# US 12,604,303 B2 · Signal transmission method and apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,604,303 B2 - Document ID: US12604303B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/481,785 - Filed: 2023-10-05 - Published: 2024-02-01 - Granted: 2026-04-14 - Earliest claimed: 2021-04-07 - Assignees: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Mengting Liu; Xin Gao; Jianghua Liu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12604303B2 ## CPC - G01S 5/0268: {by deriving positions from different combinations of signals or of estimated positions in a single positioning system} - H04W 72/0453: Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA - G01S 5/02: using radio waves (using satellite radio beacon systems for determining position G01S19/00) - H04L 5/003: {Arrangements for allocating sub-channels of the transmission path} - H04W 72/0457: Variable allocation of band or rate - H04L 5/001: {the frequencies being arranged in component carriers} - 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)} - G01S: RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES - 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 This application provides a signal transmission method and an apparatus. The method includes: generating m signals, where m is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2; and sending the m signals on m resources, where the m resources correspond to m frequency domain resources in frequency domain, the m resources correspond to m time elements in time domain, a first frequency domain resource used by a signal carried in an ith time element is distributed on at least two carrier components, a second frequency domain resource used by a signal carried in a jth time element is distributed on at least one carrier component, there is an overlapping part between the second frequency domain resource and the first frequency domain resource. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A signal transmission method, comprising: generating m signals, wherein m is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2; and sending the m signals on m resources, wherein the m resources correspond to m frequency domain resources in frequency domain, the m resources correspond to m time elements in time domain, a first frequency domain resource used by a signal carried in an ith time element is distributed on at least two carrier components, the signal carried in the ith time element comprises a first signal, a frequency domain resource of the first signal is the first frequency domain resource, a second frequency domain resource used by a signal carried in a jth time element is distributed on at least one carrier component, there is an overlapping part between the second frequency domain resource and the first frequency domain resource, i is greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to m, j is greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to m, i and j are positive integers, and i is not equal to j. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the first frequency domain resource comprises k frequency domain resources, the k frequency domain resources separately belong to k bandwidth parts (BWPs), the k BWPs are distributed on the at least two carrier components, k is a positive integer, and k is greater than or equal to 2. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the first frequency domain resource comprises a first bandwidth part (BWP), and the first BWP is distributed on the at least two carrier components. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein the method comprises: receiving first information, wherein the first information comprises at least one of the following information: indication information of the m frequency domain resources, indication information of the m time elements, indication information of the first frequency domain resource, indication information of the k frequency domain resources, indication information of the k BWPs, or configuration information of the m signals. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the first signal is generated based on indication information of the first frequency domain resource, and the indication information of the first frequency domain resource comprises at least one of the following: indication information of a first BWP, indication information of k BWPs, or a start frequency, a size, and a range that are of the first frequency domain resource. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the first signal comprises q parts, the q parts correspond to k frequency domain resources, and q is a positive integer. ### Claim 7 A signal transmission method, comprising: receiving m signals, wherein m is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2, and the m signals are located on m resources, the m resources correspond to m frequency domain resources in frequency domain, the m resources correspond to m time elements in time domain, a first frequency domain resource used by a signal carried in an ith time element is distributed on at least two carrier components, wherein the signal carried in the ith time element comprises a first signal, and a frequency domain resource of the first signal is the first frequency domain resource, a second frequency domain resource used by a signal carried in a jth time element is distributed on at least one carrier component, there is an overlapping part between the second frequency domain resource and the first frequency domain resource, i is greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to m, j is greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to m, i and j are positive integers, and i is not equal to j. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method according to claim 7, wherein the method comprises: estimating a phase based on a signal that is carried on a third frequency domain resource and that is received in the ith time element and a signal that is carried on the third frequency domain resource and that is received in the jth time element, wherein the third frequency domain resource comprises the overlapping part between the first frequency domain resource and the second frequency domain resource. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The method according to claim 7, wherein the first frequency domain resource comprises k frequency domain resources, the k frequency domain resources separately belong to k bandwidth parts (BWPs), the k BWPs are distributed on the at least two carrier components, k is a positive integer, and k is greater than or equal to 2. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The method according to claim 7, wherein the first frequency domain resource comprises a first bandwidth part (BWP), and the first BWP is distributed on the at least two carrier components. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9, wherein the method comprises: sending first information, wherein the first information comprises at least one of the following information: indication information of the m frequency domain resources, indication information of the m time elements, indication information of the first frequency domain resource, indication information of the k frequency domain resources, indication information of the k BWPs, or configuration information of the m signals. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The method according to claim 7, wherein the first signal comprises q parts, the q parts correspond to k frequency domain resources, and q is a positive integer. ### Claim 13 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, storing computer instructions that, when executed by a device, cause the device to perform: generating m signals, wherein m is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2; and sending the m signals on m resources, wherein the m resources correspond to m frequency domain resources in frequency domain, the m resources correspond to m time elements in time domain, a first frequency domain resource used by a signal carried in an ith time element is distributed on at least two carrier components, the signal carried in the ith time element comprises a first signal, a frequency domain resource of the first signal is the first frequency domain resource, a second frequency domain resource used by a signal carried in a jth time element is distributed on at least one carrier component, there is an overlapping part between the second frequency domain resource and the first frequency domain resource, i is greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to m, j is greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to m, i and j are positive integers, and i is not equal to j. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 13, wherein the first frequency domain resource comprises k frequency domain resources, the k frequency domain resources separately belong to k bandwidth parts (BWPs), the k BWPs are distributed on the at least two carrier components, k is a positive integer, and k is greater than or equal to 2. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 13, wherein the first frequency domain resource comprises a first bandwidth part (BWP), and the first BWP is distributed on the at least two carrier components. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 14, wherein the instructions cause the device to perform: receiving first information, wherein the first information comprises at least one of the following information: indication information of the m frequency domain resources, indication information of the m time elements, indication information of the first frequency domain resource, indication information of the k frequency domain resources, indication information of the k BWPs, or configuration information of the m signals. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 13, wherein the first signal comprises q parts, the q parts correspond to k frequency domain resources, and q is a positive integer.