IP Library Granted Patent US 11,476,972
Granted Patent B2
US 11,476,972 · App. 16/874,166 · Granted Oct 18, 2022

Uplink control information transmission method and device

Inventors: Shengyu Li (Beijing, CN); Yongxia Lyu (Ottawa, CA); Jiafeng Shao (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
H04L1/0004H04W72/042H04W72/0413H04W72/1273H04W80/08
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Patent No.
US 11,476,972
App. No.
16/874,166
Granted
Oct 18, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An uplink control information transmission method and a device. The method includes obtaining a first modulation and coding scheme offset value used to multiplex first uplink control information on a physical uplink shared channel, where the first modulation and coding scheme offset value is less than 1, and mapping, according to the first modulation and coding scheme offset value, the first uplink control information to a resource for the physical uplink shared channel, to transmit the first uplink control information to a network device using the resource for the physical uplink shared channel.

Claims (37)

1. A method for uplink control information transmission, comprising:

obtaining, from a network device, a first modulation and coding scheme offset value used to multiplex first uplink control information and a second modulation and coding scheme offset value used to multiplex second uplink control information, respectively, on a physical uplink shared channel, wherein the first modulation and coding scheme offset value is less than 1, and the second modulation and coding scheme offset value is greater than or equal to 1, wherein the obtaining the first modulation and coding scheme offset value comprises receiving a first downlink control information from the network device, wherein the first downlink control information is associated with scheduling of at least one of the physical uplink shared channel or the first uplink control information, and wherein a resource for the physical uplink shared channel overlaps, in a time domain, with an uplink control channel resource that carries the first uplink control information; and

mapping, respectively, according to the first modulation and coding scheme offset value and the second modulation and coding scheme offset value, the first uplink control information and the second uplink control information to the resource for the physical uplink shared channel, to transmit the first uplink control information and the second uplink control information to the network device using the resource for the physical uplink shared channel;

wherein the obtaining the first modulation and coding scheme offset value comprises determining the first modulation and coding scheme offset value according to a format of the first downlink control information by determining, in response to the first downlink control information being compact downlink control information, that the first modulation and coding scheme offset value is a first preset value, wherein the first preset value is a value configured using at least one of higher layer signaling or a predefined value.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

determining a format of the first downlink control information according to at least one of a quantity of bits in the first downlink control information, indication information of at least one preset bit field in the first downlink control information, or a type of search space that carries the first downlink control information.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the obtaining the second modulation and coding scheme offset value comprises:

receiving higher layer signaling from the network device, wherein the higher layer signaling indicates the second modulation and coding scheme offset value used to multiplex the second uplink control information on the physical uplink shared channel; and

obtaining, according to the higher layer signaling, the second modulation and coding scheme offset value used to multiplex the second uplink control information on the physical uplink shared channel.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the obtaining the second modulation and coding scheme offset value comprises:

receiving at least one piece of second downlink control information from the network device, wherein the at least one piece of second downlink control information is associated with scheduling of at least one of a physical downlink shared channel and the second uplink control information, and wherein the resource for the physical uplink shared channel overlaps, in a time domain, with an uplink control channel resource that carries the second uplink control information; and

obtaining, according to the at least one piece of second downlink control information, the second modulation and coding scheme offset value used to multiplex the second uplink control information on the physical uplink shared channel.

5. A method for uplink control information transmission, comprising:

sending a first modulation and coding scheme offset value used to multiplex first uplink control information and a second modulation and coding scheme offset value used to multiplex second uplink control information to a terminal device, wherein the first modulation and coding scheme offset value is less than 1, and the second modulation and coding scheme offset value is greater than or equal to 1, wherein the sending a first modulation and coding scheme offset value comprises sending first downlink control information to the terminal device, wherein the first downlink control information is associated with scheduling of at least one of a physical uplink shared channel or the first uplink control information, and wherein a resource for the physical uplink shared channel overlaps, in a time domain, an uplink control channel resource that carries the first uplink control information, and wherein a format of the first downlink control information indicates the first modulation and coding scheme offset value; and

receiving, from the terminal device, the first uplink control information and the second uplink control information on the physical uplink shared channel according to the first modulation and coding scheme offset value and the second modulation and coding scheme offset value, wherein a receiving time difference between the first downlink control information and at least one piece of second downlink control information indicates the second modulation and coding scheme offset value.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the sending a second modulation and coding scheme offset value comprises performing at least one of:

sending higher layer signaling to the terminal device, wherein the higher layer signaling indicates the second modulation and coding scheme offset value used to multiplex the second uplink control information on the physical uplink shared channel; or

sending at least one piece of second downlink control information to the terminal device, wherein the at least one piece of second downlink control information indicates the second modulation and coding scheme offset value used to multiplex the second uplink control information on the physical uplink shared channel.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein a format of the at least one piece of second downlink control information indicates the second modulation and coding scheme offset value used to multiplex the second uplink control information on the physical uplink shared channel.

8. A communications device, comprising:

a communications interface;

a processor; and

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having a program stored thereon for execution by the processor, the program including instructions for:

obtaining, from a network device, a first modulation and coding scheme offset value used to multiplex first uplink control information and a second modulation and coding scheme offset value used to multiplex second uplink control information, respectively, on a physical uplink shared channel, wherein the first modulation and coding scheme offset value is less than 1, and the second modulation and coding scheme offset value is greater than or equal to 1, wherein the obtaining the first modulation and coding scheme offset value comprises receiving first downlink control information, wherein the first downlink control information is associated with scheduling of at least one of the physical uplink shared channel or the first uplink control information, and wherein a resource for the physical uplink shared channel overlaps, in a time domain, with an uplink control channel resource that carries the first uplink control information; and

mapping, respectively, according to the first modulation and coding scheme offset value and the second modulation and coding scheme offset value, the first uplink control information and the second uplink control information to the resource for the physical uplink shared channel, to transmit the first uplink control information and the second uplink control information to the network device using the resource for the physical uplink shared channel;

wherein the instructions for obtaining the first modulation and coding scheme offset value include instructions for determining the first modulation and coding scheme offset value according to a format of the first downlink control information by determining, in response to the first downlink control information being compact downlink control information, that the first modulation and coding scheme offset value is a first preset value, wherein the first preset value is a value configured using at least one of higher layer signaling or a predefined value.

9. The communications device according to claim 8 , wherein the program further includes instructions for:

determining a format of the first downlink control information according to at least one of a quantity of bits in the first downlink control information, indication information of at least one preset bit field in the first downlink control information, or a type of search space that carries the first downlink control information.

10. The communications device according to claim 8 , wherein the instructions for obtaining the second modulation and coding scheme offset value include instructions for:

receiving higher layer signaling, wherein the higher layer signaling indicates the second modulation and coding scheme offset value used to multiplex the second uplink control information on the physical uplink shared channel; and

wherein the program further includes instructions for obtaining, according to the higher layer signaling, the second modulation and coding scheme offset value used to multiplex the second uplink control information on the physical uplink shared channel.

11. The communications device according to claim 8 , wherein the instructions for obtaining the second modulation and coding scheme offset value include instructions for:

receiving at least one piece of second downlink control information, wherein the at least one piece of second downlink control information is associated with scheduling of a physical downlink shared channel and the second uplink control information, and wherein the resource for the physical uplink shared channel overlaps, in a time domain, an uplink control channel resource that carries the second uplink control information; and

wherein the program further includes instructions for obtaining, according to the at least one piece of second downlink control information, the second modulation and coding scheme offset value used to multiplex the second uplink control information on the physical uplink shared channel.

12. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first modulation and coding scheme offset value and the second modulation and coding scheme offset value are respectively associated with a reliability requirement for transmitting the first uplink control information.

13. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the first modulation and coding scheme offset value and the second modulation and coding scheme offset value are respectively associated with a reliability requirement for transmitting the first uplink control information.

14. The communications device according to claim 8 , wherein the first modulation and coding scheme offset value and the second modulation and coding scheme offset value are respectively associated with a reliability requirement for transmitting the first uplink control information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 14, 2020
From: LI, SHENGYU; LYU, YONGXIA; SHAO, JIAFENG
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053199/0584 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201711164924.5 · Nov 17, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
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