Method for reference signal generation and communications device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12074749-B2
Application number	US-202117403218-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 16, 2021
Priority date	Feb 15, 2019
Publication date	Aug 27, 2024
Grant date	Aug 27, 2024

Abstract

A method for reference signal generation and a communications device are provided. The method includes: in a case that indication information is received from a second communications device, performing first modulation and then discrete Fourier transform modulation on at least one of target-reference-signal sequences to generate a target reference signal, where the first modulation includes any one of the following: π/2-BPSK modulation and 8-PSK modulation, and the indication information is used to indicate that a first communications device uses the target reference signal for transmission.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for reference signal generation, applied to a first communications device and comprising:
in a case that indication information is received from a second communications device, performing first modulation and then discrete Fourier transform modulation on at least one of target-reference-signal sequences to generate a target reference signal; wherein
the first modulation comprises any one of the following: π/2-binary phase shift keying (BPSK) modulation and 8-phase shift keying (PSK) modulation, and the indication information is used to indicate that the first communications device uses the target reference signal for transmission;
in a case that the number of subcarriers occupied by the target reference signal is 6, the target-reference-signal sequence comprises at least one of the following sequences to reduce at least one of an average value of a shift auto-correlation, a value of a peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR), or an average value of a cross-correlation to be less than a threshold:
5, −7, 7, 1, 5, 1;
−3, 7, −5, −1, −5, −1; or
5, 7, −3, −5, 5, −5.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
in a case that the number of subcarriers occupied by the target reference signal is 6, the target-reference-signal sequence further comprises at least one of the following sequences:
7, 3, −1, −5, −1, 3;
7, −5, 7, −5, 7, 3;
5, −7, 5, −7, −3, −7;
3, 1, 5, 1, 5, −7;
1, 5, −7, 7, 1, 5;
7, −5, 3, 5, −1, −7;
3, −1, 3, −3, −5, −1;
5, −1, −3, −1, 5, −5;
7, −7, 1, 5, 3, −3;
7, 1, 7, −3, −1, −3;
7, 1, −5, −7, −5, 1;
−5, 5, −1, −3, −1, 5; or
−5, −1, −7, 7, −5, −1.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the target-reference-signal sequence further comprises at least one of the following sequences:
−1, 1, 5, −5, 7, 3;
3, 5, −1, 5, −1, −3;
7, −7, 5, 1, −3, 3;
7, −1, −3, 5, −7, 5;
7, 5, −7, 1, −3, 7;
−1, −3, 3, 5, −1, 5;
7, −1, 3, 1, 1, −5;
−3, −5, −5, 5, 1, −7;
3, −7, −3, −1, −5, 7; or
−7, 5, 7, −5, 1, −3.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein in resource mapping for the target reference signal, for any demodulation reference signal (DMRS) port, a time domain orthogonal cover code (TD-OCC) is [+1, +1].

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein in resource mapping for the target reference signal, for any DMRS port, a frequency domain orthogonal cover code (FD-OCC) is [+1, +1].

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the performing the first modulation and then discrete Fourier transform modulation on at least one of the target-reference-signal sequences to generate a target reference signal comprises:
in a case that a physical channel demodulation reference signal or a channel state information acquisition reference signal is transmitted based on transmission precoding, performing first modulation and then discrete Fourier transform modulation on the at least one of target-reference-signal sequences to generate the target reference signal.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein in a case that the physical channel demodulation reference signal is transmitted based on the transmission precoding, the physical channel demodulation reference signal comprises one or more of the following: physical uplink shared channel demodulation reference signal (PUSCH) DMRS, physical downlink shared channel demodulation reference signal (PDSCH) DMRS, physical sidelink shared channel demodulation reference signal (PSSCH) DMRS, physical uplink control channel demodulation reference signal (PUCCH) DMRS, physical downlink control channel demodulation reference signal (PDCCH) DMRS, physical sidelink control channel demodulation reference signal (PSCCH) DMRS, and physical broadcast channel demodulation reference signal (PBCH) DMRS.

8. The method according to claim 6 , wherein in a case that the channel state information acquisition reference signal is transmitted based on the transmission precoding, the channel state information acquisition reference signal comprises one or more of the following: sounding reference signal (SRS) and channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS).

9. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
generating the target-reference-signal sequence according to a predetermined rule; wherein
the predetermined rule comprises one or more of the following:
the target reference signal is a reference signal with a smallest average value of the shift auto-correlation between reference signal modulation symbols in a reference signal sequence table;
the target reference signal is a reference signal with a smallest value of the peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) value of corresponding time-domain symbols resulting from inverse Fourier transform on the reference signal modulation symbols in the reference signal sequence table;
the target reference signal is a reference signal with a smallest average value of the cross-correlation between the reference signal modulation symbols in the reference signal sequence table; and
demodulation performance of the target-reference-signal sequence meets a specified requirement.

10. A first communications device, comprising: a processor; a memory; and a program stored in the memory and capable of running on the processor, wherein the program, when the program is executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform the following steps of the method for reference signal generation:
in a case that indication information is received from a second communications device, perform first modulation and then discrete Fourier transform modulation on at least one of target-reference-signal sequences to generate a target reference signal, wherein the first modulation comprises any one of the following: π/2-binary phase shift keying (BPSK) modulation and 8-phase shift keying (PSK) modulation, and the indication information is used to indicate that the first communications device uses the target reference signal for transmission;
in a case that the number of subcarriers occupied by the target reference signal is 6, the target-reference-signal sequence comprises at least one of the following sequences to reduce at least one of an average value of a shift autocorrelation, a value of a peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR), or an average value of a cross-correlation to be less than a threshold:
5, −7, 7, 1, 5, 1;
−3, 7, −5, −1, −5, −1; or
5, 7, −3, −5, 5, −5.

11. The first communications device according to claim 10 , wherein in a case that the number of subcarriers occupied by the target reference signal is 6, the target-reference-signal sequence further comprises at least one of the following sequences:
7, 3, −1, −5, −1, 3;
7, −5, 7, −5, 7, 3;
5, −7, 5, −7, −3, −7;
3, 1, 5, 1, 5, −7;
1, 5, −7, 7, 1, 5;
7, −5, 3, 5, −1, −7;
3, −1, 3, −3, −5, −1;
5, −1, −3, −1, 5, −5;
7, −7, 1, 5, 3, −3;
7, 1, 7, −3, −1, −3;
7, 1, −5, −7, −5, 1;
−5, 5, −1, −3, −1, 5; or
−5, −1, −7, 7, −5, −1.

12. The first communications device according to claim 11 , wherein the target-reference-signal sequence further comprises at least one of the following sequences:
−1, 1, 5, −5, 7, 3;
3, 5, −1, 5, −1, −3;
7, −7, 5, 1, −3, 3;
7, −1, −3, 5, −7, 5;
7, 5, −7, 1, −3, 7;
−1, −3, 3, 5, −1, 5;
7, −1, 3, 1, 1, −5;
−3, −5, −5, 5, 1, −7;
3, −7, −3, −1, −5, 7; or
−7, 5, 7, −5, 1, −3.

13. The first communications device according to claim 10 , wherein in resource mapping for the target reference signal, for any demodulation reference signal DMRS port, a time domain orthogonal cover code TD-OCC is [+1, +1].

14. The first communications device according to claim 10 , wherein in resource mapping for the target refe

Assignees

• Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sun Xiaodong
• Liu Hao
• Sun Peng

Classifications

• 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

• H04L27/2614

  Peak power aspects · CPC title

• H04L27/26035

  Maintenance of orthogonality, e.g. for signals exchanged between cells or users, or by using covering codes or sequences (using different training sequence per antenna H04B7/0684; code allocation H04J13/16) · CPC title

• H04L27/26134 Primary

  Pilot insertion in the transmitter chain, e.g. pilot overlapping with data, insertion in time or frequency domain · CPC title

• H04L5/0016

  Time-frequency-code · CPC title