Method of sounding a terminal in a wireless communication system and apparatus therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11632279-B2
Application number	US-202117208693-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 22, 2021
Priority date	May 1, 2017
Publication date	Apr 18, 2023
Grant date	Apr 18, 2023

Abstract

One embodiment according to the present invention, with respect to a sounding method of user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, comprises the steps of: receiving configuration of one or more sounding reference signal (SRS) resource sets from a base station; receiving, from the base station, activation command information commanding the SRS transmission activation of a particular SRS resource set from among the one or more SRS resource sets; and transmitting, to the base station, the SRS corresponding to the particular SRS resource set, wherein the reference signal, for which a spatial relationship is assumed for each SRS resource included in the particular SRS resource set, can be determined on the basis of the activation command information.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method of transmitting a Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
receiving configuration information for one or more SRS resource sets, via radio resource control (RRC) signaling,
wherein the configuration information includes first spatial relation information, and
wherein a type of the SRS is configured as an aperiodic SRS;
receiving downlink control information (DCI) for triggering the aperiodic SRS; and
transmitting the aperiodic SRS by applying a spatial relation assumption related to a relation between (i) an antenna port for transmitting the aperiodic SRS and (ii) an antenna port for receiving other reference signals, based on the first spatial relation information;
wherein the method further comprises:
receiving second spatial relation information for the aperiodic SRS via medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) signaling,
wherein the spatial relation assumption related to the relation between (i) the antenna port for transmitting the aperiodic SRS and (ii) the antenna port for receiving the other reference signals is updated based on the second spatial relation information.

2. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the second spatial relation information comprises information for reference signals related with the spatial relation assumption for the aperiodic SRS, and
wherein a type of the reference signals comprises at least one of a SRS, a channel state information (CSI)-reference signal (RS) or a synchronization signal (SS) block.

3. The method of claim 2 ,
wherein each of the reference signals corresponds to each of SRS resources included in a specific SRS resource set among one or more SRS resource sets.

4. The method of claim 2 ,
wherein the first spatial relation information includes information indicating a reference signal for the spatial relation assumption, and a type of a reference signal comprises at least one of the SRS, the CSI-RS or the SS block.

5. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the configuration information further includes first information related to a slot offset for an aperiodic SRS transmission, and
wherein the slot offset is a duration between the triggering DCI and the aperiodic SRS transmission.

6. The method of claim 5 ,
wherein the first information is configured for each SRS resource set, and
wherein each SRS resource set includes one or more SRS resources.

7. The method of claim 5 ,
wherein the DCI is received in a first slot, and
wherein a specific SRS resource set is triggered based on the DCI.

8. The method of claim 7 ,
wherein the aperiodic SRS is transmitted in a second slot, and
wherein the second slot is determined based on (i) a slot offset related to the specific SRS resource set and (ii) the first slot.

9. The method of claim 8 ,
wherein the configuration information further includes second information for association between a code point of the DCI and each SRS resource set, and
wherein the specific SRS resource set is triggered based on a specific code point of the DCI.

10. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the DCI includes SRI (SRS Resource Indicator) indicating a specific SRS resource for uplink transmission of the UE.

11. The method of claim 10 ,
wherein the SRI is associated with a most recent SRS transmission among SRS transmissions for a SRS resource identified by the SRI.

12. A user equipment (UE) configured to transmit a Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:
at least one transceiver;
at least one processor; and
at least one computer memory connected to the at least one processor and storing instructions that, based on being executed by the at least one processor, perform operations comprising:
receiving configuration information for one or more SRS resource sets, via radio resource control (RRC) signaling,
wherein the configuration information includes first spatial relation information, and
wherein a type of the SRS is configured as an aperiodic SRS;
receiving downlink control information (DCI) for triggering the aperiodic SRS; and
transmitting the aperiodic SRS by applying a spatial relation assumption related to a relation between (i) an antenna port for transmitting the aperiodic SRS and (ii) an antenna port for receiving other reference signals, based on the first spatial relation information;
wherein the operations further comprise:
receiving second spatial relation information for the aperiodic SRS via medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) signaling,
wherein the spatial relation assumption related to the relation between (i) the antenna port for transmitting the aperiodic SRS and (ii) the antenna port for receiving the other reference signals is updated based on the second spatial relation information.

13. The UE of claim 12 ,
wherein the second spatial relation information comprises information for reference signals related with the spatial relation assumption for the aperiodic SRS, and
wherein a type of the reference signals comprises at least one of a SRS, a channel state information (CSI)-reference signal (RS) or a synchronization signal (SS) block.

14. The UE of claim 13 ,
wherein each of the reference signals corresponds to each of SRS resources included in a specific SRS resource set among one or more SRS resource sets.

15. A method of receiving a Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) by a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), configuration information for one or more SRS resource sets, via radio resource control (RRC) signaling,
wherein the configuration information includes first spatial relation information, and
wherein a type of the SRS is configured as an aperiodic SRS;
transmitting, to the UE, downlink control information (DCI) for triggering the aperiodic SRS; and
receiving, from the UE, the aperiodic SRS by applying a spatial relation assumption related to a relation between (i) an antenna port for the UE transmitting the aperiodic SRS and (ii) an antenna port for the UE receiving other reference signals, based on the first spatial relation information;
wherein the method further comprises;
transmitting, to the UE, second spatial relation information for the aperiodic SRS via medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) signaling,
wherein the spatial relation assumption related to the relation between (i) the antenna port for the UE transmitting the aperiodic SRS and (ii) the antenna port for the UE receiving the other reference signals is updated based on the second spatial relation information.

16. The method of claim 15 ,
wherein the second spatial relation information comprises information for reference signals related with the spatial relation assumption for the aperiodic SRS, and
wherein a type of the reference signals comprises at least one of a SRS, a channel state information (CSI)-reference signal (RS) or a synchronization signal (SS) block.

17. The method of claim 16 ,
wherein each of the reference signals corresponds to each of SRS resources included in a specific SRS resource set among one or more SRS resource sets.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Park Jonghyun
• Kang Jiwon
• Kim Kijun
• Ahn Minki
• Choi Kukheon

Classifications

• H04L5/0098

  Signalling of the activation or deactivation of component carriers, subcarriers or frequency bands · CPC title

• H04W72/231

  the control data signalling from the layers above the physical layer, e.g. RRC or MAC-CE signalling · CPC title

• H04L5/0051 Primary

  of dedicated pilots, i.e. pilots destined for a single user or terminal · CPC title

• H04L5/0053

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

• H04L27/2613 Primary

  Structure of the reference signals · CPC title