IP Library Granted Patent US 12,439,385
Granted Patent B2
US 12,439,385 · App. 16/305,805 · Granted Oct 7, 2025

Subframe type notification and determination methods and device

Inventors: Xuejuan Gao (Beijing, CN); Xueming Pan (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
H04W72/0446H04L5/1469H04W72/20
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Patent No.
US 12,439,385
App. No.
16/305,805
Granted
Oct 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are a subframe type notification and determination methods and device. The invention enables a terminal to dynamically determine a subframe type, such that a subframe type can be flexibly changed to adapt to different service transmission requirements, thereby increasing system transmission efficiency. The subframe type determination method of the invention comprises: detecting, in a preset resource, indication information for determining a subframe type; and determining, according to a detection result, the subframe type.

Claims (24)

1. A method for determining a subframe type, the method comprising:

determining a first subframe, wherein a subframe type of the first subframe is an uplink subframe or a downlink subframe in an existing Long Term Evolution (LTE) Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) system;

receiving UE-specific information in a preset resource at a specific period, wherein the UE-specific information is downlink control information (DCI), the UE-specific information is used for indicating that a subframe type of the first subframe is a special subframe or a preset subframe and notifying a downlink transmission component and an uplink transmission component comprised in the special subframe or the preset subframe, and the preset resource is a set of subframes notified in configuration signaling;

determining that the subframe type of the first subframe which is the uplink subframe or the downlink subframe is changed to the subframe type of the special subframe or the preset subframe comprising the downlink transmission component and the uplink transmission component; and

determining, according to the UE-specific information, the special subframe or the preset subframe in a preset period and an allocation scheme of the downlink transmission component and the uplink transmission component in the special subframe or the preset subframe, wherein the special subframe or the preset subframe is a subframe comprising at least uplink transmission resources and downlink transmission resources.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a guard period component further comprised in the special subframe or the preset subframe is notified by the DCI.

3. A method for notifying a subframe type, the method comprising:

determining a first subframe, wherein a subframe type of the first subframe is an uplink subframe or a downlink subframe in an existing Long Term Evolution (LTE) Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) system;

determining a preset resource for transmitting UE-specific information, wherein the UE-specific information is downlink control information (DCI), the UE-specific information is used to indicate a UE to determine that a subframe type of the first subframe is a special subframe or a preset subframe and is used to notify a downlink transmission component and an uplink transmission component comprised in the special subframe or the preset subframe, and the preset resource is a set of subframes notified in configuration signaling;

determining that the subframe type of the first subframe which is the uplink subframe or the downlink subframe is changed to the subframe type of the special subframe or the preset subframe comprising the downlink transmission component and the uplink transmission component; and

transmitting the UE-specific information over the preset resource at a specific period, wherein the UE-specific information indicates the special subframe or the preset subframe in a preset period and notifies an allocation scheme of the downlink transmission component and the uplink transmission component in the special subframe or the preset subframe, and the special subframe or the preset subframe is a subframe comprising at least uplink transmission resources and downlink transmission resources.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein a guard period component further comprised in the special subframe or the preset subframe is notified in the DCI.

5. An apparatus for determining a subframe type, the apparatus comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the processor is configured to read and execute a program in the memory:

to determine a first subframe, wherein a subframe type of the first subframe is an uplink subframe or a downlink subframe in an existing Long Term Evolution (LTE) Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) system;

to receive UE-specific information in a preset resource at a specific period, wherein the UE-specific information is downlink control information (DCI), the UE-specific information is used for indicating that a subframe type of the first subframe is a special subframe or a preset subframe and notifying a downlink transmission component and an uplink transmission component comprised in the special subframe or the preset subframe, and the preset resource is a set of subframes notified in configuration signaling;

to determine that the subframe type of the first subframe which is the uplink subframe or the downlink subframe is changed to the subframe type of the special subframe or the preset subframe comprising the downlink transmission component and the uplink transmission component; and

to determine, according to the UE-specific information, the special subframe or the preset subframe in a preset period and an allocation scheme of the downlink transmission component and the uplink transmission component in the special subframe or the preset subframe, wherein the special subframe or the preset subframe is a subframe comprising at least uplink transmission resources and downlink transmission resources.

6. The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein a guard period component further comprised in the special subframe or the preset subframe is notified by the DCI.

7. An apparatus for notifying a subframe type, the apparatus comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the processor is configured to read and execute a program in the memory:

to determine a first subframe, wherein a subframe type of the first subframe is an uplink subframe or a downlink subframe in an existing Long Term Evolution (LTE) Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) system;

to determine a preset resource for transmitting UE-specific information, wherein the UE-specific information is downlink control information (DCI), the UE-specific information is used to indicate a UE to determine that a subframe type of the first subframe is a special subframe or a preset subframe and is used to notify a downlink transmission component and an uplink transmission component comprised in the special subframe or the preset subframe, and the preset resource is a set of subframes notified in configuration signaling;

to determine that the subframe type of the first subframe which is the uplink subframe or the downlink subframe is changed to the subframe type of the special subframe or the preset subframe comprising the downlink transmission component and the uplink transmission component; and

to transmit the UE-specific information over the preset resource at a specific period, wherein the UE-specific information indicates the special subframe or the preset subframe in a preset period and notifies an allocation scheme of the downlink transmission component and the uplink transmission component in the special subframe or the preset subframe, and the special subframe or the preset subframe is a subframe comprising at least uplink transmission resources and downlink transmission resources.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein a guard period component further comprised in the special subframe or the preset subframe is notified in the DCI.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 16, 2021
From: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
To: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD.
Reel/Frame 057452/0169 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 12, 2020
From: GAO, XUEJUAN; PAN, XUEMING
To: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
Reel/Frame 054028/0373 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201610378041.3 · May 31, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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