Granted Patent B2

US 12,389,404 · App. 17/267,478 · Granted Aug 12, 2025

Inventors: Qiuping Huang (Beijing, CN); Runhua Chen (Beijing, CN); Qiubin Gao (Beijing, CN)

Assignee: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.

H04W72/21H04B7/0404H04B7/0617H04L5/0048H04W72/046

Abstract

Claims (65)

1. A method for uplink beam indication, comprising:

dynamically indicating, by a base station, a transmission beam of a first uplink signal, to a terminal through transmission beam indication information; wherein:

the first uplink signal is a signal transmitted on a physical uplink shared channel PUSCH), the transmission beam indication information is used to indicate one or more reference signals from a plurality of candidate reference signals, the candidate reference signals comprise a reference signal other than a first reference signal, and the first reference signal is a reference signal corresponding to an uplink reference signal resource that is configured by the base station for the terminal and is used for acquiring channel state information (CSI) in an uplink transmission mode corresponding to the PUSCH.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission beam indication information is carried in physical layer signaling.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the method comprises at least one of the following items:

(i) wherein the physical layer signaling carries: first beam indication information used to indicate the transmission beam of the first uplink signal, and second beam indication information used to indicate a transmission beam of a second uplink signal;

(ii) wherein the physical layer signaling indicates both the transmission beam of the first uplink signal and a transmission beam of a third uplink signal; and

wherein the physical layer signaling comprises a first information field, the first information field is used to indicate first beam indication information, and there is a mapping relationship between the transmission beam of the first uplink signal and the transmission beam of the third uplink signal;

(iii) wherein the first uplink signal comprises the signal transmitted on the PUSCH, the physical layer signaling further comprises indication information of an SRS resource set corresponding to the PUSCH; or,

(iv) wherein the first uplink signal comprises the signal transmitted on the PUSCH, the transmission beam indication information comprises indication information of an SRS transmission corresponding to the PUSCH.

4. The method according to claim 3 , further comprising: instructing, by the base station, the terminal to send the first uplink signal and the third uplink signal;

wherein after the indicating dynamically, the transmission beam of the first uplink signal, to the terminal through the transmission beam indication information, the method further comprises:

determining reception beams of the first uplink signal and the third uplink signal according to the transmission beam indication information and the mapping relationship, and receiving the first uplink signal and the third uplink signal by using the reception beams.

5. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the indication information of the SRS transmission corresponding to the PUSCH comprises N values, and there is a one-to-one correspondence between each of the N values and an SRS transmission from latest N transmissions of an SRS resource performed by the terminal before DCI transmission time.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the step of indicating dynamically the transmission beam of the first uplink signal to the terminal comprises:

indicating, by the base station, the transmission beam of the first uplink signal to the terminal through physical layer signaling, wherein the physical layer signaling carries indication information of the first uplink signal and indication information of the transmission beam of the first uplink signal.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the method comprises at least one of the following items:

(i) there is a pre-configured correspondence between a first uplink signal indicated by the indication information of the first uplink signal and a transmission beam indicated by the indication information of the transmission beam of the first uplink signal;

(ii) wherein the indication information of the transmission beam of the first uplink signal indicates only one target transmission beam, and the target transmission beam is used for all signals indicated by the indication information of the first uplink signal;

(iii) wherein there is a correspondence between a target transmission beam indicated by the indication information of the transmission beam of the first uplink signal and transmission beams of all signals comprised in the first uplink signal; or,

(iv) wherein the indication information of the first uplink signal is trigger information for the first uplink signal.

8. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising: instructing, by the base station, the terminal to send the first uplink signal;

wherein after the indicating dynamically, the transmission beam of the first uplink signal, to the terminal through the transmission beam indication information, the method further comprises:

receiving, by the base station, the first uplink signal by using a reception beam corresponding to the transmission beam indication information.

9. A method for uplink beam indication, comprising:

receiving signaling information sent by a base station dynamically, wherein the signaling information comprises transmission beam indication information used to indicate a transmission beam of a first uplink signal; and

determining the transmission beam of the first uplink signal according to the signaling information; wherein:

the first uplink signal is a signal transmitted on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), the transmission beam indication information is used to indicate an index of one or more reference signals from a plurality of candidate reference signals, the candidate reference signals comprise a reference signal other than a first reference signal, and the first reference signal is a reference signal corresponding to an uplink reference signal resource that is configured by the base station for a terminal and is used for acquiring channel state information (CSI) in an uplink transmission mode corresponding to the PUSCH.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the transmission beam indication information is carried in physical layer signaling.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the step of receiving the signaling information comprises:

receiving the physical layer signaling by the terminal, and determining the transmission beam of the first uplink signal indicated by the base station, wherein the physical layer signaling carries indication information of the first uplink signal and indication information of the transmission beam of the first uplink signal.

12. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the method comprises at least one of the following items:

(i) there is a pre-configured correspondence between a first uplink signal indicated by the indication information of the first uplink signal and a transmission beam indicated by the indication information of the transmission beam of the first uplink signal; and

wherein the step of determining the transmission beam of the first uplink signal indicated by the base station comprises:

acquiring the transmission beam of the first uplink signal, from the physical layer signaling; and

determining a first uplink signal corresponding to the transmission beam of the first uplink signal, according to the pre-configured correspondence;

(ii) wherein indication information of the transmission beam of the first uplink signal only indicates one target transmission beam; and wherein the step of determining the transmission beam of the first uplink signal according to the signaling information comprises: determining the target transmission beam as a transmission beam of all uplink signals comprised in the first uplink signal;

(iii) wherein there is a correspondence between a target transmission beam indicated by indication information of the transmission beam of the first uplink signal and a transmission beams of all signals comprised in the first uplink signal; and wherein the step of determining the transmission beam of the first uplink signal according to the signaling information comprises: determining the target transmission beam corresponding to each signal comprised in the first uplink signal, according to the target transmission beam and the correspondence; or,

(iv) wherein the indication information of the first uplink signal is trigger information for the first uplink signal.

13. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the method comprises at least one of the following items:

(i) the transmission beam of the first uplink signal is explicitly indicated by a predetermined field in the physical layer signaling; or,

(ii) wherein the physical layer signaling carries: first beam indication information used to indicate the transmission beam of the first uplink signal, and second beam indication information used to indicate a transmission beam of a second uplink signal.

14. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the physical layer signaling indicates both the transmission beam of the first uplink signal and a transmission beam of a third uplink signal, the physical layer signaling comprises a first information field, the first information field is used to indicate first beam indication information, and there is a mapping relationship between the transmission beam of the first uplink signal and the transmission beam of the third uplink signal;

wherein the step of determining the transmission beam of the first uplink signal according to the signaling information comprises: acquiring the transmission beam of the first uplink signal from the first information field in the physical layer signaling; and

wherein after receiving the signaling information sent by the base station dynamically, the method further comprises: determine the transmission beam of the third uplink signal according to the transmission beam of the first uplink signal and the mapping relationship.

15. The method according to claim 14 , further comprising: receiving indication information that is sent by the base station and is used for instructing the terminal to send the first uplink signal and the third uplink signal;

wherein after determining the transmission beams of the first uplink signal and the third uplink transmission signal, the method further comprises: transmitting, by the terminal, the first uplink signal and the third uplink signal, by using the determined transmission beams of the first uplink signal and the third uplink transmission signal.

16. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the method comprises at least one of the following items:

(i) the first uplink signal comprises the signal transmitted on the PUSCH, the physical layer signaling further comprises indication information of an SRS resource set corresponding to the PUSCH; and

wherein the method further comprises: determining the SRS resource set corresponding to the PUSCH according to the indication information of the SRS resource set corresponding to the PUSCH; or,

(ii) wherein the first uplink signal comprises the signal transmitted on the PUSCH, the transmission beam indication information comprises indication information of an SRS transmission corresponding to the PUSCH.

17. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the first uplink signal comprises the signal transmitted on the PUSCH, the transmission beam indication information comprises indication information of an SRS transmission corresponding to the PUSCH;

the indication information of the SRS transmission corresponding to the PUSCH comprises N values, and there is a one-to-one correspondence between each of the N values and an SRS transmission from latest N transmissions of an SRS resource performed by the terminal before DCI transmission time; and

wherein the step of determining the transmission beam of the first uplink signal according to the signaling information comprises:

determining, according to a value of the indication information of the SRS transmission, the SRS transmission corresponding to the value; and

determining, according to a transmission beam used for the determined SRS transmission, the transmission beam of the signal transmitted on the PUSCH.

18. The method according to claim 9 , further comprising: receiving indication information that is sent by the base station and is used for instructing the terminal to send the first uplink signal;

wherein after the determining the transmission beam of the first uplink signal, the method further comprises: transmitting by the terminal the first uplink signal by using the determined transmission beam of the first uplink signal.

19. A base station for performing the method according to claim 1 , comprising: a transceiver, a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored on the memory and executable by the processor, wherein the processor is configured to indicate dynamically a transmission beam of a first uplink signal to a terminal through transmission beam indication information; wherein:

the first uplink signal is a signal transmitted on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), the transmission beam indication information is used to indicate one or more reference signals from a plurality of candidate reference signals, the candidate reference signals comprise a reference signal other than a first reference signal, and the first reference signal is a reference signal corresponding to an uplink reference signal resource that is configured by the base station for the terminal and is used for acquiring channel state information (CSI) in an uplink transmission mode corresponding to the PUSCH.

20. A terminal, comprising: a transceiver, a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored on the memory and executable by the processor;

wherein the processor is configured to:

receive signaling information sent by a base station dynamically, wherein the signaling information comprises transmission beam indication information used to indicate a transmission beam of a first uplink signal; and

determine the transmission beam of the first uplink signal according to the signaling information; wherein:

the first uplink signal is a signal transmitted on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), the transmission beam indication information is used to indicate an index of one or more reference signals from a plurality of candidate reference signals, the candidate reference signals comprise a reference signal other than a first reference signal, and the first reference signal is a reference signal corresponding to an uplink reference signal resource that is configured by the base station for the terminal and is used for acquiring channel state information (CSI) in an uplink transmission mode corresponding to the PUSCH.

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