Feedback method for hybrid automatic repeat request and an apparatus thereof
View Patent ↗The present disclosure provides a feedback method for Hybrid Automatic Repeat request, wherein, the method comprises: a network device sends a first configuration signal to a terminal device, the first configuration signal is for indicating a reception feedback manner which includes a manner of sending HARQ feedback in units of Code block Groups; the network device sends a first Transport Block to the terminal device, the first Transport Block comprises at least one Code Block Group; the terminal device sends HARQ feedback to the network device by using the reception feedback manner indicated by the first configuration signal according to a reception result of the first Transport Block. By means of the technical scheme of the present disclosure, unnecessary retransmission can be avoided, system resource can be saved, and transmission efficiency can be increased.
1. A feedback method for Hybrid Automatic Repeat request, wherein, the method comprises:
receiving a first configuration signal sent from a network device, wherein, the first configuration signal is for indicating a reception feedback manner which includes a manner of sending HARQ feedback in units of Code Block Groups;
receiving a first Transport Block sent from the network device, wherein, the first Transport Block comprises at least one Code Block Group; and
sending HARQ feedback to the network device, by using the reception feedback manner indicated by the first configuration signal, according to a reception result of the first Transport Block,
wherein, when the reception feedback manner indicated by the first configuration signal is sending HARQ feedback in units of Code Block Groups and the first Transport Block is a retransmitted Transport Block, the HARQ feedback comprises feedback of reception results of all Code Block Groups in a second Transport Block, wherein, the second Transport Block is a Transport Block first received in an HARQ process corresponding to a target HARQ process number, and the target HARQ process number is an HARQ process number of the first Transport Block.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, sending HARQ feedback to the network device, by using the reception feedback manner indicated by the first configuration signal, according to a reception result of the first Transport Block comprises:
sending HARQ feedback by UCI information to the network device, by using the reception feedback manner indicated by the first configuration signal, according to a reception result of the first Transport Block, wherein, the UCI information has a UCI format corresponding to the reception feedback manner.
3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, for a target Code Block Group which exists in the first Transport Block and exists in one or more already received Transport Blocks with the target HARQ process number, the feedback corresponding to the target Code Block Group in the HARQ feedback is ACK if the target Code Block Group is received correctly in at least one of the already received Transport Block; otherwise, the feedback corresponding to the target Code Block Group in the HARQ feedback is NACK.
4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, for a target Code Block Group which does not exist in the first Transport Block but exists in the second Transport Block and exists in one or more already received Transport Blocks with the target HARQ process number, the feedback corresponding to the target Code Block Group in the HARQ feedback is ACK if the target Code Block Group is received correctly in at least one of the already received Transport Block; otherwise, the feedback corresponding to the target Code Block Group in the HARQ feedback is NACK.
5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, the method further comprises:
when Code Block Groups in the first Transport Block are all received correctly or all received falsely, sending HARQ feedback in units of Transport Blocks to the network device.
6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein, the first configuration signal is for indicating a reception feedback manner of a Transport Block on at least one target signal carrier, wherein, the Transport Block on the at least one target signal carrier comprises the first Transport Block.
7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein, the first configuration signal is for providing a respective indication of a reception feedback manner of a Transport Block on each individual target signal carrier of the at least one target signal carrier; or the first configuration signal is for providing a unified indication of all Transport Blocks on the at least one target signal carrier.
8. A feedback method for Hybrid Automatic Repeat request, wherein, the method comprises:
sending a first configuration signal to a terminal device, wherein, the first configuration signal is for indicating a reception feedback manner which includes a manner of sending HARQ feedback in units of Code Block Groups;
sending a first Transport Block to a terminal device, wherein, the first Transport Block comprises at least one Code Block Group; and
receiving HARQ feedback sent from the terminal device by using the reception feedback manner indicated by the first configuration signal according to a reception result of the first Transport Block,
wherein, when the reception feedback manner indicated by the first configuration signal is sending HARQ feedback in units of Code Block Groups and the first Transport Block is a retransmitted Transport Block, the HARQ feedback comprises feedback of reception results of all Code Block Groups in a second Transport Block, wherein, the second Transport Block is a Transport Block first received in an HARQ process corresponding to a target HARQ process number, and the target HARQ process number is an HARQ process number of the first Transport Block.
9. A terminal device, wherein, the terminal device comprises a processor, a memory and a transceiver interconnected by a bus line, the transceiver is for sending and receiving data, the memory is for storing program codes, the processor is for calling the program codes stored in the memory to execute the following:
receiving a first configuration signal sent from a network device, and receiving a first Transport Block sent from the network device, wherein, the first configuration signal is for indicating a reception feedback manner which includes a manner of sending HARQ feedback in units of Code Block Groups and the first Transport Block comprises at least one Code Block Group; and
sending HARQ feedback to the network device, by using the reception feedback manner indicated by the first configuration signal, according to a reception result of the first Transport Block,
wherein, when the reception feedback manner indicated by the first configuration signal is sending HARQ feedback in units of Code Block Groups and the first Transport Block is a retransmitted Transport Block, the HARQ feedback comprises feedback of reception results of all Code Block Groups in a second Transport Block, wherein, the second Transport Block is a Transport Block first received in an HARQ process corresponding to a target HARQ process number, and the target HARQ process number is an HARQ process number of the first Transport Block.
10. The terminal device according to claim 9 , wherein, the processor is for:
sending HARQ feedback by UCI information to the network device, by using the reception feedback manner indicated by the first configuration signal, according to a reception result of the first Transport Block, wherein, the UCI information has a UCI format corresponding to the reception feedback manner.
11. The terminal device according to claim 9 , wherein, for a target Code Block Group which exists in the first Transport Block and exists in one or more already received Transport Blocks with the target HARQ process number, the feedback corresponding to the target Code Block Group in the HARQ feedback is ACK if the target Code Block Group is received correctly in at least one of the already received Transport Block; otherwise, the feedback corresponding to the target Code Block Group in the HARQ feedback is NACK.
12. The terminal device according to claim 9 , wherein, for a target Code Block Group which does not exist in the first Transport Block but exists in the second Transport Block and exists in one or more already received Transport Blocks with the target HARQ process number, the feedback corresponding to the target Code Block Group in the HARQ feedback is ACK if the target Code Block Group is received correctly in at least one of the already received Transport Block; otherwise, the feedback corresponding to the target Code Block Group in the HARQ feedback is NACK.
13. The terminal device according to claim 9 , wherein, the processor is for:
sending HARQ feedback in units of Transport Blocks to the network device when Code Block Groups in the first Transport Block are all received correctly or all received falsely.
14. The terminal device according to claim 9 , characterized in that, the first configuration signal is for indicating a reception feedback manner of a Transport Block on at least one target signal carrier, wherein, the Transport Block on the at least one target signal carrier comprises the first Transport Block.
15. The terminal device according to claim 14 , wherein, the first configuration signal is for providing a respective indication of a reception feedback manner of a Transport Block on each individual target signal carrier of the at least one target signal carrier; or the first configuration signal is for providing a unified indication of all Transport Blocks on the at least one target signal carrier.