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US 12,369,169 · App. 18/320,526 · Granted Jul 22, 2025

Systems and methods for indication of phase tracking reference signal- demodulation reference signal association

Inventors: Meng Mei (Shenzhen, CN); Chuangxin Jiang (Shenzhen, CN); Zhaohua Lu (Shenzhen, CN); Yu Pan (Shenzhen, CN); Yang Zhang (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: ZTE Corporation
H04W72/232H04L5/0051H04W72/1268
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Patent No.
US 12,369,169
App. No.
18/320,526
Granted
Jul 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Presented are systems and methods for indicating phase tracking reference signal-demodulation reference signal (PTRS-DMRS) association. A wireless communication device may receive a scheduling grant to trigger a first group of physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission occasions and a second group of PUSCH transmission occasions from a wireless communication node. The scheduling information carried by the scheduling grant may at least include port association information of PTRS-DMRS. The port association information may comprise a first port association for the first group of PUSCH transmission occasions and a second port association for the second group of PUSCH transmission occasions. The second port association may be at least associated with a portion of the scheduling information which is at least for the first group of PUSCH transmission occasions.

Claims (36)

1. A method for communication, comprising:

receiving, by a wireless communication device from a wireless communication node, a downlink control information (DCI) signaling to trigger a first group of a plurality of physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission occasions and a second group of a plurality of PUSCH transmission occasions for PUSCH repetition transmissions, wherein the first group of PUSCH transmission occasions is associated with a first sounding reference signal (SRS) resource set and the second group of PUSCH transmission occasions is associated with a second SRS resource set; and

transmitting, by the wireless communication device to the wireless communication node, a PUSCH transmission according to at least one of the first group of PUSCH transmission occasions or the second group of PUSCH transmission occasions,

wherein scheduling information carried by the DCI signaling at least includes port association information between at least one phase tracking reference signal (PTRS) and at least one demodulation reference signal (DMRS), the port association information comprising a first port association for the first group of PUSCH transmission occasions and a second port association for the second group of PUSCH transmission occasions,

wherein when a number of transmission layers is 2, the port association information comprises 2 bits, wherein a most significant bit (MSB) of the 2 bits indicates the first port association for the first group of PUSCH transmission occasions, and a least significant bit (LSB) of the 2 bits indicates the second port association for the second group of PUSCH transmission occasions.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first group of PUSCH transmission occasions is further associated with a first set of power control parameters, and the second group of PUSCH transmission occasions is further associated with a second set of power control parameters.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second port association corresponds to at least one of:

a SRS resource indicator (SRI) field, or

a transmission precoding matrix indicator (TPMI) field.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the port association information comprises a plurality of bits, a first portion of the plurality of bits is used to indicate the first port association, and a second portion of the plurality of bits is used to indicate the second port association.

5. A method for communication, comprising:

sending, by a wireless communication node to a wireless communication device, a downlink control information (DCI) signaling to trigger a first group of a plurality of physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission occasions and a second group of a plurality of PUSCH transmission occasions for PUSCH repetition transmissions, wherein the first group of PUSCH transmission occasions is associated with a first sounding reference signal (SRS) resource set and the second group of PUSCH transmission occasions is associated with a second SRS resource set; and

receiving, by the wireless communication node from the wireless communication device, a PUSCH transmission according to at least one of the first group of PUSCH transmission occasions or the second group of PUSCH transmission occasions,

wherein scheduling information carried by the DCI signaling at least includes port association information between at least one phase tracking reference signal (PTRS) and at least one demodulation reference signal (DMRS), the port association information comprising a first port association for the first group of PUSCH transmission occasions and a second port association for the second group of PUSCH transmission occasions,

wherein when a number of transmission layers is 2, the port association information comprises 2 bits, wherein a most significant bit (MSB) of the 2 bits indicates the first port association for the first group of PUSCH transmission occasions, and a least significant bit (LSB) of the 2 bits indicates the second port association for the second group of PUSCH transmission occasions.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the first group of PUSCH transmission occasions is further associated with a first set of power control parameters, and the second group of PUSCH transmission occasions is further associated with a second set of power control parameters.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the second port association corresponds to at least one of:

a SRS resource indicator (SRI) field, or

a transmission precoding matrix indicator (TPMI) field.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein the port association information comprises a plurality of bits, a first portion of the plurality of bits is used to indicate the first port association, and a second portion of the plurality of bits is used to indicate the second port association.

9. A wireless communication device, comprising: at least one processor and a receiver configured to:

receive, from a wireless communication node, a downlink control information (DCI) signaling to trigger a first group of a plurality of physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission occasions and a second group of a plurality of PUSCH transmission occasions for PUSCH repetition transmissions, wherein the first group of PUSCH transmission occasions is associated with a first sounding reference signal (SRS) resource set and the second group of PUSCH transmission occasions is associated with a second SRS resource set; and

transmit, to the wireless communication node, a PUSCH transmission according to at least one of the first group of PUSCH transmission occasions or the second group of PUSCH transmission occasions,

wherein scheduling information carried by the DCI signaling at least includes port association information between at least one phase tracking reference signal (PTRS) and at least one demodulation reference signal (DMRS), the port association information comprising a first port association for the first group of PUSCH transmission occasions and a second port association for the second group of PUSCH transmission occasions,

wherein when a number of transmission layers is 2, the port association information comprises 2 bits, wherein a most significant bit (MSB) of the 2 bits indicates the first port association for the first group of PUSCH transmission occasions, and a least significant bit (LSB) of the 2 bits indicates the second port association for the second group of PUSCH transmission occasions.

10. The wireless communication device of claim 9 , wherein the first group of PUSCH transmission occasions is further associated with a first set of power control parameters, and the second group of PUSCH transmission occasions is further associated with a second set of power control parameters.

11. The wireless communication device of claim 9 , wherein the second port association corresponds to at least one of:

a SRS resource indicator (SRI) field, or

a transmission precoding matrix indicator (TPMI) field.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the port association information comprises a plurality of bits, a first portion of the plurality of bits is used to indicate the first port association, and a second portion of the plurality of bits is used to indicate the second port association.

13. A wireless communication node, comprising: at least one processor and a transmitter configured to:

send, by a wireless communication node to a wireless communication device, a downlink control information (DCI) signaling to trigger a first group of a plurality of physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission occasions and a second group of a plurality of PUSCH transmission occasions for PUSCH repetition transmissions, wherein the first group of PUSCH transmission occasions is associated with a first sounding reference signal (SRS) resource set and the second group of PUSCH transmission occasions is associated with a second SRS resource set; and

receive, by the wireless communication node from the wireless communication device, a PUSCH transmission according to at least one of the first group of PUSCH transmission occasions or the second group of PUSCH transmission occasions,

wherein scheduling information carried by the DCI signaling at least includes port association information between at least one phase tracking reference signal (PTRS) and at least one demodulation reference signal (DMRS), the port association information comprising a first port association for the first group of PUSCH transmission occasions and a second port association for the second group of PUSCH transmission occasions,

wherein when a number of transmission layers is 2, the port association information comprises 2 bits, wherein a most significant bit (MSB) of the 2 bits indicates the first port association for the first group of PUSCH transmission occasions, and a least significant bit (LSB) of the 2 bits indicates the second port association for the second group of PUSCH transmission occasions.

14. The wireless communication node of claim 13 , wherein the first group of PUSCH transmission occasions is further associated with a first set of power control parameters, and the second group of PUSCH transmission occasions is further associated with a second set of power control parameters.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 19, 2023
From: MEI, MENG; JIANG, CHUANGXIN; LU, ZHAOHUA; PAN, YU; ZHANG, YANG
To: ZTE CORPORATION
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Continuation PCTCN2020130403 · Nov 20, 2020
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