Method of terminal transmitting sounding reference signal on the basis of aperiodic sounding reference signal triggering and method for controlling uplink transmission power to transmit aperiodic sounding reference signal

• US 9,713,096 B2
• Filed: 06/03/2011
• Issued: 07/18/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Hakseong, Lee, Seungmin, Seo, Hanbyul, Kim, Kijun
• Primary Examiner(s): Kim, Wesley
• Assistant Examiner(s): Shiue, Dong-Chang
• Application Number:
  US13/702,064
• Publication Number:
  US 20130078913A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,237 Days
• Field of Search: 455522, 455 6711, 370311, 370318
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0007 the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A), DMT
• 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 5/0053 Allocation of signaling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/146 Uplink power control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/18 TPC being performed according to specific parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/325 Power control of control or pilot channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/36 with a discrete range or set of values, e.g. step size, ramping or offsets
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/54 Signalisation aspects of the TPC commands, e.g. frame structure

Abstract

The method of the terminal transmitting the SRS on the basis of the aperiodic SRS triggering according to the present invention comprises the steps of: receiving a plurality of aperiodic SRS configuration information from the base station; receiving an aperiodic SRS transmission triggering indicator from the base station; selecting the specific aperiodic SRS configuration information among the plurality of aperiodic SRS configuration information on the basis of at least one among a sub-frame index for receiving the aperiodic SRS transmission triggering indicator, a time relation between the aperiodic SRS transmission sub-frames, and an uplink channel state; and transmitting an aperiodic SRS for the aperiodic SRS transmission triggering indicator on the basis of the selected aperiodic SRS configuration information, the plurality of aperiodic SRS configuration information including the information about a resource for transmitting the aperiodic SRS corresponding to the aperiodic SRS transmission triggering indicator. In addition, according to the present invention, the terminal can be used for receiving a power offset value for transmitting the aperiodic SRS from the base station and determining a transmission power value for transmitting the aperiodic SRS.

Claims

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

receiving, by the UE through a higher layer signal, uplink power control information, the uplink power control information including a first power offset value related to a periodic SRS transmission and a second power offset value related to an aperiodic SRS transmission, the first power offset value and the second power offset value being semi-statically configured;

receiving, by the UE, information regarding plural configurations for an aperiodic SRS,

wherein each configuration of the plural configurations includes a transmission comb value for the aperiodic SRS;

receiving, by the UE, a first downlink control information (DCI) format in a subframe n, the first DCI format indicating;

triggering the aperiodic SRS transmission, and

a first configuration of the aperiodic SRS among from the plural configurations;

according to the first DCI format, transmitting the aperiodic SRS based on;

the second power offset; and

a transmission comb value of the first configuration of the aperiodic SRS;

receiving, by the UE, a second DCI format, the second DCI format indicating;

triggering the aperiodic SRS transmission; and

a second configuration of the aperiodic SRS among from the plural configurations; and

according to the second DCI format, transmitting the aperiodic SRS based on;

the second power offset; and

a transmission comb value of the second configuration of the aperiodic SRS,

wherein the transmission comb value of the first configuration is different from the transmission comb value of the second configuration.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the uplink power control information is received through a higher layer signaling.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first power offset value and the second power offset value are different from each other.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first DCI format or the second DCI format comprises DCI format 0.

5. A user equipment (UE) of transmitting an aperiodic sounding reference signal (SRS) in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a transmitter;

a receiver; and

a processor configured to control;

the receiver to receive uplink power control information, the uplink power control information including a first power offset value related to a periodic SRS transmission and a second power offset value related to an aperiodic SRS transmission, the first power offset value and the second power offset value being semi-statically configured, and

the receiver to receive, through a higher layer signal, information regarding plural configurations for an aperiodic SRS,

wherein each configuration of the plural configurations includes a transmission comb value for the aperiodic SRS;

the receiver to receive a first downlink control information (DCI) format in a subframe n, the first DCI format indicating;

triggering the aperiodic SRS transmission, and

a first configuration of the aperiodic SRS among from the plural configurations for the aperiodic SRS; and

the transmitter to transmit, according to the first DCI format, the aperiodic SRS based on;

the second power offset; and

a transmission comb value of the indicated configuration of the aperiodic SRS,

the receiver to receive, by the UE, a second DCI format, the second DCI format indicating;

triggering the aperiodic SRS transmission; and

a second configuration of the aperiodic SRS among from the plural configurations; and

the transmitter to transmit, according to the second DCI format, the aperiodic SRS based on;

the second power offset; and

a transmission comb value of the second configuration of the aperiodic SRS,

wherein the transmission comb value of the first configuration is different from the transmission comb value of the second configuration.

6. The UE of claim 5, wherein the uplink power control information is received through a higher layer signaling.

7. The UE of claim 6, wherein the first power offset value and the second power offset value are different from each other.

8. The UE of claim 5, wherein the first DCI format or the second DCI format comprises DCI format 0.