Granted Patent B2

US 12,289,263 · App. 17/608,332 · Granted Apr 29, 2025

Inventors: Kyuseok Kim (Seoul, KR); Hyungtae Kim (Seoul, KR); Jiwon Kang (Seoul, KR); Kilbom Lee (Seoul, KR)

Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.

H04L5/0048H04L5/0094H04W72/23

Abstract

Claims (50)

1. A method of receiving a phase tracking reference signal (PTRS) by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving configuration information related to the PTRS;

receiving downlink control information (DCI) including a transmission configuration indication (TCI) field and an antenna port field,

wherein one or more TCI states are mapped to a codepoint of the TCI field of the DCI based on an activation command, and

wherein the antenna port field includes information related to at least one demodulation reference signal (DMRS) port;

determining a number of PTRS ports based on at least one of i) a number of TCI states configured based on the codepoint, ii) a number of at least one code division multiplexing (CDM) group related to the at least one DMRS port determined based on the antenna port field, or iii) a maximum value of the number of PTRS ports; and

receiving the PTRS based on the determined number of PTRS ports,

wherein an entry related to (i) the at least one DMRS port among DMRS ports and (ii) a number of CDM group(s) without data among CDM groups is configured based on the antenna port field of the DCI,

wherein the DMRS ports are indexed by port indices, respectively, and

wherein the CDM groups are indexed by CDM group indices, respectively.

2. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein based on the maximum value of the number of PTRS ports being 1, the number of PTRS ports is determined as 1.

3. The method of claim 2 ,

wherein based on the maximum value of the number of PTRS ports being 2, the number of PTRS ports is determined as 1 or 2.

4. The method of claim 3 ,

wherein the configuration information related to the PTRS includes information on the maximum value of the number of PTRS ports.

5. The method of claim 4 ,

wherein the maximum value of the number of PTRS ports is determined based on the information on the maximum value of the number of PTRS ports.

6. The method of claim 3 ,

wherein based on i) the number of the TCI states configured based on the codepoint being 2, ii) the number of the at least one CDM group related to the at least one DMRS port being 2, and iii) the maximum value of the number of PTRS ports being 2, the number of PTRS ports is determined as 2.

7. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein based on i) the number of the TCI states configured based on the codepoint being 2 and ii) the number of the at least one CDM group related to the at least one DMRS port being 1, the number of PTRS ports is determined as 1.

8. The method of claim 3 ,

wherein based on i) the number of the TCI states configured based on the codepoint being 2, ii) the number of the at least one CDM group related to the at least one DMRS port being 1, and iii) the maximum value of the number of PTRS ports being 2, the number of PTRS ports is determined as 1.

9. A user equipment (UE) receiving a phase tracking reference signal (PTRS) in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

one or more transceivers;

one or more processors; and

one or more memories for storing instructions for operations executed by the one or more processors and coupled to the one or more processors;

wherein the instructions comprise:

receiving configuration information related to the PTRS;

receiving downlink control information (DCI) including a transmission configuration indication (TCI) field and an antenna port field,

wherein one or more TCI states are mapped to a codepoint of the TCI field of the DCI based on an activation command, and

wherein the antenna port field includes information related to at least one demodulation reference signal (DMRS) port;

determining a number of PTRS ports based on at least one of i) a number of TCI states configured based on the codepoint, ii) a number of at least one code division multiplexing (CDM) group related to the at least one DMRS port determined based on the antenna port field, or iii) a maximum value of the number of PTRS ports; and

receiving the PTRS based on the determined number of PTRS ports,

wherein an entry related to (i) the at least one DMRS port among DMRS ports and (ii) a number of CDM group(s) without data among CDM groups is configured based on the antenna port field of the DCI,

wherein the DMRS ports are indexed by port indices, respectively, and

wherein the CDM groups are indexed by CDM group indices, respectively.

10. An apparatus comprising:

one or more memories; and

one or more processors operatively coupled to the one or more memories, wherein the one or more processors controls the apparatus to:

receive configuration information related to a phase tracking reference signal (PTRS);

receive downlink control information (DCI) including a transmission configuration indication (TCI) field and an antenna port field,

wherein one or more TCI states are mapped to a codepoint of the TCI field of the DCI based on an activation command, and

wherein the antenna port field includes information related to at least one demodulation reference signal (DMRS) port;

determine a number of PTRS ports based on at least one of i) a number of TCI states configured based on the codepoint, ii) a number of at least one code division multiplexing (CDM) group related to the at least one DMRS port determined based on the antenna port field, or iii) a maximum value of the number of PTRS ports; and

receive the PTRS based on the determined number of PTRS ports,

wherein an entry related to (i) the at least one DMRS port among DMRS ports and (ii) a number of CDM group(s) without data among CDM groups is configured based on the antenna port field of the DCI,

wherein the DMRS ports are indexed by port indices, respectively, and

wherein the CDM groups are indexed by CDM group indices, respectively.

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