IP Library Granted Patent US 12,335,751
Granted Patent B2
US 12,335,751 · App. 17/855,409 · Granted Jun 17, 2025

Method for uplink transmission associated with antenna port and panel switching

Inventors: Bo Gao (Shenzhen, CN); Zhaohua Lu (Shenzhen, CN); Hao Wu (Shenzhen, CN); Chuangxin Jiang (Shenzhen, CN); Wenjun Yan (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: ZTE Corporation
H04W16/28H04L5/0051H04W74/0816H04W74/0866
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Patent No.
US 12,335,751
App. No.
17/855,409
Granted
Jun 17, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless communication method for use in a wireless terminal is disclosed. The wireless communication method comprises determining at least one transmission state for an uplink channel, wherein at least one of a spatial relation or an antenna port of the uplink channel is determined based on a first transmission state of the at least one transmission state, and transmitting, to a wireless network node, the uplink channel.

Claims (48)

1. A wireless communication method for use in a wireless terminal, the wireless communication method comprising:

determining at least one transmission state for an uplink channel, wherein a spatial relation of the uplink channel is determined based on a first transmission state of the at least one transmission state; and

transmitting, to a wireless network node, the uplink channel,

wherein the at least one transmission state is associated with more than one downlink reference signals,

wherein a pathloss reference signal is determined based on at least one of the more than one downlink reference signals, and

wherein a pathloss estimation is determined based on an average value of more than one pathloss estimations corresponding to the more than one downlink reference signals,

wherein one of the at least one transmission state is associated with one or more reference signals, and wherein the at least one of the spatial relation of the uplink channel is determined based on one of the one or more reference signals associated with the first transmission state.

2. The wireless communication method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one of the more than one downlink reference signals relates to at least one spatial parameter.

3. The wireless communication method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one of the more than one downlink reference signals corresponds to at least one of: a downlink reference signal resource with the lowest or the highest resource identification in the at least one transmission state, or the downlink reference signal resource as a first entry in the at least one transmission state.

4. The wireless communication method of claim 1 , wherein one or more reference signals associated with the at least one transmission state comprise at least one of a downlink reference signal resource, a downlink reference signal port, a sounding reference signal, SRS, resource or an SRS port.

5. The wireless communication method of claim 4 , wherein a number of SRS resources, SRS ports or downlink reference signal resources in one of the at least one transmission state is smaller than or equal to a capability of the wireless terminal or a threshold.

6. The wireless communication method of claim 4 , further comprising:

receiving, from the wireless network node, DCI indicating the at least one transmission state, wherein Q spatial relation(s), P antenna port(s), T antenna port group(s) of the uplink channel are determined based on a corresponding transmission state of the at least one transmission state in order, wherein Q, P, and T are positive integers.

7. The wireless communication method of claim 6 , wherein a length of at least one of a transmitted precoding matrix indicator field or a SRS resource indicator field in the DCI is determined based on the maximum number of one of the downlink reference signal resources, the downlink reference signal ports, the transmission configuration indicator states, transmission states, the SRS resources or the SRS ports associated with the at least one transmission state.

8. A wireless terminal comprising:

a processor; and

a transceiver configured to:

determine at least one transmission state for an uplink channel, wherein a spatial relation of the uplink channel is determined based on a first transmission state of the at least one transmission state, and

transmit, to a wireless network node, the uplink channel,

wherein the at least one transmission state is associated with more than one downlink reference signals,

wherein a pathloss reference signal is determined based on at least one of the more than one downlink reference signals, and

wherein a pathloss estimation is determined based on an average value of more than one pathloss estimations corresponding to the more than one downlink reference signals,

wherein one of the at least one transmission state is associated with one or more reference signals, and wherein the at least one of the spatial relation of the uplink channel is determined based on one of the one or more reference signals associated with the first transmission state.

9. The wireless terminal of claim 8 , wherein the at least one of the more than one downlink reference signals relates to at least one spatial parameter.

10. The wireless terminal of claim 8 , wherein the at least one of the more than one downlink reference signals corresponds to at least one of: a downlink reference signal resource with the lowest or the highest resource identification in the at least one transmission state, or the downlink reference signal resource as a first entry in the at least one transmission state.

11. The wireless terminal of claim 8 , wherein one or more reference signals associated with the at least one transmission state comprise at least one of a downlink reference signal resource, a downlink reference signal port, a sounding reference signal, SRS, resource or an SRS port.

12. The wireless terminal of claim 11 , wherein a number of SRS resources, SRS ports or downlink reference signal resources in one of the at least one transmission state is smaller than or equal to a capability of the wireless terminal or a threshold.

13. The wireless terminal of claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive, from the wireless network node, DCI indicating the at least one transmission state, wherein Q spatial relation(s), P antenna port(s), T antenna port group(s) of the uplink channel are determined based on a corresponding transmission state of the at least one transmission state in order, wherein Q, P, and T are positive integers.

14. The wireless terminal of claim 13 , wherein a length of at least one of a transmitted precoding matrix indicator field or a SRS resource indicator field in the DCI is determined based on the maximum number of one of the downlink reference signal resources, the downlink reference signal ports, the transmission configuration indicator states, transmission states, the SRS resources or the SRS ports associated with the at least one transmission state.

15. A wireless communication method for use in a wireless network node, the wireless communication method comprising:

transmitting, to a wireless terminal, a first command associated with at least one transmission state; and

receiving, from the wireless terminal, an uplink channel,

wherein a spatial relation of the uplink channel is determined based on a first transmission state of the at least one transmission state,

wherein the at least one transmission state is associated with more than one downlink reference signals,

wherein a pathloss reference signal is determined based on at least one of the more than one downlink reference signals, and

wherein a pathloss estimation is determined based on an average value of more than one pathloss estimations corresponding to the more than one downlink reference signals,

wherein one of the at least one transmission state is associated with one or more reference signals, and wherein the at least one of the spatial relation of the uplink channel is determined based on one of the one or more reference signals associated with the first transmission state.

16. A wireless network node comprising:

a processor; and

a transceiver configured to:

transmit, to a wireless terminal, a first command associated with at least one transmission state, and

receive, from the wireless terminal, an uplink channel,

wherein a spatial relation of the uplink channel is determined based on a first transmission state of the at least one transmission state,

wherein the at least one transmission state is associated with more than one downlink reference signals,

wherein a pathloss reference signal is determined based on at least one of the more than one downlink reference signals, and

wherein a pathloss estimation is determined based on an average value of more than one pathloss estimations corresponding to the more than one downlink reference signals,

wherein one of the at least one transmission state is associated with one or more reference signals, and wherein the at least one of the spatial relation of the uplink channel is determined based on one of the one or more reference signals associated with the first transmission state.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 31, 2025
From: GAO, BO; LU, ZHAOHUA; WU, HAO; JIANG, CHUANGXIN; YAN, WENJUN
To: ZTE CORPORATION
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Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2020104352 · Jul 24, 2020
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