Method and apparatus for allocating and processing sequences in communication system

Abstract

A method for allocating and processing sequences in a communication system includes: dividing sequences in a sequence group into multiple sub-groups, each sub-group corresponding to its own mode of occupying time frequency resources; selecting sequences from a candidate sequence collection corresponding to each sub-group to form the sequences in the sub-group by: the sequences in a sub-group i in a sequence group k being composed of n sequences in the candidate sequence collection, the n sequences making a |ri/Ni−ck/Np1| or |(ri/Ni−ck/Np1) modu mk,i| function value the smallest, second smallest, till the nth smallest respectively; allocating the sequence group to cells, users or channels. It prevents the sequences highly correlated with the sequences of a specific length from appearing in other sequence groups.

Description

FIELD OF THE APPLICATION

The present application relates to the communication field, and in particular, to a technology for allocating and processing sequences in a communication system.

BACKGROUND OF THE APPLICATION

In the communication system, the Constant Amplitude Zero Auto-Correlation (CAZAC) sequence is a very important communication resource. The specific features are as follows:

The modulo of the amplitude is a constant value, for example, normalized to 1; and

Zero periodical-auto-correlation: except the maximum correlation with the sequence itself, the auto correlation with other cyclic shift of this sequence is zero.

The CAZAC sequence has the above features. Therefore, after Fourier transformation, the sequence in the frequency domain is also a CAZAC sequence. The sequence of this feature may be used as a reference signal for channel estimation in the communication.

For example, in a Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) system, within a symbol time, the elements of the CAZAC sequence are transmitted sequentially on multiple sub-carriers. If the receiver knows the sequence of the transmitted signals, the receiver may perform channel estimation by using the received signals. The transmitted signals have equal amplitudes on every sub-carrier on the frequency domain. Therefore, the receiver may estimate out the channel fading on each sub-carrier fairly. In addition, due to the constant amplitude feature of the CAZAC sequence on the time domain, the peak-to-average value of the transmitted waveform is relatively low, which facilitates transmitting.

In another example, the random access preamble signals in the SC-FDMA system may be made of CAZAC sequences. The preamble sequence of the random access signals may be modulated on the frequency domain sub-carrier, and transformed onto the time domain through Fourier transformation before being transmitted. In this way, through high auto correlation and cross correlation of the CAZAC sequence, little interference exists between the random access preamble signals of different cells and different users.

A CAZAC signal is manifested as a CAZAC signal on both the time domain and the frequency domain. Therefore, the CAZAC signals may also be modulated directly into signals on the time domain that occupies certain bandwidth before being transmitted.

The CAZAC sequence comes in many types. A common type is Zadoff-Chu sequence. Other types include: Generalized Chirplike Sequence (GCL) and Milewski sequence. Taking the Zadoff-Chu sequence as an example, the generation mode or expression of a Zadoff-Chu sequence is as follows:

$\begin{array}{cc}{a}_{r,N}\left(k\right)=\{\begin{array}{cc}\exp \left[-\frac{j2\pi ·r}{N}\left(q·k+\frac{k·\left(k+1\right)}{2}\right)\right]& \begin{array}{c}N\mathrm{is}\mathrm{an}\mathrm{odd}\mathrm{number},\\ k=0,1,\dots ,N-1\end{array}\\ \exp \left[-\frac{j2\pi ·r}{N}\left(q·k+\frac{k^2}{2}\right)\right]& \begin{array}{c}N\mathrm{is}\mathrm{an}\mathrm{even}\mathrm{number},\\ k=0,1,\dots ,N-1\end{array}\end{array}& \mathrm{Formula}\left(1\right)\end{array}$

wherein r is a parameter generated by the sequence and is relatively prime to N, and q is an integer. When the value of r varies, the sequence differs. r is named as a basic sequence index, and q corresponds to different cyclic shifts. That is, the r value determines the basic sequence, and the q value determines different cyclic shifts of the same basic sequence. The sequence generated by different cyclic shifts of a sequence is known as a cyclic shift sequence generated by the same basic sequence. For two different r values such as r=u, r=v, when (u−v) is relatively prime to N, the two sequences are highly cross-correlated. When N is a prime number, r=1, 2, . . . , N−1, and N−1 different CAZAC sequences are generated. Such sequences are highly cross-correlated. In the above example, when N is a prime number, the absolute value of cross correlation normalized between the two sequences is √{square root over (N)}. The conjugate of the Zadoff-Chu sequence is also a CAZAC sequence.

In a general cellular communication system, when a cell selects a sequence for modulation and transmission, another cell needs to select another sequence having the feature of low cross correlation. For example, in the case of using a Zadoff-Chu sequence, if N is a prime number, each cell selects a different r value, thus ensuring low cross correlation and low interference.

The modulated signals transmitted by a cell may also adopt the fragments of the old sequence or repeat cyclically, which also maintains the auto correlation and cross correlation features of the old sequence properly. Particularly, when the number of sub-carriers that bear the sequence in the cell is not a prime number, it is necessary to select the sequence whose length is equal to the prime number around the number of sub-carriers, and the desired sequences are obtained through segmentation or cyclic extension of the sequences before being transmitted. In the following description, the operations of segmentation or cyclic extension of the sequence are omitted.

When the signals of multiple sequences transmitted by different cells occupy the same time frequency resource, the sequences transmitted by cell A and cell B have the same length, as shown in FIG. 1. For example, two different Zadoff-Chu sequences whose length is a prime number N may be selected. When the basic sequence index of one sequence is different from that of the other, the two sequences are little correlated, and the transmitted signals of different cells are little mutual-interfering.

As shown in FIG. 2, when the signals of the modulated sequence occupy different time frequency resources, some users of cell A transmit sequence-modulated signals on the radio resource with bandwidth B1; meanwhile, some users of cell B transmit sequence-modulated signals on the radio resource with bandwidth B2, and the time frequency resources of the two parts overlap. In the system shown in FIG. 2, all cells have the same sub-carrier width. Within bandwidth B1, 36 sub-carriers exist. Within bandwidth B2, 144 sub-carriers exist. Because the sequence is mapped onto a sub-carrier, the length of the sub-carrier corresponds to the length of the sequence. Evidently, the two cells need to select sequences of different lengths respectively. In this case, the cross interference may be strong between the long sequence and the short sequence, and the sequence planning becomes relatively complex. In the example shown in FIG. 2, only sequences of two lengths exist. In practice, depending on the size of different radio resources occupied by a user's transmission, more sequences of different lengths may exist, and the complexity is higher.

The foregoing modulated signals of the sequences that occupy different time frequency resources occur frequently in the SC-FDMA system. Because the sequence serves as a reference signal and provides the channel estimation required by data demodulation, the sequence is transmitted along with the bandwidth resources of the data. The data bandwidth of the user may have different bandwidth values and locations at different times according to specific scheduling rules. Therefore, the sequence of the reference signal of each different cell occupies the time frequency resources in a way that is frequently changing, and the interference between cells is affected by the correlation of sequences of different lengths. To make matters worse, the system generally uses the shift correlation feature of sequences, obtains multiple code division quadrature sequences through different cyclic time shifts, and allocates them to different users. Therefore, once strong interference occurs between the sequences of two lengths, the users who use the sequences of the two lengths may interfere with each other strongly.

Nevertheless, the modes of the sequence occupying the time frequency resources are not limited to the foregoing examples. For example, sequences of different lengths may be modulated on the time domain at the same sampling frequency, which also brings the issue of correlation between the long sequence and the short sequence. Alternatively, the sequence may occupy the frequency domain sub-carriers at different sub-carrier intervals, or occupy the time sampling points at different time sampling intervals. In other words, the sequence is not modulated on all sub-carriers/sampling points, but modulated at regular intervals equivalent to a specific number of sub-carriers/sampling points.

To sum up, when the sequence occupies the time frequency resource in different modes, the interference among cells is relatively complex. Particularly, when sequences of different lengths exist, the sequences of each length need to be planned separately, and the interference among sequences with different length needs to be considered in a system with multiple cells.

SUMMARY OF THE APPLICATION

An embodiment of the present application provides a method for allocating sequences in a communication system. The method includes:

dividing sequences in a sequence group into multiple sub-groups, where each sub-group corresponds to its own mode of occupying time frequency resources;

selecting sequences from a candidate sequence collection corresponding to each sub-group to form sequences in the sub-group in this way: the sequences in a sub-group i (i is a serial number of the sub-group) in a sequence group k (k is a serial number of the sequence group) are composed of n (n is a natural number) sequences in the candidate sequence collection, where the n sequences make the |r_i/N_i−c_k/N_p1| or |(r_i/N_i−c_k/N_p1) modu m_k,i| function value the smallest, second smallest, till the n^th smallest respectively; N_p1 is the length of a reference sub-group sequence, c_k is a basic sequence index of a sequence with a length of N_p1 determined by the sequence group k; r_i is a basic sequence index in the candidate sequence collection, and N_i is the length of a sequence in the candidate sequence collection; is a variable dependent on the group number k and the sub-group number i; and

allocating the sequence groups to the cells, users or channels.

A method for processing sequences provided in an embodiment of the present application includes:

obtaining a group number k of a sequence group allocated by the system;

selecting n (n is a natural number) sequences from a candidate sequence collection to form sequences in a sub-group i (i is a serial number of the sub-group) in a sequence group k, where then sequences make the |r_i/N_i−c_k/N_p1| or |(r_i/N_i−c_k/N_p1) modu m_k,i| function value the smallest, second smallest, till the n^th smallest respectively, N_p1 is the length of a reference sub-group sequence, c_k is a basic sequence index of a sequence with a length of N_p1 determined by the sequence group k; r_i is a basic sequence index in the candidate sequence collection, and N_i is the length of a sequence in the candidate sequence collection; m_k,i is a variable dependent on the group number k and the sub-group number i; and

generating a corresponding sequence according to the sequences in the formed sub-group, and transmitting or receiving the sequences on the time frequency resources corresponding to the sub-group i.

An apparatus for processing sequences provided in an embodiment of the present application includes:

a sequence selecting unit, adapted to: obtain a group number k of a sequence group allocated by the system, and select n (n is a natural number) sequences from a candidate sequence collection to form sequences in a sub-group i (i is a serial number of the sub-group) in the sequence group k (k is a serial number of the sequence group), where the n sequences make the |r_i/N_i−c_k/N_p1| or |(r_i/N_i−c_k/N_p1) modu m_k,i| function value the smallest, second smallest, and the n^th smallest respectively, N_p1 is the length of a reference sub group sequence, c_k is a basic sequence index of a sequence with a length of N_p1 determined by the sequence group k; r_i is a basic sequence index in the candidate sequence collection, and N_i is the length of a sequence in the candidate sequence collection; m_k,i is a variable dependent on the group number k and the sub-group number i; and

a sequence processing unit, adapted to: generate a corresponding sequence according to the sequences in the formed sub-group i, and process the sequences on the time frequency resources corresponding to the sub-group I, where the processing includes transmitting and receiving.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows the conventional art where the sequences transmitted by different cells occupy the same time frequency resources and have the same length;

FIG. 2 shows the conventional art where the sequences transmitted by different cells occupy partially overlapped time frequency resources and have different lengths;

FIG. 3 shows a calculation process for determining u and v in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a sequence processing method in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 shows a structure of a sequence processing apparatus in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 shows a structure of a sequence processing apparatus in an embodiment of the present application; and

FIG. 7 shows a structure of a sequence processing apparatus in another embodiment of the present application.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE APPLICATION

A detailed description of the present application is provided hereunder with reference to accompanying drawings and preferred embodiments.

In the Chinese application No. 200610173364.5, which was filed with the State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. on Dec. 30, 2006, a method is provided to overcome the sequence interference caused by different modes of occupying time frequency resources by grouping sequences. The method shows: the sequences in a group are multiple sequences corresponding to different modes of occupying time frequency resources; the strongly correlated sequences are included into a group, and the correlation between different groups is relatively low; and then the sequence groups are allocated among the cells. The strongly correlated sequences are in the same group, and the sequences in the same group are used only in this group. The sequence groups used by different cells are little correlated with each other, thus avoiding strong correlation in the case of using sequences of different lengths in different cells.

The strongly correlated sequences are included into a group. Generally, the composition of all sequences of each group may be stored. When a cell user or channel wants to use a sequence corresponding to a mode of occupying time frequency resources in the allocated sequence group, the desired sequence may be found in the stored sequence group. However, the formation of the sequence group needs a pre-stored table. If the size of the sequence group becomes greater, the storage occupies a huge space, and the searching is time-consuming. The extra storage increases the complexity and wastes hardware resources.

Embodiment 1

In this embodiment, the system allocates sequence groups to the cell, user or channel. The sequences in each sequence group are divided into multiple sequence sub-groups. Each sequence sub-group corresponds to a mode of occupying time frequency resources. In the communication system, each mode of occupying time frequency resources corresponds to a sequence sub-group uniquely. The sequences in each sub-group are selected from the candidate sequence collection corresponding to the sub-group in a specific selection mode. According to the allocated sequence group and the mode of occupying time frequency resources used for the specific transmit signals, the user or channel selects the sequences in the sequence sub-group corresponding to the mode of occupying the time frequency resources of the transmit signals in the allocated sequence group for transmitting or receiving.

A certain selection mode can be: for a random sub-group i, determining a function ƒ_i(·) corresponding to the sub-group, where the domain of the function is the candidate sequence collection corresponding to the sub-group; determining n sequences from the candidate sequence collection to form sequences, n is a natural number, in the sub-group i, i is a serial number of the sub-group, in the sequence group k, k is the serial number of the sequence group, where the n sequences make the ƒ_i(·) function value the smallest, second smallest, and third smallest respectively, d(a,b) a two variables function, and G_k is a variable determined by the group number k. This selection mode is equivalent to: selecting n sequences from the candidate sequence collection to make the d(ƒ_i(·),G_k) of all other sequences greater than d(ƒ_i(·),G_k)) of these n sequences.

The foregoing sequence selection mode is described below, taking a Zadoff-Chu sequence, namely, a_r,N(z), the CAZAC sequence as an example:

Each sequence group is composed of M sub-groups. The candidate sequence collection of sub groups 1, 2, . . . , M includes the Zadoff-Chu sequences whose lengths are N₁, N₂, . . . , N_M. The Zadoff-Chu sequence whose length is N_i, namely, the a_ri,Ni(z),z=0, 1, . . . , N_i−1 sequence, has N_i−1 different basic sequences, depending on r_i=1, 2, . . . , N_i−1. Specifically, the function corresponding to the sub-group i (namely, the sub-group i corresponding to the Zadoff-Chu sequence whose length is N_i) is ƒ_i: {a_ri,Ni(z)}_{z=0, 1, 2, . . . , Ni−1}→r_i/N_i. The domain of this function is a candidate sequence collection corresponding to the sub-group i. r_i is an index of the Zadoff-Chu sequence in the candidate sequence collection, and N_i is the length of the Zadoff-Chu sequence in the candidate sequence collection.

For the sequence group k=1, 2, . . . , the sub-group numbered p₁ is selected as a reference sub-group. The foregoing G_k is defined as G_k=ƒ_p1({a_ck,Np1(z)}_{z=0, 1, . . . , Ni−1})=c_k/N_p1, N_p1 is the length of the reference sub-group sequence, and c_k is a basic sequence index of the sequence with a length of N_p1 determined by the sequence group k. Particularly, if c_k=k is selected, then G_k=ƒ_p1({a_k,Np1})=k/N_p1.

If the foregoing function d(a,b) is defined as |a−b|, the sequence that makes the d(ƒ_p1(·),G_k))=d(ƒ_p1(·), ƒ_p1({a_k,Np1})) value the smallest in the sub-group numbered p₁ in the sequence group k is the {a_{k,Np1} sequence with the index of rp1}=k and length of N_p1. In this case, d(ƒ_p1(·),G_k)=0.

The sequences in the sub-group i=m in the sequence group k are n sequences that have the length of N_m and make the |r_m/N_m−k/N_p1| value the smallest, second smallest, and third smallest respectively, namely, n sequences that make the d(ƒ_m(·), ƒ_p1({a_k,Np1}) value smaller, where n is a natural number dependent on k and m.

The foregoing embodiment reveals that: the sequences (for example, i=m, j=p₁) in at least two sub-groups i and j in at least one sequence group k are n (n is a natural number dependent on k, i, and j) sequences selected from the candidate sequence collection and make the value of the function d(ƒ_i(·), ƒ_j(·)) such as the foregoing d(ƒ_m(·), ƒ_p1({a_k,Np1}) smallest, second smallest, and third smallest respectively.

This embodiment is introduced below, taking a non-CAZAC sequence such as a Gauss sequence which has high auto correlation and cross correlation features as an example. A formula for generating a Gauss sequence is:b_{α1,αl−1, . . . ,α0}(n)=exp(−2πj(α_ln^l+α_l-1n^l-1+ . . . +α₀)),n=0,1,2, . . . ,N  Formula (2)

In formula (2), n^l is the highest-order item of the Gauss sequence, l is the highest order, and the value range of l is a positive integer. If l=2, α₂=r/N, where N is a positive integer. If N=2N₁ and α₁=r(N₁ mod 2)/N+2r/N·p, the Gauss sequence is equivalent to a Zadoff-Chu sequence a_r,N1(n) whose indexes are r,N₁. if l>2, different α_l=r/(Nl), r=1, 2, . . . , N−1 values correspond to different Gauss sequence groups, and each group has multiple sequences which depend on the lower-order coefficients α_l-1, α_l-2, . . . . In this case, the Gauss sequence is not a CAZAC sequence, but has high auto correlation and cross correlation features. In this embodiment, a_r,N(n) is used to represent multiple sequences b_{αl, αl−1, . . . , α0}(n) or α_l=r/(lN). One of such sequences is defined as a basic sequence.

For a Gauss sequence a_r,N(Z), the function corresponding to the sub-group i may be defined as ƒ_i: {a_ri,Ni(z)}_{z=0, 1, 2, . . . ,Ni−1}→r_i/N_i. The domain of this function is a candidate sequence collection corresponding to the sub-group i. In the function, r_i is an index of the Gauss sequence in the candidate sequence collection, and N_i is the length of the Gauss sequence in the candidate sequence collection.

The function d(a,b) corresponding to the Gauss sequence may be d(a,b)=|(a−b) modu 1|, where the modu 1 operation is defined as making the modulo value included in (−½, ½].

Particularly, for the Zadoff-Chu sequence which can be construed as a special example of the Gauss sequence, if the basic sequence index is r=−(N−1)/2, . . . , −1, 0, 1, . . . , (N−1)/2, because |a−b|<½, the modu 1 operation is not required.

However, for general Gauss sequences such as r=1, 3, 5, . . . , N₁−2, N₁+2, . . . , 2N₁−1, N=2N₁, l=2, α₂=r/(2N₁), α₁=0, and a_r,N(z)_{z=−(N1−1)/2, . . . , −1, 0, 1, 2, . . . , (N1−1)/2}, d(a,b)=|(a−b) modu 1| is required. In other words, d(ƒ_i, ƒ_j) of the sequences corresponding to α₂=r_i/(2N_i) and the sequences corresponding to α₂=r_j/(2N_j) is

$d\left(f_i,f_j\right)=r_i/N_i-r_j/N_j\mathrm{modu}1=\frac{\left(r_i{N}_j-r_j{N}_i\right)\mathrm{modu}{N}_i{N}_j}{N_i{N}_j},$ where the modu N_iN_j operation is defined as making the modulo value included in (−N_iN_j/2, N_iN_j/2]. If l=3 and d(ƒ_i, ƒ_j) of the sequences corresponding to α₃=r_i/(3N_i) and the sequences corresponding to α₃=_j/(3N_j) is d(ƒ_i, ƒ_j)=|(r_i/N_i−r_j/N_j) modu 1| and l=4, 5, . . . , the processing is similar.

The Gauss sequence may be defined in another way. If α_l=r_i/N, and a_ri,N is used to represent the corresponding Gauss sequence, then the foregoing ƒ_i of the function is defined as ƒ_i: a_ri,Ni(z)→r_i/N_i, and the function d(a,b) is defined as d(a,b)=|(a−b) modu 1/l|, where the modu 1/l operation makes −1/(2l)<(a−b) modu 1/l≤1/(2l). Therefore, the definition of the two types of Gauss sequences generates the same sequence group. The definition of such a measurement function is also applicable to the Zadoff-Chu sequence.

In another embodiment, if the mode of occupying time frequency resources is that the sequence is modulated on the radio resource whose sub-carrier interval (or time domain sampling interval) is s, then the function corresponding to the sub-group with the interval s is: ƒ_Ni: {a_s2ri,Ni(z)}_{z=0, 1, 2, . . . ,Ni−1}→r_i/N_i, where s is the sub-carrier (or time domain sampling) interval of the radio resource. For a Gauss sequence, the function is ƒ_Ni: {a_s2ri,Ni(z)}_{z=0, 1, 2, . . . ,Ni−1}→r_i/N_i, where l is the highest order of the Gauss sequence.

The foregoing reference sub-group is set according to multiple factors. A sub-group of a specific sequence length may be selected as a reference sub-group. Preferably, the sub-group with the minimum sequence length in the system is selected as a reference sub-group. The quantity of available sequence groups in the system is the same as the quantity of sequences of this length. Therefore, shorter sequences do not appear repeatedly in different sequence groups. For example, supposing the shortest sequence length according to the resource occupation mode is 11 in the system, then in the foregoing method, N_p1=N₁=11. In this case, 10 sequence groups are available in the system.

Alternatively, the sub-group with the maximum sequence length in the sequence group may be selected as a reference sub-group. For example, the maximum sequence length in the sequence group is 37, and a sub-group with the sequence length 37 is selected as a reference sub-group. In this case, N_p1=N₂=37, and 36 sequence groups are available. When r₂ meets −1/(2N₁)<r₂/N₂<1/(2N₁), if the value of r₁ is not limited to r₁=1, 2, . . . , N₁−1, then r₁ that makes the |r₂/N₂−r₁/N₁| value the smallest is 0. In practice, the value 0 of r₁ does not correspond to the Zadoff-Chu sequence. Therefore, r₂ that makes −1/(2N₁)<r₂/N₂<1/(2N₁), namely, r₂=+1, −1, may be removed. In this way, there are 34 groups of sequences in total. In a sequence group, the quantity of the shortest sequences is less than 36. Therefore, the shortest sequences are used repeatedly.

Moreover, the reference sub-group may be a default sub-group of the system, and may be set by the system as required and notified to the user. After a sequence in the reference sub-group j is selected, the sequences in the sub-group i are n sequences that make the d(ƒ_i(·), ƒ_j(·)) value smaller, and are in the sequence group that contain the sequences selected for the reference sub-group j. Different sequence groups are generated by selecting different sequences of the reference sub-group j.

The sequence group formed in the above method is described below through examples.

There are 3 sub-groups in total in this embodiment. The sequence candidate collection includes Zadoff-Chu sequences whose lengths are 11, 23 and 37 respectively, corresponding to three resource occupation modes. If N_p1=N₁=11 is selected, then there are 10 sequence groups in total. By selecting the sequences that make the absolute value of (r_m/N_m−r₁/N₁) the smallest and including them into each sequence group, where each sub-group contains only one sequence and the sequence is represented by a basic sequence index, the following table is generated:

TABLE 1
	N2 = 23	N3 = 37
N1 = 11	Basic Sequence	Basic Sequence
Group Number K	Index r2	Index r3
1	2	3
2	4	7
3	6	10
4	8	13
5	10	17
6	13	20
7	15	24
8	17	27
9	19	30
10	21	34

The foregoing grouping method makes the absolute value of r_m/N_m−r₁/N₁=(N₁r_m−N_mr₁)/(N₁N_m) the smallest, namely, makes the absolute value of N₁r_m−N_mr₁ the smallest. That is, the method ensures high correlation between sequences. As verified, the correlation between the sequences in each sequence group in Table 1 is very high.

In the foregoing embodiment, selection of the n sequences comes in two circumstances:

Preferably, n is 1, namely, in the foregoing example, a sequence that makes (r_m/N_m−k/N₁) the smallest is selected and included into a sub-group m.

Preferably, n is a natural number greater than 1, and the value of n depends on the length difference between sub-group N_m and reference sub-group N₁. The sequences corresponding to several basic sequence indexes near r_m that makes (r_m/N_m−k/N₁) the smallest are included into a sub-group. Generally, such sequences are n sequences closest to the minimum r_m, where n depends on the length difference between N₁ and N_m.

For example, if N_m is about 4×N₁, two r_m's may be included into the group. Generally, n=┌N_m/(2N₁)┐ may be selected. In an example, n=└N_m/N₁┘ may be selected, where └z┘ is the maximum integer not greater than z. In the sequence sub-group in this case, there may be more than one sequence of a certain length. After such allocation in the system, when using the sequence, the user may select any of the allocated n sequences for transmitting, for example, select the sequence that makes (r_m/N_m−k/N₁) the smallest, second smallest, and so on.

When two Zadoff-Chu sequences of different lengths are highly correlated, it is sure that |r_m/N_m−r₁/N₁| is relatively small. In the foregoing allocation method, it is ensured that the value of |r_i/N_i−r_j/N_j| between two sub-groups i, j of different groups is great. Therefore, the sequences are little correlated between different groups, and the interference is low. Further, among the sequences of certain lengths, some may be selected for allocation, and the remaining are not used in the system. This prevents the sequences the second most correlated with the sequences in the reference sub-group from appearing in other sequence groups, and reduces strong interference.

If the foregoing function d(a,b) is defined as |(a−b) modu m_k,i|, where modu m_k,i causes the value of the function d(a,b) after this operation to be included in (−m_k,i/2,m_k,i/2┘, and m_k,i is a variable determined by the group number k and sub-group number i, then m_k,i=1/B, where B is a natural number, namely, m_k,i∈{1, ½, ⅓, ¼, . . . }.

The foregoing sequence allocation mode is described below, taking a Zadoff-Chu sequence, namely, a_r,N(z), in the CAZAC sequence as an example:

For the sequence group k=1, 2, . . . , the sub-group numbered p₁ is selected as a reference sub-group. The foregoing G_k is defined as G_k=ƒ_p1({a_wk,Np1(z)}_{z=0, 1, . . . ,N1−1})=w_k/N_p1, N_p1 is the length of the reference sub-group sequence, and w_k is a basic sequence index of the sequence with a length of N_p1 determined by the sequence group k. Particularly, if w_k=k is selected, then G_k=ƒ_p1({a_k,Np1})=k/N_p1. Therefore, the sequence that makes the d(ƒ_p1(·),G_k)=d(ƒ_p1(·), ƒ_p1({a_k,Np1})) value the smallest in the sub-group numbered p₁ in the sequence group k is the {a_k,Np1} sequence with the index of r_p1=k and length of N_p1. In this case, d(ƒ_p1(·),G_k)=0.

The sequences in the sub-group i=q in the sequence group k are n sequences that have the length of N_q and make the |(r_q/N_q−k/N_p1) modu m_k,q| value the smallest, second smallest, and third smallest respectively, namely, n sequences that make the d(ƒ_p1(·), ƒ_p1({a_k,Np1})) value the smallest.

It should be noted that the foregoing function d(a,b)=|(a−b) modu m_k,i| may vary between different sequence groups, or different sub-groups of the same sequence group. For example, all sub-groups of one sequence group adopt a d(a,b) function, and all sub-groups of another sequence group adopt another d(a,b) function. Alternatively, one sub-group adopts a d(a,b) function, and another sub-group may adopt another d(a,b) function. Specifically, m_k,j in the function has different values, which give rise to different measurement functions.

The sequence group formed in the foregoing method is described below through examples.

There are 3 sub-groups in total in this embodiment. The sequence candidate collection includes Zadoff-Chu sequences whose lengths are 31, 47 and 59 respectively, corresponding to three resource occupation modes. If N_p1=N₁=31 is selected, then there are 30 sequence groups in total. By using m_k,q in Table 2 and selecting the sequences that make |(r_q/N_q−k/N₁) modu m_k,q| the smallest and including them into each sequence group, where each sub-group contains only one sequence and the sequence is represented by a basic sequence index, Table 3 is generated:

TABLE 2
N1 = 31	N2 = 47	N3 = 59
Group Number K	mk, 2	mk, 3
1	½	1
2	1	1
3	½	⅓
4	1	½
5	½	½
6	1	½
7	½	1/3
8	1	1
9	⅓	1
10	1	1
11	⅓	1
12	1	1
13	⅓	1
14	¼	½
15	⅓	½
16	⅓	½
17	¼	½
18	⅓	1
19	1	1
20	⅓	1
21	1	1
22	⅓	1
23	1	1
24	½	⅓
25	1	½
26	½	½
27	1	½
28	½	⅓
29	1	1
30	½	1

TABLE 3
	N2 = 47	N3 = 59
N1 = 31	Basic Sequence	Basic Sequence
Group Number K	Index r2	Index r3
1	25	2
2	3	4
3	28	45
4	6	37
5	31	39
6	9	41
7	34	33
8	12	15
9	45	17
10	15	19
11	1	21
12	18	23
13	4	25
14	33	56
15	7	58
16	40	1
17	14	3
18	43	34
19	29	36
20	46	38
21	32	40
22	2	42
23	35	44
24	13	26
25	38	18
26	16	20
27	41	22
28	19	14
29	44	55
30	22	57

The following grouping method makes |(r_q/N_q−k/N₁) modu m_k,q| smallest. As verified, all the sequences in Table 3 are the sequences the most correlated with the sequences in the reference sub-group of the same sequence group. Therefore, the correlation of the sequences between different groups is further reduced, and the inter-group interference is weaker.

When the number of sub-carriers that bear the sequence in the cell is not a prime number, it is necessary to select the sequence whose length is equal to the prime number around the number of sub-carriers, and the desired sequence is obtained through sequence segmentation or cyclic extension of the sequence before being transmitted.

The following description takes cyclic extension as an example. In this embodiment, there are quantities of sub-carriers that bear the sequences: 36, 48, and 60. The sequences with a length of the maximum prime number less than the quantity of sub-carriers, namely, the Zadoff-Chu sequences corresponding to the lengths 31, 47 and 59, are selected, and the desired sequences are obtained through cyclic extension of such sequences. If N_p1=N₁=31 is selected, then there are 30 sequence groups in total. By using m_k,q in Table 4 and selecting the sequences that make |(r_q/N_q−k/N₁) modu m_k,q| the smallest and including them into each sequence group, where each sub-group contains only one sequence and the sequence is represented by a basic sequence index, Table 5 is generated:

TABLE 4
	N1 = 31			N1 = 31
N2 = 47	Group	N2 = 47	N3 = 59	Group	N3 = 59
mk, 2	Number K	mk, 2	mk, 3	Number K	mk, 3
1	½	1	16	⅓	½
2	1	1	17	1	⅓
3	½	⅓	18	⅓	⅓
4	1	½	19	1	1
5	½	½	20	⅓	1
6	1	½	21	1	1
7	⅓	1/3	22	⅓	1
8	1	1	23	1	1
9	⅓	1	24	⅓	⅓
10	1	1	25	1	½
11	⅓	1	26	½	½
12	1	1	27	1	½
13	⅓	⅓	28	½	⅓
14	1	⅓	29	1	1
15	⅓	½	30	½	1

TABLE 5
	N2 = 47	N3 = 59
N1 = 31	Basic Sequence	Basic Sequence
Group Number K	Index r2	Index r3
1	25	2
2	3	4
3	28	45
4	6	37
5	31	39
6	9	41
7	42	33
8	12	15
9	45	17
10	15	19
11	1	21
12	18	23
13	4	5
14	21	7
15	7	58
16	40	1
17	26	52
18	43	54
19	29	36
20	46	38
21	32	40
22	2	42
23	35	44
24	5	26
25	38	18
26	16	20
27	41	22
28	19	14
29	44	55
30	22	57

The following grouping method makes |(r_q/N_q−k/N₁) modu m_k,q| the smallest. As verified, all the sequences in Table 5 are the sequences the most correlated with the sequences in the reference length of the same sequence group. Therefore, the correlation of sequences between different groups is further reduced, and the inter-group interference is weaker.

The specific value of m_k,q may be: if N_q≥L_r, then m_k,q=1, where N_q is the sequence length of the sub-group q, and L_r is determined by the reference sub-group sequence length N_p1. Specifically, for N_p1=N₁=31, L_r=139. If N_q=139 or above, then m_k,q=1. After cyclic extension of the sequence, L_r=191. Therefore, when N_q=191 or above, m_k,q=1.

In the foregoing embodiment, selection of the n sequences comes in two circumstances:

Preferably, n is 1, namely, in the foregoing example, a sequence that makes |(r_q/N_q−k/N₁) modu m_k,q| the smallest is selected and included into the sub-group q.

Preferably, n is a natural number greater than 1, and the value of n depends on the length difference between sub-group N_q and reference sub-group N₁. The sequences corresponding to several basic sequence indexes near r_q that makes |(r_q/N_q−k/N₁) modu m_k,q| the smallest are included into a sub-group. Generally, such sequences are n sequences closest to the minimum r_q, where n depends on the length difference between N₁, N_q. For example, if N_q is about 4×N₁, two r_q's may be included into the group. Generally, n=|N_q/(2N₁)| may be selected, where ┌z┐ is the minimum integer greater than z. In another example, n=└N_q/N₁┘ may be selected, where └z┘ is the maximum integer not greater than z. In the sequence sub-group in this case, there may be more than one sequence of a certain length. After such allocation in the system, when using the sequence, the user may select any of the allocated n sequences for transmitting, for example, select r_q=ƒ that makes |(r_q/N_q−k/N₁) modu m_k,q| the smallest, then the fewer n sequences are ƒ±1, ƒ±2, . . . . The transmitter and the receiver may obtain the data through calculation in this way rather than store the data.

When two Zadoff-Chu sequences of different lengths are highly correlated, it is sure that |(r_q/N_q−r₁/N₁) modu m_r1,q| is relatively small. In the foregoing allocation method, it is ensured that the value of i, j between two sub-groups |(r_i/N_i−r_j/N_j) modu m_rj,i| of different groups is great. Therefore, the sequences are little correlated between different groups, and the interference is low. Further, among the sequences of certain lengths, some may be selected for allocation, and the remaining are not used in the system. This prevents the sequences the second most correlated with the sequences in the reference sub-group from appearing in other sequence groups, and reduces strong interference between groups.

In other embodiments, the definition of the foregoing function d(a,b) may also be

$d\left(a,b\right)=\{\begin{array}{c}a-b,\mathrm{when}u\le \left(a-b\right)\le v\\ \mathrm{infinity},\mathrm{others}\end{array},\mathrm{or}d\left(a,b\right)=\{\begin{array}{c}\left(a-b\right)\mathrm{modu}{m}_{k,i},\mathrm{when}u\le \left(a-b\right)\mathrm{modu}{m}_{k,i}\le v\\ \mathrm{infinity},\mathrm{others}\end{array}.$ The infinity in the definition of the d(a,b) function filters out certain sequences, and ensures low correlation between different groups.

It should be noted that the foregoing function

$d\left(a,b\right)=\{\begin{array}{c}a-b,\mathrm{when}u\le \left(a-b\right)\le v\\ \mathrm{infinity},\mathrm{others}\end{array}\mathrm{or}d\left(a,b\right)=\{\begin{array}{c}\left(a-b\right)\mathrm{modu}{m}_{k,i},\mathrm{when}u\le \left(a-b\right)\mathrm{modu}{m}_{k,i}\le v\\ \mathrm{infinity},\mathrm{others}\end{array}$ may vary between different sequence groups, or different sub-groups of the same sequence group. For example, all sub-groups of one sequence group adopt a d(a,b) function, and all sub-groups of another sequence group adopt another d(a,b) function. Alternatively, one sub-group adopts a d(a,b) function, and another sub-group may adopt another d(a,b) function.

Specifically, u,v in the function has different values, which give rise to different measurement functions. For example, u=0, v=+∞, or u=−∞, v=0, or u=−1/(2×11)+1/(23×4), v=1/(2×11)−1/(23×4), or u=a,v=b where a,b depend on the sequence group k and sub-group i, and so on.

Specifically, in the foregoing embodiment of ƒ_i: {a_ri,Ni(z)}_{z=0, 1, 2, . . . , Ni−1}→r_i/N_i, if

$d\left(a,b\right)=\{\begin{array}{c}a-b,\mathrm{when}u\le \left(a-b\right)\le v\\ \mathrm{infinity},\mathrm{others}\end{array},$ this embodiment is: selecting the sequences that meet u≤(r_i/N_i−k/N_p1)≤v and including them into each sequence group; |r_i/N_i−r_j/N_j|>1/C_i is met between any two sequences of different sequence groups, where N_i<N_j, as detailed below:

First, u=0,v=+∞ or u=−∞,v=0 namely, the sequences that make the value the smallest in a single direction. For the positive direction, it is equivalent to selecting the sequences that meet (r_m/N_m−k/N_p1)≥0; for the negative direction, it is equivalent to selecting the sequences that meet (k/N_p1−r_m/N_m)≥0. For example, if the sub-group length is N_m, the positive result closest to k/N_p1 is r_m with the difference of 0.036, and the negative result closest to k/N_p1 is r_m′ with the difference of −0.025. The one the most correlated with the r_p1=k sequence of a length of N_p1 is m_m′. If the system specifies that the sequence in the positive direction of (r_m/N_m−k/N_p1) needs to be selected, r_m is selected. The benefit is: after the sequences of various lengths are compared with k/N_p1, the difference between the function values, namely, |r_i/N_i−r_j/N_j|, is smaller.

Secondly, u=1/(2N_p1)+1/(4N_p2) and v=1/(2N_p1)−1/(4N_p2) selected. The length (N_p1) of the reference sequence is the shortest sequence length and N_p2 is the sequence length only greater than N_p1. Here is an example:

In this embodiment, there are 4 sub-groups in total. The candidate sequence collections contain Zadoff-Chu sequences with N₁=11, N₂=23, N₃=37, and N₄=47 respectively. By selecting the sequences that meet |r_i/N_i−k/N₁|<1/(2N₁)−1/(4N₂) namely, |r_i/N_i−k/N_i|<1/(2×11)−1/(4×23) and including them into the sub-groups of each sequence group, the following table is generated, where the sequence is represented by a basic sequence index:

	TABLE 6
		N2 = 23	N3 = 37	N4 = 47
	N1 = 11	Basic	Basic	Basic
	Group	Sequence	Sequence	Sequence
	Number K	Index r2	Index r3	Index r4
	1	2	3, 4	3, 4, 5
	2	4	6, 7, 8	7, 8, 9, 10
	3	6, 7	9, 10, 11	12, 13, 14
	4	8, 9	13, 14	16, 17, 18
	5	10, 11	16, 17, 18	20, 21, 22
	6	12, 13	19, 20, 21	25, 26, 27
	7	14, 15	23, 24	29, 30, 31
	8	16, 17	26, 27, 28	33, 34, 35
	9	19	29, 30, 31	37, 38, 39, 40
	10	21	33, 34	42, 43, 44

In table 6, |r_i/N_i−r_j/N_j|>1/(2N_i) is met between any two sequences of different sequence groups, where N_i<N_j. In this way, the correlation between the two sequences is relatively lower.

Thirdly, for different sequence groups k and different sub-groups i in the same sequence group, u, v may differ.

The shortest sequence is selected as a reference sequence. Therefore, N_p1 represents the length of the shortest sequence, and N_pL represents the length of the longest sequence; the sequence group that includes the basic sequence with a length of N_p1 and an index of 1 is numbered “q₁”; the sequence group that includes the basic sequence with a length of N_p1 and an index of N_p1−1 is numbered “q_Np1−1”; the sequence group that includes the basic sequence with a length of N_p1 and an index of k is numbered “q_k”; the sequence group that includes the basic sequence with a length of N_p1 and an index of k+1 is numbered “q_k+1”; the sub-group that includes the basic sequence with a length of N_p1 is numbered “p₁”; the sub-group that includes the basic sequence with a length of N_pm is numbered “p_m”; the sub-group that includes the basic sequence with a length of N_pi−1 is numbered “p_i-1”; and the sub-group that includes the basic sequence with a length of N_p1 is numbered “p_i”, where N_pi−1<N_p1.

Step 1001: For the sub-group p₁ of the sequence group q₁, i_q1,p1=−1/(2N_p1)+δ_u, where 1/N_pL−1/N_p1+1/(2N_p1)≤δ_u<½(N_p1).

v_qk,p1 of the sub-group p₁ of the sequence group q_k and u_qk+1,p1 of the sub-group p₁ of the sequence group q_k+1 (k=1, . . . , N_p1−2) are:

v_qk,p1=1/D, u_qk+1q1=−1/D, where 1/D≤1/(2N_p1).

Step 1002: As shown in FIG. 3, v_qk,pi of the sub-group p_i of the sequence group q_k and u_qk+1,pi of the sub-group p_i of the sequence group q_k+1 (k=1, . . . , N_p1−2, i∈S) are:

right_qk,pi−1=v_qk,pi−1+k/N_p1, left_qk+1,pi−1=u_qk+1,pi−1+(k+1)/N_p1

For the basic sequence with a length of N_pi−1, depending on the value of r_pi−1, r_qk+1,pi−1 that meets r_pi−1/N_pi−1−left_qk+1,pi−1≥0 and minimum |r_pi−1/N_pi−1−left_qk+1,pi−1| is obtained, namely, the obtained basic sequence r_qk+1,pi−1 is included in the sequence group q_k+1, has a length of N_pi−1 and is closest to the left border (left_qk+1,pi−1) of the sequence group q_k+1.

If r_qk+1,pi−1/N_pi−1−1/C_pi−1−right_qk,pi−1≤0, namely, r_qk+1,pi−1/N_pi−1−1/C_pi−1 is less than the right border (right_qk,pi−1) of the sequence group q_k, then v_qk,pi=v_qk,pi−1+r_qk+1,pi−1/N_pi−1−1/C_pi−1−right_qk,pi−1, to ensure low cross correlation between the sequence group q_k and its adjacent sequence group q_k+1; if r_qk+1,pi−1/N_pi−1−1/C_pi−1−right_qk,pi−1>0, namely, r_qk+1,pi−1/N_pi−1−1/C_pi−1 is greater than the right border (right_qk,pi−1) of the sequence group q_k, then v_qk,pi=v_qk,pi−1.

For the basic sequence with a length of N_pi−1, depending on the value of r_pi−1, r_qk,pi−1 that meets r_pi−/N_pi−1−right_qk,pi−1≤0 and minimum |r_pi−1/N_pi−1−right_qk,pi−1| is obtained, namely, the obtained basic sequence q_k is included in the sequence group N_pi−1, has a length of q_k and is closest to the right border (right_qk,pi−1) of the sequence group r_qk,pi−1.

If r_qk,pi−1/N_pi−1+1/C_pi−1−left_qk+1,pi−1≥0, namely, r_qk,pi−1/N_pi−1+1/C_pi−1 is greater than the left border (q_k+1) of the sequence group left_qk+1,p1−1, then u_qk+1,pi=u_qk+1,pi−1+r_qk,pi−1/N_pi−1+1/C_pi−1−left_qk+1,pi−1, to ensure low cross correlation between the sequence group q_k and its adjacent sequence group q_k+1; if r_qk,pi−1/N_pi−1+1/C_pi−1−left_qk+1,pi−1<0, namely, r_qk,pi−1/N_pi−1+1/C_pi−1 is less than the left border (q_k+1) of the sequence group left_qk+1,pi−1, then u_qk+1,pi=u_qk+1,pi−1.

q_Np1−1 of the sub-group p_i of the sequence group v_qNp1−1,pi and q₁ of the sub-group p_i of the sequence group u_q1,pi (i∈S) are:

right_{qNp1−1,pi−1}=v_{qNp1−1,pi−1}+(N_p1−1)/N_p1, left_q1,pi−1=u_q1pi−1+1/N_p1

right_{qNp1−1,pi−1}′=v_{qNp1−1,pi−1}−1/N_p1, left_q1,pi−1′=u_q1pi−1+(N_p1+1)/N_p1

For the basic sequence with a length of N_pi−1, depending on the value of r_pi−1, r_q1,pi−1 that meets r_pi−1/N_pi−1−left_q1,pi−1≥0 and minimum |r_pi−1/N_pi−1−left_q1,pi−1| is obtained;

If r_qi,pi−1/N_pi−1−1/C_pi−1−right_{qNp1−1,pi−1}′≤0, then v_qNp1−1,pi=v_{qNp1−1,pi−1}+r_qi,p−1/N_pi−1−1/C_pi−1−right_{qNp1−1,pi−1}′; if r_qi,pi−1/N_pi−1−1/C_pi−1−right_{qNp1−1,pi−1}′>0, then v_qNp1−1,pi=v_{qNp1−1,pi−1};

For the basic sequence with a length of N_pi−1, depending on the value of r_pi−1, r_{qNp1−1,pi−1} that meets r_pi−1/N_pi−1−right_{qNp1−1,pi−1}≤0 and minimum |r_pi−1/N_pi−1−right_{qNp1−1,pi−1}| is obtained;

If r_{qNp1−1,pi−1}/N_pi−1+1/C_pi−1−left_q1,pi−1′≥0, then u_q1,pi=u_q1,pi−1+r_{qNp1−1,pi−1}/N_pi−1+1/C_pi−1−left_q1,pi−1′; if r_{qNp1−1,pi−1}/N_pi−1+1/C_pi−1−left_q1,pi−1′<0, then u_q1,pi=u_q1,pi−1;

Particularly, C_pi−1=2N_pi−1.

Step 1003: u_qk,pi and v_qk,pi of the sub-group p_i in the sequence group q_k (k=1, . . . , N_p1−1, i∈1−S) are:

u_qk,p1=u_qk,pm and v_qk,pi=v_qk,pm, respectively

where I and S are two index collections; in the collection I={2, 3 . . . , L}, L is the quantity of sequence lengths in a candidate sequence collection, and the collection S is the collection I or a sub-collection of the collection I, and m is an element with the maximum value in the collection S.

In the following example, δ_u=0, δ_v=0, D=2N_p1, C_pi−1=2N_pi−1, q_k=k, and p_i=i.

Example 1

In this example, there are 4 sub-groups in total. The candidate sequence collection contains the Zadoff-Chu are sequences with N₁=11, N₂=23, N₃=37, and N₄=47 respectively. Taking the fourth sequence group as an example (namely, k=4), v_4,i and u_5,ii∈{1, 2, 3, 4} are obtained through step 1101, specifically:

For the sub group 1, v_4,1=1/(2×11), u_5,1=1/(2×11).

For the sub-group 2, right_4,1=v_4,1+4/11=1/(2×11)+4/11, left_5,1=u_5,1+5/11=−1/(2×11)+5/11; because no r_5,1 or r_4,1 compliant with the conditions exists, v_4,2=v_4,1, namely, v_4,2=1/(2×11); u_5,2=u_5,1, namely, u_5,2=−1/(2×11).

For the sub-group 3, right_4,2=v_4,2+4/11=1/(2×11)+4/11, left_5,2=u_5,2+5/11=−1/(2×11)+5/11.

For N₂=23, when r₂ varies, if r_5,2=10, then r_5,2/N₂−left_5,2>0 and |r_5,2/N₂−left_5,2| is the minimum value; because r_5,2/N₂−½(N₂) right_4,2>0, v_4,2=v_4,2, namely, v_4,3=1/(2×11).

For N₂=23, when r₂ varies, if r_4,2=9, then r_4,2/N₂−right_4,2<0 and |r_4,2/N₂−right_4,2| is the minimum value; because r_4,2/N₂+1/(2N₂)−left_5,2>0, u_5,3=u_5,2+r_4,2/N₂+1/(2N₂)−left_5,2=−1/(2×11)+9/23+1/(2×23)−(−1/(2×11)+5/11)=−21/(2×11×23).

For the sub-group 4, right_4,3=v_4,3+4/11=1/(2×11)+4/11, left_5,3=u_5,3+5/11=−21/(2×11×23)+5/11.

For N₃=37, when r₃ varies, if r_5,3=16, then r_5,3/N₃−left_5,3>0 and |r_5,3/N₃−left N_5,3| is the minimum value; because r_5,3/N₃−1/(2N₃)−right_4,3>0, v_4,4=v_4,3, namely, v_4,4=1/(2×11).

For N₃=37, when r₃ varies, if r_4,3=15, then r_4,3/N₃−right_4,3<0 and |r_4,3/N₃−right_4,3| is the minimum value; because r_4,3/N₃+1/(2N₃)−left_5,3>0, u_5,4=u_5,3+r_4,3/N₃+1/(2N₃)−left_5,3=−21/(2×11×23)+15/37+1/(2×37)−(−21/(2×11×23)+5/11)=−29/(2×11×37).

By analogy, u and v of all sub-groups of all sequence groups are obtained, and the following table is generated:

TABLE 7
Group	Sub-Group i
Number k	1	2	3	4
1	u1, 1 = −1/(2 × 11)	u1, 2 = −1/(2 × 11)	u1, 3 = −1/(2 × 11)	u1, 4 = −1/(2 × 11)
	v1, 1 = 1/(2 × 11)	v1, 2 = 1/(2 × 11)	v1, 3 = 1/(2 × 11)	v1, 4 = 1/(2 × 11)
2	u2, 1 = −1/(2 × 11)	u2, 2 = −1/(2 × 11)	u2, 3 = −15/(2 × 11 × 23)	u2, 4 = −15/(2 × 11 × 23)
	v2, 1 = 1/(2 × 11)	v2, 2 = 1/(2 × 11)	v2, 3 = 1/(2 × 11)	v2, 4 = 1/(2 × 11)
3	u3, 1 = −1/(2 × 11)	u3, 2 = −1/(2 × 11)	u3, 3 = −17/(2 × 11 × 23)	u3, 4 = −17/(2 × 11 × 23)
	v3, 1 = 1/(2 × 11)	v3, 2 = 1/(2 × 11)	v3, 3 = 1/(2 × 11)	v3, 4 = 1/(2 × 11)
4	u4, 1 = −1/(2 × 11)	u4, 2 = −1/(2 × 11)	u4, 3 = −19/(2 × 11 × 23)	u4, 4 = −19/(2 × 11 × 23)
	v4, 1 = 1/(2 × 11)	v4, 2 = 1/(2 × 11)	v4, 3 = 1/(2 × 11)	v4, 4 = 1/(2 × 11)
5	u5, 1 = −1/(2 × 11)	u5, 2 = −1/(2 × 11)	u5, 3 = −21/(2 × 11 × 23)	u5, 4 = −29/(2 × 11 × 37)
	v5, 1 = 1/(2 × 11)	v5, 2 = 1/(2 × 11)	v5, 3 = 1/(2 × 11)	v5, 4 = 1/(2 × 11)
6	u6, 1 = −1/(2 × 11)	u6, 2 = −1/(2 × 11)	u6, 3 = −1/(2 × 11)	u6, 4 = −1/(2 × 11)
	v6, 1 = 1/(2 × 11)	v6, 2 = 1/(2 × 11)	v6, 3 = 21/(2 × 11 × 23)	v6, 4 = 29/(2 × 11 × 37)
7	u7, 1 = −1/(2 × 11)	u7, 2 = −1/(2 × 11)	u7, 3 = −1/(2 × 11)	u7, 4 = −1/(2 × 11)
	v7, 1 = 1/(2 × 11)	v7, 2 = 1/(2 × 11)	v7, 3 = 19/(2 × 11 × 23)	v7, 4 = 19/(2 × 11 × 23)
8	u8, 1 = −1/(2 × 11)	u8, 2 = −1/(2 × 11)	u8, 3 = −1/(2 × 11)	u8, 4 = −1/(2 × 11)
	v8, 1 = 1/(2 × 11)	v8, 2 = 1/(2 × 11)	v8, 3 = 17/(2 × 11 × 23)	v8, 4 = 17/(2 × 11 × 23)
9	u9, 1 = −1/(2 × 11)	u9, 2 = −1/(2 × 11)	u9, 3 = −1/(2 × 11)	u9, 4 = −1/(2 × 11)
	v9, 1 = 1/(2 × 11)	v9, 2 = 1/(2 × 11)	v9, 3 = 15/(2 × 11 × 23)	v9, 4 = 15/(2 × 11 × 23)
10	u10, 1 = −1/(2 × 11)	u10, 2 = −1/(2 × 11)	u10, 3 = −1/(2 × 11)	u10, 4 = −1/(2 × 11)
	v10, 1 = 1/(2 × 11)	v10, 2 = 1/(2 × 11)	v10, 3 = 1/(2 × 11)	v10, 4 = 1/(2 × 11)

Step 1102: The sequences that meet u_k,i≤(r_i/N_i−k/N₁)≤v_k,i are selected and included into the sub-group i of the sequence group k, where the sequence is represented by a basic sequence index. Thus the following table is generated:

	TABLE 8
		N2 = 23	N3 = 37	N4 = 47
	N1 = 11	Basic	Basic	Basic
	Group	Sequence	Sequence	Sequence
	Number K	Index r2	Index r3	Index r4
	1	2, 3	2, 3, 4, 5	3, 4, 5, 6
	2	4, 5	6, 7, 8	8, 9, 10
	3	6, 7	9, 10, 11	12, 13, 14
	4	8, 9	13, 14, 15	16, 17, 18, 19
	5	10, 11	16, 17, 18	20, 21, 22, 23
	6	12, 13	19, 20, 21	24, 25, 26, 27
	7	14, 15	22, 23, 24	28, 29, 30, 31
	8	16, 17	26, 27, 28	33, 34, 35
	9	18, 19	29, 30, 31	37, 38, 39
	10	20, 21	32, 33, 34, 35	41, 42, 43, 44

Example 2

If the sequence group contains more sub-groups, after u and v are calculated to a certain sub-group, u and v of the sub-groups of longer sequences do not change any more. For example, if the system bandwidth is 5 Mbps, the sequence lengths include: N₁=11, N₂=23, N₃=37, N₄=47, N₅=59, N₆=71, N₇=97, N₈=107, N₉=113, N₁₀=139, N₁₁=179, N₁₂=191, N₁₃=211, N₁₄=239, N₁₅=283, and N₁₆=293. Taking the fourth sequence group as an example, namely, k=4, v_4,i and u_5,ii∈{1, 2, 3, . . . , 16} are obtained in the following way:

For the sub-group 1, v_4,1=1/(2×11), and u_5,1=1/(2×11).

For the sub-group 2, right_4,1=v_4,1+4/11=1/(2×11)+4/11, left_5,1=u_5,1+5/11=−1/(2×11)+5/11; because no r_5,1 or r_4,1 compliant with the conditions exists, v_4,2=v_4,1, namely, v_4,2=1(2×11); u_5,2=u_5,1, namely, u_5,2=−1/(2×11).

For the sub-group 3, right_4,2=v_4,2+4/11=1/(2×11)+4/11, and left_5,2=u_5,2+5/11=−1/(2×11)+5/11.

For N₂=23, when r₂ varies, if r_5,2=10, then r_5,2/N₂−left_5,2>0 and |r_5,2/N₂−left_5,2| is the minimum value; because r_5,2/N₂−½(N₂)−right_4,2>0, v_4,3=v_4,2, namely, v_4,3=1/(2×11).

For N₂=23, when r₂ varies, if r_4,2=9, then r_4,2/N₂−right_4,2<0 and |r_4,2/N₂−right_4,2| is the minimum value; because r_4,2/N₂+1/(2N₂)−left_5,2>0, u_5,3=u_5,2+r_4,2/N₂+1/(2N₂)−left_5,2=−1/(2×11)+9/23+1/(2×23)−(−1/(2×11)+5/11)=−21/(2×11×23).

For the sub-group 4, right_4,3=v_4,3+4/11=1/(2×11)+4/11, and left_5,3=u_5,3+5/11=−21/(2×11×23)+5/11.

For N₃=37, when r₃ varies, if r_5,3=16, then r_5,3/N₃−left_5,3>0 and |r_5,3/N₃−left_5,3| is the minimum value; because r_5,3/N₃−1/(2N₃)−right_4,3>0, v_4,4=v_4,3, namely, v_4,4=1/(2×11).

For N₃=37, when r₃ varies, if r_4,3=15, then r_4,3/N₃−right_4,3<0 and |r_4,3/N₃−right_4,3| is the minimum value; because r_4,3/N₃+1/(2N₃)−left_5,3>0, u_5,4=u_5,3+r_4,3/N₃+1/(2N₃)−left_5,3=−21/(2×11×23)+15/37+1/(2×37)−(−21/(2×11×23)+5/11)=−29/(2×11×37)

For the sub-group 5, v_4,5=v_4,4, namely, v_4,5=1/(2×11); u_5,5=u_5,4, namely, u_5,5=−29/(2×11×37).

For the sub-group 6, v_4,6=v_4,5, namely, v_4,6=1/(2×11); u_5,6=u_5,5, namely, u_5,6=−29/(2×11×37).

For the sub-group 7, v_4,7=v_4,6, namely, v_4,7=1/(2×11); u_5,7=u_5,6, namely, u_5,7=−29/(2×11×37).

Further calculation reveals that: for sub-groups 8, 9, 10, . . . , 16, the values of u and v do not change any more.

By analogy, u and v of all sub-groups of other sequence groups may be obtained. Calculation reveals that: for any sub-group i of the sequence group 5, v_5,i=1/(2×11). Based on the foregoing calculation, the sequences that meet u_5,i≤(r_i/N_i−5/N₁)≤v_5,i are selected and included into the sub-group i of the sequence group 5, where the sequence is represented by a basic sequence index. Thus the following table is generated:

TABLE 9
N1 = 11 group number k       5
N2 = 23 basic sequence r2    10, 11
N3 = 37 basic sequence r3    16, 17, 18
N4 = 47 basic sequence r4    20, 21, 22, 23
N5 = 59 basic sequence r5    25, 26, 27, 28, 29
N6 = 71 basic sequence r6    30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35
N7 = 97 basic sequence r7    41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48
N8 = 107 basic sequence r8   45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53
N9 = 113 basic sequence r9   48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56
N10 = 139 basic sequence r10 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68,
                             69
N11 = 179 basic sequence r11 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84,
                             85, 86, 87, 88, 89
N12 = 191 basic sequence r12 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90,
                             91, 92, 93, 94, 95
N13 = 211 basic sequence r13 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98,
                             99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105
N14 = 239 basic sequence r14 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108,
                             109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116,
                             117, 118, 119
N15 = 283 basic sequence r15 119, 120, 121, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127,
                             128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135,
                             136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141
N16 = 293 basic sequence r16 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130,
                             131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138,
                             139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146

The foregoing calculation of u_k,i, v_k,i reveals that: the same u_k,i, v_k,i may be determined when calculated to N₄=47 (namely, S={2, 3, 4}) and N₁₆=293 (namely, S=I={2, 3, . . . , 16}). Therefore, the calculation may continue only to the fourth sub-group, namely, S={2, 3, 4} to obtain u and v of all sub-groups of all sequence groups and reduce the calculation load.

In practice, u and v in use may be quantized according to the foregoing calculation results to achieve the required precision.

In the foregoing embodiment, selection of the n sequences comes in two circumstances:

Preferably, n is 1, namely, in the foregoing example, a sequence that makes (r_m/N_m−k/N₁) the smallest is selected and included into the sub-group m.

Preferably, n is a natural number greater than 1, and the value of n depends on the length difference between sub-group N_m and reference sub-group N₁. The sequences corresponding to several basic sequence indexes near r_m that makes (r_m/N_m−k/N₁) the smallest are included into a sub-group. Generally, such sequences are n sequences closest to the minimum r_m, where n depends on the length difference between N₁, N_m. For example, if N_m is about 4×N₁, two r_m's may be included into the group. Generally, n=┌N_m/(2N₁)┐ may be selected. In another example, n=└N_m/N₁┘ may be selected, where └z┘ the maximum integer not greater than z. In the sequence sub-group in this case, there may be more than one sequence of a certain length. After such allocation in the system, when using the sequence, the user may select any of the allocated n sequences for transmitting, for example, select the sequence that makes (r_m/N_m−k/N₁) the smallest, second smallest, and so on.

In the foregoing embodiment, n sequences are selected, where n is preferably determined by the sequence group k and sub-group i. For example, n≤Q, where Q is the quantity of sequences that meet u_k,i≤(r_i/N_i−c_k/N_p1)≤v_k,i, N_p1 is the length of the reference sub-group sequence, and c_k is the basic sequence index of the sequence with a length of N_p1 determined by the sequence group k. u_k,i=−1/(2N₁), v_k,i=1/(2N₁), or u_k,i=1/(2N₁)+1/(4N₂), v_k,i=1/(2N₁)−1/(4N₂), or u_k,i=½^θ, v_k,i=½^θ, and so on, where θ is an integer. If u_k,i and v_k,i are relatively small, for example, u_k,i=1/(2N₁)+1/(4N₂) and v_k,i=1/(2N₁)−1/(4N₂), the correlation between any two sequences of different sequence groups is ensured to be low.

In the foregoing embodiments, the sequence groups may be generated for the sequences corresponding to partial instead of all modes of occupying time frequency resources in the system. For example, the modes of occupying time frequency resources may be divided into multiple levels according to the length of the sequence. Each level includes sequences in a certain length range. For the sequences at each level, the sequence groups are generated and allocated, as described above.

Specifically, the sequence groups may be allocated dynamically, namely, the sequence in use varies with time or other variables; or the sequence groups are allocated statically, namely, the sequence in use is constant. More specifically, the static allocation mode may be used alone, or the dynamic allocation mode is used alone, or both the dynamic allocation mode and the static allocation mode are used, as detailed below:

Preferably, if few radio resources are occupied by the sequence, the sequence groups are allocated dynamically. That is because the sequent length is small in this circumstance, and there are fewer sequence groups. For example, as regards the method of “hopping” a sequence group: in the foregoing embodiment taking the Zadoff-Chu sequence as an example, a serial number (r₁) of a reference sequence group is selected randomly in the pseudo random mode at the time of transmitting the pilot frequency, and then the sequence with the index r_k in the sub-group of the same sequence group is calculated out according to the foregoing selection mode.

Preferably, if many radio resources are occupied by the sequence, the sequence groups are allocated statically. For example, in the foregoing embodiment taking the Zadoff-Chu sequence as an example, if the quantity (N) of sequence groups meets the need, the N sequence groups are allocated to each cell, which meets the requirements of averaged interference between cells without changing with time. Preferably, the radio resources occupied in the system may be divided into two levels. One level is about the sequences that occupy many radio resources, where different sequence groups are allocated statically; the other level is about the sequences that occupy few radio resources, where the sequence groups allocated in the dynamic pseudo random mode. For example, if a sequence occupies more than 144 sub-carriers, the sequence length is generally greater than or equal to 144, and different sequence groups are allocated statically; if the sequences in each sequence group correspond to radio resources of less than 144 sub-carriers, the sequence length is generally less than 144, and the sequence groups are allocated in the dynamic pseudo random mode.

If a sub-group contains multiple sequences, including basic sequences and the sequences of different time cyclic shifts, the sequences may be allocated not only to different users, but also to different cells, for example, different sectors under a base station. Particularly, if a cell needs more sequences, for example, if multi-antenna transmitting is supported, each antenna needs to have a different sequence. In this case, the minimum length of the sequence in use may be limited to increase the quantity of basic sequences in the sub-group. Therefore, more basic sequences in the sub-group or more cyclic shifts of the basic sequences may be allocated to the cell. Further, if the sub-group in the sequence group has multiple sequences, the sequence groups may be further grouped and allocated to different cells, users or channels.

The aforementioned sequences are not limited to Zadoff-Chu sequences, and may be Gauss sequences, other CAZAC sequences, basic sequences, and/or deferred sequences of CAZAC sequences.

Embodiment 2

Corresponding to the aforementioned method for allocating sequence groups to cells in a specific selection mode in a network, a method for processing communication sequences is described. As shown in FIG. 4, the process of the method includes:

Step 201: The group number k of the sequence group allocated by the system is obtained.

Step 202: N (n is a natural number) sequences are selected from the candidate sequence collection to form sequences in the sub-group i (i is a serial number of the sub-group) in the sequence group k, where the n sequences make the d(ƒ_i(·),G_k) function value the smallest, second smallest, and third smallest respectively, d(a,b) is a two variables function, G_k is a variable determined by the group number k, ƒ_i(·) is a function corresponding to the sub-group i determined by the system, and the domain of the function is the candidate sequence collection corresponding to the sub-group i.

Step 203: The corresponding transmitting sequences are generated according to the formed sub-group i, and the sequences on the corresponding time frequency resources are processed.

Processing of communication sequences includes transmitting and receiving of communication sequences. Receiving of communication sequences includes calculation related to the generated sequences and received signals. Generally, the specific receiving operations include the calculation for obtaining channel estimation or time synchronization.

The aforementioned sequences are not limited to Zadoff-Chu sequences, and may be Gauss sequences, other CAZAC sequences, basic sequences, and/or shifted sequences of CAZAC sequences. The processing of sequences may be frequency domain processing or time domain processing. The functions in the foregoing method may be consistent with the functions in the foregoing allocation method, and are not repeated further.

Taking the Zadoff-Chu sequence as an example, if the function d(a,b) is d(a,b)=|(a−b)|, for the sub-group m, the sequence that makes the |r_m/N_m−k/N₁| value the smallest is selected and included into the sequence group k, thus ensuring higher correlation between sequences and reducing correlation between groups.

In practice, working out the r_m indexes that make |r_m/N_m−k/N₁| the smallest, second smallest, . . . , may induce a general method. That is, with an known integer N₁, N₂, e, the integer ƒ needs to make the |e/N₁−ƒ/N₂| value the smallest. Evidently, ƒ is the integer w closest to e·N₂/N₁, namely, the └e·N₂/N₁┘ the value rounded down or the ┌e·N₂/N₁┐ value rounded up. The fewer n sequences are w±1, w±2, . . . .

The transmitter and the receiver may obtain the data through calculation in this way rather than store the data.

Still taking the Zadoff-Chu sequence as an example, if the function d(a,b) is |(a−b) modu m_k,i|, the sub-group numbered p₁ serves as a reference sub-group, N_p1 is the length of the reference sub-group sequence, c_k is the basic sequence index of the sequence with a length of N_p1 determined by the sequence group k, N_i is the length of the sequence of the sub-group i, and r_i is the basic sequence index of the sequence with a length of N_i determined by the sequence group k, then, |(a−b) modu m_k,i|=|(r_i/N_i−c_k/N_p1) modu m_k,i|. Particularly, N_p1=N₁ and c_k=k may be selected. For the sub-group i=q in the sequence group k, the sequence that makes |(r_q/N_q−k/N₁) modu m_k,q| the smallest is selected and included into the sequence group k. Therefore, the selected sequence is the most correlated with the sequence of the reference length in the same sequence group, the correlation of the sequences between different groups is further reduced, and the inter-group interference is weaker.

In practice, working out the index r_q that makes |(r_q/N_q−k/N₁) modu m_k,q| the smallest may induce a general method, namely, r_q=B⁻¹×round (B×k×N_q/N₁), where B=1/m_k,q, B⁻¹ is a natural number that meets B×B⁻¹ mod N_q=1, and round(z) is an integer closest to z.

A detailed description is given below through examples. With a known integer N₁, N₂, e, if m_k,q=1, then the integer ƒ needs to make the |(e/N₁−ƒ/N₂) modu 1| value the smallest. Evidently, ƒ is the integer w closest to e·N₂/N₁, namely, the └e·N₂/N₁┘ value rounded down or the ┌e·N₂/N₁┐ value rounded up. If m_k,q=½, then the integer ƒ needs to make the |(e/N₁−ƒ/N₂) modu ½| value the smallest. ƒ is

$w·\frac{1+N_2}{2}$ modulo N₂, namely,

$w·\frac{1+N_2}{2}$ mod N₂, where w is an integer closest to 2e·N₂/N₁, namely, the └2e·N₂/N₁┘ value rounded down or the └2e·N₂/N₁┘ value rounded up. If m_k,q=⅓, then the integer ƒ needs to make the |(e/N₁−ƒ/N₂) modu ⅓| value the smallest. When N₂ mod 3=0, ƒ is

$\frac{w}{3};$ when N₂ mod 3=1, ƒ is

$w·\frac{1-N_2}{3}\mathrm{mod}{N}_2;$ when N₂ mod 3=2, ƒ is

$w·\frac{1-N_2}{3}\mathrm{mod}{N}_2,$

where w is an integer closest to 3e·N₂/N₁, namely, the └3e·N₂/N₁┘ value rounded down or the └3e·N₂/N₁┘ value rounded up. If m_k,q=¼, then the integer ƒ needs to make the |(e/N₁−ƒ/N₂) modu ¼| value the smallest. When N₂ mod 2=0, ƒ is

$\frac{w}{4};$ when N₂ mod 4=1, ƒ is

$w·\frac{1-N_2}{3}\mathrm{mod}{N}_2;$ when N₂ mod 4=3, ƒ is

$w·\frac{1-N_2}{3}\mathrm{mod}{N}_2,$ where w is an integer closest to 4e·N₂/N₁, namely, the └4e·N₂/N₁┘ value rounded down or the ┌4e·N₂/N₁┐ value rounded up.

To sum up, through m_k,q storage and simple calculation, the sequences in the sub-group q in the sequence group k are obtained. According to the inherent features of m_k,q, the m_k,q storage may be simplified, as detailed below:

m_k,q of the sub-group q is symmetric between different sequence groups k, namely, m_k,q=m_T−k,q, where T is the total number of sequence groups. Therefore, if m_k,q in the case of 1≤k≤T/2 is pre-stored, m_k,q in the case of 1≤k≤T can be obtained; or, if m_k,q in the case of T/2<k≤T is pre-stored, m_k,q in the case of 1≤k≤T can also be obtained.

If N_q≥L_r, it is appropriate that m_k,q=1, where N_q is the sequence length of the sub-group q, and L_r is determined by the reference sub-group sequence length N_p1. Specifically, for N_p1=N₁=31, L_r=139. If N_q=139 or above, then m_k,q=1. After cyclic extension of the sequence, L_r=191. Therefore, when N_q=191 or above, m_k,q=1.

The specific values of m_k,q corresponding to the sub-group q in the sequence group k may be stored. Specifically, x bits may be used to represent W different values of m_k,q, where 2^x−1<W≤2^x; for each m_k,q, the x bits that represent the specific values of m_k,q are stored. Alternatively, the value selection mode of m_k,q may also be stored. For example, when N_q≥L_r, m_k,q=1.

In the foregoing embodiment, after the resource occupied by the sequence is determined, the sequence of the sub-group corresponding to the resource of the current group may be generated in real time according to the selection mode, without the need of storing. The implementation is simple.

It is understandable to those skilled in the art that all or part of the steps in the foregoing embodiments may be implemented by hardware instructed by a program. The program may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk and compact disk, and the steps covered in executing the program are consistent with the foregoing steps 201-203.

Embodiment 3

As shown in FIG. 5, an apparatus for processing communication sequences by using the foregoing communication sequence processing method includes:

a sequence selecting unit, adapted to: obtain a group number k of a sequence group allocated by the system, and select n (n is a natural number) sequences from a candidate sequence collection to form sequences in a sub-group i (i is a serial number of the sub-group) in the sequence group k (k is the serial number of the sequence group), where the n sequences make the d(ƒ_i(·),G_k) function value the smallest, second smallest, and third smallest respectively, d(a,b) is a two variables function, G_k is a variable determined by the group number k, ƒ_i(·) is a function corresponding to the sub-group i determined by the system, and the domain of the function is the candidate sequence collection corresponding to the sub-group i; and

a sequence processing unit, adapted to: select or generate the corresponding sequences according to the sequences in the formed sub-group i, and process the sequences on the time frequency resources corresponding to the sub-group i.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6, the sequence processing unit is a sequence transmitting unit adapted to generate the corresponding sequences according to the formed sequences and transmit the sequences on the corresponding time frequency resources. In this case, the communication sequence processing apparatus is a communication sequence transmitting apparatus.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 7, the sequence processing unit may be a sequence receiving unit adapted to generate the corresponding sequences according to the formed sequences and receive the sequences on the corresponding time frequency resources. In this case, the communication sequence processing apparatus is a communication sequence receiving apparatus. The receiving processing generally includes calculation related to the generated sequences and received signals. Generally, the specific receiving operations include the calculation for obtaining channel estimation or time synchronization.

The relevant functions and specific processing in the communication sequence processing apparatus are consistent with those in the forgoing allocation method and processing method, and are not repeated further. The aforementioned sequences are not limited to Zadoff-Chu sequences, and may be Gauss sequences, other CAZAC sequences, basic sequences, and/or deferred sequences of CAZAC sequences. The processing of sequences may be frequency domain processing or time domain processing.

In the foregoing communication sequence processing apparatus, the sequence selecting unit selects a sequence compliant with the interference requirement directly in a specific selection mode, without the need of storing the lists about the correspondence of sequences, thus saving communication resources as against the conventional art.

Although exemplary embodiments have been described through the application and accompanying drawings, the claims are not limited to such embodiments. It is apparent that those skilled in the art can make various modifications and variations to the embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A method, comprising: obtaining, by an apparatus, a group number of a sequence group;determining, by the apparatus, a sequence index based on the group number, a reference length, and a length of a Zadoff-Chu sequence corresponding to a reference signal sequence; andgenerating, by the apparatus, the reference signal sequence based on the sequence index;wherein determining the sequence index comprises:determining the sequence index based on a relation

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving a corresponding sequence based on the reference signal sequence.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising: transmitting a signal based on the reference signal sequence.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein a value of the sequence index is equal to

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising: determining a second sequence index value, wherein the second sequence index value is equal to

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the sequence index is equal to

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising: determining a second sequence index value, wherein the second sequence index value is equal to

8. An apparatus, comprising a processor coupled with a non-transitory storage medium storing executable instructions, wherein the executable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to: obtain a group number of a sequence group;determine a sequence index based on the group number, a reference length, and a length of a Zadoff-Chu sequence corresponding to a reference signal sequence; andgenerate the reference signal sequence based on the sequence index;wherein determining the sequence index comprises:determining the sequence index based on a relation

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the executable instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the apparatus to: receive a corresponding sequence based on the reference signal sequence.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the executable instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the apparatus to: transmit a signal based on the reference signal sequence.

11. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein a value of the sequence index is equal to

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the executable instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the apparatus to: determine a second sequence index value, wherein the second sequence index value is equal to

13. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein a value of the sequence index is equal to

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the executable instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the apparatus to: determine a second sequence index value, wherein the second sequence index value is equal to

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to carry out steps of: obtaining a group number of a sequence group;determining a sequence index based on the group number, a reference length, and a length of a Zadoff-Chu sequence corresponding to a reference signal sequence; andgenerating the reference signal sequence based on the sequence index;wherein determining the sequence index comprises:determining the sequence index based on a relation

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the reference signal sequence is a cyclic extension sequence of the Zadoff-Chu sequence.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the length of the Zadoff-Chu sequence corresponds to a sub-group in the sequence group which corresponds to a mode of occupying time frequency resources.

18. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the reference signal sequence is a cyclic extension sequence of the Zadoff-Chu sequence.

19. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the length of the Zadoff-Chu sequence corresponds to a sub-group in the sequence group which corresponds to a mode of occupying time frequency resources.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein the reference length is 31.

21. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the reference length is 31.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the reference length is 31.