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Granted Patent B2
US 12,542,696 · App. 18/353,438 · Granted Feb 3, 2026

Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving uplink reference signal in wireless communication system

Inventors: Seongmok Lim (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Hyoungju Ji (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Hoondong Noh (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Jinhyun Park (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Yeongeun Lim (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Youngrok Jang (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
H04L25/0226H04L5/0051H04W72/0446H04W72/23H04W80/02
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Patent No.
US 12,542,696
App. No.
18/353,438
Granted
Feb 3, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A terminal and a method performed by the terminal are provided for use in a wireless communication system. The method includes receiving configuration information associated with a sounding reference signal (SRS) by higher layer signaling; receiving downlink control information (DCI) for triggering the SRS; and transmitting, based on the configuration information and the DCI, the SRS in an available slot counting from a reference slot.

Claims (36)

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

receiving configuration information associated with a sounding reference signal (SRS) through higher layer signaling;

receiving, in a slot n, downlink control information (DCI) for triggering the SRS; and

transmitting, based on the configuration information and the DCI, the SRS in a slot,

wherein the configuration information includes a slot offset (X) and at least one candidate value from a reference slot n+X to the slot in which the SRS is transmitted.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the slot in which the SRS is transmitted is determined based on the at least one candidate value, as a u-th available slot.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the DCI includes an offset indicator to indicate one of the at least one candidate value.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein a bit number of the offset indicator is determined based on a number of the at least one candidate value.

5 . A terminal in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising:

a transceiver; and

at least one processor coupled with the transceiver and configured to:

receive configuration information associated with a sounding reference signal (SRS) through higher layer signaling,

receive, in a slot n, downlink control information (DCI) for triggering the SRS, and

transmit, based on the configuration information and the DCI, the SRS in a slot,

wherein the configuration information includes a slot offset (X) and at least one candidate value from a reference slot n+X to the slot in which the SRS is transmitted.

6 . The terminal of claim 5 , wherein the slot in which the SRS is transmitted is determined based on the at least one candidate value, as a u-th available slot.

7 . The terminal of claim 5 , wherein the DCI includes an offset indicator to indicate one of the at least one candidate value.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein a bit number of the offset indicator is determined based on a number of the at least one candidate value.

9 . A method performed by a base station (BS) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a terminal, configuration information associated with a sounding reference signal (SRS) through higher layer signaling;

transmitting, in a slot n, downlink control information (DCI) for triggering the SRS; and

receiving, based on the configuration information and the DCI, the SRS in a slot,

wherein the configuration information includes a slot offset (X) and at least one candidate value from a reference slot n+X to the slot in which the SRS is received.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the slot in which the SRS is received is determined based on the at least one candidate value, as a u-th available slot.

11 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the DCI includes an offset indicator to indicate one of the at least one candidate value.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein a bit number of the offset indicator is determined based on a number of the at least one candidate value.

13 . A base station (BS), in a wireless communication system, the BS comprising:

a transceiver; and

at least one processor coupled with the transceiver and configured to:

transmit, to a terminal, configuration information associated with a sounding reference signal (SRS) through higher layer signaling,

transmit, in a slot, downlink control information (DCI) for triggering the SRS, and

receive, based on the configuration information and the DCI, the SRS in a slot,

wherein the configuration information includes a slot offset (X) and at least one candidate value from a reference slot n+X to the slot in which the SRS is received.

14 . The BS of claim 13 , wherein the slot in which the SRS is received is determined based on the at least one candidate value, as a u-th available slot.

15 . The BS of claim 13 , wherein the DCI includes an offset indicator to indicate one of the at least one candidate value.

16 . The BS of claim 15 , wherein a bit number of the offset indicator is determined based on a number of the at least one candidate value.

Priority Claims (5)
KR 10-2020-0046265 · Apr 16, 2020 · national
KR 10-2020-0083629 · Jul 7, 2020 · national
KR 10-2020-0138418 · Oct 23, 2020 · national
KR 10-2021-0006282 · Jan 15, 2021 · national
KR 10-2021-0015256 · Feb 3, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17232613 · Apr 16, 2021
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