Granted Patent B2

US 12,200,520 · App. 17/669,825 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Inventors: Fei Gao (Shanghai, CN); Shurong Jiao (Shanghai, CN); Ruixiang Ma (Shenzhen, CN); Meng Hua (Shanghai, CN)

Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

H04W24/08H04W72/0446H04W72/23H04W72/51

Abstract

Claims (60)

1. A communication method, wherein the method comprises:

receiving, by a terminal side device, configuration information sent by a network side device, wherein the configuration information indicates a position in a time domain or a frequency domain for monitoring a downlink control channel;

determining, by the terminal side device based on the configuration information, positions of a first time subunit and a second time subunit, in a first time unit, for monitoring the downlink control channel;

obtaining, by the terminal side device, a mapping relationship between at least one monitoring parameter and at least one monitoring capability parameter;

determining, by the terminal side device from the at least one monitoring parameter, a target monitoring parameter that matches a first monitoring parameter corresponding to the first time subunit;

determining, by the terminal side device based on a monitoring capability parameter corresponding to the target monitoring parameter, a monitoring capability parameter corresponding to the first time subunit, the monitoring capability parameter corresponding to the first time subunit indicating capability of the terminal side device to monitor downlink control channels in the first time subunit, wherein the first monitoring parameter corresponding to the first time subunit comprises a first time domain interval between a start position of the first time subunit and a start position of the second time subunit, and the first monitoring parameter corresponding to the first time subunit is associated with the monitoring capability parameter corresponding to the first time subunit in the mapping relationship between at least one monitoring parameter and at least one monitoring capability parameter; and

monitoring, by the terminal side device, the downlink control channel in the first time subunit according to the monitoring capability parameter corresponding to the first time subunit.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the second time subunit is located after the first time subunit in the time domain, or the second time subunit is located before the first time subunit in the time domain.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the second time subunit is a non-empty time subunit that is located after the first time subunit in the time domain and closest to the first time subunit in the first time unit; or

the second time subunit is a non-empty time subunit that is located before the first time subunit in the time domain and closest to the first time subunit in the first time unit, and

wherein a search space set exists in the non-empty time subunit.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the at least one monitoring parameter comprises a minimum time domain interval between start positions of two adjacent time subunits located in a same time unit; and

the minimum time domain interval comprised in the target monitoring parameter is less than or equal to the first time domain interval.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the at least one monitoring parameter comprises a minimum time domain interval between start positions of two adjacent time subunits located in a same time unit and a maximum time domain length of each time subunit in the same time unit; and

a minimum time domain interval comprised in the target monitoring parameter is less than or equal to the first time domain interval, and a maximum time domain length comprised in the target monitoring parameter is less than or equal to a time domain length of the first time subunit.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the at least one monitoring parameter comprises a minimum time domain interval between start positions of two adjacent time subunits located in a same time unit and a maximum time domain length of each time subunit in the same time unit; and

a minimum time domain interval, between two adjacent time subunits in a same time unit, obtained based on the target monitoring parameter is less than or equal to a second time interval between the first time subunit and the second time subunit.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the at least one monitoring parameter comprises a minimum time domain interval between start positions of two adjacent time subunits located in a same time unit; and

an absolute value of a difference between a minimum time domain interval comprised in the target monitoring parameter and the first time domain interval is less than or equal to an absolute value of a difference between a minimum time domain interval comprised in a monitoring parameter other than the target monitoring parameter in the at least one monitoring parameter and the first time domain interval.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein determining, by the terminal side device based on the monitoring capability parameter corresponding to the target monitoring parameter, the monitoring capability parameter corresponding to the first time subunit comprises:

when the target monitoring parameter corresponds to a plurality of monitoring capability parameters, determining, by the terminal side device, that a minimum monitoring capability in the plurality of monitoring capability parameters is the monitoring capability parameter corresponding to the first time subunit.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein determining, by the terminal side device based on the monitoring capability parameter corresponding to the target monitoring parameter, the monitoring capability parameter corresponding to the first time subunit comprises:

when the target monitoring parameter corresponds to a plurality of monitoring capability parameters, and when the first time subunit meets a first condition, determining, by the terminal side device, that a maximum monitoring capability parameter in the plurality of monitoring capability parameters is the monitoring capability parameter corresponding to the first time subunit, wherein

the first condition comprises: a common search space set or a search space set scheduled based on a time unit granularity exists in the first time subunit; or the first time domain interval is greater than a first threshold.

10. A communications apparatus, wherein the apparatus comprises a processor and a non-transitory memory storing instructions, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to perform operations of:

receiving configuration information sent by a network side device, wherein the configuration information indicates a position in a time domain or a frequency domain for monitoring a downlink control channel; and

determining, based on the configuration information, positions of a first time subunit and a second time subunit, in a first time unit, for monitoring the downlink control channel;

obtaining a mapping relationship between at least one monitoring parameter and at least one monitoring capability parameter;

determining, from the at least one monitoring parameter, a target monitoring parameter that matches a first monitoring parameter corresponding to the first time subunit;

determining, based on a monitoring capability parameter corresponding to the target monitoring parameter, a monitoring capability parameter corresponding to the first time subunit, the monitoring capability parameter corresponding to the first time subunit indicating capability of the apparatus to monitor downlink control channels in the first time subunit, wherein the first monitoring parameter corresponding to the first time subunit comprises a first time domain interval between a start position of the first time subunit and a start position of the second time subunit, and the first monitoring parameter corresponding to the first time subunit is associated with the monitoring capability parameter corresponding to the first time subunit in the mapping relationship between at least one monitoring parameter and at least one monitoring capability parameter; and

monitoring the downlink control channel in the first time subunit according to the monitoring capability parameter corresponding to the first time subunit.

11. The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein

the second time subunit is located after the first time subunit in the time domain, or the second time subunit is located before the first time subunit in the time domain.

12. The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein

the second time subunit is a non-empty time subunit that is located after the first time subunit in the time domain and closest to the first time subunit in the first time unit; or

the second time subunit is a non-empty time subunit that is located before the first time subunit in the time domain and closest to the first time subunit in the first time unit, and

wherein a search space set exists in the non-empty time subunit.

13. The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein

each of the at least one monitoring parameter comprises a minimum time domain interval between start positions of two adjacent time subunits located in a same time unit; and

a minimum time domain interval comprised in the target monitoring parameter is less than or equal to the first time domain interval.

14. The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein

each of the at least one monitoring parameter comprises a minimum time domain interval between start positions of two adjacent time subunits located in a same time unit and a maximum time domain length of each time subunit in the same time unit; and

a minimum time domain interval comprised in the target monitoring parameter is less than or equal to the first time domain interval, and a maximum time domain length comprised in the target monitoring parameter is less than or equal to a time domain length of the first time subunit.

15. The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein

each of the at least one monitoring parameter comprises a minimum time domain interval between start positions of two adjacent time subunits located in a same time unit and a maximum time domain length of each time subunit in the same time unit; and

a minimum time domain interval obtained based on the target monitoring parameter is less than or equal to a second time interval between the first time subunit and the second time subunit.

16. The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein

each of the at least one monitoring parameter comprises a minimum time domain interval between start positions of two adjacent time subunits located in a same time unit; and

an absolute value of a difference between the minimum time domain interval comprised in the target monitoring parameter and the first time domain interval is less than or equal to an absolute value of a difference between a minimum time domain interval comprised in a monitoring parameter other than the target monitoring parameter in the at least one monitoring parameter and the first time domain interval.

17. The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the operations further comprise:

when the target monitoring parameter corresponds to a plurality of monitoring capability parameters, determining that a minimum monitoring capability parameter in the plurality of monitoring capability parameters is the monitoring capability parameter corresponding to the first time subunit.

18. The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the operations further comprise:

when the target monitoring parameter corresponds to a plurality of monitoring capability parameters, and when the first time subunit meets a first condition, determining that a maximum monitoring capability parameter in the plurality of monitoring capability parameters is the monitoring capability parameter corresponding to the first time subunit, wherein

the first condition comprises: a common search space set or a search space set scheduled based on a time unit granularity exists in the first time subunit; or the first time domain interval is greater than a first threshold.

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