Granted Patent B2

US 12,396,014 · App. 17/607,810 · Granted Aug 19, 2025

Inventors: Jing Shi (Shenzhen, CN); Peng Hao (Shenzhen, CN); Xianghui Han (Shenzhen, CN)

Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION

H04W72/53H04L25/0238H04W72/0446

Abstract

Claims (42)

1. A threshold value determination method, comprising:

determining, according to a preset rule, a first threshold value, wherein the first threshold value is a threshold value of each span in a span pattern;

wherein determining the first threshold value according to the preset rule comprises:

in response to the span pattern being derived from any one of a plurality of combinations in a combination set reported by a user equipment (UE), determining a plurality of second threshold values corresponding to the plurality of combinations and determining the first threshold value according to a maximum one of the plurality of second threshold values, wherein the plurality of second threshold values have a one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of combinations;

wherein the second threshold value corresponding to each combination is a maximum number of non-overlapping control channel elements (CCEs) per span for the combination.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the plurality of second threshold values corresponding to the plurality of combinations comprises:

determining, according to a capability level of the user equipment, the plurality of second threshold values corresponding to the capability level of the user equipment.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining, according to the preset rule, the first threshold value comprises:

in response to the span pattern of partial spans in a slot being derived from a combination (7, 3), adopting a second threshold value corresponding to the combination (7, 3) to determine the first threshold value; and

in response to the span pattern of partial spans in a slot being derived from a combination (2, 2), adopting a second threshold value corresponding to the combination (2, 2) to determine the first threshold value.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first threshold value or the second threshold value is either a blind detection number threshold or a non-overlapping control resource unit number threshold.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the preset rule further comprises at least one of:

in response to all combinations in the combination set comprising combinations (7, 3), (4,3) and (2,2) and the span pattern being derived from a combination (7, 3), (4, 3), or (2, 2), adopting a second threshold value corresponding to the combination (7, 3) to determine the first threshold value;

in response to all combinations in the combination set comprising the combination (7, 3), (4, 3) and (2, 2) and the span pattern being derived from a combination (4, 3) or (2, 2), adopting a second threshold value corresponding to the combination (4, 3) to determine the first threshold value.

6. A network device, comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the memory is configured to store instructions, and the processor is configured to read the instructions to perform:

determining, according to a preset rule, a first threshold value, wherein the first threshold value is a threshold value of each span in a span pattern;

wherein determining the first threshold value according to the preset rule comprises:

in response to the span pattern being derived from any one of a plurality of combinations in a combination set reported by a user equipment (UE), determining a plurality of second threshold values corresponding to the plurality of combinations and determining the first threshold value according to a maximum one of the plurality of second threshold values, wherein the plurality of second threshold values have a one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of combinations;

wherein the second threshold value corresponding to each combination is a maximum number of non-overlapping control channel elements (CCEs) per span for the combination.

7. The network device of claim 6 , wherein the processor is configured to determine the plurality of second threshold values corresponding to the plurality of combinations by:

determining, according to a capability level of the user equipment, a plurality of second threshold value corresponding to the capability level of the user equipment.

8. The network device of claim 6 , wherein the processor is configured to determine, according to the preset rule, the first threshold value by:

in response to the span pattern of partial spans in a slot being derived from a combination (7, 3), adopting a second threshold value corresponding to the combination (7, 3) to determine the first threshold value; and

in response to the span pattern of the partial spans in the slot being derived from a combination (2, 2), adopting a second threshold value corresponding to the combination (2, 2) to determine the first threshold value.

9. The network device of claim 6 , wherein the first threshold value or the second threshold value is either a blind detection number threshold or a non-overlapping control resource unit number threshold.

10. The network device of claim 6 , wherein the preset rule further comprises at least one of:

in response to all combinations in the combination set comprising combinations (7, 3), (4,3) and (2,2) and the span pattern being derived from a combination (7, 3), (4, 3), or (2, 2), adopting a second threshold value corresponding to the combination (7, 3) to determine the first threshold value;

in response to all combinations in the combination set comprising the combination (7, 3), (4, 3) and (2, 2) and the span pattern being derived from a combination (4, 3) or (2, 2), adopting a second threshold value corresponding to the combination (4, 3) to determine the first threshold value.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, storing a computer program, wherein the computer program, when executed by a processor, implements:

determining, according to a preset rule, a first threshold value, wherein the first threshold value is a threshold value of each span in a span pattern;

wherein determining the first threshold value according to the preset rule comprises:

in response to the span pattern being derived from any one of a plurality of combinations in a combination set reported by a user equipment (UE), determining a plurality of second threshold values corresponding to the plurality of combinations and determining the first threshold value according to a maximum one of the plurality of second threshold values, wherein the plurality of second threshold values have a one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of combinations;

wherein the second threshold value corresponding to each combination is a maximum number of non-overlapping control channel elements (CCEs) per span for the combination.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the computer program is configured to implement the plurality of second threshold values corresponding to the plurality of combinations by:

determining, according to a capability level of the user equipment, a plurality of second threshold value corresponding to the capability level of the user equipment.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the computer program is configured to implement, according to the preset rule, the first threshold value by:

in response to the span pattern of partial spans in a slot being derived from a combination (7, 3), adopting a second threshold value corresponding to the combination (7, 3) to determine the first threshold value; and

in response to the span pattern of the partial spans in the slot being derived from a combination (2, 2), adopting a second threshold value corresponding to the combination (2, 2) to determine the first threshold value.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the first threshold value or the second threshold value is either a blind detection number threshold or a non-overlapping control resource unit number threshold.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the preset rule further comprises at least one of:

in response to all combinations in the combination set comprising combinations (7, 3), (4,3) and (2,2) and the span pattern being derived from a combination (7, 3), (4, 3), or (2, 2), adopting a second threshold value corresponding to the combination (7, 3) to determine the first threshold value;

in response to all combinations in the combination set comprising the combination (7, 3), (4, 3) and (2, 2) and the span pattern being derived from a combination (4, 3) or (2, 2), adopting a second threshold value corresponding to the combination (4, 3) to determine the first threshold value.

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