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Granted Patent B2
US 11,985,685 · App. 18/111,148 · Granted May 14, 2024

Method and apparatus for transmitting sounding reference signal in wireless communication system of unlicensed band and method and apparatus for triggering sounding reference signal transmission

Inventors: Jung Sun Um (Daejeon, KR); Hoiyoon Jung (Daejeon, KR); Seung Keun Park (Daejeon, KR); Sungjin Yoo (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
H04W72/23H04L5/0048H04L5/005H04L5/0051H04L5/0053H04L27/0006H04L27/261H04W16/14H04W72/0446H04L5/0035H04L25/0224H04W74/0808H04W84/12
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Patent No.
US 11,985,685
App. No.
18/111,148
Granted
May 14, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein is a method for transmitting, by a terminal, a sounding reference signal (SRS). The terminal receives a grant for uplink multiple subframes from a base station. The terminal determines a first subframe for an SRS transmission of the terminal among the uplink multiple subframes on the basis of SRS transmission position information received from the base station. Further, the terminal transmits the SRS in the first subframe.

Claims (29)

1. A method for transmitting, by a terminal, a sounding reference signal (SRS), the method comprising:

receiving timing advance (TA) information for an SRS transmission from a base station through either one or both of a radio resource control (RRC) message and a downlink control information (DCI) message; and

transmitting an SRS at a timing based on the TA information using either one or both of an SRS subframe configured for the SRS transmission and an extended uplink pilot time slot (UpPTS),

wherein the extended UpPTS is spaced by a predetermined interval from a downlink partial subframe having a downlink pilot time slot (DwPTS) length, and

wherein a last time domain symbol of a subframe comprising the extended UpPTS is used for clear channel assessment (CCA) for an unlicensed band channel.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the downlink partial subframe has a length corresponding to any one of three time domain symbols, six time domain symbols, nine time domain symbols, ten time domain symbols, eleven time domain symbols, and twelve time domain symbols, and

the predetermined interval is equal to or larger than a length corresponding to one time domain symbol.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein some time domain symbols existing in a head part among time domain symbols of the SRS subframe or some time domain symbols existing in a tail part among the time domain symbols of the SRS subframe are used for the SRS transmission.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein one time domain symbol existing in a head part among time domain symbols of the SRS subframe or one time domain symbol existing in a tail part among the time domain symbols of the SRS subframe is used for clear channel assessment (CCA) for an unlicensed band channel.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein even-numbered time domain symbols among time domain symbols of the SRS subframe are used for the SRS transmission, and

odd-numbered time domain symbols among the time domain symbols of the SRS subframe are used for clear channel assessment (CCA) for an unlicensed band channel.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the SRS subframe comprises a first time slot and a second time slot subsequent to the first time slot, and

the second time slot of the SRS subframe is used for the SRS transmission.

7. A terminal for transmitting a sounding reference signal (SRS), the terminal comprising:

a processor;

a communication device, and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to control the communication device to:

receive timing advance (TA) information for an SRS transmission from a base station through either one or both of a radio resource control (RRC) message and a downlink control information (DCI) message; and

transmit an SRS at a timing based on the TA information using either one of or both an SRS subframe configured for the SRS transmission and an extended uplink pilot time slot (UpPTS),

wherein the extended UpPTS is spaced by a predetermined interval from a downlink partial subframe having a downlink pilot time slot (DwPTS) length, and

wherein a last time domain symbol of a subframe comprising the extended UpPTS is used for clear channel assessment (CCA) for an unlicensed band channel.

8. The terminal of claim 7 , wherein the downlink partial subframe has a length corresponding to any one of three time domain symbols, six time domain symbols, nine time domain symbols, ten time domain symbols, eleven time domain symbols, and twelve time domain symbols, and

the predetermined interval is equal to or larger than a length corresponding to one time domain symbol.

9. The terminal of claim 7 , wherein some time domain symbols existing in a head part among time domain symbols of the SRS subframe or some time domain symbols existing in a tail part among the time domain symbols of the SRS subframe are used for the SRS transmission.

10. The terminal of claim 7 , wherein one time domain symbol existing in a head part among time domain symbols of the SRS subframe or one time domain symbol existing in a tail part among the time domain symbols of the SRS subframe is used for clear channel assessment (CCA) for an unlicensed band channel.

11. The terminal of claim 7 , wherein even-numbered time domain symbols among time domain symbols of the SRS subframe are used for the SRS transmission, and

odd-numbered time domain symbols among the time domain symbols of the SRS subframe are used for clear channel assessment (CCA) for an unlicensed band channel.

12. The terminal of claim 7 , wherein the SRS subframe comprises a first time slot and a second time slot subsequent to the first time slot, and

the second time slot of the SRS subframe is used for the SRS transmission.

Priority Claims (7)
KR 10-2015-0188802 · Dec 29, 2015 · national
KR 10-2016-0011803 · Jan 29, 2016 · national
KR 10-2016-0040443 · Apr 1, 2016 · national
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KR 10-2016-0059061 · May 13, 2016 · national
KR 10-2016-0103160 · Aug 12, 2016 · national
KR 10-2016-0179245 · Dec 26, 2016 · national
Continuity (3)
Division 17176175 · Feb 15, 2021
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