UL Throughput improvement Proposal

-Deactivate SRS

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Content
1 The function of SRS

2 Why to deactivate SRS

3 Trial Result for SRS OFF in live network

4 Test Procedure for SRS OFF

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 The function of Sounding RS
DMRS: demodulation reference signal
• Used for channel estimation(SINR) and TA measurement
• It is located on the 4th symbol in each slot (for normal cyclic
prefix) and spans the same bandwidth as the allocated uplink
data(UL Grant needed)

SRS: sounding reference signal

• Provides uplink channel quality and UL TA measurement.
• UE periodically sends SRSs across the entire PUSCH frequency band as much as
possible even there is no UL data.
• SRS is transmitted in the last symbol of the subframe. The configuration , e.g. bandwidth,
duration and periodicity, are given by higher layers
• SRS is also used to measure the channel character while closed- and open-loop MIMO
adaptation or uplink multi-user MIMO (MU-MIMO) is ON.

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Content
1 The function of SRS

2 Why to deactivate SRS

3 Trial Result for SRS OFF

4 Test Procedure for SRS OFF

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HISILICON CO., LTD.
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