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US 12,317,207 · App. 17/846,488 · Granted May 27, 2025

Method for uplink synchronization, communication apparatus, and storage medium

Inventor: Zhenzhu Lei (Jiangsu, CN)
Assignee: SPREADTRUM SEMICONDUCTOR (NANJING) CO., LTD.
H04W56/001H04W56/0045H04W72/0446H04W72/0453H04W72/1263
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Patent No.
US 12,317,207
App. No.
17/846,488
Granted
May 27, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for uplink (UL) synchronization, a communication apparatus, and a storage medium are disclosed in embodiments of the disclosure. The method for UL synchronization includes: determining, by a terminal device, one or more transmission gaps in a UL shared channel resource, where the UL shared channel resource is a resource occupied by a scheduled UL shared channel, and the one or more transmission gaps are each M continuous time units subsequent to every N time units in the UL shared channel resource, and performing UL synchronization by using the one or more transmission gaps during transmission of the UL shared channel.

Claims (45)

1. A method for uplink (UL) synchronization, performed by a terminal device, the method comprising:

determining one or more transmission gaps in a UL shared channel resource, wherein the UL shared channel resource is a resource occupied by a scheduled UL shared channel, and the one or more transmission gaps are each M continuous time units subsequent to every N time units in the UL shared channel resource;

determining a timing advance (TA) according to a delay variation rate indicated by a network device, during transmission of the UL shared channel; and

performing UL synchronization by using the TA and the one or more transmission gaps during the transmission of the UL shared channel.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UL shared channel resource is a time-frequency resource occupied by a UL shared channel scheduled via downlink control information (DCI) or a preconfigured UL resource (PUR).

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein every N time units in the UL shared channel resource is a time domain resource occupied by every N1 repeated transmissions of the UL shared channel, and a value of N1 is semi-statically configured or dynamically indicated.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein every N time units in the UL shared channel resource is a time domain resource occupied by every X*R repeated transmissions of the UL shared channel, a value of X is semi-statically configured or dynamically indicated, and R is a total number of repeated transmissions of the UL shared channel.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein every N time units in the UL shared channel resource is a time domain resource occupied by transmission of each transport block (TB) among a plurality of scheduled TBs.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein every N time units in the UL shared channel resource is a time domain resource occupied by transmission of every N2 TBs among a plurality of scheduled TBs, a value of N2 is semi-statically configured or dynamically indicated, and N2 is greater than or equal to 2.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the TA corresponds to an end of the transmission of the UL shared channel in every N time units.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein

the UL shared channel resource comprises a first time domain resource, a second time domain resource, and a first transmission gap, and the first transmission gap comprises M time units;

the first time domain resource is N continuous time units prior to the first transmission gap in time domain, and the second time domain resource is N continuous time units subsequent to the first transmission gap in time domain;

performing the UL synchronization by using the TA and the M continuous time units subsequent to every N time units comprises:

transmitting the UL shared channel corresponding to the second time domain resource with a first start moment in the first transmission gap as a start, when the transmission of the UL shared channel on the first time domain resource ends, wherein

the first start moment is obtained by advancing a start moment of the second time domain resource by a first TA, and the first TA is a TA corresponding to an end of the transmission of the UL shared channel on the first time domain resource.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein a size of the transmission gap is greater than or equal to a maximum differential delay value or a maximum delay variation value;

the maximum differential delay value is a difference between a propagation delay corresponding to a first position in a cell and a propagation delay corresponding to a second position in the cell, the first position is a position farthest from the network device in the cell, and the second position is a position closest to the network device in the cell; and

the maximum delay variation value is a difference between a propagation delay when the terminal device is farthest from the network device and a propagation delay when the terminal device is closest to the network device.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the M time units are UL time units.

11. A communication apparatus, comprising:

a memory configured to store computer programs; and

a processor configured to invoke the computer programs stored in the memory to:

determine one or more transmission gaps in a UL shared channel resource, wherein the UL shared channel resource is a resource occupied by a scheduled UL shared channel, and the one or more transmission gaps are each M continuous time units subsequent to every N time units in the UL shared channel resource;

determine a timing advance (TA) according to a delay variation rate indicated by a network device, during transmission of the UL shared channel; and

perform UL synchronization by using the TA and the one or more transmission gaps during the transmission of the UL shared channel.

12. The communication apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the UL shared channel resource is a time-frequency resource occupied by a UL shared channel scheduled via downlink control information (DCI) or a preconfigured UL resource (PUR).

13. The communication apparatus of claim 11 , wherein every N time units in the UL shared channel resource is a time domain resource occupied by every N1 repeated transmissions of the UL shared channel, and a value of N1 is semi-statically configured or dynamically indicated.

14. The communication apparatus of claim 11 , wherein every N time units in the UL shared channel resource is a time domain resource occupied by every X*R repeated transmissions of the UL shared channel, a value of X is semi-statically configured or dynamically indicated, and R is a total number of repeated transmissions of the UL shared channel.

15. The communication apparatus of claim 11 , wherein every N time units in the UL shared channel resource is a time domain resource occupied by transmission of each transport block (TB) among a plurality of scheduled TBs.

16. The communication apparatus of claim 11 , wherein every N time units in the UL shared channel resource is a time domain resource occupied by transmission of every N2 TBs among a plurality of scheduled TBs, a value of N2 is semi-statically configured or dynamically indicated, and N2 is greater than or equal to 2.

17. The communication apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the TA corresponds to an end of the transmission of the UL shared channel in every N time units.

18. The communication apparatus of claim 17 , wherein

the UL shared channel resource comprises a first time domain resource, a second time domain resource, and a first transmission gap, and the first transmission gap comprises M time units;

the first time domain resource is N continuous time units prior to the first transmission gap in time domain, and the second time domain resource is N continuous time units subsequent to the first transmission gap in time domain;

the processor configured to perform the UL synchronization by using the TA and the M continuous time units subsequent to every N time units is configured to:

transmit the UL shared channel corresponding to the second time domain resource with a first start moment in the first transmission gap as a start, when the transmission of the UL shared channel on the first time domain resource ends, wherein

the first start moment is obtained by advancing a start moment of the second time domain resource by a first TA, and the first TA is a TA corresponding to an end of the transmission of the UL shared channel on the first time domain resource.

19. The communication apparatus of claim 11 , wherein a size of the transmission gap is greater than or equal to a maximum differential delay value or a maximum delay variation value;

the maximum differential delay value is a difference between a propagation delay corresponding to a first position in a cell and a propagation delay corresponding to a second position in the cell, the first position is a position farthest from the network device in the cell, and the second position is a position closest to the network device in the cell; and

the maximum delay variation value is a difference between a propagation delay when the communication apparatus is farthest from the network device and a propagation delay when the communication apparatus is closest to the network device.

20. A non-volatile computer-readable storage medium storing computer programs, wherein the computer programs comprise program instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

determine one or more transmission gaps in a UL shared channel resource, wherein the UL shared channel resource is a resource occupied by a scheduled UL shared channel, and the one or more transmission gaps are each M continuous time units subsequent to every N time units in the UL shared channel resource;

determine a timing advance (TA) according to a delay variation rate indicated by a network device, during transmission of the UL shared channel; and

perform UL synchronization by using the TA and the one or more transmission gaps during the transmission of the UL shared channel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 9, 2023
From: LEI, ZHENZHU
To: SPREADTRUM SEMICONDUCTOR (NANJING) CO.,LTD.
Reel/Frame 064535/0511 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201911340157.8 · Dec 23, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2020111101 · Aug 25, 2020
Related Publication 20220330184A1 · Oct 13, 2022
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