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US 10,841,930 · App. 16/295,383 · Granted Nov 17, 2020

Wireless communication with shared resources for different radio access technologies, base station, and terminal

Inventors: Quanzhong Gao (Shanghai, CN); Chaoyi Yan (Shenzhen, CN); Heng Xu (Shanghai, CN); Chao Zhang (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
H04W72/1205H04W16/14H04W72/04H04W72/0446H04W72/12H04L5/0005
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Patent No.
US 10,841,930
App. No.
16/295,383
Granted
Nov 17, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless communication method, a base station and a terminal are disclosed. In an embodiment a method includes determining, by a base station, a first resource and a second resource from a target resource, wherein the target resource is a resource shared by at least one terminal in a first Radio Access Technology (RAT) and at least one terminal in a second RAT, the first resource being a resource used by the terminal in the first RAT, and the second resource being a resource used by the terminal in the second RAT, sending, by the base station, first indication information to the terminal in the first RAT, wherein the first indication information is used to indicate the first resource to be used by the terminal in the first RAT and sending, by the base station, second indication information to the terminal in the second RAT, wherein the second indication information is used to indicate the second resource to be used by the terminal in the second RAT.

Claims (42)

1. A communication method comprising:

determining, by a base station, a first resource and a second resource from a target resource, wherein the target resource is a resource shared by at least one terminal in a first Radio Access Technology (RAT) and at least one terminal in a second RAT, the first resource being a resource used by the terminal in the first RAT, and the second resource being a resource used by the terminal in the second RAT;

sending, by the base station, first indication information to the terminal in the first RAT, wherein the first indication information is used to indicate the first resource to be used by the terminal in the first RAT; and

sending, by the base station, second indication information to the terminal in the second RAT, wherein the second indication information is used to indicate the second resource to be used by the terminal in the second RAT,

wherein determining the first resource and the second resource from the target resource comprises:

obtaining, by the base station, a network parameter, wherein the network parameter comprises at least one of the following parameters: a scheduling period, a quantity of resources required by the terminal in the first RAT, an available cell connection spectrum bandwidth of the terminal in the first RAT, a time-frequency resource of the terminal in the first RAT, a quantity of resources required by the terminal in the second RAT, an available cell connection spectrum bandwidth of the terminal in the second RAT, or a time-frequency resource occupied by the terminal in the second RAT, and

determining, by the base station, the first resource and the second resource from the target resource based on the network parameter,

wherein determining the first resource and the second resource from the target resource based on the network parameter comprises:

determining, by the base station, a third resource pre-allocated to the terminal in the first RAT and a fourth resource pre-allocated to the terminal in the second RAT, wherein the target resource comprises the third resource, the fourth resource, and a remaining resource other than the third resource and the fourth resource, and

dividing, by the base station, the remaining resource based on the network parameter, wherein the first resource comprises the third resource, the second resource comprises the fourth resource, and a sum of the first resource and the second resource comprises the remaining resource.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein dividing the remaining resource based on the network parameter comprises:

determining, by the base station based on the network parameter, a first reference resource required by the terminal in the first RAT; and

when the first reference resource is less than the third resource, determining, by the base station, the third resource as the first resource, and determining the fourth resource and the remaining resource as the second resource; or

when the first reference resource is greater than a sum of the third resource and the remaining resource, determining, by the base station, the sum of the third resource and the remaining resource as the first resource, and determining the fourth resource as the second resource; or

when the first reference resource is greater than the third resource, and is less than a sum of the third resource and the remaining resource, determining, by the base station, the first reference resource as the first resource, and determining a resource in the shared resource other than the first reference resource as the second resource.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

when a number of resources required by the terminal in the first RAT is greater than a number of resources required by the terminal in the second RAT, sending, by the base station, a subframe to the terminal in the second RAT, wherein the subframe is used to instruct the terminal in the second RAT to stop transmitting data on the second resource.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the target resource is a resource in a resource allocation period, and wherein the resource allocation period comprises N scheduling periods, and N is greater than or equal to 1.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the shared resource is a shared time domain resource.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the terminal in the first RAT is a 4 th Generation ( 4 G) terminal, and wherein the terminal in the second RAT is a 5 th Generation ( 5 G) terminal.

7. A communication method comprising:

receiving, by a terminal in a first Radio Access Technology (RAT), first indication information sent by a base station, wherein the first indication information is used to indicate a first resource that is in a target resource and that is to be used by the terminal in the first RAT, the target resource being a resource shared by the terminal in the first RAT and a terminal in a second RAT, and wherein a second resource in the target resource is to be used by the terminal in the second RAT;

performing, by the terminal in the first RAT, data transmission with the base station on the first resource based on the first indication information; and

performing, by the terminal in the first RAT, data transmission with the base station on the second resource when a number of resources required by the terminal in the first RAT is greater than a number of resources required by the terminal in the second RAT, and when the terminal in the second RAT stopped transmitting data on the second resource based on a subframe sent by the base station to the terminal in the second RAT, wherein the subframe is used to instruct the terminal in the second RAT to stop transmitting data on the second resource.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the first resource is determined by the base station from the target resource based on a network parameter, and wherein the network parameter comprises at least one of the following parameters: a scheduling period, a quantity of resources required by the terminal in the first RAT, an available cell connection spectrum bandwidth of the terminal in the first RAT, a time-frequency resource occupied by the terminal in the first RAT, a quantity of resources required by the terminal in the second RAT, an available cell connection spectrum bandwidth of the terminal in the second RAT, or a time-frequency resource occupied by the terminal in the second RAT.

9. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising:

receiving, by the terminal in the first RAT, a subframe sent by the base station, wherein the subframe is used to instruct the terminal in the first RAT to stop transmitting data on the first resource.

10. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the target resource is a resource in a resource allocation period, and wherein the resource allocation period comprises N scheduling periods, and N is greater than or equal to 1.

11. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the shared resource is a shared time domain resource, a shared frequency domain resource, or a shared time-frequency resource.

12. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the terminal in the first RAT is a 5 th Generation ( 5 G) terminal or a 4 th Generation ( 4 G) terminal.

13. A terminal in a first Radio Access Technology (RAT) comprising:

a receiver configured to receive first indication information sent by a base station, wherein the first indication information is used to indicate a first resource that is in a target resource and that is to be used by the terminal in the first RAT, the target resource being a resource shared by the terminal in the first RAT and a terminal in a second RAT, wherein a second resource in the target resource is to be sued by the terminal in the second RAT, and wherein the terminal in the first RAT and the terminal in the second RAT are terminals in different RATs; and

a processor configured to:

perform data transmission with the base station on the first resource based on the first indication information: and

perform data transmission with the base station on the second resource when a number of resources required by the terminal in the first RAT is greater than a number of resources required by the terminal in the second RAT, and when the terminal in the second RAT stopped transmitting data on the second resource based on a subframe sent by the base station to the terminal in the second RAT, wherein the subframe is used to instruct the terminal in the second RAT to stop transmitting data on the second resource.

14. The terminal in the first RAT according to claim 13 , wherein the first resource is determined by the base station from the target resource based on a network parameter, and wherein the network parameter comprises at least one of the following parameters: a scheduling period, a quantity of resources required by a terminal in a first RAT, an available cell connection spectrum bandwidth of the terminal in the first RAT, a time-frequency resource occupied by the terminal in the first RAT, a quantity of resources required by the terminal in the second RAT, an available cell connection spectrum bandwidth of the terminal in the second RAT, or a time-frequency resource occupied by the terminal in the second RAT.

15. The terminal in the first RAT according to claim 13 , wherein the receiver is further configured to receive a subframe sent by the base station, and wherein the subframe is used to instruct the terminal in the first RAT to stop transmitting data on the first resource.

16. The terminal in the first RAT according to claim 13 , wherein the target resource is a resource in a resource allocation period, and wherein the resource allocation period comprises N scheduling periods, and N is greater than or equal to 1.

17. The terminal in the first RAT according to claim 13 , wherein the shared resource is a shared time domain resource, a shared frequency domain resource, or a shared time-frequency resource.

18. The terminal in the first RAT according to claim 13 , wherein the terminal in the first RAT is a 5 th Generation ( 5 G) terminal or a 4 th Generation ( 4 G) terminal.

19. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the shared resource is a shared frequency domain resource.

20. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the shared resource is a shared time-frequency resource.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 15, 2020
From: GAO, QUANZHONG; YAN, CHAOYI; XU, HENG; ZHANG, CHAO
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053768/0187 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2016098370 · Sep 8, 2016
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