Granted Patent B2

US 12,238,691 · App. 17/738,938 · Granted Feb 25, 2025

Inventors: Yibin Zhuo (Shenzhen, CN); Jing Liu (Shanghai, CN); Mingzeng Dai (Shenzhen, CN); Yuanping Zhu (Shanghai, CN)

Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

H04W72/0446H04L1/1614

Abstract

Claims (32)

1. A time domain resource format configuration method, comprising:

obtaining, by an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) donor, first time domain resource format information, wherein the first time domain resource format information indicates that time domain resources in a first periodicity are distributed in an order of an uplink time domain resource, a flexible time domain resource, and a downlink time domain resource; and

sending, by the IAB donor, the first time domain resource format information to a first IAB node,

wherein the first time domain resource format information comprises a bitmap, the bitmap comprises at least one bit, the at least one bit is in one-to-one correspondence with at least one periodicity, and each bit indicates that time domain resources in a periodicity corresponding to the bit are distributed in an order of a downlink time domain resource, a flexible time domain resource, and an uplink time domain resource or distributed in the order of an uplink time domain resource, a flexible time domain resource, and a downlink time domain resource; and

wherein the at least one periodicity comprises the first periodicity, the at least one bit comprises a first bit, and the first bit indicates that the time domain resources in the first periodicity are distributed in the order of an uplink time domain resource, a flexible time domain resource, and a downlink time domain resource.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first time domain resource format information indicates that time domain resources in each of T1 consecutive periodicities are distributed in an order of a downlink time domain resource, a flexible time domain resource, and an uplink time domain resource, and that time domain resources in each of T2 consecutive periodicities immediately following the T1 consecutive periodicities are distributed in the order of an uplink time domain resource, a flexible time domain resource, and a downlink time domain resource, the T2 consecutive periodicities comprise the first periodicity, and both T1 and T2 are positive integers greater than or equal to 1.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the first time domain resource format information further comprises one or both of a parameter T1 and a parameter T2.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first time domain resource format information comprises indication information of the first periodicity, indication information of a length of the uplink time domain resource, indication information of a length of the downlink time domain resource, and uplink priority indication information, and the uplink priority indication information indicates that the uplink time domain resource is at the beginning of the first periodicity.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first time domain resource format information comprises indication information of the first periodicity, indication information of a length of the uplink time domain resource, and indication information of a length of the downlink time domain resource: the indication information of the length of the uplink time domain resource indicates the length of the uplink time domain resource, and the uplink time domain resource is at the beginning of the first periodicity; and the indication information of the length of the downlink time domain resource indicates the length of the downlink time domain resource, and the downlink time domain resource is at the end of the first periodicity.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first time domain resource format information further indicates a resource type of one or more of the uplink time domain resource, the flexible time domain resource, and the downlink time domain resource in the first periodicity, and the resource type comprises a hard type, a soft type, or a not-available (N/A) type.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the uplink time domain resource in the time domain resources in the first periodicity comprises X consecutive uplink symbols, the flexible time domain resource comprises Y consecutive flexible symbols, and the downlink time domain resource comprises Z consecutive downlink symbols, wherein X, Y, and Z are all integers greater than or equal to 0.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first time domain resource format information is time domain resource format information of a mobile terminal (MT) of the first IAB node, the first time domain resource format information indicates that time domain resources of the MT of the first IAB node are distributed in the order of an uplink time domain resource, a flexible time domain resource, and a downlink time domain resource; and

wherein the sending, by the IAB donor, the first time domain resource format information to the first IAB node comprises:

sending, by the IAB donor, the first time domain resource format information to the MT of the first IAB node.

9. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising:

receiving, by the IAB donor, the first time domain resource format information from a distributed unit (DU) of a parent node of the first IAB node.

10. A time domain resource format configuration method, comprising:

receiving, by a first integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node, first time domain resource format information from an IAB donor, wherein the first time domain resource format information indicates that time domain resources in a first periodicity are distributed in an order of an uplink time domain resource, a flexible time domain resource, and a downlink time domain resource; and

determining, by the first IAB node, that the time domain resources in the first periodicity are distributed in the order of an uplink time domain resource, a flexible time domain resource, and a downlink time domain resource,

wherein the first time domain resource format information comprises a bitmap, the bitmap comprises at least one bit, the at least one bit is in one-to-one correspondence with at least one periodicity, and each bit indicates that time domain resources in a periodicity corresponding to the bit are distributed in an order of a downlink time domain resource, a flexible time domain resource, and an uplink time domain resource or distributed in the order of an uplink time domain resource, a flexible time domain resource, and a downlink time domain resource; and

wherein the at least one periodicity comprises the first periodicity, the at least one bit comprises a first bit, and the first bit indicates that the time domain resources in the first periodicity are distributed in the order of an uplink time domain resource, a flexible time domain resource, and a downlink time domain resource.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the first time domain resource format information indicates that time domain resources in each of T1 consecutive periodicities are distributed in an order of a downlink time domain resource, a flexible time domain resource, and an uplink time domain resource, and that time domain resources in each of T2 consecutive periodicities immediately following the T1 consecutive periodicities are distributed in the order of an uplink time domain resource, a flexible time domain resource, and a downlink time domain resource, the T2 consecutive periodicities comprise the first periodicity, and both T1 and T2 are positive integers greater than or equal to 1.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the first time domain resource format information further comprises one or both of a parameter T1 and a parameter T2.

13. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the first time domain resource format information comprises indication information of the first periodicity, indication information of a length of the uplink time domain resource, indication information of a length of the downlink time domain resource, and uplink priority indication information, and the uplink priority indication information indicates that the uplink time domain resource is at the beginning of the first periodicity.

14. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the first time domain resource format information comprises indication information of the first periodicity, indication information of a length of the uplink time domain resource, and indication information of a length of the downlink time domain resource: the indication information of the length of the uplink time domain resource indicates the length of the uplink time domain resource, and the uplink time domain resource is at the beginning of the first periodicity; and the indication information of the length of the downlink time domain resource indicates the length of the downlink time domain resource, and the downlink time domain resource is at the end of the first periodicity.

15. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the first time domain resource format information further indicates a resource type of one or more of the uplink time domain resource, the flexible time domain resource, and the downlink time domain resource in the first periodicity, and the resource type comprises a hard type, a soft type, or a not-available (N/A) type.

16. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the uplink time domain resource in the time domain resources in the first periodicity comprises X consecutive uplink symbols, the flexible time domain resource comprises Y consecutive flexible symbols, and the downlink time domain resource comprises Z consecutive downlink symbols, wherein X, Y, and Z are all integers greater than or equal to 0.

17. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the first time domain resource format information is time domain resource format information of a mobile terminal (MT) of the first IAB node, the first time domain resource format information indicates that time domain resources of the MT of the first IAB node are distributed in the order of an uplink time domain resource, a flexible time domain resource, and a downlink time domain resource; and

wherein the receiving, by the first IAB node, the first time domain resource format information from the IAB donor comprises:

receiving, by the MT of the first IAB node, the first time domain resource format information from the IAB donor.

18. The method according to claim 17 , further comprising:

receiving, by a distributed unit (DU) of the first IAB node, second time domain resource format information from the IAB donor, wherein the second time domain resource format information indicates that time domain resources of the DU of the first IAB node in the first periodicity are distributed in the order of a downlink time domain resource, a flexible time domain resource, and an uplink time domain resource.

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