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US 9,485,760 · App. 14/961,518 · Granted Nov 1, 2016

Aperiodic transmission method and apparatus for sounding reference signal in wireless communication system

Inventors: Min Seok Noh (Anyang-si, KR); Seung Hee Han (Anyang-si, KR); Jae Hoon Chung (Anyang-si, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W72/0413H04L5/001H04L5/0023H04L5/0048H04L5/0053H04L25/0224H04W72/042H04W24/10H04W48/12H04W72/00H04W72/12
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Patent No.
US 9,485,760
App. No.
14/961,518
Granted
Nov 1, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for transmitting, by a user equipment (UE), an aperiodic sounding reference signal (SRS) in a wireless communication system; and the UE are discussed. The method includes receiving a downlink control information (DCI) format, which schedules a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) and includes an SRS request for triggering transmission of an aperiodic SRS, from a base station (BS); detecting the SRS request; and transmitting, when the UE is not configured with a carrier indicator field (CIF), the aperiodic SRS to the BS on a first uplink (UL) component carrier (CC) in which the PUSCH is scheduled, or, when the UE is configured with the CIF, the aperiodic SRS to the BS on a second UL CC in which the PUSCH is scheduled with a value of the CIF.

Claims (21)

1. A method for transmitting, by a user equipment (UE), an aperiodic sounding reference signal (SRS) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving a downlink control information (DCI) format, which schedules a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) and includes an SRS request for triggering transmission of an aperiodic SRS, from a base station (BS);

detecting the SRS request; and

transmitting, when the UE is not configured with a carrier indicator field (CIF), the aperiodic SRS to the BS on a first uplink (UL) component carrier (CC) in which the PUSCH is scheduled, or, when the UE is configured with the CIF, the aperiodic SRS to the BS on a second UL CC in which the PUSCH is scheduled with a value of the CIF.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the CIF is included in the DCI format if the UE is configured with the CIF.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the DCI format is received on a downlink (DL) CC via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the DL CC is linked to the first UL CC.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein a linkage between the DL CC and the first UL CC is indicated by system information.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the aperiodic SRS is transmitted through a plurality of antennas.

7. A user equipment (UE) comprising:

a memory;

a radio frequency (RF) unit; and

a processor coupled to the memory and the RF unit, and configured to:

control the RF unit to receive a downlink control information (DCI) format, which schedules a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) and includes a sounding reference signal (SRS) request for triggering transmission of an aperiodic SRS, from a base station (BS),

detect the SRS request, and

control the RF unit to transmit, when the UE is not configured with a carrier indicator field (CIF), the aperiodic SRS to the BS on a first uplink (UL) component carrier (CC) in which the PUSCH is scheduled, or, when the UE is configured with the CIF, the aperiodic SRS to the BS on a second UL CC in which the PUSCH is scheduled with a value of the CIF.

8. The UE of claim 7 , wherein the CIF is included in the DCI format if the UE is configured with the CIF.

9. The UE of claim 7 , wherein the DCI format is received on a downlink (DL) CC via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).

10. The UE of claim 9 , wherein the DL CC is linked to the first UL CC.

11. The UE of claim 10 , wherein a linkage between the DL CC and the first UL CC is indicated by system information.

12. The UE of claim 7 , wherein the aperiodic SRS is transmitted through a plurality of antennas.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2011-0019404 · Mar 4, 2011 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 14316641 · Jun 26, 2014
Continuation 13509486
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