Uplink information sending method and apparatus, base station, and user equipment
A uplink information sending method is provided, including: sending, by a base station, at least one of first transmission indication information of first uplink information and second transmission indication information to user equipment UE, where the first transmission indication information includes a subframe and/or a carrier on which the base station instructs the UE to send the first uplink information; and the first transmission indication information and/or the second transmission indication information are/is used to indicate UE behavior when a collision occurs. The uplink information sending method provided in the present invention is used to mitigate impact of a carrier collision on processing efficiency of the UE.
1. An uplink signal sending method comprising:
receiving, by user equipment (UE), at least one of first transmission indication information of first uplink information and/or second transmission indication information that are/is sent by a base station,
wherein the first uplink information is periodic or aperiodic first uplink information, and
wherein the first transmission indication information comprises a subframe and/or a carrier on which the base station instructs the UE to send the first uplink information; and
determining, by the UE based on the first transmission indication information and/or the second transmission indication information, UE behavior in response to a carrier collision occurring,
wherein the carrier collision comprises, for the subframe in which the base station instructs the UE to send the first uplink information, a total quantity of the carrier of the first uplink information and a carrier used by second uplink information that needs to be sent by the UE exceeds an uplink carrier aggregation capability of the UE;
in response to the first transmission indication information comprising a third resource indicating a time domain resource, a frequency domain resource, and/or a space domain resource that are/is used by the UE to send the first uplink information,
sending, by the UE, the first uplink information and/or the second uplink information based on the third resource, including: sending, by the UE, the first uplink information on the third resource, and
skipping, by the UE, sending the second uplink information on an associated time domain resource of a carrier that is subject to a carrier collision with the third resource,
wherein the associated time domain resource of the carrier that is subject to the carrier collision with the third resource is the same as the time domain resource of the third resource; and
in response to the second transmission indication information comprising a fourth resource indicating a time domain resource, a frequency domain resource, and/or a space domain resource that are/is used by the UE to send the second uplink information,
sending, by the UE, the first uplink information and/or the second uplink information based on the fourth resource, wherein the first uplink information is at least one of the following:
a periodic or aperiodic sounding reference symbol (SRS), and the second uplink information is a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) comprising a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ),
a periodic or aperiodic SRS, and the second uplink information is a physical random access channel (PRACH),
a periodic SRS, and the second uplink information is a PUCCH, and
a periodic SRS, and the second uplink information is a PUCCH comprising uplink control information (UCI).
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second uplink information is a PUCCH that comprises only channel state information (CSI).
3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the time domain resource used by the first uplink information comprises at least one of location information of the subframe occupied by the first uplink information, orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) location information, cyclic shift information, and an SRS sending subframe offset.
4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first transmission indication information comprises:
a first resource indicating a subframe and/or subframe group by which the UE sends the first uplink information,
and/or, a carrier and/or carrier group by which the UE sends the first uplink information.
5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first transmission indication information comprises a carrier identifier of the first uplink information, the carrier of the first uplink information is a switched-to carrier and no physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) is sent on the carrier.
6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the UE receives the first transmission indication information through a high-layer signaling.
7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first transmission indication information comprises:
a first resource indicating a subframe and/or subframe group by which the UE sends the first uplink information,
and/or, a carrier and/or carrier group by which the UE sends the first uplink information.
8. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the first transmission indication information comprises:
a first resource indicating a subframe and/or subframe group by which the UE sends the first uplink information,
and/or, a carrier and/or carrier group by which the UE sends the first uplink information.
9. An uplink signal sending apparatus comprising: a receiver, a transmitter and a processor, wherein
the receiver is configured to cooperate with the processor to receive at least one of first transmission indication information of first uplink information and/or second transmission indication information that are/is sent by a base station,
wherein the first uplink information is periodic or aperiodic first uplink information, and
wherein the first transmission indication information comprises a subframe and/or a carrier on which the base station instructs the apparatus to send the first uplink information; and
the processor is configured to cooperate with the receiver to
determine, based on the first transmission indication information and/or the second transmission indication information, apparatus behavior when a collision occurs,
wherein the carrier collision comprises, for the subframe in which the base station instructs the apparatus to send the first uplink information, a total quantity of the carrier of the first uplink information and a carrier used by second uplink information that needs to be sent by the apparatus exceeds an uplink carrier aggregation capability of the apparatus;
in response to the first transmission indication information comprising a third resource indicating a time domain resource, a frequency domain resource, and/or a space domain resource that are/is used by the apparatus to send the first uplink information, the transmitter is configured to cooperate with the processor to send the first uplink information and/or the second uplink information based on the third resource, including:
sending the first uplink information on the third resource, and
skipping sending the second uplink information on a corresponding time domain resource of a carrier that is subject to a carrier collision with the third resource,
wherein the associated time domain resource of the carrier that is subject to the carrier collision with the third resource is the same as the time domain resource of the third resource; and
in response to the second transmission indication information comprising a fourth resource indicating a time domain resource, a frequency domain resource, and/or a space domain resource that are/is used by the apparatus to send the second uplink information, and the transmitter is configured to cooperate with the processor to send the first uplink information and/or the second uplink information based on the fourth resource, wherein the first uplink information is at least one of the following:
a periodic or aperiodic sounding reference symbol (SRS), and the second uplink information is a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) comprising a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ),
a periodic or aperiodic SRS, and the second uplink information is a physical random access channel (PRACH),
a periodic SRS, and the second uplink information is a PUCCH, and
a periodic SRS, and the second uplink information is a PUCCH comprising uplink control information (UCI).
10. The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the second uplink information is a PUCCH, that comprises only channel state information (CSI).
11. The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the time domain resource used by the first uplink information comprises at least one of location information of the subframe occupied by the first uplink information, orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) location information, cyclic shift information, and an SRS sending subframe offset.
12. The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the first transmission indication information comprises:
a first resource indicating a subframe and/or subframe group by which the apparatus sends the first uplink information,
and/or, a carrier and/or carrier group by which the UE sends the first uplink information.
13. The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the first transmission indication information comprises a carrier identifier of the first uplink information, the carrier is a switched-to carrier and no physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) is sent on the carrier.
14. The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the apparatus receives the first transmission indication information through a high-layer signaling.
15. The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the first transmission indication information comprises:
a first resource indicating a subframe and/or subframe group by which the apparatus sends the first uplink information,
and/or, a carrier and/or carrier group by which the apparatus sends the first uplink information.
16. The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the first transmission indication information comprises:
a first resource indicating a subframe and/or subframe group by which the apparatus sends the first uplink information,
and/or, a carrier and/or carrier group by which the apparatus sends the first uplink information.
17. A non-transitory computer readable medium including computer executable instructions for providing at least the following operations:
receive at least one of first transmission indication information of first uplink information and/or second transmission indication information,
wherein the first uplink information is periodic or aperiodic first uplink information, and
wherein the first transmission indication information comprises a subframe and/or a carrier on which the base station instructs the apparatus to send the first uplink information;
determine, based on the first transmission indication information and/or the second transmission indication information, behavior when a collision occurs,
wherein the carrier collision comprises, for the subframe which instructs sending the first uplink information, a total quantity of the carrier of the first uplink information and a carrier used by second uplink information that needs to be sent exceeds an uplink carrier aggregation capability;
in response to the first transmission indication information comprising a third resource indicating a time domain resource, a frequency domain resource, and/or a space domain resource that are/is used to send the first uplink information, send the first uplink information and/or the second uplink information based on the third resource, including:
sending the first uplink information on the third resource, and
skipping sending the second uplink information on an associated time domain resource of a carrier that is subject to a carrier collision with the third resource,
wherein the associated time domain resource of the carrier that is subject to the carrier collision with the third resource is the same as the time domain resource of the third resource; and
in response to the second transmission indication information comprising a fourth resource indicating a time domain resource, a frequency domain resource, and/or a space domain resource that are/is used to send the second uplink information, send the first uplink information and/or the second uplink information based on the fourth resource, wherein the first uplink information is at least one of the following:
a periodic or aperiodic sounding reference symbol (SRS), and the second uplink information is a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) comprising a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ),
a periodic or aperiodic SRS, and the second uplink information is a physical random access channel (PRACH),
a periodic SRS, and the second uplink information is a PUCCH, and
a periodic SRS, and the second uplink information is a PUCCH comprising uplink control information (UCI).
18. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 17 , wherein the second uplink information is a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) that comprises only channel state information (CSI).
19. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 17 , wherein the time domain resource used by the first uplink information comprises at least one of location information of the subframe occupied by the first uplink information, orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) location information, cyclic shift information, and an SRS sending subframe offset.
20. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 17 , wherein the first transmission indication information comprises:
a first resource indicating a subframe and/or subframe group by which the first uplink information is sent,
and/or, a carrier and/or carrier group by which the first uplink information is sent.