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US 12,317,280 · App. 17/799,630 · Granted May 27, 2025

Indication method, terminal, and network device

Inventors: Lei Wang (Beijing, CN); Yanping Xing (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
H04W72/23H04W48/12
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Patent No.
US 12,317,280
App. No.
17/799,630
Granted
May 27, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides an indication method, a terminal and a network device. The method includes: receiving DCI sent by a network device, wherein the DCI does not include a CIF; determining a target carrier corresponding to the DCI, according to a rule agreed with the network device.

Claims (54)

1. An indication method, applied to a terminal, comprising:

receiving downlink control information (DCI) sent by a network device, wherein the DCI does not include a carrier indicator field (CIF);

determining a target carrier corresponding to the DCI according to a rule agreed with the network device,

wherein the determining the target carrier corresponding to the DCI according to the rule agreed with the network device, comprises:

determining the target carrier, according to a parameter n CI indicated by cross-carrier related information configured by the network device and a resource position occupied by a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidate in a search space and according to a resource position of a PDCCH candidate on which the DCI is received;

wherein, the n CI is determined according to a radio resource control (RRC) parameter configured by the network device.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein,

search spaces corresponding to different carriers do not overlap in resources, or

PDCCH candidates with a same aggregation level (AL) in the search spaces corresponding to the different carriers do not completely overlap, or

some or all of the PDCCH candidates with the same AL in the search spaces corresponding to the different carriers completely overlap.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein,

when at least two PDCCH candidates belonging to the different carriers completely overlap, the target carrier of DCI received on the PDCCH candidate is a carrier with a lowest index or a highest index among the different carriers, or a carrier corresponding to a lowest or a highest n CI value among the different carriers.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining the target carrier corresponding to the DCI according to the rule agreed with the network device, comprises:

determining the target carrier corresponding to the DCI according to RRC signaling of the network device, or determining the target carrier corresponding to the DCI according to a manner predefined in a protocol.

5. An indication method, applied to a network device, comprising:

determining a target carrier according to a rule agreed with a terminal;

sending DCI to the terminal on a scheduling carrier, wherein the DCI does not include a carrier indicator field (CIF),

wherein, the determining the target carrier according to the rule agreed with the terminal, comprises:

determining the target carrier according to a parameter n CI indicated by cross-carrier related information and a resource position occupied by a physical downlink control channel PDCCH) candidate and according to a resource position of a PDCCH candidate on which the DCI is received;

wherein, the n CI is configured according to a radio resource control (RRC) parameter.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein,

search spaces corresponding to different carriers do not overlap in resources, or

PDCCH candidates with a same aggregation level (AL) in the search spaces corresponding to the different carriers do not completely overlap, or

some or all of the PDCCH candidates with the same AL in the search spaces corresponding to the different carriers completely overlap.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein,

when at least two PDCCH candidates belonging to the different carriers completely overlap, the target carrier of DCI received on the PDCCH candidates is a carrier with a lowest index or a highest index among the different carriers, or a carrier corresponding to a lowest or a highest n CI value among the different carriers.

8. The method according to claim 5 , wherein, the determining the target carrier according to the rule agreed with the terminal, comprises:

determining the target carrier through RRC signaling, or

determining the target carrier through a manner predefined in a protocol.

9. A terminal, comprising a processor, a memory and a program stored on the memory and configured to be executed by the processor; wherein the program is configured to be executed by the processor to implement the following steps:

receiving downlink control information (DCI) sent by a network device, wherein the DCI does not include a carrier indicator field (CIF);

determining a target carrier corresponding to the DCI according to a rule agreed with the network device,

wherein the determining the target carrier corresponding to the DCI according to the rule agreed with the network device, comprises:

determining the target carrier according to a parameter n CI indicated by cross-carrier related information configured by the network device and a resource position occupied by a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidate in a search space and according to a resource position of a PDCCH candidate on which the DCI is received;

wherein, the n CI is determined according to a radio resource control (RRC) parameter configured by the network device.

10. The terminal according to claim 9 , wherein,

search spaces corresponding to different carriers do not overlap in resources, or

PDCCH candidates with a same aggregation level (AL) in the search spaces corresponding to the different carriers do not completely overlap, or

some or all of the PDCCH candidates with the same AL in the search spaces corresponding to the different carriers completely overlap.

11. The terminal according to claim 10 , wherein,

when at least two PDCCH candidates belonging to the different carriers completely overlap, the target carrier of DCI received on the PDCCH candidate is a carrier with a lowest index or a highest index among the different carriers, or a carrier corresponding to a lowest or a highest n CI value among the different carriers.

12. The terminal according to claim 9 , wherein the determining the target carrier corresponding to the DCI according to the rule agreed with the network device, comprises:

determining the target carrier corresponding to the DCI according to RRC signaling of the network device, or

determining the target carrier corresponding to the DCI according to a manner predefined in a protocol.

13. A network device, comprising a processor, a memory and a program stored on the memory and configured to be executed by the processor, wherein the program is configured to be executed by the processor to implement steps of the indication method according to claim 5 .

14. The network device according to claim 13 , wherein,

search spaces corresponding to different carriers do not overlap in resources, or

PDCCH candidates with a same aggregation level (AL) in the search spaces corresponding to the different carriers do not completely overlap, or

some or all of the PDCCH candidates with the same AL in the search spaces corresponding to the different carriers completely overlap.

15. The network device according to claim 14 , wherein,

when at least two PDCCH candidates belonging to the different carriers completely overlap, the target carrier of DCI received on the PDCCH candidates is a carrier with a lowest index or a highest index among the different carriers, or a carrier corresponding to a lowest or a highest n CI value among the different carriers.

16. The network device according to claim 13 , wherein, the determining the target carrier according to the rule agreed with the terminal, comprises:

determining the target carrier through RRC signaling, or

determining the target carrier through a manner predefined in a protocol.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 11, 2025
From: WANG, LEI; XING, YANPING
To: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 070185/0884 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 4, 2025
From: WANG, LEI; XING, YANPING
To: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 070105/0913 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202010087995.5 · Feb 12, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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