Method and apparatus for transmission of transport blocks
Method and apparatus for data transmission are disclosed. One method includes determining a redundancy version (RV) index for a first number of transport blocks (TBs), the RV index applied to at least one of the first number of TBs lasts for a third number of a first type of consecutive subframes; determining a scrambling sequence, the scrambling sequence applied to at least one of the first number of TBs lasts for a fourth number of a second type of consecutive subframe; and sending or receiving the first number of TBs according to the RV index, the scrambling sequence and a transmission order.
1. A method performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:
receiving a control signal that indicates a plurality of different transport blocks (TBs) in a TB set and a repetition number of each different TB in the TB set;
determining a transmission order of TBs in the TB set, wherein the transmission order corresponds to a TB index of a plurality of TB indexes corresponding to each TB in the TB set, and the plurality of TB indexes are ordered in an increasing order; and
performing at least one of transmitting the plurality of different TBs of the TB set or receiving the plurality of different TBs of the TB set according to the transmission order in a time duration cyclically,
wherein a first TB of the TB set is at least one of transmitted or received in a first number of subframes;
wherein the first number of subframes comprise valid subframes;
wherein each remaining TB of the plurality of different TBs of the TB set is transmitted or received according to the transmission order in a second number of subframes; and
wherein a quantity of the first number of subframes is equal to a quantity of the second number of subframes and determined based at least in part on at least one of a fixed value or the repetition number corresponding to the first TB in the received control signal.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the time duration is determined by the first number of subframes and a number of TBs in the TB set.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the repetition number is selected from a repetition number set.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of different TBs in the TB set comprises a remaining plurality of TBs in the TB set.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining a revision version for each TB in the TB set.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the same revision version is applied to a computed number of subframes.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the computed number of subframes is determined based on the time duration.
8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining a scrambling sequence for TBs of the TB set.
9. A user equipment (UE), comprising:
at least one memory; and
at least one processor coupled with the at least one memory and configured to cause the UE to:
receive a control signal that indicates a plurality of different transport blocks (TBs) in a TB set and a repetition number of each different TB in the TB set;
determine a transmission order of TBs in the TB set, wherein the transmission order corresponds to a TB index of a plurality of TB indexes corresponding to each TB in the TB set, and the plurality of TB indexes are ordered in an increasing order; and
perform at least one of transmitting the plurality of different TBs of the TB set or receiving the plurality of different TBs of the TB set according to the transmission order in a time duration cyclically,
wherein a first TB of the TB set is at least one of transmitted or received in a first number of subframes;
wherein the first number of subframes comprise valid subframes;
wherein each remaining TB of the plurality of different TBs of the TB set is received according to the transmission order in a second number of subframes; and
wherein a quantity of the first number of subframes is equal to a quantity of the second number of subframes and determined based at least in part on at least one of a fixed value or the repetition number corresponding to the first TB in the received control signal.
10. The UE of claim 9 , wherein the time duration is determined by the first number of subframes and a number of TBs in the TB set.
11. The UE of claim 9 , wherein the repetition number is selected from a repetition number set.
12. The UE of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of different transport blocks in the TB set comprises a remaining number of TBs in the TB set.
13. The UE of claim 9 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to cause the UE to determine a revision version for each TB in the TB set.
14. The UE of claim 13 , wherein the same revision version is applied to a computed number of subframes.
15. The UE of claim 14 , wherein the computed number of subframes is determined based on the time duration.
16. The UE of claim 9 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to cause the UE to determine a scrambling sequence for TBs of the TB set.
17. A method performed by a base station, the method comprising:
transmitting a control signal that indicates a plurality of different transport blocks (TBs) in a TB set and a repetition number of each different TB in the TB set, wherein a transmission order of TBs in the TB set corresponds to a TB index of a plurality of TB indexes corresponding to each TB in the TB set, and the plurality of TB indexes are ordered in an increasing order; and
performing at least one of transmitting the plurality of different TBs of the TB set or receiving the plurality of different TBs of the TB set according to the transmission order in a time duration cyclically,
wherein a first TB of the TB set is at least one of transmitted or received in a first number of subframes;
wherein the first number of subframes comprise valid subframes;
wherein each remaining TB of the plurality of different TBs of the TB set is transmitted or received according to the transmission order in a second number of subframes; and
wherein a quantity of the first number of subframes is equal to a quantity of the second number of subframes, and wherein the quantity of the first number of subframes is based at least in part on at least one of a fixed value or the repetition number corresponding to the first TB in the transmitted control signal.
18. A base station, comprising:
at least one memory; and
at least one processor coupled with the at least one memory and configured to cause the base station to:
transmit a control signal that indicates a plurality of different transport blocks (TBs) in a TB set and a repetition number of each different TB in the TB set, wherein a transmission order of TBs in the TB set corresponds to a TB index of a plurality of TB indexes corresponding to each TB in the TB set, and the plurality of TB indexes are ordered in an increasing order; and
perform at least one of transmitting the plurality of different TBs of the TB set or receiving the plurality of different TBs of the TB set according to the transmission order in a time duration cyclically,
wherein a first TB of the TB set is at least one of transmitted or received in a first number of subframes;
wherein the first number of subframes comprise valid subframes;
wherein each remaining TB of the plurality of different TBs of the TB set is transmitted or received according to the transmission order in a second number of subframes; and
wherein a quantity of the first number of subframes is equal to a quantity of the second number of subframes, and wherein the quantity of the first number of subframes is based at least in part on at least one of a fixed value or the repetition number corresponding to the first TB in the transmitted control signal.