IP Library Granted Patent US 11,991,669
Granted Patent B2
US 11,991,669 · App. 17/351,518 · Granted May 21, 2024

Feedback control channel configuration method and device

Inventors: Fan Yang (Beijing, CN); Junwei Wang (Shenzhen, CN); Xingwei Zhang (Lund, SE)
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
H04W72/02H04L1/0004H04L27/26025H04W72/0446H04W72/0453H04W72/20
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Patent No.
US 11,991,669
App. No.
17/351,518
Granted
May 21, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of this application provide a feedback control channel configuration method and a device, and relate to the field of wireless communication. A candidate time-frequency resource may be configured for a physical sidelink feedback control channel (PSFCH) that carries feedback control information, so that the required feedback control information can be fed back on the PSFCH. The method includes: determining, by first user equipment, configuration information of a PSFCH, where the configuration information of the PSFCH is to indicate or configure a candidate time-frequency resource of the PSFCH, and the candidate time-frequency resource of the PSFCH is to the carry feedback control information of first information; and sending, by the first user equipment, the configuration information of the PSFCH to second user equipment.

Claims (33)

1. A feedback control channel configuration method, comprising:

determining, by first user equipment, configuration information of a physical sidelink feedback control channel (PSFCH) to indicate or configure a candidate time-frequency resource of the PSFCH, wherein the candidate time-frequency resource of the PSFCH is to carry feedback control information of first information; and

sending, by the first user equipment, the configuration information of the PSFCH to one or more second user equipments.

2. The feedback control channel configuration method according to claim 1 , wherein the configuration information of the PSFCH comprises one or more of format information of the PSFCH, orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol quantity information of the PSFCH, identifier information of a resource pool of the PSFCH, a quantity of bits of the feedback control information, a quantity of codebooks of the feedback control information, a codebook count of the feedback control information, candidate time-frequency resource information of the PSFCH, or repetition quantity information of the configuration information of the PSFCH.

3. The feedback control channel configuration method according to claim 1 , wherein there is a correspondence between the format information of the PSFCH and at least one of a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) or a subcarrier spacing (SCS) of the first information, or the OFDM symbol quantity information of the PSFCH.

4. The feedback control channel configuration method according to claim 1 , wherein there is a correspondence between the OFDM symbol quantity information of the PSFCH and at least one of the MCS or the SCS of the first information, or the format information of the PSFCH.

5. The feedback control channel configuration method according to claim 1 , wherein a quantity of the one or more second user equipments is N, wherein N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1, and wherein the configuration information of the PSFCH further comprises a candidate time-frequency resource offset to configure candidate time-frequency resources of PSFCHs of the one or more second user equipments.

6. The feedback control channel configuration method according to claim 1 , wherein the sending, by the first user equipment, the configuration information of the PSFCH to one or more second user equipments comprises:

sending, by the first user equipment, the configuration information of the PSFCH through a physical sidelink control channel PSCCH or a physical sidelink shared channel PSSCH to the one or more second user equipments.

7. The feedback control channel configuration method according to claim 1 , further comprising: receiving, by the first user equipment on the candidate time-frequency resource indicated or configured by using the configuration information of the PSFCH, the feedback control information sent by the one or more second user equipments.

8. A feedback control channel configuration method, comprising:

receiving, by one or more second user equipments, configuration information of a physical sidelink feedback control channel (PSFCH) to indicate or configure a candidate time-frequency resource of the PSFCH from first user equipment, wherein the candidate time-frequency resource of the PSFCH is to carry feedback control information of first information;

determining, by the one or more second user equipments, a resource pool of the PSFCH based on the configuration information of the PSFCH; and

determining, by the one or more second user equipments, the candidate time-frequency resource in the resource pool based on the configuration information of the PSFCH.

9. The feedback control channel configuration method according to claim 8 , wherein the configuration information of the PSFCH comprises one or more of format information of the PSFCH, orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol quantity information of the PSFCH, identifier information of the resource pool of the PSFCH, a quantity of bits of the feedback control information, a quantity of codebooks of the feedback control information, a codebook count of the feedback control information, candidate time-frequency resource information of the PSFCH, or repetition quantity information of the configuration information of the PSFCH.

10. The feedback control channel configuration method according to claim 8 , wherein the one or more second user equipments determine a format of the PSFCH based on at least one of a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) or a subcarrier spacing (SCS) of the first information, or the OFDM symbol quantity information of the PSFCH.

11. The feedback control channel configuration method according to claim 8 , wherein the one or more second user equipments determine a quantity of OFDM symbols of the PSFCH based on at least one of the MCS or the SCS of the first information, or the format information of the PSFCH.

12. The feedback control channel configuration method according to claim 8 , wherein a quantity of the one or more second user equipments is N, wherein N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1, and wherein the configuration information of the PSFCH further comprises a candidate time-frequency resource offset to configure the candidate time-frequency resource of the PSFCH.

13. The feedback control channel configuration method according to claim 8 , further comprising:

sending, by the one or more second user equipments, the feedback control information to the first user equipment on the candidate time-frequency resource indicated or configured by using the configuration information of the PSFCH.

14. The feedback control channel configuration method according to claim 13 , wherein the sending, by the one or more second user equipments, the feedback control information to the first user equipment on the candidate time-frequency resource indicated or configured by using the configuration information of the PSFCH comprises:

performing, by the one or more second user equipments, detection on a channel on which the candidate time-frequency resource indicated or configured by using the configuration information of the PSFCH is located;

in response to that a channel on which a first candidate time-frequency resource is located is idle, sending, by the one or more second user equipments, the feedback control information to the first user equipment on the first candidate time-frequency resource.

15. A user equipment, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled to the processor to store instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations including

determining configuration information of a physical sidelink feedback control channel (PSFCH) to indicate or configure a candidate time-frequency resource of the PSFCH, wherein the candidate time-frequency resource of the PSFCH is to carry feedback control information of first information; and

sending the configuration information of the PSFCH to one or more second user equipments.

16. The user equipment according to claim 15 , wherein the configuration information of the PSFCH comprises one or more of format information of the PSFCH, orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol quantity information of the PSFCH, identifier information of a resource pool of the PSFCH, a quantity of bits of the feedback control information, a quantity of codebooks of the feedback control information, a codebook count of the feedback control information, candidate time-frequency resource information of the PSFCH, or repetition quantity information of the configuration information of the PSFCH.

17. The user equipment according to claim 15 , wherein there is a correspondence between the format information of the PSFCH and at least one of a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) or a subcarrier spacing (SCS) of the first information, or the OFDM symbol quantity information of the PSFCH.

18. The user equipment according to claim 15 , wherein there is a correspondence between the OFDM symbol quantity information of the PSFCH and at least one of the MCS or the SCS of the first information, or the format information of the PSFCH.

19. The user equipment according to claim 15 , wherein a quantity of the one or more second user equipments is N, wherein N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1, and wherein the configuration information of the PSFCH further comprises a candidate time-frequency resource offset to configure candidate time-frequency resources of PSFCHs of the N second user equipments.

20. The user equipment according to claim 15 , wherein the sending the configuration information of the PSFCH to one or more second user equipments comprises sending the configuration information of the PSFCH through a physical sidelink control channel PSCCH or a physical sidelink shared channel PSSCH to the one or more second user equipments.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2024
From: YANG, FAN; WANG, JUNWEI; ZHANG, XINGWEI
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 201811554313.6 · Dec 19, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2019125387 · Dec 13, 2019
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