IP Library Granted Patent US 11,026,234
Granted Patent B2
US 11,026,234 · App. 16/825,929 · Granted Jun 1, 2021

Wireless communications method and device

Inventor: Wenhong Chen (Dongguan, CN)
Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
H04W72/046H04B7/0617H04B7/0626H04L5/0051H04L25/0226H04W52/08H04W56/001
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Patent No.
US 11,026,234
App. No.
16/825,929
Granted
Jun 1, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of this application provide a wireless communications method and device, to improve communication performance in an aspect of PUCCH transmission. The method includes: determining resource or signal indication information; determining, according to the resource or signal indication information, an uplink or downlink signal quasi co-located with a to-be-transmitted physical uplink control channel PUCCH; and sending the to-be-transmitted PUCCH according to a quasi co-location relationship between the to-be-transmitted PUCCH and the uplink or downlink signal.

Claims (58)

1. A wireless communications method, comprising:

determining resource or signal indication information, further including:

obtaining the resource or signal indication information from downlink control information DCI for scheduling a physical downlink shared channel PDSCH corresponding to a to-be-transmitted physical uplink control channel PUCCH, wherein the to-be-transmitted PUCCH is used to carry an acknowledgement ACK command or a negative acknowledgement NACK command for downlink transmission, and the PDSCH carries the downlink transmission; and

determining, according to the resource or signal indication information, a closed-loop power control process to which a transmit power control TPC command carried in the DCI and used for the to-be-transmitted PUCCH belongs;

determining a transmit beam of the to-be-transmitted PUCCH according to the resource or signal indication information; and

sending the to-be-transmitted PUCCH by using the determined transmit beam of the to-be-transmitted PUCCH.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining a transmit beam of the to-be-transmitted PUCCH according to the resource or signal indication information comprises:

determining the transmit beam of the to-be-transmitted PUCCH according to a receive or transmit beam of a first signal indicated by the resource or signal indication information; or

determining the transmit beam of the to-be-transmitted PUCCH according to a receive or transmit beam of a second signal transmitted on a resource indicated by the resource or signal indication information.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the determining the transmit beam of the to-be-transmitted PUCCH according to a receive or transmit beam of a first signal indicated by the resource or signal indication information comprises:

when the first signal is an uplink signal, determining the transmit beam of the first signal as the transmit beam of the to-be-transmitted PUCCH; or

when the first signal is a downlink signal, determining the receive beam of the first signal as the transmit beam of the to-be-transmitted PUCCH.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the determining the transmit beam of the to-be-transmitted PUCCH according to a receive or transmit beam of a second signal transmitted on a resource indicated by the resource or signal indication information comprises:

when the second signal is an uplink signal, determining the transmit beam of the second signal as the transmit beam of the to-be-transmitted PUCCH; or

when the second signal is a downlink signal, determining the receive beam of the second signal as the transmit beam of the to-be-transmitted PUCCH.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the resource or signal indication information is sounding reference signal SRS resource indication information, used to indicate one of at least one SRS resource; or

the resource or signal indication information is channel state information-reference signal CSI-RS resource indication information, used to indicate one of at least one CSI-RS resource; or

the resource or signal indication information is synchronization signal block indication information, used to indicate one of at least one synchronization signal block.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining resource or signal indication information comprises:

determining a type of the resource or signal indication information depending on whether a beam reciprocity is available; and

determining the resource or signal indication information having the determined type of the resource or signal indication information.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the determining a type of the resource or signal indication information depending on whether a beam reciprocity is available comprises:

when the beam reciprocity is available, determining that the type of the resource or signal indication information is CSI-RS resource indication information or synchronization signal block indication information, wherein the CSI-RS resource indication information is used to indicate one of the at least one CSI-RS resource, and the synchronization signal block indication information is used to indicate one of the at least one synchronization signal block; or

when the beam reciprocity is unavailable, determining that the type of the resource or signal indication information is SRS resource indication information, wherein the SRS resource indication information is used to indicate one of the at least one SRS resource.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:

determining, according to the resource or signal indication information, a power adjustment value corresponding to the TPC command carried in the DCI and used for the to-be-transmitted PUCCH.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining resource or signal indication information comprises:

obtaining the resource or signal indication information from recently received DCI used to schedule a physical uplink shared channel PUSCH.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the DCI comprises only the TPC command used for the to-be-transmitted PUCCH and the resource or signal indication information used for the to-be-transmitted PUCCH.

11. A terminal device, comprising one or more processors, memory coupled to the one or more processors and a plurality of programs stored in the memory that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the terminal to perform a plurality of operations including:

determining resource or signal indication information, further including:

obtaining the resource or signal indication information from downlink control information DCI for scheduling a physical downlink shared channel PDSCH corresponding to a to-be-transmitted physical uplink control channel PUCCH, wherein the to-be-transmitted PUCCH is used to carry an acknowledgement ACK command or a negative acknowledgement NACK command for downlink transmission, and the PDSCH carries the downlink transmission; and

determining, according to the resource or signal indication information, a closed-loop power control process to which a transmit power control TPC command carried in the DCI and used for the to-be-transmitted PUCCH belongs;

determining a transmit beam of the to-be-transmitted PUCCH according to the resource or signal indication information; and

sending the to-be-transmitted PUCCH by using the determined transmit beam of the to-be-transmitted PUCCH.

12. The terminal device according to claim 11 , wherein the determining a transmit beam of the to-be-transmitted PUCCH according to the resource or signal indication information comprises:

determining the transmit beam of the to-be-transmitted PUCCH according to a receive or transmit beam of a first signal indicated by the resource or signal indication information; or

determining the transmit beam of the to-be-transmitted PUCCH according to a receive or transmit beam of a second signal transmitted on a resource indicated by the resource or signal indication information.

13. The terminal device according to claim 12 , wherein the determining the transmit beam of the to-be-transmitted PUCCH according to a receive or transmit beam of a first signal indicated by the resource or signal indication information comprises:

when the first signal is an uplink signal, determining the transmit beam of the first signal as the transmit beam of the to-be-transmitted PUCCH; or

when the first signal is a downlink signal, determining the receive beam of the first signal as the transmit beam of the to-be-transmitted PUCCH.

14. The terminal according to claim 12 , wherein the determining the transmit beam of the to-be-transmitted PUCCH according to a receive or transmit beam of a second signal transmitted on a resource indicated by the resource or signal indication information comprises:

when the second signal is an uplink signal, determining the transmit beam of the second signal as the transmit beam of the to-be-transmitted PUCCH; or

when the second signal is a downlink signal, determining the receive beam of the second signal as the transmit beam of the to-be-transmitted PUCCH.

15. The terminal according to claim 11 , wherein the resource or signal indication information is sounding reference signal SRS resource indication information, used to indicate one of at least one SRS resource; or

the resource or signal indication information is channel state information-reference signal CSI-RS resource indication information, used to indicate one of at least one CSI-RS resource; or

the resource or signal indication information is synchronization signal block indication information, used to indicate one of at least one synchronization signal block.

16. The terminal according to claim 11 , wherein the determining resource or signal indication information comprises:

determining a type of the resource or signal indication information depending on whether a beam reciprocity is available; and

determining the resource or signal indication information having the determined type of the resource or signal indication information.

17. The terminal according to claim 11 , wherein the determining a type of the resource or signal indication information depending on whether a beam reciprocity is available comprises:

when the beam reciprocity is available, determining that the type of the resource or signal indication information is CSI-RS resource indication information or synchronization signal block indication information, wherein the CSI-RS resource indication information is used to indicate one of the at least one CSI-RS resource, and the synchronization signal block indication information is used to indicate one of the at least one synchronization signal block; or

when the beam reciprocity is unavailable, determining that the type of the resource or signal indication information is SRS resource indication information, wherein the SRS resource indication information is used to indicate one of the at least one SRS resource.

18. The terminal according to claim 11 , wherein the method further comprises:

determining, according to the resource or signal indication information, a power adjustment value corresponding to the TPC command carried in the DCI and used for the to-be-transmitted PUCCH.

19. The terminal according to claim 11 , wherein the determining resource or signal indication information comprises:

obtaining the resource or signal indication information from recently received DCI used to schedule a physical uplink shared channel PUSCH.

20. The terminal according to claim 11 , wherein the DCI comprises only the TPC command used for the to-be-transmitted PUCCH and the resource or signal indication information used for the to-be-transmitted PUCCH.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 4, 2020
From: CHEN, WENHONG
To: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
Reel/Frame 052564/0728 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2017102800 · Sep 21, 2017
Related Publication 20200221441A1 · Jul 9, 2020
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