Method and apparatus for sharing communication channel
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for sharing a channel. The method which may be performed in a first communication device comprises determining, according to one or more property parameters of a service, whether to enable a channel acquisition function of the first communication device for the service. The channel acquisition function allows the first communication device to acquire a channel for communications between the first communication device and a second communication device. The method further comprises performing traffic transmission for the service between the first communication device and the second communication device, based at least in part on the determination. According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the channel acquisition during channel occupation time can be implemented adaptively and flexibly, so that the latency performance and the resource utilization can be improved.
1. A method performed by a first communication device, comprising:
determining, according to one or more property parameters of a service, whether to enable a channel acquisition function of the first communication device for the service, the channel acquisition function allowing the first communication device to acquire a channel for communications between the first communication device and a second communication device, the one or more property parameters of the service comprising at least one of:
a latency requirement of the service;
a quality of service related indicator specific to the service; and
a purpose of the service; and
performing traffic transmission for the service between the first communication device and the second communication device, based at least in part on the determination, performing the traffic transmission for the service between the first communication device and the second communication device comprising:
allowing the first communication device to acquire the channel for communications between the first communication device and the second communication device, in response to the determination of enabling the channel acquisition function of the first communication device for the service;
allowing the first communication device to transmit channel acquisition signaling in the channel acquired by the first communication device, the channel acquisition signaling comprising a copy of information content carried in subsequent transmission from the first communication device to the second communication device; and
transmitting the channel acquisition signaling in the channel acquired by the first communication device.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more property parameters of the service comprises:
a priority level of the service.
3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determination of whether to enable the channel acquisition function of the first communication device for the service is made by the first communication device based at least in part on configuration information about the channel acquisition function.
4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the configuration information indicates the first communication device to enable the channel acquisition function for a service with a priority level higher than a predefined level.
5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first communication device is allowed to acquire the channel for up to a predefined number of times, during occupation time of the channel sharable by the first communication device and the second communication device.
6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the channel acquisition function is configured per radio resource unit allocated to the first communication device, and wherein the radio resource unit comprises at least one of a bandwidth part, a channel, a serving cell and a carrier.
7. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
applying a diversity technique for the transmission of the channel acquisition signaling.
8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein for the first communication device, gap duration between reception of traffics from the second communication device and transmission of traffics to the second communication device is smaller than a predefined threshold.
9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the channel acquisition signaling is pre-prepared and encoded to be transmitted in at least one of:
a packet data unit;
control signaling;
random access signaling;
a reference signal; and
a paging message.
10. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
performing power control for the transmission of the channel acquisition signaling.
11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the channel acquisition signaling comprises one or more message items comprising at least one of:
a measurement report of signal quality;
a power headroom report;
a buffer status report;
an interference report;
a channel state information report;
a candidate beam list;
a measurement report of neighboring cells;
a measurement report of transmission points; and
a control element predefined for the channel acquisition signaling.
12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the one or more message items are packed as a control element for medium access control.
13. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the one or more message items are included in a packet data unit according to a predefined order of priority levels of the one or more message items.
14. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first communication device is assigned with radio resources specified for the transmission of the channel acquisition signaling.
15. A method performed by a first communication device, the method comprising:
determining, according to one or more property parameters of a service, whether to enable a channel acquisition function of the first communication device for the service, the channel acquisition function allowing the first communication device to acquire a channel for communications between the first communication device and a second communication device, the one or more property parameters of the service comprising at least one of:
a latency requirement of the service;
a quality of service related indicator specific to the service; and
a purpose of the service; and
performing traffic transmission for the service between the first communication device and the second communication device, based at least in part on the determination, performing the traffic transmission for the service between the first communication device and the second communication device comprising:
allowing the first communication device to acquire the channel for communications between the first communication device and the second communication device, in response to the determination of enabling the channel acquisition function of the first communication device for the service; and
allowing the first communication device to transmit channel acquisition signaling in the channel acquired by the first communication device;
the channel acquisition signaling being pre-prepared and encoded to be transmitted in a packet data unit in at least one of a packet data unit, control signaling, random access signaling a reference signal and a paging method, and for the packet data unit carrying the channel acquisition signaling, an automatic repeat request process being applied based at least in part on another automatic repeat request process of subsequent transmission from the first communication device to the second communication device; and
transmitting the channel acquisition signaling in the channel acquired by the first communication device.
16. A first communication device, comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more memories comprising computer program codes,
the one or more memories and the computer program codes configured to, with the one or more processors, cause the first communication device at least to:
determine, according to one or more property parameters of a service, whether to enable a channel acquisition function of the first communication device for the service, the channel acquisition function allowing the first communication device to acquire a channel for communications between the first communication device and a second communication device, the one or more property parameters of the service comprising at least one of:
a latency requirement of the service;
a quality of service related indicator specific to the service; and
a purpose of the service; and
perform traffic transmission for the service between the first communication device and the second communication device, based at least in part on the determination, performing the traffic transmission for the service between the first communication device and the second communication device comprising:
allowing the first communication device to acquire the channel for communications between the first communication device and the second communication device, in response to the determination of enabling the channel acquisition function of the first communication device for the service;
allowing the first communication device to transmit channel acquisition signaling in the channel acquired by the first communication device, the channel acquisition signaling comprising a copy of information content carried in subsequent transmission from the first communication device to the second communication device; and
transmitting the channel acquisition signaling in the channel acquired by the first communication device.