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US 11,825,491 · App. 17/718,230 · Granted Nov 21, 2023

Method for monitoring PDCCH, terminal and network device

Inventors: Xueming Pan (Chang'an Dongguan, CN); Xiaodong Shen (Chang'an Dongguan, CN); Lei Jiang (Chang'an Dongguan, CN); Zhi Lu (Chang'an Dongguan, CN)
Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
H04W72/23
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Patent No.
US 11,825,491
App. No.
17/718,230
Granted
Nov 21, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for monitoring a PDCCH, a terminal and a network device are provided. The method includes: determining configuration information of at least one control resource set (CORESET); and transmitting the configuration information of the at least one CORESET to a terminal; where the at least one CORESET is configured per carrier or per bandwidth part (BWP), and the carrier comprises at least one BWP. In a case that the at least one CORESET is configured per carrier, one carrier is configured with at least one CORESET; and in a case that the at least one CORESET is configured per BWP, one BWP is configured with at least one CORESET.

Claims (50)

1. A terminal, comprising a processor, a memory, and a program that is stored on the memory and executable on the processor, wherein when executing the program, the processor is configured to perform steps of the method for monitoring a PDCCH, wherein the method comprises:

receiving configuration information of at least one control resource set (CORESET), wherein the at least one CORESET is configured per carrier or per bandwidth part (BWP), and one BWP is configured with at least one CORESET; and

monitoring the PDCCH in the at least one CORESET in accordance with the configuration information of the at least one CORESET;

wherein in a case that the terminal is switched from a first BWP to a second BWP, the method further comprises:

detecting a downlink control information (DCI) parameter corresponding to the second BWP, when a DCI parameter of the first BWP is different from the DCI parameter of the second BWP; and/or

detecting, within the second BWP, DCI transmitted by a network device in a CORESET corresponding to the second BWP, when a center frequency of the first BWP is different from a center frequency of the second BWP.

2. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the monitoring the PDCCH in the at least one CORESET comprises:

monitoring the PDCCH in at least one complete CORESET and/or at least one incomplete CORESET within a BWP currently accessed by the terminal.

3. The terminal according to claim 2 , wherein the monitoring the PDCCH in the at least one complete CORESET and/or the at least one incomplete CORESET within the BWP currently accessed by the terminal comprises:

monitoring the PDCCH in at least one complete CORESET and/or at least one incomplete CORESET within a second BWP, in a case that the terminal is switched from a first BWP to the second BWP.

4. The terminal according to claim 3 , wherein the monitoring the PDCCH in the at least one complete CORESET and/or the at least one incomplete CORESET within the second BWP comprises:

monitoring the PDCCH in at least one CORESET of all CORESETs corresponding to the second BWP.

5. The terminal according to claim 1 , When the program is executed by a processor, the processor further performs:

receiving first indication information transmitted by the terminal, wherein the first indication information is used to instruct the terminal to monitor at least one complete CORESET and/or at least one incomplete CORESET within a BWP that the terminal currently accesses; and

monitoring, based on indication of the first indication information, the PDCCH in the at least one complete CORESET and/or the at least one incomplete CORESET within the BWP that the terminal currently accesses.

6. The terminal according to claim 5 , wherein, in a case Where the terminal is switched from a first BWP to a second BWP, the first indication information is used to instruct the terminal to monitor at least one complete CORESET and/or at least one incomplete CORESET within the second BWP, and the monitoring, based on indication of the first indication information, the PDCCH in the at least one complete CORESET and/or the at least one incomplete CORESET within the BWP that the terminal currently accesses comprises:

monitoring, based on indication of the first indication information, the PDCCH in the at least one complete CORESET and/or the at least one incomplete CORESET within the second BWP.

7. The terminal according to claim 6 , wherein the first indication information is used to instruct the terminal to monitor at least one CORESET of all CORESETs corresponding to the second BWP, and the monitoring, based on indication of the first indication information, the PDCCH in the at least one complete CORESET and/or the at least one incomplete CORESET within the BWP that the terminal currently accesses comprises:

monitoring, based on indication of the first indication information, the PDCCH in the at least one CORESET of all the CORESETs corresponding to the second BWP.

8. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the configuration information of each of the at least one CORESET comprises at least one of: time-frequency resource information of the CORESET, a set of aggregation levels to be monitored, the number of PDCCH candidates at each aggregation level to be monitored, or a DCI parameter of a PDCCH to be monitored in the CORESET.

9. A computer-readable storage medium, wherein a program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, and the program is executed by a processor to perform steps of the method for monitoring a PDCCH, wherein the method comprises:

determining configuration information of at least one control resource set (CORESET); and

transmitting the configuration information of the at least one CORESET to a terminal, wherein the at least one CORESET is configured per carrier or per bandwidth part (BWP), and the carrier comprises at least one BWP, one BWP is configured with at least one CORESET;

wherein in a case that the terminal is switched from a first BWP to a second BWP, the method further comprises:

transmitting, to the terminal, a downlink control information (DCI) parameter corresponding to the first BWP and a DCI parameter corresponding to the second BWP, when the DCI parameter of the first BWP is different from the Del parameter of the second BWP; and/or

transmitting, to the terminal, DCI in a CORESET corresponding to the first BWP, and transmitting, to the terminal, DCI in a CORESET corresponding to the second BWP, when a center frequency of the first BWP is different from a center frequency of the second BWP.

10. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 9 , when the program is executed by a processor, the processor further performs:

transmitting first indication information to the terminal, wherein the first indication information is used to instruct the terminal to monitor at least one complete CORESET and/or at least one incomplete CORESET within a BWP that the terminal currently accesses.

11. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 10 , wherein in a case that the terminal is switched from a first BWP to a second BWP, the first indication information is used to instruct the terminal to monitor at least one complete CORESET and/or at least one incomplete CORESET within the second BWP.

12. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 11 , wherein the first indication information is used to instruct the terminal to monitor at least one CORESET of all CORESETs corresponding to the second BWP.

13. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 9 , wherein the configuration information of each of the at least one CORESET comprises at least one of: time-frequency resource information of the CORESET, a set of aggregation levels to be monitored, the number of PDCCH candidates at each aggregation level to be monitored, or a DCI parameter of a PDCCH to be monitored in the CORESET.

14. A computer-readable storage medium, wherein a program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, and the program is executed by a processor to perform steps of the method for monitoring a PDCCH wherein the method comprises:

receiving configuration information of at least one control resource set (CORESET), Wherein the at least one CORESET is configured per carrier or per bandwidth part (BWP), and one BWP is configured with at least one CORESET; and

monitoring the PDCCH in the at least one CORESET in accordance with the configuration information of the at least one CORESET;

wherein in a case that the terminal is switched from a first BWP to a second BWP, the method further comprises:

detecting a downlink control information (DCI) parameter corresponding to the second BWP, when a DCI parameter of the first BWP is different from the DCI parameter of the second BMP; and/or

detecting, within the second BWP, DCI transmitted by a network device in a CORESET corresponding to the second BWP, when a center frequency of the first BWP is different from a center frequency of the second BWP.

15. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 14 , wherein the monitoring the PDCCH in the at least one CORESET comprises:

monitoring the PDCCH in at least one complete CORESET and/or at least one incomplete CORESET within a BWP currently accessed by the terminal.

16. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15 , wherein the monitoring the PDCCH in the at least one complete CORESET and/or the at least one incomplete CORESET within the BWP currently accessed by the terminal comprises:

monitoring the PDCCH in at least one complete CORESET and/or at least one incomplete CORESET within a second BWP, in a case that the terminal is switched from a first BWP to the second BWP.

17. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 16 , wherein the monitoring the PDCCH in the at least one complete CORESET and/or the at least one incomplete CORESET within the second BWP comprises:

monitoring the PDCCH in at least one CORESET of all CORESETs corresponding to the second BWP.

18. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 14 , the program is executed by a processor, the processor further performs:

receiving first indication information transmitted by the terminal, wherein the first indication information is used to instruct the terminal to monitor at least one complete CORESET and/or at least one incomplete CORESET within a BWP that the terminal currently accesses; and

monitoring, based on indication of the first indication information, the PDCCH in the at least one complete CORESET and/or the at least one incomplete CORESET within the BWP that the terminal currently accesses.

19. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 18 , wherein, in a case where the terminal is switched from a first BWP to a second BWP, the first indication information is used to instruct the terminal to monitor at least one complete CORESET and/or at least one incomplete CORESET within the second BWP, and the monitoring, based on indication of the first indication information, the PDCCH in the at least one complete CORESET and/or the at least one incomplete CORESET within the BWP that the terminal currently accesses comprises:

monitoring, based on indication of the first indication information, the PDCCH in the at least one complete CORESET and/or the at least one incomplete CORESET within the second BWP.

20. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 19 , wherein the first indication information is used to instruct the terminal to monitor at least one CORESET of all CORESETs corresponding to the second BWP, and the monitoring, based on indication of the first indication information, the PDCCH in the at least one complete CORESET and/or the at least one incomplete CORESET within the BWP that the terminal currently accesses comprises:

monitoring, based on indication of the first indication information, the PDCCH in the at least one CORESET of all the CORESETs corresponding to the second BWP.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 11, 2022
From: PAN, XUEMING; SHEN, XIAODONG; JIANG, LEI; LU, ZHI
To: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059565/0938 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201710687280.1 · Aug 11, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16637918
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