# US 2022/0286259 A1 · Signal transmission method, device, communication node, and storage medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2022/0286259 A1 - Document ID: US20220286259A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/626,471 - Filed: 2020-07-24 - Published: 2022-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2019-07-26 - Assignees: Zte Corporation - Applicants: Zte Corporation - Inventors: Juan LIU; Yajun ZHAO; Ling YANG; Wei LIN - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20220286259A1 ## CPC - H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals} - 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)} - H04W 72/0453: Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA - H04L 5/0005: {Time-frequency} - H04W 74/0833: Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access - 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 Provided are a signal transmission method and device, a communication node and a storage medium. The method includes steps described below, a configuration manner of sequences is determined, where the configuration manner includes at least one of the number of the sequences, a length of the sequences, or a phase rotation angle of an element in one of the sequences; the sequences are generated according to the configuration manner; and the sequences are mapped to channel resources and the mapped sequences are transmitted. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A signal transmission method, comprising: determining a configuration manner of at least one sequence, wherein the configuration manner comprises at least one of a number of the at least one sequence, a length of the at least one sequence, or a phase rotation angle of an element in the at least one sequence, generating the at least one sequence according to the configuration manner; and mapping the at least one sequence to channel resources and transmitting the at least one mapped sequence. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the configuration manner further comprises at least one of a frequency domain starting position, a frequency domain offset value, or a frequency domain spacing between different sequences of the at least one sequence; wherein mapping the at least one sequence to the channel resources comprises: mapping the at least one sequence to the channel resources according to the at least one of the frequency domain starting position, the frequency domain offset value, or the frequency domain spacing between the different sequences. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein mapping the at least one sequence to the channel resources comprises: mapping the at least one sequence to all or part of frequency domain resources of any interlace of the channel resources; or mapping the at least one sequence to all or part of frequency domain resources of a plurality of interlaces of the channel resources; wherein the frequency domain resources are M1 data subcarriers, 1/M1 data subcarrier, M1 random access channel (RACH) subcarriers, 1/M1 RACH subcarrier, M1 resource blocks (RBs), or 1/M1 RB; wherein M1 is a positive integer, and / represents division. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein any item in the configuration manner is determined in at least one of the following manners: informing by control signaling, predefining a combination for a communication node to select, pre-storing in a communication node and triggering by control signaling, informing by a control channel, or configuring by a higher layer. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein a precision of the frequency domain starting position is one of H1 data subcarriers, 1/H1 data subcarrier, H1 RACH subcarriers, 1/H1 RACH subcarrier, H1 RBs, or 1/H1 RB; wherein H1 is a positive integer, and / represents division; a precision of the frequency domain offset value is one of H2 data subcarriers, 1/H2 data subcarrier, H2 RACH subcarriers, 1/H2 RACH subcarrier, H2 RBs, or 1/H2 RB; wherein H2 is a positive integer, and / represents division; or a precision of the frequency domain spacing between the different sequences is one of H3 data subcarriers, 1/H3 data subcarrier, H3 RACH subcarriers, 1/H3 RACH subcarrier, H3 RBs, or 1/H3 RB; wherein H3 is a positive integer, and / represents division. ### Claim at position 6 6-7. (canceled) ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the length of the at least one sequence is 6, 12, 18, 24, 139, 283, 571, 1151, or any number less than a product of H4 and one of a number of RACH subcarriers or a number of available data subcarriers in a system; wherein H4 is a positive integer. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein in a case where the length of the at least one sequence is 139, 283, or 571, the frequency domain offset value is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5; in a case where the length of the at least one sequence is 1151, the frequency domain offset value is 0 or 1; in a case where the length of the at least one sequence is 6, 18, or 24, the frequency domain offset value is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6; and in a case where the length of the at least one sequence is 12, the frequency domain offset value is 0 or 1. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the phase rotation angle of the element in the at least one sequence is: a phase rotation angle of each element in one of the at least one sequence relative to an element which corresponds to the each element and is in an initial sequence; or a phase rotation angle of each element in one of the at least one sequence relative to an element which corresponds to the each element and is in one of other sequences; wherein the other sequences are sequences except the one sequence in a signal. ### Claim 11 (canceled) ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein in a case where the number of the at least one sequence is more than one, the more than one sequence corresponds to a same initial sequence, or different sequences of the more than one sequence correspond to different initial sequences. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the configuration manner comprises: the number of the at least one sequence being 1; and the phase rotation angle of the element in the one sequence; wherein phase rotation angles of a plurality of elements are the same or different. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the configuration manner comprises: the number of the at least one sequence being more than one; and the phase rotation angle of the element in the sequences; wherein phase rotation angles of a plurality of elements in a same sequence are the same or different; and phase rotation angles of elements in different sequences are the same or different. ### Claim 15 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the configuration manner comprises: the number of the at least one sequence being 2; a frequency domain starting position of a first sequence of the two sequences and a frequency domain offset value of each of the two sequences; and one of a frequency domain spacing between different sequences, or a frequency domain starting position of a second sequence of the two sequences. ### Claim 16 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the configuration manner comprises: the number of the at least one sequence being more than one; a frequency domain starting position of a first sequence of the more than one sequence and a frequency domain offset value of each of the more than one sequence; and a frequency domain spacing between adjacent ones of the more than one sequence. ### Claim 17 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the configuration manner comprises: the number of the at least one sequence being more than one; and a frequency domain starting position and a frequency domain offset value of each of the more than one sequence. ### Claim 18 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the configuration manner comprises: the number of the at least one sequence being more than one; a frequency domain starting position of a first sequence of the more than one sequence and a frequency domain offset value of each of the more than one sequence; and one of frequency domain starting positions of other sequences except the first sequence, frequency domain spacings of other sequences except the first sequence relative to the first sequence, or frequency domain spacings between a specified sequence and other sequences except the first sequence. ### Claim 19 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the configuration manner comprises: the number of the at least one sequence being more than one; and a length of the more than one sequence; wherein lengths of the more than one sequence are the same or different. ### Claim 20 A signal transmission device, comprising: a determination module, which is configured to determine a configuration manner of at least one sequence, wherein the configuration manner comprises at least one of a number of the at least one sequence, a length of the at least one sequence, or a phase rotation angle of an element in the at least one sequence; a generation module, which is configured to generate the at least one sequence according to the configuration manner; and a mapping and transmission module, which is configured to map the at least one sequence to channel resources and transmit the at least one mapped sequence. ### Claim 21 (canceled) ### Claim 22 A communication node for a signal transmission, comprising a processor and a memory; wherein the memory is configured to store an instruction; and the processor is configured to read the instruction to perform: determining a configuration manner of at least one sequence, wherein the configuration manner comprises at least one of a number of the at least one sequence, a length of the at least one sequence, or a phase rotation angle of an element in the at least one sequence; generating the at least one sequence according to the configuration manner; and mapping the at least one sequence to channel resources and transmitting the at least one mapped sequence. ### Claim 23 (depends on 1) A non-transitory storage medium storing a computer program, wherein the computer program, when executed by a processor, implements the method of claim 1. ### Claim 24 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the phase rotation angle of the element in the at least one sequence is an overall phase relationship of each of the at least one sequence relative to an initial sequence.