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US 12,671,538 · App. 18/447,878 · Granted Jun 30, 2026

Wireless communication method, terminal device, and network device

Inventors: Jiejiao Tian (Dongguan, CN); Wenhong Chen (Dongguan, CN); Zhihua Shi (Dongguan, CN); Yingpei Huang (Dongguan, CN); Yun Fang (Dongguan, CN)
Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
H04L5/0048H04L5/0007
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Patent No.
US 12,671,538
App. No.
18/447,878
Filed
Aug 10, 2023
Granted
Jun 30, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2475
USPC
370/329
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a wireless communication method, a terminal device, and a network device. The method includes: determining, by a terminal device based on a frequency-domain related parameter and a first correspondence, an initial number of RBs for transmitting an SRS on each OFDM symbol in consecutive OFDM symbols, the first correspondence being a correspondence between frequency-domain related parameters and initial numbers of RBs; determining, by the terminal device based on the initial number of RBs and the frequency-domain related parameter, first consecutive RBs for transmitting the SRS; and adjusting, by the terminal device based on an adjustment factor, the initial number of RBs to obtain an actual number of RBs smaller than the initial number of RBs, and determining, by the terminal device based on position information, a position of second consecutive RBs for transmitting the SRS in the first consecutive RBs on each OFDM symbol.

Claims (27)

1 . A wireless communication method, comprising:

determining, by a terminal device based on a frequency-domain related parameter and a first correspondence, an initial number of resource blocks (RBs) for transmitting a sounding reference signal (SRS) on each orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol in consecutive OFDM symbols, the first correspondence being a correspondence between frequency-domain related parameters and initial numbers of RBs;

determining, by the terminal device based on the initial number of RBs and the frequency-domain related parameter, first consecutive RBs for transmitting the SRS; and

adjusting, by the terminal device based on an adjustment factor, the initial number of RBs to obtain an actual number of RBs smaller than the initial number of RBs, and determining, by the terminal device based on position information, a position of second consecutive RBs for transmitting the SRS in the first consecutive RBs on each OFDM symbol, a number of RBs comprised in the second consecutive RBs being the actual number of RBs;

wherein the adjustment factor is greater than 1 , and when a number of consecutive OFDM symbols occupied by the SRS is greater than 1 , in response to determining to start frequency hopping based on the frequency-domain related parameter and determining that the SRS has an identical frequency domain position on the first consecutive RBs corresponding respectively to each OFDM symbol of the consecutive OFDM symbols based on the position information, the position information has a value being any one in a set {0,1, . . . PF−1}, wherein PF represents the adjustment factor.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the adjustment factor is any one of elements in any one of sets: {2,3,4,8}, {2,4,8}, {2,4}, or {2}.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein when the number of consecutive OFDM symbols occupied by the SRS is equal to 1, the position information has a value being any one in a set {0,1, . . . PF−1}, wherein PF represents the adjustment factor.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the adjustment factor and the position information are jointly encoded or independently encoded.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the adjustment factor is configured based on each SRS resource or all SRS resources in each SRS set.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the position information is configured based on each SRS resource or all SRS resources in each SRS set.

7 . A terminal device, comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the memory has a computer program stored thereon, and the processor is configured to invoke and execute the computer program stored in the memory to enable the terminal device to perform:

determining, based on a frequency-domain related parameter and a first correspondence, an initial number of resource blocks (RBs) for transmitting a sounding reference signal (SRS) on each orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol in consecutive OFDM symbols, the first correspondence being a correspondence between frequency-domain related parameters and initial numbers of RBs;

determining, based on the initial number of RBs and the frequency-domain related parameter, first consecutive RBs for transmitting the SRS; and

adjusting, based on an adjustment factor, the initial number of RBs to obtain an actual number of RBs smaller than the initial number of RBs, and determining, based on position information, a position of second consecutive RBs for transmitting the SRS in the first consecutive RBs on each OFDM symbol, a number of RBs comprised in the second consecutive RBs being the actual number of RBs;

wherein the adjustment factor is greater than 1 , and when a number of consecutive OFDM symbols occupied by the SRS is greater than 1 , in response to determining to start frequency hopping based on the frequency-domain related parameter and determining that the SRS has an identical frequency domain position on the first consecutive RBs corresponding respectively to each OFDM symbol of the consecutive OFDM symbols based on the position information, the position information has a value being any one in a set {0,1. . . PF−1}, wherein PF represents the adjustment factor.

8 . The terminal device according to claim 7 , wherein the adjustment factor is any one of elements in any one of sets: {2,3,4,8}, {2,4,8}, {2,4}, or {2}.

9 . The terminal device according to claim 8 , wherein when the number of consecutive OFDM symbols occupied by the SRS is equal to 1, the position information has a value being any one in a set {0,1, . . . PF−1}, wherein PF represents the adjustment factor.

10 . The terminal device according to claim 7 , wherein the adjustment factor and the position information are jointly encoded or independently encoded.

11 . A network device, comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the memory has a computer program stored thereon, and the processor is configured to invoke and execute the computer program stored in the memory to enable the network device to perform:

transmitting configuration information of an SRS to a terminal device, the configuration information comprising a frequency-domain related parameter, an adjustment factor, and position information,

wherein the frequency-domain related parameter is used to determine an initial number of RBs for transmitting the SRS on each OFDM symbol in consecutive OFDM symbols, the initial number of RBs and the frequency-domain related parameter are used to determine first consecutive RBs for transmitting the SRS, the adjustment factor is used to adjust the initial number of RBs to obtain an actual number of RBs smaller than the initial number of RBs, the position information indicates a position of second consecutive RBs in the first consecutive RBs on each OFDM symbols, and a number of RBs comprised in the second consecutive RBs is the actual number of RBs;

wherein the adjustment factor is greater than 1, and when a number of consecutive OFDM symbols occupied by the SRS is greater than 1, in response to determining to start frequency hopping based on the frequency-domain related parameter and determining that the SRS has an identical frequency domain position on the first consecutive RBs corresponding respectively to each OFDM symbol of the consecutive OFDM symbols based on the position information, the position information has a value being any one in a set {0,1, . . . PF−1}, wherein PF represents the adjustment factor.

12 . The network device according to claim 11 , wherein the adjustment factor is any one of elements in any one of sets: {2,3,4,8}, {2,4,8}, {2,4}, or {2}.

13 . The network device according to claim 11 , wherein when the number of consecutive OFDM symbols occupied by the SRS is equal to 1, the position information has a value being any one in a set {0,1, . . . PF−1}, wherein PF represents the adjustment factor.

14 . The network device according to claim 11 , wherein the adjustment factor and the position information are jointly encoded or independently encoded.

15 . The network device according to claim 11 , wherein the adjustment factor is configured based on each SRS resource or all SRS resources in each SRS set.

16 . The network device according to claim 11 , wherein the position information is configured based on each SRS resource or all SRS resources in each SRS set.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 10, 2023
From: TIAN, JIEJIAO; CHEN, WENHONG; SHI, ZHIHUA; HUANG, YINGPEI; FANG, YUN
To: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
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Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2021085081 · Apr 1, 2021
Related Publication 20230388075A1 · Nov 30, 2023
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