Uplink DMRS Bundling With Event-Driven Time Window Control

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Solution Overview

Problem

The existing wireless communication systems face challenges in efficiently managing demodulation reference signals (DMRS) for uplink channels, particularly in terms of time domain window management and event-based triggering, which affect the performance of advanced mobile communication systems requiring high data rates, low latency, and energy efficiency.

Innovation Solution

A method and device for transmitting and receiving DMRS-based uplink channels with controlled time domain window start and end, utilizing event-based triggering to optimize DMRS bundling in wireless communication systems.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If DMRS bundling is applied across multiple slots to improve channel estimation accuracy, then measurement precision is improved, but device complexity increases due to time domain window management

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvechannel estimation accuracyVSAvoidtime domain window management
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies parameter changes by dynamically adjusting the time domain window size and duration for DMRS bundling based on channel conditions, traffic patterns, and quality of service requirements. The base station can configure different window lengths (e.g., spanning 1 to multiple slots) and adjust bundling parameters through RRC signaling, allowing optimization of channel estimation accuracy while managing device complexity through adaptive parameter tuning rather than fixed complex management procedures

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements dynamics by enabling flexible start and end points for time domain windows used in DMRS bundling. The window can dynamically begin at different symbol positions within slots and extend across varying numbers of slots based on current system conditions. This dynamic approach allows the system to adapt the bundling duration and timing to match actual channel coherence requirements, improving measurement precision when needed while reducing complexity when channel conditions are stable

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Adaptability or versatility

If event-based triggering is implemented for DMRS bundling to improve system adaptability, then adaptability or versatility is improved, but device complexity increases due to event monitoring and triggering mechanisms

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesystem adaptabilityVSAvoidevent monitoring and triggering
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies self-service by enabling the user equipment to autonomously determine when to start and end DMRS bundling based on pre-configured event criteria received from the base station. The UE monitors for events such as channel quality thresholds, slot boundary conditions, or traffic pattern changes, and automatically triggers bundling operations without requiring continuous base station control signaling. This reduces device complexity by eliminating the need for complex event monitoring and triggering mechanisms at the base station while maintaining high system adaptability through UE-autonomous decision-making

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Measurement precision

If time domain window for DMRS bundling is extended to cover multiple slots to improve channel estimation, then measurement precision is improved, but loss of time increases due to extended bundling duration

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvechannel estimation accuracyVSAvoidbundling duration
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies partial or excessive action by allowing the time domain window for DMRS bundling to selectively span multiple slots only when channel conditions warrant extended estimation, rather than applying fixed extended bundling to all transmissions. The system uses partial bundling (covering only the necessary portion of slots needed for adequate estimation) combined with event-based triggering to activate extended windows only when needed, thus improving measurement precision for critical transmissions while minimizing overall time loss by avoiding unnecessary extended bundling during stable channel conditions

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentEP4412134B1Method and device for transmitting or receiving uplink channel on basis of demodulation reference signal bundling in wireless communication system
Publication Date: 2026.01.28 LG ELECTRONICS INC
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AI summary

Disclosed are a method and a device for transmitting or receiving an uplink channel on the basis of demodulation reference signal (DMRS) bundling in a wireless communication system. A method by which a terminal transmits an uplink channel in a wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure, comprises the steps of: receiving configuration information related to the DMRS bundling for the uplink channel from a network; and transmitting the uplink channel to the network in a first actual time domain window (TDW) within a set TDW or in the first actual TDW and a second actual TDW within the set TDW, wherein the first actual TDW ends in relation to an event, and whether to generate the second actual TDW in response to the event may be based on capabilities of the terminal, on the basis of the event being a first type event.