration message comprising a bandwidth allocation value for transmitting the uplink transmission; and

identify a bandwidth allocation threshold from the set of bandwidth allocation thresholds based at least in part on the bandwidth allocation value, wherein the reference signal density is based at least in part on a frequency density value corresponding to the bandwidth allocation threshold.

29. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 23 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to:

receive a message indicating that the uplink demodulation reference signal bundling status is disabled; and

select the reference signal density from the second set of reference signal densities based at least in part on the uplink demodulation reference signal bundling status being disabled.

30. An apparatus for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

means for receiving control signaling indicating a first set of thresholds corresponding to a first set of reference signal densities and a second set of thresholds corresponding to a second set of reference signal densities, wherein the first set of thresholds is associated with uplink demodulation reference signal bundling being enabled, and the second set of thresholds is associated with uplink demodulation reference signal bundling being disabled;

means for selecting a reference signal density from the first set of reference signal densities or the second set of reference signal densities based at least in part on an uplink demodulation reference signal bundling status;

means for mapping reference signaling to a set of resources based at least in part on the reference signal density, the reference signaling comprising a demodulation reference signal, a phase tracking reference signal, or both; and

means for transmitting an uplink transmission based at least in part on the mapping.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 28, 2022
From: TAHERZADEH BOROUJENI, MAHMOUD; LUO, TAO; SRIDHARAN, GOKUL
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 059767/0722 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 63170227 · Apr 2, 2021
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