IP Library Granted Patent US 11,652,593
Granted Patent B2
US 11,652,593 · App. 17/855,817 · Granted May 16, 2023

Method and device used in UE and base station for wireless communication

Inventors: Lu Wu (Shanghai, CN); Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
H04L5/0048H04L25/0202H04W72/0446H04W72/0453
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Patent No.
US 11,652,593
App. No.
17/855,817
Granted
May 16, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides method and device used in UE and base station for wireless communication. A UE receives a first signaling and then operates N radio signals respectively in N time-frequency resource blocks. The first signaling indicates N1 time-frequency resource blocks; the N1 time-frequency resource blocks respectively belong to N1 frequency sub-bands in frequency domain; any of the N time-frequency resource blocks is one of the N1 time-frequency resource blocks, N being a positive integer greater than 1 and no greater than N1; the N radio signals respectively comprise N first-type reference signals, and an antenna port for transmitting each of the N first-type reference signals is associated with a first antenna port.

Claims (50)

1. A User Equipment (UE) for wireless communications, comprising:

a first receiver, which receives a first signaling, the first signaling indicating N1 time-frequency resource blocks; and

a first transceiver, which operates N radio signals respectively in N time-frequency resource blocks;

wherein the N1 time-frequency resource blocks respectively belong to N1 frequency sub-bands in frequency domain, any two frequency sub-bands of the N1 frequency sub-bands being orthogonal, N1 being a positive integer greater than 1; any time-frequency resource block of the N time-frequency resource blocks is one of the N1 time-frequency resource blocks, N being a positive integer greater than 1 and no greater than the N1; the N radio signals respectively comprise N first-type reference signals, and an antenna port for transmitting each of the N first-type reference signals is associated with a first antenna port; a first target signal is any first-type reference signal of the N first-type reference signals, and frequency density of the first target signal is related to only a target time-frequency resource block of the N1 time-frequency resource blocks, the target time-frequency resource block being one of the N1 time-frequency resource blocks; the operating action is transmitting, or, the operating action is receiving;

the first signaling is a Downlink Control Information (DCI) signaling; the N1 frequency sub-bands belong to a same Bandwidth Part (BWP); any two time-frequency resource blocks of the N1 time-frequency resource blocks comprise (a) same multicarrier symbol(s) in time domain; each of the N first-type reference signals comprises a Phase-Tracking Reference Signal (PTRS), and the number of transmission antenna port(s) for each of the N first-type reference signals is equal to 1; of the N1 time-frequency resource blocks only the target time-frequency resource block's bandwidth is used to determine the frequency density of the first target signal;

the N radio signals respectively comprise N Demodulation Reference Signals (DMRSs), antenna ports for transmitting the N first-type reference signals are the same, and antenna ports for transmitting the N DMRSs are the same, the first antenna port being one antenna port for transmitting the N DMRSs; the phrase that an antenna port for transmitting each of the N first-type reference signals is associated with a first antenna port means that each subcarrier occupied by the antenna port for transmitting each of the N first-type reference signals belongs to a subcarrier group occupied by the N DMRSs, the subcarrier group comprising a positive integer number of sub carriers.

2. The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the N radio signals respectively comprise N sub-signals, and the N sub-signals comprise a transmission of a first bit block; the first bit block comprises a Transport Block (TB).

3. The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the N radio signals respectively comprise N sub-signals, and the N sub-signals respectively comprise N transmissions of a first bit block; the first bit block comprises a Transport Block (TB).

4. The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the operating action being receiving; each of the N DMRSs is transmitted by P antenna ports, the first antenna port being one of the P antenna ports, P being a positive integer greater than 1, and the first antenna port is one of the P antenna ports that is of a lowest index.

5. The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the first receiver also receives second information; wherein the second information indicates Q1 threshold(s), the Q1 threshold(s) being used to determine Q value sets; the Q value sets respectively correspond to Q frequency densities, Q1 being a positive integer, and Q being a positive integer greater than 1; a bandwidth of the target time-frequency resource block is used to determine the frequency density of the first target signal out of the Q frequency densities, and the bandwidth of the target time-frequency resource block belongs to only one value set of the Q value sets;

a first value set is one of the Q value sets to which the bandwidth of the target time-frequency resource block belongs, and the frequency density of the first target signal is one of the Q frequency densities that corresponds to the first value set; the second information comprises one or more Information Elements (IEs) in an RRC signaling; the Q1 is equal to 2, each of the Q1 thresholds is a positive integer no greater than 276; the frequency density of the first target signal is equal to 2 or 4; a bandwidth of a given time-frequency resource block refers to a number of RBs comprised by the given time-frequency resource block in frequency domain.

6. The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the target time-frequency resource block is one of the N time-frequency resource blocks that comprises time-frequency resources occupied by the first target signal, bandwidths of the N time-frequency resource blocks are respectively used to determine frequency densities of the N first-type reference signals.

7. The UE according to claim 1 , wherein any of the N1 time-frequency resource blocks comprises a positive integer number of time-frequency resource unit(s), and any two time-frequency resource units of the N1 time-frequency resource blocks are orthogonal in frequency domain; a first time-frequency resource block is one of the N time-frequency resource blocks that comprises time-frequency resources occupied by the first target signal, and the first time-frequency resource block comprises M1 time-frequency resource unit(s), and the time-frequency resources occupied by the first target signal belong to only M2 time-frequency resource unit(s) of the M1 time-frequency resource unit(s); a number of the time-frequency resource unit(s) comprised by the target time-frequency resource block and the frequency density of the first target signal are used to determine the M2 time-frequency resource unit(s) out of the M1 time-frequency resource unit(s); M1 is a positive integer, and M2 is a positive integer no greater than the M1;

the time-frequency resource unit comprises an RB in frequency domain; any two of the N1 time-frequency resource blocks occupy a same time-domain resource; the first target signal occupies a positive integer number of RE(s) on a subcarrier in any time-frequency resource unit of the M2 time-frequency resource unit(s).

8. A base station for wireless communications, comprising:

a second transmitter, which transmits a first signaling, the first signaling indicating N1 time-frequency resource blocks; and

a second transceiver, which processes N radio signals respectively in N time-frequency resource blocks;

wherein the N1 time-frequency resource blocks respectively belong to N1 frequency sub-bands in frequency domain, any two frequency sub-bands of the N1 frequency sub-bands being orthogonal, N1 being a positive integer greater than 1; any time-frequency resource block of the N time-frequency resource blocks is one of the N1 time-frequency resource blocks, N being a positive integer greater than 1 and no greater than the N1; the N radio signals respectively comprise N first-type reference signals, and an antenna port for transmitting each of the N first-type reference signals is associated with a first antenna port; a first target signal is any first-type reference signal of the N first-type reference signals, and frequency density of the first target signal is related to only a target time-frequency resource block of the N1 time-frequency resource blocks, the target time-frequency resource block being one of the N1 time-frequency resource blocks; the processing action is receiving, or, the processing action is transmitting;

the first signaling is a Downlink Control Information (DCI) signaling; the N1 frequency sub-bands belong to a same Bandwidth Part (BWP); any two time-frequency resource blocks of the N1 time-frequency resource blocks comprise (a) same multicarrier symbol(s) in time domain; each of the N first-type reference signals comprises a Phase-Tracking Reference Signal (PTRS), and the number of transmission antenna port(s) for each of the N first-type reference signals is equal to 1; of the N1 time-frequency resource blocks only the target time-frequency resource block's bandwidth is used to determine the frequency density of the first target signal;

the N radio signals respectively comprise N Demodulation Reference Signals (DMRSs), antenna ports for transmitting the N first-type reference signals are the same, and antenna ports for transmitting the N DMRSs are the same, the first antenna port being one antenna port for transmitting the N DMRSs; the phrase that an antenna port for transmitting each of the N first-type reference signals is associated with a first antenna port means that each subcarrier occupied by the antenna port for transmitting each of the N first-type reference signals belongs to a subcarrier group occupied by the N DMRSs, the subcarrier group comprising a positive integer number of sub carriers.

9. The base station according to claim 8 , wherein the second transmitter also transmits second information; wherein the second information indicates Q1 threshold(s), the Q1 threshold(s) being used to determine Q value sets; the Q value sets respectively correspond to Q frequency densities, Q1 being a positive integer, and Q being a positive integer greater than 1; a bandwidth of the target time-frequency resource block is used to determine the frequency density of the first target signal out of the Q frequency densities, and the bandwidth of the target time-frequency resource block belongs to only one value set of the Q value sets;

a first value set is one of the Q value sets to which the bandwidth of the target time-frequency resource block belongs, and the frequency density of the first target signal is one of the Q frequency densities that corresponds to the first value set; the second information comprises one or more Information Elements (IEs) in an RRC signaling; the Q1 is equal to 2, each of the Q1 thresholds is a positive integer no greater than 276; the frequency density of the first target signal is equal to 2 or 4; a bandwidth of a given time-frequency resource block refers to a number of RBs comprised by the given time-frequency resource block in frequency domain.

10. The base station according to claim 8 , wherein the target time-frequency resource block is one of the N time-frequency resource blocks that comprises time-frequency resources occupied by the first target signal, bandwidths of the N time-frequency resource blocks are respectively used to determine frequency densities of the N first-type reference signals.

11. A method in a UE for wireless communications, comprising:

receiving a first signaling, the first signaling indicating N1 time-frequency resource blocks; and

operating N radio signals respectively in N time-frequency resource blocks;

wherein the N1 time-frequency resource blocks respectively belong to N1 frequency sub-bands in frequency domain, any two frequency sub-bands of the N1 frequency sub-bands being orthogonal, N1 being a positive integer greater than 1; any time-frequency resource block of the N time-frequency resource blocks is one of the N1 time-frequency resource blocks, N being a positive integer greater than 1 and no greater than the N1; the N radio signals respectively comprise N first-type reference signals, and an antenna port for transmitting each of the N first-type reference signals is associated with a first antenna port; a first target signal is any first-type reference signal of the N first-type reference signals, and frequency density of the first target signal is related to only a target time-frequency resource block of the N1 time-frequency resource blocks, the target time-frequency resource block being one of the N1 time-frequency resource blocks; the operating action is transmitting, or, the operating action is receiving;

the first signaling is a Downlink Control Information (DCI) signaling; the N1 frequency sub-bands belong to a same Bandwidth Part (BWP); any two time-frequency resource blocks of the N1 time-frequency resource blocks comprise (a) same multicarrier symbol(s) in time domain; each of the N first-type reference signals comprises a Phase-Tracking Reference Signal (PTRS), and the number of transmission antenna port(s) for each of the N first-type reference signals is equal to 1; of the N1 time-frequency resource blocks only the target time-frequency resource block's bandwidth is used to determine the frequency density of the first target signal;

the N radio signals respectively comprise N Demodulation Reference Signals (DMRSs), antenna ports for transmitting the N first-type reference signals are the same, and antenna ports for transmitting the N DMRSs are the same, the first antenna port being one antenna port for transmitting the N DMRSs; the phrase that an antenna port for transmitting each of the N first-type reference signals is associated with a first antenna port means that each subcarrier occupied by the antenna port for transmitting each of the N first-type reference signals belongs to a subcarrier group occupied by the N DMRSs, the subcarrier group comprising a positive integer number of sub carriers.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the N radio signals respectively comprise N sub-signals, and the N sub-signals comprise a transmission of a first bit block; the first bit block comprises a Transport Block (TB).

13. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the N radio signals respectively comprise N sub-signals, and the N sub-signals respectively comprise N transmissions of a first bit block; the first bit block comprises a Transport Block (TB).

14. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the operating action being receiving; each of the N DMRSs is transmitted by P antenna ports, the first antenna port being one of the P antenna ports, P being a positive integer greater than 1, and the first antenna port is one of the P antenna ports that is of a lowest index.

15. The method according to claim 11 , comprising:

receiving second information;

wherein the second information indicates Q1 threshold(s), the Q1 threshold(s) being used to determine Q value sets; the Q value sets respectively correspond to Q frequency densities, Q1 being a positive integer, and Q being a positive integer greater than 1; a bandwidth of the target time-frequency resource block is used to determine the frequency density of the first target signal out of the Q frequency densities, and the bandwidth of the target time-frequency resource block belongs to only one value set of the Q value sets;

a first value set is one of the Q value sets to which the bandwidth of the target time-frequency resource block belongs, and the frequency density of the first target signal is one of the Q frequency densities that corresponds to the first value set; the second information comprises one or more Information Elements (IEs) in an RRC signaling; the Q1 is equal to 2, each of the Q1 thresholds is a positive integer no greater than 276; the frequency density of the first target signal is equal to 2 or 4; a bandwidth of a given time-frequency resource block refers to a number of RBs comprised by the given time-frequency resource block in frequency domain.

16. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the target time-frequency resource block is one of the N time-frequency resource blocks that comprises time-frequency resources occupied by the first target signal, bandwidths of the N time-frequency resource blocks are respectively used to determine frequency densities of the N first-type reference signals.

17. The method according to claim 11 , wherein any of the N1 time-frequency resource blocks comprises a positive integer number of time-frequency resource unit(s), and any two time-frequency resource units of the N1 time-frequency resource blocks are orthogonal in frequency domain; a first time-frequency resource block is one of the N time-frequency resource blocks that comprises time-frequency resources occupied by the first target signal, and the first time-frequency resource block comprises M1 time-frequency resource unit(s), and the time-frequency resources occupied by the first target signal belong to only M2 time-frequency resource unit(s) of the M1 time-frequency resource unit(s); a number of the time-frequency resource unit(s) comprised by the target time-frequency resource block and the frequency density of the first target signal are used to determine the M2 time-frequency resource unit(s) out of the M1 time-frequency resource unit(s); M1 is a positive integer, and M2 is a positive integer no greater than the M1;

the time-frequency resource unit comprises an RB in frequency domain; any two of the N1 time-frequency resource blocks occupy a same time-domain resource; the first target signal occupies a positive integer number of RE(s) on a subcarrier in any time-frequency resource unit of the M2 time-frequency resource unit(s).

18. A method in a base station for wireless communications, comprising:

transmitting a first signaling, the first signaling indicating N1 time-frequency resource blocks; and

processing N radio signals respectively in N time-frequency resource blocks;

wherein the N1 time-frequency resource blocks respectively belong to N1 frequency sub-bands in frequency domain, any two frequency sub-bands of the N1 frequency sub-bands being orthogonal, N1 being a positive integer greater than 1; any time-frequency resource block of the N time-frequency resource blocks is one of the N1 time-frequency resource blocks, N being a positive integer greater than 1 and no greater than the N1; the N radio signals respectively comprise N first-type reference signals, and an antenna port for transmitting each of the N first-type reference signals is associated with a first antenna port; a first target signal is any first-type reference signal of the N first-type reference signals, and frequency density of the first target signal is related to only a target time-frequency resource block of the N1 time-frequency resource blocks, the target time-frequency resource block being one of the N1 time-frequency resource blocks; the processing action is receiving, or, the processing action is transmitting;

the first signaling is a Downlink Control Information (DCI) signaling; the N1 frequency sub-bands belong to a same Bandwidth Part (BWP); any two time-frequency resource blocks of the N1 time-frequency resource blocks comprise (a) same multicarrier symbol(s) in time domain; each of the N first-type reference signals comprises a Phase-Tracking Reference Signal (PTRS), and the number of transmission antenna port(s) for each of the N first-type reference signals is equal to 1; of the N1 time-frequency resource blocks only the target time-frequency resource block's bandwidth is used to determine the frequency density of the first target signal;

the N radio signals respectively comprise N Demodulation Reference Signals (DMRSs), antenna ports for transmitting the N first-type reference signals are the same, and antenna ports for transmitting the N DMRSs are the same, the first antenna port being one antenna port for transmitting the N DMRSs; the phrase that an antenna port for transmitting each of the N first-type reference signals is associated with a first antenna port means that each subcarrier occupied by the antenna port for transmitting each of the N first-type reference signals belongs to a subcarrier group occupied by the N DMRSs, the subcarrier group comprising a positive integer number of sub carriers.

19. The method according to claim 18 , comprising:

transmitting second information;

wherein the second information indicates Q1 threshold(s), the Q1 threshold(s) being used to determine Q value sets; the Q value sets respectively correspond to Q frequency densities, Q1 being a positive integer, and Q being a positive integer greater than 1; a bandwidth of the target time-frequency resource block is used to determine the frequency density of the first target signal out of the Q frequency densities, and the bandwidth of the target time-frequency resource block belongs to only one value set of the Q value sets;

a first value set is one of the Q value sets to which the bandwidth of the target time-frequency resource block belongs, and the frequency density of the first target signal is one of the Q frequency densities that corresponds to the first value set; the second information comprises one or more Information Elements (IEs) in an RRC signaling; the Q1 is equal to 2, each of the Q1 thresholds is a positive integer no greater than 276; the frequency density of the first target signal is equal to 2 or 4; a bandwidth of a given time-frequency resource block refers to a number of RBs comprised by the given time-frequency resource block in frequency domain.

20. The method according to claim 18 , wherein the target time-frequency resource block is one of the N time-frequency resource blocks that comprises time-frequency resources occupied by the first target signal, bandwidths of the N time-frequency resource blocks are respectively used to determine frequency densities of the N first-type reference signals.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 25, 2023
From: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
To: HONOR DEVICE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065949/0019 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 22, 2023
From: WU, LU; ZHANG, XIAOBO
To: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 062760/0266 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201910288780.7 · Apr 11, 2019 · national
Continuity (3)
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