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US 12,476,683 · App. 17/939,200 · Granted Nov 18, 2025

Wireless communication device for transmitting and receiving reference signals and operating method thereof

Inventors: Hongsik Yoon (Suwon-si, KR); Jungmin Park (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04B7/0626H04L25/0224H04B17/309H04L25/0202
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Patent No.
US 12,476,683
App. No.
17/939,200
Granted
Nov 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An operating method of a user equipment (UE) includes receiving channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) configuration information from a base station including time and frequency location information of a first CSI-RS, the first CSI-RS corresponding to a first density value of 0.5, 1 or 3, determining whether to request a second CSI-RS having a second density value based on a channel characteristic, the second density value being different from the first density value, and the channel characteristic corresponding to a channel between the UE and the base station, transmitting a request message to the base station in response to determining to request the second CSI-RS, receiving the second CSI-RS from the base station based on the CSI-RS configuration information, the second CSI-RS being based on the request message, estimating the channel based on the second CSI-RS, and transmitting a CSI-RS report to the base station based on the channel estimate.

Claims (57)

1 . An operating method of a user equipment (UE), the operating method comprising:

receiving channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) configuration information from a base station, the CSI-RS configuration information including time and frequency location information of a first CSI-RS, and the first CSI-RS corresponding to a first density value of 0.5, 1 or 3;

determining whether to request a second CSI-RS having a second density value based on a comparison between a first delay spread and a reference value, the second density value being different from the first density value, the first delay spread corresponding to a channel between the UE and the base station, and the first delay spread being determined from the first CSI-RS;

transmitting a CSI-RS density change request message to the base station in response to determining to request the second CSI-RS;

receiving the second CSI-RS from the base station based on the CSI-RS configuration information, the second CSI-RS being based on the CSI-RS density change request message;

estimating the channel based on the second CSI-RS to obtain a channel estimate; and

transmitting a CSI-RS report to the base station, the CSI-RS report being based on the channel estimate.

2 . The operating method of claim 1 , wherein

the second density value is 3; and

the receiving the second CSI-RS includes receiving the second CSI-RS based on a plurality of antenna ports.

3 . The operating method of claim 2 , wherein the CSI-RS report comprises at least one of:

a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) corresponding to the second CSI-RS; or

a rank indicator (RI) corresponding to the second CSI-RS.

4 . The operating method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting the CSI-RS density change request message includes transmitting the CSI-RS density change request message based on a UE capability information message.

5 . The operating method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting the CSI-RS density change request message includes transmitting the CSI-RS density change request message based on a UE assistance information message.

6 . The operating method of claim 1 , wherein

the first delay spread is a delay spread of the first CSI-RS; and

the determining whether to request the second CSI-RS comprises determining to request the second CSI-RS based on the first delay spread being less than the reference value, the first CSI-RS being received based on a multi-path, and the second density value being greater than the first density value.

7 . The operating method of claim 1 , wherein the estimating the channel comprises:

measuring a first power related to noise in a time domain with respect to the second CSI-RS;

measuring a received power of the second CSI-RS; and

calculating a received signal received power (RSRP) of the second CSI-RS by excluding the first power from the received power.

8 . The operating method of claim 7 , wherein the CSI-RS report comprises at least one of a layer1-reference signal received power (L1-RSRP) or a layer1-signal to noise ratio (L1-SINR).

9 . An operating method of a user equipment (UE), the operating method comprising:

determining whether to request a first tracking reference signal (TRS) having a first frequency length based on a comparison between a previous frequency length and a reference value, the previous frequency length being based on a delay spread, the delay spread corresponding to a channel between the UE and a base station, and the previous frequency length being of a previously received TRS;

transmitting a frequency length change request message to the base station in response to determining to request the first TRS;

receiving the first TRS having from the base station, the first TRS having the first frequency length, and the first frequency length being different from the previous frequency length of the previously received TRS; and

performing time and frequency tracking based on the first TRS.

10 . The operating method of claim 9 , wherein the first frequency length is a bandwidth part (BWP) length.

11 . The operating method of claim 9 , wherein the transmitting the frequency length change request message includes transmitting the frequency length change request message based on a UE capability information message.

12 . The operating method of claim 9 , wherein the transmitting the frequency length change request message includes transmitting the frequency length change request message based on a UE assistance information message.

13 . A user equipment (UE), comprising:

processing circuitry configured to

receive channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) configuration information from a base station, the CSI-RS configuration information including time and frequency location information of a first CSI-RS, and the first CSI-RS corresponding to a first density value of 0.5, 1 or 3,

determine whether to request a second CSI-RS having a second density value based on a comparison between a first delay spread and a reference value, the second density value being different from the first density value, the first delay spread corresponding to a channel between the UE and the base station, and the first delay spread being determined from the first CSI-RS,

transmit a CSI-RS density change request message to the base station in response to determining to request the second CSI-RS,

receive the second CSI-RS from the base station based on the CSI-RS configuration information, the second CSI-RS being based on the CSI-RS density change request message,

estimate the channel based on the second CSI-RS to obtain a channel estimate, and

transmit a CSI-RS report to the base station, the CSI-RS report being based on the channel estimate.

14 . The UE of claim 13 , wherein

the second density value is 3; and

the processing circuitry is configured to receive the second CSI-RS based on a plurality of antenna ports.

15 . The UE of claim 13 , wherein the CSI-RS report comprises at least one of:

a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) corresponding to the second CSI-RS; or

a rank indicator (RI) corresponding to the second CSI-RS.

16 . The UE of claim 13 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to transmit the CSI-RS density change request message based on a UE capability information message.

17 . The UE of claim 13 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to transmit the CSI-RS density change request message based on a UE assistance information message.

18 . The UE of claim 13 , wherein

the first delay spread is a delay spread of the first CSI-RS; and

the processing circuitry is configured to determine whether to request the second CSI-RS based on the first delay spread being less than the reference value, the first CSI-RS being received based on a multi-path, and the second density value being greater than the first density value.

19 . The UE of claim 13 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to estimate the channel including:

measuring a first power related to noise in a time domain with respect to the second CSI-RS;

measuring a received power of the second CSI-RS; and

calculating a received signal received power (RSRP) of the second CSI-RS by excluding the first power from the received power.

20 . The UE of claim 19 , wherein the CSI-RS report comprises at least one of:

a layer1-reference signal received power (L1-RSRP) based on the RSRP of the second CSI-RS; or

a layer1-signal to noise ratio (L1-SINR) based on the RSRP of the second CSI-RS.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 12, 2022
From: YOON, HONGSIK; PARK, JUNGMIN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2021-0118961 · Sep 7, 2021 · national
KR 10-2022-0077084 · Jun 23, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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