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US 12,470,357 · App. 17/925,220 · Granted Nov 11, 2025

Data transmission processing method and apparatus, communication device and storage medium

Inventor: Mingju Li (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd
H04L5/0091H04B7/0639H04L5/0048H04W72/046
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Patent No.
US 12,470,357
App. No.
17/925,220
Granted
Nov 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

data transmission processing method, includes: receiving configuration information sent by a base station, the configuration information carrying sounding reference signal (SRS) resource configuration information; with regard to one SRS resource, the configuration information being used for indicating L pieces of target beam information, L being a positive integer greater than 1; and sending the SRS in beam directions indicated by the L pieces of target, beam information.

Claims (43)

1 . A data transmission processing method, applied to a user equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving configuration information sent by a base station, wherein the configuration information carries sounding reference signal (SRS) resource configuration information and for one SRS resource, the configuration information is used for indicating L pieces of target beam information, wherein L being a positive integer greater than 1 and the target beam information includes at least one of spatialrelationinfo and an uplink transmission configuration indication (TCI); and

sending the SRS in beam directions indicated by the L pieces of target beam information, which comprises:

sending the SRS on different frequency domain resources within a same time domain resource of the SRS, with each of the of the different frequency domain resources using a different beam direction indicated by the L pieces of target beam information, wherein the different frequency domain resources indicates a position of the frequency domain resource obtained by adding an offset to the position of the frequency domain resource in the SRS resource configuration information.

2 . The data transmission processing method according to claim 1 , wherein each piece of target beam information is used for indicating a beam direction corresponding to one reference signal identifier.

3 . The data transmission processing method according to claim 2 , wherein the target beam information is used for indicating at least one of an antenna panel index, a transmission reception point index or a physical cell identifier corresponding to one reference signal identifier.

4 . The data transmission processing method according to claim 2 , wherein the reference signal comprises one of:

a non zero power channel state information reference signal (NZP CSI-RS);

a synchronization signal block (SSB); or

a sounding reference signal (SRS).

5 . The data transmission processing method according to claim 1 , wherein the offset is obtained by receiving configuration signaling of the base station or acquired from a memory of the UE.

6 . The data transmission processing method according to claim 1 , wherein the configuration information is carried in a radio resource control (RRC) signaling, the RRC signaling indicating the L pieces of target beam information with regard to one SRS resource.

7 . The data transmission processing method according to claim 1 , wherein the configuration information is carried in RRC signaling and medium access control (MAC) signaling, the RRC signaling is configured with M pieces of beam information with regard to one SRS resource, and the MAC signaling activates the L pieces of target beam information in the M pieces of beam information; M being a positive integer, and L being less than M.

8 . The data transmission processing method according to claim 1 , wherein the configuration information is carried in RRC signaling and downlink control indication (DCI) signaling, the RRC signaling is configured with M pieces of beam information with regard to one SRS resource; and the DCI signaling indicates the L pieces of target beam information in the M pieces of beam information, M being a positive integer, and L being less than M.

9 . The data transmission processing method according to claim 1 , wherein the configuration information is carried in RRC signaling, MAC signaling and DCI signaling, the RRC signaling is configured with M pieces of beam information with regard to one SRS resource; the MAC signaling activates N pieces of candidate beam information in the M pieces of beam information, and the DCI signaling indicates the L pieces of target beam information in the N pieces of candidate beam information, M and N being positive integers, N being less than M, and L being less than N.

10 . The data transmission processing method according to claim 1 , wherein the L pieces of target beam information are indicated in one beam information indication field.

11 . The data transmission processing method according to claim 1 , wherein the SRS comprises at least one of:

an SRS for channel state measurement;

an SRS for beam measurement;

an SRS for antenna switching; or

an SRS for positioning.

12 . A data transmission processing method, applied to a base station, comprising:

sending configuration information to a user equipment (UE), wherein the configuration information carries sounding reference signal (SRS) resource configuration information and for one SRS resource, the configuration information being used for indicating L pieces of target beam information, wherein L being a positive integer greater than 1 and the target beam information includes at least one of spatialrelationinfo and an uplink transmission configuration indication (TCI); and

receiving the SRS sent in beam directions indicated by the L pieces of target beam information by the UE, and

wherein the SRS is sent on different frequency domain resources within a single time domain resource, and each of the different frequency domain resources uses a different beam direction indicated by the L pieces of target beam information, the different frequency domain resources indicates a position of the frequency domain resource obtained by adding an offset to the position of the frequency domain resource in the SRS resource configuration information.

13 . The data transmission processing method according to claim 12 , wherein each piece of target beam information is used for indicating a beam direction corresponding to one reference signal identifier;

the target beam information is used for indicating at least one of an antenna panel index, a transmission reception point index or a physical cell identifier corresponding to one reference signal identifier.

14 . The data transmission processing method according to claim 12 , wherein the configuration information is carried in radio resource control (RRC) signaling, the RRC signaling indicating the L pieces of target beam information with regard to one SRS resource.

15 . The data transmission processing method according to claim 12 , wherein the configuration information is carried in RRC signaling and medium access control (MAC) signaling, the RRC signaling is configured with M pieces of beam information with regard to one SRS resource; and the MAC signaling activates the L pieces of target beam information in the M pieces of beam information; M being a positive integer, and L being less than M.

16 . The data transmission processing method according to claim 12 , wherein the configuration information is carried in RRC signaling and downlink control indication (DCI) signaling, the RRC signaling is configured with M pieces of beam information with regard to one SRS resource; and the DCI signaling indicates the L pieces of target beam information in the M pieces of beam information; M being a positive integer, and L being less than M.

17 . The data transmission processing method according to claim 12 , wherein the configuration information is carried in RRC signaling, MAC signaling and DCI signaling, the RRC signaling is configured with M pieces of beam information with regard to one SRS resource, the MAC signaling activates N pieces of candidate beam information in the M pieces of beam information, and the DCI signaling indicates the L pieces of target beam information in the N pieces of candidate beam information, M and N being positive integers, N being less than M, and L being less than N.

18 . The data transmission processing method according to claim 12 , wherein the L pieces of target beam information are indicated in one beam information indication field.

19 . A communication device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory for storing a processor executable instruction, and

wherein the processor is configured to execute the instruction to implement the data transmission method according to claim 12 .

20 . A communication device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory for storing a processor executable instruction,

wherein the processor executable instruction when executed by the processor cause the processor to:

receive configuration information sent by a base station, wherein the configuration information carries sounding reference signal (SRS) resource configuration information and for one SRS resource, the configuration information is used for indicating L pieces of target beam information, L being a positive integer greater than 1, wherein the target beam information includes at least one of spatialrelationinfo and an uplink transmission configuration indication (TCI); and

send the SRS in beam directions indicated by the L pieces of target beam information, which comprises:

sending the SRS on different frequency domain resources within a same time domain resource of the SRS, with each of the of the different frequency domain resources using a different beam direction indicated by the L pieces of target beam information, wherein the different frequency domain resources indicates a position of the frequency domain resource obtained by adding an offset to the position of the frequency domain resource in the SRS resource configuration information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 16, 2022
From: LI, MINGJU
To: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
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Continuity (1)
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