IP Library Granted Patent US 11,337,199
Granted Patent B2
US 11,337,199 · App. 16/637,753 · Granted May 17, 2022

Method and device for transmitting downlink control channel

Inventors: Lei Wang (Beijing, CN); Ekpenyong Tony (Beijing, CN); Xuejuan Gao (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
H04W72/042
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Patent No.
US 11,337,199
App. No.
16/637,753
Granted
May 17, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are a method and device for transmitting a downlink control channel. The method comprises: a terminal receives configuration information sent by a base station device, the configuration information comprising control resource set (CORESET) group information or PDCCH candidate group information in at least one CORESET allocated by the base station device to the terminal in a downlink control channel monitoring occasion; when the configuration information comprises the CORESET group information, the terminal determines at least one group of CORESETs from the configuration information, and detects and receives at most one piece of DCI from each group of CORESETs in the at least one group of CORESETs according to a specific DCI format expected by the terminal; when the configuration information comprises the PDCCH candidate group information in the at least one CORESET, the terminal determines at least one group of PDCCH candidates from the configuration information, and detects and receives at most one piece of DCI from each group of PDCCH candidates in the at least one group of PDCCH candidates according to the specific DCI format expected by the terminal.

Claims (29)

1. A method for transmitting a downlink control channel, comprising:

receiving, by a terminal, configuration information sent by a base station, wherein the configuration information comprises PDCCH candidate group information in at least one CORESET allocated by the base station to the terminal in a downlink control channel monitoring occasion;

determining, by the terminal, at least one group of PDCCH candidates from the configuration information, and detecting and receiving, by the terminal, at most one piece of DCI from each group of PDCCH candidates in the at least one group of PDCCH candidates according to the specific DCI format expected by the terminal when the configuration information comprises the PDCCH candidate group information in the at least one CORESET;

wherein each group of PDCCH candidates comprises at least one PDCCH candidate;

wherein when each CORESET in the at least one CORESET comprises multiple groups of PDCCH candidates, the multiple groups of PDCCH candidates are obtained by grouping according to an aggregation level A 1 ; or

wherein when each CORESET in the at least one CORESET comprises multiple groups of PDCCH candidates, the multiple groups of PDCCH candidates of each CORESET are obtained by numbering all the PDCCH candidates in each CORESET and grouping numbered PDCCH candidates according to a preset grouping rule.

2. A method for transmitting a downlink control channel, comprising:

sending, by a base station, configuration information to a terminal, wherein the configuration information comprises PDCCH candidate group information in at least one CORESET allocated by the base station to the terminal in a downlink control channel monitoring occasion, so that

when the configuration information comprises the PDCCH candidate group information in the at least one CORESET, the terminal determines at least one group of PDCCH candidates from the configuration information, and detects and receives at most one piece of DCI from each group of PDCCH candidates in the at least one group of PDCCH candidates according to the specific DCI format expected by the terminal;

wherein each group of PDCCH candidates comprises at least one PDCCH candidate, and the base station sends at most one piece of DCI in each group of PDCCH candidates in a monitoring occasion according to a specific DCI format;

wherein when each CORESET in the at least one CORESET comprises multiple groups of PDCCH candidates, the multiple groups of PDCCH candidates are obtained by grouping according to an aggregation level A 1 ; or

wherein when each CORESET in the at least one CORESET comprises multiple groups of PDCCH candidates, the multiple groups of PDCCH candidates of each CORESET are obtained by numbering all the PDCCH candidates in each CORESET and grouping numbered PDCCH candidates according to a preset grouping rule.

3. A terminal, comprising at least a processor and a transceiver, wherein:

the processor is configured to read a program in a memory and perform following processes through the transceiver:

receiving configuration information sent by a base station, wherein the configuration information comprises PDCCH candidate group information in at least one CORESET allocated by the base station to the terminal in a downlink control channel monitoring occasion;

determining at least one group of PDCCH candidates from the configuration information, and detecting and receiving at most one piece of DCI from each group of PDCCH candidates in the at least one group of PDCCH candidates according to the specific DCI format expected by the terminal when the configuration information comprises the PDCCH candidate group information in the at least one CORESET;

the transceiver is configured to receive and send data under control of the processor;

wherein each group of PDCCH candidates comprises at least one PDCCH candidate;

wherein when each CORESET in the at least one CORESET comprises multiple groups of PDCCH candidates, the multiple groups of PDCCH candidates are obtained by grouping according to an aggregation level A 1 ; or

wherein when each CORESET in the at least one CORESET comprises multiple groups of PDCCH candidates, the multiple groups of PDCCH candidates of each CORESET are obtained by numbering all the PDCCH candidates in each CORESET and grouping numbered PDCCH candidates according to a preset grouping rule.

4. A base station, comprising at least a processor and a transceiver, wherein:

the processor is configured to read a program in a memory and perform following processes through the transceiver:

sending configuration information to a terminal, wherein the configuration information comprises PDCCH candidate group information in at least one CORESET allocated by the base station to the terminal in a downlink control channel monitoring occasion, so that

when the configuration information comprises the PDCCH candidate group information in the at least one CORESET, the terminal determines at least one group of PDCCH candidates from the configuration information, and detects and receives at most one piece of DCI from each group of PDCCH candidates in the at least one group of PDCCH candidates according to the specific DCI format expected by the terminal;

the transceiver is configured to receive and send data under control of the processor;

wherein when each group of PDCCH candidates comprises at least one PDCCH candidate, the processor is configured to:

send at most one piece of DCI according to a specific DCI format in each group of PDCCH candidates in a monitoring occasion through the transceiver;

wherein when each CORESET in the at least one CORESET comprises multiple groups of PDCCH candidates, the multiple groups of PDCCH candidates are obtained by grouping according to an aggregation level A 1 ; or

wherein when each CORESET in the at least one CORESET comprises multiple groups of PDCCH candidates, the multiple groups of PDCCH candidates of each CORESET are obtained by numbering all the PDCCH candidates in each CORESET and grouping numbered PDCCH candidates according to a preset grouping rule.

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 Feb 9, 2020
From: WANG, LEI; TONY, EKPENYONG; GAO, XUEJUAN
To: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
Reel/Frame 051760/0508 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201710677550.0 · Aug 9, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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