IP Library Granted Patent US 9,756,616
Granted Patent B2
US 9,756,616 · App. 14/406,779 · Granted Sep 5, 2017

Method for transmitting and receiving uplink sounding reference signal, and terminal for same

Inventor: Min Seok Noh (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: KT CORPORATION
H04W72/0406H04L5/0035H04L5/0051H04L5/0053
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Patent No.
US 9,756,616
App. No.
14/406,779
Granted
Sep 5, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method for transmitting and receiving an uplink sounding reference signal, and a terminal for same.

Claims (41)

1. A method for a User Equipment (UE) to transmit an uplink Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) in a coordinated multi-point transmission/reception system (CoMP system), the method comprising:

receiving, from a first Transmission/Reception (T/R) point of two or more different T/R points, UE-specific configuration information indicating an uplink reference signal identification (ID) wherein the uplink reference signal ID is independent from a physical cell ID of the first T/R point and is coupled with an uplink channel;

generating an SRS based on a type of the SRS, wherein the SRS includes a periodic SRS and an aperiodic SRS;

transmitting the uplink channel to a second T/R point indicated by the uplink reference signal ID; and

transmitting the generated SRS to a T/R point determined based on the type of the SRS,

wherein the second T/R point indicated by the uplink reference signal ID is different from the first T/R point transmitting the UE-specific configuration information;

wherein the generating the SRS includes:

generating the aperiodic SRS using the uplink reference signal ID, and

generating the periodic SRS using the physical cell ID of the first T/R point; and

wherein the transmitting the generated SRS includes:

transmitting the generated aperiodic SRS to the second T/R point indicated by the uplink reference signal ID, and

transmitting the generated periodic SRS to the first T/R point.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the uplink channel is at least one of a physical uplink data channel and a physical uplink control channel.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the uplink reference signal ID is a reference signal ID of an uplink Demodulation Reference Signal (DM-RS).

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the receiving comprises receiving the UE-specific configuration information through a UE-specific parameter or dynamically receiving the UE-specific configuration information through a PDCCH or an EPDCCH.

5. A User Equipment (UE) in a coordinated multi-point transmission/reception system (CoMP system), the User Equipment (UE) comprising:

a receiving unit configured to receive, from a first transmission/reception (T/R) point of two or more different T/R points, UE-specific configuration information indicating an uplink reference signal identification (ID) wherein the uplink reference signal ID is independent from a physical cell ID of the first T/R point and is coupled with an uplink channel;

a controller configured to generate a Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) based on a type of the SRS, wherein the SRS includes a periodic SRS and an aperiodic SRS; and

a transmitting unit configured to transmit the uplink channel to a second T/R point indicated by the uplink reference signal ID and to transmit the generated SRS to a T/R point determined based on the type of the SRS,

wherein the second T/R point indicated by the uplink reference signal ID is different from the first T/R point transmitting the UE-specific configuration information;

wherein the controller is configured to:

generate the aperiodic SRS using the uplink reference signal ID, and

generate the periodic SRS using the physical cell ID of the first T/R point; and

wherein the transmitting unit is configured to:

transmit the generated aperiodic SRS to the second T/R point indicated by the uplink reference signal ID, and

transmit the generated periodic SRS to the first T/R point.

6. The UE as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the uplink channel is at least one of a physical uplink data channel and a physical uplink control channel.

7. The UE as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the uplink reference signal ID is a reference signal ID of an uplink Demodulation Reference Signal (DM-RS).

8. The UE as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the receiving unit is configured to receive the UE-specific configuration information through a UE-specific parameter or dynamically receive the UE-specific configuration information through a PDCCH or an EPDCCH.

9. An uplink Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) configuration method of a Transmission/Reception (T/R) point in a coordinated multi-point transmission/reception system (CoMP system), the method comprising:

transmitting, from a first T/R point of two or more different T/R points to a User Equipment (UE), UE-specific configuration information indicating an uplink reference signal identification (ID) wherein the uplink reference ID is independent from a physical cell ID of the first T/R point and is coupled with an uplink channel;

receiving, from the UE by a second T/R point indicated by the uplink reference signal ID, the uplink channel; and

receiving, from the UE, an SRS generated based on a type of the SRS, wherein the SRS includes a periodic SRS and an aperiodic SRS,

wherein the second T/R point indicated by the uplink reference signal ID is different from the first T/R point transmitting the UE-specific configuration information; and

wherein the receiving the SRS includes:

receiving, from the UE by the second T/R point indicated by the uplink reference signal ID, the aperiodic SRS generated using the uplink reference signal ID, and

receiving, from the UE by the first T/R point, the periodic SRS generated using the physical cell ID of the first T/R point.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9 , wherein:

the uplink channel is at least one of a physical uplink data channel and a physical uplink control channel;

the uplink reference signal ID is a reference signal ID of an uplink Demodulation Reference Signal (DM-RS); and

the transmitting comprises transmitting the UE-specific configuration information through a UE-specific parameter or dynamically transmitting the UE-specific configuration through a PDCCH or an EPDCCH.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 23, 2020
From: KT CORPORATION
To: GOLDEN EYE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Reel/Frame 054451/0255 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 10, 2014
From: NOH, MIN SEOK
To: KT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 034448/0568 →
Priority Claims (3)
KR 10-2012-0062302 · Jun 11, 2012 · national
KR 10-2012-0096425 · Aug 31, 2012 · national
KR 10-2012-0141245 · Dec 6, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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