IP Library Granted Patent US 11,582,639
Granted Patent B2
US 11,582,639 · App. 16/989,182 · Granted Feb 14, 2023

Information transmission method, related device, and system

Inventors: Di Zhang (Beijing, CN); Kunpeng Liu (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
H04W28/04H04W24/10H04W72/1289
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Patent No.
US 11,582,639
App. No.
16/989,182
Granted
Feb 14, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention disclose an information transmission method, a related device, and a system. The method includes: determining, by a terminal device at a moment n, that a communication failure occurs on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) on a first control resource set; and if the terminal device detects, within a first time period after the moment n, that channel quality of the PDCCH on the first control resource set meets a first preset condition, canceling, by the terminal device, sending of communication failure recovery request information, and/or stopping, by the terminal device, timing of a communication failure recovery clock. In the embodiments of the present invention, a communication link can be rapidly recovered after a communication failure occurs.

Claims (46)

1. An information transmission method, comprising:

determining, by a terminal device at a moment n, that a communication failure occurs on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) on a first control resource set;

if the terminal device detects, within a first time period after the moment n, that channel quality of the PDCCH on the first control resource set meets a first preset condition to recover a communication link after the communication failure occurs, canceling, by the terminal device, sending of communication failure recovery request information, and stopping, by the terminal device, timing of a communication failure recovery clock; and

skipping detecting, by the terminal device, the PDCCH on the first control resource set and a PDCCH on a second control resource set within a second time period after sending the communication failure recovery request information.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein an end moment of the first time period is earlier than or equal to a moment at which the terminal device receives communication failure recovery response information, or

an end moment of the first time period is earlier than or equal to a moment at which the terminal device receives reconfigured quasi co-location (QCL) assumption information for the first time after receiving communication failure recovery response information.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a start moment of the first time period is later than or equal to the moment n, and/or the end moment of the first time period is earlier than or equal to a moment at which the terminal device sends the communication failure recovery request information for the first time after the moment n.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the start moment of the first time period is later than or equal to an end moment of a communication failure recovery response time window, and/or the end moment of the first time period is earlier than or equal to a moment at which the terminal device sends the communication failure recovery request information for a next time after the communication failure recovery response time window.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein that channel quality of the physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) on the first control resource set meets a first preset condition comprises:

the terminal device detects the PDCCH on the first control resource set L times, wherein L is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1;

channel quality corresponding to a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) on the PDCCH is greater than or equal to channel quality corresponding to a first reference signal, wherein the first reference signal is a downlink reference signal that is associated with the communication failure recovery request information and that is greater than or equal to a first threshold;

a difference between the channel quality corresponding to the DMRS on the PDCCH and signal quality of the first reference signal is greater than or equal to a second threshold;

the channel quality corresponding to the DMRS on the PDCCH is greater than or equal to a third threshold;

channel quality corresponding to a second reference signal is greater than or equal to the channel quality corresponding to the first reference signal, wherein the second reference signal is used to detect that the communication failure occurs on the PDCCH on the first control resource set;

a difference between the channel quality corresponding to the second reference signal and the signal quality of the first reference signal is greater than or equal to a fourth threshold; and/or

the channel quality corresponding to the second reference signal is greater than or equal to a fifth threshold.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the communication failure occurs on the physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) on the first control resource set comprises:

the second reference signal corresponding to the first control resource set is less than or equal to a seventh threshold Q consecutive times, wherein Q starts to be counted when a reference signal corresponding to a maximum periodicity in the second reference signal is less than or equal to the seventh threshold, and the second reference signal is used to determine that the communication failure occurs on the PDCCH on the first control resource set.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the channel quality comprises one or more of reference signal received power (RSRP), reference signal received quality (RSRQ), a block error ratio (BLER), a signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR), a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), and a channel quality indicator (CQI).

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a delay between the moment n and the moment at which the terminal device sends the communication failure recovery request information for the first time after the moment n is greater than or equal to a sixth threshold.

9. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising: detecting, by the terminal device, the PDCCH on the first control resource set within the first time period.

10. The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second control resource set is used by a network device to send the communication failure recovery response information to the terminal device, and an end moment of the second time period is earlier than or equal to a start moment of a next communication failure recovery response time window after sending the communication failure recovery request information by the terminal device.

11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the terminal device detects only a PDCCH on the second control resource set within a communication failure recovery response time window, wherein the second control resource set is used by a network device to send communication failure recovery response information to the terminal device.

12. An information transmission method, comprising:

sending, by a network device to a terminal device, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) by using a first control resource set within a first time period after a moment n, wherein the moment n is a moment at which a communication failure occurs on the PDCCH on the first control resource set, wherein if the terminal device detects, within a first time period after the moment n, that channel quality of the PDCCH on the first control resource set meets a first preset condition to recover a communication link after the communication failure occurs, the terminal device cancels sending of communication failure recovery request information, and skips detecting the PDCCH on the first control resource set and a PDCCH on a second control resource set within a second time period after sending the communication failure recovery request information.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein an end moment of the first time period is earlier than or equal to a moment at which the network device sends communication failure recovery response information, or

an end moment of the first time period is earlier than or equal to a moment at which the network device sends reconfigured quasi co-location (QCL) assumption information for the first time after sending communication failure recovery response information.

14. The method according to claim 12 , further comprising: sending, by the network device, the PDCCH by using a second control resource set within a communication failure recovery response time window, wherein the second control resource set is used by the network device to send communication failure recovery response information to the terminal device.

15. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having instructions stored therein, which when executed by a processor of a terminal device, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

determining, at a moment n, that a communication failure occurs on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) on a first control resource set;

if the terminal device detects, within a first time period after the moment n, that channel quality of the PDCCH on the first control resource set meets a first preset condition to recover a communication link after the communication failure occurs, canceling sending of communication failure recovery request information, and stopping timing of a communication failure recovery clock; and

skipping detecting the PDCCH on the first control resource set and a PDCCH on a second control resource set within a second time period after sending the communication failure recovery request information.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium according to claim 15 , wherein an end moment of the first time period is earlier than or equal to a moment at which the terminal device receives communication failure recovery response information, or

an end moment of the first time period is earlier than or equal to a moment at which the terminal device receives reconfigured quasi co-location (QCL) assumption information for the first time after receiving communication failure recovery response information.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium according to claim 15 , wherein a start moment of the first time period is later than or equal to the moment n, and/or the end moment of the first time period is earlier than or equal to a moment at which the terminal device sends the communication failure recovery request information for the first time after the moment n.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium according to claim 15 , wherein the start moment of the first time period is later than or equal to an end moment of a communication failure recovery response time window, and/or the end moment of the first time period is earlier than or equal to a moment at which the terminal device sends the communication failure recovery request information for a next time after the communication failure recovery response time window.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium according to claim 15 , wherein that channel quality of the physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) on the first control resource set meets a first preset condition comprises:

the terminal device detects the PDCCH on the first control resource set L times, wherein L is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1;

channel quality corresponding to a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) on the PDCCH is greater than or equal to channel quality corresponding to a first reference signal, wherein the first reference signal is a downlink reference signal that is associated with the communication failure recovery request information and that is greater than or equal to a first threshold;

a difference between the channel quality corresponding to the DMRS on the PDCCH and signal quality of the first reference signal is greater than or equal to a second threshold;

the channel quality corresponding to the DMRS on the PDCCH is greater than or equal to a third threshold;

channel quality corresponding to a second reference signal is greater than or equal to the channel quality corresponding to the first reference signal, wherein the second reference signal is used to detect that the communication failure occurs on the PDCCH on the first control resource set;

a difference between the channel quality corresponding to the second reference signal and the signal quality of the first reference signal is greater than or equal to a fourth threshold; and/or

the channel quality corresponding to the second reference signal is greater than or equal to a fifth threshold.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium according to claim 15 , wherein the channel quality comprises one or more of reference signal received power (RSRP), reference signal received quality (RSRQ), a block error ratio (BLER), a signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR), a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), and a channel quality indicator (CQI).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 17, 2020
From: ZHANG, DI; LIU, KUNPENG
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
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