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Granted Patent B2
US 11,758,556 · App. 17/325,058 · Granted Sep 12, 2023

Uplink beam refinement based on sounding reference signal (SRS) with dynamic parameters

Inventors: Iyab Issam Sakhnini (San Diego, CA); Tao Luo (San Diego, CA); Wanshi Chen (San Diego, CA); Juan Montojo (San Diego, CA); Mahmoud Taherzadeh Boroujeni (San Diego, CA); Jelena Damnjanovic (Del Mar, CA); Olufunmilola Omolade Awoniyi-Oteri (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W72/23H04W72/046H04W88/08
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Patent No.
US 11,758,556
App. No.
17/325,058
Granted
Sep 12, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Wireless communications systems and methods related to dynamically configuring sounding reference signal (SRS) resources are provided. In some aspects, a base station may measure a SRS transmission transmitted by a user equipment (UE) and receive, using a receive beam selected based on the measuring, a transmission from the UE. In some aspects, a UE may transmit a SRS transmission; and receive, from the BS, a downlink control information (DCI) message including a SRS resource indicator (SRI) for use by the UE in selecting a beam to transmit to the BS. The SRS transmission may be transmitted using a SRS resource and may have a SRS parameter that is indicated in or related to a triggering message, or related to a transmission parameter of a communication between the BS and the UE.

Claims (53)

1. A method of wireless communication performed by a base station (BS), the method comprising:

measuring a sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission transmitted by a user equipment (UE) using a SRS resource, the SRS transmission having a SRS parameter that is (i) indicated in or related to a triggering message, or (ii) related to a transmission parameter of a communication between the BS and the UE, wherein the SRS parameter is related to the transmission parameter of the communication via a RRC configuration message from the BS, wherein the triggering message is configured to override a relationship between the SRS parameter and the transmission parameter; and

receiving, using a receive beam selected based on the measuring, a transmission from the UE.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the communication is a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission or a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission; the transmission parameter is a bandwidth of the PUSCH transmission or the PUCCH transmission; and the SRS parameter is a bandwidth of the SRS transmission that is related to the bandwidth of the PUSCH transmission or the PUCCH transmission, respectively.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the communication is a PUSCH transmission or a PUCCH transmission; the transmission parameter is a timing parameter of the PUSCH transmission or the PUCCH transmission; and the SRS parameter is a timing offset of the SRS transmission that is related to the timing parameter of the PUSCH transmission or the PUCCH transmission, respectively.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the communication is a PUSCH transmission or a PUCCH transmission; the transmission parameter is a QCL indication of the PUSCH transmission or the PUCCH transmission; and the SRS parameter is a QCL indication of the SRS transmission that is related to the QCL indication of the PUSCH transmission or the PUCCH transmission, respectively.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the communication is a PUSCH transmission or a PUCCH transmission; the transmission parameter is a transmit power of the PUSCH transmission or the PUCCH transmission; and the SRS parameter is a transmit power of the SRS transmission that is related to the transmit power of the PUSCH transmission or the PUCCH transmission, respectively.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the SRS resource is an aperiodic resource and the triggering message is a downlink control information (DCI) transmission or a medium access control (MAC)-control element (CE) transmission.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the SRS parameter being related to the triggering message includes (i) a bandwidth of the SRS transmission being related to a bandwidth of the triggering message; a timing offset of the SRS transmission being related to a timing parameter of the triggering message; or (iii) a QCL relationship indication of the SRS transmission being related to a QCL relationship indication of the triggering message.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the SRS resource is a periodic resource.

9. A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

transmitting, to a base station (BS), a sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission using a SRS resource and having a SRS parameter that is (i) indicated in or related to a triggering message, or (ii) related to a transmission parameter of a communication between the UE and the BS, wherein the SRS parameter is related to the transmission parameter of the communication via a RRC configuration message from the BS, wherein the triggering message is configured to override a relationship between the SRS parameter and the transmission parameter; and

receiving, from the BS, a downlink control information (DCI) message including a SRS resource indicator (SRI) for use by the UE in selecting a beam to transmit to the BS.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein:

the communication is a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission or a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmission; the transmission parameter is a bandwidth of the PDSCH transmission or the PDCCH transmission; and the SRS parameter is a bandwidth of the SRS transmission that is related to the bandwidth of the PDSCH transmission or the PDCCH transmission, respectively.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein:

the communication is a PDSCH transmission or a PDCCH transmission; the transmission parameter is a timing parameter of the PDSCH transmission or the PDCCH transmission; and the SRS parameter is a timing offset of the SRS transmission that is related to the timing parameter of the PDSCH transmission or the PDCCH transmission, respectively.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein:

the communication is a PDSCH transmission or a PDCCH transmission; the transmission parameter is a QCL relationship indication of the PDSCH transmission or the PDCCH transmission; and the SRS parameter is a QCL relationship indication of the SRS transmission that is related to the QCL indication of the PDSCH transmission or PDCCH transmission, respectively.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein a switching delay between the SRS transmission and the communication is configured via a radio resource control (RRC) message from the BS.

14. A base station (BS), comprising:

a memory;

a processor coupled to the memory and configured to, when executing instructions stored on the memory, to cause the BS to:

measure a sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission transmitted by a user equipment (UE) using a SRS resource, the SRS transmission having a SRS parameter that is (i) indicated in or related to a triggering message, or (ii) related to a transmission parameter of a communication between the BS and the UE, wherein the SRS parameter is related to the transmission parameter of the communication via a RRC configuration message from the BS, wherein the triggering message is configured to override a relationship between the SRS parameter and the transmission parameter; and

receive, using a receive beam selected based on the measuring, a transmission from the UE.

15. The BS of claim 14 , wherein:

the communication is a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission or a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmission; the transmission parameter is a bandwidth of the PDSCH transmission or the PDCCH transmission; and the SRS parameter is a bandwidth of the SRS transmission that is related to the bandwidth of the PDSCH transmission or the PDCCH transmission, respectively.

16. The BS of claim 14 , wherein:

the communication is a PDSCH transmission or a PDCCH transmission; the transmission parameter is a timing parameter of the PDSCH transmission or the PDCCH transmission; and the SRS parameter is a timing offset of the SRS transmission that is related to the timing parameter of the PDSCH transmission or the PDCCH transmission, respectively.

17. The BS of claim 14 , wherein:

the communication is a PDSCH transmission or a PDCCH transmission; the transmission parameter is a QCL relationship indication of the PDSCH transmission or the PDCCH transmission; and the SRS parameter is a QCL relationship indication of the SRS transmission that is related to the QCL indication of the PDSCH transmission or PDCCH transmission, respectively.

18. The BS of claim 14 , wherein a switching delay between the SRS transmission and the communication is configured via a radio resource control (RRC) message from the BS.

19. A user equipment (UE), comprising:

a memory;

a processor coupled to the memory; and

a transceiver coupled to the processor and configured to:

transmit a sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission using a SRS resource and having a SRS parameter that is (i) indicated in or related to a triggering message, or (ii) related to a transmission parameter of a communication between the UE and the BS, wherein the SRS parameter is related to the transmission parameter of the communication via a RRC configuration message from the BS, wherein the triggering message is configured to override a relationship between the SRS parameter and the transmission parameter; and

receive, from the BS, a downlink control information (DCI) message including a SRS resource indicator (SRI) for use by the UE in selecting a beam to transmit to the BS.

20. The UE of claim 19 , wherein:

the communication is a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission or a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission; the transmission parameter is a bandwidth of the PUSCH transmission or the PUCCH transmission; and the SRS parameter is a bandwidth of the SRS transmission that is related to the bandwidth of the PUSCH transmission or the PUCCH transmission, respectively.

21. The UE of claim 19 , wherein:

the communication is a PUSCH transmission or a PUCCH transmission; the transmission parameter is a timing parameter of the PUSCH transmission or the PUCCH transmission; and the SRS parameter is a timing offset of the SRS transmission that is related to the timing parameter of the PUSCH transmission or the PUCCH transmission, respectively.

22. The UE of claim 19 , wherein:

the communication is a PUSCH transmission or a PUCCH transmission; the transmission parameter is a QCL indication of the PUSCH transmission or the PUCCH transmission; and the SRS parameter is a QCL indication of the SRS transmission that is related to the QCL indication of the PUSCH transmission or the PUCCH transmission, respectively.

23. The UE of claim 19 , wherein:

the communication is a PUSCH transmission or a PUCCH transmission; the transmission parameter is a transmit power of the PUSCH transmission or the PUCCH transmission; and the SRS parameter is a transmit power of the SRS transmission that is related to the transmit power of the PUSCH transmission or the PUCCH transmission, respectively.

24. The UE of claim 19 , wherein the SRS resource is an aperiodic resource and the triggering message is a downlink control information (DCI) transmission or a medium access control (MAC)-control element (CE) transmission.

25. The UE of claim 19 , wherein the SRS parameter being related to the triggering message includes (i) a bandwidth of the SRS transmission being related to a bandwidth of the triggering message; a timing offset of the SRS transmission being related to a timing parameter of the triggering message; or (iii) a QCL relationship indication of the SRS transmission being related to a QCL relationship indication of the triggering message.

26. The UE of claim 19 , wherein the SRS resource is a periodic resource.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 14, 2021
From: SAKHNINI, IYAB ISSAM; LUO, TAO; CHEN, WANSHI; MONTOJO, JUAN; TAHERZADEH BOROUJENI, MAHMOUD; DAMNJANOVIC, JELENA; AWONIYI-OTERI, OLUFUNMILOLA OMOLADE
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
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Continuity (2)
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