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US 12,231,268 · App. 18/390,454 · Granted Feb 18, 2025

Transmission link configuration using reference signal mapping

Inventors: Chuangxin Jiang (Guangdong, CN); Shujuan Zhang (Guangdong, CN); Zhaohua Lu (Guangdong, CN); Bo Gao (Guangdong, CN); Meng Mei (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: ZTE Corporation
H04L25/0226H04B7/0695H04L5/0048H04W72/0446H04W72/0453H04W72/53
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Patent No.
US 12,231,268
App. No.
18/390,454
Granted
Feb 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, systems and devices for transmission link configuration using reference signal mapping in next generation cellular networks are described. An example method for wireless communication, based on the disclosed technology, includes transmitting data over at least one transmission link that is configured based on a mapping between two reference signals, each of which is configured with different subsets of one or more network parameters. Another example method includes dividing a plurality of SRS (sounding reference signal) resource sets into a plurality of groups based on network parameters of SRS resources or SRS resource sets, and transmitting, within one of the plurality of groups, only one SRS resource in each of multiple SRS resource sets at an identical time, where the SRS resources in different SRS resource sets can be transmitted simultaneously. The methods described may include beam management implementations for wireless communications.

Claims (24)

1. A method for wireless communication, comprising:

determining, by user equipment, a correspondence between a first Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) resource and a second SRS resource having a same SRS resource identification, wherein the first SRS resource and the second SRS resource are configured with different component carriers that belong to a group of component carriers; and

applying same spatial relation parameters to the first SRS resource and the second SRS resource with the same SRS resource identification for the group of component carriers.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the spatial relation parameters indicate a type of a reference signal, the type of the reference signal being one of an SRS, a channel-state information reference signal (CSI-RS), or a synchronization signal block.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein a time-domain communication type for the first SRS resource or the second SRS resource is semi-persistent or aperiodic.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, by the user equipment, configuration information from a base station for the first SRS resource or the second SRS resource, wherein the configuration information comprises a parameter indicating the SRS resource identification.

5. A method for wireless communication, comprising:

configuring, by a base station, a first Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) resource and a second SRS resource with different component carriers that belong to a group of component carriers; and

configuring, by the base station, the first SRS resource and the second SRS resource with a same SRS resource identification such that same spatial relation parameters are applied to the first SRS resource and the second SRS resource with the same SRS resource identification for the group of component carriers.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the spatial relation parameters indicate a type of a reference signal, the type of the reference signal being one of an SRS, a channel-state information reference signal (CSI-RS), or a synchronization signal block.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein a time-domain communication type for the first SRS resource or the second SRS resource is semi-persistent or aperiodic.

8. A device for wireless communication, comprising a processor that is configured to:

determine a correspondence between a first Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) resource and a second SRS resource having a same SRS resource identification, wherein the first SRS resource and the second SRS resource are configured with different component carriers that belong to a group of component carriers; and

applying same spatial relation parameters to the first SRS resource and the second SRS resource with the same SRS resource identification for the group of component carriers.

9. The device of claim 8 , wherein the spatial relation parameters indicate a type of a reference signal, the type of the reference signal being one of an SRS, a channel-state information reference signal (CSIRS), or a synchronization signal block.

10. The device of claim 8 , wherein a time-domain communication type for the first SRS resource or the second SRS resource is semi-persistent or aperiodic.

11. The device of claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to:

receive configuration information from a base station for the first SRS resource or the second SRS resource, wherein the configuration information comprises a parameter indicating the SRS resource identification.

12. A device for wireless communication, comprising a processor that is configured to:

configure a first Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) resource and a second SRS resource with different component carriers that belong to a group of component carriers; and

configure the first SRS resource and the second SRS resource with a same SRS resource identification such that same spatial relation parameters are applied to the first SRS resource and the second SRS resource with the same SRS resource identification for the group of component carriers.

13. The device of claim 12 , wherein the spatial relation parameters indicate a type of a reference signal, the type of the reference signal being one of an SRS, a channel-state information reference signal (CSI-RS), or a synchronization signal block.

14. The device of claim 12 , wherein a time-domain communication type for the first SRS resource or the second SRS resource is semi-persistent or aperiodic.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE THE 4TH INVENTOR'S NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 065924 FRAME: 0001. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jan 2, 2024
From: JIANG, CHUANGXIN; ZHANG, SHUJUAN; LU, ZHAOHUA; GAO, BO; MEI, MENG
To: ZTE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066179/0652 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 20, 2023
From: JIANG, CHUANGXIN; ZHANG, SHUJUAN; LU, ZHAOHUA; GA, BO; MEI, MENG
To: ZTE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 065921/0001 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17135103 · Dec 28, 2020
Continuation PCTCN2018093334 · Jun 28, 2018
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