SRS Configuration for Concatenated Blocks in Wireless Systems

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current wireless communication systems face challenges in efficiently configuring and transmitting SRS (Sounding Reference Symbol) information, particularly in managing concatenated SRS blocks and ensuring orthogonality across different sounding bandwidths, which affects communication performance and resource allocation.

Innovation Solution

A method for a user equipment (UE) to receive and transmit SRS configuration information in concatenated SRS blocks, including parameters such as block length, bandwidth, number of blocks, starting/ending positions, and sequence generation parameters, allowing for flexible resource utilization and truncation within blocks to improve communication performance.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If SRS configuration information is transmitted using traditional methods, then the system maintains simple configuration procedures, but communication performance and resource allocation efficiency deteriorate due to inability to efficiently manage concatenated SRS blocks and ensure orthogonality across different sounding bandwidths

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecommunication performanceVSAvoidconfiguration complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The SRS configuration is divided into multiple parameters including block length, number of blocks, bandwidth, starting position, and sequence generation parameters. Each parameter is independently configurable, allowing the system to optimize concatenated SRS blocks for different communication scenarios while maintaining manageable configuration through structured parameter sets

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces multiple configurable parameters (block length, number of blocks, bandwidth, starting position, sequence generation parameters) that can be adjusted to optimize SRS transmission. These parameter changes enable efficient management of concatenated SRS blocks and ensure orthogonality across different sounding bandwidths, directly improving communication performance

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Adaptability or versatility

If the system supports more users and diverse communication scenarios, then the adaptability improves, but the overhead and complexity of SRS configuration increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesupport for diverse communication scenariosVSAvoidconfiguration overhead
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The SRS configuration parameters are designed to be universally applicable across different communication scenarios and user types. The same parameter set (block length, number of blocks, bandwidth, starting position, sequence generation parameters) serves multiple purposes: managing concatenated SRS blocks, ensuring orthogonality, supporting different sounding bandwidths, and accommodating diverse user requirements, thereby reducing the need for scenario-specific configurations

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The system allows dynamic configuration of SRS parameters based on communication needs. The configurable parameters enable the system to adapt to different scenarios (e.g., different bandwidths, different numbers of users) by adjusting block length, number of blocks, and sequence generation parameters, providing versatility without requiring separate fixed configurations for each scenario

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS11683140B2Method for receiving SRS configuration information in wireless communication system and terminal therefor
Publication Date: 2023.06.20 LG ELECTRONICS INC
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AI summary

A method for a terminal to receive Sounding Reference Symbol (SRS) configuration information in a wireless communication system comprises: a step of receiving SRS configuration information for SRS transmission in units of concatenated SRS blocks from a base station; and a step of transmitting SRS to the base station on the concatenated SRS blocks on the basis of the SRS configuration information, wherein the SRS configuration information may include information indicating a length of one SRS block, information indicating the number of SRS blocks, and information indicating an SRS block in which truncation is performed among the concatenated SRS blocks.