IP Library Granted Patent US 11,165,607
Granted Patent B2
US 11,165,607 · App. 16/478,097 · Granted Nov 2, 2021

Method for transmitting sounding reference signal, terminal device and network device

Inventor: Hai Tang (Dongguan, CN)
Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
H04L25/0226H04L5/0012H04L5/0051H04L5/0094H04W72/0446
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Patent No.
US 11,165,607
App. No.
16/478,097
Granted
Nov 2, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are a method for transmitting a sounding reference signal, a terminal device and a network device. The method comprises: a terminal device determining, in a first time-domain resource unit, a plurality of second time-domain resource units for sending a sounding reference signal (SRS) of the terminal device; the terminal device determining, according to a frequency hopping pattern of the terminal device, a target resource for sending the SRS on the plurality of second time-domain resource units; and the terminal device sending, according to the target resource, the SRS to a network device. The present invention reduces the interference of SRS signals between different terminal devices, and also avoids the occurrence of a continuous strong interference situation between terminal devices.

Claims (27)

1. A method for transmitting a sounding reference signal (SRS), comprising:

determining, by a terminal device within a first time domain resource unit, multiple second time domain resource units for sending an SRS of the terminal device;

determining, by the terminal device, a frequency-domain resource for sending the SRS on each of the multiple second time domain resource units according to:

a frequency-domain resource hopping pattern,

an index of each of the multiple second time domain resource units, and

an index of the first time domain resource unit; and

sending, by the terminal device, the SRS to a network device according to the frequency-domain resource for sending the SRS,

wherein the first time domain resource unit is a slot and each of the multiple second time domain resource units is an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the frequency-domain resource hopping pattern is f(k)=mod [g(m)+k×d(i), N], f(k) being a frequency-domain start position of a frequency-domain resource for sending the SRS in a second time domain resource unit with an index k in the first time domain resource unit, k being a positive integer, d(i) being a hopping parameter obtained based on a hopping ID i, g(m) being a value of a frequency-domain resource position obtained based on an index m of the first time domain resource unit, and N being an allowable maximum value of a hopping start position.

3. A terminal device, comprising:

a processor, configured to determine multiple second time domain resource units for sending a sounding reference signal (SRS) of the terminal device within a second time domain resource units, wherein

the processor is further configured to determine a frequency-domain resource for sending the SRS on each of the multiple second time domain resource units according to:

a frequency-domain resource hopping pattern,

an index of each of the multiple second time domain resource units, and

an index of the first time domain resource unit; and

a transceiver, configured to send the SRS to a network device according to the frequency-domain resource for sending the SRS determined by the processor,

wherein the first time domain resource unit is a slot and each of the multiple second time domain resource units is an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol.

4. The terminal device of claim 3 , wherein the frequency-domain resource hopping pattern is f(k)=mod [g(m)+k×d(i), N], f(k) being a frequency-domain start position of a frequency-domain resource for sending the SRS in a second time domain resource unit with an index k in the first time domain resource unit, k being a positive integer, d(i) being a hopping parameter obtained based on a hopping ID i, g(m) being a value of a frequency-domain resource position obtained based on an index m of the first time domain resource unit, and N being an allowable maximum value of a hopping start position.

5. A network device, comprising:

a processor, configured to determine second time domain resource units for receiving a sounding reference signal (SRS) sent by a terminal device within a first time domain resource unit, wherein

the processor is further configured to determine a frequency-domain resource for receiving the SRS on each of the multiple second time domain resource units according to:

a frequency-domain resource hopping pattern,

an index of each of the multiple second time domain resource units, and

an index of the first time domain resource unit; and

a transceiver, configured to receive, according to the frequency-domain resource for receiving the SRS determined by the processor, the SRS sent by the terminal device,

wherein the first time domain resource unit is a slot and each of the multiple second time domain resource units is an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol.

6. The network device of claim 5 , wherein the frequency-domain resource hopping pattern is f(k)=mod [g(m)+k×d(i), N], f(k) being a frequency-domain start position of a frequency-domain resource for receiving the SRS in a second time domain resource unit with an index k in the first time domain resource unit, k being a positive integer, d(i) being a hopping parameter obtained based on a hopping ID i, g(m) being a value of a frequency-domain resource position obtained based on an index m of the first time domain resource unit, and N being an allowable maximum value of a hopping start position.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 25, 2021
From: TANG, HAI
To: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
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Continuity (1)
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