Aperiodic SRS for carrier aggregation

• US 9,350,506 B2
• Filed: 09/28/2011
• Issued: 05/24/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Damnjanovic, Jelena M., Chen, Wanshi, Gaal, Peter, Montojo, Juan
• Primary Examiner(s): Yao, Kwang B
• Assistant Examiner(s): PATEL, HARDIKKUMAR D
• Application Number:
  US13/247,584
• Publication Number:
  US 20120257582A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,700 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/001 the frequencies being arranged in component carriers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0023 Time-frequency-space
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0048 Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0094 Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated

Abstract

A method of wireless communication includes receiving overlapping information triggering aperiodic sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission. The method also includes processing the overlapping information in accordance with the received triggering information. The overlapping information can be consistent configuration information for the aperiodic SRS transmission, in which case the processing includes transmitting an aperiodic SRS in accordance with the configuration information. When the overlapping information has dissimilar configurations for the aperiodic SRS transmission, the processing includes treating the overlapping information as an error event. The overlapping information can be a trigger received in an uplink grant and a trigger received in a downlink grant. The wireless system can be a multicarrier system including multiple component carriers.

Claims

1. A method of wireless communication for a single device in a wireless system, comprising:

receiving overlapping triggers, the overlapping triggers each comprising information triggering an aperiodic sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission on a particular component carrier, the information received from different grants received from at least one serving base station; and

processing the overlapping triggers in accordance with the information, wherein processing the overlapping triggers comprises interpreting the overlapping triggers as an error event such that no aperiodic SRS transmission occurs.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the information comprises consistent configuration information for the aperiodic SRS transmission; and

the processing comprises transmitting an aperiodic SRS in accordance with the configuration information.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the information comprises dissimilar configurations for the aperiodic SRS transmission; and

the processing comprises treating the overlapping triggers as an error event.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the information comprises a trigger received in an uplink grant and a trigger received in a downlink grant, the downlink grant carrying control information for a downlink data transmission.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless system comprises a multicarrier system including a plurality of component carriers.

6. An apparatus for wireless communication in a wireless system, the apparatus being a single device and comprising:

means for receiving overlapping triggers, the overlapping triggers each comprising information triggering an aperiodic sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission on a particular component carrier, the information received from different grants received from at least one serving base station; and

means for processing the overlapping triggers in accordance with the information, wherein processing the overlapping triggers comprises interpreting the overlapping triggers as an error event such that no aperiodic SRS transmission occurs.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein:

the information comprises consistent configuration information for the aperiodic SRS transmission; and

the processing means comprises means for transmitting an aperiodic SRS in accordance with the configuration information.

8. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein:

the information comprises dissimilar configurations for the aperiodic SRS transmission; and

the processing means comprises means for treating the overlapping triggers as an error event.

9. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the information comprises a trigger received in an uplink grant and a trigger received in a downlink grant, the downlink grant carrying control information for a downlink data transmission.

10. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the wireless system comprises a multicarrier system including a plurality of component carriers.

11. An apparatus for wireless communication in a wireless system, the apparatus being a single device and comprising:

a transceiver configured to receive overlapping triggers;

a memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured;

to receive the overlapping triggers from the transceiver, the overlapping triggers comprising information triggering aperiodic sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission on a particular component carrier, the information received from different grants received from at least one serving base station, and

to process the information in accordance with the information, wherein processing the overlapping triggers comprises interpreting the overlapping triggers as an error event such that no aperiodic SRS transmission occurs.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein:

the information comprises consistent configuration information for the aperiodic SRS transmission; and

the at least one processor is further configured to process the information by transmitting an aperiodic SRS in accordance with the configuration information.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein:

the information comprises dissimilar configurations for the aperiodic SRS transmission; and

the at least one processor is further configured to process the information by treating the overlapping triggers as an error event.

14. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the information comprises a trigger received in an uplink grant and a trigger received in a downlink grant, the downlink grant carrying control information for a downlink data transmission.

15. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the wireless system comprises a multicarrier system including a plurality of component carriers.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having non-transitory program code recorded thereon for wireless communication for a single device in a wireless network, the program code causing a processor to:

receive overlapping triggers, the overlapping triggers each comprising information triggering aperiodic sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission on a particular component carrier, the information received from different grants received from at least one serving base station; and

process the overlapping triggers in accordance with the information, wherein processing the overlapping triggers comprises interpreting the overlapping triggers as an error event such that no aperiodic SRS transmission occurs.