Aperiodic SRS transmission method and apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10742376-B2
Application number	US-201816188140-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 12, 2018
Priority date	May 13, 2016
Publication date	Aug 11, 2020
Grant date	Aug 11, 2020

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an aperiodic SRS transmission method and an apparatus, and relate to the communications field, so as to resolve a problem that an existing terminal device cannot send an aperiodic SRS on a carrier of an unlicensed spectrum. The transmission method includes: obtaining, by a terminal device, first indication information, where the first indication information is used to instruct the terminal device to send an aperiodic sounding reference signal SRS on a first symbol in a first subframe; and sending, by the terminal device, the aperiodic SRS on the first symbol based on the first indication information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An aperiodic sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission method, comprising:
obtaining, by a terminal device, first indication information, wherein the first indication information is used to instruct the terminal device to send an aperiodic SRS on a first symbol in a first subframe; and
sending, by the terminal device, the aperiodic SRS on the first symbol based on the first indication information, wherein:
the first symbol belongs to a first symbol set comprising a symbol that is in the first subframe and that is used to send an aperiodic SRS; and
when the first symbol set comprises at least two symbols, any two of the at least two symbols are discontinuous in terms of time.

2. The transmission method according to claim 1 , wherein:
the first subframe is a last subframe in a downlink burst, and a quantity of symbols in the first subframe for sending downlink data is less than a quantity of symbols comprised in the first subframe.

3. The transmission method according to claim 1 , wherein:
the first symbol set is a symbol set corresponding to a first value in a first preset correspondence, the first preset correspondence comprises a correspondence between the first value and the first symbol set, the first value for indicating a quantity of symbols in the first subframe that are comprised in a second symbol set, and the second symbol set comprises a symbol that is in the first subframe for sending downlink data.

4. The transmission method according to claim 1 , wherein:
the first symbol set is a symbol set indicated by second indication information comprising information in higher layer signaling or physical layer signaling sent by an access network device.

5. The transmission method according to claim 1 , wherein:
the first indication information is information in a control message sent by an access network device, the first indication information is one of M pieces of specific indication information comprised in the control message, and a J th piece of specific indication information in the M pieces of specific indication information for instructing a J th terminal device not to send an aperiodic SRS or instruct the J th terminal device to send the aperiodic SRS on a P th symbol in a second subframe, wherein M≥2, J≤M, and P≥1.

6. The transmission method according to claim 5 , wherein:
the control message further comprises N pieces of common reference indication information, a K th piece of common reference indication information in the N pieces of common reference indication information is corresponding to a K th terminal device group, each terminal device in the K th terminal device group sends an aperiodic SRS by referring to the K th piece of common reference indication information, and each terminal device in the K th terminal device group sends the aperiodic SRS within a same time period, wherein N≥1 and K≤N.

7. A terminal device, comprising:
a processor configured to obtain first indication information, wherein the first indication information is used to instruct the terminal device to send an aperiodic sounding reference signal (SRS) on a first symbol in a first subframe; and
an interface circuit configured to send the aperiodic SRS on the first symbol based on the first indication information obtained by the processor, wherein:
the first symbol belongs to a first symbol set comprising a symbol that is in the first subframe and that is used to send an aperiodic SRS; and
when the first symbol set comprises at least two symbols, any two of the at least two symbols are discontinuous in terms of time.

8. The terminal device according to claim 7 , wherein:
the first subframe is a last subframe in a downlink burst, and a quantity of symbols in the first subframe for sending downlink data is less than a quantity of symbols comprised in the first subframe.

9. The terminal device according to claim 7 , wherein:
the first symbol set is a symbol set corresponding to a first value in a preset correspondence, the preset correspondence comprises a correspondence between the first value and the first symbol set, the first value for indicating a quantity of symbols in the first subframe that are comprised in a second symbol set, and the second symbol set comprises a symbol that is in the first subframe for sending downlink data.

10. The terminal device according to claim 7 , wherein:
the first symbol set is a symbol set indicated by second indication information comprising information in higher layer signaling or physical layer signaling sent by an access network device.

11. The terminal device according to claim 7 , wherein:
the first indication information is information in a control message sent by an access network device, the first indication information is one of M pieces of specific indication information comprised in the control message, a J th piece of specific indication information in the M pieces of specific indication information is used to instruct a J th terminal device not to send an aperiodic SRS or instruct the J th terminal device to send the aperiodic SRS on a P th symbol in a second subframe, and the second subframe is a subframe on a carrier of an unlicensed spectrum, wherein M≥2, J≤M, and P≥1.

12. The terminal device according to claim 11 , wherein:
the control message further comprises N pieces of common reference indication information, a K th piece of common reference indication information in the N pieces of common reference indication information is corresponding to a K th terminal device group, each terminal device in the K th terminal device group sends an aperiodic SRS by referring to the K th piece of common reference indication information, and each terminal device in the K th terminal device group sends the aperiodic SRS within a same time period, wherein N≥1 and K≤N.

13. An access network device, comprising:
a sending unit, configured to send first indication information to a terminal device for instructing the terminal device to send an aperiodic sounding reference signal (SRS) on a first symbol in a first subframe; and
a receiving unit, configured to receive, on the first symbol in the first subframe, the aperiodic SRS sent by the terminal device, wherein:
the first symbol belongs to a first symbol set comprising a symbol that is in the first subframe for sending an aperiodic SRS; and
when the first symbol set comprises at least two symbols, any two of the at least two symbols are discontinuous in terms of time.

14. The access network device according to claim 13 , wherein:
the first subframe is a last subframe in a downlink burst, and a quantity of symbols in the first subframe that are used to send downlink data is less than a quantity of symbols comprised in the first subframe.

15. The access network device according to claim 13 , wherein:
the first symbol set is a symbol set corresponding to a first value in a preset correspondence, the preset correspondence comprises a correspondence between the first value and the first symbol set, the first value for indicating a quantity of symbols in the first subframe that are comprised in a second symbol set, and the second symbol set comprises a symbol that is in the first subframe and that is used to send downlink data.

16. The access network device according to claim 13 , wherein:
the first symbol set is a symbol set indicated by second indication information comprising information in higher layer signaling or physical layer signaling sent by the access network device.

17. The access network device according to claim 13 ,

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yan Zhiyu
• Guan Lei

Classifications

• H04W72/23

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