IP Library Granted Patent US 10,893,429
Granted Patent B2
US 10,893,429 · App. 16/229,938 · Granted Jan 12, 2021

Uplink measurement signal indication method and apparatus

Inventors: Xiaoyong Tang (Shenzhen, CN); Xi Zhang (Shenzhen, CN); You Li (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
H04W24/10H04L5/0048H04W16/28H04W72/042H04W72/046H04W72/0413
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Patent No.
US 10,893,429
App. No.
16/229,938
Granted
Jan 12, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to example uplink measurement signal indication methods and apparatuses. One example method includes receiving, by a terminal device, signaling sent by a network device, where the signaling carries indication information that indicates a transmit beam for sending an uplink measurement signal by the terminal device, and sending, by the terminal device, the uplink measurement signal to the network device based on the indication information by using the transmit beam.

Claims (40)

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a terminal device, signaling sent by a network device, wherein the signaling carries indication information that indicates a transmit beam for sending an uplink measurement signal by the terminal device; and

sending, by the terminal device, the uplink measurement signal to the network device based on the indication information by using the transmit beam;

wherein the indication information that indicates the transmit beam for sending the uplink measurement signal by the terminal device comprises:

an association relationship between a transmission resource of the uplink measurement signal and a transmission resource of a downlink signal;

wherein the association relationship includes one or more bits of the indication information and indicates the transmit beam for sending the uplink measurement signal by the terminal device.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the signaling is one of: downlink control information (DCI), Media Access Control control element (MAC CE), or radio resource control (RRC) signaling.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the indication information is carried in a sounding reference signal (SRS) request field or an SRS beam index in the DCI; or

wherein the indication information is carried in a logic index in the MAC CE.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the uplink measurement signal is a synchronization signal (SS), a sounding reference signal (SRS), a beam reference signal (BRS), or an uplink tracking signal.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the downlink signal is a beam reference signal.

6. A method, comprising:

sending, by a network device, signaling to a terminal device, wherein the signaling carries indication information that indicates a transmit beam for sending an uplink measurement signal by the terminal device, and wherein the terminal device sends the uplink measurement signal to the network device based on the indication information by using the transmit beam;

wherein the indication information that indicates the transmit beam for sending the uplink measurement signal by the terminal device comprises:

an association relationship between a transmission resource of the uplink measurement signal and a transmission resource of a downlink signal;

wherein the association relationship includes one or more bits of the indication information and indicates the transmit beam for sending the uplink measurement signal by the terminal device.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the signaling is one of: downlink control information (DCI), Media Access Control control element (MAC CE), or radio resource control (RRC) signaling.

8. The method according to claim 6 , further comprising:

receiving the uplink measurement signal that is sent by the terminal device by using the transmit beam.

9. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the uplink measurement signal is a synchronization signal (SS), a sounding reference signal (SRS), a beam reference signal (BRS), or an uplink tracking signal.

10. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the downlink signal is a beam reference signal.

11. An apparatus, wherein the apparatus is a terminal device or a functional device in the terminal device, and wherein the apparatus comprises:

a receiver, the receiver configured to receive signaling sent by a network device, wherein the signaling carries indication information that indicates a transmit beam for sending an uplink measurement signal by the terminal device; and

a transmitter, the transmitter configured to send the uplink measurement signal to the network device based on the indication information by using the transmit beam;

wherein the indication information that indicates the transmit beam for sending the uplink measurement signal by the terminal device comprises:

an association relationship between a transmission resource of the uplink measurement signal and a transmission resource of a downlink signal;

wherein the association relationship includes one or more bits of the indication information and indicates the transmit beam for sending the uplink measurement signal by the terminal device.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the signaling is one of: downlink control information (DCI), Media Access Control control element (MAC CE), or radio resource control (RRC) signaling.

13. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the uplink measurement signal is a synchronization signal (SS), a sounding reference signal (SRS), a beam reference signal (BRS), or an uplink tracking signal.

14. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the downlink signal is a beam reference signal.

15. An apparatus, wherein the apparatus is a network device or a functional device in the network device, and wherein the apparatus comprises:

a transmitter, the transmitter configured to send signaling to a terminal device, wherein the signaling carries indication information that indicates a transmit beam for sending an uplink measurement signal by the terminal device, and wherein the terminal device sends the uplink measurement signal to the network device based on the indication information by using the transmit beam;

wherein the indication information that indicates the transmit beam for sending the uplink measurement signal by the terminal device comprises:

an association relationship between a transmission resource of the uplink measurement signal and a transmission resource of a downlink signal;

wherein the association relationship includes one or more bits of the indication information and indicates the transmit beam for sending the uplink measurement signal by the terminal device.

16. The apparatus according to claim 15 , further comprising:

a receiver, the receiver configured to receive the uplink measurement signal that is sent by the terminal device by using the transmit beam.

17. The apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the signaling is one of: downlink control information (DCI), Media Access Control control element (MAC CE), or radio resource control (RRC) signaling.

18. The apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the uplink measurement signal is a synchronization signal (SS), a sounding reference signal (SRS), a beam reference signal (BRS), or an uplink tracking signal.

19. The apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the downlink signal is a beam reference signal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 15, 2019
From: TANG, XIAOYONG; ZHANG, XI; LI, YOU
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO.,LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 2017 1 0007683 · Jan 5, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2018071272 · Jan 4, 2018
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