# US 12,009,957 B2 · Sounding reference signal (SRS) cyclic shift hopping

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- Number: US 12,009,957 B2
- Document ID: US12009957B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/659,799
- Filed: 2022-04-19
- Published: 2023-10-19
- Granted: 2024-06-11
- Earliest claimed: 2022-04-19
- Assignees: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Applicants: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Inventors: Muhammad Sayed Khairy Abdelghaffar; Yu Zhang
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12009957B2

## CPC

- H04J 11/0026: {of multi-user interference}
- H04L 27/2607: {Cyclic extensions}
- H04B 1/713: using frequency hopping
- H04J 13/0074: {Code shifting or hopping}
- H04L 5/0012: {Hopping in multicarrier systems}
- H04L 5/0051: {of dedicated pilots, i.e. pilots destined for a single user or terminal}
- H04L 5/0091: {Signalling for the administration of the divided path, e.g. signalling of configuration information}
- H04L 27/2613: {Structure of the reference signals}
- H04J: MULTIPLEX COMMUNICATION (transmission in general H04B; peculiar to transmission of digital information H04L5/00; systems for the simultaneous or sequential transmission of more than one television signal H04N7/08; in exchanges H04Q11/00; stereophonic systems H04S)
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)
- H04B: TRANSMISSION

## Abstract

Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) receives a sounding reference signal (SRS) configuration, the SRS configuration including one or more parameters defining an SRS resource, receives a cyclic shift hopping parameter for SRS transmissions, and transmits an SRS on the SRS resource, the SRS configured according to at least the cyclic shift hopping parameter.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A user equipment (UE), comprising:
at least one memory;
at least one transceiver; and
at least one processor communicatively coupled to the at least one memory and the at least one transceiver, the at least one processor configured to:
receive, via the at least one transceiver, a sounding reference signal (SRS) configuration, the SRS configuration including one or more parameters defining an SRS resource;
receive, via the at least one transceiver, a cyclic shift hopping parameter for SRS transmissions,
wherein the SRS transmissions are repetitions that span multiple symbols of at least one slot, and
wherein the cyclic shift hopping parameter indicates that a same cyclic shift is used for the SRS transmissions across the multiple symbols, or that a different cyclic shift is used for different SRS symbols of the multiple symbols; and
transmit, via the at least one transceiver, an SRS on the SRS resource, the SRS configured according to at least the cyclic shift hopping parameter.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The UE of claim 1, wherein the cyclic shift hopping parameter indicates:
values for a cyclic shift hopping pattern of the SRS transmissions, or
an index to the values for the cyclic shift hopping pattern in a table of cyclic shift hopping patterns.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The UE of claim 1, wherein the SRS resource is persistent, semi-persistent, or aperiodic.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The UE of claim 1, wherein:
the SRS resource is configured with one or more antenna ports, and
the cyclic shift hopping parameter is associated with one port of the one or more antenna ports.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The UE of claim 1, wherein a cyclic shift hopping pattern indicated by the cyclic shift hopping parameter is:
cyclic from 0 to n_SRS{circumflex over ( )}(CS,max)−1, where n_SRS{circumflex over ( )}(CS,max) is a maximum number of cyclic shifts of the SRS resource, or
a bit-reversal pattern from 0 to n_SRS{circumflex over ( )}(CS,max) of the SRS resource.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The UE of claim 1, wherein a parameter of the SRS resource configuration indicates whether the same or different cyclic shift is used for the SRS transmissions across the multiple symbols.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The UE of claim 1, wherein:
the one or more parameters include a parameter for the SRS resource configuring SRS frequency hopping for the SRS transmissions across the multiple symbols of the at least one slot, and
the cyclic shift hopping parameter is received in the SRS configuration based on SRS frequency hopping being configured for the SRS resource.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The UE of claim 7, wherein:
the SRS transmissions are SRS hops transmitted according to the parameter configuring SRS frequency hopping, and
the SRS hops have the same or different cyclic shift based on the cyclic shift hopping parameter.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The UE of claim 7, wherein the cyclic shift hopping parameter is specific to the UE.

### Claim 10 (depends on 7)

The UE of claim 7, wherein the cyclic shift hopping parameter is configured for:
cyclic shift hopping across multiple slots,
cyclic shift hopping within a single slot, or
any combination thereof.

### Claim 11 (depends on 7)

The UE of claim 7, wherein the cyclic shift hopping parameter is configured for:
cyclic shift hopping across multiple frequency hopping periods,
cyclic shift hopping within a single frequency hopping period, or
any combination thereof.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The UE of claim 1, wherein:
based on SRS frequency hopping for the SRS resource being disabled, SRS transmissions across SRS repetitions within a slot and across slots are configured with different cyclic shifts based on orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol index, slot index, and number of SRS symbols of the SRS resource.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The UE of claim 1, wherein:
based on SRS frequency hopping for the SRS resource being enabled, the cyclic shift hopping parameter is configured for cyclic shift hopping across frequency hopping periods of the SRS resource or for cyclic shift hopping within and across the frequency hopping periods of the SRS resource.

### Claim 14 (depends on 1)

The UE of claim 1, wherein the SRS configuration includes the cyclic shift hopping parameter based on a UE capability to support SRS cyclic shift hopping.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The UE of claim 14, wherein the UE capability is per frequency band, per frequency band combination, or per feature set.

### Claim 16 (depends on 14)

The UE of claim 14, wherein:
the one or more parameters and the cyclic shift hopping parameter are radio resource control (RRC) parameters.

### Claim 17 (depends on 1)

The UE of claim 1, wherein:
the SRS configuration is received via RRC signaling,
the cyclic shift hopping parameter is received in one or more of a medium access control element (MAC-CE), downlink control information (DCI), or both, and
the cyclic shift hopping parameter enables, disables, or updates another cyclic shift hopping pattern indicated by the one or more parameters of the SRS configuration.

### Claim 18

A network entity, comprising:
at least one memory;
at least one transceiver; and
at least one processor communicatively coupled to the at least one memory and the at least one transceiver, the at least one processor configured to:
transmit, via the at least one transceiver, a sounding reference signal (SRS) configuration to a user equipment (UE), the SRS configuration including one or more parameters defining an SRS resource;
transmit to the UE, via the at least one transceiver, a cyclic shift hopping parameter for SRS transmissions from the UE,
wherein the SRS transmissions are repetitions that span multiple symbols of at least one slot, and
wherein the cyclic shift hopping parameter indicates that a same cyclic shift is used for the SRS transmissions across the multiple symbols, or that a different cyclic shift is used for different SRS symbols of the multiple symbols; and
receive, via the at least one transceiver, an SRS from the UE on the SRS resource, the SRS configured according to at least the cyclic shift hopping parameter.

### Claim 19 (depends on 18)

The network entity of claim 18, wherein the cyclic shift hopping parameter indicates:
values for a cyclic shift hopping pattern of the SRS transmissions, or
an index to the values for the cyclic shift hopping pattern in a table of cyclic shift hopping patterns.

### Claim 20 (depends on 18)

The network entity of claim 18, wherein:
the SRS resource is configured with one or more antenna ports, and
the cyclic shift hopping parameter is associated with one port of the one or more antenna ports.

### Claim 21 (depends on 18)

The network entity of claim 18, wherein:
the one or more parameters include a parameter for the SRS resource configuring SRS frequency hopping for the SRS transmissions across the multiple symbols of the at least one slot, and
the cyclic shift hopping parameter is received in the SRS configuration based on SRS frequency hopping being configured for the SRS resource.

### Claim 22 (depends on 18)

The network entity of claim 18, wherein:
based on SRS frequency hopping for the SRS resource being disabled, SRS transmissions across SRS repetitions within a slot and across slots are configured with different cyclic shifts based on orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol index, slot index, and number of SRS symbols of the SRS resource.

### Claim 23 (depends on 18)

The network entity of claim 18, wherein:
based on SRS frequency hopping for the SRS resource being enabled, the cyclic shift hopping parameter is configured for cyclic shift hopping across frequency hopping periods of the SRS resource or for cyclic shift hopping within and across the frequency hopping periods of the SRS resource.

### Claim 24 (depends on 18)

The network entity of claim 18, wherein the SRS configuration includes the cyclic shift hopping parameter based on a UE capability to support SRS cyclic shift hopping.

### Claim 25

A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
receiving a sounding reference signal (SRS) configuration, the SRS configuration including one or more parameters defining an SRS resource;
receiving a cyclic shift hopping parameter for SRS transmissions,
wherein the SRS transmissions are repetitions that span multiple symbols of at least one slot, and
wherein the cyclic shift hopping parameter indicates that a same cyclic shift is used for the SRS transmissions across the multiple symbols, or that a different cyclic shift is used for different SRS symbols of the multiple symbols; and
transmitting an SRS on the SRS resource, the SRS configured according to at least the cyclic shift hopping parameter.

### Claim 26

A method of wireless communication performed by a network entity, comprising:
transmitting a sounding reference signal (SRS) configuration to a user equipment (UE), the SRS configuration including one or more parameters defining an SRS resource;
transmitting, to the UE, a cyclic shift hopping parameter for SRS transmissions from the UE,
wherein the SRS transmissions are repetitions that span multiple symbols of at least one slot, and
wherein the cyclic shift hopping parameter indicates that a same cyclic shift is used for the SRS transmissions across the multiple symbols, or that a different cyclic shift is used for different SRS symbols of the multiple symbols; and
receiving an SRS from the UE on the SRS resource, the SRS configured according to at least the cyclic shift hopping parameter.