Patent ID: 8259700

Claim:
A method for transmitting an uplink Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) by a User Equipment (UE) in a communication system, comprising: receiving information related to an SRS period and an offset for an SRS transmission; generating an SRS; and transmitting, if the information indicates the SRS period is 2 ms, the SRS in two Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SCFDMA) symbols in a half frame according to the offset for the SRS transmission, wherein if the information indicates the SRS period is 2 ms, and the length of an Uplink Pilot Time Slot (UpPTS) in the half frame is two symbols, a first symbol in the UpPTS is indicated by offset 0 and a second symbol in the UpPTS is indicated by offset 1 , and wherein if the information indicates the SRS period is 2 ms and the length of the UpPTS is one symbol, the symbol in the UpPTS is indicated by offset 1 .