Method for transmitting a sounding reference signal in a wireless communication system, and apparatus for same

• US 8,811,287 B2
• Filed: 09/20/2010
• Issued: 08/19/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Noh, Min Seok, Chung, Jae Hoon, Moon, Sung Ho, Han, Seung Hee
• Primary Examiner(s): CHO, HONG SOL
• Application Number:
  US13/497,190
• Publication Number:
  US 20120182957A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,429 Days
• Field of Search: 370/328, 370/329, 370/338
• US Class Current: 370/328
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0048 Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0096 Indication of changes in allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/12 using downlink control channel

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method in which user equipment transmits a non-periodic sounding reference signal in a wireless communication system. In detail, the method comprises: a step of receiving a downlink control channel from a base station; a step of checking carrier indication field (CIF) information of a downlink control information (DCI) format contained in the downlink control channel; and a step of transmitting a non-periodic sounding reference signal to the base station in accordance with the CIF information, wherein said CIF information comprises a triggering message of the non-period sounding reference signal.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting an aperiodic sounding reference signal (SRS) at a user equipment in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

configuring parameters for the aperiodic SRS by a radio resource control (RRC) layer;

receiving downlink control information (DCI) from a base station;

checking carrier indication field (CIF) information of a DCI format included in the downlink control information; and

transmitting the aperiodic SRS to the base station according to the CIF information,

wherein the CIF information includes a triggering message of the aperiodic SRS,

wherein the CIF information includes an indicator to indicate whether the parameters for the aperiodic SRS are reconfigured or not, and

wherein the DCI includes information on the reconfigured parameters for the aperiodic SRS if the indicator indicates that the parameters for the aperiodic SRS are reconfigured.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the CIF information includes information about an index of an uplink component carrier for transmitting uplink data from the user equipment to the base station.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the information about the index of the uplink component carrier and the triggering message of the aperiodic SRS are joint-coded.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the triggering message of the aperiodic SRS is expressed by a most significant bit (MSB) or a least significant bit (LSB) of the CIF information.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein, if the indicator indicates that the parameters for the aperiodic SRS are reconfigured, information for transmitting uplink data is excluded from the DCI.

6. A user equipment in a wireless communication system, comprising:

a reception module configured to receive downlink control information (DCI) from a base station;

a processor configured to check carrier indication field (CIF) information of a DCI format included in the downlink control information; and

a transmission module configured to transmit an aperiodic SRS to the base station according to the CIF information,

wherein the CIF information includes a triggering message of the aperiodic SRS,

wherein parameters for the aperiodic SRS are configured by a radio resource control (RRC) layer,

wherein the CIF information includes a indicator to indicate whether the parameters for the aperiodic SRS are reconfigured or not, and

wherein the DCI includes information on the reconfigured parameters for the aperiodic SRS if the indicator indicates that the parameters for the aperiodic SRS are reconfigured.

7. The user equipment according to claim 6, wherein the CIF information includes information about an index of an uplink component carrier for transmitting uplink data from the user equipment to the base station.

8. The user equipment according to claim 7, wherein the information about the index of the uplink component carrier and the triggering message of the aperiodic SRS are joint-coded.

9. The user equipment according to claim 6, wherein the triggering message of the aperiodic SRS is expressed by a most significant bit (MSB) or a least significant bit (LSB) of the CIF information.

10. The user equipment according to claim 6, wherein, if the indicator indicates that the parameters for the aperiodic SRS are reconfigured, information for transmitting uplink data is excluded from the DCI.