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US 11,962,387 · App. 17/591,120 · Granted Apr 16, 2024

Wireless communication method and apparatus

Inventors: Xiaolei Tie (Shanghai, CN); Han Zhou (Shanghai, CN); Lixia Xue (Beijing, CN); Meng Hua (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
H04B7/0857H04B7/0426H04W72/044H04W72/23
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Patent No.
US 11,962,387
App. No.
17/591,120
Granted
Apr 16, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

This application provides a wireless communication method and an apparatus. In the method, a terminal device receives first indication information from a network device. The first indication information indicates a first maximum multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) layer quantity N to be used by the terminal device when the terminal device performs wireless communication, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 1. The method further includes that the terminal device performs wireless communication with the network device based on the first maximum MIMO layer quantity N, so that the maximum MIMO layer quantity that the terminal device should use can be adjusted as required.

Claims (51)

1. A wireless communication method, comprising:

receiving, by a terminal device, first indication information from a network device,

wherein the first indication information is used to indicate a first maximum multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) layer quantity N used by the terminal device to perform wireless communication, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 1; and

performing, by the terminal device, wireless communication with the network device based on the first maximum MIMO layer quantity N, wherein:

the first indication information comprises a target minimum slot offset value that is indicated by the network device to be used by the terminal device, and the method further comprises:

determining, by the terminal device based on a first mapping relationship, a maximum MIMO layer quantity corresponding to the target minimum slot offset value as the first maximum MIMO layer quantity N, wherein the first mapping relationship indicates correspondences between a plurality of minimum slot offset values between a control channel and a data channel and a plurality of maximum MIMO layer quantities, and one minimum slot offset value of the plurality of minimum slot offset values corresponds to one maximum MIMO layer quantity of the plurality of maximum MIMO layer quantities; or

the first indication information comprises a target slot offset value that is indicated by the network device to be used by the terminal device, and the method further comprises:

determining, by the terminal device based on a second mapping relationship, a maximum MIMO layer quantity corresponding to the target slot offset value as the first maximum MIMO layer quantity N, wherein the second mapping relationship indicates correspondences between a plurality of slot offset values between a control channel and a data channel and a plurality of maximum MIMO layer quantities, and one slot offset value of the plurality of slot offset values corresponds to one maximum MIMO layer quantity of the plurality of maximum MIMO layer quantities.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first indication information is carried in downlink control information (DCI).

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the performing, by the terminal device, wireless communication with the network device based on the first maximum MIMO layer quantity N comprises:

determining, by the terminal device, a quantity of receive antennas or a quantity of transmit antennas based on the first maximum MIMO layer quantity N and the target minimum slot offset value between the control channel and the data channel.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the performing, by the terminal device, wireless communication with the network device based on the first maximum MIMO layer quantity N comprises:

determining, by the terminal device, a quantity of receive antennas or a quantity of transmit antennas based on the first maximum MIMO layer quantity N and the target slot offset value between the control channel and the data channel.

5. A wireless communication method, comprising:

sending, by a network device, first indication information to a terminal device, wherein the first indication information is used to indicate a first maximum multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) layer quantity N used by the terminal device to perform wireless communication, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 1; and

performing, by the network device, wireless communication with the terminal device based on the first maximum MIMO layer quantity N, wherein:

the first indication information comprises a target minimum slot offset value that is indicated by the network device to be used by the terminal device, and the method further comprises:

determining, by the terminal device based on a first mapping relationship, a maximum MIMO layer quantity corresponding to the target minimum slot offset value as the first maximum MIMO layer quantity N, wherein the first mapping relationship indicates correspondences between a plurality of minimum slot offset values between a control channel and a data channel and a plurality of maximum MIMO layer quantities, and one minimum slot offset value of the plurality of minimum slot offset values corresponds to one maximum MIMO layer quantity of the plurality of maximum MIMO layer quantities; or

the first indication information comprises a target slot offset value that is indicated by the network device to be used by the terminal device, and the method further comprises:

determining, by the terminal device based on a second mapping relationship, a maximum MIMO layer quantity corresponding to the target slot offset value as the first maximum MIMO layer quantity N, wherein the second mapping relationship indicates correspondences between a plurality of slot offset values between a control channel and a data channel and a plurality of maximum MIMO layer quantities, and one slot offset value of the plurality of slot offset values corresponds to one maximum MIMO layer quantity of the plurality of maximum MIMO layer quantities.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the first indication information is carried in downlink control information (DCI).

7. A terminal device, comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory storing programming instructions for execution by the at least one processor, the programming instructions instructing a network device to perform operations comprising:

receiving first indication information from the network device, wherein the first indication information is used to indicate a first maximum multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) layer quantity N used by the terminal device to perform wireless communication, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 1; and

performing wireless communication with the network device based on the first maximum MIMO layer quantity N, wherein:

the first indication information comprises a target minimum slot offset value that is indicated by the network device to be used by the terminal device, and the method further comprises:

determining, by the terminal device based on a first mapping relationship, a maximum MIMO layer quantity corresponding to the target minimum slot offset value as the first maximum MIMO layer quantity N, wherein the first mapping relationship indicates correspondences between a plurality of minimum slot offset values between a control channel and a data channel and a plurality of maximum MIMO layer quantities, and one minimum slot offset value of the plurality of minimum slot offset values corresponds to one maximum MIMO layer quantity of the plurality of maximum MIMO layer quantities; or

the first indication information comprises a target slot offset value that is indicated by the network device to be used by the terminal device, and the method further comprises:

determining, by the terminal device based on a second mapping relationship, a maximum MIMO layer quantity corresponding to the target slot offset value as the first maximum MIMO layer quantity N, wherein the second mapping relationship indicates correspondences between a plurality of slot offset values between a control channel and a data channel and a plurality of maximum MIMO layer quantities, and one slot offset value of the plurality of slot offset values corresponds to one maximum MIMO layer quantity of the plurality of maximum MIMO layer quantities.

8. The terminal device according to claim 7 , wherein the first indication information is carried in downlink control information (DCI).

9. The terminal device according to claim 7 , wherein

the operations further comprise:

determining, based on information about a first mapping relationship, a maximum MIMO layer quantity corresponding to the target minimum slot offset value as the first maximum MIMO layer quantity N, wherein the first mapping relationship indicates correspondences between a plurality of minimum slot offset values between a control channel and a data channel and a plurality of maximum MIMO layer quantities, and one minimum slot offset value of the plurality of minimum slot offset values corresponds to one maximum MIMO layer quantity of the plurality of maximum MIMO layer quantities.

10. The terminal device according to claim 7 , wherein

the operations further comprise:

determining, based on information about a second mapping relationship, a maximum MIMO layer quantity corresponding to the target slot offset value as the first maximum MIMO layer quantity N, wherein the second mapping relationship indicates correspondences between a plurality of slot offset values between a control channel and a data channel and a plurality of maximum MIMO layer quantities, and one slot offset value of the plurality of slot offset values corresponds to one maximum MIMO layer quantity of the plurality of maximum MIMO layer quantities.

11. The terminal device according to claim 7 , wherein the operations further comprise:

determining, a quantity of receive antennas or a quantity of transmit antennas based on the first maximum MIMO layer quantity N and the target minimum slot offset value between a control channel and a data channel.

12. The terminal device according to claim 7 , wherein the operations further comprise:

determining, a quantity of receive antennas or a quantity of transmit antennas based on the first maximum MIMO layer quantity N and the target slot offset value between a control channel and a data channel.

13. A network device, comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory storing programming instructions for execution by the at least one processor, the programming instructions instructing the network device to perform operations comprising:

sending first indication information to a terminal device, wherein the first indication information is used to indicate a first maximum multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) layer quantity N to be used by the terminal device to perform wireless communication, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 1; and

performing wireless communication with the terminal device based on the first maximum MIMO layer quantity N, wherein:

the first indication information comprises a target minimum slot offset value that is indicated by the network device to be used by the terminal device, and the method further comprises:

determining, by the terminal device based on a first mapping relationship, a maximum MIMO layer quantity corresponding to the target minimum slot offset value as the first maximum MIMO layer quantity N, wherein the first mapping relationship indicates correspondences between a plurality of minimum slot offset values between a control channel and a data channel and a plurality of maximum MIMO layer quantities, and one minimum slot offset value of the plurality of minimum slot offset values corresponds to one maximum MIMO layer quantity of the plurality of maximum MIMO layer quantities; or

the first indication information comprises a target slot offset value that is indicated by the network device to be used by the terminal device, and the method further comprises:

determining, by the terminal device based on a second mapping relationship, a maximum MIMO layer quantity corresponding to the target slot offset value as the first maximum MIMO layer quantity N, wherein the second mapping relationship indicates correspondences between a plurality of slot offset values between a control channel and a data channel and a plurality of maximum MIMO layer quantities, and one slot offset value of the plurality of slot offset values corresponds to one maximum MIMO layer quantity of the plurality of maximum MIMO layer quantities.

14. The network device according to claim 13 , wherein the first indication information is carried in downlink control information (DCI).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 5, 2022
From: TIE, XIAOLEI; ZHOU, HAN; XUE, LIXIA; HUA, MENG
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061966/0703 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201910718559.0 · Aug 5, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
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