Transmission of uplink sounding reference signal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10154497-B2
Application number	US-201313913648-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 10, 2013
Priority date	Jun 11, 2012
Publication date	Dec 11, 2018
Grant date	Dec 11, 2018

Abstract

The disclosure is related to transmission of a sounding reference signal (SRS) being independent of or separated from an uplink channel.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of transmitting an uplink sounding reference signal (SRS) in user equipment (UE) in a coordinated multi-point transmission/reception system (CoMP system), the method comprising:
receiving, by the user equipment, UE-specific configuration information including an uplink reference signal identity associated with an uplink channel, from a first transmission/reception point of a plurality of different transmission/reception points, wherein the uplink reference signal identity is independent of a physical cell identity of the first transmission/reception point and indicates a second transmission/reception point as a reception entity of the uplink channel; and
performing, by the user equipment, an independent transmission of the uplink channel and an SRS to different transmission/reception points, using the uplink reference signal identity or the physical cell identity according to a type of an uplink transmission,
wherein when the type of the uplink transmission is an uplink channel transmission,
the performing includes:
obtaining the uplink reference signal identity from the received UE-specific configuration information;
determining the second transmission/reception point indicated by the uplink reference signal identity, as an uplink channel reception entity, wherein the second transmission/reception point is different from the first transmission/reception point; and
transmitting, by the user equipment, the uplink channel to the determined second transmission/reception point, using the uplink reference signal identity;

wherein when the type of the uplink transmission is an SRS transmission,
the performing includes:
generating, by the user equipment, an SRS independent of the uplink channel, using the physical cell identity of the first transmission/reception point;
determining the first transmission/reception point which has transmitted the UE-specific configuration information to the user equipment, as an SRS reception entity; and
transmitting, by the user equipment, the generated SRS to the determined first transmission/reception point;

wherein:
the SRS includes at least one of a periodic SRS and an aperiodic SRS,
the generating an SRS includes generating both the periodic SRS and the aperiodic SRS using the physical cell identity of the first transmission/reception point, and
the transmitting the generated SRS includes transmitting one of the periodic SRS and the aperiodic SRS to the first transmission/reception point indicated by the physical cell identity;
wherein the uplink channel is at least one of a physical uplink shared channel and a physical uplink control channel; and
wherein the receiving UE-specific configuration information includes receiving, from the first transmission/reception point, the UE-specific configuration information including the uplink reference signal identity, either through a UE-specific parameter, or dynamically through at least one of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) and an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH).

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the generating an SRS includes generating one of the periodic SRS and the aperiodic SRS using the physical cell identity of the first transmission/reception point, and the other SRS using the uplink reference signal identity; and
the transmitting the generated SRS includes transmitting one of the periodic SRS and the aperiodic SRS to the first transmission/reception point, and the other SRS to the second transmission/reception point indicated by the uplink reference signal identity.

3. User equipment in a coordinated multi-point transmission/reception system (CoMP system), the user equipment comprising:
a receiver configured to receive UE-specific configuration information including an uplink reference signal identity associated with an uplink channel, from a first transmission/reception point of a plurality of different transmission/reception points, wherein the uplink reference signal identity is independent of a physical cell identity of the first transmission/reception point and indicates a second transmission/reception point as a reception entity of the uplink channel; and
a transmitter configured to perform an independent transmission of the uplink channel and a sounding reference signal (SRS) to different transmission/reception points, using the uplink reference signal identity or the physical cell identity according to whether a type of an uplink transmission is an uplink channel transmission or an SRS transmission,
wherein the transmitter includes:
an uplink channel transmission unit configured to obtain the uplink reference signal identity from the received UE-specific configuration information; to determine the second transmission/reception point indicated by the uplink reference signal identity, as an uplink channel reception entity; and to transmit the uplink channel to the determined second transmission/reception point, using the uplink reference signal identity, wherein the second transmission/reception point is different from the first transmission/reception point;
an SRS generating unit configured to generate an SRS being independent of the uplink channel, using the physical cell identity of the first transmission/reception point; and
an SRS transmitting unit configured to determine the first transmission/reception point which has transmitted the UE-specific configuration information to the user equipment, as an SRS reception entity, and to transmit the generated SRS to the determined first transmission/reception point;

wherein:
the SRS includes at least one of a periodic SRS and an aperiodic SRS,
the SRS generating unit is configured to generate both the periodic SRS and the aperiodic SRS using the physical cell identity of the first transmission/reception point, and
the SRS transmitting unit is configured to transmit one of the periodic SRS and the aperiodic SRS to the first transmission/reception point indicated by the physical cell identity;
wherein the uplink channel is at least one of a physical uplink shared channel and a physical uplink control channel; and
wherein the receiver is configured to receive, from the first transmission/reception point, the UE-specific configuration information including the uplink reference signal identity, either through a UE-specific parameter, or dynamically through at least one of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) and an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH).

4. The user equipment of claim 3 , wherein:
the SRS generating unit is configured to generate one of the periodic SRS and the aperiodic SRS using the physical cell identity of the first transmission/reception point, and to generate the other SRS using the uplink reference signal identity; and
the SRS transmitting unit is configured to transmit one of the periodic SRS and the aperiodic SRS to the first transmission/reception point, and to transmit the other SRS to the second transmission/reception point indicated by the uplink reference signal identity.

5. A method of transmitting an uplink sounding reference signal (SRS) in user equipment (UE) in a coordinated multi-point transmission/reception system (CoMP system), the method comprising:
receiving, by the user equipment, UE-specific configuration information including a sounding reference signal (SRS) identity from a first transmission/reception point of a plurality of different transmission/reception points, wherein the SRS identity is independently determined to be distinguished from an uplink reference signal identity for an uplink channel and indicates a second transmission/reception point as a reception entity of an SRS; and
performing, by the user equipment, an independent transmission of the uplink channel and the SRS to different transmission/reception

Assignees

• Kt Corp

Inventors

• Noh Min Seok

Classifications

• H04W72/51

  based on terminal or device properties · CPC title

• H04L5/0053 Primary

  Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals · CPC title

• H04L5/0048 Primary

  Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver (allocation of control signalling H04L5/0053; use of control signalling H04L5/0091) · CPC title

• H04L27/2613 Primary

  Structure of the reference signals · CPC title

• H04W72/048 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic