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US 12,273,901 · App. 17/672,526 · Granted Apr 8, 2025

Communication method and communications apparatus

Inventors: Liuliu Ji (Shanghai, CN); Fei Gao (Shanghai, CN); Haicun Hang (Shanghai, CN); Xiaoyan Bi (Ottawa, CA)

Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

H04W72/51 H04L1/0038 H04W72/0446 H04W72/23

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Patent No.: US 12,273,901
App. No.: 17/672,526
Granted: Apr 8, 2025
Kind: B2

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Abstract

This disclosure provides communications methods and apparatuses. In an implementation, a terminal device performs operations comprising: receiving first configuration information from a network device, wherein the first configuration information indicates a configured quantity of physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidate locations in a time unit corresponding to a first control resource set (CORESET) group of a plurality of CORESET groups in a target cell, and determining, based on the configured quantity and a first quantity, a quantity of PDCCH candidate locations for PDCCH detection in the time unit corresponding to the first CORESET group, wherein the first quantity is a preset quantity of PDCCH candidate locations in a time unit corresponding to a CORESET group in the target cell.

Claims (759)

1. A communication method, comprising:

receiving, by a terminal device, first configuration information from a network device, wherein the first configuration information indicates a configured quantity of physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidate locations in a time unit corresponding to a first control resource set (CORESET) group of a plurality of CORESET groups in a target cell; and

determining, by the terminal device, based on the configured quantity and a first quantity, a quantity of PDCCH candidate locations for PDCCH detection in the time unit corresponding to the first CORESET group, wherein

the quantity of PDCCH candidate locations for PDCCH detection is less than or equal to the first quantity when the configured quantity is greater than the first quantity, or

the quantity of PDCCH candidate locations for PDCCH detection is less than or equal to the configured quantity when the configured quantity is less than or equal to the first quantity, and wherein

the first quantity is a preset quantity of PDCCH candidate locations in the time unit; and

determining, by the terminal device, a third quantity based on a second quantity and a PDCCH blind detection capability of the terminal device or a fifth quantity based on a fourth quantity and the PDCCH blind detection capability, wherein:

the second quantity is a predetermined maximum quantity of PDCCH candidate locations in a time unit corresponding to a CORESET group in a first cell,

the third quantity is a predetermined maximum quantity of PDCCH candidate locations in a time unit corresponding to the first cell,

the fourth quantity is a predetermined maximum quantity of non-overlapping CCEs in a time unit corresponding to a CORESET group in a second cell,

the fifth quantity is a maximum quantity of non-overlapping CCEs in a time unit corresponding to the second cell, and

the first cell and the second cell comprises one or more cells in a plurality of cells with parameter sets having a same value.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:

receiving, by the terminal device from the network device, first indication information indicating the first CORESET group.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein a value of the first indication information is 0.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the target cell is one of the plurality of cells, and wherein

a quantity of times the terminal device blindly detects the PDCCH in a time unit corresponding to each CORESET group in the first cell does not exceed the second quantity and the third quantity.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein

the third quantity satisfies the following equation:

PDCCH

total

slot

⌊

cells

cap

PDCCH

max

slot

(

cells

multi

trp

⁢

cells

single

trp

)

∑

(

cells

multi

trp

⁢

cells

single

trp

)

⌋

wherein

M PDCCH total,slot,μ represents the third quantity, N cells cap represents the PDCCH blind detection capability, M PDCCH max,slot,μ represents the second quantity, N cells DL,μ,multi-trp represents a quantity of cells, in the first cell, for which a plurality of CORESET groups are configured, N cells DL,μ,single-trp represents a quantity of cells, in the first cell, for which one CORESET group is configured, N cells DL,j,multi-trp represents a quantity of cells, in all cells configured by the network device, for which a plurality of CORESET groups are configured, N cells DL,j,single-trp represents a quantity of cells, in all the cells, for which one CORESET group is configured, a sum of N cells DL,j,multi-trp and N cells DL,j,single-trp is a total quantity of all cells, and a value of n1 is determined based on a capability of the terminal device.

6. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the third quantity satisfies the following equation:

PDCCH

total

slot

⌊

cells

cap

PDCCH

max

slot

(

cells

multi

trp

⁢

cells

single

trp

)

∑

(

cells

multi

trp

⁢

cells

single

trp

)

⌋

wherein

M PDCCH total,slot,μ represents the third quantity, N cells cap represents the PDCCH blind detection capability, M PDCCH max,slot,μ represents the second quantity, N cells DL,μ,multi-trp represents a quantity of cells, in the first cell, for which a plurality of CORESET groups are configured, a quantity of a plurality of CORESET groups is n1, N cells DL,μ,single-trp represents a quantity of cells, in the first cell, for which one CORESET group is configured, N cells DL,j,multi-trp cells represents a quantity of cells, in all cells configured by the network device, for which a plurality of CORESET groups are configured, N cells DL,j,single-trp cells represents a quantity of cells, in all the cells, for which one CORESET group is configured, and a sum of N cells DL,j,multi-trp and N cells DL,j,single-trp is a total quantity of all cells.

7. The method according to claim 4 , wherein

a quantity of times the terminal device blindly detects the PDCCH in the time unit corresponding to the first cell does not exceed a product of the second quantity and a quantity of CORESET groups in the first cell.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the target cell is one of the plurality of cells, and

wherein

a quantity of non-overlapping CCEs detected by the terminal device in a time unit corresponding to each CORESET group in the second cell does not exceed the fourth quantity and the fifth quantity.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein

the fifth quantity satisfies the following equation:

PDCCH

total

slot

⌊

cells

cap

PDCCH

max

slot

(

cells

multi

trp

⁢

cells

single

trp

)

∑

(

cells

multi

trp

⁢

cells

single

trp

)

⌋

wherein

C PDCCH total,slot,μ represents the fifth quantity, N cells cap represents the PDCCH blind detection capability, C PDCCH max,slot,μ represents the fourth quantity, N cells DL,μ, multi-trp represents a quantity of cells, in the second cell, for which a plurality of CORESET groups are configured, N cells DL,μ,single-trp represents the quantity of cells, in the second cell, for which one CORESET group is configured, N cells DL,j,multi-trp represents the quantity of cells, in all the cells configured by the network device, for which a plurality of CORESET groups are configured, N cells DL,j,single-trp represents the quantity of cells, in all the cells, for which one CORESET group is configured, the sum of N cells DL,j,multi-trp and N cells DL,j,single-trp is a total quantity of all cells, and a value of n1 is determined based on a capability of the terminal device.

10. The method according to claim 8 , wherein

the fifth quantity satisfies the following equation:

PDCCH

total

slot

⌊

cells

cap

PDCCH

max

slot

(

cells

multi

trp

⁢

cells

single

trp

)

∑

(

cells

multi

trp

⁢

cells

single

trp

)

⌋

wherein

C PDCCH total,slot,μ represents the fifth quantity, N cells cap represents the PDCCH blind detection capability, C PDCCH max,slot,μ represents the fourth quantity, N cells DL,μ,multi-trp represents a quantity of cells, in the second cell, for which a plurality of CORESET groups are configured, a quantity of a plurality of CORESET groups is n1, N cells DL,μ,single-trp represents the quantity of cells, in a first cell, for which one CORESET group is configured, N cells DL,j,multi-trp represents the quantity of cells, in all the cells configured by the network device, for which a plurality of CORESET groups are configured, N cells DL,j,single-trp represents the quantity of cells, in all the cells, for which one CORESET group is configured, and the sum of N cells DL,j,multi-trp and N cells DL,j,single-trp is a total quantity of all cells.

11. The method according to claim 8 , wherein a quantity of non-overlapping CCEs detected by the terminal device in the time unit corresponding to the second cell does not exceed a product of the fourth quantity and a quantity of CORESET groups in the second cell.

12. The method according to claim 5 , wherein

the value of n1 is less than or equal to a value of second information indicating a value of the PDCCH blind detection capability, and the value of second information is 1 or 2.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the second information is reported by the terminal device for each frequency band or frequency band combination.

14. The method according to claim 4 , wherein

a value of the PDCCH blind detection capability of the terminal device is a quantity of transmission/reception points corresponding to the plurality of cells; or

the value of the PDCCH blind detection capability of the terminal device is m, and 1≤m≤16.

15. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the method further comprises:

sending, by the terminal device, one or more multi-transmission/reception point (TRP) coordination capabilities of the terminal device to the network device, wherein the one or more the PDCCH blind detection capability of the terminal device is determined based on the one or more multi-TRP coordination capabilities; and

receiving, by the terminal device, a first indication from the network device, wherein the first indication indicates the PDCCH blind detection capability, wherein

the PDCCH blind detection capability is one of the one or more multi-TRP coordination capabilities; or

each multi-TRP coordination capability is one of one or more parameter candidate values, and a value of the PDCCH blind detection capability is a parameter candidate value that does not exceed a maximum value of the one or more multi-TRP coordination capabilities.

16. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the method further comprises:

sending, by the terminal device, second information to the network device, wherein the second information indicates a value of the PDCCH blind detection capability.

17. The method according to claim 4 , wherein a quantity of a plurality of cells is greater than a value of the PDCCH blind detection capability, the determining, by the terminal device, a third quantity based on a PDCCH blind detection capability of the terminal device and a second quantity comprises:

determining, by the terminal device, the third quantity based on a value of a parameter set of the first cell, the second quantity, a quantity of CORESET groups in the first cell, and a quantity of CORESET groups in the plurality of cells.

18. The method according to claim 8 , wherein a quantity of a plurality of cells is greater than a value of the PDCCH blind detection capability, the determining, by the terminal device, a fifth quantity based on the PDCCH blind detection capability of the terminal device and a fourth quantity comprises:

determining, by the terminal device, the fifth quantity based on a value of a parameter set of the second cell, the fourth quantity, a quantity of CORESET groups in the second cell, and a quantity of CORESET groups in the plurality of cells.

19. A communications apparatus, comprising: at least one processor, and one or more memories coupled to the at least one processor and storing programming instructions for execution by the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving first configuration information from a network device, wherein the first configuration information indicates a configured quantity of physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidate locations in a time unit corresponding to a first control resource set (CORESET) group of a plurality of CORESET groups in a target cell; and

determining based on the configured quantity and a first quantity, a quantity of PDCCH candidate locations for PDCCH detection in the time unit corresponding to the first CORESET group, wherein

the quantity of PDCCH candidate locations for PDCCH detection is less than or equal to the first quantity when the configured quantity is greater than the first quantity, or

the quantity of PDCCH candidate locations for PDCCH detection is less than or equal to the configured quantity when the configured quantity is less than or equal to the first quantity, and wherein

the first quantity is a preset quantity of PDCCH candidate locations in a time unit corresponding to a CORESET group in the target cell; and

determining a third quantity based on a second quantity and a PDCCH blind detection capability of the terminal device or a fifth quantity based on a fourth quantity and the PDCCH blind detection capability, wherein:

the second quantity is a predetermined maximum quantity of PDCCH candidate locations in a time unit corresponding to a CORESET group in a first cell,

the third quantity is a predetermined maximum quantity of PDCCH candidate locations in a time unit corresponding to the first cell,

the fourth quantity is a predetermined maximum quantity of non-overlapping CCEs in a time unit corresponding to a CORESET group in a second cell,

the fifth quantity is a maximum quantity of non-overlapping CCEs in a time unit corresponding to the second cell, and

the first cell and the second cell comprises one or more cells in a plurality of cells with parameter sets having a same value.

20. The communications apparatus according to claim 19 , wherein the operations comprises:

receiving first indication information indicating the first CORESET group.

21. The communications apparatus according to claim 20 , wherein a value of the first indication information is 0.

22. The communications apparatus according to claim 19 , wherein the target cell is one of the plurality of cells, and wherein

a quantity of times the communications apparatus blindly detects the PDCCH in a time unit corresponding to each CORESET group in the first cell does not exceed the second quantity and the third quantity.

23. The communications apparatus according to claim 22 , wherein

the third quantity satisfies the following equation:

PDCCH

total

slot

⌊

cells

cap

PDCCH

max

slot

(

cells

multi

trp

⁢

cells

single

trp

)

∑

(

cells

multi

trp

⁢

cells

single

trp

)

⌋

wherein

M PDDCH total,slot,μ represents the third quantity, N cells cap represents the PDCCH blind detection capability, M PDCCH max,slot,μ represents the second quantity, N cells DL,μ,multi-trp represents a quantity of cells, in the first cell, for which a plurality of CORESET groups are configured, N cells DL,μ,single-trp represents a quantity of cells, in the first cell, for which one CORESET group is configured, N cells DL,j,multi-trp represents a quantity of cells, in all cells configured by the network device, for which a plurality of CORESET groups are configured, N cells DL,j,single-trp represents a quantity of cells, in all the cells, for which one CORESET group is configured, a sum of N cells DL,j,multi-trp and N cells DL,j,single-trp is a total quantity of all cells, and a value of n1 is determined based on a capability of the terminal device.

24. The communications apparatus according to claim 22 , wherein the third quantity satisfies the following equation:

PDCCH

total

slot

⌊

cells

cap

PDCCH

max

slot

(

cells

multi

trp

⁢

cells

single

trp

)

∑

(

cells

multi

trp

⁢

cells

single

trp

)

⌋

wherein

M PDCCH total,slot,μ represents the third quantity, N cells cap represents the PDCCH blind detection capability, M PDCCH max,slot,μ represents the second quantity, N cells DL,μ,multi-trp represents a quantity of cells, in the first cell, for which a plurality of CORESET groups are configured, a quantity of a plurality of CORESET groups is n1, N cells DL,μ,single-trp represents a quantity of cells, in the first cell, for which one CORESET group is configured, N cells DL,j,multi-trp represents a quantity of cells, in all cells configured by the network device, for which a plurality of CORESET groups are configured, N cells DL,j,single-trp represents a quantity of cells, in all the cells, for which one CORESET group is configured, and a sum of N cells DL,j,multi-trp and N cells DL,j,single-trp is a total quantity of all cells.

25. The communications apparatus according to claim 22 , wherein

26. The communications apparatus according to claim 19 , wherein the target cell is one of the plurality of cells, and wherein

a quantity of non-overlapping CCEs detected by the communications apparatus in a time unit corresponding to each CORESET group in the second cell does not exceed the fourth quantity and the fifth quantity.

27. The communications apparatus according to claim 26 , wherein

the fifth quantity satisfies the following equation:

PDCCH

total

slot

⌊

cells

cap

PDCCH

max

slot

(

cells

multi

trp

⁢

cells

single

trp

)

∑

(

cells

multi

trp

⁢

cells

single

trp

)

⌋

wherein

C PDCCH total,slot,μ represents the fifth quantity, N cells cap represents the PDCCH blind detection capability, C PDCCH max,slot,μ represents the fourth quantity, N cells DL,μ,multi-trp represents a quantity of cells, in the second cell, for which a plurality of CORESET groups are configured, N cells DL,μ,single-trp represents the quantity of cells, in a first cell, for which one CORESET group is configured, N cells DL,j,multi-trp represents the quantity of cells, in all the cells configured by the network device, for which a plurality of CORESET groups are configured, N cells DL,j,single-trp represents the quantity of cells, in all the cells, for which one CORESET group is configured, the sum of N cells DL,j,multi-trp N DL,j,single-trp is a total quantity of all cells, and a value of n1 is determined based on a capability of the communications apparatus.

28. The communications apparatus according to claim 26 , wherein

the fifth quantity satisfies the following equation:

PDCCH

total

slot

⌊

cells

cap

PDCCH

max

slot

(

cells

multi

trp

⁢

cells

single

trp

)

∑

(

cells

multi

trp

⁢

cells

single

trp

)

⌋

wherein

C PDCCH total,slot,μ represents the fifth quantity, N cells cap represents the PDCCH blind detection capability, C PDCCH max,slot,μ represents the fourth quantity, N cells DL,μ,multi-trp represents a quantity of cells, in the second cell, for which a plurality of CORESET groups are configured, a quantity of a plurality of CORESET groups is n1, N cells DL,μ,single-trp represents the quantity of cells, in a first cell, for which one CORESET group is configured, N cells DL,j,multi-trp represents the quantity of cells, in all the cells configured by the network device, for which a plurality of CORESET groups are configured, N cells DL,j,single-trp represents the quantity of cells, in all the cells, for which one CORESET group is configured, and the sum of N cells DL,j,multi-trp cells and N cells DL,j,single-trp cells is a total quantity of all cells.

29. The communications apparatus according to claim 26 , wherein a quantity of non-overlapping CCEs detected by the communications apparatus in the time unit corresponding to the second cell does not exceed a product of the fourth quantity and a quantity of CORESET groups in the second cell.

30. The communications apparatus according to claim 23 , wherein

the value of n1 is less than or equal to second information indicating a value of the PDCCH blind detection capability, and the value of the second information is 1 or 2.

31. The communications apparatus according to claim 30 , wherein the second information is reported by the terminal device for each frequency band or frequency band combination.

32. The communications apparatus according to claim 22 , wherein

a value of the PDCCH blind detection capability of the terminal device is a quantity of transmission/reception points corresponding to the plurality of cells; or

the value of the PDCCH blind detection capability of the terminal device is m, and 1≤m<16.

33. The communications apparatus according to claim 22 , wherein the operations comprises:

sending one or more multi-transmission/reception point (TRP) coordination capabilities of the terminal device to the network device, wherein the one or more the PDCCH blind detection capability of the terminal device is determined based on the one or more multi-TRP coordination capabilities; and

receive a first indication from the network device, wherein the first indication indicates the PDCCH blind detection capability, wherein

the PDCCH blind detection capability is one of the one or more multi-TRP coordination capabilities; or

34. The communications apparatus according to claim 22 , wherein the operations comprises:

sending second information to the network device, wherein the second information indicates a value of the PDCCH blind detection capability.

35. The communications apparatus according to claim 22 , wherein a quantity of a plurality of cells is greater than a value of the PDCCH blind detection capability, the operations comprises:

determining the third quantity based on a value of a parameter set of the first cell, the second quantity, a quantity of CORESET groups in the first cell, and a quantity of CORESET groups in the plurality of cells.

36. The communications apparatus according to claim 26 , wherein a quantity of a plurality of cells is greater than a value of the PDCCH blind detection capability, the operations comprises:

determining the fifth quantity based on a value of a parameter set of the second cell, the fourth quantity, a quantity of CORESET groups in the second cell, and a quantity of CORESET groups in the plurality of cells.

37. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, wherein the computer-readable storage medium stores instructions, and when the instructions are invoked and executed on a computer, the computer is enabled to perform operations comprises:

determining based on the configured quantity and a first quantity, a quantity of PDCCH candidate locations for PDCCH detection in the time unit corresponding to the first CORESET group, wherein

the quantity of PDCCH candidate locations for PDCCH detection is less than or equal to the first quantity when the configured quantity is greater than the first quantity, or

the quantity of PDCCH candidate locations for PDCCH detection is less than or equal to the configured quantity when the configured quantity is less than or equal to the first quantity, and wherein

the first quantity is a preset quantity of PDCCH candidate locations in a time unit corresponding to a CORESET group in the target cell; and

the second quantity is a predetermined maximum quantity of PDCCH candidate locations in a time unit corresponding to a CORESET group in a first cell;

the third quantity is a predetermined maximum quantity of PDCCH candidate locations in a time unit corresponding to the first cell;

the fourth quantity is a predetermined maximum quantity of non-overlapping CCEs in a time unit corresponding to a CORESET group in a second cell;

the fifth quantity is a maximum quantity of non-overlapping CCEs in a time unit corresponding to the second cell; and

the first cell and the second cell comprises one or more cells in a plurality of cells with parameter sets having a same value.

38. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 37 , wherein the operations comprises:

receiving first indication information indicating the first CORESET group.

39. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 38 , wherein

a value of the first indication information is 0.

40. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 37 , wherein the target cell is one of the plurality of cells, and

a quantity of times for blindly detecting the PDCCH in a time unit corresponding to each CORESET group in the first cell does not exceed the second quantity and the third quantity.

Assignments (1)

ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 10, 2025

From: JI, LIULIU; GAO, FEI; HANG, HAICUN; BI, XIAOYAN

To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

Reel/Frame 070167/0435 →

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