US 12,107,785 B2
SRS coverage enhancement
Haitong Sun, Irvine, CA (US); Huaning Niu, San Jose, CA (US); Hong He, Cupertino, CA (US); Wei Zeng, San Diego, CA (US); Dawei Zhang, Saratoga, CA (US); Chunxuan Ye, San Diego, CA (US); Weidong Yang, San Diego, CA (US); Chunhai Yao, Beijing (CN); Jie Cui, San Jose, CA (US); Yang Tang, Cupertino, CA (US); and Yushu Zhang, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/437,960
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 12, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CN2020/120306
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 10, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/077143, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 21, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2022/0303087 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 72/0446 (2023.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01)
CPC H04L 5/0048 (2013.01) [H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A user equipment device (UE), comprising:
at least one antenna;
a radio operably coupled to the at least one antenna; and
a processor operably coupled to the radio;
wherein the processor is configured to cause the UE to:
receive, from a base station, a configuration for sounding reference signal (SRS) time domain bundling, wherein the configuration indicates one or more SRS transmission occasions and includes an indication of a number of slots, wherein an SRS transmission occasion corresponds to a slot; and
transmitting, in accordance with the configuration for SRS time domain bundling, at least one SRS transmission during a corresponding SRS transmission occasion.