IP Library Granted Patent US 11,616,670
Granted Patent B2
US 11,616,670 · App. 17/165,114 · Granted Mar 28, 2023

Multi-structure reference signals

Inventors: Wei Cao (Guangdong, CN); Zhifeng Yuan (Guangdong, CN); Li Tian (Guangdong, CN); Yifei Yuan (Guangdong, CN); Ziyang Li (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: ZTE Corporation
H04L27/26025H04L5/0051H04L27/2613H04W74/0833
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Patent No.
US 11,616,670
App. No.
17/165,114
Granted
Mar 28, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of wireless communication includes generating, based on a mapping rule, at least two reference signals and transmitting, by a wireless communication device, the at least two reference signals using different symbols in a transmit time interval. Another method of wireless communication includes transmitting, to one or more wireless devices in a wireless network, information indicative of a mapping rule that specifies a mapping between at least two random access reference signal transmissions from the one or more wireless devices.

Claims (29)

1. A method of wireless communication, comprising:

generating, based on a mapping rule, at least two reference signals; and

transmitting, by a wireless communication device, the at least two reference signals using different symbols in a transmit time interval,

wherein the at least two reference signals include a first reference signal and a second reference signal, wherein the first reference signal is selected from a first pool of reference signals, wherein the first reference signal is transmitted at a first time that is temporally prior to or after a second time at which the second reference signal is transmitted.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the mapping rule is received by the wireless communication device from a network node.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second reference signal is selected from a second pool of reference signals.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the first pool of reference signals and the second pool of reference signals have different pool sizes.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the mapping rule specifies a relationship between an identity of the first reference signal and time-frequency resources used for transmission of the second reference signal.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the identity of the first reference includes an index of the first reference signal from the first pool of reference signals.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the mapping rule specifies a relationship between content of the first reference signal and transmission resources used for transmitting the second reference signal.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least two reference signals comprise N reference signals, where N is an integer greater than 1, and wherein the mapping rule specifies determining structures of the N reference signals in parallel.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least two reference signals comprise N reference signals, where N is an integer greater than 1, and wherein the mapping rule specifies determining structures of the N reference signals in a sequence.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the mapping rule specifies determining structure of a given reference signal from one or more preceding reference signals in the sequence.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reference signals comprise a translational self-orthogonal sequence, a binary phase shift keying signal, a phase shift keying (PSK) signal, or a quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) signal.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first reference signal is randomly selected, and wherein the mapping rule maps the first reference signal to the second reference signal such that a content of the first reference signal is used to determine a time-frequency resource of the second reference signal and a content of the second reference signal is independent to the first reference signal.

13. A wireless communication apparatus comprising a processor configured to implement a method, comprising:

generating, based on a mapping rule, at least two reference signals; and

transmitting, by a wireless communication device, the at least two reference signals using different symbols in a transmit time interval,

wherein the at least two reference signals include a first reference signal and a second reference signal, wherein the first reference signal is selected from a first pool of reference signals, wherein the first reference signal is transmitted at a first time that is temporally prior to or after a second time at which the second reference signal is transmitted.

14. The wireless communication apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the mapping rule is received by the wireless communication device from a network node.

15. The wireless communication apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the second reference signal is selected from a second pool of reference signals.

16. The wireless communication apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the first pool of reference signals and the second pool of reference signals have different pool sizes.

17. The wireless communication apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the mapping rule specifies at least one of a relationship between an identity of the first reference signal and time-frequency resources used for transmission of the second reference signal or a relationship between content of the first reference signal and transmission resources used for transmitting the second reference signal.

18. A non-transitory computer readable medium having code stored thereon, the code, when executed by a processor, causing the processor to implement a method, comprising:

generating, based on a mapping rule, at least two reference signals; and

transmitting, by a wireless communication device, the at least two reference signals using different symbols in a transmit time interval,

wherein the at least two reference signals include a first reference signal and a second reference signal, wherein the first reference signal is selected from a first pool of reference signals, wherein the first reference signal is transmitted at a first time that is temporally prior to or after a second time at which the second reference signal is transmitted.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18 , wherein the generating includes generating the second reference signal by selecting the second reference signal from a second pool of reference signals.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18 , wherein the at least two reference signals comprise N reference signals, where N is an integer greater than 1, and wherein the mapping rule specifies determining structures of the N reference signals in a sequence.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 2, 2021
From: CAO, WEI; YUAN, ZHIFENG; TIAN, LI; YUAN, YIFEI; LI, ZIYANG
To: ZTE CORPORATION
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Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2018098577 · Aug 3, 2018
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