IP Library Granted Patent US 11,818,077
Granted Patent B2
US 11,818,077 · App. 16/788,031 · Granted Nov 14, 2023

Reference signal sending and receiving method, network device, terminal device, and system

Inventors: Mengying Ding (Shanghai, CN); Yuanzhou Hu (Shanghai, CN); Yi Qin (Kista, SE); Zhongfeng Li (Shanghai, CN); Min Zhang (Shanghai, CN); Weimin Xiao (Rolling Meadows, IL); Shengyue Dou (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
H04L5/0058H04B7/0626H04W72/0453
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Patent No.
US 11,818,077
App. No.
16/788,031
Granted
Nov 14, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

This application provides a reference signal sending and receiving method, a network device, a terminal device, and a system, to be applicable to resource configuration for an SRS in NR. The method includes: sending, by a terminal device, a sounding reference signal SRS based on a location of a starting subcarrier for transmitting the SRS, where the location of the starting subcarrier for transmitting the SRS is determined by an offset of a sounding region, the offset of the sounding region indicates a resource offset between a starting subcarrier of the sounding region and a starting subcarrier of a bandwidth part BWP of the terminal device, and the sounding region is a resource that can be used to transmit the SRS.

Claims (39)

1. A reference signal sending method, comprising:

sending, by a network device, a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) based on a frequency-domain starting location of a resource for transmitting the CSI-RS, wherein:

the frequency-domain starting location of the resource for transmitting the CSI-RS is determined by a first resource offset between a starting resource block (RB) of a pilot region and a starting RB of system bandwidth, the system bandwidth is larger than a bandwidth part (BWP), and the pilot region is a resource that is used to transmit the CSI-RS; and

the first resource offset is greater than or equal to a second resource offset between a starting RB of the BWP and the starting RB of system bandwidth, the first resource offset is greater than 0, and the CSI-RS is transmitted on consecutive RBs within the BWP.

2. The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the frequency-domain starting location of the resource for transmitting the CSI-RS is within a BWP of a terminal device.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

sending, by the network device, indication information of a starting location of the pilot region, wherein the indication information of the starting location indicates a RB number corresponding to a starting RB for transmitting the CSI-RS in the system bandwidth.

4. A reference signal receiving method, comprising:

receiving, by a terminal device, a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) based on a frequency-domain starting location of a resource for transmitting the CSI-RS, wherein:

the frequency-domain starting location of the resource for transmitting the CSI-RS is determined by a first resource offset between a starting resource block (RB) of a pilot region and a starting RB of system bandwidth, the system bandwidth is larger than a bandwidth part (BWP), and the pilot region is a resource that is used to transmit the CSI-RS; and

the first resource offset is greater than or equal to a second resource offset between a starting RB of the BWP and the starting RB of system bandwidth, the first resource offset is greater than 0, and the CSI-RS is transmitted on consecutive RBs within the BWP.

5. The method according to claim 4 ,

wherein the frequency-domain starting location of the resource for transmitting the CSI-RS is within a BWP of the terminal device.

6. The method according to claim 4 , further comprising:

receiving, by the terminal device, indication information of a starting location of the pilot region, wherein the indication information of the starting location indicates a RB number corresponding to a starting RB for transmitting the CSI-RS in the system bandwidth.

7. A network device, comprising:

at least one processor;

a transceiver; and

one or more memories coupled to the at least one processor and the at least one processor invokes programming instructions stored in the one or more memories, and is configured to execute the programming instructions to cause the transceiver to:

send a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) based on a frequency-domain starting location of a resource for transmitting the CSI-RS, wherein:

the frequency-domain starting location of the resource for transmitting the CSI-RS is determined by a first resource offset between a starting resource block (RB) of a pilot region and a starting RB of system bandwidth, the system bandwidth is larger than a bandwidth part (BWP), and the pilot region is a resource that is used to transmit the CSI-RS; and

the first resource offset is greater than or equal to a second resource offset between a starting RB of the BWP and the starting RB of system bandwidth, the first resource offset is greater than 0, and the CSI-RS is transmitted on consecutive RBs within the BWP.

8. The network device according to claim 7 , wherein the transceiver is further configured to send indication information of a reference signal location, wherein the indication information of the reference signal location indicates a RB for transmitting the CSI-RS in the pilot region.

9. The network device according to claim 7 ,

wherein the frequency-domain starting location of the resource for transmitting the CSI-RS is within a BWP of a terminal device.

10. The network device according to claim 8 , wherein the indication information of the reference signal location is a bitmap, the bitmap comprises at least one indication bit, each indication bit is used to indicate whether a RB group is used to transmit the CSI-RS, and the RB group comprises at least one RB.

11. The network device according to claim 7 , wherein the transceiver is further configured to send indication information of a starting location of the pilot region, wherein the indication information of the starting location indicates a RB number corresponding to a starting RB for transmitting the CSI-RS in the system bandwidth.

12. A terminal device, comprising:

at least one processor;

a transceiver; and

one or more memories coupled to the at least one processor and the at least one processor invokes programming instructions stored in the one or more memories, and is configured to execute the programming instructions to cause the transceiver to:

receive a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) based on a frequency-domain starting location of a resource for transmitting the CSI-RS, wherein:

the frequency-domain starting location of the resource for transmitting the CSI-RS is determined by a first resource offset between a starting resource block (RB) of a pilot region and a starting RB of system bandwidth, the system bandwidth is larger than a bandwidth part (BWP), and the pilot region is a resource that is used to transmit the CSI-RS; and

the first resource offset is greater than or equal to a second resource offset between a starting RB of the BWP and the starting RB of system bandwidth, the first resource offset is greater than 0, and the CSI-RS is transmitted on consecutive RBs within the BWP.

13. The terminal device according to claim 12 , wherein the frequency-domain starting location of the resource for transmitting the CSI-RS is within a BWP of the terminal device.

14. The terminal device according to claim 12 , wherein the transceiver is further configured to receive indication information of a reference signal location, wherein the indication information of the reference signal location indicates a RB for transmitting the CSI-RS in the pilot region.

15. The terminal device according to claim 14 , wherein the indication information of the reference signal location is a bitmap, the bitmap comprises at least one indication bit, each indication bit is used to indicate whether a RB group is used to transmit the CSI-RS, and each RB group comprises at least one RB.

16. The terminal device according to claim 12 , wherein the transceiver is further configured to receive indication information of a starting location of the pilot region, wherein the indication information of the starting location indicates a RB number corresponding to a starting RB for transmitting the CSI-RS in the system bandwidth.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 25, 2020
From: DING, MENGYING; HU, YUANZHOU; QIN, YI; LI, ZHONGFENG; ZHANG, MIN; XIAO, WEIMIN; DOU, SHENGYUE
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053593/0719 →
Priority Claims (2)
CN 201710687878.0 · Aug 11, 2017 · national
CN 201711066801.8 · Nov 2, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
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