Method and device for narrowband allocation, and method and device for acquiring narrowband allocation

1. A method for narrowband allocation, comprising:

allocating at least one narrowband to a User Equipment (UE), wherein at least one Physical Resource Block (PRB) contained in each of the at least one narrowband is not overlapped, or at least one PRB contained in part or all of the at least one narrowband is partially overlapped;

wherein when one of the at least one narrowband is a downlink narrowband but not a downlink central narrowband or one of the at least one narrowband is an uplink narrowband, a PRB index interval of one of the at least one narrowband is one of the following:

[k×G, k×G+5];

[k×G−6, k×G−1];

[k×G−1, k×G+4];

[N RB −N RB modG−a×G, N RB −1];

wherein Gϵ{2,3,4}, aϵ{0,1,2,}, N RB is a number of PRBs corresponding to a system bandwidth, a PRB index, for downlink, in the PRB index interval refers to the PRB index obtained by numbering, starting from zero, PRBs in the system bandwidth according to an ascending order from lowest frequency to highest frequency, and a PRB index, for uplink, in the PRB index interval refers to the PRB index obtained by numbering, starting from zero, PRBs in a Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) bandwidth of a cell according to an ascending order from lowest frequency to highest frequency, and k is a non-negative integer.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein when one of the at least one narrowband is a downlink central narrowband and N RB is an odd number, a PRB index interval of the downlink central narrowband is one of the following:

[( N RB −1)/2−2,( N RB −1)/2+2];

[( N RB −1)/2−3,( N RB −1)/2+3];

[( N RB −1)/2−3,( N RB −1)/2+2];

[( N RB −1)/2−2,( N RB −1)/2+3];

or when N RB is an even number, a PRB index interval of the central narrowband is: [N RB /2−3, N RB /2+2];

wherein N RB is a number of PRBs corresponding to a system bandwidth, and a PRB index in the PRB index interval refers to the PRB index obtained by numbering, starting from zero, PRBs in a downlink system bandwidth according to an ascending order from lowest frequency to highest frequency.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein when one of the at least one narrowband is a downlink narrowband but not a downlink central narrowband, a value of G is associated with the system bandwidth.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3 , wherein under the condition that one of the at least one narrowband is a downlink non-central narrowband, when a number of PRBs corresponding to the system bandwidth belongs to PRB index interval [ 11 , 26 ], G=2 or when a number of PRBs corresponding to the system bandwidth belongs to PRB index interval [ 27 , 63 ], G=3, or when a number of PRBs corresponding to the system bandwidth belongs to PRB index interval [ 64 , 110 ], G=4.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein when G=4, multiple narrowbands allocated to the UE comprise at least one narrowband group, wherein each narrowband group consists of two successive narrowbands, each of the two successive narrowbands contains six successive PRBs, PRBs contained in the two successive narrowbands are not overlapped, and a PRB index interval of each narrowband group is [4×n, 4×n+11], n being a non-negative integer.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein under the condition that the at least one PRB contained in part or all of the multiple narrowbands are partially overlapped, control information is mapped to part or all of resources of overlapped PRBs.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein when one of the at least one narrowband is a downlink narrowband, contents transmitted by the downlink narrowband comprise at least one of the following: downlink control information, and downlink data;

or when one of the at least one narrowband is an uplink narrowband, contents transmitted by the uplink narrowband comprise at least one of the following:

a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH);

a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH); and

a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH).

8. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an allocation mode of the at least one narrowband comprises one of the following:

a pre-defined allocation mode; and

an evolved Node B (eNB) notification-based allocation mode.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an eNB notification-based allocation mode comprises one of the following:

an eNB performs notification by using cell-specific information; and

an eNB performs notification by using UE-specific information.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the eNB or the UE sends downlink or uplink information on the at least one narrowband in a frequency hopping manner.

11. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the eNB instructs the UE to allocate sub-frame information corresponding to the at least one narrowband.

12. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a Precoding Block Group (PRG) is determined by one of the at least one narrowband.

13. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein in one of the at least one narrowband, every X successive PRBs, starting from a first PRB, constitute a PRG, when a modulus of M over X is greater than zero, a size of the last PRG is:

M−X└M/X┘, wherein └•┘ is representative of rounding down to an integer, the first PRB is a PRB having lowest frequency or a PRB having highest frequency, and M is a number of PRBs contained in one of the at least one narrowband.

14. The method as claimed in claim 13 , wherein factors for determining X comprise at least one of the following: a number of PRBs contained in one of the at least one narrowband, and a number of PRBs contained in a sub-band, corresponding to a system bandwidth where one of the at least one narrowband is located, for reporting a Channel Status Indicator (CSI).

15. The method as claimed in claim 13 , wherein X satisfies one of the following conditions:

condition 1: Xϵ{1, 2, 3, 4};

condition 2: X is M/2 or rounding down M/2 to an integer, or a positive integer smaller than or equal to M/2;

condition 3: X is smaller than or equal to S/2 or rounding down S/2 to an integer, or a positive integer smaller than or equal to S/2, wherein S is the number of the PRBs contained in the sub-band, corresponding to the system bandwidth where one of the at least one narrowband is located, for reporting a CSI; and

condition 4: X obtained by any two of the condition 1, the condition 2 and the condition 3 is endowed with a maximum value.

16. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a PRB index interval of one of the at least one narrowband is one of the following:

[n offset +6k,n offset +6k+5],[N RB −6−n offset −6k,N RB −1−n offset −6k];

wherein N RB is a number of PRBs corresponding to a system bandwidth, a PRB index in the PRB index interval refers to the PRB index obtained by numbering, starting from zero, PRBs in the system bandwidth according to an ascending order from lowest frequency to highest frequency, n offset is a preset value or a value configured by an eNB, and k is a non-negative integer.

17. A method for acquiring narrowband allocation, comprising:

acquiring at least one narrowband allocated by an evolved Node B (eNB), wherein at least one Physical Resource Block (PRB) contained in each of the at least one narrowband is not overlapped, or at least one PRB contained in part or all of the at least one narrowband is partially overlapped;

wherein when one of the at least one narrowband is a downlink narrowband but not a downlink central narrowband or one of the at least one narrowband is an uplink narrowband, a PRB index interval of one of the at least one narrowband is one of the following:

[k×G, k×G+5];

[k×G−6, k×G−1];

[k×G−1, k×G+4];

[N RB −N RB modG−a×G, N RB −1];

wherein Gϵ{2,3,4}, aϵ{0,1,2}, N RB is a number of PRBs corresponding to a system bandwidth, a PRB index, for downlink, in the PRB index interval refers to the PRB index obtained by numbering, starting from zero, PRBs in the system bandwidth according to an ascending order from lowest frequency to highest frequency, and a PRB index, for uplink, in the PRB index interval refers to the PRB index obtained by numbering, starting from zero, PRBs in a Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) bandwidth of a cell according to an ascending order from lowest frequency to highest frequency, and k is a non-negative integer.

18. A device for narrowband allocation, comprising a hardware processor configured to execute program units stored on a memory, the program units comprising:

an allocation component to allocate at least one narrowband to a User Equipment (UE), wherein at least one Physical Resource Block (PRB) contained in each of the at least one narrowband is not overlapped, or at least one PRB contained in part or all of the at least one narrowband is partially overlapped;

wherein when one of the at least one narrowband is a downlink narrowband but not a downlink central narrowband or one of the at least one narrowband is an uplink narrowband, a PRB index interval of one of the at least one narrowband is one of the following:

[k×G, k×G+5];

[k×G−6, k×G−1];

[k×G−1, k×G+4];

[N RB −N RB modG−a×G, N RB −1];

wherein Gϵ{2,3,4}, aϵ{0,1,2}, N RB is a number of PRBs corresponding to a system bandwidth, a PRB index, for downlink, in the PRB index interval refers to the PRB index obtained by numbering, starting from zero, PRBs in the system bandwidth according to an ascending order from lowest frequency to highest frequency, and a PRB index, for uplink, in the PRB index interval refers to the PRB index obtained by numbering, starting from zero, PRBs in a Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) bandwidth of a cell according to an ascending order from lowest frequency to highest frequency, and k is a non-negative integer.

19. A device for acquiring narrowband allocation, comprising a hardware processor configured to execute program units stored on a memory, the program units comprising:

an acquisition component to acquire at least one narrowband allocated by an evolved Node B (eNB), wherein at least one Physical Resource Block (PRB) contained in each of the at least one narrowband is not overlapped, or at least one PRB contained in part or all of the at least one narrowband is partially overlapped;

wherein when one of the at least one narrowband is a downlink narrowband but not a downlink central narrowband or one of the at least one narrowband is an uplink narrowband, a PRB index interval of one of the at least one narrowband is one of the following:

[k×G, k×G+5];

[k×G−6, k×G−1];

[k×G−1, k×G+4];

[N RB −N RB modG−a×G, N RB -1];

wherein Gϵ{2,3,4}, aϵ{0,1,2}, N RB is a number of PRBs corresponding to a system bandwidth, a PRB index, for downlink, in the PRB index interval refers to the PRB index obtained by numbering, starting from zero, PRBs in the system bandwidth according to an ascending order from lowest frequency to highest frequency, and a PRB index, for uplink, in the PRB index interval refers to the PRB index obtained by numbering, starting from zero, PRBs in a Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) bandwidth of a cell according to an ascending order from lowest frequency to highest frequency, and k is a non-negative integer.