IP Library Granted Patent US 11,569,949
Granted Patent B2
US 11,569,949 · App. 17/100,444 · Granted Jan 31, 2023

Communication method and communications apparatus

Inventors: Di Zhang (Beijing, CN); Jianqin Liu (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
H04L5/0023H04L5/0092H04W56/001H04W72/042H04W72/0453
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Patent No.
US 11,569,949
App. No.
17/100,444
Granted
Jan 31, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to communication methods. One example method includes determining a first bandwidth part (BWP) and a second BWP, determining an association relationship between the first BWP and the second BWP, and at least one of determining a first quasi co-location (QCL) relationship based on the association relationship, and receiving a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) in the second BWP based on the first QCL relationship, or determining a second QCL relationship based on the association relationship, and receiving a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in the second BWP based on the second QCL relationship.

Claims (90)

1. A communication method, comprising:

determining a first bandwidth part (BWP) and a second BWP;

determining an association relationship between the first BWP and the second BWP, wherein the association relationship satisfies that the first BWP and the second BWP each include a same control resource set (CORESET); and

at least one of:

determining a first quasi co-location (QCL) relationship between a reference signal of the first BWP and a reference signal of the second BWP based on the association relationship, and receiving a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) in the second BWP based on the first QCL relationship; or

determining a second QCL relationship between a reference signal of the first BWP and a reference signal of the second BWP based on the association relationship, and receiving a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in the second BWP based on the second QCL relationship.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first QCL relationship is indicated by using QCL information comprised in downlink control information (DCI), wherein the DCI further comprises BWP switching indication information, and wherein the BWP switching indication information is used to indicate a terminal to switch from the first BWP to the second BWP.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first QCL relationship or the second QCL relationship is indicated by using default QCL information, and wherein the default QCL information is at least one of:

QCL information of a control-resource set with a smallest index or identifier in control-resource sets comprised in the first BWP or the second BWP;

QCL information of a control-resource set comprised in both the first BWP and the second BWP;

QCL information of a control-resource set comprised in the first BWP in a frequency domain resource on which the first BWP and the second BWP overlap;

first QCL information in QCL information configured for at least one of a control-resource set or a PDSCH in the first BWP, wherein a reference signal indicated by using the first QCL information is located in the second BWP; or

second QCL information in QCL information configured for at least one of a control-resource set or a PDSCH in the second BWP, wherein a reference signal indicated by using the second QCL information is located in the first BWP.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first QCL relationship is indicated by using default QCL information, and wherein the default QCL information is QCL information of a control-resource set on which downlink control information (DCI) for scheduling the PDSCH is located.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first QCL relationship or the second QCL relationship is indicated by using default QCL information, and wherein the default QCL information is at least one of:

one of pieces of QCL information configured for at least one of a control-resource set or a PDSCH in the second BWP;

QCL information of a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block (SSB) used for initial access;

QCL information used to receive a broadcast PDCCH; or

QCL information of an SSB with a smallest index in SSBs comprised in the second BWP.

6. A communication method, comprising:

determining a first bandwidth part (BWP) and a second BWP;

determining an association relationship between the first BWP and the second BWP, wherein the association relationship satisfies that the first BWP and the second BWP each include a same control resource set (CORESET); and

at least one of:

determining a first quasi co-location (QCL) relationship between a reference signal of the first BWP and a reference signal of the second BWP based on the association relationship, and sending a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) in the second BWP based on the first QCL relationship; or

determining a second QCL relationship between a reference signal of the first BWP and a reference signal of the second BWP based on the association relationship, and sending a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in the second BWP based on the second QCL relationship.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the first QCL relationship is indicated by using QCL information comprised in downlink control information (DCI), wherein the DCI further comprises BWP switching indication information, and wherein the BWP switching indication information is used to indicate a terminal to switch from the first BWP to the second BWP.

8. The method according to claim 6 , wherein at least one of the first QCL relationship or the second QCL relationship is indicated by using default QCL information, and wherein the default QCL information is at least one of:

QCL information of a control-resource set with a smallest index or identifier in control-resource sets comprised in the first BWP or the second BWP;

QCL information of a control-resource set comprised in both the first BWP and the second BWP;

QCL information of a control-resource set comprised in the first BWP in a frequency domain resource on which the first BWP and the second BWP overlap;

first QCL information in QCL information configured for at least one of a control-resource set or a PDSCH in the first BWP, wherein a reference signal indicated by using the first QCL information is located in the second BWP; or

second QCL information in QCL information configured for at least one of a control-resource set or a PDSCH in the second BWP, wherein a reference signal indicated by using the second QCL information is located in the first BWP.

9. The method according to any one of claim 6 , wherein the first QCL relationship is indicated by using default QCL information, and wherein the default QCL information is QCL information of a control-resource set on which DCI for scheduling the PDSCH is located.

10. The method according to claim 6 , wherein at least one of the first QCL relationship or the second QCL relationship is indicated by using default QCL information, and wherein the default QCL information is at least one of:

one of pieces of QCL information configured for at least one of a control-resource set or a PDSCH in the second BWP;

QCL information of a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block (SSB) used for initial access;

QCL information used to receive a broadcast PDCCH; or

QCL information of an SSB with a smallest index in SSBs comprised in the second BWP.

11. A communications apparatus, comprising:

a receiver;

at least one processor; and

one or more memories coupled to the at least one processor and storing programming instructions for execution by the at least one processor to:

determine a first bandwidth part (BWP) and a second BWP;

determine an association relationship between the first BWP and the second BWP, wherein the association relationship satisfies that the first BWP and the second BWP each include a same control resource set (CORESET); and

at least one of:

determine a first quasi co-location (QCL) relationship between a reference signal of the first BWP and a reference signal of the second BWP based on the association relationship, wherein the receiver is configured to receive a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) in the second BWP based on the first QCL relationship; or

determine a second QCL relationship between a reference signal of the first BWP and a reference signal of the second BWP based on the association relationship, wherein the receiver is configured to receive a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in the second BWP based on the second QCL relationship.

12. The communications apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the programming instructions are for execution by the at least one processor to:

determine that the first QCL relationship is indicated by using QCL information comprised in downlink control information (DCI), wherein the DCI further comprises BWP switching indication information, and wherein the BWP switching indication information is used to indicate a terminal to switch from the first BWP to the second BWP.

13. The communications apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the programming instructions are for execution by the at least one processor to:

determine that at least one of the first QCL relationship or the second QCL relationship is indicated by using default QCL information, wherein the default QCL information is at least one of:

QCL information of a control-resource set with a smallest index or identifier in control-resource sets comprised in the first BWP or the second BWP;

QCL information of a control-resource set comprised in both the first BWP and the second BWP;

QCL information of a control-resource set comprised in the first BWP in a frequency domain resource on which the first BWP and the second BWP overlap;

first QCL information in QCL information configured for at least one of a control-resource set or a PDSCH in the first BWP, wherein a reference signal indicated by using the first QCL information is located in the second BWP; or

second QCL information in QCL information configured for at least one of a control-resource set or a PDSCH in the second BWP, wherein a reference signal indicated by using the second QCL information is located in the first BWP.

14. The communications apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the programming instructions are for execution by the at least one processor to:

determine that the first QCL relationship is indicated by using default QCL information, wherein the default QCL information is QCL information of a control-resource set on which DCI for scheduling the PDSCH is located.

15. The communications apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the programming instructions are for execution by the at least one processor to:

determine that at least one of the first QCL relationship or the second QCL relationship is indicated by using default QCL information, wherein the default QCL information is at least one of:

one of pieces of QCL information configured for at least one of a control-resource set or a PDSCH in the second BWP;

QCL information of a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block (SSB) used for initial access;

QCL information used to receive a broadcast PDCCH; or

QCL information of an SSB with a smallest index in SSBs comprised in the second BWP.

16. A communications apparatus, comprising:

a transmitter;

at least one processor; and

one or more memories coupled to the at least one processor and storing programming instructions for execution by the at least one processor to:

determine a first bandwidth part (BWP) and a second BWP;

determine an association relationship between the first BWP and the second BWP, wherein the association relationship satisfies that the first BWP and the second BWP each include a same control resource set (CORESET); and

at least one of:

determine a first quasi co-location (QCL) relationship between a reference signal of the first BWP and a reference signal of the second BWP based on the association relationship, wherein the transmitter to send a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) in the second BWP based on the first QCL relationship; or

determine a second QCL relationship between a reference signal of the first BWP and a reference signal of the second BWP based on the association relationship, wherein the transmitter to send a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in the second BWP based on the second QCL relationship.

17. The communications apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the programming instructions are for execution by the at least one processor to:

determine that the first QCL relationship is indicated by using QCL information comprised in downlink control information (DCI), wherein the DCI further comprises BWP switching indication information, and wherein the BWP switching indication information is used to indicate a terminal to switch from the first BWP to the second BWP.

18. The communications apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the programming instructions are for execution by the at least one processor to:

determine that at least one of the first QCL relationship or the second QCL relationship is indicated by using default QCL information, wherein the default QCL information is at least one of:

QCL information of a control-resource set with a smallest index or identifier in control-resource sets comprised in the first BWP or the second BWP;

QCL information of a control-resource set comprised in both the first BWP and the second BWP;

QCL information of a control-resource set comprised in the first BWP in a frequency domain resource on which the first BWP and the second BWP overlap;

first QCL information in QCL information configured for at least one of a control-resource set or a PDSCH in the first BWP, wherein a reference signal indicated by using the first QCL information is located in the second BWP; or

second QCL information in QCL information configured for at least one of a control-resource set or a PDSCH in the second BWP, wherein a reference signal indicated by using the second QCL information is located in the first BWP.

19. The communications apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the programming instructions are for execution by the at least one processor to:

determine that the first QCL relationship is indicated by using default QCL information, wherein the default QCL information is QCL information of a control-resource set on which DCI for scheduling the PDSCH is located.

20. The communications apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the programming instructions are for execution by the at least one processor to:

determine at least one of that the first QCL relationship or the second QCL relationship is indicated by using default QCL information, wherein the default QCL information is at least one of:

one of pieces of QCL information configured for at least one of a control-resource set or a PDSCH in the second BWP;

QCL information of a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block (SSB) used for initial access;

QCL information used to receive a broadcast PDCCH; or

QCL information of an SSB with a smallest index in SSBs comprised in the second BWP.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 29, 2022
From: ZHANG, DI; LIU, JIANQIN
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061908/0581 →
Priority Claims (1)
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