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US 12,047,984 · App. 17/422,170 · Granted Jul 23, 2024

Method and device for resource configuration and data transmission

Inventors: Li Chen (Beijing, CN); Yali Zhao (Beijing, CN); Jinhua Miao (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
H04W72/53
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Patent No.
US 12,047,984
App. No.
17/422,170
Granted
Jul 23, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present application discloses a method and device for resource configuration and data transmission, solving the problem of long transmission time delay in the existing method for pre-configuration resources which is unable to satisfy the business demand of 5G system for low time delay. According to the embodiment of the present application, a network side device configures pre-configuration resources for a terminal in advance, with multiple continuous resources being allocated within a pre-configuration resource period for a set of pre-configuration resources. When data arrives at the terminal, one of the multiple continuous pre-configuration resources is selected for data transmission, to avoid transmission delay caused by mismatching a resource origin with data traffic arrived at the terminal within the pre-configuration resource period when the network side device configures pre-configuration resources for the terminal.

Claims (79)

1. A method for resource configuration, comprises:

determining, by a network-side device, multiple continuous resources in a set of pre-configured resources configured for a terminal, wherein the multiple continuous resources are within a pre-configured resource period;

pre-configuring, by the network-side device, determined multiple continuous resources for the terminal;

wherein the pre-configuring, by the network-side device, the determined multiple continuous resources for the terminal, further comprises:

configuring, by the network-side device, a quantity of continuous resources in a resource period for the terminal through Radio Resource Control, RRC, signaling used to configure pre-configured resources.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the multiple continuous resources comprise:

continuous resources on adjacent symbols; or

continuous resources on adjacent slots; or

continuous resources on adjacent subframes; or

adjacent continuous transmission resources in a same direction; wherein the adjacent continuous transmission resources in the same direction refer to resources continuously sent or continuously received by a same terminal, and comprise continuous uplink resources or continuous sidelink resources.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein in response to that the network-side device determines that resources that need to be configured for the terminal belong to a pre-configured resource type 2;

The pre-configuring, by the network-side device, the determined multiple continuous resources for the terminal, further comprises:

configuring, by the network-side device, a quantity of continuous resources in a resource period for the terminal through a Physical Downlink Control Channel, PDCCH, command used to activate pre-configured resources.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein after the network-side device pre-configures the determined multiple continuous resources for the terminal, the method further comprises:

determining, by the network-side device, resources used by a first data packet sent by the terminal on the pre-configured resources, and enabling resources at a same position in each pre-configured resource period; wherein other resources are invalid for the terminal except for the enabled resources in the multiple continuous resources within the pre-configured resource period.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein after the network-side device pre-configures the determined multiple continuous resources for the terminal, the method further comprises:

configuring, by the network-side device, a usage duration or usage number for disabling pre-configured resources for the terminal through RRC signaling; or

receiving, by the network-side device, indication information for disabling pre-configured resources sent by the terminal after the pre-configured resources are enabled, wherein the indication information is a Medium Access Control, MAC, subheader containing a Logical Channel Identity, LCID, indicating the disabling of pre-configured resources, or the indication information is a Medium Access Control Control Element, MAC CE, containing pre-configured resource numbers of disabled pre-configured resources, wherein the MAC CE is used to instruct to disable pre-configured resources corresponding to the pre-configured resource numbers; wherein disabling pre-configured resources means that the pre-configured resources of the terminal roll back to a state where there are multiple continuous resources for allocation in a pre-configured resource period and the resources are activated and disabled.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein, after the network-side device determines the resources used by the first data packet sent by the terminal, the method further comprises:

releasing, by the network-side device, resources that are not enabled in the pre-configured resource period to the terminal.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the network-side device determines the resources used by the first data packet sent by the terminal in a following way:

using, by the network-side device, resources corresponding to a maximum transmit power of the terminal on the multiple continuous resources in the pre-configured resource period as the resources used by the terminal to send the first data packet; or

using, by the network-side device, resources carrying a data packet containing indication information sent by the terminal among the pre-configured multiple continuous resources as the resources used by the terminal to send the first data packet;

wherein the indication information is carried by an MAC layer, and the indication information is an MAC CE or the indication information is carried by an MAC subheader carrying a dedicated indication LCID.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein in response to that the network-side device determines that resources that need to be configured for the terminal belong to a pre-configured resource type 1;

after the network-side device activates the resources at the same position in each resource period, the method further comprises:

sending, by the network-side device, reconfiguration information containing pre-configured resources with pre-configured resource numbers being the same with pre-configured resource numbers of current pre-configured resources to the terminal through RRC signaling;

disabling, by the network-side device, pre-configured resources corresponding to the pre-configured resource numbers according to the reconfiguration information, and determining new pre-configured resources according to the reconfiguration information;

wherein in response to that the network-side device determines that resources that need to be configured for the terminal belong to a pre-configured resource type 2;

after the network-side device pre-configures the determined multiple continuous resources for the terminal, the method further comprises:

configuring, by the network-side device, a usage duration or usage number for releasing pre-configured resources for the terminal through RRC signaling, so that the terminal releases resources according to the usage duration or usage number for releasing pre-configured resources; or

receiving, by the network-side device, indication information for releasing pre-configured resources sent by the terminal after activating the pre-configured resources, wherein the indication information is an MAC subheader containing an LCID indicating the release of pre-configured resources, or the indication information is an MAC CE containing pre-configured resource numbers of released pre-configured resources, wherein the MAC CE is used to instruct to release pre-configured resources corresponding to the pre-configured resource numbers; or

sending, by the network-side device, reconfiguration information containing pre-configured resources with pre-configured resource numbers being the same as pre-configured resource numbers of current pre-configured resources to the terminal through RRC signaling, so that the terminal releases pre-configured resources corresponding to the pre-configured resource numbers according to the reconfiguration information and determines new pre-configured resources according to the reconfiguration information; or

releasing, by the network-side device, pre-configured resources corresponding to the current pre-configured resource numbers through a new PDCCH command for activating pre-configured resources with pre-configured resource numbers being the same as pre-configured resource numbers of the current pre-configured resources, and activating pre-configured resources according to the new PDCCH command for activating pre-configured resources; or

sending, by the network-side device, a PDCCH command for releasing pre-configured resources to the terminal after activating the pre-configured resources, so that the terminal releases resources according to the PDCCH command for releasing pre-configured resources.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining, by the network-side device, multiple continuous resources that need to be configured for the terminal in the pre-configured resource period among pre-configured resources of the terminal, comprises:

determining, by the network-side device, multiple continuous resources that need to be configured for the terminal according to auxiliary information reported by the terminal;

wherein the auxiliary information comprises some or all of:

service arrival period, expected arrival time of service data, expected data packet size, deviation of expected arrival time of service data.

10. A data transmission method, comprises:

determining, by a terminal, multiple continuous resources pre-configured by a network-side device;

performing, by the terminal, data transmission through the pre-configured multiple continuous resources;

wherein the determining, by the terminal, multiple continuous resources pre-configured by the network-side device, further comprises:

determining, by the terminal, a quantity of multiple continuous resources in a pre-configured resource period among pre-configured resources according to a received RRC signaling, or determining a quantity of multiple continuous resources in the pre-configured resource period according to a protocol provision.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the multiple continuous resources comprise:

continuous resources on adjacent symbols; or

continuous resources on adjacent slots; or

continuous resources on adjacent subframes; or

adjacent continuous transmission resources in a same direction refer to resources that are continuously sent or continuously received by a same terminal, and comprise continuous uplink resources or continuous sidelink resources.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein in response to that the pre-configured multiple continuous resources belong to a pre-configured resource type 2;

the determining, by the terminal, multiple continuous resources pre-configured by the network-side device, further comprises:

determining, by the terminal, a quantity of multiple continuous resources in a pre-configured resource period according to a received PDCCH command for activating pre-configured resources sent by the network-side device.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the performing, by the terminal, data transmission through the pre-configured multiple continuous resources, further comprises:

enabling, by the terminal, resources at a same position as resources used to send a first data packet in each pre-configured resource period after sending the first data packet through pre-configured resources; wherein other resources are invalid for the terminal except for the enabled resources in the multiple continuous resources within the pre-configured resource period;

wherein after the terminal performs data transmission through the pre-configured multiple continuous resources, the method further comprises:

disabling, by the terminal, activated resources in each resource period in response to that no data is transmitted through pre-configured resources in next N resource periods after determining that the usage duration or usage number for disabling pre-configured resources configured by the network-side device through RRC signaling is reached or exceeded, wherein N is a positive integer; or

sending, by the terminal, indication information for disabling pre-configured resources to the network-side device; wherein the indication information is an MAC subheader containing an LCID indicating the disabling of pre-configured resources, or the indication information is an MAC CE containing pre-configured resource numbers of disabled pre-configured resources, wherein the MAC CE is used to instruct to disable pre-configured resources corresponding to the pre-configured resource numbers; wherein disabling pre-configured resources means that the pre-configured resources configured by the network-side device for the terminal roll back to a state where multiple continuous resources in the pre-configured resource period are restored to be activated and disabled.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein in response to that the pre-configured multiple continuous resources belong to a pre-configured resource type 1;

after the terminal performs data transmission through the pre-configured multiple continuous resources, the method further comprises:

after receiving reconfiguration information containing pre-configured resources with pre-configured resource numbers being the same as pre-configured resource numbers of current pre-configured resources sent by the network-side device through RRC signaling, disabling, by the terminal, pre-configured resources corresponding to the pre-configured resource numbers according to the reconfiguration information, and determining new pre-configured resources according to the reconfiguration information;

wherein in response to that the pre-configured multiple continuous resources belong to a pre-configured resource type 2;

the method further comprises:

disabling, by the terminal, activated resources in each resource period and releasing the pre-configured multiple continuous resources in response to that no data is transmitted through pre-configured resources in next N resource periods after determining that the usage duration or usage number for releasing resources configured by the network-side device through RRC signaling is reached or exceeded, wherein N is a positive integer; or

releasing, by the terminal, the pre-configured multiple continuous resources after receiving a release command sent by the network-side device through MAC CE or RRC signaling; or

deactivating, by the terminal, activated resources in the current pre-configured resources after receiving a deactivation command sent by the network-side device through a new PDCCH command for activating other pre-configured resources, and activating pre-configured resources corresponding to the new PDCCH command for activating other pre-configured resources;

releasing, by the terminal, the pre-configured multiple continuous resources after receiving a release command sent by the network-side device through a PDCCH command.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the sending, by the terminal, the first data packet through pre-configured resources, further comprises:

putting, by the terminal, indication information indicating resources in the first data packet, wherein the indication information is used for sending the first data packet.

16. The method of claim 10 , wherein before the terminal determines the multiple continuous resources pre-configured by the network-side device, the method further comprises:

sending, by the terminal, auxiliary information for determining multiple continuous resources that need to be configured for the terminal to the network-side device;

wherein the auxiliary information comprises some or all of:

service arrival period, expected arrival time of service data, expected data packet size, deviation of expected arrival time of service data.

17. A network-side device for resource configuration, comprises: a processor, a memory and a transceiver;

wherein the processor is configured to read a program in the memory and perform followings:

determining multiple continuous resources in a set of pre-configured resources configured for a terminal, wherein the multiple continuous resources are within a pre-configured resource period; and pre-configuring the determined multiple continuous resources for the terminal;

wherein the pre-configuring the determined multiple continuous resources for the terminal, further comprises:

configuring a quantity of continuous resources in a resource period for the terminal through Radio Resource Control, RRC, signaling used to configure pre-configured resources.

18. A user equipment for data transmission, comprises a processor, a memory and a transceiver;

wherein the processor is configured to read a program in the memory and perform the method of claim 10 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 9, 2021
From: CHEN, LI; ZHAO, YALI; MIAO, JINHUA
To: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD.
Reel/Frame 056811/0889 →
Priority Claims (2)
CN 201910023977.8 · Jan 10, 2019 · national
CN 201910028514.0 · Jan 11, 2019 · national
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