IP Library Granted Patent US 12,295,030
Granted Patent B2
US 12,295,030 · App. 18/544,061 · Granted May 6, 2025

Method and device used for wireless communication

Inventor: XiaoBo Zhang (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: HONOR DEVICE CO., LTD.
H04W74/04H04L1/0038H04L5/0094H04W74/0833
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Patent No.
US 12,295,030
App. No.
18/544,061
Granted
May 6, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a method and a device in wireless communication. A User Equipment receives first information; and then transmits a first radio signal; and transmits a second radio signal. The first information comprises P1 piece(s) of configuration information, each of which is used to determine first-type resources, a first-type integer, and a first-type set; the first radio signal and the second radio signal comprises M1 first and M2 second radio sub-signal(s), respectively; the M2 is an element within a target set which is a positive integer; time-frequency resources occupied by the first radio signal belong to the first-type resources determined by first configuration information, the M1 is the first-type integer determined by the first configuration information, the target set is the first-type set determined by the first configuration information. The present disclosure provides a method of determining a number of non-grant uplink repeated transmissions while avoiding timing confusion.

Claims (45)

1. A method, comprising:

receiving first information configured by a Radio Resource Control (RRC) layer signaling, wherein the first information comprises P1 piece(s) of configuration information, and each piece of configuration information is configured to determine first-type resources, a first-type integer, and a first-type set, wherein P1 is a positive integer, and wherein the first-type integer is a positive integer, and each element within the first-type set is a positive integer;

transmitting a first radio signal comprising M1 first radio sub-signal(s), wherein each of the M1 first radio sub-signal(s) is generated based on a first sequence, wherein the first sequence is a preamble, and wherein M1 is a positive integer; and

transmitting a second radio signal comprising M2 second radio sub-signal(s), wherein each of the M2 second radio sub-signal(s) is generated based on a first bit block, wherein the first bit block is a transport block, and wherein M2 is an element within a target set,

wherein time-frequency resources occupied by the first radio signal belong to the first-type resources determined by first configuration information, M1 is the first-type integer determined by the first configuration information, and the target set is the first-type set determined by the first configuration information,

wherein the first configuration information is one of the P1 piece(s) of configuration information,

wherein time-frequency resources occupied by the second radio signal are related to at least one of the time-frequency resources occupied by the first radio signal or the first sequence,

wherein the method further comprises receiving a third radio signal that is configured to determine whether the first bit block needs to be retransmitted, whether to adjust transmission timing for a user equipment (UE), whether to allocate resources of an uplink transmission for the UE, or whether to configure a subcarrier spacing of an uplink transmission for the UE, and

wherein M3 is related to at least one of a start time for a transmission of the third radio signal or time domain resources occupied by the third radio signal, M3 is an element within the target set, and M3 is equal to M2.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second radio signal is transmitted on a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH), and the third radio signal comprises Downlink Control Information (DCI).

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving second information to determine P2 second-type resources, wherein radio resources occupied by the second radio signal belong to one of the P2 second-type resources, and P2 is a positive integer, wherein at least one of a number of subcarriers, a subcarrier spacing, a Modulation Coding Scheme (MCS), or a Redundancy Version (RV) corresponding to the second radio signal is related to the second-type resources to which the second radio signal belongs, and wherein radio resources comprise at least the former of time-frequency resources and code-domain resources.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving a fourth radio signal, wherein a measurement on the fourth radio signal determines at least one of the time-frequency resources occupied by the first radio signal, or the radio resources occupied by the second radio signal.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the fourth radio signal comprises at least one of a Primary Synchronization Signal (PSS) or a Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS).

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first information is cell-common, and transmission of the first radio signal on a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) is Contention-Based.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein time domain resources occupied by any two of the M1 first radio sub-signals are orthogonal, and time domain resources occupied by any two of the M2 second radio sub-signals are orthogonal.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein two second radio sub-signals among the M2 second radio sub-signals have different redundancy versions.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration information explicitly indicates the first type resource and the first-type set, wherein the first-type integer is implicitly indicated by the first type resource, and wherein the first-type integer is related to a number of resource elements (REs) comprised in the first type resource.

10. A user equipment (UE), comprising:

a first receiver configured to receive first information configured by a Radio Resource Control (RRC) layer signaling, wherein the first information comprises P1 piece(s) of configuration information, and each piece of configuration information is configured to determine first-type resources, a first-type integer, and a first-type set, wherein P1 is a positive integer, and wherein the first-type integer is a positive integer, and each element within the first-type set is a positive integer;

a first transmitter configured to transmit a first radio signal comprising M1 first radio sub-signal(s), wherein each of the M1 first radio sub-signal(s) is generated based on a first sequence, wherein the first sequence is a preamble, and wherein M1 is a positive integer;

a second transmitter configured to transmit a second radio signal comprising M2 second radio sub-signal(s), wherein each of the M2 second radio sub-signal(s) is generated based on a first bit block, wherein the first bit block is a transport block, and wherein M2 is an element within a target set; and

a second receiver configured to receive a third radio signal,

wherein time-frequency resources occupied by the first radio signal belong to the first-type resources determined by first configuration information, M1 is the first-type integer determined by the first configuration information, and the target set is the first-type set determined by the first configuration information,

wherein the first configuration information is one of the P1 piece(s) of configuration information,

wherein time-frequency resources occupied by the second radio signal are related to at least one of the time-frequency resources occupied by the first radio signal or the first sequence,

wherein the third radio signal is configured to determine whether the first bit block needs to be retransmitted, whether to adjust transmission timing for the UE, whether to allocate resources of an uplink transmission for the UE, or whether to configure a subcarrier spacing of an uplink transmission for the UE, and

wherein M3 is related to at least one of a start time for a transmission of the third radio signal or time domain resources occupied by the third radio signal, M3 is an element within the target set, and M3 is equal to M2.

11. The UE of claim 10 , wherein the first receiver is configured to receive second information to determine P2 second-type resources, wherein radio resources occupied by the second radio signal belong to one of the P2 second-type resources, and P2 is a positive integer, wherein at least one of a number of subcarriers, a subcarrier spacing, a Modulation Coding Scheme (MCS), or a Redundancy Version (RV) corresponding to the second radio signal is related to the second-type resources to which the second radio signal belongs, and wherein the radio resources comprise at least the former of time-frequency resources and code domain resources.

12. A method, comprising:

transmitting first information by a Radio Resource Control (RRC) layer signaling, wherein the first information comprises P1 piece(s) of configuration information, and each piece of configuration information is configured to determine first-type resources, a first-type integer, and a first-type set, wherein P1 is a positive integer, and wherein the first-type integer is a positive integer, and each element within the first-type set is a positive integer;

receiving a first radio signal comprising M1 first radio sub-signal(s), wherein each of the M1 first radio sub-signal(s) is based on a first sequence, wherein the first sequence is a preamble, and wherein M1 is a positive integer; and

receiving a second radio signal comprising M2 second radio sub-signal(s), wherein each of the M2 second radio sub-signal(s) is based on a first bit block, wherein the first bit block is a transport block, and wherein M2 is an element within a target set,

wherein time-frequency resources occupied by the first radio signal belong to the first-type resources determined by first configuration information, M1 is the first-type integer determined by the first configuration information, and the target set is the first-type set determined by the first configuration information,

wherein the first configuration information is one of the P1 piece(s) of configuration information,

wherein time-frequency resources occupied by the second radio signal are related to at least one of the time-frequency resources occupied by the first radio signal or the first sequence,

wherein the method further comprises transmitting a third radio signal that is configured to determine whether the first bit block needs to be retransmitted, whether to adjust transmission timing for a user equipment (UE), whether to allocate resources of an uplink transmission for the UE, or whether to configure a subcarrier spacing of an uplink transmission for the UE, and

wherein M3 is related to at least one of a start time for a transmission of the third radio signal or time domain resources occupied by the third radio signal, M3 is an element within the target set, and M3 is equal to M2.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the second radio signal is received on a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH), and the third radio signal comprises Downlink Control Information (DCI).

14. The method of claim 12 , further comprising transmitting second information to determine P2 second-type resources, wherein radio resources occupied by the second radio signal belong to one of the P2 second-type resources, and P2 is a positive integer, wherein at least one of a number of subcarriers, a subcarrier spacing, a Modulation Coding Scheme (MCS), or a Redundancy Version (RV) corresponding to the second radio signal is related to the second-type resources to which the second radio signal belongs, and wherein radio resources comprise at least the former of time-frequency resources and code-domain resources.

15. The method of claim 12 , further comprising transmitting a fourth radio signal, wherein a measurement on the fourth radio signal determines at least one of the time-frequency resources occupied by the first radio signal, or the radio resources occupied by the second radio signal.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the fourth radio signal comprises at least one of a Primary Synchronization Signal (PSS) or a Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS).

17. The method of claim 12 , wherein the first information is cell-common, and the first radio signal is transmitted on a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) that is Contention-Based.

18. The method of claim 12 , wherein time domain resources occupied by any two of the M1 first radio sub-signals are orthogonal, and time domain resources occupied by any two of the M2 second radio sub-signals are orthogonal.

19. The method of claim 12 , wherein two second radio sub-signals among the M2 second radio sub-signals have different redundancy versions.

20. The method of claim 12 , wherein the configuration information explicitly indicates the first type resource and the first-type set, wherein the first-type integer is implicitly indicated by the first type resource, and wherein the first-type integer is related to a number of resource elements (REs) comprised in the first type resource.

Priority Claims (1)
CN 201710067491.5 · Feb 7, 2017 · national
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