IP Library Granted Patent US 12684511
Granted Patent B2
US 12684511 · App. 18/434,397 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Method for time-domain granularity conversion, terminal device, and network device

Inventors: Dongjun Ma (Dongguan, CN); Nande Zhao (Dongguan, CN)
Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
H04W56/0045
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Patent No.
US 12684511
App. No.
18/434,397
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided in the embodiments of the present application are a wireless communication method, a terminal device, and a network device. A terminal device sends first information for determining a timing offset value to a network device, where the first information is a first parameter with a first time-domain granularity, and/or the first information is a second parameter with the first time-domain granularity, the first time-domain granularity being a time-domain granularity associated with a subcarrier, the first parameter being used for representing a delay of a service link estimated by the terminal device, and the second parameter being used for representing a Timing Advance (TA).

Claims (242)

1 . A method for wireless communication, comprising:

sending, by a terminal device, first information for determining a timing offset value,

wherein the first information is a second parameter with a first time-domain granularity, the first time-domain granularity is a time-domain granularity associated with a subcarrier, and the second parameter is used for representing a Timing Advance (TA),

the method further comprising:

determining, by the terminal device, the second parameter with the first time-domain granularity according to a target parameter, wherein the target parameter comprises N TA,UE-specific , and N TA,UE-specific has a time-domain granularity T c , where N TA,UE-specific represents the delay of the service link estimated by the terminal device, and T c is a time unit specified in a protocol,

wherein determining, by the terminal device, the second parameter with the first time-domain granularity according to the target parameter comprises:

determining, by the terminal device, the second parameter with the time-domain granularity T c according to the N TA,UE-specific with the time-domain granularity T c ;

converting, by the terminal device, a time-domain granularity of the second parameter from T c into the first time-domain granularity, to obtain the second parameter with the first time-domain granularity,

wherein the first time-domain granularity is a slot, and converting, by the terminal device, the time-domain granularity of the second parameter from T c into the first time-domain granularity comprises:

converting, by the terminal device, the time-domain granularity of the second parameter from T c to the slot according to a following formula:

T

T

A

×

T

c

/

(

10

-

3

/

2

μ

)

=

(

2

μ

*

1

0

3

*

T

T

A

×

T

c

)

,

where T TA is the second parameter, μ represents a subcarrier spacing configuration, and ┌ ┐ represents upward rounding.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the T TA is determined by a following formula:

T

TA

=

(

N

TA

+

N

TA

,

UE

-

specific

+

N

TA

,

common

+

N

TA

,

offset

)

×

T

c

,

where N TA represents a parameter associated with TA and configured by a network device, N TA,common represents a delay between a satellite and a reference point, and N TA,offset represents a fixed offset value for calculating TA.

3 . A terminal device, comprising: a processor and a memory for storing a computer program, wherein the processor is configured to invoke and execute the computer program from the memory to cause the terminal device to:

send first information for determining a timing offset value,

wherein the first information is a second parameter with a first time-domain granularity, the first time-domain granularity is a time-domain granularity associated with a subcarrier, and the second parameter is used for representing a Timing Advance (TA),

wherein the processor is further configured to invoke and execute the computer program from the memory to cause the terminal device to:

determine the second parameter with the first time-domain granularity according to a target parameter, wherein the target parameter comprises N TA,UE-specific , and N TA,UE-specific has a time-domain granularity T c , where N TA,UE-specific represents the delay of the service link estimated by the terminal device, and T c is a time unit specified in a protocol,

wherein the processor is specifically configured to invoke and execute the computer program from the memory to cause the terminal device to:

determine the second parameter with the time-domain granularity T c according to the N TA,UE-specific with the time-domain granularity T c ;

convert a time-domain granularity of the second parameter from T c into the first time-domain granularity, to obtain the second parameter with the first time-domain granularity,

wherein the processor is specifically configured to invoke and execute the computer program from the memory to cause the terminal device to:

convert the time-domain granularity of the second parameter from T c to the slot according to a following formula:

T

T

A

×

T

c

/

(

10

-

3

/

2

μ

)

=

(

2

μ

*

1

0

3

*

T

T

A

×

T

c

)

,

where T TA is the second parameter, μ represents a subcarrier spacing configuration, and ┌ ┐ represents upward rounding.

4 . The terminal device of claim 3 , wherein the T TA is determined by following formula:

T

TA

=

(

N

TA

+

N

TA

,

UE

-

specific

+

N

TA

,

common

+

N

TA

,

offset

)

×

T

c

,

where N TA represents a parameter associated with TA and configured by a network device, N TA,common represents a delay between a satellite and a reference point, and N TA,offset represents a fixed offset value for calculating TA.

5 . A network device, comprising: a processor and a memory for storing a computer program, wherein the processor is configured to invoke and execute the computer program from the memory to cause the network device to:

receive first information sent by a terminal device, wherein the first information is used for determining a timing offset value,

wherein the first information is a second parameter with a first time-domain granularity, the first time-domain granularity is a time-domain granularity associated with a subcarrier, and the second parameter is used for representing a Timing Advance (TA),

wherein the second parameter with the first time-domain granularity is determined based on a target parameter, wherein the target parameter comprises N TA,UE-specific , and N TA,UE-specific has a time-domain granularity T c , where N TA,UE-specific represents the delay of the service link estimated by the terminal device, and T c is a time unit specified in a protocol,

wherein the second parameter with the first time-domain granularity is determined based on the second parameter with the time-domain granularity T c , and the second parameter with the time-domain granularity T c is determined based on the N TA,UE-specific with the time-domain granularity T c ,

wherein the first time-domain granularity is a slot, and the second parameter with the first time-domain granularity is determined based on a following formula:

T

T

A

×

T

c

/

(

10

-

3

/

2

μ

)

=

(

2

μ

*

1

0

3

*

T

T

A

×

T

c

)

,

where T TA is the second parameter, μ represents a subcarrier spacing configuration and ┌ ┐ represents upward rounding.

6 . The network device of claim 5 , wherein the T TA is determined by following formula:

T

TA

=

(

N

TA

+

N

TA

,

UE

-

specific

+

N

TA

,

common

+

N

TA

,

offset

)

×

T

c

,

where N TA represents a parameter associated with TA and configured by a network device, N TA,common represents a delay between a satellite and a reference point, and N TA,offset represents a fixed offset value for calculating TA.