User equipments, base stations and methods for configurable downlink control information for demodulation reference signal for a physical uplink shared channel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12232137-B2
Application number	US-202017772684-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 25, 2020
Priority date	Nov 7, 2019
Publication date	Feb 18, 2025
Grant date	Feb 18, 2025

Abstract

A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE includes transmitting circuitry configured to transmit a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) for a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH). In a case that a number of bits for downlink control information (DCI) used for indicating an index of an uplink antenna port(s) is more than 1 bit, the DMRS for the PUSCH is transmitted using the index of an uplink antenna port(s) indicated by using the DCI used for indicating the index of the uplink antenna port(s). In a case that a number of bits for downlink control information (DCI) used for indicating an index of an uplink antenna port(s) is 0 bit, the DMRS for the PUSCH is transmitted using an index of the uplink antenna port(s) configured by using first information.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A user equipment (UE) comprising:
receiving circuitry configured to receive a radio resource control (RRC) message comprising information used for indicating which one of 0, 4, 5, and 6 is a number of bits for an antenna port field in a downlink control information (DCI) format, the DCI format being used for scheduling of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH); and
processing circuitry configured to determine, based on the information, whether or not the antenna port field is present in the DCI format, wherein
the receiving circuitry is further configured to receive, based on a determination that the antenna port field is not present in the DCI format, a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) for the PDSCH using an antenna port associated with a DMRS port, the DMRS port being associated with an index value 0 in a corresponding table.

2. A base station apparatus comprising:
generating circuitry configured to generate a radio resource control (RRC) message comprising information used for indicating which one of 0, 4, 5, and 6 is a number of bits for an antenna port field in a downlink control information (DCI) format, the DCI format being used for scheduling of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH); and
transmitting circuitry configured to transmit the RRC message, wherein
the transmitting circuitry is further configured to transmit, based on a determination that the antenna port field is not present in the DCI format, a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) for the PDSCH using an antenna port associated with a DMRS port, the DMRS port being associated with an index value 0 in a corresponding table.

3. A communication method performed by a user equipment (UE), the communication method comprising:
receiving a radio resource control (RRC) message comprising information used for indicating which one of 0, 4, 5, and 6 is a number of bits for an antenna port field in a downlink control information (DCI) format, the DCI format being used for scheduling of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH);
determining, based on the information, whether or not the antenna port field is present in the DCI format; and
receiving, based on a determination that the antenna port field is not present in the DCI format, a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) for the PDSCH using an antenna port associated with a DMRS port, the DMRS port being associated with an index value 0 in a corresponding table.

4. The UE of claim 1 , wherein
the processing circuitry is further configured to determine the corresponding table based on dmrs-Type information and/or maxLength information.

5. The base station of claim 2 , wherein
the corresponding table is determined based on dmrs-Type information and/or maxLength information.

Assignees

• Sharp Kk

Inventors

• Aiba Tatsushi
• Ying Kai
• Yokomakura Kazunari

Classifications

• H04L5/0051 Primary

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

• H04W72/23 Primary

  in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal · CPC title

• H04L5/0092

  Indication of how the channel is divided · CPC title

• H04L5/0007

  the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A) or DMT · CPC title