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Granted Patent B2
US 11,496,267 · App. 16/519,155 · Granted Nov 8, 2022

Communication method and communications apparatus

Inventors: Junchao Li (Shanghai, CN); Hao Tang (Shanghai, CN); Zhenfei Tang (Ottawa, CA); Yueying Zhao (Shanghai, CN); Wenwen Huang (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
H04L5/0053H04W72/042
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Patent No.
US 11,496,267
App. No.
16/519,155
Granted
Nov 8, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to communication methods and communications apparatus. One example method includes receiving, by a terminal, configuration information sent by a network device, where the configuration information is used to indicate a resource in a plurality of candidate resources of a common search space, and the candidate resources of the common search space are determined based on one or more of a cell identity, downlink bandwidth, a frequency domain resource location of a synchronization channel, and a frequency domain resource location of a broadcast channel, and receiving, by the terminal, common control information on the resource indicated by the configuration information.

Claims (28)

1. A communication method, comprising:

receiving, by a first receiver of a terminal, configuration information sent by a network device, wherein the configuration information indicates a resource in a plurality of candidate resources of a common search space, and wherein the plurality of candidate resources of the common search space are based on a cell identity, downlink bandwidth, a frequency domain resource location of a synchronization channel, and a frequency domain resource location of a broadcast channel; and

in response to receiving the configuration information by the first receiver of the terminal, receiving, by a second receiver of the terminal different from the first receiver of the terminal, common control information on the resource indicated by the configuration information.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the receiving, by a first receiver of a terminal, configuration information sent by a network device comprises:

receiving, by the first receiver of the terminal, a master system information block (MIB) message sent by the network device, wherein the MIB message comprises the configuration information.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the common control information comprises configuration information of at least one of a system message block (SIB), a random access response (RAR), and a paging message.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the configuration information comprises indexes of the plurality of candidate resources.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the configuration information indicates a frequency domain resource start value of the resource.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the common control information comprises downlink control information (DCI), and wherein the DCI indicates at least one of a format of a transmission unit or a quantity of symbols in a physical downlink control region in the transmission unit.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the common control information comprises the DCI, wherein the DCI comprises configuration information, and wherein the configuration information comprised in the DCI indicates system bandwidth.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the method further comprises:

communicating, by the terminal, by using the system bandwidth.

9. A communication method, comprising:

sending, by a network device, configuration information, wherein the configuration information indicates a resource in a plurality of candidate resources of a common search space, and wherein the plurality of candidate resources of the common search space are based on a cell identity, downlink bandwidth, a frequency domain resource location of a synchronization channel, and a frequency domain resource location of a broadcast channel; and

in response to sending the configuration information, sending, by the network device, common control information on the resource indicated by the configuration information.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the sending, by a network device, configuration information comprises:

sending, by the network device, a master system information block (MIB) message, wherein the MIB message comprises the configuration information.

11. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the common control information comprises configuration information of at least one of a system message block (SIB), a random access response (RAR), and a paging message.

12. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the configuration information comprises indexes of the plurality of candidate resources.

13. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the configuration information indicates a frequency domain resource start value of the resource.

14. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the common control information comprises downlink control information (DCI), and wherein the DCI indicates at least one of a format of a transmission unit or a quantity of symbols in a physical downlink control region in the transmission unit.

15. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the common control information comprises the DCI, wherein the DCI comprises configuration information, and wherein the configuration information comprised in the DCI indicates system bandwidth.

16. A communications apparatus, located on a terminal and comprising:

a first receiver, the first receiver configured to receive configuration information sent by a network device, wherein the configuration information indicates a resource in a plurality of candidate resources of a common search space, and wherein the plurality of candidate resources of the common search space are based on a cell identity, downlink bandwidth, a frequency domain resource location of a synchronization channel, and a frequency domain resource location of a broadcast channel; and

a second receiver, the second receiver configured to receive common control information on the resource indicated by the configuration information in response to the first receiver receiving the configuration information, wherein the second receiver is different from the first receiver.

17. The apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the first receiver is configured to receive a master system information block (MIB) message sent by the network device, and wherein the MIB message comprises the configuration information.

18. The apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the common control information comprises configuration information of at least one of a system message block (SIB), a random access response (RAR), and a paging message.

19. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the configuration information is comprised in a field of a master system information block (MIB), the field has a length of log 2 M, and M is a quantity of the plurality of candidate resources of the common search space.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 6, 2020
From: LI, JUNCHAO; TANG, HAO; TANG, ZHENFEI; ZHAO, YUEYING; HUANG, WENWEN
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054294/0661 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201710061338.1 · Jan 25, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2018073583 · Jan 22, 2018
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