Granted Patent B2

US 12,213,138 · App. 17/763,604 · Granted Jan 28, 2025

Inventors: Xiaotao Ren (Beijing, CN); Rui Zhao (Beijing, CN)

Assignee: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.

H04W72/20H04L5/1469H04W56/001H04W72/0446

Abstract

Claims (118)

1. An information transmitting method, applied to user equipment, comprising:

transmitting transmission configuration information through a physical sidelink channel; wherein

the transmission configuration information comprises first indication information, the first indication information is used for indicating that at least one slot is a downlink slot, a flexible slot or an uplink slot, and/or indicating that at least one symbol is a downlink symbol, a flexible symbol or an uplink symbol;

the physical sidelink channel comprises at least one of a physical sidelink broadcast channel, a physical sidelink shared channel or a physical sidelink control channel;

wherein the first indication information comprises 7 bits of uplink slot indication information.

2. The information transmitting method according to claim 1 , wherein the first indication information is: a transmission format pattern of at least one slot or symbol; or an identifier corresponding to the transmission format pattern of at least one slot or symbol;

or,

wherein the first indication information is:

time division duplex uplink-downlink pattern information used for communication between a base station and the user equipment; or

slot format indication information used for communication between the base station and the user equipment; or

at least one of uplink slot related information, uplink symbol related information, flexible slot related information or flexible symbol related information in the time division duplex uplink-downlink pattern information used for communication between the base station and the user equipment; or

at least one of uplink slot related information, uplink symbol related information, flexible slot related information or flexible symbol related information in the slot format indication information used for communication between the base station and the user equipment; or

valid information in the time division duplex uplink-downlink pattern information used for communication between the base station and the user equipment or the slot format indication information used for communication between the base station and the user equipment after removing redundant information from the time division duplex uplink-downlink pattern information used for communication between the base station and the user equipment or the slot format indication information used for communication between the base station and the user equipment.

3. The information transmitting method according to claim 1 , wherein the physical sidelink channel comprises at least a physical sidelink broadcast channel;

the transmitting the transmission configuration information through the physical sidelink channel comprises:

carrying the transmission configuration information in a payload of the physical sidelink broadcast channel or a demodulation reference signal of the physical sidelink broadcast channel;

or,

wherein the physical sidelink channel comprises at least a physical sidelink shared channel;

the transmitting the transmission configuration information through the physical sidelink channel comprises:

carrying the transmission configuration information in a system message block or a radio resource control signalling of the physical sidelink shared channel;

or,

wherein the physical sidelink channel comprises at least a physical sidelink control channel;

the transmitting the transmission configuration information through the physical sidelink channel comprises:

carrying the transmission configuration information in sidelink control information of the physical sidelink control channel.

4. The information transmitting method according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission configuration information further comprises second indication information indicating a valid time of the first indication information,

wherein the second indication information is:

a next slot of a synchronization slot where a current sidelink synchronization signal and broadcast signal block (S-SSB) is located; or

a first slot of a radio frame including the synchronization slot where the current S-SSB is located; or

a first slot of a radio frame including a synchronization slot where a first S-SSB of a current synchronization period is located.

5. The information transmitting method according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission configuration information remains unchanged in one synchronization period; or

in the transmission configuration information, at least one of uplink slot configuration information, uplink symbol configuration information, flexible slot configuration information or flexible symbol configuration information remains unchanged in one synchronization period;

or,

wherein the transmitting the transmission configuration information through the physical sidelink channel comprises:

periodically transmitting the transmission configuration information on the physical sidelink control channel after transmitting the transmission configuration information on the physical sidelink broadcast channel;

or,

wherein the transmission configuration information is obtained by the user equipment from the slot format indication information in a case that a base station configures all slots as flexible slots;

or,

wherein the transmission configuration information is obtained from a single cell-specific time division duplex uplink-downlink pattern configured by a base station;

or,

wherein the transmitting the transmission configuration information through the physical sidelink channel comprises:

transmitting, in a case that sidelink communication is performed using multiple carriers, same transmission configuration information for the multiple carriers through the physical sidelink channel.

6. The information transmitting method according to claim 1 , wherein the downlink slot refers to that all symbols in the entire slot are downlink symbols; the flexible slot refers to that all symbols in the entire slot are flexible symbols; the uplink slot refers to that all symbols in the entire slot are uplink symbols; the flexible symbol is a symbol that is not currently configured for uplink or downlink transmission.

7. An information receiving method, applied to user equipment, comprising:

receiving transmission configuration information through a physical sidelink channel;

wherein the transmission configuration information comprises first indication information, the first indication information is used for indicating that at least one slot is a downlink slot, a flexible slot or an uplink slot, and/or indicating that at least one symbol is a downlink symbol, a flexible symbol or an uplink symbol;

the physical sidelink channel comprises at least one of a physical sidelink broadcast channel, a physical sidelink shared channel or a physical sidelink control channel;

wherein the first indication information comprises 7 bits of uplink slot indication information.

8. The information receiving method according to claim 7 , wherein the first indication information is: a transmission format pattern of at least one slot or symbol; or an identifier corresponding to the transmission format pattern of at least one slot or symbol;

or,

wherein the first indication information is:

time division duplex uplink-downlink pattern information used for communication between a base station and the user equipment; or

slot format indication information used for communication between the base station and the user equipment; or

at least one of uplink slot related information, uplink symbol related information, flexible slot related information or flexible symbol related information in the time division duplex uplink-downlink pattern information used for communication between the base station and the user equipment; or

at least one of uplink slot related information, uplink symbol related information, flexible slot related information or flexible symbol related information in the slot format indication information used for communication between the base station and the user equipment; or

valid information in the time division duplex uplink-downlink pattern information used for communication between the base station and the user equipment or the slot format indication information used for communication between the base station and the user equipment after removing redundant information from the time division duplex uplink-downlink pattern information used for communication between the base station and the user equipment or the slot format indication information used for communication between the base station and the user equipment.

9. The information receiving method according to claim 7 , wherein the physical sidelink channel comprises at least a physical sidelink broadcast channel;

the receiving the transmission configuration information through the physical sidelink channel comprises:

receiving the transmission configuration information carried in a payload of the physical sidelink broadcast channel or a demodulation reference signal of the physical sidelink broadcast channel;

or,

wherein the physical sidelink channel comprises at least a physical sidelink shared channel;

the receiving the transmission configuration information through the physical sidelink channel comprises:

receiving the transmission configuration information carried in a system message block or a radio resource control signalling of the physical sidelink shared channel;

or,

wherein the physical sidelink channel comprises at least a physical sidelink control channel;

the receiving the transmission configuration information through the physical sidelink channel comprises:

receiving the transmission configuration information carried in sidelink control information of the physical sidelink control channel.

10. The information receiving method according to claim 7 , wherein the transmission configuration information further comprises second indication information indicating a valid time of the first indication information,

wherein the second indication information is:

a next slot of a synchronization slot where a current sidelink synchronization signal and broadcast signal block (S-SSB) is located; or

a first slot of a radio frame including the synchronization slot where the current S-SSB is located; or

a first slot of a radio frame including a synchronization slot where a first S-SSB of a current synchronization period is located.

11. The information receiving method according to claim 7 , wherein the transmission configuration information remains unchanged in one synchronization period; or

in the transmission configuration information, at least one of uplink slot configuration information, uplink symbol configuration information, flexible slot configuration information or flexible symbol configuration information remains unchanged in one synchronization period;

or,

wherein the receiving the transmission configuration information through the physical sidelink channel comprises:

receiving the transmission configuration information transmitted periodically on the physical sidelink control channel after receiving the transmission configuration information on the physical sidelink broadcast channel;

or,

wherein the transmission configuration information is obtained by the user equipment from the slot format indication information in a case that a base station configures all slots as flexible slots;

or,

wherein the transmission configuration information is obtained from a single cell-specific time division duplex uplink-downlink pattern configured by a base station;

or,

wherein the receiving the transmission configuration information through the physical sidelink channel comprises:

receiving, in a case that sidelink communication is performed using multiple carriers, same transmission configuration information for the multiple carriers transmitted through the physical sidelink channel.

12. The information receiving method according to claim 7 , wherein the downlink slot refers to that all symbols in the entire slot are downlink symbols; the flexible slot refers to that all symbols in the entire slot are flexible symbols; and the uplink slot refers to that all symbols in the entire slot are uplink symbols; the flexible symbol is a symbol that is not currently configured for uplink or downlink transmission.

13. A user equipment, comprising a transceiver, a memory, a processor and a computer program stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the processor; wherein,

the transceiver is configured to transmit transmission configuration information through a physical sidelink channel;

wherein the transmission configuration information comprises first indication information, the first indication information is used for indicating that at least one slot is a downlink slot, a flexible slot or an uplink slot, and/or indicating that at least one symbol is a downlink symbol, a flexible symbol or an uplink symbol;

the physical sidelink channel comprises at least one of a physical sidelink broadcast channel, a physical sidelink shared channel or a physical sidelink control channel;

wherein the first indication information comprises 7 bits of uplink slot indication information.

14. The user equipment according to claim 13 , wherein the physical sidelink channel comprises at least a physical sidelink broadcast channel;

the transceiver is further configured to:

carry the transmission configuration information in a payload of the physical sidelink broadcast channel or a demodulation reference signal of the physical sidelink broadcast channel;

or,

wherein the physical sidelink channel comprises at least a physical sidelink shared channel;

the transceiver is further configured to:

carry the transmission configuration information in a system message block or a radio resource control signalling of the physical sidelink shared channel;

or,

wherein the physical sidelink channel comprises at least a physical sidelink control channel;

the transceiver is further configured to:

carry the transmission configuration information in sidelink control information of the physical sidelink control channel.

15. The user equipment according to claim 13 , wherein the downlink slot refers to that all symbols in the entire slot are downlink symbols; the flexible slot refers to that all symbols in the entire slot are flexible symbols; the uplink slot refers to that all symbols in the entire slot are uplink symbols; the flexible symbol is a symbol that is not currently configured for uplink or downlink transmission.

16. A user equipment, comprising a transceiver, a memory, a processor and a computer program stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the processor; wherein,

the transceiver is configured to receive transmission configuration information through a physical sidelink channel;

wherein the transmission configuration information comprises first indication information, the first indication information is used for indicating that at least one slot is a downlink slot, a flexible slot or an uplink slot, and/or indicating that at least one symbol is a downlink symbol, a flexible symbol or an uplink symbol;

the physical sidelink channel comprises at least one of a physical sidelink broadcast channel, a physical sidelink shared channel or a physical sidelink control channel;

wherein the first indication information comprises 7 bits of uplink slot indication information.

17. The user equipment according to claim 16 , wherein the physical sidelink channel comprises at least a physical sidelink broadcast channel;

the transceiver is further configured to:

receive the transmission configuration information carried in a payload of the physical sidelink broadcast channel or a demodulation reference signal of the physical sidelink broadcast channel;

or,

wherein the physical sidelink channel comprises at least a physical sidelink shared channel;

the transceiver is further configured to:

receive the transmission configuration information carried in a system message block or a radio resource control signalling of the physical sidelink shared channel;

or,

wherein the physical sidelink channel comprises at least a physical sidelink control channel;

the transceiver is further configured to:

receive the transmission configuration information carried in sidelink control information of the physical sidelink control channel.

18. The user equipment according to claim 16 , wherein the downlink slot refers to that all symbols in the entire slot are downlink symbols; the flexible slot refers to that all symbols in the entire slot are flexible symbols; the uplink slot refers to that all symbols in the entire slot are uplink symbols; the flexible symbol is a symbol that is not currently configured for uplink or downlink transmission.

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