IP Library Granted Patent US 11,284,306
Granted Patent B2
US 11,284,306 · App. 16/739,381 · Granted Mar 22, 2022

Techniques and apparatuses for managing sounding reference signal (SRS) transmissions in a bandwidth part

Inventors: Alexandros Manolakos (San Diego, CA); Wanshi Chen (San Diego, CA); Tao Luo (San Diego, CA); Peter Gaal (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W28/20H04L5/0048H04W72/042H04W72/0493H04L5/001
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Patent No.
US 11,284,306
App. No.
16/739,381
Granted
Mar 22, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a method for managing SRS transmission in a bandwidth part may include identifying one or more bandwidth parts of a component carrier of a cell to be allocated to a user equipment (UE). The method may also include identifying a sounding reference signal (SRS) bandwidth configuration for each of the one or more bandwidth parts. The method may further include transmitting the SRS bandwidth configuration to the UE. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Claims (158)

1. A method, comprising:

identifying one or more bandwidth parts of a component carrier of a cell to be allocated to a user equipment (UE);

identifying a sounding reference signal (SRS) bandwidth configuration for each of the one or more bandwidth parts;

identifying a bandwidth offset value associated with the one or more bandwidth parts, the bandwidth offset value indicates a number of resource blocks from a reference point of the one or more bandwidth parts; and

transmitting the SRS bandwidth configuration and the bandwidth offset value to the UE.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the component carrier of the cell includes a plurality of bandwidth parts.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the SRS bandwidth configuration includes a plurality of bandwidth values for SRS transmissions by the UE.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein each of the plurality of bandwidth values indicates a number of physical resource blocks (PRBs).

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein at least a set of the plurality of bandwidth values are multiples of or a power of an integer of each other.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the integer is 2, 4 or 8.

7. The method of claim 3 , further comprising identifying a first bandwidth value of the plurality of bandwidth values based at least in part on a bandwidth of a bandwidth part of the component carrier of the cell or a number of bandwidth parts of the component carrier of the cell.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the first bandwidth value indicates a maximum number of RBs available for the bandwidth part of the component carrier of the cell.

9. The method of claim 7 , further comprising identifying a second bandwidth value of the plurality of bandwidth values based at least in part on the first bandwidth value.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the first bandwidth value is a multiple of or a power of an integer of the second bandwidth value.

11. The method of claim 9 , the second bandwidth value is half of the first bandwidth value.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the second bandwidth value is equal to a sum of a third and a fourth bandwidth values of the plurality of bandwidth values.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the second bandwidth value is a bandwidth value of a first RAT and the third and the fourth bandwidth values are bandwidth values from a second RAT.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the third and the fourth bandwidth values are different.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the bandwidth offset value is based at least in part on another bandwidth part of the component carrier of the cell.

16. An apparatus, comprising:

a memory storing instructions;

a processor coupled with the memory and configured to execute the instructions to:

identify one or more bandwidth parts of a component carrier of a cell to be allocated to a user equipment (UE);

identify a sounding reference signal (SRS) bandwidth configuration for each of the one or more bandwidth parts;

identify a bandwidth offset value associated with the one or more bandwidth parts, the bandwidth offset value indicates a number of resource blocks from a reference point of the one or more bandwidth parts; and

transmit the SRS bandwidth configuration and the bandwidth offset value to the UE.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the component carrier of the cell includes a plurality of bandwidth parts.

18. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the SRS bandwidth configuration includes a plurality of bandwidth values for SRS transmissions by the UE.

19. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein each of the plurality of bandwidth values indicates a number of physical resource blocks (PRBs).

20. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein at least a set of the plurality of bandwidth values are multiples of an integer of each other.

21. The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the integer is 2, 4 or 8.

22. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the instructions to:

identify a first bandwidth value of the plurality of bandwidth values based at least in part on a bandwidth of a bandwidth part of the component carrier of the cell or a number of bandwidth parts of the component carrier of the cell.

23. The apparatus of claim 22 , wherein the first bandwidth value indicates a maximum number of RBs available for the bandwidth part of the component carrier of the cell.

24. The apparatus of claim 22 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the instructions to:

identify a second bandwidth value of the plurality of bandwidth values based at least in part on the first bandwidth value.

25. The apparatus of claim 24 , wherein the first bandwidth value is a multiple of or a power of an integer of the second bandwidth value.

26. The apparatus of claim 24 , the second bandwidth value is half of the first bandwidth value.

27. The apparatus of claim 24 , wherein the second bandwidth value is equal to a sum of a third and a fourth bandwidth values of the plurality of bandwidth values.

28. The apparatus of claim 27 , wherein the second bandwidth value is a bandwidth value of a first RAT and the third and the fourth bandwidth values are bandwidth values from a second RAT.

29. The apparatus of claim 27 , wherein the third and the fourth bandwidth values are different.

30. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the bandwidth offset value is based at least in part on another bandwidth part of the component carrier of the cell.

31. An apparatus, comprising:

means for identifying one or more bandwidth parts of a component carrier of a cell to be allocated to a user equipment (UE);

means for identifying a sounding reference signal (SRS) bandwidth configuration for each of the one or more bandwidth parts;

means for identifying a bandwidth offset value associated with the one or more bandwidth parts, the bandwidth offset value indicates a number of resource blocks from a reference point of the one or more bandwidth parts; and

means for transmitting the SRS bandwidth configuration and the bandwidth offset value to the UE.

32. The apparatus of claim 31 , wherein the component carrier of the cell includes a plurality of bandwidth parts.

33. The apparatus of claim 31 , wherein the SRS bandwidth configuration includes a plurality of bandwidth values for SRS transmissions by the UE.

34. The apparatus of claim 33 , wherein each of the plurality of bandwidth values indicates a number of physical resource blocks (PRBs).

35. The apparatus of claim 33 , wherein at least a set of the plurality of bandwidth values are multiples of an integer of each other.

36. The apparatus of claim 35 , wherein the integer is 2, 4 or 8.

37. The apparatus of claim 33 , further comprising means for identifying a first bandwidth value of the plurality of bandwidth values based at least in part on a bandwidth of a bandwidth part of the component carrier of the cell or a number of bandwidth parts of the component carrier of the cell.

38. The apparatus of claim 37 , wherein the first bandwidth value indicates a maximum number of RBs available for the bandwidth part of the component carrier of the cell.

39. The apparatus of claim 37 , further comprising means for identifying a second bandwidth value of the plurality of bandwidth values based at least in part on the first bandwidth value.

40. The apparatus of claim 39 , wherein the first bandwidth value is a multiple of or a power of an integer of the second bandwidth value.

41. The apparatus of claim 39 , the second bandwidth value is half of the first bandwidth value.

42. The apparatus of claim 39 , wherein the second bandwidth value is equal to a sum of a third and a fourth bandwidth values of the plurality of bandwidth values.

43. The apparatus of claim 42 , wherein the second bandwidth value is a bandwidth value of a first RAT and the third and the fourth bandwidth values are bandwidth values from a second RAT.

44. The apparatus of claim 42 , wherein the third and the fourth bandwidth values are different.

45. The apparatus of claim 31 , wherein the bandwidth offset value is based at least in part on another bandwidth part of the component carrier of the cell.

46. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by a processor, comprising:

instructions to identify one or more bandwidth parts of a component carrier of a cell to be allocated to a user equipment (UE);

instructions to identify a sounding reference signal (SRS) bandwidth configuration for each of the one or more bandwidth parts;

instructions to identify a bandwidth offset value associated with the one or more bandwidth parts, the bandwidth offset value indicates a number of resource blocks from a reference point of the one or more bandwidth parts; and

instructions to transmit the SRS bandwidth configuration and the bandwidth offset value to the UE.

47. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 46 , wherein the component carrier of the cell includes a plurality of bandwidth parts.

48. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 46 , wherein the SRS bandwidth configuration includes a plurality of bandwidth values for SRS transmissions by the UE.

49. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 48 , wherein each of the plurality of bandwidth values indicates a number of physical resource blocks (PRBs).

50. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 48 , wherein at least a set of the plurality of bandwidth values are multiples of or a power of an integer of each other.

51. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 50 , wherein the integer is 2, 4 or 8.

52. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 48 , further comprising instructions to identify a first bandwidth value of the plurality of bandwidth values based at least in part on a bandwidth of a bandwidth part of the component carrier of the cell or a number of bandwidth parts of the component carrier of the cell.

53. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 52 , wherein the first bandwidth value indicates a maximum number of RB s available for the bandwidth part of the component carrier of the cell.

54. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 52 , further comprising instructions to identify a second bandwidth value of the plurality of bandwidth values based at least in part on the first bandwidth value.

55. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 54 , wherein the first bandwidth value is a multiple of or a power of an integer of the second bandwidth value.

56. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 54 , the second bandwidth value is half of the first bandwidth value.

57. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 54 , wherein the second bandwidth value is equal to a sum of a third and a fourth bandwidth values of the plurality of bandwidth values.

58. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 57 , wherein the second bandwidth value is a bandwidth value of a first RAT and the third and the fourth bandwidth values are bandwidth values from a second RAT.

59. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 57 , wherein the third and the fourth bandwidth values are different.

60. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 46 , wherein the bandwidth offset value is based at least in part on another bandwidth part of the component carrier of the cell.

61. A method, comprising:

receiving one or more bandwidth parts of a component carrier of a cell allocated to a user equipment (UE);

receiving a sounding reference signal (SRS) bandwidth configuration for each of the one or more bandwidth parts;

receiving a bandwidth offset value associated with the one or more bandwidth parts, the bandwidth offset value indicates a number of resource blocks from a reference point of the one or more bandwidth parts; and

transmitting a SRS based at least in part on the SRS bandwidth configuration and the bandwidth offset value.

62. The method of claim 61 , wherein the component carrier of the cell includes a plurality of bandwidth parts.

63. The method of claim 61 , wherein the SRS bandwidth configuration includes a plurality of bandwidth values for SRS transmissions by the UE.

64. The method of claim 63 , wherein each of the plurality of bandwidth values indicates a number of physical resource blocks (PRBs).

65. The method of claim 63 , wherein at least a set of the plurality of bandwidth values are multiples of or a power of an integer of each other.

66. The method of claim 65 , wherein the integer is 2, 4 or 8.

67. The method of claim 63 , wherein the plurality of bandwidth values includes a first bandwidth value that is identified based at least in part on a bandwidth of a bandwidth part of the component carrier of the cell or a number of bandwidth parts of the component carrier of the cell.

68. The method of claim 67 , wherein the first bandwidth value indicates a maximum number of RBs available for the bandwidth part of the component carrier of the cell.

69. The method of claim 67 , wherein the plurality of bandwidth values includes a second bandwidth value that is identified based at least in part on the first bandwidth value.

70. The method of claim 69 , wherein the first bandwidth value is a multiple of or a power of an integer of the second bandwidth value.

71. The method of claim 69 , the second bandwidth value is half of the first bandwidth value.

72. The method of claim 69 , wherein the second bandwidth value is equal to a sum of a third and a fourth bandwidth values of the plurality of bandwidth values.

73. The method of claim 72 , wherein the second bandwidth value is a bandwidth value of a first RAT and the third and the fourth bandwidth values are bandwidth values from a second RAT.

74. The method of claim 72 , wherein the third and the fourth bandwidth values are different.

75. The method of claim 61 , wherein the bandwidth offset value is based at least in part on another bandwidth part of the component carrier of the cell.

76. An apparatus, comprising:

a memory storing instructions;

a processor coupled with the memory and configured to execute the instructions to:

receive one or more bandwidth parts of a component carrier of a cell allocated to a user equipment (UE);

receive a sounding reference signal (SRS) bandwidth configuration for each of the one or more bandwidth parts;

receive a bandwidth offset value associated with the one or more bandwidth parts, the bandwidth offset value indicates a number of resource blocks from a reference point of the one or more bandwidth parts; and

transmit a SRS based at least in part on the SRS bandwidth configuration and the bandwidth offset value.

77. The apparatus of claim 76 , wherein the component carrier of the cell includes a plurality of bandwidth parts.

78. The apparatus of claim 76 , wherein the SRS bandwidth configuration includes a plurality of bandwidth values for SRS transmissions by the UE.

79. The apparatus of claim 78 , wherein each of the plurality of bandwidth values indicates a number of physical resource blocks (PRBs).

80. The apparatus of claim 78 , wherein at least a set of the plurality of bandwidth values are multiples of or a power of an integer of each other.

81. The apparatus of claim 80 , wherein the integer is 2, 4 or 8.

82. The apparatus of claim 78 , wherein the plurality of bandwidth values includes a first bandwidth value that is identified based at least in part on a bandwidth of a bandwidth part of the component carrier of the cell or a number of bandwidth parts of the component carrier of the cell.

83. The apparatus of claim 82 , wherein the first bandwidth value indicates a maximum number of RBs available for the bandwidth part of the component carrier of the cell.

84. The apparatus of claim 82 , wherein the plurality of bandwidth values includes a second bandwidth value that is identified based at least in part on the first bandwidth value.

85. The apparatus of claim 84 , wherein the first bandwidth value is a multiple of or a power of an integer of the second bandwidth value.

86. The apparatus of claim 84 , wherein the second bandwidth value is half of the first bandwidth value.

87. The apparatus of claim 84 , wherein the second bandwidth value is equal to a sum of a third and a fourth bandwidth values of the plurality of bandwidth values.

88. The apparatus of claim 87 , wherein the second bandwidth value is a bandwidth value of a first RAT and the third and the fourth bandwidth values are bandwidth values from a second RAT.

89. The apparatus of claim 87 , wherein the third and the fourth bandwidth values are different.

90. The apparatus of claim 76 , wherein the bandwidth offset value is based at least in part on another bandwidth part of the component carrier of the cell.

91. An apparatus, comprising:

means for receiving one or more bandwidth parts of a component carrier of a cell allocated to a user equipment (UE);

means for receiving a sounding reference signal (SRS) bandwidth configuration for each of the one or more bandwidth parts;

means for receiving a bandwidth offset value associated with the one or more bandwidth parts, the bandwidth offset value indicates a number of resource blocks from a reference point of the one or more bandwidth parts; and

means for transmitting a SRS based at least in part on the SRS bandwidth configuration and the bandwidth offset value.

92. The apparatus of claim 91 , wherein the component carrier of the cell includes a plurality of bandwidth parts.

93. The apparatus of claim 91 , wherein the SRS bandwidth configuration includes a plurality of bandwidth values for SRS transmissions by the UE.

94. The apparatus of claim 93 , wherein each of the plurality of bandwidth values indicates a number of physical resource blocks (PRBs).

95. The apparatus of claim 93 , wherein at least a set of the plurality of bandwidth values are multiples of or a power of an integer of each other.

96. The apparatus of claim 95 , wherein the integer is 2, 4 or 8.

97. The apparatus of claim 94 , wherein the plurality of bandwidth values includes a first bandwidth value that is identified based at least in part on a bandwidth of a bandwidth part of the component carrier of the cell or a number of bandwidth parts of the component carrier of the cell.

98. The apparatus of claim 97 , wherein the first bandwidth value indicates a maximum number of RBs available for the bandwidth part of the component carrier of the cell.

99. The apparatus of claim 97 , wherein the plurality of bandwidth values includes a second bandwidth value that is identified based at least in part on the first bandwidth value.

100. The apparatus of claim 99 , wherein the first bandwidth value is a multiple of or a power of an integer of the second bandwidth value.

101. The apparatus of claim 100 , wherein the second bandwidth value is half of the first bandwidth value.

102. The apparatus of claim 100 , wherein the second bandwidth value is equal to a sum of a third and a fourth bandwidth values of the plurality of bandwidth values.

103. The apparatus of claim 102 , wherein the second bandwidth value is a bandwidth value of a first RAT and the third and the fourth bandwidth values are bandwidth values from a second RAT.

104. The apparatus of claim 103 , wherein the third and the fourth bandwidth values are different.

105. The apparatus of claim 91 , wherein the bandwidth offset value is based at least in part on another bandwidth part of the component carrier of the cell.

106. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by a processor, comprising:

instructions to receive one or more bandwidth parts of a component carrier of a cell allocated to a user equipment (UE);

instructions to receive a sounding reference signal (SRS) bandwidth configuration for each of the one or more bandwidth parts;

instructions to receive a bandwidth offset value associated with the one or more bandwidth parts, the bandwidth offset value indicates a number of resource blocks from a reference point of the one or more bandwidth parts; and

instructions to transmitting a SRS based at least in part on the SRS bandwidth configuration and the bandwidth offset value.

107. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 106 , wherein the component carrier of the cell includes a plurality of bandwidth parts.

108. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 106 , wherein the SRS bandwidth configuration includes a plurality of bandwidth values for SRS transmissions by the UE.

109. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 108 , wherein each of the plurality of bandwidth values indicates a number of physical resource blocks (PRBs).

110. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 108 , wherein at least a set of the plurality of bandwidth values are multiples of or a power of an integer of each other.

111. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 110 , wherein the integer is 2, 4 or 8.

112. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 108 , wherein the plurality of bandwidth values includes a first bandwidth value that is identified based at least in part on a bandwidth of a bandwidth part of the component carrier of the cell or a number of bandwidth parts of the component carrier of the cell.

113. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 112 , wherein the first bandwidth value indicates a maximum number of RB s available for the bandwidth part of the component carrier of the cell.

114. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 112 , wherein the plurality of bandwidth values includes a second bandwidth value that is identified based at least in part on the first bandwidth value.

115. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 114 , wherein the first bandwidth value is a multiple of or a power of an integer of the second bandwidth value.

116. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 115 , wherein the second bandwidth value is half of the first bandwidth value.

117. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 115 , wherein the second bandwidth value is equal to a sum of a third and a fourth bandwidth values of the plurality of bandwidth values.

118. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 117 , wherein the second bandwidth value is a bandwidth value of a first RAT and the third and the fourth bandwidth values are bandwidth values from a second RAT.

119. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 118 , wherein the third and the fourth bandwidth values are different.

120. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 106 , wherein the bandwidth offset value is based at least in part on another bandwidth part of the component carrier of the cell.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 18, 2020
From: MANOLAKOS, ALEXANDROS; CHEN, WANSHI; LUO, TAO; GAAL, PETER
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 052686/0161 →
Priority Claims (1)
GR 20170100375 · Aug 11, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16005796 · Jun 12, 2018
Related Publication 20200154319A1 · May 14, 2020
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