IP Library Granted Patent US 11,330,615
Granted Patent B2
US 11,330,615 · App. 16/602,531 · Granted May 10, 2022

Wireless communication method, terminal device and transmitting and receiving nodes

Inventors: Zhi Zhang (Guangdong, CN); Hai Tang (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
H04W72/1289H04W72/042H04W72/046H04W72/0446
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Patent No.
US 11,330,615
App. No.
16/602,531
Granted
May 10, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are a wireless communication method, a terminal device, and transmitting and receiving nodes. The method comprises: a terminal device receiving, in a first time domain scheduling unit, first downlink control information; and the terminal device acquiring, according to the first downlink control information, information about second downlink control information to be detected in the first time domain scheduling unit. The method, the terminal device and the transmitting and receiving nodes in the embodiments of the present application are beneficial to reduce the complexity of PDCCH detection by the terminal device.

Claims (48)

1. A method for wireless communication, comprising:

receiving, by a terminal device, first downlink control information in a first time-domain scheduling unit; and

acquiring, by the terminal device, information about second downlink control information to be detected in the first time-domain scheduling unit according to the first downlink control information,

wherein the first downlink control information and the second downlink control information are used for scheduling different data of the terminal device, respectively.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first downlink control information contains the information about the second downlink control information, and the acquiring, by the terminal device, the information about the second downlink control information to be detected in the first time-domain scheduling unit according to the first downlink control information comprises:

acquiring, by the terminal device, the information about the second downlink control information from the first downlink control information.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

detecting, by the terminal device, the second downlink control information in the first time-domain scheduling unit according to the information about the second downlink control information.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information about the second downlink control information comprises at least one of a search space of the second downlink control information, an aggregation level of the second downlink control information, a resource position of the second downlink control information, a size of the second downlink control information, a format of the second downlink control information, beam information for receiving and/or sending the second downlink control information or quasi-co-location information of the second downlink control information.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining, by the terminal device, a number N of pieces of the second downlink control information according to the information about the second downlink control information, with N being an integer, N≤(M−1), M being a number of pieces of downlink control information pre-configured by a network device for the terminal device and M being a positive integer;

if N is a positive integer, learning, by the terminal device, that N pieces of second downlink control information exist in the first time-domain scheduling unit; or

if N is equal to 0, learning, by the terminal device, that no second downlink control information exists in the first time-domain scheduling unit.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the information about the second downlink control information is a number N of pieces of the second downlink control information, or a number (N+1) of pieces of downlink control information sent by a transmission and reception point, and the downlink control information sent by the transmission and reception point comprises the first downlink control information and the second downlink control information.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, by the terminal device, instruction information sent by a network device, wherein the instruction information is used to instruct the terminal device to receive a plurality of pieces of downlink control information in the first time-domain scheduling unit.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first downlink control information and the second downlink control information are sent by different transmission and reception points.

9. A terminal device, comprising:

an input interface;

a processor; and

a memory for storing instructions executable by the processor,

wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to:

control the input interface to receive first downlink control information in a first time-domain scheduling unit; and

acquire information about second downlink control information to be detected in the first time-domain scheduling unit according to the first downlink control information,

wherein the first downlink control information and the second downlink control information are used for scheduling different data of the terminal device, respectively.

10. The terminal device of claim 9 , wherein the first downlink control information contains the information about the second downlink control information, and the processor is configured to:

acquire the information about the second downlink control information from the first downlink control information.

11. The terminal device of claim 10 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

detect the second downlink control information in the first time-domain scheduling unit according to the information about the second downlink control information.

12. The terminal device of claim 9 , wherein the information about the second downlink control information comprises at least one of a search space of the second downlink control information, an aggregation level of the second downlink control information, a resource position of the second downlink control information, a size of the second downlink control information, a format of the second downlink control information, beam information for receiving and/or sending the second downlink control information or quasi-co-location information of the second downlink control information.

13. The terminal device of claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine a number N of pieces of the second downlink control information according to the information about the second downlink control information, with N being an integer, N≤(M−1), M being a number of pieces of downlink control information pre-configured by a network device for the terminal device and M being a positive integer; and

if N is a positive integer, learn that N pieces of second downlink control information exist in the first time-domain scheduling unit, or

if N is equal to 0, learn that no second downlink control information exists in the first time-domain scheduling unit.

14. The terminal device of claim 13 , wherein the information about the second downlink control information is a number N of pieces of the second downlink control information, or a number (N+1) of pieces of downlink control information sent by a transmission and reception point, and the downlink control information sent by the transmission and reception point comprises the first downlink control information and the second downlink control information.

15. The terminal device of claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

control the input interface to receive instruction information sent by the network device, wherein the instruction information is used to instruct the terminal device to receive a plurality of pieces of downlink control information in the first time-domain scheduling unit.

16. The terminal device of claim 9 , wherein the first downlink control information and the second downlink control information are sent by different transmission and reception points.

17. A transmission and reception point, wherein the transmission and reception point is a first transmission and reception point, and the transmission and reception point comprises:

an output interface;

a processor; and

a memory for storing instructions executable by the processor,

wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to:

control the output interface to send first downlink control information to a terminal device in a first time-domain scheduling unit, wherein the first downlink control information contains information about second downlink control information to be detected by the terminal device in the first time-domain scheduling unit, and the second downlink control information is used to indicate a downlink resource allocated for second downlink data,

wherein the first downlink control information and the second downlink control information are used for scheduling different data of the terminal device, respectively.

18. The transmission and reception point of claim 17 , wherein the information about the second downlink control information comprises at least one of a search space of the second downlink control information, an aggregation level of the second downlink control information, a resource position of the second downlink control information, a size of the second downlink control information, a format of the second downlink control information, beam information for receiving and/or sending of the second downlink control information or quasi-co-location information of the second downlink control information.

19. The transmission and reception point of claim 17 , wherein the information about the second downlink control information is a number N of pieces of the second downlink control information, or a number (N+1) of pieces of downlink control information sent by at least one transmission and reception point, and at least one transmission and reception point comprises the first transmission and reception point, with N being an integer, N≤(M−1), M being a number of pieces of downlink control information pre-configured by a network device for the terminal device, and M being a positive integer.

20. The transmission and reception point of claim 17 , wherein the second downlink control information is sent by a second transmission and reception point.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 10, 2024
From: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
To: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
Reel/Frame 067060/0995 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 6, 2019
From: ZHANG, ZHI; TANG, HAI
To: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
Reel/Frame 050935/0501 →
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