# US 10,873,869 B2 · Cell-specific sounding and measurement configuration > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,873,869 B2 - Document ID: US10873869B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/009,071 - Filed: 2018-06-14 - Published: 2018-12-20 - Granted: 2020-12-22 - Earliest claimed: 2017-06-16 - Assignees: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Applicants: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Inventors: Jay Kumar Sundararajan; Haitong Sun; Aleksandar Damnjanovic; Kambiz Azarian Yazdi; Naga Bhushan - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10873869B2 ## CPC - H04W 24/10: Scheduling measurement reports {; Arrangements for measurement reports} - H04L 5/0048: {Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver (allocation of control signalling H04L5/0053; use of control signalling H04L5/0091)} - H04W 52/34: TPC management, i.e. sharing limited amount of power among users or channels or data types, e.g. cell loading - H04W 72/12: Wireless traffic scheduling - H04W 72/542: using measured or perceived quality - H04L 5/0016: {Time-frequency-code} - H04L 5/0037: {Inter-user or inter-terminal allocation} - H04W 52/325: {Power control of control or pilot channels} - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract Aspects directed towards a cell-specific configuration for sounding transmissions and measurements are disclosed. In one example, scheduled entities served by a scheduling entity are identified and a cell-specific sounding pattern configuration uniformly applicable to each of the scheduled entities is generated such that the cell-specific sounding pattern configuration has a different pattern than a cell-specific sounding pattern configuration associated with at least one other cell. The cell-specific sounding pattern configuration is then transmitted to each of the scheduled entities to facilitate an identification of cell-specific resources to use for at least one of a sounding transmission or a sounding measurement. In another example, a cell-specific sounding pattern configuration is received and cell-specific resources associated with the cell-specific sounding pattern configuration are identified. At least one of a sounding transmission or a sounding measurement is then configured according to the cell-specific resources associated with the cell-specific sounding pattern configuration. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A scheduling entity for wireless communication comprising: an identifying circuitry configured to identify a plurality of scheduled entities served by the scheduling entity; a generating circuitry configured to generate a first cell-specific sounding pattern configuration from among a plurality of cell-specific sounding pattern configurations wherein a number of the plurality of cell-specific sounding pattern configurations is greater than or equal to a specified number of cells in a plurality of neighboring cells, and is based on a first number of symbols used by each of the plurality of neighboring cell for sounding transmissions and sounding measurements, and a second number of symbols used by each of the plurality of neighboring cells for sounding transmissions, each unique of the plurality of cell-specific sounding pattern configurations comprising a sounding transmission pattern that identifies respective cell-specific configuration resources to use for sounding transmissions, and a sounding measurement pattern that identifies respective cell-specific configuration resources to use for sounding measurements, wherein: each combination of the respective cell-specific configuration resources to use for sounding transmissions and the respective cell-specific configuration resources to use for sounding measurements of each of the plurality of cell-specific sounding pattern configurations is different, each of the plurality of cell-specific sounding pattern configurations enables scheduled entities in a different cell of the plurality of neighboring cells to listen to scheduled entities in each of the other cells in the plurality of neighboring cells, and the first cell-specific sounding pattern configuration is uniformly applicable to each of the plurality of scheduled entities; and a transmitting circuitry configured to transmit the first cell-specific sounding pattern configuration to each of the plurality of scheduled entities served by the scheduling entity. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The scheduling entity of claim 1, wherein the generating circuitry further comprises a sounding power circuitry configured to convey a power mode to at least one of the plurality of scheduled entities, and wherein the power mode has corresponding power control parameters associated with a sounding transmission. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The scheduling entity of claim 2, wherein the sounding power circuitry is configured to instruct at least one of the plurality of scheduled entities to perform a power control derivation based on the power control parameters and an offset specific to the at least one of the plurality of scheduled entities. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The scheduling entity of claim 3, wherein the sounding power circuitry is configured to determine the offset based on at least one of a traffic load level, a priority, or a tolerable interference level. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The scheduling entity of claim 2, wherein the sounding power circuitry is configured to perform at least one of: convey a power mode associated with a fixed reference power, wherein each of the plurality of scheduled entities are instructed that a corresponding sounding transmission shall be transmitted according to the fixed reference power; or instruct at least one of the plurality of scheduled entities to perform a power control derivation based on power control parameters associated with a particular uplink channel. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The scheduling entity of claim 1, wherein the generating circuitry further comprises sounding measurement circuitry configured to generate a cell-specific measurement pattern configuration that specifies a reporting of multiple sounding measurements measured from different resources, the reporting corresponding to a maximum measurement of the multiple sounding measurements. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The scheduling entity of claim 1, wherein the cell-specific measurement pattern configuration specifies a reporting of multiple sounding measurements measured from different resources, the reporting corresponding to an individual reporting of each of the multiple sounding measurements. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The scheduling entity of claim 1, wherein the cell-specific measurement pattern configuration specifies a reporting of multiple sounding measurements measured from different resources, the reporting corresponding to an aggregate value associated with the multiple sounding measurements. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The scheduling entity of claim 1, wherein the cell-specific measurement pattern configuration specifies a trigger for reporting sounding measurements. ### Claim 10 A method of wireless communication operable at a scheduling entity, the method comprising: identifying a plurality of scheduled entities served by the scheduling entity; generating a first cell-specific sounding pattern configuration from among a plurality of cell-specific sounding pattern configurations, wherein a number of the plurality of cell-specific sounding pattern configurations is greater than or equal to a specified number of cells in a plurality of neighboring cells, and is based on a first number of symbols used by each of the plurality of neighboring cell for sounding transmissions and sounding measurements, and a second number of symbols used by each of the plurality of neighboring cells for sounding transmissions, each of the plurality of cell-specific sounding pattern configurations comprising a sounding transmission pattern that identifies respective cell-specific configuration resources to use for sounding transmissions, and a sounding measurement pattern that identifies respective cell-specific configuration resources to use for sounding measurements, wherein: each combination of the respective cell-specific configuration resources to use for sounding transmissions and the respective cell-specific configuration resources to use for sounding measurements of each of the plurality of cell-specific sounding pattern configurations is different, each of the plurality of cell-specific sounding pattern configurations enables scheduled entities in a different cell of the plurality of neighboring cells to listen to scheduled entities in each of the other cells in the plurality of neighboring cells, and the first cell-specific sounding pattern configuration is uniformly applicable to each of the plurality of scheduled entities; and transmitting the first cell-specific sounding pattern configuration to each of the plurality of scheduled entities served by the scheduling entity. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the generating comprises generating a cell-specific measurement pattern configuration that specifies a type of measurement to perform on a particular set of resources. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the cell-specific measurement pattern configuration further specifies a reporting of multiple sounding measurements measured from different resources, the reporting corresponding to a maximum measurement of the multiple sounding measurements. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the generating comprises defining each of the plurality of cell-specific sounding pattern configurations jointly over at least two of a time domain, a frequency domain, or a code sequence domain, and wherein each of the plurality of cell-specific sounding pattern configurations is defined by a respective joint configuration over the at least two of the time domain, the frequency domain, or the code sequence domain, and the respective joint configuration of each of the plurality of cell-specific sounding pattern configurations is different. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the transmitting comprises conveying a power mode to at least one of the plurality of scheduled entities, and wherein the power mode has corresponding power control parameters associated with a sounding transmission. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting the cell-specific sounding pattern configuration via a unicast transmission, a multicast transmission, or a broadcast transmission. ### Claim 16 A method of wireless communication operable at a scheduled entity, the method comprising: receiving a first cell-specific sounding pattern configuration from among a plurality of cell-specific sounding pattern configurations, wherein a number of the plurality of cell-specific sounding pattern configurations is greater than or equal to a specified number of cells in a plurality of neighboring cells, and is based on a first number of symbols used by each of the plurality of neighboring cell for sounding transmissions and sounding measurements, and a second number of symbols used by each of the plurality of neighboring cells for sounding transmissions, each of the plurality of cell-specific sounding pattern configurations comprising a sounding transmission pattern that identifies respective cell-specific configuration resources to use for sounding transmissions, and a sounding measurement pattern that identifies respective cell-specific configuration resources to use for sounding measurements, wherein: each combination of the respective cell-specific configuration resources to use for sounding transmissions and the respective cell-specific configuration resources to use for sounding measurements of each of the plurality of cell-specific sounding pattern configurations is different, each of the plurality of cell-specific sounding pattern configurations enables scheduled entities in a different cell of the plurality of neighboring cells to listen to scheduled entities in each of the other cells in the plurality of neighboring cells, and the first cell-specific sounding pattern configuration is uniformly applicable to each of a plurality of scheduled entities served by a scheduling entity; identifying the cell-specific configuration resources associated with the first cell-specific sounding pattern configuration; and configuring at least one of a sounding transmission or a sounding measurement according to the cell-specific configuration resources associated with the first cell-specific sounding pattern configuration. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein each of the plurality of cell-specific sounding pattern configurations is configured jointly over at least two of a time domain, a frequency domain, or a code sequence domain, and wherein each of the plurality of cell-specific sounding pattern configurations is defined by a respective joint configuration over the at least two of the time domain, the frequency domain, or the code sequence domain, and the respective joint configuration of each of the plurality of cell-specific sounding pattern configurations is different. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein the configuring comprises configuring the sounding transmission according to a power mode associated with the first cell-specific sounding pattern configuration. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein the configuring comprises configuring the sounding measurement according to a cell-specific measurement pattern configuration that specifies a type of measurement to perform on a particular set of resources. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein the receiving comprises receiving the first cell-specific sounding pattern configuration via a unicast transmission, a multicast transmission, or a broadcast transmission. ### Claim 21 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein the cell-specific measurement pattern configuration further specifies a reporting of multiple sounding measurements measured from different resources, the reporting corresponding to a maximum measurement of the multiple sounding measurements. ### Claim 22 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, further comprising: conditioning the configuring at least one of a sounding transmission or a sounding measurement according to the cell-specific configuration resources associated with the first cell-specific sounding pattern configuration, on a determination that the scheduled entity has traffic activity. ### Claim 23 A scheduled entity for wireless communication comprising: a receiving circuitry configured to receive a first cell-specific sounding pattern configuration from among a plurality of cell-specific sounding pattern configurations, wherein a number of the plurality of cell-specific sounding pattern configurations is greater than or equal to a specified number of cells in a plurality of neighboring cells, and is based on a first number of symbols used by each of the plurality of neighboring cell for sounding transmissions and sounding measurements, and a second number of symbols used by each of the plurality of neighboring cells for sounding transmissions, each of the plurality of cell-specific sounding pattern configurations comprising a sounding transmission pattern that identifies respective cell-specific configuration resources to use for sounding transmissions, and a sounding measurement pattern that identifies respective cell-specific configuration resources to use for sounding measurements, wherein: each combination of the respective cell-specific configuration resources to use for sounding transmissions and the respective cell-specific configuration resources to use for sounding measurements of each of the plurality of cell-specific sounding pattern configurations is different, each of the plurality of cell-specific sounding pattern configurations enables scheduled entities in a different cell of the plurality of neighboring cells to listen to scheduled entities in each of the other cells in the plurality of neighboring cells, and the first cell-specific sounding pattern configuration is uniformly applicable to each of a plurality of scheduled entities served by a scheduling entity; an identifying circuitry configured to identify the cell-specific configuration resources associated with the first cell-specific sounding pattern configuration; and a sounding circuitry configured to configure at least one of a sounding transmission or a sounding measurement according to the cell-specific configuration resources associated with the first cell-specific sounding pattern configuration. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) The scheduled entity of claim 23, wherein the sounding circuitry further comprises power circuitry configured to transmit the sounding transmission according to a power mode having power control parameters corresponding to the first cell-specific sounding pattern configuration. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) The scheduled entity of claim 24, wherein the power circuitry is configured to derive a transmit power based on the power control parameters and an offset specific to the scheduled entity, and wherein the power circuitry is configured to transmit the sounding transmission according to the transmit power. ### Claim 26 (depends on 25) The scheduled entity of claim 25, wherein the offset is associated with at least one of a traffic load level, a priority, or a tolerable interference level. ### Claim 27 (depends on 24) The scheduled entity of claim 24, wherein the power circuitry is configured to transmit the sounding transmission according to a transmit power, and wherein the power circuitry is further configured to derive the transmit power based on power control parameters associated with a particular uplink channel or a fixed reference power associated with the power mode. ### Claim 28 (depends on 23) The scheduled entity of claim 23, wherein the sounding circuitry further comprises measurement circuitry configured to perform a sounding measurement according to a cell-specific measurement pattern configuration, and wherein the measurement circuitry is further configured to report the sounding measurement according to the cell-specific measurement pattern configuration. ### Claim 29 (depends on 28) The scheduled entity of claim 28, wherein the measurement circuitry is configured to report multiple sounding measurements measured via from different resources according to the cell-specific measurement pattern configuration, wherein the report corresponds to a maximum measurement of the multiple sounding measurements. ### Claim 30 (depends on 28) The scheduled entity of claim 28, wherein the measurement circuitry is configured to trigger a reporting of the sounding measurement according to the cell-specific measurement pattern configuration.