Uplink reference signal sending method, uplink reference signal receiving method, and communication apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12489576-B2
Application number	US-202218053356-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 7, 2022
Priority date	May 6, 2020
Publication date	Dec 2, 2025
Grant date	Dec 2, 2025

Abstract

This application provides a method including: determining, according to a resource allocation rule, downlink reference signal resources corresponding to a plurality of first resources used to carry an uplink reference signal in a plurality of uplink reference signal resources, where each uplink reference signal resource includes one or more first resources; determining, based on the downlink reference signal resource corresponding to each first resource, a precoding matrix corresponding to each first resource; and then sending a precoded uplink reference signal, where the precoded uplink reference signal is obtained by precoding the uplink reference signal based on the precoding matrix corresponding to each first resource.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An uplink reference signal sending method, comprising:
determining, according to a resource allocation rule, a plurality of downlink reference signal resources corresponding to a plurality of first resources used to carry an uplink reference signal in a plurality of uplink reference signal resources, wherein each of the plurality of uplink reference signal resources comprise two or more of the first resources, a domain size of each first resource is determined based on a first precoding granularity, and the first precoding granularity indicates a domain size of contiguous resources corresponding to a same precoding matrix in one uplink reference signal resource; determining, based on the downlink reference signal resource corresponding to each first resource, a precoding matrix corresponding to each first resource; and sending a precoded uplink reference signal, wherein the precoded uplink reference signal is obtained by precoding the uplink reference signal based on the precoding matrix corresponding to each first resource, wherein the downlink reference signal resource is a non-zero power channel state information reference signal (NZP CSI-RS) resource, and the uplink reference signal resource is a sounding reference signal (SRS) resource, wherein at least one SRS resource corresponding to each of a plurality of NZP CSI-RS resources is comprised in a SRS resource set, wherein the method further comprises:
receiving second indication information, wherein the second indication information indicates one or more SRS resources in each of a plurality of SRS resource sets, and a precoding matrix corresponding to the one or more SRS resources is a precoding matrix for uplink data transmission;
determining, based on the SRS resource indicated by the second indication information and the precoding matrices corresponding to the plurality of first resources, precoding matrices corresponding to a plurality of second resources in an uplink transmission resource, wherein the uplink transmission resource is for carrying uplink data, a time domain or frequency domain size of each second resource is determined based on a second precoding granularity, and the second precoding granularity indicates a time domain or frequency domain size of contiguous resources corresponding to a same precoding matrix in the uplink transmission resource; and
sending precoded uplink data, wherein the precoded uplink data is obtained by precoding the uplink data based on the precoding matrix corresponding to each second resource in the uplink transmission resource.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
determining a plurality of precoding matrices for uplink reference signal transmission, wherein the plurality of precoding matrices is determined based on measurement of the plurality of downlink reference signal resources, and the plurality of downlink reference signal resources correspond to the plurality of uplink reference signal resources; and the determining a precoding matrix corresponding to each first resource further comprises determining, based on the plurality of precoding matrices, the precoding matrix corresponding to each first resource.

3 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein the determining, based on the plurality of precoding matrices, the precoding matrix corresponding to each first resource comprises:
receiving indication information of the precoding selection rule; determining, based on a precoding selection rule and the plurality of precoding matrices, the precoding matrix corresponding to each first resource.

4 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein the method further comprises:
receiving first indication information, wherein the first indication information indicates a correspondence between the plurality of uplink reference signal resources and the plurality of downlink reference signal resources.

5 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein each of the plurality of downlink reference signal resources corresponds to at least one of the plurality of uplink reference signal resources, each of the at least one uplink reference signal resource corresponds to one or more of the plurality of precoding matrices, and the precoding matrix corresponding to each uplink reference signal resource is obtained based on measurement of the corresponding downlink reference signal resource.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
receiving indication information of the resource allocation rule.

7 . A communications apparatus, comprising:
a transceiver; at least one processor; and one or more memories coupled to the at least one processor and storing programming instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the communications apparatus to: determine, according to a resource allocation rule, a plurality of downlink reference signal resources corresponding to a plurality of first resources used to carry an uplink reference signal in a plurality of uplink reference signal resources, wherein each uplink reference signal resource comprises one or more of the first resources, a time domain or frequency domain size of each first resource is determined based on a first precoding granularity, and the first precoding granularity indicates a time domain or frequency domain size of contiguous resources corresponding to a same precoding matrix in one uplink reference signal resource; determine, based on a downlink reference signal resource corresponding to each first resource, a precoding matrix corresponding to each first resource; and send a precoded uplink reference signal, wherein the precoded uplink reference signal is obtained by precoding the uplink reference signal based on the precoding matrix corresponding to each first resource, wherein the downlink reference signal resource is a non-zero power channel state information reference signal (NZP CSI-RS) resource, and the uplink reference signal resource is a sounding reference signal (SRS) resource, wherein at least one SRS resource corresponding to each of a plurality of NZP CSI-RS resources is comprised in a SRS resource set, wherein the programming instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, further cause the communications apparatus to:
receive second indication information, wherein the second indication information indicates one or more SRS resources in each of a plurality of SRS resource sets, and a precoding matrix corresponding to the one or more SRS resources is a precoding matrix for uplink data transmission;
determine, based on the SRS resource indicated by the second indication information and the precoding matrices corresponding to the plurality of first resources, precoding matrices corresponding to a plurality of second resources in an uplink transmission resource, wherein the uplink transmission resource is for carrying uplink data, a time domain or frequency domain size of each second resource is determined based on a second precoding granularity, and the second precoding granularity indicates a time domain or frequency domain size of contiguous resources corresponding to a same precoding matrix in the uplink transmission resource; and
send precoded uplink data, wherein the precoded uplink data is obtained by precoding the uplink data based on the precoding matrix corresponding to each second resource in the uplink transmission resource.

8 . The communications apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the programming instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, further cause the communications apparatus to:
determine a plurality of precoding matrices used for uplink reference signal transmission, wherein the plurality of precoding ma

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wu Ye
• Ji Liuliu

Classifications

• H04L25/03343

  Arrangements at the transmitter end · CPC title

• H04L25/0226

  sounding signals per se · CPC title

• H04L5/0094

  Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated · 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