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US 12,652,140 · App. 18/393,012 · Granted Jun 9, 2026

Systems and methods for sounding reference signal enhancement

Inventors: Ke Yao (Shenzhen, CN); Bo Gao (Shenzhen, CN); Shujuan Zhang (Shenzhen, CN); Meng Mei (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: ZTE Corporation
H04L5/0051H04L5/0012
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Patent No.
US 12,652,140
App. No.
18/393,012
Granted
Jun 9, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

This disclosure is directed to methods, systems, and devices related to wireless communication, and more specifically, to support high capability user equipment and to improve uplink A method of wireless communication, comprising receiving, by a wireless communication device, from a network device, a configuration of a sounding reference signal (SRS) resource with a plurality of ports or port groups; determining, by the wireless communication device, a parameter for an SRS port or an SRS port group of the SRS resource; and wherein the parameter comprises at least one of: one or more symbols, a comb offset, or a cyclic shift (CS) offset.

Claims (258)

1 . A method for wireless communication, comprising:

receiving, by a wireless communication device from a network device, a configuration of a sounding reference signal (SRS) resource,

wherein the configuration comprises a parameter indicating ports configured for the SRS resource,

wherein the ports configured for the SRS resource are grouped into SRS port groups; and

determining, by the wireless communication device, a transmit power for an SRS transmission based on a time division multiplexing (TDM) factor and a number of ports in a symbol that are associated with the SRS resource,

wherein the TDM factor is based on the parameter indicating the number of ports configured for the SRS resource, and

wherein the transmit power is equally split across the number of ports in a symbol that are associated with the SRS resource.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the ports configured for the SRS resource are grouped into two SRS port groups that are mapped to two continuous symbols respectively.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the ports configured for the SRS resource are grouped into two SRS port groups that are repeatedly mapped to every two continuous symbols respectively.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration further comprises at least one of a comb offset parameter or a parameter indicating a cyclic shift offset.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the cyclic shift offset or the comb offset parameter for an SRS port is determined according to an index of a symbol of the SRS port, a number of ports in an SRS port group, and port indices in the SRS port group.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein different SRS port groups in different symbols correspond to a same cyclic shift offset set or a same comb offset set based on the TDM factor.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein, upon frequency hopping being enabled, a counter that counts a number of SRS transmissions is given as

n

SRS

=

⌊

l

′

/

(

R

*

N

p

⁢

ℊ

SRS

)

⌋

within a slot in which

N

s

⁢

y

⁢

m

⁢

b

S

⁢

R

⁢

S

symbol SRS resource is transmitted, wherein l′ is a symbol index of the SRS transmission in the slot, wherein

N

p

⁢

g

S

⁢

R

⁢

S

is equal to a number of the SRS port groups, and wherein R is a repetition factor if the repetition factor configured, otherwise

R

=

N

symb

SRS

.

8 . A method for wireless communication, comprising:

transmitting, by a network device, a configuration of a sounding reference signal (SRS) resource to a wireless communication device,

wherein the configuration comprises a parameter indicating ports configured for the SRS resource,

wherein the ports configured for the SRS resource are grouped into SRS port groups,

wherein the configuration of the SRS resource enables the wireless communication device to determine a transmit power for an SRS transmission based on a time division multiplexing (TDM) factor and a number of ports in a symbol that are associated with the SRS resource, wherein the TDM factor is based on the parameter indicating the number of ports configured for the SRS resource, and wherein the transmit power is equally split across the number of ports in a symbol that are associated with the SRS resource.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the ports configured for the SRS resource are grouped into two SRS port groups that are mapped to two continuous symbols respectively.

10 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the ports configured for the SRS resource are grouped into two SRS port groups that are repeatedly mapped to every two continuous symbols respectively.

11 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the configuration further comprises at least one of a comb offset parameter or a parameter indicating a cyclic shift offset.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the cyclic shift offset or the comb offset parameter for an SRS port is determined according to an index of a symbol of the SRS port, a number of ports in an SRS port group, and port indices in the SRS port group.

13 . The method of claim 8 , wherein different SRS port groups in different symbols correspond to a same cyclic shift offset set or a same comb offset set based on the TDM factor.

14 . The method of claim 8 , wherein, upon frequency hopping being enabled, a counter that counts a number of SRS transmissions is given as

n

S

⁢

R

⁢

S

=

⌊

l

′

/

(

R

*

N

pg

SRS

)

⌋

within a slot in which

N

s

⁢

y

⁢

m

⁢

b

S

⁢

R

⁢

S

symbol SRS resource is transmitted, wherein l′ is a symbol index of the SRS transmission in the slot, wherein

N

p

⁢

g

S

⁢

R

⁢

S

is equal to a number of the SRS port groups, and wherein R is a repetition factor if the repetition factor configured, otherwise

R

=

N

s

⁢

ymb

S

⁢

R

⁢

S

.

15 . A device for wireless communication, comprising processor electronics, one or more memories and transceiver electronics, wherein the processor electronics is configured to read instructions from the one or more memories and cause the device to:

receiving, from a network device, a configuration of a sounding reference signal (SRS) resource,

wherein the configuration comprises a parameter indicating ports configured for the SRS resource,

wherein the ports configured for the SRS resource are grouped into SRS port groups; and

determine a transmit power for an SRS transmission based on a time division multiplexing (TDM) factor and a number of ports in a symbol that are associated with the SRS resource,

wherein the TDM factor is based on the parameter indicating the number of ports configured for the SRS resource, and

wherein the transmit power is equally split across the number of ports in a symbol that are associated with the SRS resource.

16 . The device of claim 15 , wherein the ports configured for the SRS resource are grouped into two SRS port groups that are mapped to two continuous symbols respectively.

17 . The device of claim 15 , wherein the ports configured for the SRS resource are grouped into two SRS port groups that are repeatedly mapped to every two continuous symbols respectively.

18 . The device of claim 15 , wherein the configuration further comprises at least one of a comb offset parameter or a parameter indicating a cyclic shift offset.

19 . The device of claim 18 , wherein the cyclic shift offset or the comb offset parameter for an SRS port is determined according to an index of a symbol of the SRS port, a number of ports in an SRS port group, and port indices in the SRS port group.

20 . The device of claim 15 , wherein different SRS port groups for different symbols correspond to a same cyclic shift offset set or a same comb offset set based on the TDM factor.

21 . The device of claim 15 , wherein, upon frequency hopping being enabled, a counter that counts a number of SRS transmissions is given as

n

SRS

=

⌊

l

′

/

(

R

*

N

pg

SRS

)

⌋

within a slot in which

N

s

⁢

y

⁢

m

⁢

b

S

⁢

R

⁢

S

symbol SRS resource is transmitted, wherein l′ is a symbol index of the SRS transmission in the slot, wherein

N

p

⁢

g

S

⁢

R

⁢

S

is equal to a number of the SRS port groups, and wherein R is a repetition factor if the repetition factor configured, otherwise

R

=

N

symb

S

⁢

R

⁢

S

.

22 . A device for wireless communication, comprising processor electronics, one or more memories and transceiver electronics, wherein the processor electronics is configured to read instructions from the one or more memories and cause the device to:

transmitting, by a network device, a configuration of a sounding reference signal (SRS) resource,

wherein the configuration comprises a parameter indicating ports configured for the SRS resource,

wherein the ports configured for the SRS resource are grouped into SRS port groups,

wherein the configuration of the SRS resource enables the wireless communication device to determine a transmit power for an SRS transmission based on a time division multiplexing (TDM) factor and a number of ports in a symbol that are associated with the SRS resource, wherein the TDM factor is based on the parameter indicating the number of ports configured for the SRS resource, and wherein the transmit power is equally split across the number of ports in a symbol that are associated with the SRS resource.

23 . The device of claim 22 , wherein the ports configured for the SRS resource are grouped into two SRS port groups that are mapped to two continuous symbols respectively.

24 . The device of claim 22 , wherein the ports configured for the SRS resource are grouped into two SRS port groups that are repeatedly mapped to every two continuous symbols respectively.

25 . The device of claim 22 , wherein the configuration further comprises at least one of a comb offset parameter or a parameter indicating a cyclic shift offset.

26 . The device of claim 25 , wherein the cyclic shift offset or the comb offset parameter for an SRS port is determined according to an index of a symbol of the SRS port, a number of ports in an SRS port group, and port indices in the SRS port group.

27 . The device of claim 22 , wherein different SRS port groups for different symbols correspond to a same cyclic shift offset set or a same comb offset set based on the TDM factor.

28 . The device of claim 22 , wherein, upon frequency hopping being enabled, a counter that counts a number of SRS transmissions is given as

n

S

⁢

R

⁢

S

=

⌊

l

′

/

(

R

*

N

pg

SRS

)

⌋

within a slot in which

N

s

⁢

y

⁢

m

⁢

b

S

⁢

R

⁢

S

symbol SRS resource is transmitted, wherein l′ is a symbol index of the SRS transmission in the slot, wherein

N

p

⁢

g

S

⁢

R

⁢

S

is equal to a number of the SRS port groups, and wherein R is a repetition factor if the repetition factor configured, otherwise

R

=

N

s

⁢

ymb

S

⁢

R

⁢

S

.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 2, 2024
From: YAO, KE; GAO, BO; ZHANG, SHUJUAN; MEI, MENG
To: ZTE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 065994/0680 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2023072997 · Jan 18, 2023
Related Publication 20240243871A1 · Jul 18, 2024
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