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US 12,317,261 · App. 18/537,759 · Granted May 27, 2025

Control channel monitoring and information element transmission methods and apparatuses, device and storage medium

Inventors: Shujuan Zhang (Guangdong, CN); Zhaohua Lu (Guangdong, CN); Chuangxin Jiang (Guangdong, CN); YuNgok Li (Guangdong, CN); Bo Gao (Guangdong, CN); Hao Wu (Guangdong, CN); Zhen He (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: ZTE Corporation
H04W72/20H04L1/08H04L1/1614H04L5/0048
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Patent No.
US 12,317,261
App. No.
18/537,759
Granted
May 27, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a control channel monitoring method and apparatus, an information element transmission method and apparatus, a device, and a storage medium Whether H first-type control channel elements include the same control channel information can be determined according to signaling information and/or a preset rule, where H is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2; and a control channel is monitored according to a determination result.

Claims (64)

1. A control channel monitoring method, comprising:

determining, according to signaling information and a preset rule, whether H first-type control channel elements comprise same control channel information, wherein His a positive integer greater than or equal to 2; and

monitoring a control channel according to the determining,

wherein each of the H first-type control channel elements is a candidate control channel,

wherein the preset rule comprises in a case where a first-type parameter of the H first-type control channel elements satisfies a first-type preset condition, the H first-type control channel elements comprise the same control channel information;

wherein in a case where the H first-type control channel elements comprise the same control channel information, a configuration of a third-type parameter of the H first-type control channel elements satisfies a third-type preset condition;

wherein in a case where the H first-type control channel elements comprise the same control channel information, a configuration of a second-type parameter of C second-type control channel elements where the H first-type control channel elements are located satisfies a second-type preset condition, wherein C is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1, and resources where each of the H first-type control channel elements is located belong to one of the C second-type control channel elements, wherein each of the C second-type control channel element comprises at least one of a CORESET or a control channel search space.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein in the case where the H first-type control channel elements include the same control channel information, the H first-type control channel elements satisfy the following characteristics:

a number of times blind monitoring corresponding to the H candidate control channels is performed is not equal to a value of H.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein in the case where the H first-type control channel elements include the same control channel information, the H first-type control channel elements satisfy the following characteristics:

demodulation reference signals of at least two of the H first-type control channel elements do not satisfy a quasi co-location relationship with respect to one type of quasi co-location parameters.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein in the case where the H first-type control channel elements include the same control channel information, the H first-type control channel elements satisfy the following characteristics:

a maximum interval between resources occupied by different first-type control channel elements of the H first-type control channel elements does not exceed a preset predetermined value,

wherein each of the resources comprises a time domain resource.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first-type parameter of the H first-type control channel elements comprises H values of the first-type parameter, each of the H values is for one of the H first-type control channel elements, the first-type parameter comprises the following parameters:

an index of a first-type control channel element of the H first-type control channel elements;

time domain resources of a first-type control channel element of the H first-type control channel elements;

an aggregation level of a first-type control channel element of the H first-type control channel elements;

group information of a first-type control channel element of the H first-type control channel elements; and

an index of a first-type control channel element of a serving cell of the H first-type control channel elements.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the third-type parameter of the H first-type control channel elements comprises H values of the third-type parameter, each of the H values of the third-type parameter is for one of the H first-type control channel elements, the third-type parameter comprises the following parameters:

time domain resources of a first-type control channel element of the H first-type control channel elements;

group information of a first-type control channel element of the H first-type control channel elements.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the group information of the first-type control channel element of the H first-type control channel elements satisfies the following characteristics:

the group information is information about a group to which one of the C second-type control channel elements belong, wherein the group comprises more than one second-type control channel element, and one of the C second-type control channel element comprises one of the H first-type control channel elements;

in a case where two of the H first-type control channel elements have same group information, the two of the H first-type control channel elements comprise the same control channel information.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second-type parameter of a second-type parameter of the C second-type control channel elements comprises C values of the second-type parameter, each of the C values of the second-type parameter is for one of the C second-type control channel elements, the second-type parameter comprises the following parameters of a second-type control channel elements of the C second-type control channel elements:

a time domain resource;

a number of seventh-type control channel elements comprised in a sixth-type control channel element, wherein the sixth-type control channel element comprises one or more seventh-type control channel elements, and each of the C second-type control channel elements comprises one or more sixth-type control channel elements.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first-type preset condition comprises that H values of the first-type parameter of the H first-type control elements have a same value, wherein each of the H values of the first-type parameter of the H first-type control elements is for one of the H first-type control elements, and

the second-type preset condition comprises that C values of the second-type parameter have a same value, wherein each of the C values of the second-type parameter is for one of the C second-type control elements, and,

the third-type preset condition comprises H values of the third-type parameter of the H first-type control elements have a same value, wherein each of the H values of the third-type parameter of the H first-type control elements is for one of the H first-type control elements.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein in a case that the H first-type control channel elements comprise same control channel information, the method satisfies at least one of the following characteristics:

a maximum value of a number of first-type control channel elements comprising the same control channel information, which can be successfully monitored by a communication node, of the H first-type control channel elements being a predetermined value, wherein the maximum value is less than or equal to H;

the number of first-type control channel elements comprising the same control channel information, which can be successfully monitored by the communication node, of the H first-type control channel elements being associated with information about time where each of the H first-type control channel elements is located.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein in a case that the H first-type control channel elements comprise same control channel information, the method satisfies the following characteristics:

a communication node assuming that the H first-type control channel elements comprise the same control channel information.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein that the H first-type control channel elements comprise the same control channel information comprises a first-type same case of the control channel information, wherein the first-type same case of the control channel information satisfies the following characteristics:

control information comprised in the H first-type control channel elements before channel encoding has same bits;

scrambling sequences of cyclic shifts for channel encoding of the H first-type control channel elements are the same;

scrambling sequences of the H first-type control channel elements after channel encoding are different.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein that the H first-type control channel elements comprise the same control channel information comprises a second-type same case of the control channel information, wherein the second-type same case of the control channel information satisfies the following characteristics:

control information comprised in the H first-type control channel elements before channel encoding has same bits;

scrambling sequences of cyclic shifts for channel encoding of the H first-type control channel elements are the same;

control information comprised in the H first-type control channel elements after channel encoding has same bits;

the H first-type control channel elements have a same aggregation level.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the second-type same case of the control channel information further satisfies the following characteristics:

scrambling sequences of the H first-type control channel elements after channel encoding are the same;

modulation symbols transmitted in the H first-type control channel elements are the same;

modulation symbols transmitted in subcarriers with a correspondence in the H first-type control channel elements are the same.

15. The method of claim 1 , comprising at least one of the following:

determining, according to control signaling, a type of a same case of the control channel information comprised in the H first-type control channel elements.

16. An apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor and at least one memory, wherein the at least one memory is configured to store at least one computer-readable program, and wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute the at least one computer-readable program to:

determine, according to signaling information and a preset rule, whether H first-type control channel elements comprise same control channel information, wherein His a positive integer greater than or equal to 2; and

monitor a control channel according to the determine,

wherein each of the H first-type control channel elements is a candidate control channel,

wherein the preset rule comprises in a case where a first-type parameter of the H first-type control channel elements satisfies a first-type preset condition, the H first-type control channel elements comprise the same control channel information;

wherein in a case where the H first-type control channel elements comprise the same control channel information, a configuration of a third-type parameter of the H first-type control channel elements satisfies a third-type preset condition;

wherein in a case where the H first-type control channel elements comprise the same control channel information, a configuration of a second-type parameter of C second-type control channel elements where the H first-type control channel elements are located satisfies a second-type preset condition, wherein C is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1, and resources where each of the H first-type control channel elements is located belong to one of the C second-type control channel elements, wherein each of the C second-type control channel element comprises at least one of a CORESET or a control channel search space.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein in the case where the H first-type control channel elements include the same control channel information, the H first-type control channel elements satisfy the following characteristics:

a number of times blind monitoring corresponding to the H candidate control channels is performed is not equal to a value of H.

18. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein in the case where the H first-type control channel elements include the same control channel information, the H first-type control channel elements satisfy the following characteristics:

demodulation reference signals of at least two of the H first-type control channel elements do not satisfy a quasi co-location relationship with respect to one type of quasi co-location parameters.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 4, 2024
From: ZHANG, SHUJUAN; LU, ZHAOHUA; JIANG, CHUANGXIN; LI, YUNGOK; GAO, BO; WU, HAO; HE, ZHEN
To: ZTE CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 201811302877.0 · Nov 2, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17290730
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