IP Library Granted Patent US 12,376,084
Granted Patent B2
US 12,376,084 · App. 18/013,797 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

Methods and apparatus for flexible aperiodic SRS transmission

Inventors: Afshin Haghighat (Ile-Bizard, CA); Paul Marinier (Brossard, CA); Janet Stern-Berkowitz (Little Neck, NY); Moon Il Lee (Melville, NY); Patrick Tooher (Montreal, CA); Young Woo Kwak (Woodbury, NY); Nazli Khan Beigi (Longueuil, CA)
Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
H04W72/0446H04L1/0061H04L5/0051H04W72/23
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Patent No.
US 12,376,084
App. No.
18/013,797
Granted
Jul 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Method, apparatus, and systems for flexible aperiodic reference signal (RS) transmissions are provided. For example, a method implemented in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) for wireless communications comprises receiving configuration information of one or more sounding reference signal (SRS) resource sets, each SRS resource set of the one or more SRS resource sets is associated with a slot offset and a set of slot offset deltas; receiving downlink control information (DCI) indicating an SRS request, the SRS request indicates an SRS resource set of the one or more SRS resource sets; determining an SRS configuration from a set of SRS configurations for SRS transmissions; determining a slot for transmitting an SRS based on the determined SRS configuration; and transmitting, in the determined slot, the SRS using resources of the indicated SRS resource set.

Claims (24)

1. A method implemented in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) for wireless communications, the method comprising:

receiving configuration information of one or more reference signal (RS) resource sets, wherein the configuration information indicates a set of slot offset deltas that is associated with at least one RS resource set of the one or more RS resource sets is associated with a slot offset;

receiving downlink control information (DCI) indicating an RS request, wherein the RS request indicates the at least one RS resource set of the one or more RS resource sets, wherein the DCI comprises a field for indicating slot offset delta;

determining a slot offset delta from the set of slot offset deltas based on the field for indicating slot offset delta;

determining a slot for transmitting an RS based on at least the determined slot offset delta; and

transmitting the RS in the determined slot.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more RS resource sets comprise one or more sounding reference signal (SRS) resource sets.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the slot for transmitting the RS is determined further based on the slot offset associated with the at least one RS resource set.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration information of the one or more RS resource sets is received via a radio resource control (RRC) signaling.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining an RS configuration from a set of RS configurations for RS transmissions.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the configuration information is determined from the set of RS configurations for the RS transmissions based on any of: 1) a search space or CORESET in which the DCI is received, 2) a DCI format, 3) an indication in the DCI, or 4) a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) used to scramble a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) for the DCI.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein each RS resource set of the one or more RS resource sets is associated with a respective slot offset and a respective set of slot offset deltas.

8. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) for wireless communications comprising:

a receiver configured to:

receive configuration information of one or more reference signal (RS) resource sets, wherein the configuration information indicates a set of slot offset deltas that is associated with at least one RS resource set of the one or more RS resource sets, and

receive downlink control information (DCI) indicating an RS request, wherein the RS request indicates the at least one RS resource set of the one or more RS resource sets, wherein the DCI comprises a field for indicating slot offset delta;

a processor configured to: determine a slot offset delta from the set of slot offset deltas based on the field for indicating slot offset delta, and determine a slot for transmitting an RS based on at least the determined slot offset delta; and

a transmitter configured to transmit the RS in the determined slot.

9. The WTRU of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine an RS configuration from a set of RS configurations for RS transmissions.

10. The WTRU of claim 9 , wherein the RS configuration information is determined from the set of RS configurations for the RS transmissions based on any of: 1) a search space or CORESET in which the DCI is received, 2) a DCI format, 3) an indication in the DCI, or 4) a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) used to scramble a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) for the DCI.

11. The WTRU of claim 8 , wherein the one or more RS resource sets comprise one or more sounding reference signal (SRS) resource sets.

12. The WTRU of claim 8 , wherein the slot for transmitting the RS is determined further based on the slot offset associated with the at least one RS resource set.

13. The WTRU of claim 8 , wherein the configuration information of the one or more RS resource sets is received via a radio resource control (RRC) signaling.

14. The WTRU of claim 8 , wherein each RS resource set of the one or more RS resource sets is associated with a respective slot offset and a respective set of slot offset deltas.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 13, 2023
From: HAGHIGHAT, AFSHIN; MARINIER, PAUL; STERN-BERKOWITZ, JANET; LEE, MOON IL; TOOHER, PATRICK; KWAK, YOUNG WOO; KHAN BEIGI, NAZLI
To: IDAC HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 062367/0149 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 13, 2023
From: IDAC HOLDINGS, INC.
To: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 062382/0349 →
Continuity (4)
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