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Granted Patent B2
US 12,200,521 · App. 17/672,531 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Communication method and communications apparatus

Inventors: Haicun Hang (Shanghai, CN); Liuliu Ji (Shanghai, CN); Hongzhe Shi (Shenzhen, CN); Xiaoyan Bi (Ottawa, CA)
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
H04W24/08H04W72/0446H04W72/23H04W72/563
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Patent No.
US 12,200,521
App. No.
17/672,531
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

This disclosure provides a communication method to implement a function of a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback codebook in a multi-station scenario. A terminal device receives a configuration group identifier, determines a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) reception occasion corresponding to the configuration group identifier, and transmits feedback information of the PDSCH reception occasion based on the configuration group identifier corresponding to the PDSCH reception occasion and according to a predetermined rule of feedback sorting.

Claims (54)

1. A communication method performed by a communication apparatus, the method comprising:

receiving a plurality of configuration group identifiers;

determining a plurality of physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) reception occasions corresponding to the plurality of configuration group identifiers; and

transmitting feedback information of the plurality of PDSCH reception occasions based on each configuration group identifier corresponding to each of the plurality of PDSCH reception occasions and according to a predetermined rule of feedback sorting; wherein

the transmitting feedback information of the plurality of PDSCH reception occasions comprises:

determining an uplink resource based on the configuration group identifiers; and

transmitting, on the determined uplink resource, feedback information of the plurality of PDSCH reception occasions corresponding to the plurality of configuration group identifiers, wherein the uplink resource is determined based on a last downlink control information (DCI) in a plurality of DCIs corresponding to the plurality of configuration group identifiers, wherein the last DCI is determined based on physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring occasions, configuration group identifiers and cell identifiers as follows:

for a plurality of cell identifiers corresponding to detected DCIs, determining first DCIs corresponding to a largest cell identifier value;

for a plurality of PDCCH monitoring occasions corresponding to a cell with the largest cell identifier value, determining second DCIs corresponding to a latest PDCCH monitoring occasion from the first DCIs; and

for a plurality of configuration group identifiers corresponding to the latest PDCCH monitoring occasion, determining the last DCI corresponding to a largest configuration group identifier value from the second DCIs.

2. The communication method according to claim 1 , wherein the configuration group identifier is at least one of the following: an identifier (ID) or an index of a slot time sequence set, an ID or an index of a control resource set (CORESET), an ID or an index of a control resource set group CORESET group, an ID or an index of a PDCCH configuration, or an index of a higher layer parameter.

3. The communication method according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined rule of feedback sorting comprises sorting based on at least one of: a number of a time domain unit in which the PDSCH reception occasion is located, a quantity of the configuration group identifier, or a quantity of a cell identifier corresponding to the PDSCH reception occasion.

4. The communication method according to claim 3 , comprising:

ranking feedback information of a PDSCH reception occasion with a smaller configuration group identifier prior to feedback information of a PDSCH reception occasion with a larger configuration group identifier.

5. The communication method according to claim 4 , comprising:

ranking feedback information of a PDSCH reception occasion with a smaller cell identifier prior to feedback information of a PDSCH reception occasion with a larger cell identifier, wherein the cell identifier corresponds to the configuration group identifier.

6. The communication method according to claim 5 , comprising:

ranking feedback information of a PDSCH reception occasion with a smaller number of a time domain unit prior to feedback information of a PDSCH reception occasion with a larger number of a time domain unit, wherein the time domain unit corresponds to the cell identifier.

7. A communications apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor;

configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations comprising:

receiving a plurality of configuration group identifiers;

determining a plurality of physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) reception occasions corresponding to the plurality of configuration group identifiers, and

transmitting feedback information of the plurality of PDSCH reception occasions based on each configuration group identifier corresponding to each of the plurality of PDSCH reception occasions and according to a predetermined rule of feedback sorting, wherein the transmitting feedback information of the plurality of PDSCH reception occasions comprises:

determining an uplink resource based on the plurality of configuration group identifiers; and

transmitting, on the determined uplink resource, feedback information of the plurality of PDSCH reception occasions corresponding to the plurality of configuration group identifiers, wherein the uplink resource is determined based on a last downlink control information (DCI) in a plurality of DCIs corresponding to the plurality of configuration group identifiers, wherein the last DCI is determined based on physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring occasions, configuration group identifiers and cell identifiers as follows:

for a plurality of cell identifiers corresponding to detected DCIs, determining first DCIs corresponding to a largest cell identifier value;

for a plurality of PDCCH monitoring occasions corresponding to a cell with the largest cell identifier value, determining second DCIs corresponding to a latest PDCCH monitoring occasion from the first DCIs; and

for a plurality of configuration group identifiers corresponding to the latest PDCCH monitoring occasion, determining the last DCI corresponding to a largest configuration group identifier value from the second DCIs.

8. The communications apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the configuration group identifier comprises at least one of: an identifier (ID) or an index of a slot time sequence set, an ID or an index of a control resource set (CORESET), an ID or an index of a control resource set group CORESET group, an ID or an index of a PDCCH configuration, or an index of a higher layer parameter.

9. The communications apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the predetermined rule of the feedback sorting comprises sorting based on at least one of: a number of a time domain unit in which the PDSCH reception occasion is located, a quantity of the configuration group identifier, or a quantity of a cell identifier corresponding to the PDSCH reception occasion.

10. The communications apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations comprising:

ranking feedback information of a PDSCH reception occasion with a smaller configuration group identifier prior to feedback information of a PDSCH reception occasion with a larger configuration group identifier.

11. The communications apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations comprising:

ranking feedback information of a PDSCH reception occasion with a smaller cell identifier prior to feedback information of a PDSCH reception occasion with a larger cell identifier, wherein the cell identifier corresponds to the configuration group identifier.

12. The communications apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations comprising:

ranking feedback information of a PDSCH reception occasion with a smaller number of a time domain unit prior to feedback information of a PDSCH reception occasion with a larger number of a time domain unit, wherein the time domain unit corresponds to the cell identifier.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising a computer program, wherein when the computer program is run on a computer, the computer is enabled to perform operations comprising:

receiving a plurality of configuration group identifiers;

determining a plurality of physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) reception occasions corresponding to the plurality of configuration group identifiers, and

transmitting feedback information of the plurality of PDSCH reception occasions based on each configuration group identifier corresponding to each of the plurality of PDSCH reception occasions and according to a predetermined rule of feedback sorting, wherein the transmitting feedback information of the plurality of PDSCH reception occasions comprises:

determining an uplink resource based on the plurality of configuration group identifiers; and

transmitting, on the determined uplink resource, feedback information of the plurality of PDSCH reception occasions corresponding to the plurality of configuration group identifiers, wherein the uplink resource is determined based on a last downlink control information (DCI) in a plurality of DCIs corresponding to the plurality of configuration group identifiers, wherein the last DCI is determined based on physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring occasions, configuration group identifiers and cell identifiers as follows:

for a plurality of cell identifiers corresponding to detected DCIs, determining first DCIs corresponding to a largest cell identifier value;

for a plurality of PDCCH monitoring occasions corresponding to a cell with the largest cell identifier value, determining second DCIs corresponding to a latest PDCCH monitoring occasion from the first DCIs; and

for a plurality of configuration group identifiers corresponding to the latest PDCCH monitoring occasion, determining the last DCI corresponding to a largest configuration group identifier value from the second DCIs.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 13 , wherein the configuration group identifier is at least one of: an identifier (ID) or an index of a slot time sequence set, an ID or an index of a control resource set (CORESET), an ID or an index of a control resource set group CORESET group, an ID or an index of a PDCCH configuration, or an index of a higher layer parameter.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 13 , wherein the predetermined rule of feedback sorting comprises sorting based on at least one of: a number of a time domain unit in which the PDSCH reception occasion is located, a quantity of the configuration group identifier, or a quantity of a cell identifier corresponding to the PDSCH reception occasion.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15 , wherein when the computer program is run on a computer, the computer is further enabled to perform operations comprising:

feedback information of a PDSCH reception occasion with a smaller configuration group identifier is ranked before feedback information of a PDSCH reception occasion with a larger configuration group identifier.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 16 , wherein when the computer program is run on a computer, the computer is further enabled to perform operations comprising:

feedback information of a PDSCH reception occasion with a smaller cell identifier is ranked before feedback information of a PDSCH reception occasion with a larger cell identifier, wherein the cell identifier corresponds to the configuration group identifier.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 17 , wherein when the computer program is run on a computer, the computer is further enabled to perform operations comprising:

feedback information of a PDSCH reception occasion with a smaller number of a time domain unit is ranked before feedback information of a PDSCH reception occasion with a larger number of a time domain unit, wherein the time domain unit corresponds to the cell identifier.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2024
From: HANG, HAICUN; JI, LIULIU; SHI, HONGZHE; BI, XIAOYAN
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 069311/0966 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2019101133 · Aug 16, 2019
Related Publication 20220174524A1 · Jun 2, 2022
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