Granted Patent B2

US 12,519,590 · App. 17/797,881 · Granted Jan 6, 2026

Inventors: Hyoungju Ji (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Hoondong Noh (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Jinhyun Park (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Youngrok Jang (Gyeonggi-do, KR)

Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

H04L5/0051H04L5/0012

Abstract

Claims (46)

1 . A method, performed by a terminal, of performing channel estimation in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a base station, capability information of the terminal regarding sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission, wherein the capability information includes information indicating whether the SRS transmission on some resources of an SRS frequency band is supported by the terminal;

receiving, from the base station, configuration information including information for configuring at least part of an uplink band as the SRS frequency band for the SRS transmission, wherein the configuration information indicates whether to transmit an SRS on the some resources of the SRS frequency band or the SRS frequency band; and

in case that the configuration information indicates to transmit the SRS on the some resources of the SRS frequency band, transmitting, to the base station, the SRS on the some resources of the SRS frequency band based on frequency hopping patterns,

wherein the SRS is transmitted in units of one or two resource blocks at a single SRS occasion, and

wherein, in frequency domain, SRS transmissions in adjacent frequency hopping patterns have interval equal to an integer multiple of the units, and

wherein channel state information of the SRS frequency band is determined based on the transmitted SRS.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting, to the base station, state information regarding SRS transmission,

wherein the state information of the terminal includes at least one of channel state information (CSI) or a power headroom report.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the information for configuring as the SRS frequency band includes information for configuring a partial band of the SRS frequency band as a band of interest, and

the transmitting of the SRS to the base station includes transmitting the SRS to the base station in the band of interest.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from the base station, an SRS frequency band hopping indication;

moving from the SRS frequency band to a new SRS frequency band based on the SRS frequency band hopping indication; and

performing frequency hopping in the new SRS frequency band.

5 . A method, performed by a base station, of performing channel estimation in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, from a terminal, capability information of the terminal regarding sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission, wherein the capability information includes information indicating whether the SRS transmission on some resources of an SRS frequency band is supported by the terminal;

transmitting configuration information including information for configuring at least part of an uplink band as the SRS frequency band for SRS transmission, based on the capability information of the terminal, wherein the configuration information indicates whether to transmit an SRS in the some resources of the SRS frequency band or the SRS frequency band;

in case that the configuration information indicates to transmit the SRS on the some resources of the SRS frequency band, receiving, from the terminal, the SRS on the some resources of the SRS frequency band; and

determining channel state information of the SRS frequency band based on the received SRS,

wherein the SRS is transmitted from the terminal in units of one or two resource blocks at a single SRS occasion, and

wherein, in frequency domain, SRS transmissions in adjacent frequency hopping patterns have interval equal to an integer multiple of the units.

6 . A terminal for channel estimation in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising:

a transceiver; and

at least one processor configured to:

transmit, to a base station, capability information of the terminal regarding sounding reference signal (SRS), wherein the capability information includes information indicating whether the SRS transmission on some resources of an SRS frequency band is supported by the terminal,

receive, from the base station, configuration information including information for configuring at least part of an uplink band as the SRS frequency band for the SRS transmission, wherein the configuration information indicates whether to transmit an SRS on the some resources of the SRS frequency band or the SRS frequency band, and

in case that the configuration information indicates to transmit the SRS on the some resources of the SRS frequency band, transmit, to the base station, the SRS on the some resources of the SRS frequency band based on frequency hopping patterns,

wherein the SRS is transmitted in units of one or two resource blocks at a single SRS occasion, and

wherein, in frequency domain, SRS transmissions in adjacent frequency hopping patterns have interval equal to an integer multiple of the units,

wherein channel state information of the SRS frequency band is determined based on the transmitted SRS,

wherein channel state information of the SRS frequency band is determined based on the transmitted SRS.

7 . The terminal of claim 6 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to transmit, to the base station, state information regarding SRS transmission, and

wherein the state information of the terminal includes at least one of channel state information (CSI) or a power headroom report.

8 . The terminal of claim 6 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to transmit the SRS to the base station in a band of interest, and

the information for configuring as the SRS frequency band includes information for configuring a partial band of the SRS frequency band as the band of interest.

9 . The terminal of claim 6 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to receive, from the base station, an SRS frequency band hopping indication, move from the SRS frequency band to a new SRS frequency band based on the SRS frequency band hopping indication, and perform frequency hopping in the new SRS frequency band.

10 . A base station for channel estimation in a wireless communication system, the base station comprising:

a transceiver; and

at least one processor configured to:

receive, from a terminal, capability information of the terminal regarding sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission, wherein the capability information includes information indicating whether the SRS transmission on some resources of an SRS frequency band is supported by the terminal,

transmit configuration information including information for configuring at least part of an uplink band as the SRS frequency band for the SRS transmission, based on the capability information of the terminal, wherein the configuration information indicates whether to transmit an SRS in the some resources of the SRS frequency band or the SRS frequency band,

in case that the configuration information indicates to transmit the SRS on the some resources of the SRS frequency band, receive, from the terminal, the SRS on the some resources of the SRS frequency band based on frequency hopping patterns, and

determine channel state information of the SRS frequency band based on the received SRS,

wherein the SRS is transmitted from the terminal in units of one or two resource blocks at a single SRS occasion, and

wherein, in frequency domain, SRS transmissions in adjacent frequency hopping patterns have interval equal to an integer multiple of the units.

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