# US 11,310,022 B2 · Demodulation reference signal bundling > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,310,022 B2 - Document ID: US11310022B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/884,936 - Filed: 2020-05-27 - Published: 2020-12-24 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2019-06-20 - Assignees: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Applicants: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Inventors: Alexandros Manolakos; Joseph Binamira Soriaga; Wanshi Chen - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11310022B2 ## CPC - H04L 5/0091: {Signalling for the administration of the divided path, e.g. signalling of configuration information} - H04L 5/10: with dynamo-electric generation of carriers; with mechanical filters or demodulators - H04L 5/0051: {of dedicated pilots, i.e. pilots destined for a single user or terminal} - H04L 5/0082: {at predetermined intervals} - H04L 25/0224: {using sounding signals} - H04W 72/0446: Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames - H04W 72/0453: Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA - H04W 72/1263: Mapping of traffic onto schedule, e.g. scheduled allocation or multiplexing of flows - H04W 72/23: in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal - H04L 5/001: {the frequencies being arranged in component carriers} - H04L 5/0023: {Time-frequency-space} - H04L 5/14: Two-way operation using the same type of signal, i.e. duplex - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a receiver may receive an indication that a plurality of time-domain resources are associated for purposes of demodulation reference signal (DMRS) bundling of a physical channel. The receiver may determine, based at least in part on receiving the indication, a first DMRS pattern for a first subset of time-domain resources of the plurality of time-domain resources of the physical channel, and a second DMRS pattern for a second subset of time-domain resources of the plurality of time-domain resources of the physical channel, the first DMRS pattern and the second DMRS pattern being different DMRS patterns. Numerous other aspects are provided. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of wireless communication performed by a receiver, comprising: receiving an indication associated with a plurality of time-domain resources that are associated for purposes of demodulation reference signal (DMRS) bundling of a physical channel, wherein the indication includes one or more DMRS bundling parameters for a DMRS configuration associated with a first subset of the plurality of time-domain resources and a second subset of the plurality of time-domain resources, wherein at least one of the one or more DMRS bundling parameters indicates at least one of an offset value associated with DMRS transmissions per time-domain resource length or a location associated with a front-loaded DMRS transmission; and determining, based at least in part on the one or more DMRS bundling parameters, a first DMRS pattern for the first subset of time-domain resources and a second DMRS pattern for the second subset of time-domain resources, the first DMRS pattern and the second DMRS pattern being different DMRS patterns. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first subset of time-domain resources comprises edge resources of the plurality of time-domain resources and the second subset of time-domain resources comprises one or more non-edge resources of the plurality of time-domain resources. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the indication comprises an explicit indication that the plurality of time-domain resources are associated for purposes of DMRS bundling. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the indication comprises an implicit indication that the plurality of time-domain resources are associated for purposes of DMRS bundling. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein the implicit indication comprises at least one of: an indication that the plurality of time-domain resources are associated with a same scheduling grant, an indication that the plurality of time-domain resources are associated with a same frequency-domain allocation, an indication that the plurality of time-domain resources are associated with a same time-domain resource allocation length, an indication that the same time-domain resource allocation length corresponds to a full slot, an indication that the plurality of time-domain resources are associated with a same physical channel mapping type, or an indication that the same physical channel mapping type comprises physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) Type A, PDSCH Type B, physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) Type A, or PUSCH Type B. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the indication comprises receiving the indication that the plurality of time-domain resources are associated for purposes of DMRS bundling based at least in part on transmitting an indication of a capability of the receiver to support DMRS bundling. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the indication comprises receiving the indication in a scheduling grant for a non-edge resource of the second subset of time-domain resources. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of time-domain resources comprises at least one of: a plurality of slots or a plurality of mini-slots, a plurality of transmission time-intervals (TTIs), a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, or a plurality of time-domain scheduling allocations. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the second DMRS pattern is a same DMRS pattern as a third DMRS pattern for the second subset of time-domain resources when the plurality of time-domain resources are not associated for purposes of DMRS bundling for the physical channel. ### Claim 10 A method of wireless communication performed by a transmitter, comprising: transmitting an indication associated with a plurality of time-domain resources that are associated for purposes of demodulation reference signal (DMRS) bundling of a physical channel, wherein the indication includes one or more DMRS bundling parameters for a DMRS configuration associated with a first subset of the plurality of time-domain resources and a second subset of the plurality of time-domain resources, wherein at least one of the one or more DMRS bundling parameters indicates at least one of an offset value associated with DMRS transmissions per time-domain resource length or a location associated with a front-loaded DMRS transmission; transmitting, based at least in part on a first DMRS pattern, a plurality of first DMRS transmissions in the first subset of time-domain resources; and transmitting, based at least in part on a second DMRS pattern, one or more second DMRS transmissions in the second subset of time-domain resources, the first DMRS pattern and the second DMRS pattern being different DMRS patterns. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the first subset of time-domain resources comprises edge resources of the plurality of time-domain resources and the second subset of time-domain resources comprises one or more non-edge resources of the plurality of time-domain resources. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the one or more DMRS bundling parameters indicates the offset value associated with DMRS transmissions per time-domain resource length and a location associated with a front-loaded DMRS transmission. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the one or more DMRS bundling parameters include a DMRS bundling parameter that indicates that the second DMRS pattern includes fewer DMRS transmissions per time-domain resource length relative to the first DMRS pattern. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the offset value is between a maximum quantity of the DMRS transmissions per time-domain resource length for the first DMRS pattern and a maximum quantity of the DMRS transmissions per time-domain resource length for the second DMRS pattern. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the one or more DMRS bundling parameters include a DMRS bundling parameter that indicates the front-loaded DMRS transmission is included in the second DMRS pattern and is located in a first symbol that is different from a second symbol in which a front-loaded DMRS transmission included in the first DMRS pattern is located, wherein the front-loaded DMRS transmission is a first DMRS in a particular slot. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein the DMRS bundling parameter specifies that the first symbol is located closer to respective centers of the second subset of time-domain resources, relative to a location of the second symbol in the first subset of time-domain resources. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein the DMRS bundling parameter specifies that the first symbol is located closer to respective centers of respective resource allocations for the second subset of time-domain resources, relative to a location of the second symbol in a resource allocation of the first subset of time-domain resources. ### Claim 18 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the one or more DMRS bundling parameters include a DMRS bundling parameter that specifies that the first subset of time-domain resources comprises edge resources of the plurality of time-domain resources and the second subset of time-domain resources comprises one or more non-edge resources of the plurality of time-domain resources. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, wherein a quantity of the edge resources is based at least in part on a quantity of the plurality of time-domain resources. ### Claim 20 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the one or more DMRS bundling parameters include a DMRS bundling parameter that specifies that the first subset of time-domain resources comprises edge resources of the plurality of time-domain resources and the second subset of time-domain resources comprises a plurality of sets of non-edge resources, of the plurality of time-domain resources. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The method of claim 20, wherein the one or more DMRS bundling parameters include a DMRS bundling parameter that specifies a quantity of non-edge resources included in each of the plurality of sets of non-edge resources. ### Claim 22 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the one or more DMRS bundling parameters include a DMRS bundling parameter that specifies respective time-domain locations for a starting edge resource and an ending edge resource of the plurality of time-domain resources. ### Claim 23 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein transmitting the indication comprises transmitting the indication that the plurality of time-domain resources are associated for purposes of DMRS bundling based at least in part on receiving an indication of a capability of a receiver to support DMRS bundling. ### Claim 24 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein transmitting the indication comprises transmitting the indication in a scheduling grant for a non-edge resource of the second subset of time-domain resources. ### Claim 25 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the plurality of time-domain resources comprises at least one of: a plurality of slots or a plurality of mini-slots, a plurality of transmission time-intervals (TTIs), a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, or a plurality of time-domain scheduling allocations. ### Claim 26 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the second DMRS pattern is a same DMRS pattern as a third DMRS pattern for the second subset of time-domain resources when the plurality of time-domain resources are not associated for purposes of DMRS bundling for the physical channel. ### Claim 27 A receiver for wireless communication, comprising: a memory; and one or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to: receive an indication associated with a plurality of time-domain resources that are associated for purposes of demodulation reference signal (DMRS) bundling of a physical channel, wherein the indication includes one or more DMRS bundling parameters for a DMRS configuration associated with a first subset of the plurality of time-domain resources and a second subset of the plurality of time-domain resources, wherein at least one of the one or more DMRS bundling parameters indicates at least one of an offset value associated with DMRS transmissions per time-domain resource length or a location associated with a front-loaded DMRS transmission; and determine, based at least in part on receiving the one or more DMRS bundling parameters, a first DMRS pattern for the first subset of time-domain resources, and a second DMRS pattern for a second subset of time-domain resources, the first DMRS pattern and the second DMRS pattern being different DMRS patterns. ### Claim 28 (depends on 27) The receiver of claim 27, wherein the one or more processors are configured to: receive, prior to receiving the indication, an indication that the plurality of time-domain resources are associated for the purposes of DMRS bundling of the physical channel. ### Claim 29 A transmitter for wireless communication, comprising: a memory; and one or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to: transmit an indication associated with a plurality of time-domain resources that are associated for purposes of demodulation reference signal (DMRS) bundling of a physical channel, wherein the indication includes one or more DMRS bundling parameters for a DMRS configuration associated with a first subset of the plurality of time-domain resources and a second subset of the plurality of time-domain resources, wherein at least one of the one or more DMRS bundling parameters indicates at least one of an offset value associated with DMRS transmissions per time-domain resource length or a location associated with a front-loaded DMRS transmission; transmit, based at least in part on a first DMRS pattern, a plurality of first DMRS transmissions in the first subset of time-domain resources; and transmit, based at least in part on a second DMRS pattern, one or more second DMRS transmissions in the second subset of time-domain resources, the first DMRS pattern and the second DMRS pattern being different DMRS patterns. ### Claim 30 (depends on 29) The transmitter of claim 29, wherein the one or more processors are configured to: transmit, prior to transmitting the indication, an implicit indication that the plurality of time-domain resources are associated for purposes of DMRS bundling, the implicit indication comprising at least one of: an indication that the plurality of time-domain resources are associated with a same scheduling grant, an indication that the plurality of time-domain resources are associated with a same frequency-domain allocation, an indication that the plurality of time-domain resources are associated with a same time-domain resource allocation length, an indication that the same time-domain resource allocation length corresponds to a full slot, an indication that the plurality of time-domain resources are associated with a same physical channel mapping type, or an indication that the same physical channel mapping type comprises physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) Type A, PDSCH Type B, physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) Type A, or PUSCH Type B.