Data transmission method and apparatus

1. A data transmission apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor; and

a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium coupled to the at least one processor and storing programming instructions for execution by the at least one processor, the programming instructions instruct the at least one processor to:

cause the data transmission apparatus to receive, from a network device, indication information indicating a data distribution manner selected from a first data distribution manner and a second data distribution manner;

cause the data transmission apparatus to perform data transmission with the network device according to the data distribution manner indicated by the indication information;

wherein the data distribution manner indicating a distribution of modulation symbols of a code block (CB) on one or more orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols of at least one resource unit, the one or more OFDM symbols are consecutive in time-domain,

and wherein a first modulation symbol of the modulation symbols is located on one of the one or more OFDM symbols associated with a first OFDM symbol index, a second modulation symbol of the modulation symbols is located on one of the one or more OFDM symbols associated with a second OFDM symbol index, the first OFDM symbol index is smaller than or equal to the second OFDM symbol index when a first location index associated with the first modulation symbol is smaller than a second location index associated with the second location index; and wherein modulation symbols distributed on a same OFDM symbol of the one or more OFDM symbols are interleaved in frequency-domain according to the first data distribution manner and are not interleaved in the frequency-domain according to the second data distribution manner.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the indication information is downlink control information.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the modulation symbols distributed on the same OFDM symbol are arranged in a sequence that corresponding location indexes associated with the modulation symbols are in an increasing order according to the second data distribution manner.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the second data distribution manner is obtained by mapping at least a portion of the modulation symbols of the CB to one of the one or more OFDM symbols.

5. The apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the second data distribution manner is further obtained by mapping the remaining portion of the modulation symbols of the CB to a next OFDM symbol of the one or more OFDM symbols when subcarriers of the one of the one or more OFDM symbols are fully filled after mapping the at least a portion of the modulation symbols.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first data distribution manner is obtained by:

mapping at least a portion of the modulation symbols of the CB to one of the one or more OFDM symbols;

mapping the remaining portion of the modulation symbols of the CB to a next OFDM symbol of the one or more OFDM symbols when subcarriers of the one of the one or more OFDM symbols are fully filled after mapping the at least a portion of the modulation symbols; and

interleaving modulation symbols distributed on a same OFDM symbol of the one or more OFDM symbols in frequency-domain.

7. A terminal device, comprising:

a transceiver; and

at least one processor connected to the transceiver; wherein,

the transceiver is configured to:

receive, from a network device, indication information indicating a data distribution manner selected from a first data distribution manner and a second data distribution manner;

perform data transmission with the network device according to the data distribution manner indicated by the indication information;

wherein the data distribution manner indicating a distribution of modulation symbols of a code block (CB) on one or more orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols of at least one resource unit, the one or more OFDM symbols are consecutive in time-domain,

and wherein a first modulation symbol of the modulation symbols is located on one of the one or more OFDM symbols associated with a first OFDM symbol index, a second modulation symbol of the modulation symbols is located on one of the one or more OFDM symbols associated with a second OFDM symbol index, the first OFDM symbol index is smaller than or equal to the second OFDM symbol index when a first location index associated with the first modulation symbol is smaller than a second location index associated with the second location index; and wherein modulation symbols distributed on a same OFDM symbol of the one or more OFDM symbols are interleaved in frequency-domain according to the first data distribution manner and are not interleaved in the frequency-domain according to the second data distribution manner.

8. The terminal device according to claim 7 , wherein the indication information is downlink control information.

9. The terminal device according to claim 7 , wherein the modulation symbols distributed on the same OFDM symbol are arranged in a sequence that corresponding location indexes associated with the modulation symbols are in an increasing order according to the second data distribution manner.

10. The terminal device according to claim 9 , wherein the second data distribution manner is obtained by mapping at least a portion of the modulation symbols of the CB to one of the one or more OFDM symbols.

11. The terminal device according to claim 10 , wherein the second data distribution manner is further obtained by mapping the remaining portion of the modulation symbols of the CB to a next OFDM symbol of the one or more OFDM symbols when subcarriers of the one of the one or more OFDM symbols are fully filled after mapping the at least a portion of the modulation symbols.

12. The terminal device according to claim 7 , wherein the first data distribution manner is obtained by:

mapping at least a portion of the modulation symbols of the CB to one of the one or more OFDM symbols;

mapping the remaining portion of the modulation symbols of the CB to a next OFDM symbol of the one or more OFDM symbols when subcarriers of the one of the one or more OFDM symbols are fully filled after mapping the at least a portion of the modulation symbols; and

interleaving modulation symbols distributed on a same OFDM symbol of the one or more OFDM symbols in frequency-domain.

13. A data transmission method, comprising:

receiving, by a data transmission apparatus, indication information from a network device, wherein the indication information indicates a data distribution manner selected from a first data distribution manner and a second data distribution manner;

performing, by the data transmission apparatus, data transmission with the network device according to the data distribution manner indicated by the indication information;

wherein the data distribution manner indicating a distribution of modulation symbols of a code block (CB) on one or more orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols of at least one resource unit, the one or more OFDM symbols are consecutive in time-domain,

and wherein a first modulation symbol of the modulation symbols is located on one of the one or more OFDM symbols associated with a first OFDM symbol index, a second modulation symbol of the modulation symbols is located on one of the one or more OFDM symbols associated with a second OFDM symbol index, the first OFDM symbol index is smaller than or equal to the second OFDM symbol index when a first location index associated with the first modulation symbol is smaller than a second location index associated with the second location index; and wherein modulation symbols distributed on a same OFDM symbol of the one or more OFDM symbols are interleaved in frequency-domain according to the first data distribution manner and are not interleaved in the frequency-domain according to the second data distribution manner.

14. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the indication information is downlink control information.

15. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the modulation symbols distributed on the same OFDM symbol are arranged in a sequence that corresponding location indexes associated with the modulation symbols are in an increasing order according to the second data distribution manner.

16. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the second data distribution manner is obtained by mapping at least a portion of the modulation symbols of the CB to one of the one or more OFDM symbols.

17. The method according to claim 16 , wherein the second data distribution manner is further obtained by mapping the remaining portion of the modulation symbols of the CB to a next OFDM symbol of the one or more OFDM symbols when subcarriers of the one of the one or more OFDM symbols are fully filled after mapping the at least a portion of the modulation symbols.

18. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the first data distribution manner is obtained by:

mapping at least a portion of the modulation symbols of the CB to one of the one or more OFDM symbols;

mapping the remaining portion of the modulation symbols of the CB to a next OFDM symbol of the one or more OFDM symbols when subcarriers of the one of the one or more OFDM symbols are fully filled after mapping the at least a portion of the modulation symbols; and

interleaving modulation symbols distributed on a same OFDM symbol of the one or more OFDM symbols in frequency-domain.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium coupled to one or more computers and configured with instructions executable by the one or more computers to:

receive, by the one or more computers, indication information from a network device, wherein the indication information indicates a data distribution manner selected from a first data distribution manner and a second data distribution manner;

perform, by the one or more computers, data transmission with the network device according to the data distribution manner indicated by the indication information;

wherein the data distribution manner indicating a distribution of modulation symbols of a code block (CB) on one or more orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols of at least one resource unit, the one or more OFDM symbols are consecutive in time-domain,

and wherein a first modulation symbol of the modulation symbols is located on one of the one or more OFDM symbols associated with a first OFDM symbol index, a second modulation symbol of the modulation symbols is located on one of the one or more OFDM symbols associated with a second OFDM symbol index, the first OFDM symbol index is smaller than or equal to the second OFDM symbol index when a first location index associated with the first modulation symbol is smaller than a second location index associated with the second location index; and wherein modulation symbols distributed on a same OFDM symbol of the one or more OFDM symbols are interleaved in frequency-domain according to the first data distribution manner and are not interleaved in the frequency-domain according to the second data distribution manner.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 19 , wherein the indication information is downlink control information.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 19 , wherein the modulation symbols distributed on the same OFDM symbol are arranged in a sequence that corresponding location indexes associated with the modulation symbols are in an increasing order according to the second data distribution manner.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 21 , wherein the second data distribution manner is obtained by mapping at least a portion of the modulation symbols of the CB to one of the one or more OFDM symbols.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 22 , wherein the second data distribution manner is further obtained by mapping the remaining portion of the modulation symbols of the CB to a next OFDM symbol of the one or more OFDM symbols when subcarriers of the one of the one or more OFDM symbols are fully filled after mapping the at least a portion of the modulation symbols.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 19 , wherein the first data distribution manner is obtained by:

mapping at least a portion of the modulation symbols of the CB to one of the one or more OFDM symbols;

mapping the remaining portion of the modulation symbols of the CB to a next OFDM symbol of the one or more OFDM symbols when subcarriers of the one of the one or more OFDM symbols are fully filled after mapping the at least a portion of the modulation symbols; and

interleaving modulation symbols distributed on a same OFDM symbol of the one or more OFDM symbols in frequency-domain.