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US 10,693,611 · App. 16/525,250 · Granted Jun 23, 2020

Method and apparatus for transmitting a reference signal

Inventors: Shujuan Zhang (Shenzhen, CN); Zhaohua Lu (Shenzhen, CN); Chuangxin Jiang (Shenzhen, CN); Yuxin Wang (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
H04L5/0048H04L27/2613
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Patent No.
US 10,693,611
App. No.
16/525,250
Granted
Jun 23, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is method and apparatus which includes: obtaining a sequence group number and/or a sequence number of a reference signal according to at least one of following pieces of information: the number N of time domain symbols included in a time unit in which the reference signal is located, a positive integer M, index information of time domain symbols in which the reference signal is located among N time domain symbols included in one time unit, index information of the time domain symbol in which the reference signal is located among M preset time domain symbols, a frame number of a frame in which the reference signal is located, the number B of time units included in the frame in which the reference signal is located, or a time unit index obtained according to a subcarrier spacing of a bandwidth part (BWP) in which the reference signal is located.

Claims (227)

1. A method for transmitting a reference signal, comprising:

obtaining a sequence group number of the reference signal according to the following pieces of information:

a number N of time domain symbols comprised in a time unit in which the reference signal is located; index information of time domain symbols in which the reference signal is located among the N time domain symbols comprised in the time unit; and

a time unit index obtained according to a subcarrier spacing of a bandwidth part (BWP) in which the reference signal is located;

determining the reference signal according to the sequence group number; and

transmitting the reference signal;

wherein

obtaining the sequence group number of the reference signal comprises: obtaining the sequence group number of the reference signal through the following manner:

the sequence group number u=(f gh (x)+f ss )mod C;

f gh (x) is a function with respect to x, x comprises at least one of the pieces of information, C is a total number of sequence groups, f ss is obtained according to a parameter comprised in received signaling information, and

f

gh

⁡

(

x

)

=

(

∑

i

=

0

D

-

1

⁢

c

⁡

(

D

*

h

⁡

(

x

)

+

i

)

*

2

i

)

⁢

mod

⁢

⁢

C

,

wherein

h(x) is a function with respect to x, and h(x) satisfies h(l 2 , N, n s )=l 2 +n s *N,

l 2 is the index information of the time domain symbols in which the reference signal is located among the N time domain symbols comprised in the time unit, 0≤l 2 <N,

n s is the time unit index obtained according to the subcarrier spacing of the BWP in which the reference signal is located,

D is an integer equaling to 8, and

c(z) is a z-th value in a sequence generated by a random sequence function c(⋅), and z is a non-negative integer.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method satisfies:

D

≥

⌈

log

2

⁡

(

C

)

⌉

+

⌈

log

2

⁡

(

C

x

1

)

⌉

-

1

;

wherein x 1 =2 ┌log 2 (C)┘ −C.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein N is determined according to one of the following:

N is carried in a signaling information;

N is pre-agreed;

N is the number of time domain symbols comprised in a slot in which the reference signal is located; or

N is the number of time domain symbols comprised in a subframe in which the reference signal is located.

4. An apparatus for transmitting a reference signal, comprising:

an obtaining module, which is configured to obtain a sequence group number of a reference signal according to the following pieces of information:

a number N of time domain symbols comprised in a time unit in which the reference signal is located; index information of time domain symbols in which the reference signal is located among N time domain symbols comprised in one time unit; and

a time unit index obtained according to a subcarrier spacing of a bandwidth part (BWP) in which the reference signal is located;

a determination module, which is configured to determine the reference signal according to the sequence group number; and

a transmission module, which is configured to transmit the reference signal;

wherein

the obtaining module is configured to obtain the sequence group number of the reference signal through the following manner:

the sequence group number u=(f gh (x)+f ss )mod C;

f gh (x) is a function with respect to x, x comprises at least one of the pieces of information, C is a total number of sequence groups, f ss is obtained according to a parameter comprised in received signaling information, and

f

gh

⁡

(

x

)

=

(

∑

i

=

0

D

-

1

⁢

c

⁡

(

D

*

h

⁡

(

x

)

+

i

)

*

2

i

)

⁢

mod

⁢

⁢

C

,

wherein

h(x) is a function with respect to x, and h(x) satisfies h(l 2 , N, n s )=l 2 +n s *N,

l 2 is the index information of the time domain symbols in which the reference signal is located among the N time domain symbols comprised in the time unit, 0≤l 2 <N,

n s is the time unit index obtained according to the subcarrier spacing of the BWP in which the reference signal is located,

D is an integer equaling to 8, and

c(z) is a z-th value in a sequence generated by a random sequence function c(⋅), and z is a non-negative integer.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the following is satisfied:

D

≥

⌈

log

2

⁡

(

C

)

⌉

+

⌈

log

2

⁡

(

C

x

1

)

⌉

-

1

;

wherein x 1 =2 ┌log 2 (C)┘ −C.

6. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein N is determined according to one of the following:

N is carried in a signaling information;

N is pre-agreed;

N is the number of time domain symbols comprised in a slot in which the reference signal is located; or

N is the number of time domain symbols comprised in a subframe in which the reference signal is located.

7. A computer readable storage medium, comprising stored programs which, when executed by a computer, perform the following:

obtain a sequence group number of the reference signal according to the following pieces of information:

a number N of time domain symbols comprised in a time unit in which the reference signal is located; index information of time domain symbols in which the reference signal is located among the N time domain symbols comprised in the time unit; and

a time unit index obtained according to a subcarrier spacing of a bandwidth part (BWP) in which the reference signal is located;

determine the reference signal according to the sequence group number; and

transmit the reference signal;

wherein

to obtain the sequence group number of the reference signal comprises: to obtain the sequence group number of the reference signal through the following manner:

the sequence group number u=(f gh (x)+f ss )mod C;

f gh (x) is a function with respect to x, x comprises at least one of the pieces of information, C is a total number of sequence groups, f ss is obtained according to a parameter comprised in received signaling information, and

f

gh

⁡

(

x

)

=

(

∑

i

=

0

D

-

1

⁢

c

⁡

(

D

*

h

⁡

(

x

)

+

i

)

*

2

i

)

⁢

mod

⁢

⁢

C

,

wherein

h(x) is a function with respect to x, and h(x) satisfies h(l 2 , N, n s )=l 2 +n s *N,

l 2 is the index information of the time domain symbols in which the reference signal is located among the N time domain symbols comprised in the time unit, 0≤l 2 <N,

n s is the time unit index obtained according to the subcarrier spacing of the BWP in which the reference signal is located,

D is an integer equaling to 8, and

c(z) is a z-th value in a sequence generated by a random sequence function c(⋅), and z is a non-negative integer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 8, 2019
From: ZHANG, SHUJUAN; LU, ZHAOHUA; JIANG, CHUANGXIN; WANG, YUXIN
To: ZTE CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 2017 1 1311872 · Dec 11, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
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