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US 12,665,722 · App. 18/561,287 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Method and apparatus for configuring parameter, electronic device, and storage medium

Inventor: Yang Liu (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
H04L5/0051H04W72/0446H04W72/1268H04W72/231
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Patent No.
US 12,665,722
App. No.
18/561,287
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method for configuring a parameter, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method includes: configuring parameter information for a terminal; where the parameter information includes at least one of the following: a window size of a time window or a demodulation reference signal DMRS bundling size; where the window size indicates a number of first time domain resource units included in the time window; and the DMRS bundling size indicates a number of second time domain resource units bundled with the DMRS; the window size is greater than or equal to the DMRS bundling size.

Claims (48)

1 . A method for configuring a parameter, performed by a network device, comprising:

configuring parameter information for a terminal; wherein the parameter information comprises at least one of the following: a window size of a time window and a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) bundling size;

wherein the window size indicates a number of first time domain resource units included in the time window; the DMRS bundling size indicates a number of second time domain resource units bundled with the DMRS; and

the window size is greater than or equal to the DMRS bundling size;

wherein the parameter information further comprises first indication information;

wherein the first indication information indicates that the terminal, in response to determining that there is an unavailable interval in the time window and a duration of the unavailable interval is greater than or equal to a first preset threshold, divides the time window into at least two time sub-windows.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein after configuring the parameter information for the terminal, the method comprises at least one of the following:

sending the parameter information to the terminal through a preset signaling message; and

setting the parameter information in correspondence with at least one of a resource parameter of a preset transmission resource and the preset transmission resource.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method comprises sending the parameter information to the terminal through a preset signaling message, wherein the preset signaling message comprises at least one of the following:

a radio resource control (RRC) layer signaling message, a media access control-control element (MAC-CE) signaling message, or a downlink control information (DCI) signaling message.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method comprises sending the parameter information to the terminal through a preset signaling message, and sending the parameter information to the terminal through the preset signaling message comprises:

carrying the parameter information in a target indication domain in the preset signaling message, and sending the preset signaling message to the terminal; wherein the target indication domain comprises at least one of a preset indication domain and a newly-added indication domain.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method comprises setting the parameter information in correspondence with at least one of a resource parameter of a preset transmission resource and the preset transmission resource, wherein the preset transmission resource comprises at least one of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource and a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) resource.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method comprises setting the parameter information in correspondence with at least one of a resource parameter of a preset transmission resource and the preset transmission resource, wherein the resource parameter of the preset transmission resource comprises at least one of the following: a repetition parameter, a time-domain frequency hopping interval, and an uplink-downlink slot structure configuration.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first indication information further indicates that the terminal, in response to determining that a window size of the time sub-window is smaller than the DMRS bundling size, adjusts the DMRS bundling size to the window size of the time sub-window after dividing the time window into the at least two time sub-windows.

8 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein the first indication information further indicates that the terminal, in response to determining that there is no available DMRS symbol in the time sub-window, supplements and transmits a target DMRS in a preset time domain resource unit in the time sub-window after adjusting the DMRS bundling size to the window size of the time sub-window.

9 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein the preset time domain resource unit comprises a first time domain resource unit or a second time domain resource unit;

wherein the first time domain resource unit comprises a preset symbol position of the target DMRS transmitted; and

the second time domain resource unit comprises a position where a M-th symbol of the target DMRS transmitted is offset by N symbol positions; wherein M and N are positive integers.

10 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein configuration information of the preset time domain resource unit is sent to the terminal through at least one of the following:

an RRC signaling message, a MAC-CE signaling message, and a DCI signaling message.

11 . A method for determining a parameter, performed by a terminal, comprising:

determining parameter information configured by a network device;

wherein the parameter information comprises at least one of the following: a window size of a time window and a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) bundling size;

wherein the window size indicates a number of first time domain resource units included in the time window; the DMRS bundling size indicates a number of second time domain resource units bundled with the DMRS; and

the window size is greater than or equal to the DMRS bundling size;

wherein after determining the parameter information configured by the network device, the method comprises:

receiving first indication information, and dividing, in response to determining that there is an unavailable interval in the time window and a duration of the unavailable interval is greater than or equal to a first preset threshold, the time window into at least two time sub-windows.

12 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein determining the parameter information configured by the network device comprises at least one of the following:

receiving the parameter information sent by the network device through a preset signaling message; or

determining the parameter information in correspondence with a resource parameter of a preset transmission resource and/or the preset transmission resource.

13 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein determining the parameter information configured by the network device comprises receiving the parameter information sent by the network device through a preset signaling message, wherein receiving the parameter information sent by the network device through the preset signaling message comprises:

acquiring the parameter information carried in a target indication domain in the preset signaling message; wherein the target indication domain comprises at least one of a preset indication domain and a newly-added indication domain.

14 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein after dividing the time window into the at least two time sub-windows, the method further comprises:

adjusting, in response to determining that a window size of the time sub-window is smaller than the DMRS bundling size, the DMRS bundling size to the window size of the time sub-window.

15 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein after dividing the time window into the at least two time sub-windows, the method further comprises:

supplementing and transmitting, in response to determining that there is no available DMRS symbol in the time sub-window, a target DMRS in a preset time domain resource unit.

16 . The method according to claim 15 , wherein the preset time domain resource unit comprises a first time domain resource unit or a second time domain resource unit;

wherein the first time domain resource unit comprises a preset symbol position of the target DMRS transmitted; and

the second time domain resource unit comprises a position where a M-th symbol of the target DMRS transmitted is offset by N symbol positions; wherein M and N are positive integers.

17 . The method according to claim 15 , wherein configuration information of the preset time domain resource unit is preset or acquired from at least one of the following signaling messages sent by the network device: an RRC signaling message, a MAC-CE signaling message, and a DCI signaling message.

18 . An electronic device comprising: a memory, a processor, 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 processor is configured to:

configure parameter information for a terminal; wherein the parameter information comprises at least one of the following: a window size of a time window and a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) bundling size;

wherein the window size indicates a number of first time domain resource units included in the time window; the DMRS bundling size indicates a number of second time domain resource units bundled with the DMRS; and

the window size is greater than or equal to the DMRS bundling size;

wherein the parameter information further comprises first indication information;

wherein the first indication information indicates that the terminal, in response to determining that there is an unavailable interval in the time window and a duration of the unavailable interval is greater than or equal to a first preset threshold, divides the time window into at least two time sub-windows.

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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2023
From: LIU, YANG
To: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
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