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US 10,903,971 · App. 16/559,770 · Granted Jan 26, 2021

System and method for indicating occupation of service resources via an indication channel

Inventor: Xiaofeng Liu (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: China Academy of Information and Communications Technology
H04L5/0094H04L5/0005H04L5/0042H04L5/0064
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Patent No.
US 10,903,971
App. No.
16/559,770
Granted
Jan 26, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and apparatus for indicating occupation of resources through an indication channel, and a storage medium. The method includes, through pre-configuring, a time domain indication and a frequency domain indication for indicating the occupation of the second service resources by the first service through an indication channel. As few K+S bits as possible indicate a position for the transmission of the first service, the duration of the first service, and resource occupation by the first service in the frequency domain. This reduces the impact of the first service on the second service and the overhead of the indication channel for the transmission of the first service while ensuring the transmission of the first service.

Claims (27)

1. A method for indicating occupation of service resources through an indication channel, comprising:

configuring, by a gNodeB, a time domain indication and a frequency domain indication for indicating occupation of a second service by a first service through an indication channel, wherein, for the time domain indication, S bits indicate that 2 S −1 possible symbol positions within the second service are allocated to the first service, and K−S bits represent duration of the first service; for the frequency domain indication, T bits represent 2 T occupation states of the second service, and the i th occupation state represents that ½ i-1 of frequency domain resources are occupied, K is the number of bits for the time domain indication, S is an integer larger than 0 and smaller than K, T is the number of bits for the frequency domain indication, and i is an integer larger than 0 and smaller than or equal to 2 T ;

when transmitting the first service during transmission of the second service, determining a symbol position for the transmission of the first service in the time domain, wherein the symbol position is closest to transmission time of the first service among the 2 S −1 possible symbol positions, and determining an occupation state of the frequency domain resources according to an amount of data of the first service;

transmitting information of the indication channel for the first service, which includes: according to the configured time domain indication, determining that S bits represent the symbol position closest to the transmission time of the first service, and determining that K−S bits represent the duration of the first service, and according to the configured frequency domain indication, determining that T bits represent the occupation state that the frequency domain resources are occupied by the first service; and

when receiving the information of the indication channel for the first service, parsing, by a User Equipment (UE), contents of the first service according to the time domain indication and the frequency domain indication for indicating the occupation of the second service by the first service through the indication channel that are stored locally,

wherein when T is equal to 2, there are four occupation states of the second service, and the four occupation states of the second service comprise an occupation state that all of the frequency domain resources are occupied, an occupation state that ½ of the frequency domain resources are occupied, an occupation state that ¼ of the frequency domain resources are occupied and an occupation state that ⅛ of the frequency domain resources are occupied, and are represented with 00, 01, 10 and 11 respectively.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein S represents the first S consecutive bits or the last S consecutive bits of K bits.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein when K is equal to 3 and S is equal to 2, three possible symbol positions within the second service is allocated to the first service; wherein the three symbol positions comprise the 2 nd symbol, the 4 th symbol and the 6 th symbol, the 2 nd symbol is represented with 00, the 4 th symbol is represented with 01 and the 6 th symbol is represented with 10.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein when K is equal to 2 and S is equal to 1, one possible symbol position within the second service is allocated to the first service; wherein the symbol position is the 4 th symbol, and the 4 th symbol is represented with 0.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein when T is equal to 1, there are two occupation states of the second service, and the two occupation states of the second service comprise an occupation state that all of the frequency domain resources are occupied and an occupation state that ½ of the frequency domain resources are occupied, and are represented with 0 and 1 respectively.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein a occupation position of frequency domain resources is determined according to a system default frequency scheduling order.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the time domain indication and the frequency domain indication for indicating the occupation of the second service by the first service through the indication channel are configured and stored locally by the UE, or is received from the gNodeB and is stored by the UE.

8. An apparatus for indicating occupation of resources through an indication channel, comprising:

one or more storages, and

one or more processors; wherein

the one or more storages store one or more instruction modules, configured to be executed by the one or more processors; and

the one or more instruction modules comprise:

a configuring unit, configured to configure a time domain indication and a frequency domain indication for indicating occupation of a second service by a first service through an indication channel, wherein, for the time domain indication, S bits indicate that 2 S −1 possible symbol positions within the second service are allocated to the first service, and K−S bits represent duration of the first service; for the frequency domain indication, T bits represent 2 T occupation states of the second service, and the i th occupation state represents that ½ 11 of frequency domain resources are occupied; K is the number of bits for the time domain indication, S is an integer larger than 0 and smaller than K, T is the number of bits for the frequency domain indication, and i is an integer larger than 0 and smaller than or equal to 2 T ; and

a transmitting unit, configured to, when transmitting the first service during transmission of the second service, determine a symbol position for the transmission of the first service in the time domain, wherein the symbol position is closest to transmission time of the first service among the 2 S −1 possible symbol positions, and determine an occupation state of the frequency domain resources according to an amount of data of the first service; transmit the information of the indication channel for the first service, which includes: according to the configured time domain indication, determining that S bits represent the symbol position closest to the transmission time of the first service, and determining that K−S bits represent the duration of the first service; and according to the configured frequency domain indication, determining that T bits represent the occupation state that the frequency domain resources are occupied by the first service; enable a User Equipment (UE) to, when receiving information of the indication channel for the first service, parse contents of the first service according to the time domain indication and the frequency domain indication for indicating the occupation of the second service by the first service through the indication channel that are stored locally,

wherein when T is equal to 2, there are four occupation states of the second service, and the four occupation states of the second service comprise an occupation state that all of the frequency domain resources are occupied, an occupation state that ½ of the frequency domain resources are occupied, an occupation state that ¼ of the frequency domain resources are occupied and an occupation state that ⅛ of the frequency domain resources are occupied, and are represented with 00, 01, 10 and 11 respectively.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein S represents the first S consecutive bits or the last S consecutive bits of K bits.

10. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein when K is equal to 3 and S is equal to 2, three possible symbol positions within the second service are allocated to the first service; wherein the three symbol positions comprise the 2 nd symbol, the 4 th symbol and the 6th symbol, the 2 nd symbol is represented with 00, the 4 th symbol is represented with 01 and the 6 th symbol is represented with 10.

11. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein when K is equal to 2 and S is equal to 1, one possible symbol position within the second service is allocated to the first service; wherein the symbol position is the 4 th symbol, and the 4 th symbol is represented with 0.

12. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein when T is equal to 1, there are two occupation states of the second service, and the two occupation states of the second service comprise an occupation state that all of the frequency domain resources are occupied and an occupation state that ½ of the frequency domain resources are occupied and are represented with 0 and 1 respectively.

13. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein a occupation position of frequency domain resources is determined according to a system default frequency scheduling order.

14. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the time domain indication and the frequency domain indication for indicating the occupation of the second service resources by the first service through the indication channel are configured and stored locally by the UE, or is received from a gNodeB and is stored by the UE.

15. A non-transitory storage medium storing computer-readable instructions which, when executed by at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to perform the method claimed by any of claims 1 - 5 or 6 - 7 .

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 050257 FRAME 0842. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Sep 9, 2019
From: LIU, XIAOFENG
To: CHINA ACADEMY OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
Reel/Frame 050312/0909 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 4, 2019
From: LIU, XIAOFENG
To: CHNA ACADEMY OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
Reel/Frame 050257/0842 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2017 1 0159371 · Mar 17, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2017115852 · Dec 13, 2017
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