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Granted Patent B2
US 12,538,294 · App. 17/951,822 · Granted Jan 27, 2026

Sounding reference signal configuration

Inventors: Runxin Wang (San Diego, CA); Yu Zhang (San Diego, CA); Muhammad Sayed Khairy Abdelghaffar (San Jose, CA); Yi Huang (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W72/1263H04L5/0051H04L27/2605
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Patent No.
US 12,538,294
App. No.
17/951,822
Granted
Jan 27, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Aspects relate to transmission of a sounding reference signal (SRS). A scheduling entity such as a base station may configure the transmission of an SRS by a scheduled entity such as a user equipment (UE). In some aspects, this configuration may be based on the number of antenna ports that the UE will use to transmit the SRS. For example, the scheduling entity may specify that the scheduled entity is to use a first table or a second table to map transmission combs to the maximum number of cyclic shifts. In some aspects, the selection of the first table or the second table may be based on the number of antenna ports that the scheduled entity will use to transmit the SRS.

Claims (49)

1 . A user equipment, comprising:

one or more memories that store processor-executable code; and

one or more processors configured to execute the processor-executable code and cause the user equipment to:

receive a sounding reference signal configuration, the sounding reference signal configuration indicating whether the user equipment is to use a first table or a second table for a sounding reference signal transmission, the first table mapping a first set of transmission comb values to a first set of maximum cyclic shift values, and the second table mapping a second set of transmission comb values to a second set of maximum cyclic shift values; and

transmit the sounding reference signal transmission based on the sounding reference signal configuration.

2 . The user equipment of claim 1 , wherein:

the first table is associated with a first quantity of antenna ports; and

the second table is associated with a second quantity of antenna ports that is different from the first quantity of antenna ports.

3 . The user equipment of claim 2 , wherein the second quantity of antenna ports is three, six, or eight.

4 . The user equipment of claim 1 , wherein:

the one or more processors are further configured to execute the processor-executable code and cause the user equipment to transmit the sounding reference signal transmission via a quantity of antenna ports; and

each maximum cyclic shift value in the second table is an integer multiple of the quantity of antenna ports.

5 . The user equipment of claim 4 , wherein the sounding reference signal configuration comprises an indication of the quantity of antenna ports.

6 . The user equipment of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to execute the processor-executable code and cause the user equipment to:

transmit the sounding reference signal transmission via three antenna port signals code division multiplexed on at least one sounding reference signal transmission comb resource.

7 . The user equipment of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to execute the processor-executable code and cause the user equipment to:

transmit the sounding reference signal transmission via six antenna port signals code division multiplexed on at least one sounding reference signal transmission comb resource.

8 . The user equipment of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to execute the processor-executable code and cause the user equipment to:

transmit the sounding reference signal transmission via eight antenna port signals code division multiplexed on at least one sounding reference signal transmission comb resource.

9 . The user equipment of claim 1 , wherein the sounding reference signal configuration indicates whether the user equipment is to code division multiplex three, six, or eight antenna port signals on at least one sounding reference signal transmission comb resource.

10 . The user equipment of claim 1 , wherein the sounding reference signal configuration indicates one sounding reference signal resource of a plurality of sounding reference signal resources that is mapped to a first antenna port.

11 . The user equipment of claim 1 , wherein the sounding reference signal configuration comprises a restricted set of sounding reference signal resource indicators.

12 . The user equipment of claim 1 , wherein the sounding reference signal configuration is for a codebook-based sounding reference signal and comprises sounding reference signal resource indicator values for six antenna ports or eight antenna ports.

13 . A method for wireless communication at a user equipment, the method comprising:

receiving a sounding reference signal configuration, the sounding reference signal configuration indicating whether the user equipment is to use a first table or a second table for a sounding reference signal transmission, the first table mapping a first set of transmission comb values to a first set of maximum cyclic shift values, and the second table mapping a second set of transmission comb values to a second set of maximum cyclic shift values; and

transmitting the sounding reference signal transmission based on the sounding reference signal configuration.

14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the transmitting the sounding reference signal transmission comprises:

transmitting the sounding reference signal transmission via transmitting the sounding reference signal transmission via three, six, or eight antenna port signals code division multiplexed on at least one sounding reference signal transmission comb resource.

15 . The method of claim 13 , wherein:

the transmitting the sounding reference signal transmission comprises transmitting the sounding reference signal transmission via a quantity of antenna ports; and

each maximum cyclic shift value in the second table is an integer multiple of the quantity of antenna ports.

16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the sounding reference signal configuration comprises an indication of the quantity of antenna ports.

17 . The method of claim 13 , wherein:

the first table is associated with a first quantity of antenna ports; and

the second table is associated with a second quantity of antenna ports that is different from the first quantity of antenna ports.

18 . The method of claim 17 , wherein the second quantity of antenna ports is three, six, or eight.

19 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the transmitting the sounding reference signal transmission comprises:

transmitting the sounding reference signal transmission via three antenna port signals code division multiplexed on at least one sounding reference signal transmission comb resource.

20 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the transmitting the sounding reference signal transmission comprises:

transmitting the sounding reference signal transmission via six antenna port signals code division multiplexed on at least one sounding reference signal transmission comb resource.

21 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the transmitting the sounding reference signal transmission comprises:

transmitting the sounding reference signal transmission via eight antenna port signals code division multiplexed on at least one sounding reference signal transmission comb resource.

22 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the sounding reference signal configuration indicates whether the user equipment is to code division multiplex three, six, or eight antenna port signals on at least one sounding reference signal transmission comb resource.

23 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the sounding reference signal configuration indicates one sounding reference signal resource of a plurality of sounding reference signal resources that is mapped to a first antenna port.

24 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the sounding reference signal configuration comprises a restricted set of sounding reference signal resource indicators.

25 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the sounding reference signal configuration is for a codebook-based sounding reference signal and comprises sounding reference signal resource indicator values for six antenna ports or eight antenna ports.

26 . A user equipment comprising:

means for receiving a sounding reference signal configuration, the sounding reference signal configuration indicating whether the user equipment is to use a first table or a second table for a sounding reference signal transmission, the first table mapping a first set of transmission comb values to a first set of maximum cyclic shift values, and the second table mapping a second set of transmission comb values to a second set of maximum cyclic shift values; and

means for transmitting the sounding reference signal transmission based on the sounding reference signal configuration.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 16, 2022
From: WANG, RUNXIN; ZHANG, YU; ABDELGHAFFAR, MUHAMMAD SAYED KHAIRY; HUANG, YI
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 061797/0499 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63303436 · Jan 26, 2022
Related Publication 20230239863A1 · Jul 27, 2023
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