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Granted Patent B2
US 11,652,670 · App. 17/081,713 · Granted May 16, 2023

Method for transmitting sounding reference signal and terminal device

Inventors: Xiang Gao (Beijing, CN); Ruiqi Zhang (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
H04L25/0226H04B1/713H04L1/1642H04L5/005
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Patent No.
US 11,652,670
App. No.
17/081,713
Granted
May 16, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for transmitting a sounding reference signal and a terminal device are provided. The method includes: receiving, by the terminal device, SRS configuration information from a network device; determining, based on one or more of an SRS bandwidth configuration parameter, a sequence number n SRS of a quantity of SRS transmissions, a quantity Λ of antenna ports, and the received SRS configuration information, an index α(n SRS ) corresponding to an antenna port used to transmit an SRS; selecting the antenna port with the index of α(n SRS ) from indexes corresponding to the Λ antenna ports; and transmitting the SRS through the antenna port with the index of α(n SRS ) during an n SRS th SRS transmission. n SRS is an integer greater than or equal to 0, Λ is a positive integer greater than or equal to 4, and a symbol * indicates a multiplication operation.

Claims (741)

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a terminal device, sounding reference signal (SRS) configuration information from a network device;

determining, by the terminal device and based on one or more of an SRS bandwidth configuration parameter, a sequence number n SRS of a quantity of SRS transmissions, a quantity Λ of antenna ports, and the received SRS configuration information, an index α(n SRS ) corresponding to an antenna port used to transmit an SRS, wherein n SRS is an integer greater than or equal to 0, Λ is a positive integer greater than or equal to 4, and a symbol * indicates a multiplication operation, wherein the SRS configuration information comprises one or both of b hop and B SRS , and the SRS bandwidth configuration parameter comprises one or more of N 1 , N 2 , and N 3 , wherein

each of b hop , and B SRS is any value in {0, 1, 2, 3}, N 1 , N 2 , and N 3 are positive integers, N 1 indicates a quantity of second-level sub-bandwidths into which a first-level sub-bandwidth is divided, N 2 indicates a quantity of third-level sub-bandwidths into which a second-level sub-bandwidth is divided, and N 3 indicates a quantity of fourth-level sub-bandwidths into which a third-level sub-bandwidth is divided, wherein

a value of B SRS being 0 indicates that an SRS transmission sub-bandwidth is a first-level sub-bandwidth, a value of B SRS being 1 indicates that an SRS transmission sub-bandwidth is a second-level sub-bandwidth, a value of B SRS being 2 indicates that an SRS transmission sub-bandwidth is a third-level sub-bandwidth, or a value of B SRS being 3 indicates that an SRS transmission sub-bandwidth is a fourth-level sub-bandwidth, wherein

a value of b hop being 0 indicates that an SRS frequency hopping bandwidth is a first-level sub-bandwidth, a value of b hop being 1 indicates that an SRS frequency hopping bandwidth is a second-level sub-bandwidth, a value of b hop being 2 indicates that an SRS frequency hopping bandwidth is a third-level sub-bandwidth, or a value of b hop being 3 indicates that an SRS frequency hopping bandwidth is a fourth-level sub-bandwidth, and wherein

the value of b hop is less than or equal to the value of B SRS ; and

wherein the determining, by the terminal device and based on one or more of an SRS bandwidth configuration parameter, a sequence number n SRS of a quantity of SRS transmissions, a quantity Λ of antenna ports, and the received SRS configuration information, an index α(n SRS ) corresponding to an antenna port used to transmit an SRS comprises:

when Π b′=b hop B SRS N b′ (N b hop =1) is an odd number, determining, by the terminal device based on n SRS and Λ, the index α(n SRS ) corresponding to the antenna port used to transmit the SRS: or

when Π b′=b hop B SRS N b′ (N b hop =1) is an even number, determining, by the terminal device based on at least one of n SRS ,

⌊

n

SRS

max

⁡

(

Λ

,

∏

b

′

=

b

h

⁢

o

⁢

p

B

S

⁢

R

⁢

S

⁢

N

b

′

⁡

(

N

b

hop

=

1

)

)

⌋

,

and

⁢

⁢

⌊

n

SRS

Λ

⌋

,

 the index α(n SRS ) corresponding to the antenna port used to transmit the SRS, wherein

max(Λ, Π b′=b hop B SRS N b′ (N b hop =1)) indicates a larger one of Λ and Π b′=b hop B SRS N b′ (N b hop =1), and a symbol └┘ indicates rounding down; and

wherein the index number α(n SRS ) of the antenna port used by the terminal device to transmit the SRS satisfies the following formulas:

a

⁡

(

n

SRS

)

=

{

(

n

SRS

+

α

·

⌊

n

SRS

/

max

⁡

(

Λ

,

K

)

⌋

+

β

·

⌊

n

SRS

/

Λ

⌋

)

⁢

mod

⁢

Λ

when

⁢

K

⁢

is

⁢

an

⁢

even

⁢

number

n

SRS

⁢

mod

⁢

Λ

when

⁢

K

⁢

is

⁢

an

⁢

odd

⁢

number

.

wherein

K=Π b′=b hop B SRS N b′ (N b hop =1), a symbol mod indicates a modulo budget,

α

=

{

0

when

⁢

{

B

SRS

=

b

hop

+

3

,

N

b

hop

+

1

=

N

b

hop

+

2

=

2

,

N

B

SRS

⁢

is

⁢

an

⁢

odd

⁢

number

}

⁢

or

⁢

{

N

b

hop

+

1

=

2

,

N

B

SRS

=

6

}

1

others

,

and

⁢

β

=

{

1

when

⁢

{

B

SRS

=

b

hop

+

3

,

N

b

hop

+

1

=

N

b

hop

+

2

=

2

}

⁢

or

{

N

b

hop

+

1

=

2

,

N

B

SRS

=

4

}

0

others

;

selecting, by the terminal device, the antenna port with the index of α (n SRS ) from indexes corresponding to the Λ antenna ports; and

transmitting, by the terminal device, the SRS through the antenna port with the index of α(n SRS ) during an n SRS th SRS transmission.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein N 1 =N 2 =2, or b hop =1, B SRS =3, N 2 =2, and N 3 =4, and wherein

the determining, by the terminal device and based on one or more of an SRS bandwidth configuration parameter, a sequence number n SRS of a quantity of SRS transmissions, a quantity Λ of antenna ports, and the received SRS configuration information, an index α(n SRS ) corresponding to an antenna port used to transmit an SRS comprises:

determining, by the terminal device and based on the sequence number n SRS of the quantity of SRS transmissions, the quantity Λ of antenna ports, N 1 , and N 2 or based on the sequence number n SRS of the quantity of SRS transmissions, the quantity Λ of antenna ports, b hop , B SRS , N 2 , and N 3 , the index α(n SRS ) corresponding to the antenna port used to transmit the SRS, wherein the index α(n SRS ) corresponding to the antenna port used to transmit the SRS for an n SRS th time is different from an index α(n SRS +Λ) corresponding to an antenna port used to transmit the SRS for an (n SRS +Λ) th time.

3. A terminal device, comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory coupled to the at least one processor and storing programming instructions for execution by the at least one processor, wherein the programming instructions, when executed, cause the terminal device to perform operations comprising:

receiving sounding reference signal (SRS) configuration information from a network device;

determining, based on one or more of an SRS bandwidth configuration parameter, a sequence number n SRS of a quantity of SRS transmissions, a quantity Λ of antenna ports, and the received SRS configuration information, an index α(n SRS ) corresponding to an antenna port used to transmit an SRS, wherein n SRS is an integer greater than or equal to 0, Λ is a positive integer greater than or equal to 4, and a symbol * indicates a multiplication operation, wherein the SRS configuration information comprises one or both of b hop , and B SRS , and the SRS bandwidth configuration parameter comprises one or more of N 1 , N 2 , and N 3 , wherein

each of b hop , and B SRS is any value in {0, 1, 2, 3}, N 1 , N 2 , and N 3 are positive integers, N 1 indicates a quantity of second-level sub-bandwidths into which a first-level sub-bandwidth is divided, N 2 indicates a quantity of third-level sub-bandwidths into which a second-level sub-bandwidth is divided, and N 3 indicates a quantity of fourth-level sub-bandwidths into which a third-level sub-bandwidth is divided, wherein

a value of B SRS being 0 indicates that an SRS transmission sub-bandwidth is a first-level sub-bandwidth, a value of B SRS being 1 indicates that an SRS transmission sub-bandwidth is a second-level sub-bandwidth, a value of B SRS being 2 indicates that an SRS transmission sub-bandwidth is a third-level sub-bandwidth, or a value of B SRS being 3 indicates that an SRS transmission sub-bandwidth is a fourth-level sub-bandwidth, wherein

a value of b hop , being 0 indicates that an SRS frequency hopping bandwidth is a first-level sub-bandwidth, a value of b hop being 1 indicates that an SRS frequency hopping bandwidth is a second-level sub-bandwidth, a value of b hop being 2 indicates that an SRS frequency hopping bandwidth is a third-level sub-bandwidth, or a value of b hop being 3 indicates that an SRS frequency hopping bandwidth is a fourth-level sub-bandwidth, and wherein

the value of b hop is less than or equal to the value of B SRS ; and

wherein the determining, based on one or more of an SRS bandwidth configuration parameter, a sequence number n SRS of a quantity of SRS transmissions, a quantity Λ of antenna ports, and the received SRS configuration information, an index α(n SRS ) corresponding to an antenna port used to transmit an SRS comprises:

when Π b′=b hop B SRS N b′ (N b hop =1) is an odd number, determining, based on n SRS and Λ, the index α(n SRS ) corresponding to the antenna port used to transmit the SRS: or

when Π b′=b hop B SRS N b′ (N b hop =1) is an even number, determining, based on at last one of n SRS ,

⌊

n

SRS

max

⁡

(

Λ

,

∏

b

′

=

b

h

⁢

o

⁢

p

B

S

⁢

R

⁢

S

⁢

N

b

′

⁡

(

N

b

hop

=

1

)

)

⌋

,

and

⁢

⁢

⌊

n

SRS

Λ

⌋

,

 and the index α(n SRS ) corresponding to the antenna port used to transmit the SRS, wherein

max(Λ, Π b′=b hop B SRS N b′ (N b hop =1)) indicates a larger one of Λ and Π b′=b hop B SRS N b′ (N b hop =1) and a symbol └┘ indicates rounding down; and

wherein the index number α(n SRS ) of the antenna port used by the terminal device to transmit the SRS satisfies the following formulas:

a

⁡

(

n

SRS

)

=

{

(

n

SRS

+

α

·

⌊

n

SRS

/

max

⁡

(

Λ

,

K

)

⌋

+

β

·

⌊

n

SRS

/

Λ

⌋

)

⁢

mod

⁢

Λ

when

⁢

K

⁢

is

⁢

an

⁢

even

⁢

number

n

SRS

⁢

mod

⁢

Λ

when

⁢

K

⁢

is

⁢

an

⁢

odd

⁢

number

,

wherein

K=Π b′=b hop B SRS N b′ (N b hop =1) a symbol mod indicates a modulo budget,

α

=

{

0

when

⁢

{

B

SRS

=

b

hop

+

3

,

N

b

hop

+

1

=

N

b

hop

+

2

=

2

,

N

B

SRS

⁢

is

⁢

an

⁢

odd

⁢

number

}

⁢

or

⁢

{

N

b

hop

+

1

=

2

,

N

B

SRS

=

6

}

1

others

,

and

⁢

β

=

{

1

when

⁢

{

B

SRS

=

b

hop

+

3

,

N

b

hop

+

1

=

N

b

hop

+

2

=

2

}

⁢

or

{

N

b

hop

+

1

=

2

,

N

B

SRS

=

4

}

0

others

;

selecting the antenna port with the index of α(n SRS ) from indexes corresponding to the Λ antenna ports; and

transmitting the SRS through the antenna port with the index of α(n SRS ) during an n SRS th transmission.

4. The terminal device according to claim 3 , wherein N 1 =N 2 =2, or b hop =1, B SRS =3, N 2 =2, and N 3 =4, and wherein

the determining, based on one or more of an SRS bandwidth configuration parameter, a sequence number n SRS of a quantity of SRS transmissions, a quantity Λ of antenna ports, and the received SRS configuration information, an index α(n SRS ) corresponding to an antenna port used to transmit an SRS comprises:

determining, based on the sequence number n SRS of the quantity of SRS transmissions, the quantity Λ of antenna ports, N 1 , and N 2 or based on the sequence number n SRS of the quantity of SRS transmissions, the quantity Λ of antenna ports, b hop , B SRS , N 2 , and N 3 , the index α(n SRS ) corresponding to the antenna port used to transmit the SRS, wherein the index α(n SRS ) corresponding to the antenna port used to transmit the SRS for an n SRS th time is different from an index α(n SRS +Λ) corresponding to an antenna port used to transmit the SRS for an (n SRS +Λ) time.

5. A non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising a computer program which, when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform operation comprising:

receiving sounding reference signal (SRS) configuration information from a network device;

determining, based on one or more of an SRS bandwidth configuration parameter, a sequence number n SRS of a quantity of SRS transmissions, a quantity Λ of antenna ports, and the received SRS configuration information, an index α(n SRS ) corresponding to an antenna port used to transmit an SRS, wherein n SRS is an integer greater than or equal to 0, Λ is a positive integer greater than or equal to 4, and a symbol * indicates a multiplication operation, wherein the SRS configuration information comprises one or both of b hop and B SRS , and the SRS bandwidth configuration parameter comprises one or more of N 1 , N 2 , and N 3 , wherein

each of b hop and B SRS is any value in {0, 1, 2, 3}, N 1 , N 2 , and N 3 are positive integers, N 1 indicates a quantity of second-level sub-bandwidths into which a first-level sub-bandwidth is divided, N 2 indicates a quantity of third-level sub-bandwidths into which a second-level sub-bandwidth is divided, and N 3 indicates a quantity of fourth-level sub-bandwidths into which a third-level sub-bandwidth is divided, wherein

a value of B SRS being 0 indicates that an SRS transmission sub-bandwidth is a first-level sub-bandwidth, a value of B SRS being 1 indicates that an SRS transmission sub-bandwidth is a second-level sub-bandwidth, a value of B SRS being 2 indicates that an SRS transmission sub-bandwidth is a third-level sub-bandwidth, or a value of B SRS S being 3 indicates that an SRS transmission sub-bandwidth is a fourth-level sub-bandwidth, wherein

a value of b hop , being 0 indicates that an SRS frequency hopping bandwidth is a first-level sub-bandwidth, a value of b hop , being 1 indicates that an SRS frequency hopping bandwidth is a second-level sub-bandwidth, a value of b hop being 2 indicates that an SRS frequency hopping bandwidth is a third-level sub-bandwidth, or a value of b hop being 3 indicates that an SRS frequency hopping bandwidth is a fourth-level sub-bandwidth, and wherein

the value of b hop , is less than or equal to the value of B SRS ; and

wherein the determining, based on one or more of an SRS bandwidth configuration parameter, a sequence number n SRS of a quantity of SRS transmissions, a quantity Λ of antenna ports, and the received SRS configuration information, an index α(n SRS ) corresponding to an antenna port used to transmit an SRS comprises:

when Π b′=b hop B SRS N b′ (N b hop =1) is an odd number, determining, based on n SRS and Λ, the index α(n SRS ) corresponding to the antenna port used to transmit the SRS; or

when Π b′=b hop B SRS N b′ (N b hop =1) is an even number, determining, based on at least one of n SRS ,

⌊

n

SRS

max

⁡

(

Λ

,

∏

b

′

=

b

hop

B

SRS

N

b

′

(

N

b

hop

=

1

)

)

⌋

,

and

⁢

⌊

n

SRS

Λ

⌋

,

 the index α(n SRS ) corresponding to the antenna port used to transmit the SRS, wherein

max(Λ, Π b′=b hop B SRS N b′ (N b hop =1)) indicates a larger one of Λ and Π b′=b hop B SRS N b′ (N b hop =1), and a symbol └┘ indicates rounding down; and

wherein the index number α(n SRS ) of the antenna port used to transmit the SRS satisfies the following formulas:

a

⁡

(

n

SRS

)

=

{

(

n

SRS

+

α

·

⌊

n

SRS

/

max

⁡

(

Λ

,

K

)

⌋

+

β

·

⌊

n

SRS

/

Λ

⌋

)

⁢

mod

⁢

Λ

when

⁢

K

⁢

is

⁢

an

⁢

even

⁢

number

n

SRS

⁢

mod

⁢

Λ

when

⁢

K

⁢

is

⁢

an

⁢

odd

⁢

number

,

wherein

K=Π b′=b hop B SRS N b′ (N b hop =1) a, symbol mod indicates a modulo budget,

α

=

{

0

when

⁢

{

B

SRS

=

b

hop

+

3

,

N

b

hop

+

1

=

N

b

hop

+

2

=

2

,

N

B

SRS

⁢

is

⁢

an

⁢

odd

⁢

number

}

⁢

or

⁢

{

N

b

hop

+

1

=

2

,

N

B

SRS

=

6

}

1

others

,

and

⁢

β

=

{

1

when

⁢

{

B

SRS

=

b

hop

+

3

,

N

b

hop

+

1

=

N

b

hop

+

2

=

2

}

⁢

or

{

N

b

hop

+

1

=

2

,

N

B

SRS

=

4

}

0

others

;

selecting the antenna port with the index of α(n SRS ) from indexes corresponding to the Λ antenna ports; and

transmitting the SRS through the antenna port with the index of α(n SRS ) during an n SRS th SRS transmission.

6. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 5 , wherein N 1 =N 2 =2, or b hop =1, B SRS =3, N 2 =2, and N 3 =4, and wherein

the determining, based on one or more of an SRS bandwidth configuration parameter, a sequence number n SRS of a quantity of SRS transmissions, a quantity Λ of antenna ports, and the received SRS configuration information, an index α(n SRS ) corresponding to an antenna port used to transmit an SRS comprises:

determining, based on the sequence number n SRS of the quantity of SRS transmissions, the quantity Λ of antenna ports, N 1 , and N 2 or based on the sequence number n SRS of the quantity of SRS transmissions, the quantity Λ of antenna ports, b hop , B SRS , N 2 , and N 3 , the index α(n SRS ) corresponding to the antenna port used to transmit the SRS, wherein the index α(n SRS ) corresponding to the antenna port used to transmit the SRS for an n SRS th time is different from an index α(n SRS +Λ) corresponding to an antenna port used to transmit the SRS for an (n SRS +Λ) th time.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2020
From: GAO, XIANG; ZHANG, RUIQI
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
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