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Granted Patent B2
US 11,711,798 · App. 17/043,758 · Granted Jul 25, 2023

Method and apparatus for uplink transmission in communication system

Inventors: Cheul Soon Kim (Daejeon, KR); Gi Yoon Park (Daejeon, KR); Seung Kwon Baek (Daejeon, KR); Young Jo Ko (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
H04W72/1268H04W72/0446
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Patent No.
US 11,711,798
App. No.
17/043,758
Granted
Jul 25, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and an apparatus for uplink transmission in a communication system. An operation method of a terminal includes: receiving, from a base station, first SFI information indicating n flexible symbol(s); receiving, from the base station, second SFI information re-indicating m symbol(s) of the n flexible symbol(s) as uplink (UL) symbol(s); and transmitting an SRS to the base station through the m symbol(s) re-indicated as a UL symbol among the n flexible symbol(s) indicated as a flexible symbol. Therefore, performance of the communication system can be improved.

Claims (19)

1. An operation method of a terminal in a communication system, the operation method comprising:

receiving from abase station first slot format indicator (SFI) information indicating n flexible symbol(s);

receiving from the base station an SRS configuration message configuring to transmit a sounding reference signal (SRS) to the base station;

receiving from the base station second SFI information re-indicating m symbol(s) among the n flexible symbol(s) as uplink symbol(s); and

transmitting the SRS to the base station through the m symbol(s) re-indicated as UL symbols among the n flexible symbol(s) indicated as flexible symbol(s),

wherein each of n and m is a natural number, k symbols among symbols constituting a slot configured based on the first SFI information and the second SFI information are configured for transmission of the SRS, the SRS is transmitted through the m symbol(s) re-indicated as the UL symbol(s) among the k symbols, the SRS is not transmitted in the flexible symbol among the k symbols, and k is an integer equal to or greater than 2.

2. The operation method according to claim 1 , wherein the second SFI information re-indicates remaining symbol(s) excluding the m symbol(s) among the n flexible symbol(s) as downlink (DL) symbol(s) or flexible symbol(s).

3. The operation method according to claim 1 , wherein the second SFI information is received in a downlink control information (DCI) format 2_0.

4. The operation method according to claim 3 , wherein information elements required for receiving the DCI format 2_0 is received from the base station through a higher layer message, and the information elements include information on a control resource set (CORESET) and a search space for the DCI format 2_0.

5. The operation method according to claim 1 , wherein the SRS configuration message includes information indicating a first symbol in which the SRS is transmitted in a slot, and information indicating a number of symbols in which the SRS is transmitted in the slot.

6. An operation method of a base station in a communication system, the operation method comprising:

transmitting to a terminal first slot format indicator (SFI) information indicating n flexible symbol(s);

transmitting to the terminal an SRS configuration message configuring to transmit a sounding reference signal (SRS) to the base station;

transmitting to the terminal second SFI information re-indicating m symbol(s) among the n flexible symbol(s) as uplink symbol(s); and

receiving the SRS from the terminal through the m symbol(s) re-indicated as UL symbols among the n flexible symbol(s) indicated as flexible symbol(s),

wherein each of n and m is a natural number, k symbols among symbols constituting a slot configured based on the first SFI information and the second SFI information are configured for transmission of the SRS, the SRS is transmitted through the m symbol(s) re-indicated as the UL symbol(s) among the k symbols, the SRS is not transmitted in the flexible symbol among the k symbols, and k is an integer equal to or greater than 2.

7. The operation method according to claim 6 , wherein the second SFI information re-indicates remaining symbol(s) excluding the m symbol(s) among the n flexible symbol(s) as downlink (DL) symbol(s) or flexible symbol(s).

8. The operation method according to claim 6 , wherein information elements required for receiving the DCI format 2_0 is transmitted to the terminal through a higher layer message, and the information elements include information on a control resource set (CORESET) and a search space for the DCI format 2_0.

9. The operation method according to claim 6 , wherein the SRS configuration message includes information indicating a first symbol in which the SRS is transmitted in a slot, and information indicating a number of symbols in which the SRS is transmitted in the slot.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 30, 2020
From: KIM, CHEUL SOON; PARK, GI YOON; BAEK, SEUNG KWON; KO, YOUNG JO
To: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
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Priority Claims (7)
KR 10-2018-0039988 · Apr 5, 2018 · national
KR 10-2018-0053243 · May 9, 2018 · national
KR 10-2018-0133877 · Nov 2, 2018 · national
KR 10-2019-0003913 · Jan 11, 2019 · national
KR 10-2019-0024376 · Feb 28, 2019 · national
KR 10-2019-0036313 · Mar 28, 2019 · national
KR 10-2019-0039015 · Apr 3, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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