1988 results about "Sounding reference signal" patented technology

Logic may decode information on cross-link interference (CLI) measurement and report configuration received via a first downlink (DL) control information (DCI) from a first base station to comprise an identification of a communication resource within which to measure a sounding reference signal (SRS) or other uplink transmission and a definition for a CLI measurement report. Logic may measure the SRS or other uplink transmission based on the identification of the communication resource. Logic may generate the CLI measurement report based on measurement of the SRS or other uplink transmission. Logic may send the CLI measurement report. Logic may generate a CLI measurement and report configuration to comprise an identification of a communication resource within which to measure a SRS and a definition for a CLI measurement report. And logic may send the CLI measurement and report configuration via a DCI transmission to a first user equipment.

Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) transmits a sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission request message to a base station serving a user equipment (UE), the SRS transmission request message including one or more SRS transmission properties to be used by the base station to configure the UE to transmit SRS, receives a response message from the base station, the response message indicating one or more SRS configurations the UE is configured to use to transmit SRS, the one or more SRS configurations based on the one or more SRS transmission properties, and measures a plurality of SRS transmissions from the UE with a plurality of receive beams to determine a best receive beam for receiving uplink transmissions from the UE, wherein the plurality of SRS transmissions is based on at least one SRS configuration of the one or more SRS configurations.

A method performed by a radio unit (RU) is provided. The method includes receiving, by the RU, sounding reference signals (SRSs), receiving, by the RU from a distributed unit (DU) via a fronthaul interface, a control plane (C-plane) message including SRS configuration information, performing, by the RU, channel estimation based on the SRSs and the SRS configuration information, and performing, by the RU, beamforming on the basis of the channel estimation.

According to some embodiments, a method performed by a wireless device comprises obtaining a sounding reference signal (SRS) resource configuration for 6 or 8 SRS ports and transmitting SRS according to the SRS resource configuration. In particular embodiments, the SRS resource configuration comprises an SRS resource for 6 or 8 SRS ports wherein the SRS resource is divided into at least two subsets, wherein each subset is associated with a different comb offset. In particular embodiments, the SRS resource configuration comprises two SRS resources. Each SRS resource supports up to 4 SRS ports. Transmitting SRS according to the SRS configuration comprises transmitting SRS using an 8 port codebook.

The present disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. The present disclosure relates to: a communication technique merging IoT technology with a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G system; and a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, healthcare, digital education, small business, security- and safety-related services, and the like) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, a method performed by a base station in a wireless communication system comprises the steps of: receiving terminal capability report information from a terminal; transmitting, to the terminal, an upper layer parameter determined on the basis of the terminal capability report information; receiving, from the terminal, a sounding reference signal (SRS) determined by means of the upper layer parameter; determining downlink control information (DCI) for scheduling a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) on the basis of the SRS; transmitting a signal including the DCI to the terminal; and receiving the PUSCH and an uplink (UL) phase tracking reference signal (PTRS) from the terminal.

According to embodiments, a UE receives, from a network device, a configuration of a sounding reference signals (SRS) resource with 8 antenna ports, a transmission comb configuration for the SRS resource, and a cyclic shift (CS) configuration for the SRS resource. The transmission comb configuration indicates a comb value K. K is one of 2, 4, or 8. The transmission comb configuration further indicates a configured comb offset (k). k is an integer between 0 and K−1. The CS configuration indicates CS positions. The UE maps each port of the 8 antenna ports to corresponding resource elements (REs) in the frequency domain and a corresponding CS. The corresponding REs are a subset of a plurality of REs and on every K-th RE with an offset based on the configured comb offset (k) within an SRS transmission bandwidth. The UE transmits SRSs using the 8 antenna ports based on the mapping.

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and apparatus for multiple transmit-receive points (multi-TRP) transmission. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method can include: receiving first configuration information for uplink phase tracking reference signal (PT-RS) and second configuration information indicating a plurality of sounding reference signal (SRS) resource sets, wherein each of the plurality of SRS resource sets is associated with at least one physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) repetition; for each PUSCH repetition, determining a number of PT-RS ports for transmitting the uplink PT-RS; and transmitting two or more PUSCH repetitions. Embodiments of the present disclosure can resolve the issues caused by the imbalance numbers of PT-RS ports between different TRPs.

Disclosed are a method and device for transmitting / receiving sounding reference signals in a wireless communication system. A method for transmitting sounding reference signal (SRS) according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises the steps of: receiving configuration information related to N (N is a natural number) SRS resource sets from a base station; receiving, from the base station, downlink control information (DCI) for triggering the transmission of SRSs on M (M≤N, M is a natural number) SRS resource sets among the N SRS resource sets; and transmitting the SRSs on SRS resources of each of the M SRS resource sets to the base station. The M SRS resource sets may each be related to a different panel of the terminal.

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive configuration information associated with a first sounding reference signal (SRS) resource set and a second SRS resource set. The UE may receive downlink control information (DCI) that schedules a spatial division multiplexing (SDM) physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) communication, the DCI including a plurality of fields associated with the SDM PUSCH communication. Numerous other aspects are provided.

A wireless device receives one or more radio resource control (RRC) configuration parameters indicating an index for one or more sounding reference signal (SRS) resources. A first value of the index indicates to apply a first transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state associated with a first control resource set (coreset) pool index to first transmissions via the one or more SRS resources. A second value of the index indicates to apply a second TCI state associated with a second coreset pool index to second transmissions via the one or more SRS resources. The wireless device transmits, via the one or more SRS resources, an SRS using a TCI state, among the first TCI state and the second TCI state, determined based on the index.

The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. The present disclosure relates to wireless communication and, more specifically, to a method of sounding reference signal transmission. The technical result consists in reducing the processing complexity for SRS generation and transmission at the base station, increasing the interference immunity of SRS transmission, and enabling dynamic switching between different SRS sequence configurations. A method of sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission from the user equipment (UE) to the base station (BS) comprises: configuring, at the base station, transmission comb-specific SRS sequences; indicating SRS transmission from the user equipment in accordance with said configuration; generating, in the user equipment, an SRS using at least one said transmission comb-specific SRS sequence, and transmitting the SRS from the user equipment to the base station.

A method applied to a network device includes: sending configuration information to a terminal device, where the configuration information indicates M sounding reference signal (SRS) resource sets, the M SRS resource sets include X first SRS resource sets and Y second SRS resource sets, the X first SRS resource sets include at least one first SRS resource, the Y second SRS resource sets include at least one second SRS resource, a time domain resource corresponding to the at least one first SRS resource is a subband full duplex (SBFD) type time unit, and a time domain resource corresponding to the at least one second SRS resource is a non-SBFD type time unit; and receiving an SRS from the terminal device based on the configuration information.

The techniques described herein may include solutions for enabling a user equipment (UE) to switch between sub-band full duplex (SBFD) communications and non-SBFD communications within the same time domain of a resource allocation. Discussed herein include solutions for sounding reference signals (SRS), physical uplink (UL) shared channels (PUSCH), and type 1 and type 2 configured grants (CG). Radio resource control (RRC) information, downlink (DL) control information (DCI), layer 1 (L1) indicators, and other types of control information may be used.

An apparatus and system of supporting simultaneous transmission over multi-panel (STxMP) uplink (UL) transmissions are described. At least one downlink control information (DCI) is used to schedule STxMP UL transmission to multiple transmit-receive points (TRPs). The DCI indicates whether time domain (TD) repetition is to be applied, in addition to time domain and / or frequency domain resource location for different multiplexing schemes. Aperiodic-channel state information (A-CSI) or semi-persistent CSI (SP-CSI) multiplexing is multiplexed within one or more of the repetitions. One or more sounding reference signal (SRS) resource indication (SRI) fields in the DCI indicate the SRS resources to use for the transmission. Mechanisms of physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource configuration are described for STxMP operation.

Aspects described herein relate to recycling transmit or receive antennas from one band to another and accordingly modifying certain operations, which may include channel state information (CSI) reporting, sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission, and / or the like.

A method for sending a sounding reference signal (SRS) is performed by a terminal, and includes: receiving configuration information of an SRS resource, the SRS resource comprising 8 antenna ports; and mapping SRSs corresponding to at least two antenna port groups to physical resources corresponding to different transmission combs, and sending the SRSs corresponding to the at least two antenna port groups simultaneously, wherein the at least two antenna port groups are obtained based on grouping the 8 antenna ports.

A sounding reference signal (SRS) triggering method for antenna switching, and a device therefor. The method comprises: a network device receiving capability reporting information sent by a terminal device, where the capability reporting information is used for indicating a combination of antenna switching configurations supported by the terminal device; the network device dynamically configuring uplink SRS resources for the terminal device according to the capability reporting information; and the network device sending downlink control information (DCI) to the terminal device, where the DCI is used for triggering an SRS resource set, which corresponds to the antenna switching configuration.

A method can include receiving, by a wireless device, one or more radio resource control (RRC) messages. The messages can include one or more non-terrestrial network (NTN) configuration parameters indicating a validity timer. The validity timer can indicate a maximum time duration for which the one or more NTN configuration parameters are valid. The messages can also include one or more positioning sounding reference signal (SRS) configuration parameters indicating at least one positioning SRS resource for SRS positioning in an RRC inactive state of the wireless device. The method can also include starting the validity timer in response to the receiving the one or more NTN configuration parameters. The method can further include, based on the validity timer running in the RRC inactive state, transmitting, in the RRC inactive state, a positioning SRS via the at least one positioning SRS resource.

This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices for configuring sounding reference signal resources across multiple frequency locations for device positioning. A device may encode for transmission a sounding reference signal (SRS) including a first set of SRS resources for a first transmission by a user equipment (UE) device to the node B network device at a first time and a second set of SRS resources for a second transmission by the UE device to the node B network device at a second time; decode the first transmission received from the UE device using the first set and a first bandwidth at the first time; decode the second transmission received from the UE device using the second set and a second bandwidth at the second time; and combine the first transmission and the second transmission for a device positioning estimation based on the first bandwidth and the second bandwidth.

A wireless device drops sounding reference signal (SRS) transmissions, in SRS resources linked for bandwidth aggregation, that conflict in time with a transmission or a reception scheduled by downlink control information (DCI). A time period between a last symbol of the DCI and a starting symbol of the SRS transmissions is equal to, or greater than, a number of symbols plus a guard period of the bandwidth aggregation.

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive configuration information for a sounding reference signal (SRS) resource set, the configuration information indicating a usage type for the SRS resource set associated with Doppler tracking and a configuration for one or more associated SRS resource identifiers. Some configuration parameters of the SRS resource set and the associated SRS resource identifiers can be dynamically reconfigured in order to allow adaptive SRS time domain pattern for enhanced Doppler parameter estimation and / or synchronization loop tracking, among other examples. The UE may transmit one or more SRSs in accordance with the configuration or dynamic reconfiguration information for the SRS resource set and the associated SRS resources based at least in part on receiving the configuration and / or reconfiguration information. Numerous other aspects are described.

This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support mechanisms for base station-assisted UE antenna port selection. A user equipment (UE) transmits, to a base station, a sounding reference signal (SRS) switching capability report (e.g., a xTyR report) indicating to the base station a number of receive antenna ports configured for the UE. (e.g., capability to transmit on x antenna ports and reception over a total of y antenna ports). The UE transmits an SRS to the base station sounding the y antenna ports. The base station selects and indicates y′ antenna ports out of the y antenna ports for the UE to receive a subsequent downlink data transmission based on a channel estimation based on the SRS transmission, or based on channel state feedback (CSF). In aspects, the UE provides a recommendation of y′, and the base station may determine y′ based on the UE's recommendation.

The present disclosure relates to SRS enhancement to support more than four layers non-codebook based uplink transmission. In an aspect, a wireless device may comprise at least one antenna; at least one radio coupled to the at least one antenna; and a processor coupled to the at least one radio; wherein the processor is configured to: receive, via the at least one radio, at least one Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling from a cellular base station, wherein, the at least one RRC signaling configures at least one group of N Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) resources for non-codebook, N>4, and each SRS resource is configured with one port; and transmit, via the at least one radio, SRSs to the cellular base station on the configured group of SRS resources, wherein each SRS is transmitted on one SRS resource of the configured group of SRS resources.

Methods and apparatuses for user equipment (UE) initiated early sounding reference signal (SRS) triggering. A method of operating a UE includes receiving a configuration related to a SRS. The configuration indicates a list of downlink (DL) signals associated with one or more cells, SRS resources, and an association between the DL signals and the SRS resources The method further includes measuring and determining a DL signal from the DL signals and determining, from the SRS resources, an SRS resource associated with the DL signal. The method further includes transmitting an uplink (UL) signal associated with the determined SRS resource and transmitting the SRS resource based on the UL signal.

A method for sending a Sounding Reference Signal (SRS), performed by a terminal, includes: configuring and sending a SRS of 8 antenna ports on one SRS resource, in which the 8 antenna ports are mapped onto same physical resources. A method for receiving an SRS, performed by a network device, includes: receiving an SRS of 8 antenna ports sent on one SRS resource by a terminal, in which the 8 antenna ports are mapped onto same physical resources.

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a mobile station may receive configuration information indicating sounding reference signal (SRS) resource sets, the configuration information indicating: a first set of SRS resource sets, of the SRS resource sets, associated with a first downlink control information (DCI) format, and a second set of SRS resource sets, of the SRS resource sets, associated with a second DCI format, wherein at least one of the first set or the second set comprises at least two of the SRS resource sets. The mobile station may transmit, based at least in part on the configuration information, at least one uplink communication using at least one SRS resource of at least one of the SRS resource sets of at least one of the first set or the second set. Numerous other aspects are described.

A method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises receiving configuration information related to a sounding reference signal (SRS) from a base station, receiving an RRC release message from the base station, and transmitting the SRS in an RRC_INACTIVE state to the base station. The SRS may be related to a positioning. The RRC release message may include configuration information related to the SRS for positioning in the RRC_INACTIVE state. Based on a transmission of the SRS colliding with other physical signal or other physical channel in a time domain, the transmission of the SRS may be dropped or performed in at least one symbol in which the collision occurs.

Systems and methods for the use of multiple-antenna-panel simultaneous physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmissions are disclosed herein. A sounding reference signal (SRS) resource set indicator corresponding to a pair of SRS resource set may be provided by a network to a user equipment (UE), where the pair of SRS resource sets includes a first SRS resource set for a first PUSCH on a first antenna panel of the UE and a second SRS resource set for a second PUSCH on a second antenna panel of the UE. The UE may also receive, from the network, a pair of SRS resource indicators (SRIs). The UE may match each of the SRIs to one of the SRS resource sets based on the SRS resource set indicator. The multi-panel simultaneous PUSCHs are then transmitted on the antenna panels according to the matching of the SRS resource sets to the SRIs.

Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) receives, during a first state, a configuration of a sounding reference signal (SRS) resource or SRS resource set, obtains an association between the SRS resource or SRS resource set and a group of random access channel (RACH) resources, and transmits, while outside the first state, a group of RACH signals using transmission properties based on the association between the SRS resource or SRS resource set and the group of RACH resources, wherein the group of RACH resources spans a plurality of adjacent frequency resources over a single time resource, or the group or RACH resources spans the plurality of adjacent frequency resources over a plurality of time resources.

The present disclosure relates to a method performed by user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system. Particularly, the method comprises the steps of: receiving, from a base station (BS), downlink control information (DCI) for simultaneous transmission across multiple panels (STxMP); and on the basis of association information between a phase tracking (PT)-reference signal (RS) port and a demodulation (DM)-RS port included in the DCI, to the BS, transmitting a first PT-RS on a first PT-RS port and transmitting a second PT-RS on a second PT-RS port, wherein first information of the association information between the PT-RS port and the DM-RS port indicates a first DM-RS port associated with the first PT-RS port, from among DM-RS ports corresponding to at least one of a first sounding reference signal resource indicator (SRI) and first precoding information, and second information of the association information between the PT-RS port and the DM-RS port indicates a second DM-RS port associated with the second PT-RS port, from among DM-RS ports corresponding to at least one of a second SRI and second precoding information.