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US 12,426,022 · App. 17/168,937 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Methods, apparatus and systems for transmitting indication information

Inventor: Chenchen Zhang (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: ZTE Corporation
H04W72/0453H04L5/0048H04W40/248H04W74/0833
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Patent No.
US 12,426,022
App. No.
17/168,937
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, apparatus and systems for transmitting indication information in a wireless communication are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method performed by a first wireless communication node is disclosed. The method comprises: transmitting indication information to a second wireless communication node, in connection with an establishment of a first link between the first wireless communication node and the second wireless communication node, for determining at least one transmission resource configuration to be used on the first link.

Claims (81)

1. A method performed by a first wireless communication node, the method comprising:

transmitting indication information to a second wireless communication node, in connection with an establishment of a first link between the first wireless communication node and the second wireless communication node, for determining at least one transmission resource configuration to be used on the first link,

wherein the indication information comprises information about at least one of the following:

a multiplexing mode indication, wherein the multiplexing mode indication indicates: at least one multiplexing mode supported by the first link, and at least one multiplexing mode desired by the first wireless communication node; and

a space domain resource indication, wherein the space domain resource indication indicates: at least one space domain resource configuration supported by the first link, and at least one space domain resource configuration desired by the first wireless communication node;

wherein the multiplexing mode indication indicates, based on an available multiplexing mode set, at least one of or a combination of at least two of the following multiplexing modes:

time division multiplexing (TDM),

frequency division multiplexing (FDM), and

space division multiplexing (SDM); and

wherein the available multiplexing mode set is determined based on at least one of: a semi-static configuration by a third wireless communication node and a system pre-definition.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the indication information further comprises information about at least one of the following:

the first wireless communication node, the second wireless communication node, and the first link;

a time domain resource indication, wherein the time domain resource indication indicates: at least one time domain resource configuration supported by the first link, and at least one time domain resource configuration desired by the first wireless communication node;

a frequency domain resource indication, wherein the frequency domain resource indication indicates: at least one frequency domain resource configuration supported by the first link, and at least one frequency domain resource configuration desired by the first wireless communication node;

a hop count indication, wherein the hop count indication indicates at least one of: hop count information of the first wireless communication node, and hop count information of the second wireless communication node; and hop count information of the first link; and

a node type indication, wherein the node type indication indicates at least one of: a node type of the first wireless communication node, and a node type of the second wireless communication node.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein:

the time domain resource indication indicates, based on an available time domain resource set, one or more consecutive or non-continuous time domain resource units that include at least one of the following: a radio frame, a half-frame, a sub-frame, a time slot, a mini-slot, an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol and an OFDM symbol cluster; and

the available time domain resource set is determined based on at least one of: a semi-static configuration by a third wireless communication node and a system pre-definition.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein:

the frequency domain resource indication indicates, based on an available frequency domain resource set, one or more consecutive or non-continuous frequency domain resource units that include at least one of the following: a carrier, a sub-carrier, a bandwidth part, a resource block (RB), a resource block group (RBG), a physical resource block (PRB), and a common resource block (CRB); and

the available frequency domain resource set is determined based on at least one of: a semi-static configuration by a third wireless communication node and a system pre-definition.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the space domain resource indication indicates, based on an available space domain resource set, one or more consecutive or non-continuous space domain resource units that include at least one of the following: a beam direction, a quasi-co-location (QCL) reference signal set of a downlink reference signal, and a second reference signal of an uplink reference signal with respect to spatial domain transmission filter; and

the available space domain resource set is determined based on at least one of: a semi-static configuration by a third wireless communication node and a system pre-definition.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the indication information is transmitted through at least one of:

a message from the first wireless communication node to the second wireless communication node during a random access process for the establishment of the first link,

an uplink traffic channel,

an uplink control channel, and

an uplink reference signal; and

the second wireless communication node is at least one of: a core network, a base station, and a relay node.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising selecting a preamble sequence from available preamble sequences that are determined based on at least one of: a semi-static configuration by a third wireless communication node and a system pre-definition, wherein:

the available preamble sequences are grouped into a plurality of preamble sets each of which corresponds to a respective one of different indication ranges of the indication information, based on at least one of: the semi-static configuration by a third wireless communication node and the system pre-definition;

the indication information is transmitted by the preamble sequence that corresponds to an indication range of the indication information; and

the second wireless communication node is at least one of: a core network, a base station, and a relay node.

8. A method performed by a first wireless communication node, the method comprising:

receiving indication information from a second wireless communication node, in connection with an establishment of a first link between the first wireless communication node and the second wireless communication node, for determining at least one transmission resource configuration to be used on the first link,

wherein the indication information comprises information about at least one of the following:

a multiplexing mode indication, wherein the multiplexing mode indication indicates at least one multiplexing mode supported by the first link, and at least one multiplexing mode desired by the second wireless communication node; and

a space domain resource indication, wherein the space domain resource indication indicates: at least one space domain resource configuration supported by the first link, and at least one space domain resource configuration desired by the second wireless communication node;

wherein the multiplexing mode indication indicates, based on an available multiplexing mode set, at least one of or a combination of at least two of the following multiplexing modes:

time division multiplexing (TDM),

frequency division multiplexing (FDM), and

space division multiplexing (SDM); and

wherein the available multiplexing mode set is determined based on at least one of: a semi-static configuration by a third wireless communication node and a system pre-definition.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein:

the indication information further comprises information about at least one of the following:

the first wireless communication node, the second wireless communication node, and the first link;

a time domain resource indication, wherein the time domain resource indication indicates: at least one time domain resource configuration supported by the first link, and at least one time domain resource configuration desired by the first second wireless communication node;

a frequency domain resource indication, wherein the frequency domain resource indication indicates: at least one frequency domain resource configuration supported by the first link, and at least one frequency domain resource configuration desired by the second wireless communication node; and

a node type indication, wherein the node type indication indicates at least one of:

a node type of the first wireless communication node, and a node type of the second wireless communication node.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein:

the multiplexing mode indication indicates, based on an available multiplexing mode set, at least one of or a combination of at least two of the following multiplexing modes:

time division multiplexing (TDM),

frequency division multiplexing (FDM), and

space division multiplexing (SDM); and

the available multiplexing mode set is determined based on at least one of: a semi-static configuration by a third wireless communication node and a system pre-definition.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein:

the time domain resource indication indicates, based on an available time domain resource set, one or more consecutive or non-continuous time domain resource units that include at least one of the following: a radio frame, a half-frame, a sub-frame, a time slot, a mini-slot, an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol and an OFDM symbol cluster; and

the available time domain resource set is determined based on at least one of: a semi-static configuration by a third wireless communication node and a system pre-definition.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein:

the frequency domain resource indication indicates, based on an available frequency domain resource set, one or more consecutive or non-continuous frequency domain resource units that include at least one of the following: a carrier, a sub-carrier, a bandwidth part, a resource block (RB), a resource block group (RBG), a physical resource block (PRB), and a contiguously-allocated resource block (CRB); and

the available frequency domain resource set is determined based on at least one of: a semi-static configuration by a third wireless communication node and a system pre-definition.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein:

the space domain resource indication indicates, based on an available space domain resource set, one or more consecutive or non-continuous space domain resource units that include at least one of the following: a beam direction, a quasi-co-location (QCL) reference signal set of a downlink reference signal, and a second reference signal set of an uplink reference signal with respect to spatial domain transmission filter; and

the available space domain resource set is determined based on at least one of: a semi-static configuration by a third wireless communication node and a system pre-definition.

14. The method of claim 8 , wherein:

the indication information is transmitted through at least one of:

a message from the second wireless communication node to the first wireless communication node during a random access process for the establishment of the first link,

an uplink traffic channel,

an uplink control channel, and

an uplink reference signal; and

the first wireless communication node is at least one of: a core network, a base station, and a relay node.

15. The method of claim 8 , wherein:

a preamble sequence is selected from available preamble sequences that are determined based on at least one of: a semi-static configuration by a third wireless communication node and a system pre-definition;

the available preamble sequences are grouped into a plurality of preamble sets each of which corresponds to a respective one of different indication ranges of the indication information, based on at least one of: the semi-static configuration by a third wireless communication node and the system pre-definition;

the indication information is transmitted by the preamble sequence that corresponds to an indication range of the indication information; and

the first wireless communication node is at least one of: a core network, a base station, and a relay node.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 25, 2021
From: ZHANG, CHENCHEN
To: ZTE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057904/0781 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2018099581 · Aug 9, 2018
Related Publication 20210160875A1 · May 27, 2021
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