IP Library Granted Patent US 11,503,580
Granted Patent B2
US 11,503,580 · App. 17/055,650 · Granted Nov 15, 2022

Method and device for configuring physical downlink control channel time domain monitoring position

Inventors: Liang Xia (Beijing, CN); Xueying Hou (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: China Mobile Communication Co., Ltd Research Institute; China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd.
H04W72/042H04W72/0446
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Patent No.
US 11,503,580
App. No.
17/055,650
Granted
Nov 15, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and device for configuring a PDCCH time domain monitoring position are provided. The method includes: receiving PDCCH search space configuration signaling, wherein the PDCCH search space configuration signaling includes a PDCCH monitoring periodicity, a PDCCH monitoring offset, and indication signaling for indicating the starting position of a first symbol in which a PDCCH is located; and determining a time domain position for monitoring the PDCCH according to the PDCCH search space configuration signaling.

Claims (37)

1. A method for configuring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) time domain monitoring position, applied to a terminal, comprising:

receiving a PDCCH search space configuration signaling, wherein the PDCCH search space configuration signaling comprises a PDCCH monitoring periodicity, a PDCCH monitoring offset, and an indication signaling for indicating a starting position of a first symbol in which a PDCCH is located; and

determining a time domain position for monitoring the PDCCH according to the PDCCH search space configuration signaling;

wherein the indication signaling for indicating the starting position of the first symbol in which the PDCCH is located acts by using at least one of following manners of indication:

Manner 2: the indication signaling for indicating the starting position of the first symbol in which the PDCCH is located comprises one piece of slot-based second bitmap indication information, and the second bitmap indication information indicates a starting position of a first symbol in which the PDCCH is located in each slot of N consecutive slots, and a first slot in the N consecutive slots meets a predetermined condition; and

Manner 3: the indication signaling for indicating the starting position of the first symbol in which the PDCCH is located comprises one piece of third bitmap indication information with a length of 14*N, wherein * represents a multiplication operation, the third bitmap indication information indicates a starting position of a first symbol in which the PDCCH is located in a corresponding slot, and the third bitmap indication information corresponds to N consecutive slots, and a first slot in the N consecutive slots meets a predetermined condition;

the predetermined condition is:

( n f ·N slot frame,μ +n s, f μ −0)mod K= 0,

wherein n f is a number of a radio frame in which the first slot is located, slot is a quantity of slots comprised in one radio frame, N slot frame, μ is a slot number of the first slot, u is associated with a subcarrier spacing, N is an integer greater than 1, 0 is the PDCCH monitoring offset, and K is a quantity of slots comprised in the PDCCH monitoring periodicity.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the PDCCH monitoring periodicity comprises at least one quantity of slots among following quantities of slots: 40, 80, 160, 320, 640, and 1280; or the PDCCH monitoring periodicity comprises at least one quantity of slots among following quantities of slots: 5*2u, 10*2u, 20*2u, 40*2u, 80*2u, and 160*2u, wherein * represents a multiplication operation, and u is determined according to a subcarrier spacing.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein when the PDCCH monitoring periodicity comprises at least one quantity of slots among following quantities of slots: 40, 80, 160, 320, 640, and 1280 or the PDCCH monitoring periodicity comprises at least one quantity of slots among following quantities of slots: 5*2u, 10*2u, 20*2u, 40*2u, 80*2u, and 160*2u, a value range of the PDCCH monitoring offset (O) is 0≤O<M, wherein * represents a multiplication operation, O is an integer, M<K−1, K is a quantity of slots comprised in the PDCCH monitoring periodicity, and u is determined according to a subcarrier spacing.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

a value range of the PDCCH monitoring offset (O) is determined according to a time domain position candidate value that is determined from a synchronization signal block (SSB) number and master information block (MIB) signaling, ora value range of the PDCCH monitoring offset (O) is determined according to K and u, wherein K is a quantity of slots comprised in the PDCCH monitoring periodicity, and u is determined according to a subcarrier spacing.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the PDCCH search space configuration signaling further comprises N consecutive slots representing a PDCCH monitoring duration, and a first slot in the N consecutive slots meets the following condition:

( n f ·N slot frame,μ +n s, f μ −0)mod K= 0,

wherein n f is a number of a radio frame in which the first slot is located, N slot frame, μ is a quantity of slots comprised in one radio frame, n s, f μ is a slot number of the first slot, u is associated with a subcarrier spacing, N is an integer greater than 1, O is the PDCCH monitoring offset, and K is a quantity of slots comprised in the PDCCH monitoring periodicity.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein when a synchronization signal block (SSB) and control resource set (CORESET) multiplexing pattern 1 is concerned, N is 2.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining the time domain position for monitoring the PDCCH further comprises:

when the terminal is in a beam failure recovery (BFR) procedure, or after the terminal initiates a BFR request and before a BFR procedure is completed, or after the terminal initiates a random access procedure for BFR and before a BFR procedure is completed, monitoring at least one of following PDCCHs: a PDCCH with an aggregation level greater than a reference aggregation level, a PDCCH in a common search space, a PDCCH corresponding to a random access response, or a search space or a control resource set (CORESET) configured in BFR configuration information, wherein a PDCCH with the reference aggregation level is predefined or is configured through radio resource control (RRC) signaling or is determined according to a beam failure detection threshold, and the beam failure detection threshold is a threshold used for determining a beam failure or a threshold used for determining whether to enter a BFR procedure.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the PDCCH search space configuration signaling further comprises a search space identifier, and the search space identifier is an integer greater than or equal to x, wherein x is an integer greater than 0.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a TypeO-PDCCH search space is determined according to a synchronization signal block (SSB) number and master information block (MIB) signaling, and the search space identifier of the TypeO-PDCCH search space is 0, wherein the TypeO-PDCCH search space comprises a TypeO-PDCCH search space corresponding to an SSB selected during initial access, or a TypeO-PDCCH search space corresponding to all SSBs in an accessed cell or carrier.

10. A terminal, comprising a processor and a storage storing a computer program, wherein the processor is configured to execute the computer program to implement the method according to claim 1 .

11. A method for configuring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) time domain monitoring position, applied to a base station, comprising:

transmitting a PDCCH search space configuration signaling, wherein the PDCCH search space configuration signaling comprises a PDCCH monitoring periodicity, a PDCCH monitoring offset, and an indication signaling for indicating a starting position of a first symbol in which a PDCCH is located;

wherein the indication signaling for indicating the starting position of the first symbol in which the PDCCH is located acts by using at least one of following manners of indication:

Manner 2: the indication signaling for indicating the starting position of the first symbol in which the PDCCH is located comprises one piece of slot-based second bitmap indication information, and the second bitmap indication information indicates a starting position of a first symbol in which the PDCCH is located in each slot of N consecutive slots, and a first slot in the N consecutive slots meets a predetermined condition; and

Manner 3: the indication signaling for indicating the starting position of the first symbol in which the PDCCH is located comprises one piece of third bitmap indication information with a length of 14*N, wherein * represents a multiplication operation, the third bitmap indication information indicates a starting position of a first symbol in which the PDCCH is located in a corresponding slot, and the third bitmap indication information corresponds to N consecutive slots, and a first slot in the N consecutive slots meets a predetermined condition;

the predetermined condition is:

( n f ·N slot frame,μ +n s, f μ −0)mod K= 0,

wherein n f is a number of a radio frame in which the first slot is located, N slot frame, μ is a quantity of slots comprised in one radio frame, n s, f μ is a slot number of the first slot, u is associated with a subcarrier spacing, N is an integer greater than 1, O is the PDCCH monitoring offset, and K is a quantity of slots comprised in the PDCCH monitoring periodicity.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the PDCCH monitoring periodicity comprises at least one quantity of slots among following quantities of slots: 40, 80, 160, 320, 640, and 1280; or the PDCCH monitoring periodicity comprises at least one quantity of slots among following quantities of slots: 5*2u, 10*2u, 20*2u, 40*2u, 80*2u, and 160*2u, wherein * represents a multiplication operation, and u is determined according to a subcarrier spacing.

13. The method according to claim 11 , wherein when the PDCCH monitoring periodicity comprises at least one quantity of slots among following quantities of slots: 40, 80, 160, 320, 640, and 1280 or the PDCCH monitoring periodicity comprises at least one quantity of slots among following quantities of slots: 5*2u, 10*2u, 20*2u, 40*2u, 80*2u, and 160*2u, a value range of the PDCCH monitoring offset (O) is 0≤0<M, wherein * represents a multiplication operation, O is an integer, M<K−1, K is a quantity of slots comprised in the PDCCH monitoring periodicity, and u is determined according to a subcarrier spacing.

14. The method according to claim 11 , wherein a value range of the PDCCH monitoring offset (O) is determined according to a time domain position candidate value that is determined from a synchronization signal block (SSB) number and master information block (MIB) signaling, ora value range of the PDCCH monitoring offset (O) is determined according to K and u, wherein K is a quantity of slots comprised in the PDCCH monitoring periodicity, and u is determined according to a subcarrier spacing.

15. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the PDCCH search space configuration signaling further comprises N consecutive slots representing a PDCCH monitoring duration, and a first slot in the N consecutive slots meets the following condition:

( n f ·N slot frame,μ +n s, f μ −0)mod K= 0,

wherein n f is a number of a radio frame in which the first slot is located, N slot frame, μ is a quantity of slots comprised in one radio frame, n s, f μ is a slot number of the first slot, u is associated with a subcarrier spacing, N is an integer greater than 1, O is the PDCCH monitoring offset, and K is a quantity of slots comprised in the PDCCH monitoring periodicity.

16. A base station, comprising a processor and a storage storing a computer program, wherein the processor is configured to execute the computer program to implement the method according to claim 11 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 16, 2020
From: XIA, LIANG; HOU, XUEYING
To: CHINA MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD RESEARCH INSTITUTE; CHINA MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP CO.,LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
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