# US 12,119,975 B2 · Wireless communication device and operating method supporting carrier aggregation > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,119,975 B2 - Document ID: US12119975B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/660,067 - Filed: 2022-04-21 - Published: 2022-10-27 - Granted: 2024-10-15 - Earliest claimed: 2021-04-27 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Jinho Kim; Jungmin Park - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12119975B2 ## CPC - 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)} - H04L 27/2613: {Structure of the reference signals} - H04L 5/001: {the frequencies being arranged in component carriers} - H04L 5/0051: {of dedicated pilots, i.e. pilots destined for a single user or terminal} - H04L 5/006: {Quality of the received signal, e.g. BER, SNR, water filling} - H04L 5/0096: {Indication of changes in allocation} - H04L 25/0224: {using sounding signals} - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A user terminal supporting carrier aggregation (CA) and an operating method thereof are provided. The operating method includes receiving indication information regarding a phase tracking reference signal (PTRS) component carrier (CC) group from a base station; determining whether a phase noise characteristic of the user terminal is the same with respect to CCs included in the PTRS CC group, based at least in part on the indication information; requesting the base station to transmit at least one PTRS using at least one CC included in the PTRS CC group; and receiving the at least one PTRS from the base station using the at least one CC. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An operating method of a user terminal in a wireless communication system supporting carrier aggregation (CA), the operating method comprising: receiving indication information regarding a phase tracking reference signal (PTRS) component carrier (CC) group from a base station; determining whether a phase noise characteristic of the user terminal is the same with respect to CCs included in the PTRS CC group based at least in part on the indication information; requesting the base station to transmit at least one PTRS using at least one CC included in the PTRS CC group, in accordance with the determination; and receiving the at least one PTRS from the base station using the at least one CC. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The operating method of claim 1, wherein the PTRS CC group includes a plurality of CCs, and a phase noise characteristic of the base station is the same with respect to the plurality of CCs. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The operating method of claim 1, wherein the requesting of the base station to transmit the at least one PTRS using the at least one CC included in the PTRS CC group includes: requesting the base station to transmit the at least one PTRS using a first CC included in the PTRS CC group when it is determined that the phase noise characteristic of the user terminal is the same. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The operating method of claim 3, further comprising: estimating phase noise of a signal based on the at least one PTRS, the signal being based on the first CC; extracting compensation information for compensating for the phase noise of the signal; and compensating for the phase noise of the signal using the compensation information. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The operating method of claim 1, wherein the requesting of the base station to transmit the at least one PTRS using the at least one CC included in the PTRS CC group includes: requesting the base station to transmit first through N-th PTRSs using N CCs included in the PTRS CC group when it is determined that the phase noise characteristic of the user terminal is not the same, where N is a natural number of at least two. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The operating method of claim 5, further comprising: estimating first through N-th instances of phase noise of respective signals respectively based on the first through N-th PTRSs, the signals being respectively based on the N CCs; extracting first through N-th pieces of compensation information for respectively compensating for the first through N-th instances of phase noise; and compensating for the first through N-th instances of phase noise of the signals using the first through N-th pieces of compensation information, the signals being respectively based on the N CCs. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The operating method of claim 1, wherein a determination as to whether the phase noise characteristic of the user terminal is the same is made according to whether the user terminal uses a same local oscillator for the CCs included in the PTRS CC group. ### Claim 8 An operating method of a user terminal in a wireless communication system supporting carrier aggregation (CA), the operating method comprising: receiving indication information regarding a phase tracking reference signal (PTRS) component carrier (CC) group from a base station; receiving first through N-th PTRSs from the base station using N CCs included in the PTRS CC group, where N is a natural number of at least two; determining whether a phase noise characteristic of the user terminal is the same with respect to the N CCs based at least in part on the indication information; and performing cooperative phase noise compensation based on the first through N-th PTRSs when it is determined that the phase noise characteristic of the user terminal is the same. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The operating method of claim 8, wherein phase noise of the base station is the same with respect to the N CCs. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The operating method of claim 8, wherein a determination as to whether the phase noise characteristic of the user terminal is the same is made according to whether the user terminal uses a same local oscillator for the N CCs included in the PTRS CC group. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The operating method of claim 8, wherein the performing of the cooperative phase noise compensation includes: estimating common phase noise based on the first through N-th PTRSs; extracting common compensation information for compensating for the common phase noise; and compensating for a phase noise of a signal using the common compensation information, the signal being based on at least one of the N CCs. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The operating method of claim 11, wherein the common compensation information includes at least one information item selected from a time density of a radio resource assigned to each PTRS, a frequency density thereof, a position thereof on a time axis, and a position thereof on a frequency axis. ### Claim 13 A user terminal in a wireless communication system supporting carrier aggregation (CA), the user terminal comprising: a transceiver configured to receive indication information regarding a phase tracking reference signal (PTRS) component carrier (CC) group from a base station; and a controller configured to determine whether a phase noise characteristic of a user terminal is the same with respect to CCs included in the PTRS CC group, based at least in part on the indication information, and request the base station to transmit at least one PTRS using at least one CC included in the PTRS CC group, wherein the transceiver is further configured to receive the at least one PTRS from the base station using the at least one CC. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The user terminal of claim 13, wherein the PTRS CC group includes a plurality of CCs, and a phase noise characteristic of the base station is the same with respect to the plurality of CCs. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The user terminal of claim 13, wherein the controller is further configured to request the base station to transmit the at least one PTRS using a first CC included in the PTRS CC group when it is determined that the phase noise characteristic of the user terminal is the same. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The user terminal of claim 15, wherein the controller is further configured to estimate a phase noise of a signal based on the at least one PTRS, the signal being based on the first CC; extract compensation information for compensating for the phase noise of the signal; and compensate for the phase noise of the signal using the compensation information. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The user terminal of claim 15, wherein the first CC is randomly selected from the at least one CC included in the PTRS CC group. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The user terminal of claim 13, wherein the controller is further configured to request the base station to transmit first through N-th PTRSs using N CCs included in the PTRS CC group when it is determined that the phase noise characteristic of the user terminal is not the same, where N is a natural number of at least two. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The user terminal of claim 18, wherein the controller is further configured to estimate first through N-th instances of phase noise of respective signals respectively based on the first through N-th PTRSs, the signals being respectively based on the N CCs; extract first through N-th pieces of compensation information for respectively compensating for the first through N-th instances of phase noise; and compensate for the first through N-th instances of phase noise of the signals using the first through N-th pieces of compensation information, the signals being respectively based on the N CCs. ### Claim 20 (depends on 13) The user terminal of claim 13, wherein a determination as to whether the phase noise characteristic of the user terminal is the same is made according to whether the user terminal uses a same local oscillator for the CCs included in the PTRS CC group.