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US 12,395,997 · App. 17/739,960 · Granted Aug 19, 2025

Communication method and communications apparatus

Inventors: Ruixiang Ma (Shenzhen, CN); Yan Cheng (Beijing, CN); Xiuqiang Xu (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
H04W72/23H04W48/08
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Patent No.
US 12,395,997
App. No.
17/739,960
Granted
Aug 19, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A communication method and a communications apparatus are provided. The method includes: A network device configures a first time domain resource set of a first DCI format and a second time domain resource set of a second format for a terminal device; and the terminal device determines, based on a time domain repetition manner of grant free scheduling, a time domain repetition manner of the first DCI format, and a time domain repetition manner of the second format, an available third time domain resource set from the first time domain resource set and the second time domain resource set, and then receives and sends data by using a time domain resource in the third time domain resource set.

Claims (46)

1. A communication method, comprising:

determining at least one time domain resource set, wherein each of the at least one time domain resource set corresponds to one downlink control information (DCI) format, wherein the at least one time domain resource set comprises a first time domain resource set corresponding to a first DCI format and a second time domain resource set corresponding to a second DCI format;

receiving first indication information, wherein the first indication information is used to indicate a time domain repetition manner of grant free scheduling;

receiving second indication information, wherein the second indication information is used to indicate a time domain repetition manner of the first DCI format and a time domain repetition manner of the second DCI format;

determining a third time domain resource set for grant free scheduling based on the time domain repetition manner of grant free scheduling and the at least one time domain resource set, wherein the determining the third time domain resource set comprises:

determining the first time domain resource set as the third time domain resource set for grant free scheduling based on that the time domain repetition manner of the first DCI format is the same as the time domain repetition manner of grant free scheduling; or

determining the second time domain resource set as the third time domain resource set for grant free scheduling based on that the time domain repetition manner of the second DCI format is the same as the time domain repetition manner of grant free scheduling:

determining a third time domain resource from the third time domain resource set; and

sending uplink data on the third time domain resource, or receiving downlink data on the third time domain resource.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the time domain repetition manner is a mini-slot-level time domain repetition manner or a slot-level time domain repetition manner.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first DCI format is DCI format 0_1, and the second DCI format is DCI format 0_2.

4. A communication method, comprising:

determining at least one time domain resource set, wherein each of the at least one time domain resource set corresponds to one downlink control information (DCI) format, wherein the at least one time domain resource set comprises a first time domain resource set corresponding to a first DCI format and a second time domain resource set corresponding to a second DCI format;

sending first indication information, wherein the first indication information is used to indicate a time domain repetition manner of grant free scheduling;

sending second indication information, wherein the second indication information is used to indicate a time domain repetition manner of the first DCI format and a time domain repetition manner of the second DCI format;

determining a third time domain resource from a third time domain resource set, wherein the third time domain resource set is the first time domain resource set when the time domain repetition manner of the first DCI format is the same as the time domain repetition manner of grant free scheduling; or the third time domain resource set is the second time domain resource set when the time domain repetition manner of the second DCI format is the same as the time domain repetition manner of grant free scheduling; and

sending downlink data on the third time domain resource, or receiving uplink data on the third time domain resource.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the time domain repetition manner is a mini-slot-level time domain repetition manner or a slot-level time domain repetition manner.

6. The method according to claim 4 , further comprising:

sending radio resource control (RRC) signaling, wherein the RRC signaling is used to indicate the first time domain resource set corresponding to the first DCI format and the second time domain resource set corresponding to the second DCI format.

7. A communications apparatus, comprising at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is connected to a memory, and the at least one processor is configured to

determine at least one time domain resource set, wherein each of the at least one time domain resource set corresponds to one downlink control information (DCI) format, wherein the at least one time domain resource set comprises a first time domain resource set corresponding to a first DCI format and a second time domain resource set corresponding to a second DCI format;

receive first indication information, wherein the first indication information is used to indicate a time domain repetition manner of grant free scheduling;

receive second indication information, wherein the second indication information is used to indicate a time domain repetition manner of the first DCI format and a time domain repetition manner of the second DCI format;

determine a third time domain resource set for grant free scheduling based on the time domain repetition manner of grant free scheduling and the at least one time domain resource set, wherein the determining the third time domain resource set comprises:

determine the first time domain resource set as the third time domain resource set for grant free scheduling based on that the time domain repetition manner of the first DCI format is the same as the time domain repetition manner of grant free scheduling; or

determine the second time domain resource set as the third time domain resource set for grant free scheduling based on that the time domain repetition manner of the second DCI format is the same as the time domain repetition manner of grant free scheduling;

determine a third time domain resource from the third time domain resource set; and

send uplink data on the third time domain resource, or receive downlink data on the third time domain resource.

8. A communications apparatus, comprising at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is connected to a memory, and the at least one processor is configured to

determine at least one time domain resource set, wherein each of the at least one time domain resource set corresponds to one downlink control information (DCI) format, wherein the at least one time domain resource set comprises a first time domain resource set corresponding to a first DCI format and a second time domain resource set corresponding to a second DCI format;

send first indication information, wherein the first indication information is used to indicate a time domain repetition manner of grant free scheduling;

send second indication information, wherein the second indication information is used to indicate a time domain repetition manner of the first DCI format and a time domain repetition manner of the second DCI format;

determine a third time domain resource from a third time domain resource set, wherein the third time domain resource set is the first time domain resource set when the time domain repetition manner of the first DCI format is the same as the time domain repetition manner of grant free scheduling; or the third time domain resource set is the second time domain resource set when the time domain repetition manner of the second DCI format is the same as the time domain repetition manner of grant free scheduling; and

send downlink data on the third time domain resource, or receive uplink data on the third time domain resource.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions, when executed by a processor, causing the process to perform the method according to claim 1 .

10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions, when executed by a processor, causing the process to perform the method according to claim 4 .

11. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving radio resource control (RRC) signaling, wherein the RRC signaling is used to indicate the first time domain resource set corresponding to the first DCI format and the second time domain resource set corresponding to the second DCI format.

12. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the first DCI format is DCI format 0_1, and the second DCI format is DCI format 0_2.

13. The communications apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the first DCI format is DCI format 0_1, and the second DCI format is DCI format 0_2.

14. The communications apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the time domain repetition manner is a mini-slot-level time domain repetition manner or a slot-level time domain repetition manner.

15. The communications apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to receive radio resource control (RRC) signaling, wherein the RRC signaling is used to indicate the first time domain resource set corresponding to the first DCI format and the second time domain resource set corresponding to the second DCI format.

16. The communications apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the first DCI format is DCI format 0_1, and the second DCI format is DCI format 0_2.

17. The communications apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the time domain repetition manner is a mini-slot-level time domain repetition manner or a slot-level time domain repetition manner.

18. The communications apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to send radio resource control (RRC) signaling, wherein the RRC signaling is used to indicate the first time domain resource set corresponding to the first DCI format and the second time domain resource set corresponding to the second DCI format.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 5, 2025
From: MA, RUIXIANG; CHENG, YAN; XU, XIUQIANG
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 071330/0763 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2019116862 · Nov 8, 2019
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