IP Library Granted Patent US 12,414,081
Granted Patent B2
US 12,414,081 · App. 18/014,152 · Granted Sep 9, 2025

Method for determining resource location, communication device, and non-transitory computer-readable medium

Inventor: Ting Fu (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
H04W68/02H04L5/0051
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Patent No.
US 12,414,081
App. No.
18/014,152
Granted
Sep 9, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for determining a resource location includes: determining a first resource location of a paging occasion; and determining, according to the first resource location, a second resource location of a reference signal for an idle terminal.

Claims (43)

1. A method for determining resource locations, comprising:

determining, by a communication device, a first resource location of a paging occasion; and

determining, by the communication device and according to the first resource location, a second resource location of a reference signal for an idle terminal;

wherein both the first resource location and the second resource location comprise a frequency domain location of a resource block;

wherein determining the second resource location of the reference signal for the idle terminal comprises:

determining a frequency domain location of a resource block for the reference signal as a combination of a first frequency domain location of a first resource block occupied by the paging occasion and a second frequency domain location of a second resource block on two sides of the first resource block.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein both the first resource location and the second resource location comprise symbols, and

wherein determining, according to the first resource location, the second resource location of the reference signal for the idle terminal comprises:

determining symbols for the reference signal according to symbols occupied by the paging occasion.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the determining the symbols for the reference signal according to the symbols occupied by the paging occasion comprises:

determining an end symbol in the symbols for the reference signal according to a start symbol in the symbols occupied by the paging occasion and a first offset value, wherein the symbols for the reference signal are before the symbols occupied by the paging occasion.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the first offset value is appointed by a protocol, or is configured by a system message.

5. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the determining the symbols for the reference signal according to the symbols occupied by the paging occasion comprises:

determining a start symbol in the symbols for the reference signal according to an end symbol in the symbols occupied by the paging occasion and a second offset value, wherein the symbols for the reference signal are after the symbols occupied by the paging occasion.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the second offset value is appointed by a protocol, or is configured by a system message.

7. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the determining the symbols for the reference signal according to the symbols occupied by the paging occasion comprises:

determining a symbol range to which the symbols for the reference signal belongs according to a number of continuous symbols, a number of at least one interval symbol and a starting symbol in the symbols occupied by the paging occasion, wherein the number of the continuous symbols is a number of symbols contained in the symbol range, the number of the at least one interval symbol is a number of at least one symbol between the starting symbol and the symbol range, and the symbol range is before the symbols occupied by the paging occasion.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the number of the continuous symbols and the number of the interval symbol are appointed by a protocol, or configured by a system message.

9. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the symbols for the reference signal are configured for transmission of the reference signal at least one time.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein a number of a transmission of the reference signal on the symbols for the reference signal is appointed by a protocol, or configured by a system message.

11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the frequency domain location of the resource block occupied by the paging occasion is a frequency domain location of a resource block occupied by a control resource set corresponding to the paging occasion.

12. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining the frequency domain location of the resource block for the reference signal according to the frequency domain location of the resource block occupied by the paging occasion comprises:

determining the frequency domain location of the resource block occupied by the paging occasion as the frequency domain location of the resource block for the reference signal.

13. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a number of the second resource block on the two sides of the first resource block is equal, or the number of the second resource block on the two sides of the first resource block is different.

14. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the frequency domain location of the resource block for the reference signal is located in a frequency band corresponding to an initial bandwidth part.

15. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the reference signal is a tracking reference signal (TRS) or a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS).

16. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first resource location is before the second resource location in time domain, and the method further comprises:

detecting the reference signal at the second resource location, wherein the reference signal is configured for indicating whether the terminal requires to monitor the paging occasion by the terminal; or

transmitting the reference signal at the second resource location, wherein the reference signal is configured for indicating whether the terminal requires to monitor the paging occasion.

17. A communication device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory, storing an instruction executable by the processor, wherein the instruction is loaded and executed by the processor to implement a method for determining a resource location, comprising:

determining a first resource location of a paging occasion; and

determining, according to the first resource location, a second resource location of a reference signal for an idle terminal;

wherein both the first resource location and the second resource location comprise a frequency domain location of a resource block;

wherein determining the second resource location of the reference signal for the idle terminal comprises:

determining a frequency domain location of a resource block for the reference signal as a combination of a first frequency domain location of a first resource block occupied by the paging occasion and a second frequency domain location of a second resource block on two sides of the first resource block.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, wherein, when one or more instructions in the computer-readable storage medium are executed by at least one processor, a method for determining a resource location is performed, and the method comprises:

determining a first resource location of a paging occasion; and

determining, according to the first resource location, a second resource location of a reference signal for an idle terminal;

wherein both the first resource location and the second resource location comprise a frequency domain location of a resource block;

wherein determining the second resource location of the reference signal for the idle terminal comprises:

determining a frequency domain location of a resource block for the reference signal as a combination of a first frequency domain location of a first resource block occupied by the paging occasion and a second frequency domain location of a second resource block on two sides of the first resource block.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 31, 2022
From: FU, TING
To: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
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