IP Library Granted Patent US 12701586
Granted Patent B2
US 12701586 · App. 18/507,508 · Granted Aug 4, 2026

Scheduling method and apparatus for shared channel, terminal, and network side device

Inventor: Chaojun Zeng (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
H04W72/232H04L1/0004
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Patent No.
US 12701586
App. No.
18/507,508
Granted
Aug 4, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A scheduling method and apparatus for a shared channel, a terminal, and a network side device, and relates to the field of communication technologies. The scheduling method for a shared channel in embodiments of this application includes: receiving, by a terminal, first downlink control information DCI, where the first DCI is for scheduling transmission of at least one shared channel, and the first DCI includes scheduling information for the at least one shared channel, where the scheduling information includes at least one of the following: time domain resource assignment information corresponding to the at least one shared channel, codeword indication information, virtual resource block VRB-to-physical resource block PRB mapping information, PRB bundling size indication information, rate matching indication information, zero power channel state information reference signal ZP CSI-RS trigger information, and a non-numerical feedback time offset.

Claims (65)

1 . A scheduling method for a shared channel, comprising:

receiving, by a terminal, first downlink control information (DCI), wherein the first DCI is for scheduling transmission of at least one shared channel, and the first DCI comprises scheduling information for the at least one shared channel, wherein

the scheduling information comprises

codeword indication information,

wherein in a case that dual codeword transmission is allowed, the codeword indication information indicates an enabled state of each codeword using a first value combination of a first indication domain,

wherein a second target transport block (TB) is determined to be in a disabled state, in a case that each TB of each shared channel scheduled by the first DCI corresponds to a redundant version (RV) indication bit, a second modulation and coding scheme (MCS) index corresponding to the second target TB is 26 and a second RV index corresponding to the second target TB is 2; and

wherein the second target TB is any TB corresponding to any shared channel scheduled by the first DCI.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein before the receiving, by a terminal, first DCI, the method further comprises:

receiving configuration information of a time domain resource assignment table from a network side device, wherein

the configuration information is for configuring a target row in the time domain resource assignment table, and a configuration rule for the target row comprises any one of the following:

each time domain resource assignment record in the target row corresponds to a transmission time offset; and

each time domain resource assignment record subset in the target row corresponds to a transmission time offset, wherein

the target row is any row in the time domain resource assignment table.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein in a case that the first value combination of the first indication domain is used to indicate the enabled state of each codeword, the enabled state of each codeword is further determined by using one of the following rules:

when each transport block (TB) of each shared channel scheduled by the first DCI corresponds to two redundant version (RV) indication bits, if a first modulation and coding scheme (MCS) index corresponding to a first target TB is a preset MCS index and a first RV index corresponding to the first target TB is a preset RV index, the first target TB is determined to be in a disabled state;

when each TB of each shared channel scheduled by the first DCI corresponds to an RV indication bit, if a second MCS index corresponding to a second target TB is a preset MCS index and a second RV index corresponding to the second target TB is one of two RV index values corresponding to the RV indication bit, the second target TB is determined to be in a disabled state; and

when each TB of each shared channel scheduled by the first DCI corresponds to an RV indication bit, if a third MCS index corresponding to a third target TB is a preset MCS index, a third RV index corresponding to the third target TB is one of two RV index values corresponding to the RV indication bit, and a value of a second indication domain corresponding to the third target TB satisfies a preset condition, the third target TB is determined to be in a disabled state, wherein

the first target TB, the second target TB, and the third target TB are any TB corresponding to any shared channel scheduled by the first DCI.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein when the terminal supports a resource allocation type 1 and supports interleaved virtual resource block to physical resource block (VRB-to-PRB) mapping, an indication of the VRB-to-PRB mapping information comprises one of the following:

the first DCI comprises a plurality of indication domains, and each indication domain respectively indicates VRB-to-PRB mapping information corresponding to a scheduled shared channel;

the first DCI comprises an indication domain, and the indication domain is used to indicate VRB-to-PRB mapping information corresponding to a target shared channel in a scheduled shared channel set; and

the first DCI comprises an indication domain, and VRB-to-PRB mapping information indicated by the indication domain is applied to each scheduled shared channel.

5 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein the target shared channel is a first shared channel, a last shared channel, or a shared channel of a preset index scheduled by the first DCI.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein in a case that dynamic physical resource block (PRB) bundling is used, an indication of the PRB bundling size indication information comprises one of the following:

the first DCI comprises a plurality of indication domains, and each indication domain respectively indicates a PRB bundling size corresponding to a scheduled shared channel;

the first DCI comprises an indication domain, and the indication domain is used to indicate a PRB bundling size corresponding to a target shared channel in a scheduled shared channel set; and

the first DCI comprises an indication domain, and a PRB bundling size indicated by the indication domain is applied to each scheduled shared channel.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein when it is necessary to dynamically indicate whether a resource set corresponding to a rate match pattern group 1 and/or a rate match pattern group 2 can be used for shared channel transmission, an indication of the rate matching indication information comprises one of the following:

the first DCI comprises a plurality of indication domains, and each indication domain respectively indicates rate matching indication information corresponding to a scheduled shared channel;

the first DCI comprises an indication domain, and the indication domain is used to indicate rate matching indication information corresponding to a target shared channel in a scheduled shared channel set; and

the first DCI comprises an indication domain, and rate matching indication information indicated by the indication domain is applied to each scheduled shared channel.

8 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein in a case that it is necessary to dynamically indicate an aperiodic zero power channel state information reference signal (ZP CSI-RS) resource set, an indication of the ZP CSI-RS trigger information comprises one of the following:

the first DCI comprises an indication domain, and ZP CSI-RS trigger information indicated by the indication domain is applied to one of the following:

a target shared channel in a scheduled shared channel set;

a target time unit in time units occupied by a scheduled shared channel set;

each scheduled shared channel; or

each time unit in time units occupied by a scheduled shared channel set.

9 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein the target time unit is a first time unit, a last time unit, or a time unit of a preset index occupied by the shared channel set scheduled by the first DCI.

10 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein in a case that the first DCI comprises the non-numerical feedback time offset, for a target hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process for which an available hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) feedback time is not provided, the terminal follows one of the following use restriction modes:

before the network side device provides the available HARQ-ACK feedback time for the target HARQ process, the terminal does not expect the target HARQ process to be scheduled or configured for new shared channel transmission; and

before the network side device provides the available HARQ-ACK feedback time for the target HARQ process, when a first condition is not satisfied, the terminal does not expect the target HARQ process to be scheduled or configured for new shared channel transmission.

11 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein the first condition is: a start moment at which the target HARQ process is scheduled or configured for new shared channel transmission is after an end moment of a first shared channel transmission, or is after an end moment that offsets the first shared channel transmission by a predefined time offset; and

the first shared channel transmission occupies the target HARQ process, and the DCI that schedules the first shared channel transmission indicates the non-numerical feedback time offset.

12 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the shared channel comprises at least one of the following:

a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH); and

a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH).

13 . A scheduling method for a shared channel, comprising:

sending, by a network side device, first downlink control information (DCI), wherein the first DCI is for scheduling transmission of at least one shared channel, and the first DCI comprises scheduling information for the at least one shared channel, wherein

the scheduling information comprises codeword indication information,

wherein in a case that dual codeword transmission is allowed, the codeword indication information indicates an enabled state of each codeword using a first value combination of a first indication domain,

wherein a second target transport block (TB) is determined to be in a disabled state, in a case that each TB of each shared channel scheduled by the first DCI corresponds to a redundant version (RV) indication bit, a second modulation and coding scheme (MCS) index corresponding to the second target TB is 26 and a second RV index corresponding to the second target TB is 2; and

wherein the second target TB is any TB corresponding to any shared channel scheduled by the first DCI.

14 . The method according to claim 13 , wherein before the receiving, by a network side device, first DCI, the method further comprises:

sending, by the network side device, configuration information of a time domain resource assignment table to a terminal, wherein

the configuration information is for configuring a target row in the time domain resource assignment table, and a configuration rule for the target row comprises any one of the following:

each time domain resource assignment record in the target row corresponds to a feedback transmission time offset; and

each time domain resource assignment record subset in the target row corresponds to a feedback transmission time offset, wherein

the target row is any row in the time domain resource assignment table.

15 . A terminal, comprising; a processor, a memory, and a program or instructions stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the program or the instructions, when executed by the processor, implementing the following steps:

receiving, first downlink control information (DCI), wherein the first DCI is for scheduling transmission of at least one shared channel, and the first DCI comprises scheduling information for the at least one shared channel, wherein

the scheduling information comprises codeword indication information,

wherein in a case that dual codeword transmission is allowed, the codeword indication information indicates an enabled state of each codeword using a first value combination of a first indication domain,

wherein a second target transport block (TB) is determined to be in a disabled state, in a case that each TB of each shared channel scheduled by the first DCI corresponds to a redundant version (RV) indication bit, a second modulation and coding scheme (MCS) index corresponding to the second target TB is 26 and a second RV index corresponding to the second target TB is 2; and

wherein the second target TB is any TB corresponding to any shared channel scheduled by the first DCI.

16 . A network side device, comprising a processor, a memory, and a program or instructions stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the program or the instructions, when executed by the processor, implementing steps of the scheduling method for a shared channel according to any one of claim 13 .