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US 12,273,887 · App. 17/168,687 · Granted Apr 8, 2025

Information transmission method and apparatus for sending or receiving joint information of uplink control information

Inventors: Shengyu Li (Beijing, CN); Lei Guan (Beijing, CN); Ruixiang Ma (Beijing, CN); Dan Hu (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
H04W72/23H04L1/001H04L5/0055H04W72/21H04W72/56
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Patent No.
US 12,273,887
App. No.
17/168,687
Granted
Apr 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A first uplink channel is obtained to carry joint information of second uplink control information carried on a second channel and third uplink control information carried on a third uplink channel. In response to the first and third uplink channels meeting a first condition, the joint information is sent on the first uplink channel. Otherwise, the third uplink control information is sent on the third uplink channel. The first condition includes at least one of: (i) a distance between ending symbols on the first and third uplink channels is less than or equal to a first threshold, (ii) a distance between starting symbols on the first and third uplink channels is less than or equal to a second threshold, or (iii) a difference between coding rates of the first and third uplink channels is less than or equal to a third threshold.

Claims (110)

1. An information transmission method, comprising:

obtaining a first uplink channel to carry joint information of second uplink control information carried on a second uplink channel and third uplink control information carried on a third uplink channel;

in response to the third uplink channel and the first uplink channel meeting a first condition, sending the joint information on the first uplink channel; and

in response to the third uplink channel and the first uplink channel not meeting the first condition, sending the third uplink control information on the third uplink channel,

wherein the first condition comprises:

a difference between a coding rate of the first uplink channel and a coding rate of the third uplink channel is less than or equal to a third threshold, and

wherein the first uplink channel is a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH).

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the second uplink channel and the third uplink channel meet a second condition, and

the second condition comprises any one of:

at least one of the second uplink control information or the third uplink control information comprises an acknowledgment (ACK)/a negative acknowledgment (NACK), and a distance between an earliest symbol on the second uplink channel and the third uplink channel and an ending symbol on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) corresponding to the ACK/NACK is greater than or equal to a fourth threshold,

at least one of the second uplink control information or the third uplink control information comprises channel state information (CSI) scheduled by a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), and a distance between the earliest symbol on the second uplink channel and the third uplink channel and an ending symbol on the PDCCH corresponding to the CSI is greater than or equal to a fifth threshold, or

at least one of the second uplink control information or the third uplink control information comprises CSI scheduled by a PDCCH, and a distance between the earliest symbol on the second uplink channel and the third uplink channel and an ending symbol of a downlink reference signal corresponding to the CSI is greater than or equal to a sixth threshold.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

priority of the third uplink control information is higher than priority of the second uplink control information.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of:

a third service corresponding to the third uplink control information is an ultra-reliable and low-latency communications (URLLC) service, and a second service corresponding to the second uplink control information is an enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) service,

a latency requirement of the third service corresponding to the third uplink control information is higher than a latency requirement of the second service corresponding to the second uplink control information, or

reliability of the third service corresponding to the third uplink control information is higher than reliability of the second service corresponding to the second uplink control information.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the first condition further comprises at least one of:

a distance between an ending symbol on the first uplink channel and an ending symbol on the third uplink channel is less than or equal to a first threshold, or

a distance between a starting symbol on the first uplink channel and a starting symbol on the third uplink channel is less than or equal to a second threshold, and

at least one of:

a value of the first threshold is any one of 0 symbols, two symbols, seven symbols, a half of a time domain length of the third uplink channel, or the time domain length of the third uplink channel,

a value of the second threshold is any one of 0 symbols, two symbols, seven symbols, or a period of the third uplink channel, or

a value of the third threshold is 0 or 0.1.

6. An information transmission method, comprising:

determining a first uplink channel to carry joint information of second uplink control information carried on a second uplink channel and third uplink control information carried on a third uplink channel;

in response to the third uplink channel and the first uplink channel meeting a first condition, receiving the joint information on the first uplink channel; and

in response to the third uplink channel and the first uplink channel not meeting the first condition, receiving the third uplink control information on the third uplink channel,

wherein the first condition comprises:

a difference between a coding rate of the first uplink channel and a coding rate of the third uplink channel is less than or equal to a third threshold, and

wherein the first uplink channel is a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH).

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein

the second uplink channel and the third uplink channel meet a second condition, and

the second condition comprises any one of:

at least one of the second uplink control information or the third uplink control information comprises an acknowledgment (ACK)/a negative acknowledgment (NACK), and a distance between an earliest symbol on the second uplink channel and the third uplink channel and an ending symbol on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) corresponding to the ACK/NACK is greater than or equal to a fourth threshold,

at least one of the second uplink control information or the third uplink control information comprises channel state information (CSI) scheduled by a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), and a distance between the earliest symbol on the second uplink channel and the third uplink channel and an ending symbol on the PDCCH corresponding to the CSI is greater than or equal to a fifth threshold, or

at least one of the second uplink control information or the third uplink control information comprises CSI scheduled by a PDCCH, and a distance between the earliest symbol on the second uplink channel and the third uplink channel and an ending symbol of a downlink reference signal corresponding to the CSI is greater than or equal to a sixth threshold.

8. The method according to claim 6 , wherein

priority of the third uplink control information is higher than priority of the second uplink control information.

9. The method according to claim 6 , wherein at least one of:

a third service corresponding to the third uplink control information is an ultra-reliable and low-latency communications (URLLC) service, and a second service corresponding to the second uplink control information is an enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) service,

a latency requirement of the third service corresponding to the third uplink control information is higher than a latency requirement of the second service corresponding to the second uplink control information, or

reliability of the third service corresponding to the third uplink control information is higher than reliability of the second service corresponding to the second uplink control information.

10. The method according to claim 6 , wherein

the first condition further comprises at least one of:

a distance between an ending symbol on the first uplink channel and an ending symbol on the third uplink channel is less than or equal to a first threshold, or

a distance between a starting symbol on the first uplink channel and a starting symbol on the third uplink channel is less than or equal to a second threshold, and

at least one of:

a value of the first threshold is any one of 0 symbols, two symbols, seven symbols, a half of a time domain length of the third uplink channel, or the time domain length of the third uplink channel,

a value of the second threshold is any one of 0 symbols, two symbols, seven symbols, or a period of the third uplink channel, or

a value of the third threshold is 0 or 0.1.

11. An information transmission apparatus, comprising:

a processor, configured to obtain a first uplink channel to carry joint information of second uplink control information carried on a second uplink channel and third uplink control information carried on a third uplink channel; and

a transmitter, configured to:

in response to the third uplink channel and the first uplink channel obtained by the processor meeting a first condition, send the joint information on the first uplink channel, and

in response to the third uplink channel and the first uplink channel not meeting the first condition, send the third uplink control information on the third uplink channel,

wherein the first condition comprises:

a difference between a coding rate of the first uplink channel and a coding rate of the third uplink channel is less than or equal to a third threshold, and

wherein the first uplink channel is a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH).

12. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein

the second uplink channel and the third uplink channel meet a second condition, and

the second condition comprises any one of:

at least one of the second uplink control information or the third uplink control information comprises an acknowledgment (ACK)/a negative acknowledgment (NACK), and a distance between an earliest symbol on the second uplink channel and the third uplink channel and an ending symbol on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) corresponding to the ACK/NACK is greater than or equal to a fourth threshold,

at least one of the second uplink control information or the third uplink control information comprises channel state information (CSI) scheduled by a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), and a distance between the earliest symbol on the second uplink channel and the third uplink channel and an ending symbol on the PDCCH corresponding to the CSI is greater than or equal to a fifth threshold, or

at least one of the second uplink control information or the third uplink control information comprises CSI scheduled by a PDCCH, and a distance between the earliest symbol on the second uplink channel and the third uplink channel and an ending symbol of a downlink reference signal corresponding to the CSI is greater than or equal to a sixth threshold.

13. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein

priority of the third uplink control information is higher than priority of the second uplink control information.

14. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein at least one of

a third service corresponding to the third uplink control information is an ultra-reliable and low-latency communications (URLLC) service, and a second service corresponding to the second uplink control information is an enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) service,

a latency requirement of the third service corresponding to the third uplink control information is higher than a latency requirement of the second service corresponding to the second uplink control information, or

reliability of the third service corresponding to the third uplink control information is higher than reliability of the second service corresponding to the second uplink control information.

15. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein

the first condition further comprises at least one of:

a distance between an ending symbol on the first uplink channel and an ending symbol on the third uplink channel is less than or equal to a first threshold, or

a distance between a starting symbol on the first uplink channel and a starting symbol on the third uplink channel is less than or equal to a second threshold, and

at least one of:

a value of the first threshold is any one of 0 symbols, two symbols, seven symbols, a half of a time domain length of the third uplink channel, or the time domain length of the third uplink channel,

a value of the second threshold is any one of 0 symbols, two symbols, seven symbols, or a period of the third uplink channel, or

a value of the third threshold is 0.1.

16. An information transmission apparatus, comprising:

a processor, configured to determine a first uplink channel to carry joint information of second uplink control information carried on a second uplink channel and third uplink control information carried on a third uplink channel; and

a receiver, configured to:

in response to the third uplink channel and the first uplink channel determined by the processor meeting a first condition, receive the joint information on the first uplink channel, and

in response to the third uplink channel and the first uplink channel not meeting the first condition, receive the third uplink control information on the third uplink channel,

wherein the first condition comprises:

a difference between a coding rate of the first uplink channel and a coding rate of the third uplink channel is less than or equal to a third threshold, and

wherein the first uplink channel is a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH).

17. The apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein

the second uplink channel and the third uplink channel meet a second condition, and

the second condition comprises any one of:

at least one of the second uplink control information or the third uplink control information comprises an acknowledgment (ACK)/a negative acknowledgment (NACK), and a distance between an earliest symbol on the second uplink channel and the third uplink channel and an ending symbol on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) corresponding to the ACK/NACK is greater than or equal to a fourth threshold,

at least one of the second uplink control information or the third uplink control information comprises channel state information (CSI) scheduled by a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), and a distance between an earliest symbol on the second uplink channel and the third uplink channel and an ending symbol on the PDCCH corresponding to the CSI is greater than or equal to a fifth threshold, or

at least one of the second uplink control information or the third uplink control information comprises CSI scheduled by a PDCCH, and a distance between the earliest symbol on the second uplink channel and the third uplink channel and an ending symbol of a downlink reference signal corresponding to the CSI is greater than or equal to a sixth threshold.

18. The apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein

priority of the third uplink control information is higher than priority of the second uplink control information.

19. The apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein at least one of:

a third service corresponding to the third uplink control information is an ultra-reliable and low-latency communications (URLLC) service, and a second service corresponding to the second uplink control information is an enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) service,

a latency requirement of the third service corresponding to the third uplink control information is higher than a latency requirement of the second service corresponding to the second uplink control information, or

reliability of the third service corresponding to the third uplink control information is higher than reliability of the second service corresponding to the second uplink control information.

20. The apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein

the first condition further comprises at least one of:

a distance between an ending symbol on the first uplink channel and an ending symbol on the third uplink channel is less than or equal to a first threshold, or

a distance between a starting symbol on the first uplink channel and a starting symbol on the third uplink channel is less than or equal to a second threshold, and

at least one of:

a value of the first threshold is any one of 0 symbols, two symbols, seven symbols, a half of a time domain length of the third uplink channel, or the time domain length of the third uplink channel,

a value of the second threshold is any one of 0 symbols, two symbols, seven symbols, or a period of the third uplink channel, or

a value of the third threshold is 0 or 0.1.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 6, 2021
From: LI, SHENGYU; GUAN, LEI; MA, RUIXIANG; HU, DAN
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 201810887590.2 · Aug 6, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2019099317 · Aug 5, 2019
Related Publication 20210168846A1 · Jun 3, 2021
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