Method for sending hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement information and apparatus

1. A method for sending hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement information, comprising:

determining a first downlink data occasion set based on a first time domain resource set, wherein the first time domain resource set comprises N time domain resources, the first downlink data occasion set comprises M downlink data occasions, both N and M are integers, N≥1, M≥1, and M≤N;

determining a first downlink data occasion based on a first time domain resource, wherein the first time domain resource is a start time domain resource for repeatedly transmitting first downlink data K times in a time unit, the first time domain resource is any one of the N time domain resources, the first downlink data occasion is any one of the M downlink data occasions, K is an integer, and K≥2;

generating a first codebook based on first feedback information, the first downlink data occasion, and the first downlink data occasion set, wherein the first feedback information indicates whether a decoding result of the first downlink data is correct;

determining a first feedback time unit based on a first offset, wherein the first offset is a difference between a sequence number of a time unit for transmitting the first downlink data and a sequence number of a time unit for feeding back the first codebook; and

sending the first codebook in the first feedback time unit.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of time domain resources for repeatedly transmitting the first downlink data K times does not belong to the first time domain resource set, and lengths of the K time domain resources are the same.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein transmission configuration indicators (TCIs) corresponding to at least two of time domain resources for repeatedly transmitting the first downlink data K times have different values.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein M is equal to a maximum quantity of non-overlapping time domain resources comprised in the first time domain resource set, and each downlink data occasion in the first downlink data occasion set corresponds to at least one of the N time domain resources.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first time domain resource belongs to at least one time domain resource corresponding to the first downlink data occasion.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the generating a first codebook based on first feedback information, the first downlink data occasion, and the first downlink data occasion set comprises:

generating a first feedback sequence based on the first downlink data occasion set, wherein each feedback location in the first feedback sequence has a correspondence with a downlink data occasion in the first downlink data occasion set; and

adding the first feedback information to a feedback location, in the first feedback sequence, corresponding to the first downlink data occasion, to generate the first codebook.

7. A method for receiving hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement information, comprising:

determining a first downlink data occasion set based on a first time domain resource set, wherein the first time domain resource set comprises N time domain resources, the first downlink data occasion set comprises M downlink data occasions, both N and M are integers, N≥1, M≥1, and M≤N;

determining a first downlink data occasion based on a first time domain resource, wherein the first time domain resource is a start time domain resource for repeatedly transmitting first downlink data K times in a time unit, the first time domain resource is any one of the N time domain resources, the first downlink data occasion is any one of the M downlink data occasions, K is an integer, and K≥2;

determining a first feedback time unit based on a first offset, wherein the first offset is a difference between a sequence number of a time unit for transmitting the first downlink data and a sequence number of a time unit for feeding back a first codebook, the first codebook is determined based on first feedback information, the first downlink data occasion, and the first downlink data occasion set, and the first feedback information indicates whether a decoding result of the first downlink data is correct; and

receiving the first codebook in the first feedback time unit based on the first downlink data occasion set and the first downlink data occasion.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein at least one of time domain resources for repeatedly transmitting the first downlink data K times does not belong to the first time domain resource set, and lengths of the K time domain resources are the same.

9. The method according to claim 7 , wherein transmission configuration indicators (TCIs) corresponding to at least two of time domain resources for repeatedly transmitting the first downlink data K times have different values.

10. The method according to claim 7 , wherein M is equal to a maximum quantity of non-overlapping time domain resources comprised in the first time domain resource set, and each downlink data occasion in the first downlink data occasion set corresponds to at least one of the N time domain resources.

11. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the first time domain resource belongs to at least one time domain resource corresponding to the first downlink data occasion.

12. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the generating a first codebook based on first feedback information, the first downlink data occasion, and the first downlink data occasion set comprises:

generating a first feedback sequence based on the first downlink data occasion set, wherein each feedback location in the first feedback sequence has a correspondence with a downlink data occasion in the first downlink data occasion set; and

adding the first feedback information to a feedback location, in the first feedback sequence, corresponding to the first downlink data occasion, to generate the first codebook.

13. A communication apparatus, comprising:

a processor, configured to determine a first downlink data occasion set based on a first time domain resource set, wherein the first time domain resource set comprises N time domain resources, the first downlink data occasion set comprises M downlink data occasions, both N and M are integers, N≥1, M≥1, and M≤N;

the processor, configured to determine a first downlink data occasion based on a first time domain resource, wherein the first time domain resource is a start time domain resource for repeatedly transmitting first downlink data K times in a time unit, the first time domain resource is any one of the N time domain resources, the first downlink data occasion is any one of the M downlink data occasions, K is an integer, and K≥2;

the processor, configured to generate a first codebook based on first feedback information, the first downlink data occasion, and the first downlink data occasion set, wherein the first feedback information indicates whether a decoding result of the first downlink data is correct;

the processor, configured to determine a first feedback time unit based on a first offset, wherein the first offset is a difference between a sequence number of a time unit for transmitting the first downlink data and a sequence number of a time unit for feeding back the first codebook; and

a transmitter, configured to send the first codebook in the first feedback time unit.

14. The apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein at least one of time domain resources for repeatedly transmitting the first downlink data K times does not belong to the first time domain resource set, and lengths of the K time domain resources are the same.

15. The apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein transmission configuration indicators (TCIs) corresponding to at least two of time domain resources for repeatedly transmitting the first downlink data K times have different values.

16. The apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein M is equal to a maximum quantity of non-overlapping time domain resources comprised in the first time domain resource set, and each downlink data occasion in the first downlink data occasion set corresponds to at least one of the N time domain resources.

17. A communication apparatus, comprising at least one processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the communication apparatus to perform operations comprising:

determining a first downlink data occasion set based on a first time domain resource set, wherein the first time domain resource set comprises N time domain resources, the first downlink data occasion set comprises M downlink data occasions, both N and M are integers, N≥1, M≥1, and M≤N;

determining a first downlink data occasion based on a first time domain resource, wherein the first time domain resource is a start time domain resource for repeatedly transmitting first downlink data K times in a time unit, the first time domain resource is any one of the N time domain resources, the first downlink data occasion is any one of the M downlink data occasions, K is an integer, and K≥2;

determining a first feedback time unit based on a first offset, wherein the first offset is a difference between a sequence number of a time unit for transmitting the first downlink data and a sequence number of a time unit for feeding back a first codebook, the first codebook is determined based on first feedback information, the first downlink data occasion, and the first downlink data occasion set, and the first feedback information is information indicating whether a decoding result of the first downlink data is correct; and

receiving the first codebook in the first feedback time unit based on the first downlink data occasion set and the first downlink data occasion.

18. The apparatus according to claim 17 , wherein at least one of time domain resources for repeatedly transmitting the first downlink data K times does not belong to the first time domain resource set, and lengths of the K time domain resources are the same.

19. The apparatus according to claim 17 , wherein transmission configuration indicators (TCIs) corresponding to at least two of time domain resources for repeatedly transmitting the first downlink data K times have different values.

20. The apparatus according to claim 17 , wherein M is equal to a maximum quantity of non-overlapping time domain resources comprised in the first time domain resource set, and each downlink data occasion in the first downlink data occasion set corresponds to at least one of the N time domain resources.