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Granted Patent B2
US 11,425,756 · App. 16/324,771 · Granted Aug 23, 2022

Data transmission method and apparatus

Inventors: Xincai Li (Shenzhen, CN); Yajun Zhao (Shenzhen, CN); Ling Yang (Shenzhen, CN); Hanqing Xu (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
H04W74/0833H04B7/0452H04W72/044H04W72/12
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Patent No.
US 11,425,756
App. No.
16/324,771
Granted
Aug 23, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a data transmission method, including: determining, on pre-divided contention access-based resources for data transmission, contention resources for data transmission; and performing resource contention on determined contention resources, and transmitting data on the resource obtained by the contention.

Claims (51)

1. A data transmission method, comprising:

determining, on pre-divided contention access-based resources for data transmission, contention resources for data transmission; and

performing resource contention on determined contention resources, and transmitting data on the resource obtained by the contention;

wherein the performing the resource contention on the determined contention resources is implemented according to a predefined rule;

wherein the predefined rule comprises at least one of:

transmitting a Scheduling Request (SR) in a resource contention-based mode, and if scheduling indication information is received, transmitting the data according to the scheduling indication information;

transmitting a data packet for the first time in the resource contention-based mode, and retransmitting the data packet according to a scheduling access mode; or

when a data packet is less than or equal to a threshold, transmitting the data packet in the resource contention-based mode, and when the data packet is greater than the threshold, transmitting buffer status information to a network side to receive resource indication information for scheduling access allocation.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining the contention resources for data transmission is implemented by any one of following manners:

determining the contention resources for data transmission by first reading declarative information of occupied resource or indication information of occupied resource transmitted by other equipment; or

determining the contention resources for data transmission according to configuration information or dynamic signaling in a radio resource control (RRC) message of a base station.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein

the dynamic signaling comprises: predefined downlink control information (DCI) that is scrambled by a radio network temporary identity or a specific information identity; or group scheduling DCI that is scrambled by a specific radio network temporary identity or a specific information identity.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the transmitting the data on the resource obtained by contention comprises:

transmitting the data directly on the resource obtained by contention; or

receiving usage information of the contention resource transmitted by other UE firstly, and then selecting remaining contention resource to directly transmit the data.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, when the resource contention is performed on an unlicensed carrier, the transmitting the data on the resource obtained by contention comprises:

detecting whether an energy of a signal on the carrier is less than a threshold, if the energy is less than the threshold, transmitting the data directly; and if the threshold is greater than or equal to the threshold, performing a signal identification to identify whether the carrier is being used by a UE in present cell, if yes, transmitting the data on the carrier, and if not, transmitting no data.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, a subframe structure of the transmitted data comprises any of followings:

one subframe, comprising a control area and a data area; or

one subframe, comprising a preamble, a signaling area and a data area.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein,

the preamble is used to perform uplink synchronization, channel estimation or occupancy indication; and the control area or the signaling area or the data area carries identification information of a terminal.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, the transmitting the data on the resource obtained by contention comprises:

transmitting data of m subframes continuously, wherein, m is greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to k, and k is a predefined value or a semi-statically configured value.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the transmitting the data on the resource obtained by contention is implemented by any of following manners:

using different frequency resources with other UE in the same cell by means of frequency division multiplexing (FDM); or

using same frequency resource with other UE in the same cell simultaneously by means of Multi-User Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MU-MIMO); or

using same frequency resource with other UE in the same cell simultaneously by means of Non-orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA); or

using same frequency resource with other UE with same operator.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein,

the contention resource is a specific resource or a resource shared by multiple equipment.

11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, the performing the resource contention on the determined contention resources is further implemented by any of following manners:

according to a network side configuration;

according to a signaling indication; or

according to a network side configuration and a signaling indication.

12. A data transmission apparatus, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory for storing instructions executable by the processor;

wherein the processor is configured to:

determine, on pre-divided grant-fee contention access-based resources for data transmission, contention resources for data transmission; and

perform resource contention on determined contention resources, and transmitting the data on the resource obtained by the contention;

wherein the processor is further configured to perform the resource contention on the determined contention resources according to a predefined rule;

wherein the predefined rule comprises at least one of:

transmitting a Scheduling Request (SR) in a resource contention-based mode, and if scheduling indication information is received, transmitting the data according to the scheduling indication information;

transmitting a data packet for the first time in the resource contention-based mode, and retransmitting the data packet according to a scheduling access mode; or

when a data packet is less than or equal to a threshold, transmitting the data packet in the resource contention-based mode, and when the data packet is greater than the threshold, transmitting buffer status information to a network side to receive resource indication information for scheduling access allocation.

13. The method according to claim 1 , wherein,

the contention resources comprises: consecutive M physical resource blocks (RBs); consecutive N resource particles; K interleaving units; L narrow bands; or P clusters, wherein, M, N, K, L, P are positive integers greater than or equal to 1 and less than a predefined value.

14. The apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein,

the contention resources comprises: consecutive M physical resource blocks (RBs); consecutive N resource particles; K interleaving units; L narrow bands; or P clusters, wherein, M, N, K, L, P are positive integers greater than or equal to 1 and less than a predefined value.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 11, 2019
From: LI, XINCAI; ZHAO, YAJUN; YANG, LING; XU, HANQING
To: ZTE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048296/0631 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201610658762.X · Aug 11, 2016 · national
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