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US 11,265,735 · App. 16/347,392 · Granted Mar 1, 2022

Transmission configuration method, transmission configuration determination method, base station and terminal

Inventors: Yijian Chen (Shenzhen, CN); Zhaohua Lu (Shenzhen, CN); Yu Ngok Li (Shenzhen, CN); Bo Gao (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: XI'AN ZHONGXING NEW SOFTWARE CO., LTD
H04W24/02H04B7/0413H04L5/0048H04L41/0806
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Patent No.
US 11,265,735
App. No.
16/347,392
Granted
Mar 1, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A transmission configuration method includes: determining a candidate transmission configuration information set, where the determined candidate transmission configuration information set includes K types of transmission configuration information, and each of the K types of transmission configuration information is used for implementing transmission configuration of at least one of a signal or a channel, where K is greater than or equal to 1; selecting at least one type of transmission configuration information from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set; and transmitting the selected transmission configuration information to a terminal by using a signaling.

Claims (92)

1. A transmission configuration method, comprising:

determining a candidate transmission configuration information set, wherein the determined candidate transmission configuration information set comprises K types of transmission configuration information, and each of the K types of transmission configuration information is used for implementing at least one of transmission configuration of signal or transmission configuration of channel, wherein K is greater than or equal to 1;

selecting at least one type of transmission configuration information from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set; and

transmitting the selected transmission configuration information to a terminal by using a signaling,

wherein selecting the at least one type of transmission configuration information from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set comprises:

grouping at least one of an uplink channel, an uplink signal, a downlink channel or a downlink signal; and

selecting, for each group of channels or signals, transmission configuration information from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set;

correspondingly, transmitting the selected transmission configuration information to the terminal by using the signaling comprises:

transmitting the transmission configuration information corresponding to the each group of channels or signals to the terminal by using a separate signaling,

wherein determining the candidate transmission configuration information set comprises:

determining Q candidate transmission configuration information sets, wherein each of the Q candidate transmission configuration information sets comprises at least one type of transmission configuration information, wherein Q is greater than or equal to 1; and

determining one candidate transmission configuration information set among the Q candidate transmission configuration information sets by way of selection,

wherein when Q is greater than 1, the Q candidate transmission configuration information sets comprise: different candidate transmission configuration information sets corresponding to two different reference signals separately.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein selecting the at least one type of transmission configuration information from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set comprises: selecting, for an uplink channel and a downlink channel separately, transmission configuration information from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set; and correspondingly, transmitting the selected transmission configuration information to the terminal by using the signaling comprises: transmitting the transmission configuration information corresponding to the uplink channel and the downlink channel separately to the terminal by using separate signalings; or

selecting the at least one type of transmission configuration information from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set comprises: selecting, for an uplink signal and a downlink signal separately, transmission configuration information from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set; and correspondingly, transmitting the selected transmission configuration information to the terminal by using the signaling comprises: transmitting the transmission configuration information corresponding to the uplink signal and the downlink signal separately to the terminal by using separate signalings; or

selecting the at least one type of transmission configuration information from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set comprises: selecting, for a pilot signal and a control channel separately, transmission configuration information from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set; and correspondingly, transmitting the selected transmission configuration information to the terminal by using the signaling comprises: transmitting the transmission configuration information corresponding to the pilot signal and the control channel separately to the terminal by using separate signalings; or

selecting the at least one type of transmission configuration information from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set comprises: selecting, for the pilot signal and a data channel separately, transmission configuration information from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set; and correspondingly, transmitting the selected transmission configuration information to the terminal by using the signaling comprises: transmitting the transmission configuration information corresponding to the pilot signal and the data channel separately to the terminal by using separate signalings; or

selecting the at least one type of transmission configuration information from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set comprises: selecting, for a plurality of types of pilot signals or a plurality of sets of pilot signals separately, transmission configuration information from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set; and correspondingly, transmitting the selected transmission configuration information to the terminal by using the signaling comprises: transmitting the transmission configuration information corresponding to the types of pilot signals or the sets of pilot signals separately to the terminal by using separate signalings; or

selecting the at least one type of transmission configuration information from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set comprises: selecting, for a plurality of control regions of time-frequency-code resources separately, transmission configuration information from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set; and correspondingly, transmitting the selected transmission configuration information to the terminal by using the signaling comprises: transmitting the transmission configuration information corresponding to the control regions of the time-frequency-code resources separately to the terminal by using separate signalings; or

selecting the at least one type of transmission configuration information from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set comprises: selecting, for a plurality of pieces of control information or a plurality of data information code blocks separately, transmission configuration information from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set; and correspondingly, transmitting the selected transmission configuration information to the terminal by using the signaling comprises: transmitting the transmission configuration information corresponding to the pieces of control information or the data information code blocks separately to the terminal by using separate signalings; or

selecting the at least one type of transmission configuration information from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set comprises: selecting, for a plurality of transport layers separately, transmission configuration information from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set; and correspondingly, transmitting the selected transmission configuration information to the terminal by using the signaling comprises: transmitting the transmission configuration information corresponding to the transport layers separately to the terminal by using separate signalings.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the Q candidate transmission configuration information sets comprises:

determining the Q candidate transmission configuration information sets according to at least one of a channel type or a signal type,

wherein each type of channel or each type of signal corresponds to at least one of the candidate transmission configuration information sets.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein

the Q candidate transmission configuration information sets comprise: different candidate transmission configuration information sets corresponding to a control channel and a data channel separately; or

the Q candidate transmission configuration information sets comprise: different candidate transmission configuration information sets corresponding to the data channel and a measurement pilot signal separately; or

the Q candidate transmission configuration information sets comprise: different candidate transmission configuration information sets corresponding to the control channel and the measurement pilot signal separately; or

the Q candidate transmission configuration information sets comprise: Q1 candidate transmission configuration information sets corresponding to a first type of signal, and Q2 candidate transmission configuration information sets corresponding to a second type of signal, wherein Q1 is not equal to Q2; or

the Q candidate transmission configuration information sets comprise: Q3 candidate transmission configuration information sets corresponding to a first type of channel, and Q4 candidate transmission configuration information sets corresponding to a second type of channel, wherein Q3 is not equal to Q4; or

the Q candidate transmission configuration information sets comprise: Q5 candidate transmission configuration information sets corresponding to a third type of signal, and Q6 candidate transmission configuration information sets corresponding to a third type of channel, wherein Q5 is not equal to Q6.

5. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the Q candidate transmission configuration information sets comprise: a candidate transmission configuration information set corresponding to an uplink reference signal and a candidate transmission configuration information set corresponding to a downlink reference signal; or

the Q candidate transmission configuration information sets comprise: candidate transmission configuration information sets corresponding to a plurality of types of pilot signals or a plurality of sets of pilot signals separately; or

the Q candidate transmission configuration information sets comprise: a candidate transmission configuration information set corresponding to a synchronization signal and a candidate transmission configuration information set corresponding to a pilot signal.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein when Q is greater than 1 and after determining the one candidate transmission configuration information set among the Q candidate transmission configuration information sets by way of selection, the method further comprises:

notifying the terminal of the determined candidate transmission configuration information set.

7. A transmission configuration determination method, comprising:

determining a candidate transmission configuration information set, wherein the determined candidate transmission configuration information set comprises K types of transmission configuration information, and each of the K types of transmission configuration information is used for implementing transmission configuration of signal or transmission of channel, wherein K is greater than or equal to 1;

receiving selection indication information from a base station, wherein the selection indication information is used for indicating selection of at least one type of transmission configuration information from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set; and

selecting the at least one type of transmission configuration information from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set according to the selection indication information,

wherein before selecting the at least one type of transmission configuration information from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set, the method further comprises:

grouping at least one of an uplink channel, an uplink signal, a downlink channel or a downlink signal;

correspondingly, the selection indication information comprises: a control signaling corresponding to each group of channels or signals, wherein the control signaling corresponding to the each group of channels or signals is used for selecting transmission configuration information corresponding to the each group of channels or signals from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set; and

selecting the at least one type of transmission configuration information from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set according to the selection indication information comprises:

selecting the transmission configuration information corresponding to the each group of channel or signals from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set according to the control signaling corresponding to the each group of channels or signals,

wherein determining the candidate transmission configuration information set comprises:

determining Q candidate transmission configuration information sets, wherein each of the Q candidate transmission configuration information sets comprises at least one type of transmission configuration information, wherein Q is greater than or equal to 1; and

determining one candidate transmission configuration information set among the Q candidate transmission configuration information sets by way of selection,

wherein when Q is greater than 1, the Q candidate transmission configuration information sets comprise: different candidate transmission configuration information sets corresponding to two different reference signals separately.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the selection indication information comprises: a control signaling corresponding to an uplink channel and a control signaling corresponding to a downlink channel, wherein the control signaling corresponding to the uplink channel is used for selecting transmission configuration information corresponding to the uplink channel from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set and the control signaling corresponding to the downlink channel is used for selecting transmission configuration information corresponding to the downlink channel from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set; and correspondingly, selecting the at least one type of transmission configuration information from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set according to the selection indication information comprises: selecting the transmission configuration information corresponding to the uplink channel and the transmission configuration information corresponding to the downlink channel separately from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set according to the selection indication information; or

the selection indication information comprises: a control signaling corresponding to an uplink signal and a control signaling corresponding to a downlink signal, wherein the control signaling corresponding to the uplink signal is used for selecting transmission configuration information corresponding to the uplink signal from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set and the control signaling corresponding to the downlink signal is used for selecting transmission configuration information corresponding to the downlink signal from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set; and correspondingly, selecting the at least one type of transmission configuration information from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set according to the selection indication information comprises: selecting the transmission configuration information corresponding to the uplink signal and the transmission configuration information corresponding to the downlink signal separately from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set according to the selection indication information; or

the selection indication information comprises: a control signaling corresponding to a pilot signal and a control signaling corresponding to a control channel, wherein the control signaling corresponding to the pilot signal is used for selecting transmission configuration information corresponding to the pilot signal from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set and the control signaling corresponding to the control channel is used for selecting transmission configuration information corresponding to the control channel from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set; and correspondingly, selecting the at least one type of transmission configuration information from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set according to the selection indication information comprises: selecting the transmission configuration information corresponding to the pilot signal and the transmission configuration information corresponding to the control channel separately from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set according to the selection indication information; or

the selection indication information comprises: a control signaling corresponding to the pilot signal and a control signaling corresponding to a data channel, wherein the control signaling corresponding to the pilot signal is used for selecting transmission configuration information corresponding to the pilot signal from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set and the control signaling corresponding to the data channel is used for selecting transmission configuration information corresponding to the data channel from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set; and correspondingly, selecting the at least one type of transmission configuration information from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set according to the selection indication information comprises: selecting the transmission configuration information corresponding to the pilot signal and the transmission configuration information corresponding to the data channel separately from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set according to the selection indication information; or

the selection indication information comprises: control signalings corresponding to a plurality of types of pilot signals or a plurality of sets of pilot signals, wherein a control signaling corresponding to each type of the types of pilot signals or each set of the sets of pilot signals is used for selecting transmission configuration information corresponding to the each type of the types of pilot signals or the each set of the sets of pilot signals from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set; and correspondingly, selecting the at least one type of transmission configuration information from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set according to the selection indication information comprises: selecting transmission configuration information corresponding to the each type of the types of pilot signals or the each set of the sets of pilot signals from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set according to the selection indication information; or

the selection indication information comprises: control signalings corresponding to a plurality of control regions of time-frequency-code resources, wherein a control signaling corresponding to each of the control regions of the time-frequency-code resources is used for selecting transmission configuration information corresponding to the each of the control regions of the time-frequency-code resources from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set; and correspondingly, selecting the at least one type of transmission configuration information from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set according to the selection indication information comprises: selecting transmission configuration information corresponding to the control regions of the time-frequency-code resources from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set according to the selection indication information; or

the selection indication information comprises: control signalings corresponding to a plurality of pieces of control information or a plurality of data information code blocks, wherein a control signaling corresponding to each of the pieces of control information is used for selecting transmission configuration information corresponding to the each of the pieces of control information from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set and a control signaling corresponding to each of the data information code blocks is used for selecting transmission configuration information corresponding to the each of the data information code blocks from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set; and correspondingly, selecting the at least one type of transmission configuration information from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set according to the selection indication information comprises: selecting transmission configuration information corresponding to the each of the pieces of control information or the each of the data information code blocks from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set according to the selection indication information; or

the selection indication information comprises: control signalings corresponding to a plurality of transport layers, wherein a control signaling corresponding to each of the transport layers is used for selecting transmission configuration information corresponding to the each of the transport layers from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set; and correspondingly, selecting the at least one type of transmission configuration information from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set according to the selection indication information comprises: selecting transmission configuration information corresponding to the each of the transport layers from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set according to the selection indication information.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein determining the Q candidate transmission configuration information sets comprises:

determining the Q candidate transmission configuration information sets according to at least one of a channel type or a signal type, wherein each type of channel or each type of signal corresponds to at least one of the candidate transmission configuration information sets.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein

the Q candidate transmission configuration information sets comprise: different candidate transmission configuration information sets corresponding to a control channel and a data channel separately; or

the Q candidate transmission configuration information sets comprise: different candidate transmission configuration information sets corresponding to the data channel and a measurement pilot signal separately; or

the Q candidate transmission configuration information sets comprise: different candidate transmission configuration information sets corresponding to the control channel and the measurement pilot signal separately; or

the Q candidate transmission configuration information sets comprise: Q1 candidate transmission configuration information sets corresponding to a first type of signal, and Q2 candidate transmission configuration information sets corresponding to a second type of signal, wherein Q1 is not equal to Q2; or

the Q candidate transmission configuration information sets comprise: Q3 candidate transmission configuration information sets corresponding to a first type of channel, and Q4 candidate transmission configuration information sets corresponding to a second type of channel, wherein Q3 is not equal to Q4; or

the Q candidate transmission configuration information sets comprise: Q5 candidate transmission configuration information sets corresponding to a third type of signal, and Q6 candidate transmission configuration information sets corresponding to a third type of channel, wherein Q5 is not equal to Q6.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein

wherein the Q candidate transmission configuration information sets comprise: a candidate transmission configuration information set corresponding to an uplink reference signal and a candidate transmission configuration information set corresponding to a downlink reference signal; or

the Q candidate transmission configuration information sets comprise: candidate transmission configuration information sets corresponding to a plurality of types of pilot signals or a plurality of sets of pilot signals separately; or

the Q candidate transmission configuration information sets comprise: a candidate transmission configuration information set corresponding to a synchronization signal and a candidate transmission configuration information set corresponding to a pilot signal.

12. The method of claim 7 , wherein the method further comprises: receiving an indication signaling sent by the base station, wherein the indication signaling is used for indicating selection of the one candidate transmission configuration information set from the Q candidate transmission configuration information sets; and

selecting the one candidate transmission configuration information set from the Q candidate transmission configuration information sets comprises: selecting the one candidate transmission configuration information set from the Q candidate transmission configuration information sets according to the indication signaling.

13. A base station, comprising a first processor and a first signal transceiver,

wherein the first processor is configured to determine a candidate transmission configuration information set, wherein the determined candidate transmission configuration information set comprises K types of transmission configuration information, and each of the K types of transmission configuration information is used for implementing transmission configuration of at least one of a signal or a channel, wherein K is greater than or equal to 1;

the first processor is further configured to select at least one type of transmission configuration information from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set and to send the selected transmission configuration information to the first signal transceiver; and

the first signal transceiver is configured to transmit the selected transmission configuration information to a terminal by using a signaling,

wherein the first processor is further configured to select the at least one type of transmission configuration information from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set by a method comprising:

grouping at least one of an uplink channel, an uplink signal, a downlink channel or a downlink signal; and

selecting, for each group of channels or signals, transmission configuration information from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set;

correspondingly, transmitting the selected transmission configuration information to the terminal by using the signaling comprises:

transmitting the transmission configuration information corresponding to the each group of channels or signals to the terminal by using a separate signaling,

wherein the first processor is configured to determine the candidate transmission configuration information set comprises:

determining Q candidate transmission configuration information sets, wherein each of the Q candidate transmission configuration information sets comprises at least one type of transmission configuration information, wherein Q is greater than or equal to 1; and

determining one candidate transmission configuration information set among the Q candidate transmission configuration information sets by way of selection,

wherein when Q is greater than 1, the Q candidate transmission configuration information sets comprise: different candidate transmission configuration information sets corresponding to two different reference signals separately.

14. A terminal, comprising a second processor and a second signal transceiver,

wherein the second processor is configured to implement the step of determining a candidate transmission configuration information set and the step of selecting the at least one type of transmission configuration information of the transmission configuration determination method of claim 7 ;

the second signal transceiver is configured to implement the step of receiving selection indication information from a base station of the transmission configuration determination method.

15. The terminal of claim 14 , wherein the second processor is configured to determine Q candidate transmission configuration information sets and to determine one candidate transmission configuration information set among the Q candidate transmission configuration information sets by way of selection, wherein each of the Q candidate transmission configuration information sets comprises at least one type of transmission configuration information, wherein Q is greater than or equal to 1.

16. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, which is configured to store program instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by a processor, implement the transmission configuration method of claim 1 .

17. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, which is configured to store program instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by a processor, implement the transmission configuration determination method of claim 7 .

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 24, 2023
From: XI-AN ZHONGXING NEW SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
To: HEDWIG WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Reel/Frame 064357/0188 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 7, 2021
From: ZTE CORPORATION
To: XI'AN ZHONGXING NEW SOFTWARE CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 058323/0025 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 8, 2019
From: CHEN, YIJIAN; LU, ZHAOHUA; LI, YU NGOK; GAO, BO
To: ZTE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049115/0716 →
Priority Claims (1)
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