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US 12,219,498 · App. 17/633,730 · Granted Feb 4, 2025

Method for controlling transmission power of sounding reference signal (SRS) by terminal in wireless communication system, and device therefor

Inventors: Hyunsu Cha (Seoul, KR); Sukhyon Yoon (Seoul, KR); Hyunsoo Ko (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W52/325H04L5/0051H04W52/242H04W52/36H04W56/001
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Patent No.
US 12,219,498
App. No.
17/633,730
Granted
Feb 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a method for controlling the transmission power of a sounding reference signal (SRS) by a terminal in a wireless communication system. In particular, the method comprises: connecting to a serving cell; receiving an RS resource for acquiring path loss used for the transmission power of an SRS; determining measurement for the path loss on the basis of the RS resource; and controlling the transmission power of the SRS on the basis of the determination on the measurement, wherein the RS resource is related to a neighbor cell, a measurement value of the path loss is used to control the transmission power, on the basis that measurement for the RS resource has succeeded, and information related to a power setting, acquired from the serving cell can be used to control the transmission power, on the basis that the measurement for the RS resource has failed.

Claims (63)

1. A method of controlling transmission power of a sounding reference signal (SRS) by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block including a primary synchronization signal (PSS), a secondary synchronization signal (SSS), and a physical broadcast channel (PBCH);

performing access to a serving cell based on system information included in the PBCH of the SS/PBCH block;

receiving a reference signal (RS) resource for obtaining path loss to be used for the transmission power of the SRS;

determining measurement regarding the path loss based on the RS resource; and

controlling the transmission power of the SRS based on the determination of the measurement,

wherein the RS resource is related to a neighbor cell,

wherein based on success of the measurement for the RS resource, a measurement value of the path loss is used to control the transmission power, and

wherein based on failure of the measurement for the RS resource, information related to a power configuration obtained from the serving cell is used to control the transmission power.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein based on the failure of the measurement for the RS resource, the SRS is not transmitted.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein based on the failure of the measurement for the RS resource, the transmission power is controlled by applying a power offset to SRS transmission power for the serving cell.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the SRS is related to positioning of the UE.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving spatial relation information related to the RS resource, wherein the spatial relation information includes information regarding the neighbor cell.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein based on the failure of the measurement for the RS resource, the information regarding the neighbor cell included in the spatial relation information is used to determine a transmission beam of the SRS.

7. A user equipment (UE) configured to control transmission power of a sounding reference signal (SRS) in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

at least one transceiver;

at least one processor; and

at least one memory operably connected to the at least one processor and configured to store instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block including a primary synchronization signal (PSS), a secondary synchronization signal (SSS), and a physical broadcast channel (PBCH);

performing access to a serving cell based on system information included in the PBCH of the SS/PBCH block;

receiving a reference signal (RS) resource for obtaining path loss to be used for the transmission power of the SRS;

determining measurement regarding the path loss based on the RS resource; and

controlling the transmission power of the SRS based on the determination of the measurement,

wherein the RS resource is related to a neighbor cell,

wherein based on success of the measurement for the RS resource, a measurement value of the path loss is used to control the transmission power, and

wherein based on failure of the measurement for the RS resource, information related to a power configuration obtained from the serving cell is used to control the transmission power.

8. The UE of claim 7 , wherein based on the failure of the measurement for the RS resource, the SRS is not transmitted.

9. The UE of claim 7 , wherein based on the failure of the measurement for the RS resource, the transmission power is controlled by applying a power offset to SRS transmission power for the serving cell.

10. The UE of claim 7 , wherein the SRS is related to positioning of the UE.

11. The UE of claim 7 , wherein the operations further comprise receiving spatial relation information related to the RS resource, wherein the spatial relation information includes information regarding the neighbor cell.

12. The UE of claim 11 , wherein based on the failure of the measurement for the RS resource, the information regarding the neighbor cell included in the spatial relation information is used to determine a transmission beam of the SRS.

13. An apparatus configured to control transmission power of a sounding reference signal (SRS) in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:

at least one transceiver;

at least one processor; and

at least one memory operably connected to the at least one processor and configured to store instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block including a primary synchronization signal (PSS), a secondary synchronization signal (SSS), and a physical broadcast channel (PBCH);

performing access to a serving cell based on system information included in the PBCH of the SS/PBCH block;

receiving a reference signal (RS) resource for obtaining path loss to be used for the transmission power of the SRS;

determining measurement regarding the path loss based on the RS resource; and

controlling the transmission power of the SRS based on the determination of the measurement,

wherein the RS resource is related to a neighbor cell,

wherein based on success of the measurement for the RS resource, a measurement value of the path loss is used to control the transmission power, and

wherein based on failure of the measurement for the RS resource, information related to a power configuration obtained from the serving cell is used to control the transmission power.

14. A method of supporting control of transmission power of a sounding reference signal (SRS) by a network node in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block including a primary synchronization signal (PSS), a secondary synchronization signal (SSS), and a physical broadcast channel (PBCH);

transmitting a reference signal (RS) resource related to path loss to be used for the transmission power of the SRS; and

receiving the SRS,

wherein the RS resource is related to a neighbor cell,

wherein the RS resource is used to measure the path loss,

wherein based on success of the measurement regarding the path loss for the RS resource, the transmission power of the SRS is determined based on a measurement value of the path loss, and

wherein based on failure of the measurement regarding the path loss for the RS resource, the transmission power of the SRS is determined based on information related to a power configuration from a serving cell.

15. A network node configured to support control of transmission power of a sounding reference signal (SRS) in a wireless communication system, the network node comprising:

at least one transceiver;

at least one processor; and

at least one memory operably connected to the at least one processor and configured to store instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

transmitting a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block including a primary synchronization signal (PSS), a secondary synchronization signal (SSS), and a physical broadcast channel (PBCH);

transmitting a reference signal (RS) resource related to path loss to be used for the transmission power of the SRS; and

receiving the SRS,

wherein the RS resource is related to a neighbor cell,

wherein the RS resource is used to measure the path loss,

wherein based on success of the measurement regarding the path loss for the RS resource, the transmission power of the SRS is determined based on a measurement value of the path loss, and

wherein based on failure of the measurement regarding the path loss for the RS resource, the transmission power of the SRS is determined based on information related to a power configuration from a serving cell.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium configured to store at least one computer program comprising instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations for a user equipment (UE), the operations comprising: receiving a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block including a primary synchronization signal (PSS), a secondary synchronization signal (SSS), and a physical broadcast channel (PBCH); performing access to a serving cell based on system information included in the PBCH of the SS/PBCH block; receiving a reference signal (RS) resource for obtaining path loss to be used for the transmission power of the SRS; determining measurement regarding the path loss based on the RS resource; and controlling the transmission power of the SRS based on the determination of the measurement, wherein the RS resource is related to a neighbor cell, wherein based on success of the measurement for the RS resource, a measurement value of the path loss is used to control the transmission power, and wherein based on failure of the measurement for the RS resource, information related to a power configuration obtained from the serving cell is used to control the transmission power.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 8, 2022
From: CHA, HYUNSU; YOON, SUKHYON; KO, HYUNSOO
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 058927/0334 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62932565 · Nov 8, 2019
Provisional Application 62887765 · Aug 16, 2019
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