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US 12,309,791 · App. 17/149,645 · Granted May 20, 2025

Method and device for transmitting uplink signal

Inventors: Wenhong Chen (Dongguan, CN); Zhihua Shi (Dongguan, CN)
Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
H04W72/23H04L5/0048H04L5/0055H04W56/001
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Patent No.
US 12,309,791
App. No.
17/149,645
Granted
May 20, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for transmitting an uplink signal includes receiving, by a terminal device, a downlink signal transmitted by a network device; determining, by the terminal device, spatial relationship information of the uplink signal corresponding to the downlink signal according to at least one TCI state of the downlink signal; and transmitting, by the terminal device, the uplink signal to the network device according to the spatial relationship information.

Claims (55)

1. A method for transmitting an uplink signal, comprising:

sending, by a terminal device to a network device, capability information of the terminal device, wherein the capability information of the terminal device indicates whether a beam correspondence between a beam used for receiving a downlink signal and a beam used for transmitting an uplink signal corresponding to the downlink signal is supported by the terminal device, and the capability information is used for the network device to determine whether to configure spatial relationship information of the uplink signal for the terminal device, when the capability information indicates that the beam correspondence is supported by the terminal device, no spatial relationship information of the uplink signal is configured by the network device, and when the capability information indicates that the beam correspondence is not supported by the terminal device, the spatial relationship information of the uplink signal is configured by the network device;

receiving, by the terminal device, the downlink signal transmitted by the network device;

when the beam correspondence is not supported by the terminal device, receiving, by the terminal device, the spatial relationship information of the uplink signal configured by the network device, and transmitting, by the terminal device, the uplink signal to the network device according to the spatial relationship information configured by the network device; and

when the beam correspondence is supported by the terminal device, determining, by the terminal device, at least one Transmission Configuration Indicator (TCI) state of the downlink signal according to MAC signaling for activating the downlink signal, determining, by the terminal device, the spatial relationship information of the uplink signal corresponding to the downlink signal according to the at least one TCI state of the downlink signal, and transmitting, by the terminal device, the uplink signal to the network device according to the determined spatial relationship information, wherein the TCI state is used by the terminal device to determine a spatial reception parameter of the downlink signal;

wherein the downlink signal is a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH), and the uplink signal corresponding to the downlink signal is of a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH), and the PUCCH is used to carry acknowledgment/negative-acknowledgment (ACK/NACK) information of the PDSCH,

wherein the at least one TCI state comprises a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) index, and the SSB index is used by the terminal device to determine the spatial reception parameter of the downlink signal, and

wherein in a case where the terminal device receives a first PDSCH at a first time and a second PDSCH at a second time later than the first time, the terminal transmits the ACK/NACK feedback information of the first PDSCH and the second PDSCH in one PUCCH, and determines the spatial relationship information of the one PUCCH according to the at least one TCI state of the second PDSCH.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the spatial relationship information comprises a beam and/or an antenna panel used for transmitting the uplink signal corresponding to the downlink signal.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the spatial relationship information is a beam and/or an antenna panel used for transmitting the uplink signal corresponding to the downlink signal, and the determining, by the terminal device, the spatial relationship information of the uplink signal corresponding to the downlink signal according to the at least one TCI state comprises:

determining, by the terminal device, the beam used for receiving an SSB corresponding to the SSB index, as the beam for transmitting the uplink signal corresponding to the downlink signal; and/or

determining, by the terminal device, the antenna panel used for receiving the SSB corresponding to the SSB CSI index, as the antenna panel for transmitting the uplink signal corresponding to the downlink signal.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein determining, by the terminal device, the spatial relationship information of the uplink signal corresponding to the downlink signal according to the at least one TCI state comprises:

determining, by the terminal device, the spatial relationship information of the uplink signal corresponding to the downlink signal according to a first TCI state in the at least one TCI state.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the first TCI state is any one of the following:

a first one of the at least one TCI state;

a second one of the at least one TCI state;

the TCI state including an SSB index in the at least one TCI state;

the TCI state corresponding to a first demodulation reference signal (DMRS) port group in the at least one TCI state;

the TCI state corresponding to a second DMRS port group in the at least one TCI state;

the TCI state including a first Phase Tracking Reference Signal (PTRS) port in the at least one TCI state; or

the TCI state including a second PTRS port in the at least one TCI state.

6. A terminal device, comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor;

wherein the transceiver is configured to:

send capability information of the terminal device to a network device, the capability information of the terminal device indicates whether a beam correspondence between a beam used for receiving the downlink signal and a beam used for transmitting an uplink signal corresponding to the downlink signal is supported by the terminal device, and the capability information is used for the network device to determine whether to configure spatial relationship information of the uplink signal for the terminal device, when the capability information indicates that the beam correspondence is supported by the terminal device, no spatial relationship information of the uplink signal is configured by the network device, and when the capability information indicates that the beam correspondence is not supported by the terminal device, the spatial relationship information of the uplink signal is configured by the network device;

receive the downlink signal transmitted by the network device; and

receive the spatial relationship information of the uplink signal configured by the network device when the beam correspondence is not supported by the terminal device, and transmit the uplink signal to the network device according to the spatial relationship information configured by the network device;

wherein the processor is configured to, when the beam correspondence is supported by the terminal device, determine at least one Transmission Configuration Indicator (TCI) state of the downlink signal according to MAC signaling for activating the downlink signal, determine the spatial relationship information of an uplink signal corresponding to the downlink signal according to the at least one TCI state of the downlink signal, and cause the transceiver to transmit the uplink signal to the network device according to the determined spatial relationship information, wherein the TCI state is used by the terminal device to determine a spatial reception parameter of the downlink signal,

wherein the downlink signal is a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH), and the uplink signal corresponding to the downlink signal is a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH), and the PUCCH is used to carry acknowledgment/negative-acknowledgment (ACK/NACK) information of the PDSCH,

wherein the at least one TCI state comprises a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) index, and the SSB index is used by the terminal device to determine the spatial reception parameter of the downlink signal, and

wherein in a case where the terminal device receives a first PDSCH at a first time and a second PDSCH at a second time later than the first time, the terminal transmits the ACK/NACK feedback information of the first PDSCH and the second PDSCH in one PUCCH, and determines the spatial relationship information of the one PUCCH according to the at least one TCI state of the second PDSCH.

7. The terminal device according to claim 6 , wherein the spatial relationship information comprises a beam and/or an antenna panel used for transmitting the uplink signal corresponding to the downlink signal.

8. The terminal device according to claim 6 , wherein the spatial relationship information is a beam and/or an antenna panel used for transmitting the uplink signal corresponding to the downlink signal, and the processor is further configured to:

determine the beam used for receiving an SSB corresponding to the SSB index, as the beam for transmitting the uplink signal corresponding to the downlink signal; and/or

determine the antenna panel used for receiving SSB corresponding to the SSB index, as the antenna panel for transmitting the uplink signal corresponding to the downlink signal.

9. The terminal device according to claim 6 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine the spatial relationship information of the uplink signal corresponding to the downlink signal according to a first TCI state in the at least one TCI state.

10. The terminal device according to claim 9 , wherein the first TCI state is any one of the following:

a first one of the at least one TCI state;

a second one of the at least one TCI state;

the TCI state including an SSB index in the at least one TCI state;

the TCI state corresponding to a first demodulation reference signal (DMRS) port group in the at least one TCI state;

the TCI state corresponding to a second DMRS port group in the at least one TCI state;

the TCI state including a first Phase Tracking Reference Signal (PTRS) port in the at least one TCI state; or

the TCI state including a second PTRS port in the at least one TCI state.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for storing a computer program that causes a terminal device to perform a process comprising:

sending, by the terminal device to a network device, capability information of the terminal device, wherein the capability information of the terminal device indicates whether a beam correspondence between a beam used for receiving a downlink signal and a beam used for transmitting an uplink signal corresponding to the downlink signal is supported by the terminal device, and the capability information is used for the network device to determine whether to configure spatial relationship information of the uplink signal for the terminal device, when the capability information indicates that the beam correspondence is supported by the terminal device, no spatial relationship information of the uplink signal is configured by the network device, and when the capability information indicates that the beam correspondence is not supported by the terminal device, the spatial relationship information of the uplink signal is configured by the network device;

receiving the downlink signal transmitted by the network device;

when the beam correspondence is not supported by the terminal device, receiving, by the terminal device, the spatial relationship information of the uplink signal configured by the network device, and transmitting, by the terminal device, the uplink signal to the network device according to the spatial relationship information configured by the network device; and

when the beam correspondence is supported by the terminal device, determining, by the terminal device, at least one Transmission Configuration Indicator (TCI) state of the downlink signal according to MAC signaling for activating the downlink signal, determining, by the terminal device, the spatial relationship information of the uplink signal corresponding to the downlink signal according to the at least one TCI state of the downlink signal, and transmitting, by the terminal device, the uplink signal to the network device according to the determined spatial relationship information, wherein the TCI state is used by the terminal device to determine a spatial reception parameter of the downlink signal;

wherein the downlink signal is a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH), and the uplink signal corresponding to the downlink signal is a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH), and the PUCCH is used to carry acknowledgment/negative-acknowledgment (ACK/NACK) information of the PDSCH,

wherein the at least one TCI state comprises a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) index, and the SSB index is used by the terminal device to determine the spatial reception parameter of the downlink signal, and

wherein in a case where the terminal device receives a first PDSCH at a first time and a second PDSCH at a second time later than the first time, the terminal transmits the ACK/NACK feedback information of the first PDSCH and the second PDSCH in one PUCCH, and determines the spatial relationship information of the one PUCCH according to the at least one TCI state of the second PDSCH.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 14, 2021
From: CHEN, WENHONG; SHI, ZHIHUA
To: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054927/0583 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2018103366 · Aug 30, 2018
Related Publication 20210136739A1 · May 6, 2021
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