IP Library Granted Patent US 12,224,863
Granted Patent B2
US 12,224,863 · App. 18/009,712 · Granted Feb 11, 2025

Communication processing method including dropping of repetition transmission in search space and apparatus, and storage medium

Inventor: Qin Mu (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
H04L1/08H04L5/00
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Patent No.
US 12,224,863
App. No.
18/009,712
Granted
Feb 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a communication processing method and apparatus, and a storage medium. The communication processing method includes: in response to that a plurality of search spaces for repetition transmissions are configured in a same transmission time unit, performing detections in the search spaces for repetition transmissions according to a preset detection rule; and in response to that cumulative search spaces where the detections are performed exceed a physical downlink control channel detection limit, dropping a current search space where a detection is currently performed and a search space where a detection is not performed.

Claims (42)

1. A communication processing method, the method comprising:

in response to determining that a plurality of search spaces for repetition transmissions are configured in a same transmission time unit, performing, by a terminal, detections in the search spaces for repetition transmissions according to a preset detection rule; and

in response to determining that cumulative search spaces where the detections are performed exceed a physical downlink control channel detection limit, dropping, by the terminal, a current search space where a detection is currently performed and a search space where a detection is not performed,

wherein in response to that cumulative search spaces where the detections are performed exceed the physical downlink control channel detection limit, dropping the current search space where the detection is currently performed and the search space where the detection is not performed, comprises:

in response to that the physical downlink control channel detection limit is not exceeded when a part of repetition transmissions in the current search space where the detection is currently performed is cumulatively counted, but the physical downlink control channel detection limit is exceeded when a current repetition transmission in the current search space is cumulatively counted, dropping the current repetition transmission in the current search space, a non-detected repetition transmission in the current search space, and the search space where the detection is not performed.

2. The communication processing method according to claim 1 , wherein the preset detection rule comprises: in an ascending order of search space indexes, performing a detection in a search space with a smaller search space index preferentially.

3. The communication processing method according to claim 1 , wherein the preset detection rule further comprises: with respect to search spaces for different repetition transmissions with a same search space index, in a temporal order of time domain transmissions, performing a detection in a search space where a time domain transmission happens earlier preferentially.

4. The communication processing method according to claim 1 , wherein each of the search spaces for repetition transmissions has repetition transmission number identifiers which are based on a chronological order of the repetition transmissions and are increased in order;

wherein the preset detection rule comprises: in an ascending order of repetition transmission number identifiers, performing a detection in a search space corresponding to a repetition transmission with a smaller repetition transmission number identifier preferentially.

5. The communication processing method according to claim 4 , wherein the preset detection rule further comprises: with respect to search spaces with a same repetition transmission number identifier and corresponding to different search space indexes, in an ascending order of the search space indexes, performing a detection in a search space with a smaller search space index preferentially.

6. The communication processing method according to claim 1 , wherein the preset detection rule comprises: in a temporal order of time domain transmissions, performing a detection in a search space where a time domain transmission happens earlier preferentially.

7. The communication processing method according to claim 1 , wherein the physical downlink control channel detection limit comprises a maximum number of times of blind detections of the physical downlink control channel or a maximum number of non-overlapped control channel elements.

8. The communication processing method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

stopping monitoring of the dropped search space; or

continuing to monitor a search space where a network device provides supplemental repetition transmissions until a number of times of repetition transmissions of the search space meets a configured number of times of repetition transmissions.

9. A communication processing method, applied to a network device, the method comprising:

in response to determining that a plurality of search spaces for repetition transmissions are needed in a same transmission time unit, performing repetition transmissions in the search spaces according to a preset transmission rule; and

in response to determining that cumulative search spaces where repetition transmissions are performed exceed a physical downlink control channel transmission limit, dropping a current search space where a repetition transmission is currently performed and a search space where a repetition transmission is not performed,

wherein in response to that cumulative search spaces where repetition transmissions are performed exceed the physical downlink control channel transmission limit, dropping the current search space where the repetition transmission is currently performed and the search space where a repetition transmission is not performed, comprises:

in response to that the physical downlink control channel detection limit is not exceeded when a part of repetition transmissions in the current search space where the repetition transmission is currently performed is cumulatively counted, but the physical downlink control channel detection limit is exceeded when a current repetition transmission in the current search space is cumulatively counted, dropping the current repetition transmission in the current search space, a non-transmitted repetition transmission in the current search space, and the search space where the repetition transmission is not performed.

10. The communication processing method according to claim 9 , wherein the preset transmission rule comprises: in an ascending order of search space indexes, performing a repetition transmission in a search space with a smaller search space index preferentially.

11. The communication processing method according to claim 9 , wherein the preset transmission rule further comprises: with respect to search spaces for different repetition transmissions with a same search space index, in a temporal order of time domain transmissions, performing a repetition transmission in a search space where a time domain transmission happens earlier preferentially.

12. The communication processing method according to claim 9 , wherein each of the search spaces for repetition transmissions has repetition transmission number identifiers which are based on a chronological order of the repetition transmissions and are increased in order;

wherein the preset transmission rule comprises: in an ascending order of repetition transmission number identifiers, performing a repetition transmission in a search space with a smaller repetition transmission number identifier preferentially.

13. The communication processing method according to claim 12 , wherein the preset transmission rule further comprises: with respect to search spaces with a same repetition transmission number identifier and corresponding to different search space indexes, in an ascending order of the search space indexes, performing a repetition transmission in a search space with a smaller search space index preferentially.

14. The communication processing method according to claim 9 , wherein the preset transmission rule comprises: in a temporal order of time domain transmissions, performing a repetition transmission in a search space where a time domain transmission happens earlier preferentially.

15. The communication processing method according to claim 9 , wherein the physical downlink control channel transmission limit comprises a maximum number of times of blind detections of the physical downlink control channel or a maximum number of non-overlapped control channel elements.

16. The communication processing method according to claim 9 , further comprising:

not providing supplemental repetition transmissions in a dropped search space; or

providing supplemental repetition transmissions in the dropped search space until a number of times of repetition transmissions of the search space meets a configured number of times of repetition transmissions.

17. A communication processing device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing instructions executable by the processor;

wherein the processor is configured to:

in response to determining that a plurality of search spaces for repetition transmissions are configured in a same transmission time unit, perform detections in the search spaces for repetition transmissions according to a preset detection rule; and

in response to determining that cumulative search spaces where the detections are performed exceed a physical downlink control channel detection limit, drop a current search space where a detection is currently performed and a search space where a detection is not performed:

wherein the processor is configured to:

in response to that the physical downlink control channel detection limit is not exceeded when a part of repetition transmissions in the current search space where the detection is currently performed is cumulatively counted, but the physical downlink control channel detection limit is exceeded when a current repetition transmission in the current search space is cumulatively counted, drop the current repetition transmission in the current search space, a non-detected repetition transmission in the current search space, and the search space where the detection is not performed.

18. The terminal device according to claim 17 , wherein the preset detection rule comprises: in an ascending order of search space indexes, performing a detection in a search space with a smaller search space index preferentially.

19. The terminal device according to claim 17 , wherein the preset detection rule further comprises: with respect to search spaces for different repetition transmissions with a same search space index, in a temporal order of time domain transmissions, performing a detection in a search space where a time domain transmission happens earlier preferentially.

20. The terminal device according to claim 17 , wherein each of the search spaces for repetition transmissions has repetition transmission number identifiers which are based on a chronological order of the repetition transmissions and are increased in order;

wherein the preset detection rule comprises: in an ascending order of repetition transmission number identifiers, performing a detection in a search space corresponding to a repetition transmission with a smaller repetition transmission number identifier preferentially.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 10, 2022
From: MU, QIN
To: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
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