Granted Patent B2

US 12,262,390 · App. 17/708,307 · Granted Mar 25, 2025

Inventors: Zhihu Luo (Beijing, CN); Jun Li (Shanghai, CN); Zhe Jin (Beijing, CN)

Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

H04W72/23H04W72/0446

Abstract

Claims (60)

1. A communication method, comprising:

receiving, by a terminal device, first indication information from a network device;

determining, by the terminal device, a target transmission mode of N transport blocks (TBs) based on the first indication information, wherein the target transmission mode is a sequential transmission mode or an interleaved transmission mode, and the N TBs are scheduled by using downlink control information (DCI); and

receiving, by the terminal device, the N TBs from the network device based on the target transmission mode; or, sending, by the terminal device, the N TBs to the network device based on the target transmission mode;

wherein when the target transmission mode is the interleaved transmission mode, an interleaving granularity of the N TBs is p×N SF ×min(M rep NPUSCH ,4) subframes; or

an interleaving granularity of the N TBs is p×min(M rep NPUSCH ,4) subframes, wherein

p is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1, N SF is the quantity of subframes to which the downlink data channel carrying TB k is mapped, N SF is determined based on the resource allocation indication information in the DCI, M rep NPUSCH is the repetition quantity of TB k , M rep NPUSCH is determined based on the repetition quantity indication information in the DCI, and TB k is one of the N TBs.

2. The method according to claim 1 , the interleaving granularity of the N TBs is ε RUs, or the interleaving granularity of the N TBs is ε×N RU ×N slots UL slots, wherein

N slots UL is a quantity of consecutive slots in one RU, N RU is the quantity of RUs to which the uplink data channel carrying TB k is mapped, N RU is determined based on the resource allocation indication information in the DCI, TB k is one of the N TBs, and ε is a positive integer.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

M symbols are used to transmit the N TBs, symbol index values of the M symbols are reset to 0 at a transmission start moment of the N TBs, the symbol index values of the M symbols are sequentially increased in chronological order during transmission of the N TBs, and a maximum symbol index value of the M symbols is related to N, wherein

a first phase component of a baseband signal of a symbol α in the M symbols is determined based on a symbol index value corresponding to the symbol α, and the symbol α is one of the M symbols.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the symbol index values {tilde over (l)} of the M symbols satisfy that {tilde over (l)}=0, 1, . . . , N×M rep NPUSCH ×N RU ×N slots UL ×N symb UL −1, wherein

M rep NPDSCH is the repetition quantity of TB k , M rep NPUSCH is determined based on the repetition quantity indication information in the DCI, N RU is the quantity of RUs to which the uplink data channel carrying TB k is mapped, N RU is determined based on the resource allocation indication information in the DCI, N slots UL is the quantity of consecutive slots in one RU, N symb UL indicates a quantity of symbols comprised in one slot, and TB k is one of the N TBs.

5. A communication method, comprising:

determining, by a network device, a target transmission mode;

sending, by the network device, first indication information to a terminal device, wherein the first indication information is used to indicate the target transmission mode; and

sending, by the network device, N transport blocks (TBs) to the terminal device based on the target transmission mode wherein the N TBs are scheduled by using downlink control information (DCI);

wherein when the target transmission mode is the interleaved transmission mode, an interleaving granularity of the N TBs is p×N SF ×min(M rep NPUSCH ,4) subframes; or

an interleaving granularity of the N TBs is p×min(M rep NPUSCH ,4) subframes, wherein

p is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1, N SF is the quantity of subframes to which the downlink data channel carrying TB k is mapped, N SF is determined based on the resource allocation indication information in the DCI, M rep NPUSCH is the repetition quantity of TB k , M rep NPUSCH is determined based on the repetition quantity indication information in the DCI, and TB k is one of the N TBs.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the interleaving granularity of the N TBs is ε RUs, or the interleaving granularity of the N TBs is ε×N RU ×N slots UL slots, wherein

N slots UL is a quantity of consecutive slots in one RU, N RU is the quantity of RUs to which the uplink data channel carrying TB k is mapped, N RU is determined based on the resource allocation indication information in the DCI, TB k is one of the N TBs, and ε is a positive integer.

7. The method according to claim 5 , wherein

M symbols are used to transmit the N TBs, symbol index values of the M symbols are reset to 0 at a transmission start moment of the N TBs, the symbol index values of the M symbols are sequentially increased in chronological order during transmission of the N TBs, and a maximum symbol index value of the M symbols is related to N, wherein

a first phase component of a baseband signal of a symbol α in the M symbols is determined based on a symbol index value corresponding to the symbol α, and the symbol α is one of the M symbols.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the symbol index values {tilde over (l)} of the M symbols satisfy that {tilde over (l)}=0, 1, . . . , N×M rep NPUSCH ×N RU ×N slots UL ×N symb UL −1, wherein

M rep NPUSCH is the repetition quantity of TB k , M rep NPUSCH is determined based on the repetition quantity indication information in the DCI, N RU is the quantity of RUs to which the uplink data channel carrying TB k is mapped, N RU is determined based on the resource allocation indication information in the DCI, N slots UL is the quantity of consecutive slots in one RU, N symb UL indicates a quantity of symbols comprised in one slot, and TB k is one of the N TBs.

9. A terminal device, comprising:

at least one processor, and

a memory, coupled to the at least one processor, storing program instructions, wherein when the instructions are executed by the at least one processor, the instructions cause the at least one processor to:

receive first indication information from a network device;

determine a target transmission mode of N transport blocks (TBs) based on the first indication information, wherein the target transmission mode is a sequential transmission mode or an interleaved transmission mode, and the N TBs are scheduled by using downlink control information (DCI); and

receive the N TBs from the network device based on the target transmission mode; or, send the N TBs to the network device based on the target transmission mode;

wherein when the target transmission mode is the interleaved transmission mode, an interleaving granularity of the N TBs is p×N SF ×min(M rep NPUSCH ,4) subframes; or

an interleaving granularity of the N TBs is p×min(M rep NPUSCH ,4) subframes, wherein

p is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1, N SF is the quantity of subframes to which the downlink data channel carrying TB k is mapped, N SF is determined based on the resource allocation indication information in the DCI, M rep NPUSCH is the repetition quantity of TB k , M rep NPUSCH is determined based on the repetition quantity indication information in the DCI, and TB k is one of the N TBs.

10. The terminal device according to claim 9 , wherein the interleaving granularity of the N TBs is ε RUs, or the interleaving granularity of the N TBs is ε×N RU ×N slots UL slots, wherein

N slots UL is a quantity of consecutive slots in one RU, N RU is the quantity of RUs to which the uplink data channel carrying TB k is mapped, N RU is determined based on the resource allocation indication information in the DCI, TB k is one of the N TBs, and ε is a positive integer.

11. The terminal device according to claim 9 , wherein

M symbols are used to transmit the N TBs, symbol index values of the M symbols are reset to 0 at a transmission start moment of the N TBs, the symbol index values of the M symbols are sequentially increased in chronological order during transmission of the N TBs, and a maximum symbol index value of the M symbols is related to N, wherein

a first phase component of a baseband signal of a symbol α in the M symbols is determined based on a symbol index value corresponding to the symbol α, and the symbol α is one of the M symbols.

12. The terminal device according to claim 11 , wherein the symbol index values {tilde over (l)} of the M symbols satisfy that {tilde over (l)}=0, 1, . . . , N×M rep NPUSCH ×N RU ×N slots UL ×N symb UL −1, wherein

M rep NPUSCH is the repetition quantity of TB k , M rep NPUSCH is determined based on the repetition quantity indication information in the DCI, N RU is the quantity of RUs to which the uplink data channel carrying TB k is mapped, N RU is determined based on the resource allocation indication information in the DCI, N slots UL is the quantity of consecutive slots in one RU, N symb UL indicates a quantity of symbols comprised in one slot, and TB k is one of the N TBs.

13. A network device, comprising:

at least one processor, and

a memory, coupled to the at least one processor, storing program instructions, wherein when the instructions are executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:

determine, by a network device, a target transmission mode;

send, by the network device, first indication information to a terminal device, wherein the first indication information is used to indicate the target transmission mode; and

send, by the network device, N transport blocks (TBs) to the terminal device based on the target transmission mode; wherein the N TBs are scheduled by using downlink control information DCI;

wherein when the target transmission mode is the interleaved transmission mode, an interleaving granularity of the N TBs is p×N SF ×min(M rep NPUSCH ,4) subframes; or

an interleaving granularity of the N TBs is p×min(M rep NPUSCH ,4) subframes, wherein

p is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1, N SF is the quantity of subframes to which the downlink data channel carrying TB k is mapped, N SF is determined based on the resource allocation indication information in the DCI, M rep NPUSCH is the repetition quantity of TB k , M rep NPUSCH is determined based on the repetition quantity indication information in the DCI, and TB k is one of the N TBs.

14. The network device according to claim 13 , wherein the interleaving granularity of the N TBs is ε RUs, or the interleaving granularity of the N TBs is ε×N RU ×N slots UL slots, wherein

N slots UL is a quantity of consecutive slots in one RU, N RU is the quantity of RUs to which the uplink data channel carrying TB k is mapped, N RU is determined based on the resource allocation indication information in the DCI, TB k is one of the N TBs, and ε is a positive integer.

15. The network device according to claim 13 , wherein

M symbols are used to transmit the N TBs, symbol index values of the M symbols are reset to 0 at a transmission start moment of the N TBs, the symbol index values of the M symbols are sequentially increased in chronological order during transmission of the N TBs, and a maximum symbol index value of the M symbols is related to N, wherein

a first phase component of a baseband signal of a symbol α in the M symbols is determined based on a symbol index value corresponding to the symbol α, and the symbol α is one of the M symbols.

16. The network device according to claim 15 , wherein the symbol index values {tilde over (l)} of the M symbols satisfy that {tilde over (l)}=0, 1, . . . , N×M rep NPUSCH ×N RU ×N slots UL ×N symb UL −1, wherein

M rep NPUSCH is the repetition quantity of TB k , M rep NPUSCH is determined based on the repetition quantity indication information in the DCI, N RU is the quantity of RUs to which the uplink data channel carrying TB k is mapped, N RU is determined based on the resource allocation indication information in the DCI, N slot UL is the quantity of consecutive slots in one RU, N symb UL indicates a quantity of symbols comprised in one slot, and TB k is one of the N TBs.

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