IP Library Granted Patent US 12,414,090
Granted Patent B2
US 12,414,090 · App. 17/887,102 · Granted Sep 9, 2025

Resource indication method, resource determining method, and related apparatus

Inventors: Chao Li (Beijing, CN); Fan Yang (Beijing, CN); Lili Zhang (Beijing, CN); Haining Huang (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
H04W72/0446
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Patent No.
US 12,414,090
App. No.
17/887,102
Granted
Sep 9, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A resource indication method, a resource determining method and a related apparatus that indicate transmission resources in two subframes are provided, which relate to the field of wireless communications technologies. The method includes a transmitting device determining first and second time domain resources and sending resource indication information on a third time domain resource, wherein the resource indication information indicates positions of the first and second time domain resources, and wherein a value of the resource indication information is determined by using the positions of the first and second time domain resources.

Claims (80)

1. A resource indication method comprising:

determining, by a transmitting device, a first time domain resource and a second time domain resource; and

sending, by the transmitting device, first resource indication information on a third time domain resource that is a start time domain resource in a first resource set that comprises the first, second and third time domain resources,

wherein a size of the first resource set is configured by signaling or is predefined,

wherein the first resource indication information indicates a position of the first time domain resource and a position of the second time domain resource, and

wherein a value of the first resource indication information is determined from the size of the first resource set, a difference between the position of the first domain resource and a position of the third time domain resource and a difference between the position of the first time domain resource and the position of the second time domain resource.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first time domain resource and/or the second time domain resource are/is one of the following (a) to (c):

(a) resources/a resource used by the transmitting device to send data;

(b) reserved resources/a reserved resource selected by the transmitting device; or

(c) resources/a resource used to assist a receiving device in determining a transmission resource.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein sending the first resource indication information on the third time domain resource comprises:

sending, by the transmitting device, the first resource indication information and second resource indication information on the third time domain resource,

wherein the second resource indication information indicates a frequency domain starting position and a frequency domain resource size on at least one of the first, second and/or third time domain resources of first data sent by the transmitting device.

4. A resource determining method comprising:

receiving, by a receiving device, resource indication information on a third time domain resource; and

determining, by the receiving device and based on the resource indication information and a size of a first resource set, a position of a first time domain resource in the first resource set and a position of a second time domain resource in the first resource set,

wherein the first resource set comprises the third time domain resource, the first time domain resource and the second time domain resource,

wherein the size of the first resource set is configured by signaling or predefined,

wherein the resource indication information comprises first resource indication information that indicates positions of the first and second time domain resources, and

wherein a value of the first resource indication information is determined from the size of the first resource set, a difference between the position of the first time domain resource and a position of the third time domain resource and a difference between the positions of the first and second time domain resources.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the resource indication information comprises second resource indication information,

wherein the second resource indication information indicates a frequency domain starting position and a frequency domain resource size on at least one of the first, second and/or third time domain resources of first data sent by a transmitting device.

6. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the third time domain resource is a start time domain resource in the first resource set.

7. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the first time domain resource and/or the second time domain resource are/is one of the following (a) to (c):

(a) resources/a resource used by the transmitting device to send data;

(b) reserved resources/a reserved resource selected by the transmitting device; or

(c) resources/a resource used to assist the receiving device in determining a transmission resource.

8. The method according to claim 4 , wherein determining the position of first time domain resource in the first recourse set and the position of the second time domain resource in the first resource set comprises:

determining, by the receiving device, a time interval between the first time domain resource and the third time domain resource and a time interval between the second time domain resource and the first time domain resource based on the resource indication information and the size of the first resource set; and

determining, by the receiving device, the position of the first time domain resource in the first resource set the position of the second time domain resource in the first resource set based on the time interval between the first time domain resource and the third time domain resource and the time interval between the second time domain resource and the first time domain resource.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the time interval between the first time domain resource and the third time domain resource and the time interval between the second time domain resource and the first time domain resource satisfy the following formulas:

a=f (( RIV−C )/ W− 2)+1 and b =( RIV−C )mod W− 2); and

L=W−a=t 1− t 0 and O=W− 3− b=t 2− t 0− L ; or L=a=t 1− t 0 and O=b−t 2− t 0− L,

wherein L is the time interval between the first time domain resource and the third time domain resource,

wherein O is the time interval between the second time domain resource and the first time domain resource,

wherein W is the size of the first resource set, wherein t0 is a position of the third time domain resource,

wherein t1 is the position of the first time domain resource,

wherein t2 is the position of the second time domain resource,

wherein C is an integer, and

wherein RIV is the value of the first resource indication information in the resource indication information.

10. A communication apparatus comprising one or more processors and a memory, wherein the memory is coupled to the one or more processors and stores a computer program which is executed by the one or more processors and cause the communication apparatus implement operations including:

determining a first time domain resource and a second time domain resource; and

sending first resource indication information on a third time domain resource that is a start time domain resource in a first resource set that comprises the first, second and third time domain resources,

wherein a size of the first resource set is configured by signaling or is predefined,

wherein the first resource indication information indicates a position of the first time domain resource and a position of the second time domain resource, and

wherein a value of the first resource indication information is determined from the size of the first resource set, a difference between the position of the first domain resource and a position of the third time domain resource and a difference between the position of the first time domain resource and the position of the second time domain resource.

11. The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the first time domain resource and/or the second time domain resource are/is one of the following (a) to (c):

(a) resources/a resource used by the apparatus to send data;

(b) reserved resources/a reserved resource selected by the apparatus; or

(c) resources/a resource used to assist a receiving device in determining a transmission resource.

12. The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the operation of sending the first resource indication information on the third time domain resource comprises:

sending the first resource indication information and second resource indication information on the third time domain resource,

wherein the second resource indication information indicates a frequency domain starting position and a frequency domain resource size on at least one of the first, second and/or third time domain resource of first data sent by the apparatus.

13. A communication apparatus comprising one or more processors and a memory, wherein the memory is coupled to the one or more processors and stores a computer program which is executed by the one or more processors and cause the communication apparatus implement operations including:

receiving resource indication information on a third time domain resource; and

determining based on the resource indication information and a size of a first resource set, a position of a first time domain resource in the first resource set and a position of a second time domain resource in the first resource set,

wherein the first resource set comprises the third time domain resource, the first time domain resource, and the second time domain resource,

wherein the size of the first resource set is configured by signaling or predefined,

wherein the resource indication information comprises first resource indication information that indicates positions of the first and second time domain resources, and

wherein a value of the first resource indication information is determined from the size of the first resource set, a difference between the position of the first time domain resource and a position of the third time domain resource and a difference between the positions of the first and second time domain resources.

14. The communication apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the resource indication information comprises second resource indication information,

wherein the second resource indication information indicates a frequency domain starting position and a frequency domain resource size on at least one of the first, second and/or third time domain resources of first data sent by a transmitting device.

15. The communication apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the third time domain resource is a start time domain resource in the first resource set.

16. The communication apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the first time domain resource and/or the second time domain resource are/is one of the following (a) to (c):

(a) resources/a resource used by the transmitting device to send data;

(b) reserved resources/a reserved resource selected by the transmitting device; or

(c) resources/a resource used to assist the receiving device in determining a transmission resource.

17. The communication apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the computer program, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the communication apparatus to implement further operations for determining the position of the first time domain resource in the first recourse set and the position of the second time domain resource in the first resource set, wherein the further operations include:

determining a time interval between the first time domain resource and the third time domain resource and a time interval between the second time domain resource and the first time domain resource based on the resource indication information and the size of the first resource set; and

determining the position of the first time domain resource in the first resource set the position of the second time domain resource in the first resource set based on the time interval between the first time domain resource and the third time domain resource and the time interval between the second time domain resource and the first time domain resource.

18. The communication apparatus according to claim 17 , wherein the time interval between the first time domain resource and the third time domain resource and the time interval between the second time domain resource and the first time domain resource satisfy the following formulas:

a=f (( RIV−C )/ W− 2)+1 and b =( RIV−C )mod W− 2); and

L=W−a=t 1− t 0 and O=W− 3− b=t 2− t 0− L ; or L=a=t 1− t 0 and O=b−t 2− t 0− L,

wherein L is the time interval between the first time domain resource and the third time domain resource,

wherein O is the time interval between the second time domain resource and the first time domain resource,

wherein W is the size of the first resource set, wherein t0 is a position of the third time domain resource,

wherein t1 is the position of the first time domain resource,

wherein t2 is the position of the second time domain resource,

wherein C is an integer, and

wherein RIV is the value of the first resource indication information in the resource indication information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2023
From: LI, CHAO; YANG, FAN; ZHANG, LILI; HUANG, HAINING
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062831/0652 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2020075393 · Feb 14, 2020
Related Publication 20220394710A1 · Dec 8, 2022
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