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US 12,355,698 · App. 17/798,922 · Granted Jul 8, 2025

Non-codebook based multi-TRP PUSCH reliability with multiple associated NZP CSI-RSs

Inventors: Siva Muruganathan (Stittsville, CA); Shiwei Gao (Nepean, CA); Mattias Frenne (Uppsala, SE); Simon Järmyr (Skarpnäck, SE)
Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
H04L5/0051H04W72/23
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Patent No.
US 12,355,698
App. No.
17/798,922
Granted
Jul 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods for non-codebook based multiple transmission and reception point (TRP) Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) transmission and reception are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method performed by a wireless communication device comprises receiving a configuration of first and second Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) resource sets to be used for non-codebook based PUSCH transmission. The method further comprises receiving a configuration of first and second Non-Zero Power (NZP) Channel State Information Reference Signals (CSI-RSs) associated with the first and SRS resource sets, respectively. The method further comprises receiving a request for transmitting data in PUSCH in a plurality of occasions, wherein the request comprises first and second SRS resource indicators (SRIs) associated with the first and second SRS resource sets, respectively. The method further comprises transmitting first and second PUSCHs in a first and second sets of occasions according to the first and second SRIs, respectively.

Claims (60)

1. A method performed by a wireless communication device comprising:

receiving, from a network node, a configuration of a first Sounding Reference Signal, SRS, resource set to be used for non-codebook based Physical Uplink Shared Channel, PUSCH, transmission and a second SRS resource set to be used for non-codebook based PUSCH transmission;

receiving, from the network node, a configuration of a first Non-Zero Power, NZP, Channel State Information Reference Signal, CSI-RS, associated with the first SRS resource set and a second NZP CSI-RS associated with the second SRS resource set;

receiving a request for transmitting data in PUSCH in a plurality of occasions, wherein the request comprises:

an indication that data transmission in PUSCH in the plurality of occasions is based on both the first SRS resource set and the second SRS resource set;

a first SRS resource indicator, SRI, associated with the first SRS resource set; and

a second SRI associated with the second SRS resource set; and

transmitting a first PUSCH in a first set of occasions according to the first SRI and a second PUSCH in a second set of occasions according to the second SRI, wherein the first PUSCH comprises a first SRS according to the first SRI and the second PUSCH comprises a second SRS according to the second SRI.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first SRS resource set is associated with a first transmission and reception point, TRP, and the second SRS resource set is associated with a second TRP.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first SRI indicates one or more SRS resources in the first SRS resource set and the second SRI indicates one or more SRS resources in the second SRS resource set.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first PUSCH and the second PUSCH carry a same block of data.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first set of occasions and the second set of occasions comprise a first set of time occasions and a second set of time occasions, respectively.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the request further comprises the total of N slots.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein a first occasion from the first set of occasions and a second occasion from the second set of occasions are in different time slots.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein a first occasion from the first set of occasions and a second occasion from the second set of occasion are in different symbols within a same slot.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first and the second SRIs indicate a same number of SRS resources in the first SRS resource set and the second SRS resource set, respectively.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein a single SRS resource in each of the first and the second SRS resource sets is indicated by the first SRI and the second SRI, respectively.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the number of SRS resources indicated in the first SRI and the second SRI is a wireless communication device capability reported by the wireless communication device to the network node.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first SRS resource set is associated with a first phase tracking reference signal, PTRS, port and the second SRS resource set is associated with a second PTRS port.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein transmitting the first PUSCH in the first set of occasions according to the first SRI and the second PUSCH in the second set of occasions according to the second SRI comprises:

transmitting the first PUSCH on antenna port(s) that correspond to the one or more SRS resources indicated by the first SRI in the first SRS resource set; and

transmitting the second PUSCH on antenna port(s) that correspond to the one or more SRS resources indicated by the second SRI in the second SRS resource set.

14. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting a first set of layers of a PUSCH on antenna ports that correspond to SRS resources in the first SRS resource set; and

transmitting a second set of layers of the PUSCH on antenna ports that correspond to SRS resources in the second SRS resource set.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the request is contained in a Downlink Control Information, DCI, that schedules the PUSCH transmission.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the DCI contains a first SRI field for indicating the first SRI and a second SRI field for indicating the second SRI.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the DCI contains a single SRI field for both the first SRI and the second SRI.

18. The method of claim 1 , wherein the request is contained in a radio resource control, RRC, configuration for a configured grant.

19. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first SRS resource set is associated with a first higher layer parameter configured by the network node to indicate, to the wireless communication device, to use non-codebook based PUSCH for uplink transmissions associated with the first SRS resource set, and the second SRS resource set is associated with a second higher layer parameter configured by the network node to indicate, to the wireless communication device, to use non-codebook based PUSCH for uplink transmissions associated with the second SRS resource set.

20. The method of claim 1 where the first NZP CSI-RS and the second NZP CSI-RS have the same time-domain behavior.

21. The method of claim 20 where the time domain behavior is one of aperiodic, semi-persistent, and periodic.

22. A wireless communication device comprising:

one or more transmitters;

one or more receivers; and

processing circuitry associated with the one or more transmitters and the one or more receivers, the processing circuitry configured to cause the wireless communication device to:

receive, from a network node, a configuration of a first Sounding Reference Signal, SRS, resource set to be used for non-codebook based Physical Uplink Shared Channel, PUSCH, transmission and a second SRS resource set to be used for non-codebook based PUSCH transmission;

receive, from the network node, a configuration of a first Non-Zero Power, NZP, Channel State Information Reference Signal, CSI-RS, associated with the first SRS resource set and a second NZP CSI-RS associated with the second SRS resource set;

receive a request for transmitting data in PUSCH in a plurality of occasions, wherein the request comprises:

an indication that data transmission in PUSCH in the plurality of occasions is based on both the first SRS resource set and the second SRS resource set;

a first SRS resource indicator, SRI, associated with the first SRS resource set; and

a second SRI associated with the second SRS resource set; and

transmit a first PUSCH in a first set of occasions according to the first SRI and a second PUSCH in a second set of occasions according to the second SRI, wherein the first PUSCH comprises a first SRS according to the first SRI and the second PUSCH comprises a second SRS according to the second SRI.

23. A method performed by a network node comprising:

providing, to a wireless communication device, a configuration of a first Sounding Reference Signal, SRS, resource set to be used for non-codebook based Physical Uplink Shared Channel, PUSCH, transmission and a second SRS resource set to be used for non-codebook based PUSCH transmission;

providing, to the wireless communication device, a configuration of a first Non-Zero Power, NZP, Channel State Information Reference Signal, CSI-RS, associated with the first SRS resource set and a second NZP CSI-RS associated with the second SRS resource set;

transmitting, to the wireless communication device, a request for transmitting data in PUSCH in a plurality of occasions, wherein the request comprises:

an indication that data transmission in PUSCH in the plurality of occasions is based on both the first SRS resource set and the second SRS resource set;

a first SRS resource indicator, SRI, associated with the first SRS resource set; and

a second SRI associated with the second SRS resource set; and

receiving a first PUSCH in a first set of occasions with a first transmission and reception point, TRP, and a second PUSCH in a second set of occasions with a second TRP, wherein the first PUSCH comprises a first SRS according to the first SRI and the second PUSCH comprises a second SRS according to the second SRI.

24. The method of claim 23 , wherein the first SRI indicates one or more SRS resources in the first SRS resource set and the second SRI indicates one or more SRS resources in the second SRS resource set.

25. A network node comprising processing circuitry configured to cause the network node to:

provide, to a wireless communication device, a configuration of a first Sounding Reference Signal, SRS, resource set to be used for non-codebook based Physical Uplink Shared Channel, PUSCH, transmission and a second SRS resource set to be used for non-codebook based PUSCH transmission;

provide, to the wireless communication device, a configuration of a first Non-Zero Power, NZP, Channel State Information Reference Signal, CSI-RS, associated with the first SRS resource set and a second NZP CSI-RS associated with the second SRS resource set;

transmit, to the wireless communication device, a request for transmitting data in PUSCH in a plurality of occasions, wherein the request comprises:

an indication that data transmission in PUSCH in the plurality of occasions is based on both the first SRS resource set and the second SRS resource set;

a first SRS resource indicator, SRI, associated with the first SRS resource set; and

a second SRI associated with the second SRS resource set; and

receive a first PUSCH in a first set of occasions with a first transmission and reception point, TRP, and a second PUSCH in a second set of occasions with a second TRP, wherein the first PUSCH comprises a first SRS according to the first SRI and the second PUSCH comprises a second SRS according to the second SRI.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 11, 2022
From: MURUGANATHAN, SIVA; GAO, SHIWEI; FRENNE, MATTIAS; JÄRMYR, SIMON
To: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Reel/Frame 060779/0094 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62976152 · Feb 13, 2020
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