QUALCOMM Incorporated
USER EQUIPMENT ASSISTED DEMODULATION REFERENCE SIGNAL CONFIGURATION SELECTION

Abstract:

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A link quality characteristic may be determined for a channel having a set of channel characteristics. The determined link quality characteristic may be used to estimate the equivalent link quality characteristic for different demodulation reference signal configurations given the side information of the set of channel characteristics. A mapping defined per set of channel characteristics may be used to determine the estimated equivalent link quality characteristics from the determined link quality characteristic. A demodulation reference signal configuration may be selected based on the estimated equivalent link quality characteristics and a communication efficiency metric. The demodulation reference signal configuration that maximizes the communication efficiency metric may be selected. The selected demodulation reference signal may be signaled to a device that transmits demodulation reference signals.