Method and device for transmitting or receiving scheduling information
A method and a device for transmitting or receiving scheduling information are described. In the method for transmitting scheduling information, information about a scheduling result of resources to be occupied by one or more User Equipment (UEs) is acquired; and scheduling information including a first type of scheduling information and a second type of scheduling information is transmitted to the one or more UEs according to the information about the scheduling result. The first type of scheduling information includes information for parsing the second type of scheduling information, and the scheduling information determines a resource scheduling condition of the user.
1. A method for transmitting scheduling information for a wireless local area network (WLAN), comprising:
acquiring, by one or more computer processors, resource scheduling information related to scheduling of resources associated with one or more User Equipment (UEs); and
transmitting, by the one or more computer processors, according to the resource scheduling information, a radio frame comprising a first type of scheduling information and a second type of scheduling information to the one or more UEs such that the first type of scheduling information comprises a first frequency domain resource indicator information applicable for parsing the second type of scheduling information representing user specific scheduling information of the one or more UEs,
wherein the first frequency domain resource indicator information included in the first type of scheduling information indicates whether an entire bandwidth area for the user specific information is discontinuous due to one or more partial unavailable bandwidths located between and separating partial available bandwidths within the entire bandwidth area,
wherein the entire bandwidth area is discontinuous and the radio frame is configured to include an instance of the first type of scheduling information in each of the partial available bandwidths that are separated by the one or more partial unavailable bandwidths.
2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first frequency domain resource indicator information includes a representation of whether a specified bandwidth position on a total bandwidth of the entire bandwidth area is scheduled for the user specific scheduling information.
3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first type of scheduling information comprises one or more second frequency domain resource indicator information pieces, wherein the second frequency domain resource indicator information pieces are used to indicate that all the second type of scheduling information pieces occupy a same bandwidth value or different bandwidth values.
4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first type of scheduling information further comprises at least one of the following information:
first time domain resource indicator information of the user specific scheduling information area, or
second time domain resource indicator information of each piece of the second type of scheduling information;
wherein the first time domain resource indicator information is used to indicate a first start time and/or a first time domain duration of the user specific scheduling information area, and the second time domain resource indicator information is used to indicate a second start time and/or a second time domain duration of each piece of the second type of scheduling information.
5. The method as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the first start time or the second start time is configured in accordance with at least one of the following:
when the first start time or the second start time is used to indicate that adoption of a predefined time is supported, then configuration of the first start time or the second start time is optional;
when the first start time or the second start time is used to indicate that sharing of one start time among different frequency bands is supported, then the first start time or the second start time is configured uniformly; and
when the first start time or the second start time is used to indicate that adoption of different start times for different frequency bands is supported, then the first start time or the second start time is configured separately.
6. The method as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the first time domain duration or the second time domain duration is configured in accordance with at least one of the following:
when the first time domain duration or the second time domain duration supports adoption of a predefined time length for the user specific scheduling information area and/or each piece of the second type of scheduling information, then configuration of the first time domain duration or the second time domain duration is optional;
in case the second time domain duration supports a fixed content length for the user specific scheduling information, and a frequency domain width of the second type of scheduling information is predefined, a time domain duration of each piece of the second type of scheduling information is calculated and configuration of the second time domain duration is optional; and
in case a content length of the second type of scheduling information is predefined and a frequency domain width of the second type of scheduling information is predefined, a time domain duration of each piece of the second type of scheduling information is calculated and configuration of the second time domain duration is optional.
7. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first type of scheduling information further comprises a group number, wherein the group number is used to indicate a group to which the one or more UEs that are currently scheduled belong, wherein grouping of the one or more UEs is implemented in accordance with at least one of:
determining a remainder after dividing an Association Identifier (AID) of each UE by the number of groups, and putting one or more UEs with the same remainders into the same group; or
putting one or more UEs whose predefined UE IDs begin with the same digits, the number of the digits being a predetermined number, into the same group.
8. A method for receiving scheduling information for a wireless local area network (WLAN), comprising:
receiving, by a User Equipment (UE), a radio frame comprising a first type of scheduling information and a second type of scheduling information related to scheduling of resources associated with one or more UEs, such that the first type of scheduling information comprises a first frequency domain resource indicator information applicable for parsing the second type of scheduling information representing user specific scheduling information of one or more UEs including the UE,
wherein the first frequency domain resource indicator information included in the first type of scheduling information indicates whether an entire bandwidth area for the user specific information is discontinuous due to one or more partial unavailable bandwidths located between and separating partial available bandwidths within the entire bandwidth area,
wherein the entire bandwidth area is discontinuous and the radio frame is configured to include an instance of the first type of scheduling information in each of the partial available bandwidths that are separated by the one or more partial unavailable bandwidths.
9. The method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the first frequency domain resource indicator information includes a representation of whether a specified bandwidth position on a total bandwidth of the entire bandwidth area is scheduled for the user specific scheduling information.
10. The method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the first type of scheduling information comprises one or more second frequency domain resource indicator information pieces, wherein the second frequency domain resource indicator information pieces are used to indicate that all the second type of scheduling information pieces occupy a same bandwidth value or different bandwidth values.
11. The method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the first type of scheduling information further comprises at least one of the following information:
first time domain resource indicator information of the user specific scheduling information area, or
second time domain resource indicator information of each piece of the second type of scheduling information;
wherein the first time domain resource indicator information is used to indicate a first start time and/or a first time domain duration of the user specific scheduling information area, and the second time domain resource indicator information is used to indicate a second start time and/or a second time domain duration of each piece of the second type of scheduling information.
12. The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the first start time or the second start time is configured in accordance with at least one of the following:
when the first start time or the second start time is used to indicate that adoption of a predefined time is supported, then configuration of the first start time or the second start time is optional;
when the first start time or the second start time is used to indicate that sharing of one start time among different frequency bands is supported, then the first start time or the second start time is configured uniformly; and
when the first start time or the second start time is used to indicate that adoption of different start times for different frequency bands is supported, then the first start time or the second start time is configured separately.
13. The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the first time domain duration or the second time domain duration is configured in accordance with at least one of the following:
when the first time domain duration or the second time domain duration supports adoption of a predefined time length for the user specific scheduling information area and/or each piece of the second type of scheduling information, then configuration of the first time domain duration or the second time domain duration is optional;
in case the second time domain duration supports a fixed content length for the user specific scheduling information, and a frequency domain width of the second type of scheduling information is predefined, a time domain duration of each piece of the second type of scheduling information is calculated and configuration of the second time domain duration is optional; and
in case a content length of the second type of scheduling information is predefined and a frequency domain width of the second type of scheduling information is predefined, a time domain duration of each piece of the second type of scheduling information is calculated and configuration of the second time domain duration is optional.
14. The method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the first type of scheduling information further comprises a group number, wherein the group number is used to indicate a group to which the one or more UEs that are currently scheduled belong, wherein grouping of the one or more UEs is implemented in accordance with at least one of:
determining a remainder after dividing an Association Identifier (AID) of each UE by the number of groups, and putting one or more UEs with the same remainders into the same group; or
putting one or more UEs whose predefined UE IDs begin with the same digits, the number of the digits being a predetermined number, into the same group.
15. A device for transmitting scheduling information, comprising at least one hardware processor and memory comprising instructions configured to:
acquire resource scheduling information related to scheduling of resources associated with one or more User Equipment (UEs) for a wireless local area network (WLAN); and
transmit, according to the resource scheduling information, a radio frame comprising a first type of scheduling information and a second type of scheduling information to the one or more UEs, such that the first type of scheduling information comprises a first frequency domain resource indicator information applicable for parsing the second type of scheduling information representing user specific scheduling information of the one or more UEs,
wherein the first frequency domain resource indicator information included in the first type of scheduling information indicates whether an entire bandwidth area for the user specific information is discontinuous due to one or more partial unavailable bandwidths located between and separating partial available bandwidths within the entire bandwidth area,
wherein the entire bandwidth area is discontinuous and the radio frame is configured to include an instance of the first type of scheduling information in each of the partial available bandwidths that are separated by the one or more partial unavailable bandwidths.
16. The device as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the first frequency domain resource indicator information includes a representation of whether a specified bandwidth position on a total bandwidth of the entire bandwidth area is scheduled for the user specific scheduling information.
17. The device as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the first type of scheduling information comprises one or more second frequency domain resource indicator information pieces, wherein the second frequency domain resource indicator information pieces are used to indicate that all the second type of scheduling information pieces occupy a same bandwidth value or different bandwidth values.
18. The device as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the first type of scheduling information further comprises at least one of the following information:
first time domain resource indicator information of the user specific scheduling information area, or
second time domain resource indicator information of each piece of the second type of scheduling information;
wherein the first time domain resource indicator information is used to indicate a first start time and/or a first time domain duration of the user specific scheduling information area, and the second time domain resource indicator information is used to indicate a second start time and/or a second time domain duration of each piece of the second type of scheduling information.
19. The device as claimed in claim 18 , wherein the first start time or the second start time is configured in accordance with at least one of the following:
when the first start time or the second start time is used to indicate that adoption of a predefined time is supported, then configuration of the first start time or the second start time is optional;
when the first start time or the second start time is used to indicate that sharing of one start time among different frequency bands is supported, then the first start time or the second start time is configured uniformly; and
when the first start time or the second start time is used to indicate that adoption of different start times for different frequency bands is supported, then the first start time or the second start time is configured separately.
20. The device as claimed in claim 18 , wherein the first time domain duration or the second time domain duration is configured in accordance with at least one of the following:
when the first time domain duration or the second time domain duration supports adoption of a predefined time length for the user specific scheduling information area and/or each piece of the second type of scheduling information, then configuration of the first time domain duration or the second time domain duration is optional;
in case the second time domain duration supports a fixed content length for the user specific scheduling information, and a frequency domain width of the second type of scheduling information is predefined, a time domain duration of each piece of the second type of scheduling information is calculated and configuration of the second time domain duration is optional; and
in case a content length of the second type of scheduling information is predefined and a frequency domain width of the second type of scheduling information is predefined, a time domain duration of each piece of the second type of scheduling information is calculated and configuration of the second time domain duration is optional.