US 10,567,201 B2Granted

Information transmission method and apparatus

AssigneeZte Corporation

InventorsYuxin Wang, Chuangxin Jiang, Shujuan Zhang, Zhaohua Lu, Yu Ngok Li

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Abstract

Disclosed is an information transmission method. The method includes that: a first communication node determines a resource or parameter for a second communication node to transmit a reference signal, and indicates the resource or parameter to the second communication node through signaling; and the second communication node receives the signaling transmitted by the first communication node, determines the resource or parameter for transmitting the reference signal based on the signaling or based on the signaling and a rule predefined by the first communication node and the second communication node, and uses the determined resource or parameter to transmit the reference signal.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A wireless communication method, comprising:

determining, by a first communication node, a first parameter indicating a bandwidth of a sounding reference signal, a second parameter indicating a bandwidth configuration of the sounding reference signal, and an offset value of a first frequency domain starting position of the sounding reference signal relative to a second frequency domain starting position,
wherein the first frequency domain starting position is determined based on k0(p)=kTC(p)+ΔoffsetPRBNscRB, wherein ΔoffsetPRB is the offset value of the first frequency domain starting position, NscRB is a number of subcarriers in a physical resource block, and kTP(p) is the second frequency domain starting position, and wherein a transmission bandwidth set of the sounding reference signal is determined according to the second parameter indicating the bandwidth configuration of the sounding reference signal, the transmission bandwidth set comprising:
112, 56, 28, 4;
120, 60, 20, 4;
128, 64, 32, 4;
136, 68, 4, 4;
144, 72, 36, 4;
144, 48, 16, 4;
160, 80, 40, 4;
160, 80, 20, 4;
168, 84, 28, 4;
176, 88, 44, 4;
192, 96, 48, 4;
208, 104, 52, 4;
216, 108, 36, 4;
240, 120, 60, 4;
240, 80, 20, 4;
256, 128, 64, 4;
and
272, 136, 68, 4;
and
transmitting a signaling message to a second communication node, wherein the signaling message includes the first parameter, the second parameter, and the offset value.

19 more elements

A wireless communication method, comprising:

receiving, by a second communication node, a signaling message transmitted by a first communication node, wherein the signaling message includes a first parameter indicating a bandwidth of a sounding reference signal, a second parameter indicating a bandwidth configuration of the sounding reference signal, and an offset value of a first frequency domain starting position of the sounding reference signal relative to a second frequency domain starting position, wherein the first frequency domain starting position is determined based on k0(p)=kTC(p)+ΔoffsetPRBNscRB, and wherein ΔoffsetPRB is the offset value of the first frequency domain starting position, NscRB is a number of subcarriers in a physical resource block, and kTC(p) is the second frequency domain starting position;
determining, by the second communication node, a transmission bandwidth set of the sounding reference signal according to the second parameter indicating the bandwidth configuration of the sounding reference signal, wherein the transmission bandwidth set comprises:
112, 56, 28, 4;
120, 60, 20, 4;
128, 64, 32, 4;
136, 68, 4, 4;
144, 72, 36, 4;
144, 48, 16, 4;
160, 80, 40, 4;
160, 80, 20, 4;
168, 84, 28, 4;
176, 88, 44, 4;
192, 96, 48, 4;
208, 104, 52, 4;
216, 108, 36, 4;
240, 120, 60, 4;
240, 80, 20, 4;
256, 128, 64, 4;
and
272, 136, 68, 4;
and
determining, by the second communication node, a resource based on the first parameter, the second parameter indicating the transmission bandwidth set, and the offset value included in the signaling message;
transmitting, by the second communication node, the sounding reference signal using the resource.

20 more elements

A wireless communication device, comprising:

a processor, and
a memory including processor executable code, wherein the processor executable code upon execution by the processor configures the processor to:
determine a first parameter indicating a bandwidth of a sounding reference signal, a second parameter indicating a bandwidth configuration of the sounding reference signal, and an offset value of a first frequency domain starting position of the sounding reference signal relative to a second frequency domain starting position, wherein the first frequency domain starting position is determined based on k0(p)=kTC(p)+ΔoffsetPRBNscRB, wherein ΔoffsetPRB is the offset value of the first frequency domain starting position, NscRB is a number of subcarriers in a physical resource block, and kTC(p) is the second frequency domain starting position;
and wherein a transmission bandwidth set of the sounding reference signal is determined according to the second parameter indicating the bandwidth configuration of the sounding reference signal, the transmission bandwidth set comprising:
112, 56, 28, 4;
120, 60, 20, 4;
128, 64, 32, 4;
136, 68, 4, 4;
144, 72, 36, 4;
144, 48, 16, 4;
160, 80, 40, 4;
160, 80, 20, 4;
168, 84, 28, 4;
176, 88, 44, 4;
192, 96, 48, 4;
208, 104, 52, 4;
216, 108, 36, 4;
240, 120, 60, 4;
240, 80, 20, 4;
256, 128, 64, 4;
and
272, 136, 68, 4;
and
transmit a signaling message to a second communication node, wherein the signaling message includes the first parameter, the second parameter, and the offset value.

21 more elements

A wireless communication device, comprising:

a processor, and
a memory including processor executable code, wherein the processor executable code upon execution by the processor configures the processor to:
receive a signaling message transmitted by a first communication node, wherein the signaling message includes a first parameter indicating a bandwidth of a sounding reference signal, a second parameter indicating a bandwidth configuration of the sounding reference signal, and an offset value of a first frequency domain starting position of the sounding reference signal relative to a second frequency domain starting position, wherein the first frequency domain starting position is determined based on k0(p)=kTC(p)+ΔoffsetPRBNscRB, and wherein ΔoffsetPRB is the offset value of the first frequency domain starting position, NscRB is a number of subcarriers in a physical resource block, and kTC(p) is the second frequency domain starting position;
determine a transmission bandwidth set of the sounding reference signal according to the second parameter indicating the bandwidth configuration of the sounding reference signal, wherein the transmission bandwidth set comprises:
112, 56, 28, 4;
120, 60, 20, 4;
128, 64, 32, 4;
136, 68, 4, 4;
144, 72, 36, 4;
144, 48, 16, 4;
160, 80, 40, 4;
160, 80, 20, 4;
168, 84, 28, 4;
176, 88, 44, 4;
192, 96, 48, 4;
208, 104, 52, 4;
216, 108, 36, 4;
240, 120, 60, 4;
240, 80, 20, 4;
256, 128, 64, 4;
and
272, 136, 68,
determine a resource based on the first parameter, the second parameter indicating the transmission bandwidth set, and the offset value included in the signaling message;
and
transmit the sounding reference signal using the resource.

22 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/407,167Filed 8 May 2019 · continuation
Priority: CN 2017 1 093983530 Sep 2017
Published: US 2019/0268185 A129 Aug 2019
Granted: 18 Feb 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

H04B 1/713
Spread spectrum techniques: using frequency hopping
H04L 5/0048
Arrangements for allocating sub-channels of the transmission path: allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver
H04L 5/0051
Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver: of dedicated pilots, i.e. pilots destined for a single user or terminal
H04L 5/0053
Arrangements for allocating sub-channels of the transmission path: allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals