IP Library Granted Patent US 12,634,067
Granted Patent B2
US 12,634,067 · App. 17/915,615 · Granted May 19, 2026

SRS transmission method, device and system, storage medium, and electronic device

Inventors: Yuxin Wang (Shenzhen, CN); Zhaohua Lu (Shenzhen, CN); Hao Wu (Shenzhen, CN); Chuangxin Jiang (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
H04L5/0048H04L5/0094
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Patent No.
US 12,634,067
App. No.
17/915,615
Granted
May 19, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) transmission method, device and system, a storage medium, and an electronic device are provided. The method includes: receiving configuration information sent by a first communication node via signaling, and transmitting an SRS to the first communication node based on the configuration information; or, transmitting an SRS to a first communication node according to a rule agreed upon with the first communication node.

Claims (370)

1 . A Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) transmission method, comprising:

transmitting an SRS to a first communication node according to a rule agreed upon with the first communication node;

wherein the rule agreed upon with the first communication node comprises at least one of:

in a case where the SRS is an aperiodic SRS, an SRS transmission number is n SRS calculated as: n SRS =└└l′/R┘/R partial ┘, wherein l′ is an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol serial number in an SRS resource, R is a repetition factor configured by the first communication node through a higher-layer parameter, and R partial is a factor configured by the first communication node through a higher-layer parameter and used for indicating repetition between SRS resources or SRS resource sets;

in a case where the SRS is a periodic SRS or a semi-persistent SRS, an SRS transmission number n SRS is calculated as:

n

SRS

=

(

(

N

slot

frame

,

μ

n

f

+

n

s

,

f

μ

-

T

offset

T

SRS

)

·

(

N

symb

SRS

R

)

+

l

R

)

/

R

partial

wherein l′ is an OFDM symbol serial number in an SRS resource, R is a repetition factor configured by the first communication node through a higher-layer parameter, R partial is a factor configured by the first communication node through a higher-layer parameter and used for indicating repetition between SRS resources or SRS resource sets or SRS transmission slots,

N

symb

SRS

is consecutive OFDM symbols occupied by the SRS resource,

N

slot

frame

,

μ

is the number of slots per frame in a case where a sub-carrier interval is configured as μ, n f is a system frame serial number,

n

s

,

f

μ

is an intra-frame slot serial number in a case where the sub-carrier interval is configured as μ, T SRS is a slot period of the SRS, and T offset is a slot offset of the SRS.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the rule agreed upon with the first communication node comprises:

a number of times that a periodic SRS or a semi-persistent SRS is repeatedly transmitted in a time domain or between slots is a ratio of a hopping bandwidth to a multiple-transmission bandwidth, wherein the multiple-transmission bandwidth is a product of a transmission bandwidth and the number of different transmission positions in a frequency domain.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein a transmission comb offset of the SRS is obtained based on the SRS transmission number n SRS , and the transmission comb offset

k

TC

(

p

i

)

of the SRS transmitted on a p i th antenna port is:

k

TC

(

p

i

)

=

{

(

k

_

TC

+

n

SRS

+

K

TC

/

2

)

mod

K

TC

if

n

SRS

cs

{

n

SRS

cs

,

max

/

2

,

,

n

SRS

cs

,

max

-

1

}

and

N

ap

SRS

=

4

and

p

i

{

1001

,

1003

}

(

k

_

TC

+

n

SRS

)

mod

K

TC

otherwise

wherein k TC is the transmission comb offset of the SRS configured by the first communication node through a higher-layer parameter, n SRS is the SRS transmission number, K TC is the number of transmission combs,

n

SRS

cs

is a cycle shirt or an SKS sequence,

n

SRS

cs

,

max

is a maximum number of the cyclic shift of the SRS sequence, and

N

ap

SRS

is the number of antenna ports of the SRS;

wherein the SRS is the aperiodic SRS or the periodic SRS or the semi-persistent SRS.

4 . A second communication node, comprising a memory storing instructions and a processor in communication with the memory, wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to execute the method according to claim 1 .

5 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program, wherein the computer program is configured to execute the method according to claim 1 .

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the rule agreed upon with the first communication node comprises at least one of:

in a case where the SRS is located at a frequency domain position where SRS transmission is not available, or in a case where the frequency domain position of the SRS completely or partially overlaps with a frequency domain position of another signal, the frequency domain position of the SRS in a current time domain position is updated to a frequency domain position corresponding to a previous time domain position at which the SRS is transmitted, wherein the SRS is the aperiodic SRS or the periodic SRS or the semi-persistent SRS, and

in a case where the SRS is located at a frequency domain position where SRS transmission is not available, or in a case where the frequency domain position of the SRS completely or partially overlaps with a frequency domain position of another signal, the frequency domain position of the SRS in a current time domain position is updated to a frequency domain position corresponding to a next time domain position at which the SRS is transmitted, wherein the SRS is the aperiodic SRS or the periodic SRS or the semi-persistent SRS.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the rule agreed upon with the first communication node comprises at least one of:

in a case where the SRS is located at a frequency domain position where SRS transmission is not available, or in a case where the frequency domain position of the SRS completely or partially overlaps with a frequency domain position of another signal, an SRS transmission number is not accumulated, wherein the SRS is the aperiodic SRS or the periodic SRS or the semi-persistent SRS; and

in a case where the SRS is located at a frequency domain position where SRS transmission is not available, or in a case where the frequency domain position of the SRS completely or partially overlaps with a frequency domain position of another signal, N is added to an SRS transmission number, wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to 10, wherein the SRS is the aperiodic SRS or the periodic SRS or the semi-persistent SRS.

8 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the rule agreed upon with the first communication node comprises:

a transmission comb offset of the SRS is obtained based on at least one of following parameters: a symbol or slot index, a frequency domain subband or frequency band index, a cell Identity Document (ID) or User Equipment (UE) ID, and the SRS transmission number n SRS ;

wherein the SRS is the aperiodic SRS or the periodic SRS or the semi-persistent SRS.

9 . A Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) transmission method, comprising:

receiving an SRS transmitted by a second communication node according to a rule agreed upon with the second communication node;

wherein the rule agreed upon with the second communication node comprises at least one of:

in a case where the SRS is an aperiodic SRS, an SRS transmission number n SRS is calculated as: n SRS =└└l′/R┘/R partial ┘, wherein l′ is an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol serial number in an SRS resource, R is a repetition factor configured by the first communication node through a higher-layer parameter, and R partial is a factor configured by the first communication node through a higher-layer parameter and used for indicating repetition between SRS resources or SRS resource sets;

in a case where the SRS is a periodic SRS or a semi-persistent SRS, an SRS transmission number n SRS is calculated as:

n

SRS

=

(

(

N

slot

frame

,

μ

n

f

+

n

s

,

f

μ

-

T

offset

T

SRS

)

·

(

N

symb

SRS

R

)

+

l

R

)

/

R

partial

wherein l′ is an OFDM symbol serial number in an SRS resource, R is a repetition factor configured by the first communication node through a higher-layer parameter, R partial is a factor configured by the first communication node through a higher-layer parameter and used for indicating repetition between SRS resources or SRS resource sets or SRS transmission slots,

N

symb

SRS

is consecutive OFDM symbols occupied by the SRS resource,

N

slot

frame

,

μ

is the number of slots per frame in a case where a sub-carrier interval is configured as μ, n f is a system frame serial number,

n

s

,

f

μ

is an intra-frame slot serial number in a case where the sub-carrier interval is configured as μ, T SRS is a slot period of the SRS, and T offset is a slot offset of the SRS.

10 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein the rule agreed upon with the second communication node comprises at least one of:

a number of times that a periodic SRS or a semi-persistent SRS is repeatedly transmitted in a time domain or between slots is a ratio of a hopping bandwidth to a multiple-transmission bandwidth, wherein the multiple-transmission bandwidth is a product of a transmission bandwidth and the number of different transmission positions in a frequency domain;

in a case where the SRS is located at a frequency domain position where SRS transmission is not available, or in a case where the frequency domain position of the SRS completely or partially overlaps with a frequency domain position of another signal, the frequency domain position of the SRS in a current time domain position is updated to a frequency domain position corresponding to a previous time domain position at which the SRS is transmitted, wherein the SRS is the aperiodic SRS or the periodic SRS or the semi-persistent SRS;

in a case where the SRS is located at a frequency domain position where SRS transmission is not available, or in a case where the frequency domain position of the SRS completely or partially overlaps with a frequency domain position of another signal, the frequency domain position of the SRS in a current time domain position is updated to a frequency domain position corresponding to a next time domain position at which the SRS is transmitted, wherein the SRS is the aperiodic SRS or the periodic SRS or the semi-persistent SRS;

in a case where the SRS is located at a frequency domain position where SRS transmission is not available, or in a case where the frequency domain position of the SRS completely or partially overlaps with a frequency domain position of another signal, an SRS transmission number is not accumulated, wherein the SRS is the aperiodic SRS or the periodic SRS or the semi-persistent SRS;

in a case where the SRS is located at a frequency domain position where SRS transmission is not available, or in a case where the frequency domain position of the SRS completely or partially overlaps with a frequency domain position of another signal, N is added to an SRS transmission number, wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to 10, wherein the SRS is the aperiodic SRS or the periodic SRS or the semi-persistent SRS; and

a transmission comb offset of the SRS is obtained based on at least one of following parameters: a symbol or slot index, a frequency domain subband or frequency band index, a cell Identity Document (ID) or User Equipment (UE) ID, and the SRS transmission number n SRS , wherein the SRS is the aperiodic SRS or the periodic SRS or the semi-persistent SRS.

11 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein a transmission comb offset of the SRS is obtained based on the SRS transmission number n SRS , and the transmission comb offset

k

TC

(

p

i

)

of the SRS transmitted on a p i th antenna port is:

k

TC

(

p

i

)

=

{

(

k

_

TC

+

n

SRS

+

K

TC

/

2

)

mod

K

TC

if

n

SRS

cs

{

n

SRS

cs

,

max

/

2

,

,

n

SRS

cs

,

max

-

1

}

and

N

ap

SRS

=

4

and

p

i

{

1001

,

1003

}

(

k

_

TC

+

n

SRS

)

mod

K

TC

otherwise

wherein k TC is the transmission comb offset of the SRS configured by a first communication node through a higher-layer parameter, n SRS is the SRS transmission number, K TC is the number of transmission combs,

n

SRS

cs

is a cyclic shift of an SRS sequence,

n

SRS

cs

,

max

is a maximum number of the cyclic shift of the SRS sequence, and

N

ap

SRS

is the number of antenna ports of the SRS;

wherein the SRS is the aperiodic SRS or the periodic SRS or the semi-persistent SRS.

12 . A first communication node, comprising a memory storing instructions and a processor in communication with the memory, wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to execute the method according to claim 9 .

13 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program, wherein the computer program is configured to execute the method according to claim 9 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 29, 2022
From: WANG, YUXIN; LU, ZHAOHUA; WU, HAO; JIANG, CHUANGXIN
To: ZTE CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 202010292437.2 · Apr 14, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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