Configuration and transmission of a uplink short burst

• US 10,448,385 B2
• Filed: 10/30/2017
• Issued: 10/15/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Huang, Yi, Zeng, Wei, Xu, Hao, Wang, Renqiu
• Primary Examiner(s): Ngo, Chuong A
• Application Number:
  US15/797,729
• Publication Number:
  US 20180124755A1
• Time in Patent Office: 715 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0012 Hopping in multicarrier systems for frequency hopping in spread spectrum systems H04B1/713
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0028 Variable division signaling therefor H04L5/0092
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0042 intra-user or intra-terminal allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0044 allocation of payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0048 Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0066 Requirements on out-of-channel emissions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0094 Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/1469 using time-sharing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/21 in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal

Abstract

Various aspects include a method and an apparatus for receiving a uplink (UL) short burst at an eNB, by determining, at the eNB, one or more tone assignments for one or more channels of the UL short burst, wherein the one or more channels of the UL short burst include a sounding reference signal (SRS), a demodulation reference signal (DMRS), a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), transmitting the one or more tone assignments to the UE, and receiving the UL short burst from the UE, wherein the UL short burst is generated at the UE based at least on the one or more tone assignments transmitted from the eNB. Methods may include transmitting a uplink (UL) short burst from a user equipment (UE).

Claims

1. A method of receiving a uplink (UL) short burst at an eNB, comprising:

determining, at the eNB, one or more tone assignments for one or more channels of the UL short burst, wherein the one or more channels of the UL short burst include a sounding reference signal (SRS), a demodulation reference signal (DMRS), a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH);

transmitting the one or more tone assignments to the UE; and

receiving the UL short burst from the UE, wherein the UL short burst is generated at the UE based at least on the one or more tone assignments transmitted from the eNB.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more tone assignments are sent from the eNB via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the UL short burst is received from the UE in a downlink (DL) centric subframe or a uplink (UL) centric subframe.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the UL short burst is received from the UE via one full symbol, two full symbols, or two split half-symbols.

5. A method of transmitting a uplink (UL) short burst from a user equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving, at the UE, one or more tone assignments from an eNB for one or more channels of the UL short burst, wherein the one or more channels of the UL short burst include a sounding reference signal (SRS), a demodulation reference signal (DMRS), a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH);

generating the UL short burst based at least on the one or more tone assignments received from the eNB; and

transmitting the UL short burst to the eNB.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the one or more tone assignments are received from the eNB via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the UL short burst is transmitted to the eNB in a downlink (DL) centric subframe or a uplink (UL) centric subframe.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the UL short burst is transmitted using one full symbol, two full symbols, or two split half-symbols.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the UL short burst is transmitted using one full symbol, and further comprising:

performing a frequency division multiplexing (FDM) of one or more of the SRS, the DMRS, the PUCCH, and the PUSCH for transmission to the eNB.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the UL short burst is transmitted using two split half-symbols, and further comprising:

performing a time division multiplexing (FDM) of the DMRS with the PUCCH or the PUSCH; and

performing a frequency division multiplexing (FDM) of the SRS with an output of the TDM.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

determining that out of band emissions are generated over a threshold; and

dropping SRS from the UL short burst based on determining that the out of band emissions generated are over the threshold.

12. The method of claim 5, wherein the UL short burst is transmitted using one full symbol, and further comprising:

distributing the SRS across a full system bandwidth or half of the full system bandwidth.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the SRS is a comb based SRS when the SRS is distributed across the full system bandwidth.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the DMRS is distributed with different densities in the PUCCH and the PUSCH.

15. An eNB for receiving an uplink (UL) short burst, comprising:

a transceiver;

a memory; and

one or more processors coupled to the transceiver and the memory, the one or more processors configured to;

determine one or more tone assignments for one or more channels of the UL short burst, wherein the one or more channels of the UL short burst include a sounding reference signal (SRS), a demodulation reference signal (DMRS), a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH);

transmit the one or more tone assignments to the UE; and

receive the UL short burst from the UE, wherein the UL short burst is generated at the UE based at least on the one or more tone assignments transmitted from the eNB.

16. The eNB of claim 15, wherein the one or more tone assignments are sent from the eNB via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).

17. The eNB of claim 15, wherein the UL short burst is received from the UE in a downlink (DL) centric subframe or a uplink (UL) centric subframe.

18. The eNB of claim 15, wherein the UL short burst is received from the UE via one full symbol, two full symbols, or two split half-symbols.

19. The eNB of claim 15, wherein the UL short burst is transmitted using two split half-symbols, and further comprising:

performing a time division multiplexing (FDM) of the DMRS with the PUCCH or the PUSCH; and

performing a frequency division multiplexing (FDM) of the SRS with an output of the TDM.

20. The eNB of claim 19, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

determine that out of band emissions are generated over a threshold; and

drop SRS from the UL short burst based on determining that the out of band emissions generated are over the threshold.