IP Library Granted Patent US 11,968,682
Granted Patent B2
US 11,968,682 · App. 17/213,604 · Granted Apr 23, 2024

Uplink dynamic grant-free transmission method and apparatus

Inventors: Xiuqiang Xu (Shanghai, CN); Yan Chen (Shanghai, CN); Yongxia Lyu (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
H04W72/23H04L5/0098H04W72/0446H04W72/0453
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Patent No.
US 11,968,682
App. No.
17/213,604
Granted
Apr 23, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An uplink dynamic grant-free transmission method and an apparatus, and relates to the field of communications technologies. The method includes: a terminal receives downlink control information sent by a base station, where the downlink control information includes a plurality of pieces of indication information, each piece of indication information corresponds to one type 2 configured grant configuration, the indication information is used to indicate the terminal to perform an operation on the type 2 configured grant configuration corresponding to the indication information, and the operation includes: activating, deactivating, or maintaining a state; and then the terminal performs corresponding operations on the plurality of type 2 configured grant configurations based on the downlink control information.

Claims (69)

1. A terminal, comprising:

a receiving module configured to receive downlink control information, wherein the downlink control information comprises a plurality of pieces of indication information, each piece of indication information corresponds to one type 2 configured grant configuration, the indication information is used to indicate the terminal to perform an operation on the type 2 configured grant configuration corresponding to the indication information, and the operation comprises: activating, deactivating, or maintaining a state; and

a processing module configured to perform corresponding operations on the plurality of type 2 configured grant configurations based on the downlink control information,

wherein:

the receiving module is further configured to receive first bandwidth part (BWP) indication information, wherein the first BWP indication information is used to indicate the terminal to use a second BWP;

the processing module is further configured to: deactivate a first BWP and suspend all type 2 configured grants in an active state on the first BWP, wherein the first BWP is a BWP used by the terminal before the terminal receives the first BWP indication information;

the processing module is further configured to activate the second BWP;

the receiving module is further configured to receive second BWP indication information, wherein the second BWP indication information is used to indicate the terminal to use the first BWP;

the processing module is further configured to: deactivate the second BWP, and activate the first BWP; and

the processing module is further configured to: if the downlink control information is used to indicate the terminal to activate a plurality of target type 2 configured grants on the first BWP, activate the plurality of target type 2 configured grants on the first BWP, wherein the target type 2 configured grant is a type 2 configured grant that is in the active state on the first BWP before the terminal receives the first BWP indication information.

2. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the indication information comprises a first bit field and a second bit field; and

the indication information being used to indicate the terminal to perform the operation on the type 2 configured grant configuration corresponding to the indication information comprises at least one of the following cases:

if a value of the first bit field is a first preset value, the indication information is used to indicate the terminal to activate the type 2 configured grant configuration corresponding to the indication information;

if a value of the first bit field is a second preset value, and a value of the second bit field is a third preset value, the indication information is used to indicate the terminal to deactivate the type 2 configured grant configuration corresponding to the indication information; or

if a value of the first bit field is a second preset value, and a value of the second bit field is not a third preset value, the indication information is used to indicate the terminal to maintain a state of the type 2 configured grant configuration corresponding to the indication information.

3. The terminal according to claim 2 , wherein the second bit field is used to indicate a time domain offset value of the type 2 configured grant configuration corresponding to the indication information.

4. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the indication information is further used to indicate one or more of the following parameters:

a demodulation reference signal, a modulation and coding scheme, and a time-frequency resource.

5. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein

the receiving module is further configured to receive configuration information of the downlink control information; and

the processing module is further configured to receive the downlink control information based on the configuration information that is of the downlink control information and that is received by the receiving module.

6. The terminal according to claim 5 , wherein the configuration information of the downlink control information comprises at least one or more of the following parameters:

a radio network temporary identifier;

a payload size of the downlink control information;

a first serving cell list, wherein the first serving cell list is used to indicate a serving cell to which the downlink control information is applied; and

a second serving cell list, wherein the second serving cell list is used to indicate a serving cell to which the downlink control information is not applied.

7. A terminal comprising:

a receiving module configured to receive downlink control information, wherein the downlink control information comprises a plurality of pieces of indication information, each piece of indication information corresponds to one type 2 configured grant configuration, the indication information is used to indicate the terminal to perform an operation on the type 2 configured grant configuration corresponding to the indication information, and the operation comprises: activating, deactivating, or maintaining a state; and

a processing module configured to perform corresponding operations on the plurality of type 2 configured grant configurations based on the downlink control information,

wherein:

the receiving module is further configured to receive first bandwidth part (BWP) indication information, wherein the first BWP indication information is used to indicate the terminal to use a second BWP;

the processing module is further configured to: deactivate a first BWP and suspend all type 2 configured grants in an active state on the first BWP, wherein the first BWP is a BWP used by the terminal before the terminal receives the first BWP indication information;

the processing module is further configured to activate the second BWP;

the processing module is further configured to: if the downlink control information comprises second BWP indication information, deactivate the second BWP, and activate the first BWP, wherein the second BWP indication information is used to indicate the terminal to use the first BWP; and

the processing module is further configured to: if the downlink control information is used to indicate the terminal to activate a plurality of target type 2 configured grants on the first BWP, activate the plurality of target type 2 configured grants on the first BWP, wherein the target type 2 configured grant is a type 2 configured grant that is in the active state on the first BWP before the terminal receives the first BWP indication information.

8. A network device, comprising:

a processing module configured to generate downlink control information, wherein the downlink control information comprises a plurality of pieces of indication information, each piece of indication information corresponds to one type 2 configured grant configuration, the indication information is used to indicate a terminal to perform an operation on the type 2 configured grant configuration corresponding to the indication information, and the operation comprises: activating, deactivating, or maintaining a state; and

a sending module configured to:

send the downlink control information to the terminal,

send first bandwidth part (BWP) indication information, wherein the first BWP indication information is used to indicate the terminal to use a second BWP by (a) deactivating a first BWP, (b) suspending all type 2 configured grants in an active state on the first BWP, wherein the first BWP is a BWP used by the terminal before the terminal receives the first BWP indication information, and (c) activating the second BWP, and

send second BWP indication information, wherein the second BWP indication information is used to indicate the terminal to use the first BWP by (a) deactivating the second BWP, (b) activating the first BWP, and (c) if the downlink control information is used, (c1) indicating the terminal to activate a plurality of target type 2 configured grants on the first BWP and (c2) activating the plurality of target type 2 configured grants on the first BWP, wherein the target type 2 configured grant is a type 2 configured grant that is in the active state on the first BWP before the terminal receives the first BWP indication information.

9. The network device according to claim 8 , wherein the indication information comprises a first bit field and a second bit field; and

that the indication information is used to indicate the terminal to perform the operation on the type 2 configured grant configuration corresponding to the indication information comprises at least one of the following cases:

if a value of the first bit field is a first preset value, the indication information is used to indicate the terminal to activate the type 2 configured grant configuration corresponding to the indication information;

if a value of the first bit field is a second preset value, and a value of the second bit field is a third preset value, the indication information is used to indicate the terminal to deactivate the type 2 configured grant configuration corresponding to the indication information; or

if a value of the first bit field is a second preset value, and a value of the second bit field is not a third preset value, the indication information is used to indicate the terminal to maintain a state of the type 2 configured grant configuration corresponding to the indication information.

10. The network device according to claim 9 , wherein the second bit field is used to indicate a time domain offset value of the type 2 configured grant configuration corresponding to the indication information.

11. The network device according to claim 8 , wherein the indication information is further used to indicate one or more of the following parameters:

a demodulation reference signal, a modulation and coding scheme, and a time-frequency resource.

12. The network device according to claim 8 , wherein

the sending module is further configured to send configuration information of the downlink control information to the terminal.

13. An uplink dynamic grant-free transmission configuration method, comprising:

generating, by a network device, downlink control information, wherein the downlink control information comprises a plurality of pieces of indication information, each piece of indication information corresponds to one type 2 configured grant configuration, the indication information is used to indicate a terminal to perform an operation on the type 2 configured grant configuration corresponding to the indication information, and the operation comprises: activating, deactivating, or maintaining a state;

sending, by the network device, the downlink control information to the terminal;

sending first bandwidth part (BWP) indication information, wherein the first BWP indication information is used to indicate the terminal to use a second BWP by (a) deactivating a first BWP, (b) suspending all type 2 configured grants in an active state on the first BWP, wherein the first BWP is a BWP used by the terminal before the terminal receives the first BWP indication information, and (c) activating the second BWP, and

sending second BWP indication information, wherein the second BWP indication information is used to indicate the terminal to use the first BWP by (a) deactivating the second BWP, (b) activating the first BWP, and (c) if the downlink control information is used, (c1) indicating the terminal to activate a plurality of target type 2 configured grants on the first BWP and (c2) activating the plurality of target type 2 configured grants on the first BWP, wherein the target type 2 configured grant is a type 2 configured grant that is in the active state on the first BWP before the terminal receives the first BWP indication information.

14. The uplink dynamic grant-free transmission configuration method according to claim 13 , wherein the indication information comprises a first bit field and a second bit field; and

that the indication information is used to indicate the terminal to perform the operation on the type 2 configured grant configuration corresponding to the indication information comprises at least one of the following cases:

if a value of the first bit field is a first preset value, the indication information is used to indicate the terminal to activate the type 2 configured grant configuration corresponding to the indication information;

if a value of the first bit field is a second preset value, and a value of the second bit field is a third preset value, the indication information is used to indicate the terminal to deactivate the type 2 configured grant configuration corresponding to the indication information; or

if a value of the first bit field is a second preset value, and a value of the second bit field is not a third preset value, the indication information is used to indicate the terminal to maintain a state of the type 2 configured grant configuration corresponding to the indication information.

15. The uplink dynamic grant-free transmission configuration method according to claim 14 , wherein the second bit field is used to indicate a time domain offset value of the type 2 configured grant configuration corresponding to the indication information.

16. The uplink dynamic grant-free transmission configuration method according to claim 13 , wherein before the sending, by the network device, of the downlink control information to the terminal, the method further comprises:

sending, by the network device, configuration information of the downlink control information to the terminal.

17. The uplink dynamic grant-free transmission configuration method according to claim 16 , wherein the configuration information of the downlink control information comprises at least one or more of the following parameters:

a radio network temporary identifier;

a payload size of the downlink control information;

a first serving cell list, wherein the first serving cell list is used to indicate a serving cell to which the downlink control information is applied; and

a second serving cell list, wherein the second serving cell list is used to indicate a serving cell to which the downlink control information is not applied.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 17, 2021
From: XU, XIUQIANG; CHEN, YAN; LYU, YONGXIA
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 201811142702.8 · Sep 28, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
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