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US 12,213,174 · App. 17/666,053 · Granted Jan 28, 2025

Indication signal transmission method and apparatus

Inventors: Weiwei Fan (Shanghai, CN); Hongjia Su (Shanghai, CN); Jiayin Zhang (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
H04W74/0816H04W72/0446H04W74/0866
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Patent No.
US 12,213,174
App. No.
17/666,053
Granted
Jan 28, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

This application provides example signal transmission method and apparatus. One example method includes sending, by a first terminal device to a second terminal device, indication information indicating a signal transmission resource. Listen before talk (LBT) is performed by the first terminal device before transmission with the second terminal device is performed. Transmission with the second terminal device is performed by the first terminal device according to the indication information.

Claims (29)

1. A method, comprising:

sending, by a first terminal device to a second terminal device, indication information indicating a signal transmission resource, wherein the indication information carries feedback channel resource indication information, the feedback channel resource indication information indicates a feedback channel resource, and the feedback channel resource indication information comprises a slot offset of the feedback channel resource relative to the indication information, an intra-slot symbol offset, a symbol length, and an occupied bandwidth;

performing, by the first terminal device, listen before talk (LBT) before performing transmission with the second terminal device; and

performing, by the first terminal device, transmission with the second terminal device according to the indication information.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the indication information carries at least one of the following information: channel occupancy duration or frame structure information.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the frame structure information comprises a transmission direction of each slot unit in the signal transmission resource between the first terminal device and the second terminal device, and location information of an idle slot.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the location information of the idle slot comprises a slot offset of the idle slot relative to the indication information, an intra-slot symbol offset, and a symbol length.

5. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the frame structure information comprises information for a third terminal device to multiplex the signal transmission resource between the first terminal device and the second terminal device.

6. An apparatus, comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more memories storing one or more instructions executable by the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

sending, to a second terminal device, indication information indicating a signal transmission resource, wherein the indication information carries feedback channel resource indication information, the feedback channel resource indication information indicates a feedback channel resource, and the feedback channel resource indication information comprises a slot offset of the feedback channel resource relative to the indication information, an intra-slot symbol offset, a symbol length, and an occupied bandwidth;

performing listen before talk (LBT) before performing transmission with the second terminal device; and

performing transmission with the second terminal device according to the indication information.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the indication information carries at least one of the following information: channel occupancy duration or frame structure information.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the frame structure information comprises a transmission direction of each slot unit in the signal transmission resource between the apparatus and the second terminal device, and location information of an idle slot.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the location information of the idle slot comprises a slot offset of the idle slot relative to the indication information, an intra-slot symbol offset, and a symbol length.

10. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the frame structure information comprises information for a third terminal device to multiplex the signal transmission resource between the apparatus and the second terminal device.

11. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing one or more instructions executable by at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

sending, by a first terminal device to a second terminal device, indication information indicating a signal transmission resource, wherein the indication information carries feedback channel resource indication information, the feedback channel resource indication information indicates a feedback channel resource, and the feedback channel resource indication information comprises a slot offset of the feedback channel resource relative to the indication information, an intra-slot symbol offset, a symbol length, and an occupied bandwidth; and

performing, by the first terminal device, listen before talk (LBT) before performing transmission with the second terminal device; and

performing, by the first terminal device, transmission with the second terminal device according to the indication information.

12. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium according to claim 11 , wherein the indication information carries at least one of the following information: channel occupancy duration or frame structure information.

13. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium according to claim 12 , wherein the frame structure information comprises a transmission direction of each slot unit in the signal transmission resource between the first terminal device and the second terminal device, and location information of an idle slot.

14. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium according to claim 13 , wherein the location information of the idle slot comprises a slot offset of the idle slot relative to the indication information, an intra-slot symbol offset, and a symbol length.

15. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium according to claim 12 , wherein the frame structure information comprises information for a third terminal device to multiplex the signal transmission resource between the first terminal device and the second terminal device.

16. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium according to claim 11 , wherein before sending the indication information to the second terminal device, the operations further comprise:

receiving a first message sent by a network device, wherein the first message indicates the signal transmission resource between the first terminal device and the second terminal device.

17. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium according to claim 16 , wherein the first message carries a transmission direction of the signal transmission resource.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 3, 2024
From: SU, HONGJIA; ZHANG, JIAYIN
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 069472/0525 →
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT Recorded Dec 3, 2024
From: FAN, WEIWEI
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 069477/0706 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201910754867.9 · Aug 15, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2020109314 · Aug 14, 2020
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