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US 12,477,378 · App. 18/145,836 · Granted Nov 18, 2025

Transmission delay compensation method and apparatus, device, and storage medium

Inventors: Zhe Fu (Guangdong, CN); Qianxi Lu (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
H04W28/0236H04L5/0048
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Patent No.
US 12,477,378
App. No.
18/145,836
Granted
Nov 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a transmission delay compensation method and apparatus, a device, and a storage medium. The method includes that: a network device sends signal configuration information to a terminal device, and the terminal device receives signal configuration information from the network device. The signal configuration information is used for configuring a reference signal for transmission delay compensation between the terminal device and the network device, and the reference signal includes an uplink reference signal and/or a downlink reference signal.

Claims (39)

1 . A method for compensating a transmission delay, applied to a terminal device, the method comprising:

receiving signal configuration information from a network device, the signal configuration information being used to configure a reference signal for transmission delay compensation between the terminal device and the network device,

wherein the reference signal comprises at least one of an uplink reference signal or a downlink reference signal; and

periodically transmitting first delay reference information to the network device, the first delay reference information being used to determine a signal transmission delay between the terminal device and the network device, or a transmission delay compensated in the transmission delay compensation, so as to achieve synchronization between the terminal device and the network device,

wherein the first delay reference information comprises a time difference between the receiving time of the downlink reference signal and the transmission time of the uplink reference signal.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the uplink reference signal comprises at least one of the following: a sounding reference signal (SRS), a preamble, or a demodulation reference signal (DMRS).

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the downlink reference signal comprises at least one of the following: a positioning reference signal (PRS), a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), a synchronization signal block (SSB), a cell reference signal (CRS), a DMRS, or a tracking reference signal (TRS).

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the signal configuration information further comprises a binding relationship between the uplink reference signal and the downlink reference signal,

wherein the binding relationship is explicitly indicated by a bitmap of the reference signal, or a mapping index of an uplink reference signal and a downlink reference signal at a specific position.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first delay reference information further comprises at least one of the following: a receiving time of the downlink reference signal, a transmission time of the uplink reference signal, an index of the uplink reference signal, or a mapping index between the downlink reference signal and the uplink reference signal.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

performing the transmission delay compensation according to compensation subject information.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the compensation subject information comprises at least one of the following: subject indication information from the network device, subject configuration information from the network device, or compensation subject information predefined by a communication protocol.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the compensation subject information implicitly indicates a compensation subject, and in a case where the compensation subject information includes that the terminal device performs the transmission delay compensation, the terminal device acts as the compensation subject and receives the second delay reference delay reference information from the network device.

9 . A terminal device, comprising: a processor and a transceiver, wherein the transceiver is configured to:

receive signal configuration information from a network device, the signal configuration information being used to configure a reference signal for transmission delay compensation between the terminal device and the network device,

wherein the reference signal comprises at least one of an uplink reference signal or a downlink reference signal,

wherein the transceiver is further configured to:

periodically transmit first delay reference information to the network device, the first delay reference information being used to determine a signal transmission delay between the terminal device and the network device, or a transmission delay compensated in the transmission delay compensation, so as to achieve clock synchronization between the terminal device and the network device,

wherein the first delay reference information comprises a time difference between the receiving time of the downlink reference signal and the transmission time of the uplink reference signal, an index of the downlink reference signal.

10 . The terminal device of claim 9 , wherein the uplink reference signal comprises at least one of the following: a sounding reference signal (SRS), a preamble, or a demodulation reference signal (DMRS).

11 . The terminal device of claim 9 , wherein the downlink reference signal comprises at least one of the following: a positioning reference signal (PRS), a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), a synchronization signal block (SSB), a cell reference signal (CRS), a DMRS, or a tracking reference signal (TRS).

12 . The terminal device of claim 9 , wherein the signal configuration information further comprises a binding relationship between the uplink reference signal and the downlink reference signal,

wherein the binding relationship is explicitly indicated by a bitmap of the reference signal, or a mapping index of an uplink reference signal and a downlink reference signal at a specific position.

13 . The terminal device of claim 9 , wherein the first delay reference information further comprises at least one of the following: a receiving time of the downlink reference signal, a transmission time of the uplink reference signal, an index of the downlink reference signal, an index of the uplink reference signal, or a mapping index between the downlink reference signal and the uplink reference signal.

14 . The terminal device of claim 9 , wherein the processor is configured to:

perform the transmission delay compensation according to compensation subject information.

15 . The terminal device of claim 14 , wherein the compensation subject information comprises at least one of the following: subject indication information from the network device, subject configuration information from the network device, or compensation subject information predefined by a communication protocol.

16 . The terminal device of claim 15 , wherein the compensation subject information implicitly indicates a compensation subject, and in a case where the compensation subject information includes that the terminal device performs the transmission delay compensation, the terminal device acts as the compensation subject and receives the second delay reference delay reference information from the network device.

17 . The terminal device of claim 9 , wherein the signal configuration information further comprises a binding relationship between the uplink reference signal and the downlink reference signal,

wherein the binding relationship is explicitly indicated by a bitmap of the reference signal, or a mapping index of an uplink reference signal and a downlink reference signal at a specific position.

18 . A network device, comprising: a processor and a transceiver, wherein the transceiver is configured to:

transmit signal configuration information to the terminal device, the signal configuration information being used to configure a reference signal for transmission delay compensation between the terminal device and the network device,

wherein the reference signal comprises at least one of an uplink reference signal or a downlink reference signal,

wherein the transceiver is further configured to:

receiving first delay reference information to the network device, the first delay reference information being used to determine a signal transmission delay between the terminal device and the network device, or a transmission delay compensated in the transmission delay compensation, so as to implement synchronization between the terminal device and the network device,

wherein the first delay reference information comprises a time difference between the receiving time of the downlink reference signal and the transmission time of the uplink reference signal, an index of the downlink reference signal.

19 . The network device of claim 18 , wherein the uplink reference signal comprises at least one of the following: a sounding reference signal (SRS), a preamble, or a demodulation reference signal (DMRS).

20 . The network device of claim 19 , wherein the downlink reference signal comprises at least one of the following: a positioning reference signal (PRS), a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), a synchronization signal block (SSB), a cell reference signal (CRS), a DMRS, or a tracking reference signal (TRS).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 22, 2022
From: FU, ZHE; LU, QIANXI
To: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
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Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2020112158 · Aug 28, 2020
Related Publication 20230209387A1 · Jun 29, 2023
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