# US 11,115,932 B2 · Reference signal power boosting in a telecommunication system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,115,932 B2 - Document ID: US11115932B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/278,597 - Filed: 2019-02-18 - Published: 2019-08-22 - Granted: 2021-09-07 - Earliest claimed: 2018-02-16 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Yinan Qi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11115932B2 ## CPC - H04W 52/146: {Uplink power control} - H04W 52/16: Deriving transmission power values from another channel - 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 76/27: Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states - H04B 7/0404: the mobile station comprising multiple antennas, e.g. to provide uplink diversity - H04W 52/54: Signalisation aspects of the TPC commands, e.g. frame structure - 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) - H04B: TRANSMISSION ## Abstract The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. Disclosed is a method of boosting power of a phase tracking reference signal, PTRS, in a telecommunication system, wherein PTRS is used in an uplink transmission and two PTRS ports are configured and whereby the power boosting is defined based on relationship of the power to a number of PUSCH layers. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of a terminal, the method comprising: receiving, from a base station, information related to power of an uplink phase tracking reference signal (PTRS); identifying a factor related to a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) to PTRS power ratio per layer per resource element (RE) based on the information, a number of PUSCH layers, and a type of an uplink transmission; and transmitting, to the base station, the uplink PTRS based on the factor, wherein the factor related to the PUSCH to PTRS power ratio per layer per RE is identified based on information associated with an uplink PTRS port, in case the type of the uplink transmission is one of a codebook-based partial coherent transmission, a codebook-based non-coherent transmission, and a non-codebook based transmission, and wherein the number of PUSCH layers is identified based on both of a number of PUSCH layers within a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) port group containing a DMRS port associated with the uplink PTRS port and a number of PUSCH layers not within the DMRS port group containing the DMRS port associated with the uplink PTRS port. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein, in case the type of the uplink transmission is not the codebook-based partial coherent transmission, the codebook-based non-coherent transmission or the non-codebook based transmission: the factor is set to 3 based on the information set to 00 and the number of PUSCH layers set to 2; the factor is set to 4.77 based on the information set to 00 and the number of PUSCH layers set to 3; the factor is set to 6 based on the information set to 00 and the number of PUSCH layers set to 4; and the factor is set to 0 based on the information set to 00 and the number of PUSCH layers set to 1. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the factor identified is used in case that one or two uplink PTRS ports are configured to the terminal. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the information related to power of the uplink PTRS is received on a radio resource control (RRC) signaling. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the type of the uplink transmission is determined based on a capability of the terminal transmitted from the terminal to the base station. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the uplink PTRS port is quasi co-located with demodulation reference signal (DMRS) ports within a DMRS port group containing DMRS port associated with the uplink PTRS port, with respect to delay spread, Doppler spread, Doppler shift, average delay and spatial Rx parameter. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, the uplink PTRS port is quasi co-located with DMRS ports not within the DMRS port group containing the DMRS port associated with the uplink PTRS port, with respect to Doppler spread and Doppler shift. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: transmitting, to the base station, information indicating whether a power constraint per PTRS port is adopted, and wherein the factor is scaled based on a ratio corresponding to each of the PTRS port, in case that the information indicates the power constraint per PTRS port is adopted. ### Claim 9 A method of a base station, the method comprising: transmitting, to a terminal, information related to power of an uplink phase tracking reference signal (PTRS); and receiving, from the terminal, the uplink PTRS based on a factor, wherein a factor related to a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) to PTRS power ratio per layer per resource element (RE) is identified based on the information, a number of PUSCH layers, and a type of an uplink transmission, wherein the factor related to the PUSCH to PTRS power ratio per layer per RE is identified based on information associated with an uplink PTRS port, in case the type of the uplink transmission is one of a codebook-based partial coherent transmission, a codebook-based non-coherent transmission, and a non-codebook based transmission, and wherein the number of PUSCH layers is identified based on both of a number of PUSCH layers within a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) port group containing a DMRS port associated with the uplink PTRS port and a number of PUSCH layers not within the DMRS port group containing the DMRS port associated with the uplink PTRS port. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein, in case the type of the uplink transmission is not the codebook-based partial coherent transmission, the codebook-based non-coherent transmission or the non-codebook based transmission: the factor is set to 3 based on the information set to 00 and the number of PUSCH layers set to 2; the factor is set to 4.77 based on the information set to 00 and the number of PUSCH layers set to 3; the factor is set to 6 based on the information set to 00 and the number of PUSCH layers set to 4; and the factor is set to 0 based on the information set to 00 and the number of PUSCH layers set to 1. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the factor identified is used to receive the uplink PTRS and data in case that one or two uplink PTRS ports are configured to the terminal. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the information related to power of the uplink PTRS is transmitted on a radio resource control (RRC) signaling. ### Claim 13 A terminal, the terminal comprising: a transceiver; and a controller operably connected to the transceiver, the transceiver configured to: receive, from a base station, information related to power of an uplink phase tracking reference signal (PTRS), identify a factor related to a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) to PTRS power ratio per layer per resource element (RE) based on the information, a number of PUSCH layers, and a type of an uplink transmission, and transmit, to the base station, the uplink PTRS based on the factor, wherein the factor related to the PUSCH to PTRS power ratio per layer per RE is identified based on information associated with an uplink PTRS port in case the type of the uplink transmission is one of a codebook-based partial coherent transmission, a codebook-based non-coherent transmission, and a non-codebook based transmission, and wherein the number of PUSCH layers is identified based on both of a number of PUSCH layers within a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) port group containing a DMRS port associated with the uplink PTRS port and a number of PUSCH layers not within the DMRS port group containing the DMRS port associated with the uplink PTRS port. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The terminal of claim 13, wherein, in case the type of the uplink transmission is not the codebook-based partial coherent transmission, the codebook-based non-coherent transmission or the non-codebook based transmission: the factor is set to 3 based on the information set to 00 and the number of PUSCH layers set to 2; the factor is set to 4.77 based on the information set to 00 and the number of PUSCH layers set to 3; the factor is set to 6 based on the information set to 00 and the number of PUSCH layers set to 4; and wherein the factor is set to 0 based on the information set to 00 and the number of PUSCH layers set to 1. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The terminal of claim 13, wherein the factor identified is used in case that one or two uplink PTRS ports are configured to the terminal. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The terminal of claim 13, wherein the information related to power of the uplink PTRS power is received on a radio resource control (RRC) signaling. ### Claim 17 A base station, the base station comprising: a transceiver; and a controller operably connected to the transceiver, the controller configured to: transmit, to a terminal, information related to power of an uplink phase tracking reference signal (PTRS), and receive, from the terminal, the uplink PTRS based on a factor, wherein a factor related to a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) to PTRS power ratio per layer per resource element (RE) is identified based on the information, a number of PUSCH layers, and a type of an uplink transmission, wherein the factor related to the PUSCH to PTRS power ratio per layer per RE is identified based on information associated with an uplink PTRS port, in case the type of the uplink transmission is one of a codebook-based partial coherent transmission, a codebook-based non-coherent transmission, and a non-codebook based transmission, and wherein the number of PUSCH layers is identified based on both of a number of PUSCH layers within a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) port group containing a DMRS port associated with the uplink PTRS port and a number of PUSCH layers not within the DMRS port group containing the DMRS port associated with the uplink PTRS port. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The base station of claim 17, wherein, in case the type of the uplink transmission not being the codebook-based partial coherent transmission, the codebook-based non-coherent transmission or the non-codebook based transmission: the factor is set to 3 based on the information set to 00 and the number of PUSCH layers set to 2; the factor is set to 4.77 based on the information set to 00 and the number of PUSCH layers set to 3; the factor is set to 6 based on the information set to 00 and the number of PUSCH layers set to 4; and the factor is set to 0 based on the information set to 00 and the number of PUSCH layers set to 1. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The base station of claim 17, wherein the factor identified is used to receive the uplink PTRS and data in case that one or two uplink PTRS ports are configured to the terminal, and wherein the information related to power of the uplink PTRS is transmitted on a radio resource control (RRC) signalling.