IP Library Granted Patent US 11,490,399
Granted Patent B2
US 11,490,399 · App. 16/651,947 · Granted Nov 1, 2022

Scheduling request configuration method and sending method, and corresponding apparatus

Inventors: Haibo Xu (Beijing, CN); Xiao Xiao (Beijing, CN); Gaokun Pang (Shenzhen, CN); Jian Wang (Beijing, CN); Zhenzhen Cao (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
H04W72/12H04W72/0406H04W72/10H04W72/1205
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Patent No.
US 11,490,399
App. No.
16/651,947
Granted
Nov 1, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A scheduling request (SR) configuration method and sending method, and a corresponding apparatus are provided, to resolve a prior-art problem of a scheduling request configuration method and sending method, and a corresponding apparatus. The scheduling request configuration method includes: receiving, by a user equipment (UE), control signaling sent by a network device, where the control signaling is used to configure, for the UE, an SR configuration associated with at least one logical channel and at least two SR resource configurations associated with the SR configuration, and the SR resource configurations indicate physical resources used to signal an SR associated with the at least one logical channel; and signaling, by the UE based on a physical resource indicated by one of the at least two SR resource configurations, an SR associated with one of the at least one logical channel.

Claims (56)

1. A scheduling request (SR) configuration method, the method comprising:

receiving, by a user equipment (UE), control signaling from a network device, wherein the control signaling is used to configure, for the UE, a configuration of a first logical channel, an SR configuration associated with the first logical channel, and at least two SR resource configurations associated with the SR configuration, wherein the configuration of the first logical channel comprises an identifier of the SR configuration, each SR resource configuration of the at least two SR resource configurations comprises the identifier of the SR configuration, and the at least two SR resource configurations indicate physical resources used to signal an SR associated with the first logical channel; and

signaling, by the UE, an SR associated with the first logical channel based on a physical resource indicated by one of the at least two SR resource configurations.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the configuration of the first logical channel comprises a logical channel identifier.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the at least two SR resource configurations are respectively configured on different bandwidth parts (BWPs), and a first SR resource configuration of the at least two SR resource configurations indicates a physical resource for signaling an SR on a first BWP on which the first SR resource configuration is configured, and a second SR resource configuration of the at least two SR resource configurations indicates a physical resource for transmitting an SR on a second BWP on which the second SR resource configuration is configured.

4. The method according to claim 3 ,

wherein the different BWPs belong to a same serving cell.

5. The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the SR associated with the first logical channel is an SR triggered by a regular buffer status report (BSR); and

wherein the BSR is triggered due to new data reaching the first logical channel.

6. The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the SR associated with the first logical channel is an SR triggered by a regular buffer status report (BSR);

wherein the BSR is triggered by a BSR retransmission timer expiring; and

wherein the first logical channel is a logical channel with a highest priority among logical channels having available transmission data or among logical channels having available transmission data and belonging to one logical channel group.

7. An electronic device, comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory, the at least one memory comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the electronic device to:

receive control signaling from a network device, wherein the control signaling is used to configure, for the electronic device, a configuration of a first logical channel, a scheduling request (SR) configuration associated with the first logical channel, and at least two SR resource configurations associated with the SR configuration, wherein the configuration of the first logical channel comprises an identifier of the SR configuration, each SR resource configuration of the at least two SR resource configurations comprises the identifier of the SR configuration, and the at least two SR resource configurations indicate physical resources used to signal an SR associated with the first logical channel; and

signal an SR associated with the first logical channel based on a physical resource indicated by one of the at least two SR resource configurations.

8. The electronic device according to claim 7 , wherein the configuration of the first logical channel comprises a logical channel identifier.

9. The electronic device according to claim 7 , wherein the at least two SR resource configurations are respectively configured on different bandwidth parts (BWPs), and a first SR resource configuration of the at least two SR resource configurations indicates a physical resource for signaling an SR on a first BWP on which the first SR resource configuration is configured, and a second SR resource configuration of the at least two SR resource configurations indicates a physical resource for transmitting an SR on a second BWP on which the second SR resource configuration is configured.

10. The electronic device according to claim 9 ,

wherein the different BWPs belong to a same serving cell.

11. The electronic device according to claim 7 ,

wherein the SR associated with the first logical is an SR triggered by a regular buffer status report (BSR); and

wherein the BSR is triggered due to new data reaching the first logical channel.

12. The electronic device according to claim 7 ,

wherein the SR associated with the first logical is an SR triggered by a regular buffer status report (BSR);

wherein the BSR is triggered by a BSR retransmission timer expiring; and

wherein the first logical channel is a logical channel with a highest priority among logical channels having available transmission data or among logical channels having available transmission data and belonging to one logical channel group.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause an electronic device to:

receive control signaling sent by a network device, wherein the control signaling is used to configure, for the electronic device, a configuration of a first logical channel, a scheduling request (SR) configuration associated with the first logical channel, and at least two SR resource configurations associated with the SR configuration, wherein the configuration of the first logical channel comprises an identifier of the SR configuration, each SR resource configuration of the at least two SR resource configurations comprises the identifier of the SR configuration, and the at least two SR resource configurations indicate physical resources used to signal an SR associated with the first logical channel; and

signal an SR associated with the first logical channel, based on a physical resource indicated by one of the at least two SR resource configurations.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the configuration of the first logical channel comprises a logical channel identifier.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the at least two SR resource configurations are respectively configured on different bandwidth parts (BWPs), and a first SR resource configuration of the at least two SR resource configurations indicates a physical resource for signaling an SR on a first BWP on which the first SR resource configuration is configured, and a second SR resource configuration of the at least two SR resource configurations indicates a physical resource for transmitting an SR on a second BWP on which the second SR resource configuration is configured.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 15 ,

wherein the different BWPs belong to a same serving cell.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 13 ,

wherein the SR associated with the first logical channel is an SR triggered by a regular buffer status report (BSR); and

wherein the BSR is triggered due to new data reaching the first logical channel.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 13 ,

wherein the SR associated with the first logical channel is an SR triggered by a regular buffer status report (BSR);

wherein the BSR is triggered by a BSR retransmission timer expiring; and

wherein the first logical channel is a logical channel with a highest priority among logical channels having available transmission data or among logical channels having available transmission data and belonging to one logical channel group.

19. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the first SR resource configuration of the at least two SR resource configurations is configured on the first BWP of a first serving cell, and the second SR resource configuration of the at least two SR resource configurations is configured on the second BWP of a second serving cell.

20. The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein the first SR resource configuration of the at least two SR resource configurations is configured on the first BWP of a first serving cell, and the second SR resource configuration of the at least two SR resource configurations is configured on the second BWP of a second serving cell.

21. The computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the first SR resource configuration of the at least two SR resource configurations is configured on the first BWP of a first serving cell, and the second SR resource configuration of the at least two SR resource configurations is configured on the second BWP of a second serving cell.

22. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the SR is used for requesting an uplink resource for the first logical channel.

23. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the SR configuration comprises at least one of an SR-prohibit timer duration and a maximum quantity of SR transmission times.

24. The method according to claim 23 , wherein the SR configuration comprises a maximum quantity of SR transmission times, and the method further comprises:

setting, by the UE, a variable for recording a quantity of SR transmission times for the SR configuration;

adding, by the UE, one to a value of the variable after transmitting an SR on a physical resource indicated by any one of the at least two SR resource configurations; and

after the value of the variable reaches the maximum quantity of SR transmission times, releasing, by the UE, the physical resources indicated by the at least two SR resource configurations.

25. The method according to claim 23 , wherein the SR configuration comprises the SR-prohibit timer duration, and the method further comprises:

setting, by the UE, an SR-prohibit timer for the SR configuration; and

starting, by the UE, the SR-prohibit timer after transmitting an SR on a physical resource indicated by any one of the at least two SR resource configurations, wherein the SR-prohibit timer is configured to prohibit, during a running period of the SR-prohibit timer, the UE from transmitting an SR on a physical resource indicated by any one of the at least two SR resource configurations, and a duration for which the SR-prohibit timer runs after being started each time is the SR-prohibit timer duration.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 9, 2020
From: XU, HAIBO; XIAO, XIAO; PANG, GAOKUN; WANG, JIAN; CAO, ZHENZHEN
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 201710911558.9 · Sep 29, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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