Granted Patent B2

US 12,414,129 · App. 17/963,303 · Granted Sep 9, 2025

Inventors: Gen Li (Guangdong, CN); Zichao Ji (Guangdong, CN); Siqi Liu (Guangdong, CN)

Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.

H04W72/23

Abstract

Claims (102)

1. A resource determining method, performed by a user-side device and comprising:

obtaining frequency-domain resource indication information of downlink control information (DCI), wherein the frequency-domain resource indication information supports scheduling of a plurality of carriers; and

determining frequency-domain scheduling resources on the plurality of carriers according to the frequency-domain resource indication information;

wherein the obtaining frequency-domain resource indication information of downlink control information DCI comprises:

determining, based on configuration information of candidate resources scheduled by the DCI, a first indicator field in the DCI that corresponds to the frequency-domain resource indication information, wherein the first indicator field is a frequency-domain resource allocation (FDRA) field; and

obtaining the frequency-domain resource indication information based on the first indicator field;

wherein the determining, based on configuration information of candidate resources scheduled by the DCI, a first indicator field in the DCI that corresponds to the frequency-domain resource indication information comprises:

based on configuration information of carriers in the candidate resources, obtaining sizes of second indicator fields corresponding to the carriers; and

determining a size of the first indicator field based on the sizes of the second indicator fields;

wherein, in the first indicator field, subfields corresponding to carriers are arranged in an order of first identifiers, the first identifiers are cell identity IDs.

2. The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the determining, based on configuration information of candidate resources scheduled by the DCI, a first indicator field in the DCI that corresponds to the frequency-domain resource indication information further comprises:

in a case that the candidate resource comprises a plurality of carrier groups, obtaining, based on configuration information of the plurality of carrier groups, sizes of third indicator fields corresponding to the carrier groups; and

determining a size of the first indicator field based on the sizes of the third indicator fields;

or

wherein the determining, based on configuration information of candidate resources scheduled by the DCI, a first indicator field in the DCI that corresponds to the frequency-domain resource indication information further comprises:

based on whether the DCI is for single-carrier scheduling, selecting a size of the first indicator field according to a preset policy.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the determining a size of the first indicator field based on the size of the second indicator fields comprises:

using a sum of the sizes of all the second indicator fields as the size of the first indicator field; or

using a size of a largest second indicator field in all the second indicator fields as the size of the first indicator field;

or

wherein the determining a size of the first indicator field based on the sizes of the third indicator fields comprises:

using a size of a largest third indicator field in all the third indicator fields as the size of the first indicator field; or

obtaining the size L of the first indicator field according to a formula L=S MAX *N, wherein S MAX is a size of a largest single-carrier indicator field in the plurality of carrier groups, and N is the largest number of carriers in the plurality of carrier groups in the candidate resources; or

using a size of a largest single-carrier indicator field in the plurality of carrier groups as the size of the first indicator field;

or

wherein the preset policy comprises:

in a case that the DCI is for single-carrier scheduling, obtaining the size of the first indicator field based on configuration information of a scheduled carrier; and

in a case that the DCI is not for single-carrier scheduling, obtaining, based on configuration information of a plurality of carrier groups in the candidate resources, sizes of fourth indicator fields corresponding to carrier groups, and using a size of a largest fourth indicator field in all the fourth indicator fields as the size of the first indicator field; or using a size of a largest single-carrier indicator field in a plurality of carrier groups as the size of the first indicator field; or obtaining a size L′ of the first indicator field according to a formula L′=S′ MAX *N, wherein S′ MAX is a size of a largest single-carrier indicator field in the plurality of carrier groups, and N is the largest number of carriers in the plurality of carrier groups in the candidate resources.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, in the first indicator field,

high-order or low-order bits of subfields corresponding to carriers are assigned for respective frequency-domain resource indicators.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the obtaining the frequency-domain resource indication information based on the first indicator field comprises:

reducing the first indicator field based on a first threshold to obtain a fifth indicator field; and

obtaining the frequency-domain resource indication information from the fifth indicator field.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein an allocation granularity of the frequency-domain scheduling resource is doubled with respect to the first threshold.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the frequency-domain resource indication information comprises:

a second identifier and/or an offset value, wherein the second identifier is an indication identifier of a frequency-domain resource.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the user-side device does not expect at least one of the following:

carriers in the candidate resources have different subcarrier spacings (SCSs);

carriers in the candidate resources have different frequency-domain allocation modes;

carriers in the candidate resources have different bandwidths or different quantities of physical resource blocks (PRBs);

carriers in the candidate resources have different virtual resource block (VRB) to PRB pattern configurations; or

carriers in the candidate resources scheduled by the DCI have different frequency hopping pattern configurations.

9. A resource indication method, performed by a network-side device and comprising:

generating downlink control information (DCI) carrying frequency-domain resource indication information, wherein the frequency domain resource indication information supports scheduling of a plurality of carriers; and

sending the DCI to a user-side device;

wherein the generating downlink control information DCI carrying frequency-domain resource indication information comprises:

determining, based on configuration information of candidate resources scheduled by the DCI, a first indicator field in the DCI that corresponds to the frequency-domain resource indication information, wherein the first indicator field is an FDRA field; and

obtaining, based on the first indicator field, the DCI carrying the frequency-domain resource indication information;

wherein the determining, based on configuration information of candidate resources scheduled by the DCI, a first indicator field in the DCI that corresponds to the frequency-domain resource indication information comprises:

based on configuration information of carriers in the candidate resources, obtaining sizes of second indicator fields corresponding to the carriers; and

determining a size of the first indicator field based on the sizes of the second indicator fields;

wherein, in the first indicator field, subfields corresponding to carriers are arranged in an order of first identifiers, the first identifiers are cell identity IDs.

10. The method according to claim 9 ,

wherein the determining, based on configuration information of candidate resources scheduled by the DCI, a first indicator field in the DCI that corresponds to the frequency-domain resource indication information further comprises:

in a case that the candidate resource comprises a plurality of carrier groups, obtaining, based on configuration information of the plurality of carrier groups, sizes of third indicator fields corresponding to the carrier groups; and

determining a size of the first indicator field based on the sizes of the third indicator fields;

or

wherein the determining, based on configuration information of candidate resources scheduled by the DCI, a first indicator field in the DCI that corresponds to the frequency-domain resource indication information further comprises:

based on whether the DCI is for single-carrier scheduling, selecting a size of the first indicator field according to a preset policy.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the determining a size of the first indicator field based on the sizes of the second indicator fields comprises:

using a sum of the sizes of all the second indicator fields as the size of the first indicator field; or

using a size of a largest second indicator field in all the second indicator fields as the size of the first indicator field;

or

wherein the determining a size of the first indicator field based on the sizes of the third indicator fields comprises:

using a size of a largest third indicator field in all the third indicator fields as the size of the first indicator field; or

obtaining the size L of the first indicator field according to a formula L=S MAX *N, wherein S MAX is a size of a largest single-carrier indicator field in the plurality of carrier groups, and N is the largest number of carriers in the plurality of carrier groups in the candidate resources; or

using a size of a largest single-carrier indicator field in the plurality of carrier groups as the size of the first indicator field;

or

wherein the preset policy comprises:

in a case that the DCI is for single-carrier scheduling, obtaining the size of the first indicator field based on configuration information of a scheduled carrier; and

in a case that the DCI is not for single-carrier scheduling, obtaining, based on configuration information of a plurality of carrier groups in the candidate resources, sizes of fourth indicator fields corresponding to carrier groups, and using a size of a largest fourth indicator field in all the fourth indicator fields as the size of the first indicator field; or using a size of a largest single-carrier indicator field in a plurality of carrier groups as the size of the first indicator field; or obtaining a size L′ of the first indicator field according to a formula L′=S′ MAX *N, wherein S′ MAX is a size of a largest single-carrier indicator field in the plurality of carrier groups, and N is the largest number of carriers in the plurality of carrier groups in the candidate resources.

12. The method according to claim 9 , wherein, in the first indicator field,

high-order or low-order bits of subfields corresponding to carriers are assigned for respective frequency-domain resource indicators.

13. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the obtaining, based on the first indicator field, the DCI carrying the frequency-domain resource indication information comprises:

reducing the first indicator field based on a first threshold to obtain a fifth indicator field; and

adding the frequency-domain resource indication information to the fifth indicator field.

14. The method according to claim 13 , wherein an allocation granularity of the frequency-domain scheduling resource of the DCI is doubled with respect to the first threshold.

15. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the frequency-domain resource indication information comprises:

a second identifier and/or an offset value, wherein the second identifier is an indication identifier of a frequency-domain resource.

16. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the user-side device does not expect at least one of the following:

carriers in the candidate resources have different subcarrier spacings (SCSs);

carriers in the candidate resources have different frequency-domain allocation modes;

carriers in the candidate resources have different bandwidths or different quantities of physical resource blocks (PRBs);

carriers in the candidate resources have different virtual resource block (VRB) to PRB pattern configurations; or

carriers in the candidate resources have different frequency hopping pattern configurations.

17. A communications device, comprising a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored in the memory and capable of running on the processor, wherein when the computer program is executed by the processor, the following process is implemented;

obtaining frequency-domain resource indication information of downlink control information (DCI), wherein the frequency domain resource indication information supports scheduling of a plurality of carriers; and

determining frequency-domain scheduling resources on the plurality of carriers according to the frequency-domain resource indication information;

wherein the obtaining frequency-domain resource indication information of downlink control information DCI comprises:

determining, based on configuration information of candidate resources scheduled by the DCI, a first indicator field in the DCI that corresponds to the frequency-domain resource indication information, wherein the first indicator field is a frequency-domain resource allocation (FDRA) field; and

obtaining the frequency-domain resource indication information based on the first indicator field;

wherein the determining, based on configuration information of candidate resources scheduled by the DCI, a first indicator field in the DCI that corresponds to the frequency-domain resource indication information comprises:

based on configuration information of carriers in the candidate resources, obtaining sizes of second indicator fields corresponding to the carriers; and

determining a size of the first indicator field based on the sizes of the second indicator fields;

wherein, in the first indicator field, subfields corresponding to carriers are arranged in an order of first identifiers, the first identifiers are cell identity IDs.

18. A communications device, comprising a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored in the memory and capable of running on the processor, wherein when the computer program is executed by the processor, the steps of the resource indication method according to claim 9 are implemented.

19. The communications device according to claim 17 , wherein when the computer program is executed by the processor, the following process is implemented:

using a sum of the sizes of all the second indicator fields as the size of the first indicator field; or

using a size of a largest second indicator field in all the second indicator fields as the size of the first indicator field.

20. The communications device according to claim 17 , wherein when the computer program is executed by the processor, the following process is implemented:

based on whether the DCI is for single-carrier scheduling, selecting a size of the first indicator field according to a preset policy.

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