Sounding reference signal transmission optimization

A method, comprising:

• as part of broadband cellular communications with a base station, receiving, by a system comprising at least one processor, a radio resource control message from the base station to establish a periodic sounding reference signal mode for the broadband cellular communications, wherein the radio resource control message is received from a centralized unit of the base station;
• receiving, by the system, a second message in a second format from the base station, wherein the second format differs from a radio resource control format, and wherein the second message indicates modifying a number of sounding reference signal positions, wherein the second message is received from a distributed unit of the base station, and wherein a first amount of time associated with receiving, at the system, the radio resource control message from the centralized unit is greater than a second amount of time associated with receiving the second message from the distributed unit;
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• sending, by the system and to the base station, a third message that utilizes the number of sounding reference signal positions to convey sounding reference signal information, wherein sending the third message comprises sending, to the base station to be stored by the base station, an indication of a channel quality that corresponds to the broadband cellular communications based on the third message.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, in response to execution, cause a system comprising at least one processor to perform operations, comprising:

• receiving, from a cellular access point that is part of a cellular communications network, a first message in a first format to establish a sounding reference signal mode for broadband cellular communications with the cellular access point, wherein the first message is received from a centralized unit of the base station;
• receiving, from the cellular access point, a second message in a second format, wherein the first format differs from the second format, and wherein the second message indicates modifying a number of sounding reference signal positions, wherein the second message is received from a distributed unit of the base station, and wherein a first amount of time associated with receiving, at the system, the first message from the centralized unit is greater than a second amount of time associated with receiving the second message from the distributed unit;
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• sending, to the cellular access point, a third message that utilizes the number of sounding reference signal positions to convey sounding reference signal information, wherein, responsive to the sending, the cellular access point is to save an indication of a channel quality that corresponds to the broadband cellular communications based on the sounding reference signal transmission.