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US 11,937,250 · App. 17/035,116 · Granted Mar 19, 2024

Method for configuring physical downlink control channel, user equipment and network side device

Inventors: Dajie Jiang (Chang'an Dongguan, CN); Xueming Pan (Chang'an Dongguan, CN); Zichao Ji (Chang'an Dongguan, CN)
Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
H04W72/23
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Patent No.
US 11,937,250
App. No.
17/035,116
Granted
Mar 19, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a method for configuring a physical downlink control channel, a user equipment and a network side device. The method comprises: receiving physical layer signaling or media access control (MAC) layer signaling sent by the network side; and determining, according to the physical layer or MAC layer signaling, a first parameter related to a PDCCH monitoring behavior of a serving cell.

Claims (47)

1. A method for monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), applied to user equipment, comprising:

receiving RRC signaling sent by a network side; and

determining a monitoring parameter based on the RRC signaling, wherein the monitoring parameter is associated with at least two of a-downlink control information (DCI) formats of a PDCCH to be monitored by the user equipment, a control channel element (CCE) aggregation level of the to-be-monitored PDCCH, and a CCE aggregation level of the DCI formats of the to-be-monitored PDCCH;

wherein the monitoring parameter comprises at least one of the following: a monitoring period, a monitoring offset, and a monitoring pattern within a slot, wherein the monitoring pattern within a slot is used to indicate one or more time-domain symbols in a CORESET for PDCCH monitoring in a slot, and at least one of the monitoring period, the monitoring offsets, and the monitoring pattern within a slot in monitoring parameter of different DCI formats is different;

wherein the DCI formats comprises at least one of the following:

a first DCI format and a second DCI format of a common search space, wherein the first DCI format is used to schedule a physical uplink shared channel of a serving cell, and the second DCI format is used to schedule a physical downlink shared channel of a serving cell;

a third DCI format and a fourth DCI format of a UE-specific search space, wherein the third DCI format is used to schedule a physical uplink shared channel of a serving cell, and the fourth DCI format is used to schedule a physical downlink shared channel of a serving cell;

a fifth DCI format and a sixth DCI format of the UE-specific search space, wherein the fifth DCI format is used to schedule a physical uplink shared channel of a serving cell, and the sixth DCI format is used to schedule a physical downlink shared channel of a serving cell; and

a seventh DCI format, an eighth DCI format, a ninth DCI format, and a tenth DCI format, wherein the seventh DCI format is used to schedule a physical uplink shared channel of a serving cell, the eighth DCI format is used to schedule a physical downlink shared channel of a serving cell, the ninth DCI format is used to schedule a physical uplink shared channel of a serving cell, and the tenth DCI format is used to schedule a physical downlink shared channel of a serving cell;

wherein, in a same slot, CCE aggregation levels configured in each search spaces are not identical;

wherein the method further comprises:

determining a search space which is used to perform blind detection based on a movement state of the UE, wherein the search space which is used to perform blind detection is corresponding to the CCE aggregation level of the UE; and

dynamically disabling one or more search spaces or CORESETs by receiving DCI.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the CCE aggregation level comprises at least one of the following: one CCE, two CCEs, four CCEs, eight CCEs, and sixteen CCEs.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a unit of the monitoring period is a slot or a millisecond.

4. A method for configuring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), applied to a network side device, comprising:

sending RRC signaling to user equipment, wherein the RRC signaling is used by the user equipment to determine a monitoring parameter, and the monitoring parameter is associated with at least two of a downlink control information (DCI) format of a PDCCH to be monitored by the user equipment, a control channel element (CCE) aggregation level of the to-be-monitored PDCCH, and a CCE aggregation level of the DCI format of the to-be-monitored PDCCH;

wherein the monitoring parameter comprises at least one of the following: a monitoring period, a monitoring offset, and a monitoring pattern within a slot, wherein the monitoring pattern within a slot is used to indicate one or more time-domain symbols in a CORESET for PDCCH monitoring in a slot, and at least one of the monitoring period, the monitoring offsets, and the monitoring pattern within a slot in monitoring parameter of different DCI formats is different;

wherein the DCI format comprises at least one of the following:

a first DCI format and a second DCI format of a common search space, wherein the first DCI format is used to schedule a physical uplink shared channel of a serving cell, and the second DCI format is used to schedule a physical downlink shared channel of a serving cell;

a third DCI format and a fourth DCI format of a UE-specific search space, wherein the third DCI format is used to schedule a physical uplink shared channel of a serving cell, and the fourth DCI format is used to schedule a physical downlink shared channel of a serving cell;

a third fifth DCI format and a sixth DCI format of the UE-specific search space, wherein the fifths DCI format is used to schedule a physical uplink shared channel of a serving cell, and the fourth sixth DCI format is used to schedule a physical downlink shared channel of a serving cell; and

a seventh DCI format, an eighth DCI format, a ninth DCI format, and a tenth DCI format, wherein the seventh DCI format is used to schedule a physical uplink shared channel of a serving cell, the eighth DCI format is used to schedule a physical downlink shared channel of a serving cell, the ninth DCI format is used to schedule a physical uplink shared channel of a serving cell, and the tenth DCI format is used to schedule a physical downlink shared channel of a serving cell;

wherein, in a same slot, CCE aggregation levels configured in each search spaces are not identical,

and the CCE aggregation level is used to determine a search space which is used to perform blind detection, by the UE, based on a movement state of the UE, wherein the search space which is used to perform blind detection is corresponding to the CCE aggregation level of the UE;

wherein the method further comprises:

sending DCI to the user equipment to disable one or more search spaces or CORESETs dynamically.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the CCE aggregation level comprises at least one of the following: one CCE, two CCEs, four CCEs, eight CCEs, and sixteen CCEs.

6. User equipment, comprising: a processor, a memory, and a computer program that is stored in the memory and configured to run on the processor, wherein the computer program, when executed by the processor, implements following steps:

receiving RRC signaling sent by a network side; and

determining a monitoring parameter based on the RRC signaling, wherein the monitoring parameter is associated with at least two of a downlink control information (DCI) format of a PDCCH to be monitored by the user equipment, a control channel element (CCE) aggregation level of the to-be-monitored PDCCH, and a CCE aggregation level of the DCI format of the to-be-monitored PDCCH;

wherein the monitoring parameter comprises at least one of the following: a monitoring period, a monitoring offset, and a monitoring pattern within a slot, wherein the monitoring pattern within a slot is used to indicate one or more time-domain symbols in a CORESET for PDCCH monitoring in a slot, and at least one of the monitoring period, the monitoring offsets, and the monitoring pattern within a slot in monitoring parameter of different DCI formats is different;

wherein the DCI format comprises at least one of the following:

a first DCI format and a second DCI format of a common search space, wherein the first DCI format is used to schedule a physical uplink shared channel of a serving cell, and the second DCI format is used to schedule a physical downlink shared channel of a serving cell;

a third DCI format and a fourth DCI format of a UE-specific search space, wherein the third DCI format is used to schedule a physical uplink shared channel of a serving cell, and the fourth DCI format is used to schedule a physical downlink shared channel of a serving cell;

a fifth DCI format and a sixth DCI format of the UE-specific search space, wherein the fifth DCI format is used to schedule a physical uplink shared channel of a serving cell, and the sixth DCI format is used to schedule a physical downlink shared channel of a serving cell; and

a seventh DCI format, an eighth DCI format, a ninths DCI format, and a tenth DCI format, wherein the seventh DCI format is used to schedule a physical uplink shared channel of a serving cell, the eighth DCI format is used to schedule a physical downlink shared channel of a serving cell, the ninth DCI format is used to schedule a physical uplink shared channel of a serving cell, and the tenth DCI format is used to schedule a physical downlink shared channel of a serving cell;

wherein, in a same slot, CCE aggregation levels configured in each search spaces are not identical;

wherein the method further comprises:

determining a search space which is used to perform blind detection based on a movement state of the UE, wherein the search space which is used to perform blind detection is corresponding to the CCE aggregation level of the UE; and

dynamically disabling one or more search spaces or CORESETs by receiving DCI.

7. The User equipment according to claim 6 , wherein the CCE aggregation level comprises at least one of the following: one CCE, two CCEs, four CCEs, eight CCEs, and sixteen CCEs.

8. The User equipment according to claim 6 , wherein a unit of the monitoring period is a slot or a millisecond.

9. A network side device, comprising: a processor, a memory, and a computer program that is stored in the memory and configured to run on the processor, wherein the computer program, when executed by the processor, implements steps of the method for configuring a PDCCH according to claim 4 .

10. The network side device according to claim 9 , wherein the CCE aggregation level comprises at least one of the following: one CCE, two CCEs, four CCEs, eight CCEs, and sixteen CCEs.

11. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, wherein the non-transitory computer readable storage medium stores a computer program, and the computer program, when executed by a processor, implements steps of the method for monitoring a PDCCH according to claim 1 .

12. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, wherein the non-transitory computer readable storage medium stores a computer program, and the computer program, when executed by a processor, implements steps of the method for configuring a PDCCH according to claim 4 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 28, 2020
From: JIANG, DAJIE; PAN, XUEMING; JI, ZICHAO
To: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053906/0647 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201810265749.7 · Mar 28, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
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