IP Library Granted Patent US 11,909,677
Granted Patent B2
US 11,909,677 · App. 17/437,676 · Granted Feb 20, 2024

Performing physical uplink shared channel transmissions with improved reliability

Inventors: Haitong Sun (Irvine, CA); Yushu Zhang (Beijing, CN); Hong He (Cupertino, CA); Wei Zeng (San Diego, CA); Dawei Zhang (Saratoga, CA); Chunxuan Ye (San Diego, CA); Oghenekome Oteri (San Diego, CA); Sigen Ye (Whitehouse Station, NJ); Weidong Yang (San Diego, CA); Chunhai Yao (Beijing, CN); Jie Cui (San Jose, CA); Yang Tang (Cupertino, CA)
Assignee: Apple Inc.
H04L5/0035
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,909,677
App. No.
17/437,676
Filed
Sep 9, 2021
Granted
Feb 20, 2024
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2463
USPC
370/329
Abstract

This disclosure relates to techniques for performing physical uplink shared channel transmissions with improved reliability in a wireless communication system. The wireless device may establish a wireless link with a cellular base station. The wireless device may receive uplink data transmission configuration information from the cellular base station. The uplink data transmission configuration information may configure an uplink data transmission to multiple transmission-reception-points. The wireless device may perform the uplink data transmission to the multiple transmission-reception-points.

Claims (57)

1. A method, comprising:

receiving uplink data transmission configuration information, wherein the uplink data transmission configuration information configures an uplink data transmission to multiple transmission-reception-points (TRPs), and wherein the uplink data transmission configuration information configures multiple sounding reference signal (SRS) resource sets; and

performing the uplink data transmission to the multiple TRPs based on a downlink control information (DCI) format, wherein the DCI format includes two SRS resource indicator fields for physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) operation.

2. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the uplink data transmission configuration information configures a transmission pattern for determining to which TRP of the multiple TRPs to perform each repetition of the uplink data transmission,

wherein when a nominal uplink data transmission is truncated due to duplexing conflict or being scheduled across a slot boundary, the method further comprises:

determining to which TRP of the multiple TRPs to perform each actual uplink data transmission in accordance with the transmission pattern based on nominal repetitions of the uplink data transmission.

3. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the uplink data transmission configuration information configures a transmission pattern for determining to which TRP of the multiple TRPs to perform each repetition of the uplink data transmission,

wherein when a nominal uplink data transmission is truncated due to duplexing conflict or being scheduled across a slot boundary, the method further comprises:

determining to which TRP of the multiple TRPs to perform each actual uplink data transmission in accordance with the transmission pattern based on actual repetitions of the uplink data transmission.

4. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the uplink data transmission configuration information configures a transmission pattern for determining to which TRP of the multiple TRPs to perform each repetition of the uplink data transmission,

wherein when a nominal uplink data transmission is truncated due to duplexing conflict or being scheduled across a slot boundary, the method further comprises:

determining to which TRP of the multiple TRPs to perform each actual uplink data transmission in accordance with the transmission pattern based on a slot in which the uplink data transmission is performed.

5. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the uplink data transmission configuration information configures a non-codebook based (NCB) PUSCH transmission,

wherein the uplink data transmission configuration information configures a SRS resource set, wherein the SRS resource set is associated with multiple non zero power channel state information reference signals (NZP-C SI-RS), wherein a first portion of SRS resources of the sounding reference signal resource set are associated with a first TRP, and wherein a second portion SRS resources of the SRS resource set are associated with a second TRP.

6. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein each SRS resource set of the multiple SRS resource sets is configured using a non zero power channel state information reference signal (NZP-CSI-RS), and wherein the uplink data transmission configuration information configures a non-codebook based (NCB) PUSCH transmission.

7. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the uplink data transmission configuration information configures precoding information for transmission to each of the multiple TRPs.

8. An apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor configured to cause a user equipment (UE) to:

receive uplink data transmission configuration information, wherein the uplink data transmission configuration information configures an uplink data transmission to multiple transmission-reception-points (TRPs), and wherein the uplink data transmission configuration information configures multiple sounding reference signal (SRS) resource sets; and

perform the uplink data transmission to the multiple TRPs based on a downlink control information (DCI) format, wherein the DCI format includes two SRS resource indicator fields for physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) operation.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 ,

wherein each SRS resource set of the multiple SRS resource sets is configured using a non zero power channel state information reference signal (NZP-CSI-RS), and wherein the uplink data transmission configuration information configures a non-codebook based (NCB) physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission.

10. The apparatus of claim 8 ,

wherein the uplink data transmission configuration information configures precoding information for transmission to each of the multiple TRPs.

11. The apparatus of claim 8 ,

wherein the uplink data transmission configuration information configures a 3GPP configured grant physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission.

12. The apparatus of claim 8 ,

wherein the uplink data transmission configuration information configures a 3GPP dynamic grant physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission.

13. The apparatus of claim 8 ,

wherein the uplink data transmission configuration information configures a 3GPP non codebook based physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission.

14. The apparatus of claim 8 ,

wherein the uplink data transmission configuration information configures a transmission pattern for performing repetitions of the uplink data transmission to the multiple TRPs.

15. The apparatus of claim 8 ,

wherein the uplink data transmission configuration information includes information indicating, for each TRP associated with the uplink transmission, one or more of:

beam information;

precoding information;

pathloss reference signal information;

target received power information; or

a pathloss compensation factor.

16. The apparatus of claim 8 , further comprising:

a radio operably coupled to the at least one processor.

17. A method, comprising:

generating uplink data transmission configuration information, wherein the uplink data transmission configuration information configures an uplink data transmission to multiple transmission-reception-points (TRPs), wherein the uplink data transmission is based on a downlink control information (DCI) format including two sounding reference signal (SRS) resource indicator fields for physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) operation, and wherein the uplink data transmission configuration information configures multiple SRS resource sets; and

transmitting, to a wireless device, the uplink data transmission configuration information.

18. The method of claim 17 ,

wherein each SRS resource set of the multiple SRS resource sets is configured using a non zero power channel state information reference signal (NZP-CSI-RS), and wherein the uplink data transmission configuration information configures a non-codebook based (NCB) physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission.

19. The method of claim 17 ,

wherein the uplink data transmission configuration information configures precoding information for transmission to each of the multiple TRPs.

20. The method of claim 17 , wherein, for each TRP associated with the uplink transmission, the uplink data transmission configuration information independently configures one or more of:

target received power information; or

a pathloss compensation factor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 27, 2021
From: SUN, HAITONG; ZHANG, YUSHU; HE, HONG; ZENG, WEI; ZHANG, DAWEI; YE, CHUNXUAN; OTERI, OGHENEKOME; YE, SIGEN; YANG, WEIDONG; YAO, CHUNHAI; CUI, JIE; TANG, YANG
To: APPLE INC.
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