IP Library Granted Patent US 12,034,665
Granted Patent B2
US 12,034,665 · App. 18/128,237 · Granted Jul 9, 2024

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

Inventors: Lu Wu (Shanghai, CN); Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghan, CN)
Assignee: HONOR DEVICE CO., LTD.
H04L5/0048H04L25/0202H04W72/0446H04W72/0453
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Patent No.
US 12,034,665
App. No.
18/128,237
Granted
Jul 9, 2024
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 (94)

1. A User Equipment (UE), comprising:

a first receiver configured to:

receive second information that indicates Q1 threshold(s), wherein the Q1 threshold(s) are configured to determine Q value sets; and

receive a first signaling that indicates N1 time-frequency resource blocks; and

a first transceiver configured to operate 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 a frequency domain, any two frequency sub-bands of the N1 frequency sub-bands being orthogonal, and N1 being a positive integer greater than 1,

wherein 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 N1,

wherein 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,

wherein a first target signal is any first-type reference signal of the N first-type reference signals,

wherein a 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, and the target time-frequency resource block being one of the N time-frequency resource blocks that comprises time-frequency resources occupied by the first target signal,

wherein the Q value sets respectively correspond to Q frequency densities, Q1 being a positive integer, and Q being a positive integer greater than 1,

wherein 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,

wherein an operating action is transmitting or the operating action is receiving,

wherein the first signaling is a Downlink Control Information (DCI) signaling,

wherein the N1 frequency sub-bands belong to a same Bandwidth Part (BWP),

wherein any two time-frequency resource blocks of the N1 time-frequency resource blocks comprise (a) same multicarrier symbol(s) in a time domain,

wherein each of the N first-type reference signals comprises a Phase-Tracking Reference Signal (PTRS), and a number of transmission antenna port(s) for each of the N first-type reference signals is equal to 1,

wherein of the N1 time-frequency resource blocks, only a bandwidth of the target time-frequency resource block is used to determine the frequency density of the first target signal,

wherein the N radio signals respectively comprise N Demodulation Reference Signals (DMRSs), antenna ports for transmitting the N first-type reference signals are the same, antenna ports for transmitting the N DMRSs are the same, and the first antenna port is one antenna port for transmitting the N DMRSs, and

wherein an antenna port being 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, where the subcarrier group comprises a positive integer number of subcarriers.

2. The UE of 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, and wherein the first bit block comprises a Transport Block (TB).

3. The UE of 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, and wherein the first bit block comprises a Transport Block (TB).

4. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the operating action is receiving, and wherein 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 being one of the P antenna ports that is of a lowest index.

5. The UE of claim 1 , wherein 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, wherein the second information comprises one or more Information Elements (IEs) in a radio resource control (RRC) signaling, wherein Q1 is equal to 2, each of the Q1 thresholds is a positive integer no greater than 276, wherein the frequency density of the first target signal is equal to 2 or 4, and wherein a bandwidth of a given time-frequency resource block refers to a number of resource blocks (RBs) comprised by the given time-frequency resource block in the frequency domain.

6. The UE of claim 1 , wherein 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 of 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 the frequency domain, wherein 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), wherein 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), wherein M1 is a positive integer, and M2 is a positive integer no greater than M1, wherein the time-frequency resource unit comprises a resource block (RB) in the frequency domain, wherein any two of the N1 time-frequency resource blocks occupy a same time-domain resource, and wherein the first target signal occupies a positive integer number of resource element(s) (RE(s)) on a subcarrier in any time-frequency resource unit of the M2 time-frequency resource unit(s).

8. A base station, comprising:

a second transmitter configured to:

transmit second information that indicates Q1 threshold(s), wherein the Q1 threshold(s) are configured to determine Q value sets; and

transmit a first signaling that indicates N1 time-frequency resource blocks; and

a second transceiver configured to process 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 a frequency domain, any two frequency sub-bands of the N1 frequency sub-bands being orthogonal, and N1 being a positive integer greater than 1,

wherein 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 N1,

wherein 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,

wherein a first target signal is any first-type reference signal of the N first-type reference signals,

wherein a 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, and the target time-frequency resource block being one of the N time-frequency resource blocks that comprises time-frequency resources occupied by the first target signal,

wherein the Q value sets respectively correspond to Q frequency densities, Q1 being a positive integer, and Q being a positive integer greater than 1,

wherein 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,

wherein a processing action is receiving, or the processing action is transmitting,

wherein the first signaling is a Downlink Control Information (DCI) signaling,

wherein the N1 frequency sub-bands belong to a same Bandwidth Part (BWP),

wherein any two time-frequency resource blocks of the N1 time-frequency resource blocks comprise (a) same multicarrier symbol(s) in a time domain,

wherein each of the N first-type reference signals comprises a Phase-Tracking Reference Signal (PTRS), and a number of transmission antenna port(s) for each of the N first-type reference signals is equal to 1,

wherein of the N1 time-frequency resource blocks, only a bandwidth of the target time-frequency resource block is used to determine the frequency density of the first target signal,

wherein the N radio signals respectively comprise N Demodulation Reference Signals (DMRSs), antenna ports for transmitting the N first-type reference signals are the same, antenna ports for transmitting the N DMRSs are the same, and the first antenna port is one antenna port for transmitting the N DMRSs, and

wherein an antenna port being 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, where the subcarrier group comprises a positive integer number of subcarriers.

9. The base station of claim 8 , wherein 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, wherein the second information comprises one or more Information Elements (IEs) in a radio resource control (RRC) signaling, wherein Q1 is equal to 2, each of the Q1 thresholds is a positive integer no greater than 276, wherein the frequency density of the first target signal is equal to 2 or 4, and wherein a bandwidth of a given time-frequency resource block refers to a number of resource blocks (RBs) comprised by the given time-frequency resource block in the frequency domain.

10. The base station of claim 8 , wherein 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, comprising:

receiving second information that indicates Q1 threshold(s), wherein the Q1 threshold(s) are configured to determine Q value sets;

receiving a first signaling that indicates 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 a frequency domain, any two frequency sub-bands of the N1 frequency sub-bands being orthogonal, and N1 being a positive integer greater than 1,

wherein 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 N1,

wherein 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,

wherein a first target signal is any first-type reference signal of the N first-type reference signals,

wherein a 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, and the target time-frequency resource block being one of the N time-frequency resource blocks that comprises time-frequency resources occupied by the first target signal,

wherein the Q value sets respectively correspond to Q frequency densities, Q1 being a positive integer, and Q being a positive integer greater than 1,

wherein 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

wherein an operating action is transmitting, or the operating action is receiving,

wherein the first signaling is a Downlink Control Information (DCI) signaling,

wherein the N1 frequency sub-bands belong to a same Bandwidth Part (BWP),

wherein any two time-frequency resource blocks of the N1 time-frequency resource blocks comprise (a) same multicarrier symbol(s) in a time domain,

wherein each of the N first-type reference signals comprises a Phase-Tracking Reference Signal (PTRS), and a number of transmission antenna port(s) for each of the N first-type reference signals is equal to 1,

wherein of the N1 time-frequency resource blocks, only a bandwidth of the target time-frequency resource block is used to determine the frequency density of the first target signal,

wherein the N radio signals respectively comprise N Demodulation Reference Signals (DMRSs), antenna ports for transmitting the N first-type reference signals are the same, antenna ports for transmitting the N DMRSs are the same, and the first antenna port is one antenna port for transmitting the N DMRSs,

wherein an antenna port being 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, where the subcarrier group comprises a positive integer number of subcarriers.

12. The method of 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, and wherein the first bit block comprises a Transport Block (TB).

13. The method of 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, and wherein the first bit block comprises a Transport Block (TB).

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the operating action is receiving, and wherein 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 being one of the P antenna ports that is of a lowest index.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein 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, wherein the second information comprises one or more Information Elements (IEs) in a radio resource control (RRC) signaling, wherein Q1 is equal to 2, each of the Q1 thresholds is a positive integer no greater than 276, wherein the frequency density of the first target signal is equal to 2 or 4, and wherein a bandwidth of a given time-frequency resource block refers to a number of resource blocks (RBs) comprised by the given time-frequency resource block in the frequency domain.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein 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 of 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 the frequency domain, wherein 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), wherein 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), wherein M1 is a positive integer, and M2 is a positive integer no greater than M1, wherein the time-frequency resource unit comprises a resource block (RB) in the frequency domain, wherein any two of the N1 time-frequency resource blocks occupy a same time-domain resource, and wherein the first target signal occupies a positive integer number of resource element(s) (RE(s)) on a subcarrier in any time-frequency resource unit of the M2 time-frequency resource unit(s).

18. A method, comprising:

transmitting second information that indicates Q1 threshold(s), wherein the Q1 threshold(s) are configured to determine Q value sets;

transmitting a first signaling that indicates 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 a frequency domain, any two frequency sub-bands of the N1 frequency sub-bands being orthogonal, N1 being a positive integer greater than 1,

wherein 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 N1,

wherein 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,

wherein a first target signal is any first-type reference signal of the N first-type reference signals,

wherein a 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, and the target time-frequency resource block being one of the N time-frequency resource blocks that comprises time-frequency resources occupied by the first target signal,

wherein the Q value sets respectively correspond to Q frequency densities, Q1 being a positive integer, and Q being a positive integer greater than 1,

wherein 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,

wherein a processing action is receiving, or the processing action is transmitting,

wherein the first signaling is a Downlink Control Information (DCI) signaling,

wherein the N1 frequency sub-bands belong to a same Bandwidth Part (BWP),

wherein any two time-frequency resource blocks of the N1 time-frequency resource blocks comprise (a) same multicarrier symbol(s) in a time domain,

wherein each of the N first-type reference signals comprises a Phase-Tracking Reference Signal (PTRS), and a number of transmission antenna port(s) for each of the N first-type reference signals is equal to 1,

wherein of the N1 time-frequency resource blocks, only a bandwidth of the target time-frequency resource block is used to determine the frequency density of the first target signal,

wherein the N radio signals respectively comprise N Demodulation Reference Signals (DMRSs), antenna ports for transmitting the N first-type reference signals are the same, antenna ports for transmitting the N DMRSs are the same, and the first antenna port is one antenna port for transmitting the N DMRSs,

wherein an antenna port being 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, wherein the subcarrier group comprises a positive integer number of subcarriers.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein 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, wherein the second information comprises one or more Information Elements (IEs) in a radio resource control (RRC) signaling, wherein Q1 is equal to 2, each of the Q1 thresholds is a positive integer no greater than 276, wherein the frequency density of the first target signal is equal to 2 or 4, and wherein a bandwidth of a given time-frequency resource block refers to a number of resource blocks (RBs) comprised by the given time-frequency resource block in the frequency domain.

20. The method of 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, and 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 Aug 2, 2023
From: WU, LU; ZHANG, XIAOBO
To: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 064460/0228 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201910288780.7 · Apr 11, 2019 · national
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