Granted Patent B2

US 12,355,697 · App. 17/797,392 · Granted Jul 8, 2025

Inventors: Alexandros Manolakos (Escondido, CA); Muhammad Sayed Khairy Abdelghaffar (San Jose, CA); Gokul Sridharan (Sunnyvale, CA); Runxin Wang (San Diego, CA); Yu Zhang (San Diego, CA)

Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated

H04L5/0051H04L1/08

Abstract

Claims (96)

1. A method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving a configuration signal configuring a collection of reference signal transmissions;

identifying a resource overlap between the collection of reference signal transmissions and another resource that is unavailable for reference signal transmissions;

identifying one or more transmission properties for the collection of reference signal transmissions, wherein the one or more transmission properties comprise a use for the collection of reference signal transmissions;

determining, based at least in part on the one or more transmission properties and the resource overlap, whether to delay transmission of the collection of reference signal transmissions; and

transmitting at least a portion of the collection of reference signal transmissions based at least in part on the determining.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying a length of the collection of reference signal transmissions, wherein the one or more transmission properties comprise the length of the collection of reference signal transmissions.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein identifying the length of the collection of reference signal transmissions comprise:

identifying, based at least in part on the configuration signal, a number of symbols configured for reference signal transmissions;

determining that the number of symbols configured for reference signal transmissions is less than a threshold; and

determining to delay transmission of the collection of reference signal transmissions based at least in part on the number of symbols being less than the threshold.

4. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

receiving an indication of the threshold for the number of symbols.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying a ratio of a first length of the resource overlap over a second length of the collection of reference signal transmissions, wherein the one or more transmission properties comprise the ratio of resource overlap.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein identifying the ratio of resource overlap comprise:

identifying, based at least in part on the configuration signal, a number of symbols configured for reference signal transmissions, wherein the number of symbols comprise the second length; and

identifying, based at least in part on the resource overlap, a number of unavailable symbols within the symbols configured for reference signal transmissions, wherein the number of unavailable symbols comprise the first length.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

determining that the number of symbols configured for reference signal transmissions is less than a first threshold; and

determining to delay transmission of the collection of reference signal transmissions based at least in part on the number of symbols being less than the first threshold and the number of unavailable symbols.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

receiving an indication of the first threshold for the number of symbols.

9. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

determining that the number of symbols configured for reference signal transmissions satisfies a first threshold;

determining that the number of unavailable symbols is less than a second threshold; and

determining to omit the reference signal transmissions in the corresponding resource overlap based at least in part on the number of symbols satisfying the first threshold and the number of unavailable symbols being less than the second threshold.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

receiving an indication of the first threshold for the number of symbols and the second threshold for the unavailable symbols.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying the use for the collection of reference signal transmissions.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein identifying the use for the collection of reference signals comprise:

determining that the reference signal transmissions comprise positioning reference signal transmissions; and

determining to delay transmission of the collection of reference signal transmissions based at least in part on the reference signal transmissions comprising positioning reference signal transmissions.

13. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying a location of the resource overlap within the collection of reference signal transmissions, wherein the one or more transmission properties comprise the location of the resource overlap within the collection of reference signal transmissions.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein identifying the location of the resource overlap comprises:

determining that the resource overlap occurs between a first set of symbols and a second set of symbols configured for reference signal transmissions; and

determining to delay transmission of the collection of reference signal transmissions based at least in part on the resource overlap occurring between the first set of symbols and the second set of symbols.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein identifying the location of the resource overlap comprises:

determining that the resource overlap occurs either during a beginning symbol or an ending symbol configured for reference signal transmissions; and

determining to omit the reference signal transmissions in the corresponding resource overlap based at least in part on the resource overlap occurring either during the beginning symbol or the ending symbol.

16. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying a staggering configuration for the collection of reference signal transmissions, wherein the one or more transmission properties comprise the staggering configuration for the collection of reference signal transmissions.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein identifying the staggering configuration comprises:

determining that the collection of reference signal transmissions are configured for staggering transmissions; and

determining to delay transmission of the collection of reference signal transmissions based at least in part on the staggering transmissions.

18. The method of claim 16 , wherein identifying the staggering configuration comprises:

determining that the collection of reference signal transmissions are configured for non-staggering transmissions; and

determining to omit the reference signal transmissions in the corresponding resource overlap based at least in part on the non-staggering transmissions.

19. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying a repetition configuration for the collection of reference signal transmissions, wherein the one or more transmission properties comprise the repetition configuration for the collection of reference signal transmissions.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein identifying the repetition configuration comprises:

determining that the collection of reference signal transmissions are configured for repetition transmissions across a plurality of slots; and

determining to omit the reference signal transmissions in the corresponding resource overlap based at least in part on the repetition transmissions.

21. The method of claim 19 , wherein identifying the repetition configuration comprises:

determining that the collection of reference signal transmissions are configured for non-repetition transmissions; and

determining whether to omit the reference signal transmissions in the corresponding resource overlap or to delay transmission of the collection of reference signal transmissions based at least in part on the non-repetition transmissions.

22. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying one or more transmission properties comprises:

identifying at least one of a length of the collection of reference signal transmissions, or a ratio of resource overlap for the collection of reference signal transmissions, or a use for the collection of reference signal transmissions, or a location of the resource overlap within the collection of reference signal transmissions, or a staggering configuration for the collection of reference signal transmissions, or a repetition configuration for the collection of reference signal transmissions, or any combination thereof.

23. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving an indication of at least one of the one or more transmission properties, one or more thresholds associated with the one or more transmission properties, or a combination thereof.

24. The method of claim 1 , wherein the collection of reference signal transmissions comprise a sounding reference signal (SRS) resource having a repetition factor of R, where R comprises a number of reference signal transmissions within consecutive symbols.

25. A method for wireless communication at a base station, comprising:

transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), a configuration signal configuring a collection of reference signal transmissions;

identifying a resource overlap between the collection of reference signal transmissions and another resource that is unavailable for reference signal transmissions;

identifying one or more transmission properties for the collection of reference signal transmissions, wherein the one or more transmission properties comprise a use for the collection of reference signal transmissions;

determining, based at least in part on the one or more transmission properties and the resource overlap, whether the transmission of the collection of reference signal transmissions is delayed; and

receiving at least a portion of the collection of reference signal transmissions based at least in part on the determining.

26. An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

a processor,

memory coupled with the processor; and

instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

receive a configuration signal configuring a collection of reference signal transmissions;

identify a resource overlap between the collection of reference signal transmissions and another resource that is unavailable for reference signal transmissions;

identify one or more transmission properties for the collection of reference signal transmissions, wherein the one or more transmission properties comprise a use for the collection of reference signal transmissions;

determine, based at least in part on the one or more transmission properties and the resource overlap, whether to delay transmission of the collection of reference signal transmissions; and

transmit at least a portion of the collection of reference signal transmissions based at least in part on the determining.

27. The apparatus of claim 26 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

identify a length of the collection of reference signal transmissions, wherein the one or more transmission properties comprise the length of the collection of reference signal transmissions.

28. The apparatus of claim 26 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

identify a ratio of a first length of the resource overlap over a second length of the collection of reference signal transmissions, wherein the one or more transmission properties comprise the ratio of resource overlap.

29. The apparatus of claim 26 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

identify the use for the collection of reference signal transmissions.

30. The apparatus of claim 26 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

identify a location of the resource overlap within the collection of reference signal transmissions, wherein the one or more transmission properties comprise the location of the resource overlap within the collection of reference signal transmissions.

31. The apparatus of claim 26 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

identify a staggering configuration for the collection of reference signal transmissions, wherein the one or more transmission properties comprise the staggering configuration for the collection of reference signal transmissions.

32. The apparatus of claim 26 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

identify a repetition configuration for the collection of reference signal transmissions, wherein the one or more transmission properties comprise the repetition configuration for the collection of reference signal transmissions.

33. The apparatus of claim 26 , wherein the instructions to identify one or more transmission properties are executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

identify at least one of a length of the collection of reference signal transmissions, or a ratio of resource overlap for the collection of reference signal transmissions, or a use for the collection of reference signal transmissions, or a location of the resource overlap within the collection of reference signal transmissions, or a staggering configuration for the collection of reference signal transmissions, or a repetition configuration for the collection of reference signal transmissions, or any combination thereof.

34. The apparatus of claim 26 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

receive an indication of at least one of the one or more transmission properties, one or more thresholds associated with the one or more transmission properties, or a combination thereof.

35. The apparatus of claim 26 , wherein the collection of reference signal transmissions comprise a sounding reference signal (SRS) resource having a repetition factor of R, where R comprises a number of reference signal transmissions within consecutive symbols.

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