IP Library Granted Patent US 11,924,834
Granted Patent B2
US 11,924,834 · App. 17/290,730 · Granted Mar 5, 2024

Control channel monitoring and information element transmission methods and apparatuses, device and storage

Inventors: Shujuan Zhang (Guangdong, CN); Zhaohua Lu (Guangdong, CN); Chuangxin Jiang (Guangdong, CN); YuNgok Li (Guangdong, CN); Bo Gao (Guangdong, CN); Hao Wu (Guangdong, CN); Zhen He (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: ZTE Corporation
H04W72/20H04L1/08H04L1/1614H04L5/0048
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Patent No.
US 11,924,834
App. No.
17/290,730
Granted
Mar 5, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a control channel monitoring method and apparatus, an information element transmission method and apparatus, a device, and a storage medium Whether H first-type control channel elements include the same control channel information can be determined according to signaling information and/or a preset rule, where H is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2; and a control channel is monitored according to a determination result.

Claims (66)

1. An information element transmission method, comprising:

associating one information element with N sets of values of a parameter of a type, wherein N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1; and

transmitting or receiving the one information element according to the parameter of the type;

wherein the one information element is at least one of: one channel, or one signal port;

wherein the one information element comprises B1 quasi co-location resource groups in frequency domain, wherein a quasi co-location resource group comprises:

a boundary that coincides with a boundary of a precoding resource group, wherein the boundary comprises a frequency domain boundary;

a resource in one precoding resource group that does not belong to more than one quasi co-location resource group;

wherein the B1 quasi co-location resource groups are associated with B1 quasi co-location reference signal sets, and each of the B1 quasi co-location resource groups is associated with one of the B1 quasi co-location reference signal sets; and

wherein each of the B1 quasi co-location resource groups comprises k precoding resource groups, and k is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1;

wherein B1 is an integer greater than 1.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the N sets of values satisfy at least one of the following characteristics:

the N sets of values correspond to M repeated transmissions of the information element; or

the N sets of values correspond to one redundancy version pattern bitmap of the information element, wherein the redundancy version pattern bitmap comprises M redundancy version elements;

wherein M satisfies one of the following characteristics: M is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2; M=x*N, wherein x is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1 and x repeated transmissions of the information element correspond to one set of values among the N sets of values; or N=x1*M, wherein x1 is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1 and one transmission of the information element corresponds to x1 sets of values among the N sets of values.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the parameter of the type comprises at least one of: a phase tracking reference signal, or transmission configuration information (TCI); wherein different parameters among the parameter of the type correspond to a same value or different values of N.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one information element comprises one demodulation reference signal port which is associated with the N sets of values of the parameter of the type, and the parameter of the type comprises at least one of: a quasi co-location parameter set, a phase tracking reference signal, or a redundancy version; wherein different parameters among the parameter of the type correspond to a same value or different values of N.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein one data channel is scheduled by N control channels, and each of the N control channels comprises information about a transmission parameter of the one data channel.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein

M repeated transmissions of the information element are associated with N sets of values of transmission parameters, wherein a predetermined transmission parameter of the transmission parameters uses one set of the N sets of values for the M repeated transmissions; or

M repeated transmissions of the information element are associated with N sets of values of transmission parameters, wherein in response to satisfying a predetermined condition, a predetermined transmission parameter of the transmission parameters uses one set of the N sets of values for the M repeated transmissions.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein

associating the information element with the N sets of values of the parameter of the type comprises that the parameter of the type of the information element has N sets of activated values; and/or

associating N sets of activated values of the parameter of the type for one CORESET, wherein the one channel comprises the one CORESET.

8. The method of claim 1 , comprising at least one of the following:

determining a value of N or a maximum value of N according to signaling information;

determining the value of N or the maximum value of N according to a value of a parameter among the parameter of the type.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein second information of the one information element is associated with at least one of B1 or k;

wherein the second information comprises at least one of: a number R of repeated transmissions of the one information element, information about a demodulation reference signal of the one information element, or information about a quasi co-location reference signal of the one information element; and

wherein R satisfies the following characteristic: R is an integer multiple of B1.

10. The method of claim 9 , comprising: acquiring B1, k, and a division of the quasi co-location resource groups according to signaling information or a preset rule.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the quasi co-location resource group satisfies at least one of the following characteristics:

one demodulation reference signal port corresponds to one quasi co-location reference signal set in each quasi co-location resource group;

one demodulation reference signal port does not satisfy a quasi co-location relationship with respect to one type of quasi co-location parameters in different quasi co-location resource groups;

an intersection set between resources occupied by different quasi co-location resource groups is empty;

wherein the one information element comprises the one demodulation reference signal port.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

configurating a corresponding sequence parameter in a TCI state; or

establishing an association between a TCI state and a sequence parameter.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the precoding resource group includes a channel or a signal with same precoding.

14. An information element transmission apparatus, comprising: a processor and a memory,

wherein the memory is configured to store at least one computer-readable program, and the processor is configured to execute the at least one computer-readable program to perform the following steps:

associating one information element with N sets of values of parameter of a type, wherein N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1; and

transmitting or receiving the one information element according to the parameter of the type;

wherein the one information element is at least one of one channel, or one signal port;

wherein the one information element comprises B1 quasi co-location resource groups in frequency domain, wherein a quasi co-location resource group comprises:

a boundary that coincides with a boundary of a precoding resource group, wherein the boundary comprises a frequency domain boundary;

a resource in one precoding resource group that does not belong to more than one quasi co-location resource group;

wherein the B1 quasi co-location resource groups are associated with B1 quasi co-location reference signal sets, and each of the B1 quasi co-location resource groups is associated with one of the B1 quasi co-location reference signal sets; and

wherein each of the B1 quasi co-location resource groups comprises k precoding resource groups, and k is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1;

wherein B1 is an integer greater than 1.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the N sets of values satisfy at least one of the following characteristics:

the N sets of values correspond to M repeated transmissions of the information element; or

the N sets of values correspond to one redundancy version pattern bitmap of the information element, wherein the redundancy version pattern bitmap comprises M redundancy version elements;

wherein M satisfies one of the following characteristics: M is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2; wherein x is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1 and x repeated transmissions of the information element correspond to one set of values among the N sets of values; or N=x1*M, wherein x1 is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1 and one transmission of the information element corresponds to x1 sets of values among the N sets of values.

16. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the one information element comprises one demodulation reference signal port which is associated with the N sets of values of the parameter of the type, and the parameter of the type comprises at least one of a quasi co-location parameter set, a phase tracking reference signal, or a redundancy version; wherein different parameters among the parameter of the type correspond to a same value or different values of N.

17. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein

M repeated transmissions of the information element are associated with N sets of values of transmission parameters, wherein a predetermined transmission parameter of the transmission parameters uses one set of the N sets of values for the M repeated transmissions; or

M repeated transmissions of the information element are associated with N sets of values of transmission parameters, wherein in response to satisfying a predetermined condition, a predetermined transmission parameter of the transmission parameters uses one set of the N sets of values for the M repeated transmissions.

18. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein one data channel is scheduled by N control channels, and each of the N control channels comprises information about a transmission parameter of the one data channel.

19. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein second information of the one information element is associated with at least one of B1 or k;

wherein the second information comprises at least one of: a number R of repeated transmissions of the one information element, information about a demodulation reference signal of the one information element, or information about a quasi co-location reference signal of the one information element; and

wherein R satisfies the following characteristic: R is an integer multiple of B 1 .

20. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the at least one computer-readable program to perform the following steps:

configurating a corresponding sequence parameter in a TCI state; or

establishing an association between a TCI state and a sequence parameter.

21. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the precoding resource group includes a channel or a signal with same precoding.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 11, 2021
From: ZHANG, SHUJUAN; LU, ZHAOHUA; JIANG, CHUANGXIN; LI, YUNGOK; GAO, BO; WU, HAO; HE, ZHEN
To: ZTE CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 201811302877.0 · Nov 2, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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