IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,609,789
Granted Patent B2
US 12,609,789 · App. 18/330,769 · Granted Apr 21, 2026

Transmission method, terminal device, and network device

Inventors: Yun Fang (Guangdong, CN); Zhihua Shi (Guangdong, CN); Wenhong Chen (Guangdong, CN); Yingpei Huang (Guangdong, CN); Jiejiao Tian (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
H04L1/1861H04L5/0051H04W72/23
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Patent No.
US 12,609,789
App. No.
18/330,769
Granted
Apr 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A transmission method, a terminal device, and a network device are provided. The method includes the following. A terminal device receives sounding reference signal (SRS) resource indicator (SRI) information, where the SRI information is indicative of an SRS resource to be used by the terminal device for uplink repetitions. The SRI information includes a first indication and/or at least one second indication, where the first indication indicates the number of transmission layers and a first SRS resource to be used by the terminal device for a first transmission in the uplink repetitions, and the second indication indicates a second SRS resource to be used by the terminal device for a second transmission in the uplink repetitions. A receiver and/or a beam direction for the first transmission is different from a receiver and/or a beam direction for the second transmission.

Claims (46)

1 . A transmission method, comprising:

receiving, by a terminal device, sounding reference signal (SRS) resource indicator (SRI) information, the SRI information being indicative of an SRS resource to be used by the terminal device for uplink repetitions;

wherein the SRI information comprises a first indication and/or at least one second indication, the first indication indicates a number of transmission layers and a first SRS resource to be used by the terminal device for a first transmission in the uplink repetitions, and the second indication indicates a second SRS resource to be used by the terminal device for a second transmission in the uplink repetitions; and

wherein a receiver and/or a beam direction for the first transmission is different from a receiver and/or a beam direction for the second transmission;

wherein the second indication does not contain the indication of the number of transmission layers to be used by the terminal device for the second transmission, the number of transmission layers to be used by the terminal device for the second transmission is determined according to the number of transmission layers indicated by the first indication.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

based on the SRI information received, performing, by the terminal device, a non-codebook-based first transmission by using the number of transmission layers and the first SRS resource indicated by the first indication; and/or

based on the SRI information received, performing, by the terminal device, a non-codebook-based second transmission by using the number of transmission layers indicated by the first indication or the number of transmission layers indicated by the second indication, and the second SRS resource indicated by the second indication.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first indication and the second indication are respectively contained in different SRI fields in a same PDCCH, or the first indication and the second indication are contained in the same SRI field in the same PDCCH.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:

a bit value of the first indication is determined according to a first correspondence, wherein the first correspondence is a correspondence between an SRS resource in a first SRS resource set and a first set of bit values; and/or

a bit value of the second indication is determined according to a second correspondence, wherein the second correspondence is a correspondence between an SRS resource in a second SRS resource set and a second set of bit values.

5 . The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

determining according to the first correspondence, by the terminal device, the number of transmission layers and/or the first SRS resource indicated by the first indication; and/or

determining according to the number of transmission layers indicated by the first indication and the second correspondence, by the terminal device, the second SRS resource indicated by the second indication, or determining according to the second correspondence, by the terminal device, the number of transmission layers and/or the second SRS resource indicated by the second indication.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:

when the number of SRS resources in a first SRS resource set is one, a number of bits of the first indication is one; and/or

when the number of SRS resources in a second SRS resource set is one, a number of bits of the second indication is one.

7 . A terminal device, comprising:

a transceiver configured to receive sounding reference signal (SRS) resource indicator (SRI) information, the SRI information being indicative of an SRS resource to be used by the terminal device for uplink repetitions, and the SRI information comprising a first indication and/or at least one second indication; and

a processor configured to parse the SRI information received, to obtain a number of transmission layers and a first SRS resource that are indicated by the first indication and to be used by the terminal device for a first transmission in the uplink repetitions, and a second SRS resource that is indicated by the second indication and to be used by the terminal device for a second transmission in the uplink repetitions;

wherein the second indication does not contain the indication of the number of transmission layers to be used by the terminal device for the second transmission, the number of transmission layers to be used by the terminal device for the second transmission is determined according to the number of transmission lavers indicated by the first indication.

8 . The terminal device of claim 7 , wherein:

based on the SRI information received, a non-codebook-based first transmission is performed by the terminal device by using the number of transmission layers and the first SRS resource indicated by the first indication; and/or

based on the SRI information received, a non-codebook-based second transmission is performed by the terminal device by using the number of transmission layers indicated by the first indication or the number of transmission layers indicated by the second indication, and the second SRS resource indicated by the second indication.

9 . The terminal device of claim 7 , wherein the first SRS resource is selected from a first SRS resource set configured for the terminal device, and the second SRS resource is selected from a second SRS resource set configured for the terminal device.

10 . A network device, comprising:

a processor configured to determine sounding reference signal (SRS) resource indicator (SRI) information, the SRI information being indicative of an SRS resource to be used by a terminal device for uplink repetitions, and the SRI information comprising first indication and/or at least one second indication; and

a transceiver configured to send the determined SRI information to the terminal device;

wherein the first indication indicates a number of transmission layers and a first SRS resource to be used by the terminal device for a first transmission in the uplink repetitions, the second indication indicates a second SRS resource to be used by the terminal device for a second transmission in the uplink repetitions, and a receiver and/or a beam direction for the first transmission is different from a receiver and/or a beam direction for the second transmission;

wherein the second indication does not contain the indication of the number of transmission layers to be used by the terminal device for the second transmission, the number of transmission layers to be used by the terminal device for the second transmission is determined according to the number of transmission layers indicated by the first indication.

11 . The network device of claim 10 , wherein:

based on the SRI information received, a non-codebook-based first transmission is performed by the terminal device by using the number of transmission layers and the first SRS resource indicated by the first indication; and/or

based on the SRI information received, a non-codebook-based second transmission is performed by the terminal device by using the number of transmission layers indicated by the first indication or the number of transmission layers indicated by the second indication, and the second SRS resource indicated by the second indication.

12 . The network device of claim 10 , wherein the processor is configured to:

select, from a first SRS resource set configured for the terminal device, the first SRS resource to be indicated by the first indication, and select, from a second SRS resource set configured for the terminal device, the second SRS resource to be indicated by the second indication.

13 . The network device of claim 10 , wherein the processor is configured to:

determine a bit value of the first indication according to a first correspondence, wherein the first correspondence is a correspondence between an SRS resource in a first SRS resource set and a first set of bit values; and/or

determine a bit value of the second indication according to a second correspondence, wherein the second correspondence is a correspondence between an SRS resource in a second SRS resource set and a second set of bit values.

14 . The network device of claim 10 , wherein:

when the number of SRS resources in a first SRS resource set is one, a number of bits of the first indication is one; and/or

when the number of SRS resources in a second SRS resource set is one, a number of bits of the second indication is one.

15 . The network device of claim 10 , wherein the processor is configured to:

determine a number of bits of the second indication according to the number of transmission layers indicated by the first indication and the number of SRS resources in a second SRS resource set, when the second indication does not contain the indication of the number of transmission layers to be used for the second transmission.

16 . The network device of claim 10 , wherein the processor is configured to:

determine a maximum among numbers of bits that are determined according to different numbers of transmission layers and the number of SRS resources in the second SRS resource set as the number of bits of the second indication, wherein each of the different numbers of transmission layers does not exceed a pre-defined number of transmission layers.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 17, 2023
From: FANG, YUN; SHI, ZHIHUA; CHEN, WENHONG; HUANG, YINGPEI; TIAN, JIEJIAO
To: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064281/0899 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2021070658 · Jan 7, 2021
Related Publication 20230327819A1 · Oct 12, 2023
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