IP Library Granted Patent US 12,200,690
Granted Patent B2
US 12,200,690 · App. 17/573,690 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Methods and apparatuses for transmitting and receiving uplink signal

Inventors: Qinyan Jiang (Beijing, CN); Lei Zhang (Beijing, CN); Meiyi Jia (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
H04W72/1268H04L5/0051H04W72/0446H04W72/0453
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Patent No.
US 12,200,690
App. No.
17/573,690
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods and apparatuses for transmitting and receiving an uplink signal. The method includes: receiving first indication information by a terminal equipment, the first indication information being used to indicate at least one semi-statically configured or semi-persistently scheduled time-frequency resource; receiving physical layer signaling, the physical layer signaling being used to indicate a first starting position within a time domain range of one or more time-frequency resource(s) in the at least one time-frequency resource; and transmitting an uplink signal starting from the first starting position on the one or more time-frequency resource(s).

Claims (22)

1. An apparatus for transmitting an uplink signal, comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a radio resource control (RRC) signaling, the RRC signaling indicating that a terminal equipment is allowed to transmit an uplink signal on one or more symbols configured as being flexible in a case where the terminal equipment does not receive downlink control information used for indicating uplink and downlink configurations for the one or more symbols, and

a transmitter configured to, in a case where the terminal equipment does not receive the downlink control information used for indicating uplink and downlink configurations for the one or more symbols, transmit the uplink signal on a semi-statically configured or semi-persistently scheduled time-frequency resource comprising at least one symbol in the one or more symbols.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein when a determination condition is satisfied, the transmitter transmits the uplink signal starting from the first starting position on the semi-statically configured or semi-persistently scheduled time-frequency resource by using a first channel access mode; and

when the determination condition is not satisfied, the transmitter transmits the uplink signal starting from a second starting position on the semi-statically configured or semi-persistently scheduled time-frequency resource by using a second channel access mode, the second starting position within the time domain range of the semi-statically configured or semi-persistently scheduled time-frequency resource being predefined or preconfigured or being indicated by a network device.

3. The apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the determination condition comprises at least one of the following: whether the physical layer signaling is received no later than a first time position of the one or more time-frequency resource(s).

4. The apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein a time interval between the first time position and a starting position of a first time-frequency resource of the semi-statically configured or semi-persistently scheduled time-frequency resource is not less than a preparation time of the uplink signal, or, a time interval between the first time position and the second starting position is not less than a preparation time of the uplink signal.

5. The apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the second channel access mode is a channel access mode for initializing an occupied channel.

6. The apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the first channel access mode and/or the second channel access mode belong(s) to at least one channel access mode supported by the terminal equipment.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the at least one channel access mode supported by the terminal equipment is predefined or preconfigured, or is indicated by the network device.

8. The apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the second starting position is indicated by the network device via fourth indication information;

wherein the fourth indication information is used to indicate a second offset value of the second starting position relative to a starting position of a first symbol of the semi-statically configured or semi-persistently scheduled time-frequency resource, or is used to indicate a set of second offset values.

9. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the uplink signal is SRS (Sounding Reference Signal), PUCCH (Physical Uplink Control Channel), PUSCH (Physical Uplink Shared Channel), or PRACH (Physical Random Access Channel),

the RRC signaling is dedicated for the terminal equipment, and

the downlink control information is DCI (Downlink Control Information) format 2_0.

10. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the receiver further configured to receive first indication information, the first indication information being used to indicate at least one semi-statically configured or semi-persistently scheduled time-frequency resource.

11. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the uplink signal is transmitted by using a type of channel access comprising a contention window.

12. An apparatus for receiving an uplink signal, comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit a radio resource control (RRC) signaling indicating a terminal equipment is allowed to transmit an uplink signal on one or more symbols configured as being flexible in a case where the terminal equipment does not receive downlink control information used for indicating uplink and downlink configurations for the one or more symbols, and

a receiver configured to receive an uplink signal, wherein, the uplink signal is transmitted by the terminal equipment on a semi-statically configured or semi-persistently scheduled time-frequency resource comprising at least one symbol in the one or more symbols when the terminal equipment does not receive the downlink control information used for indicating uplink and downlink configurations for the one or more symbols.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 13, 2025
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: 1FINITY INC.
Reel/Frame 072432/0779 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 12, 2022
From: JIANG, QINYAN; ZHANG, LEI; JIA, MEIYI
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 058626/0891 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2019101205 · Aug 16, 2019
Related Publication 20220132540A1 · Apr 28, 2022
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