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US 12,432,723 · App. 17/836,201 · Granted Sep 30, 2025

Communication method, and related apparatus and device

Inventors: Dan Hu (Beijing, CN); Lei Guan (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
H04W72/1273H04L27/26025H04W72/0446H04W72/0453H04W72/23
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Patent No.
US 12,432,723
App. No.
17/836,201
Granted
Sep 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to communication methods, apparatus, and devices. In one example method, a terminal device receives first indication information, where the first indication information indicates a first frequency domain resource, the first frequency domain resource is a subset of a frequency domain resource corresponding to a first bandwidth part (BWP), and the first BWP is a dedicated BWP of the terminal device. The terminal device receives a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) on the first BWP, where the first PDCCH is scrambled by using a group-radio network temporary identifier (G-RNTI), and the first PDCCH schedules a first physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) within a range of the first frequency domain resource. The terminal device receives second indication information including a first frequency domain width. The terminal device receives the first PDSCH on the first frequency domain resource.

Claims (44)

1. A communication method, comprising:

receiving, by a terminal device, first indication information, wherein the first indication information indicates a first frequency domain resource, the first frequency domain resource is a subset of a frequency domain resource corresponding to a first bandwidth part (BWP), and the first BWP is a dedicated BWP of the terminal device;

receiving, by the terminal device, a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) on the first BWP, wherein the first PDCCH is scrambled by using a group-radio network temporary identifier (G-RNTI), the first PDCCH scrambled by using the G-RNTI is a PDCCH for broadcast, multicast, or groupcast transmission, and the first PDCCH schedules a first physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) within a range of the first frequency domain resource;

receiving, by the terminal device, second indication information, wherein the second indication information comprises a first frequency domain width, the first frequency domain width is for determining a second frequency domain resource, and a starting frequency domain position of the second frequency domain resource is a resource block (RB) with a smallest sequence number in a control resource set or a predefined BWP for receiving the first PDCCH; and

receiving, by the terminal device, the first PDSCH on the first frequency domain resource.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein receiving, by the terminal device, the first PDCCH on the first BWP comprises:

receiving, by the terminal device, the first PDCCH on the first frequency domain resource.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein before receiving, by the terminal device, the first PDCCH on the first BWP, the method further comprises:

receiving, by the terminal device, third indication information, wherein the third indication information indicates a format of downlink control information (DCI) carried on the first PDCCH, and the format of the DCI carried on the first PDCCH is non-fallback DCI.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first indication information comprises at least one of a starting frequency domain position, a frequency domain width, or a numerology of the first frequency domain resource, the numerology comprises a subcarrier spacing and a cyclic prefix, and the numerology of the first frequency domain resource is the same as a numerology of the first BWP.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first frequency domain width is a quantity of contiguous RBs corresponding to a control resource set (CORESET) 0.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first PDCCH is sent to a plurality of terminal devices in a group, and the plurality of terminal devices in the group includes the terminal device.

7. A communication method, comprising:

sending, by a network device, first indication information, wherein the first indication information indicates a first frequency domain resource, the first frequency domain resource is a subset of a frequency domain resource corresponding to a first bandwidth part (BWP), and the first BWP is a dedicated BWP of a terminal device;

sending, by the network device, a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), wherein the first PDCCH is scrambled by using a group-radio network temporary identifier (G-RNTI), the first PDCCH scrambled by using the G-RNTI is a PDCCH for broadcast, multicast, or groupcast transmission, and the first PDCCH schedules a first physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) within a range of the first frequency domain resource;

sending, by the network device, second indication information, wherein the second indication information comprises a first frequency domain width, the first frequency domain width is for determining a second frequency domain resource, and a starting frequency domain position of the second frequency domain resource is a resource block (RB) with a smallest sequence number in a control resource set or a predefined BWP for receiving the first PDCCH; and

sending, by the network device, the first PDSCH on the first frequency domain resource.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein sending, by the network device, the first PDCCH comprises:

sending, by the network device, the first PDCCH on the first frequency domain resource.

9. The method according to claim 7 , wherein before sending, by the network device, the first PDCCH, the method further comprises:

sending, by the network device, third indication information, wherein the third indication information indicates a format of downlink control information (DCI) carried on the first PDCCH, and the format of the DCI carried on the first PDCCH is non-fallback DCI.

10. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the first indication information comprises at least one of a starting frequency domain position, a frequency domain width, or a numerology of the first frequency domain resource, the numerology comprises a subcarrier spacing and a cyclic prefix, and the numerology of the first frequency domain resource is the same as a numerology of the first BWP.

11. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the first frequency domain width is a quantity of contiguous RBs corresponding to a control resource set (CORESET) 0.

12. A terminal device, comprising at least one processor, a transceiver, and a memory, wherein the memory stores programming instructions for execution by the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving first indication information, wherein the first indication information indicates a first frequency domain resource, the first frequency domain resource is a subset of a frequency domain resource corresponding to a first bandwidth part (BWP), and the first BWP is a dedicated BWP of the terminal device;

receiving a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) on the first BWP, wherein the first PDCCH is scrambled by using a group-radio network temporary identifier (G-RNTI), the first PDCCH scrambled by using the G-RNTI is a PDCCH for broadcast, multicast, or groupcast transmission, and the first PDCCH schedules a first physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) within a range of the first frequency domain resource;

receiving second indication information, wherein the second indication information comprises a first frequency domain width, the first frequency domain width is for determining a second frequency domain resource, and a starting frequency domain position of the second frequency domain resource is a resource block (RB) with a smallest sequence number in a control resource set or a predefined BWP for receiving the first PDCCH; and

receiving the first PDSCH on the first frequency domain resource.

13. The terminal device according to claim 12 , the operations further comprising:

receiving the first PDCCH on the first frequency domain resource.

14. The terminal device according to claim 12 , the operations further comprising:

receiving third indication information, wherein the third indication information indicates a format of downlink control information (DCI) carried on the first PDCCH, and the format of the DCI carried on the first PDCCH is non-fallback DCI.

15. The terminal device according to claim 12 , wherein the first indication information comprises at least one of a starting frequency domain position, a frequency domain width, or a numerology of the first frequency domain resource, the numerology comprises a subcarrier spacing and a cyclic prefix, and the numerology of the first frequency domain resource is the same as a numerology of the first BWP.

16. The terminal device according to claim 12 , wherein the first frequency domain width is a quantity of contiguous RBs corresponding to a control resource set (CORESET) 0.

17. A network device, comprising at least one processor, a transceiver, and a memory, wherein the memory stores programming instructions for execution by the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

sending first indication information, wherein the first indication information indicates a first frequency domain resource, the first frequency domain resource is a subset of a frequency domain resource corresponding to a first bandwidth part (BWP), and the first BWP is a dedicated BWP of a terminal device;

sending a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), wherein the first PDCCH is scrambled by using a group-radio network temporary identifier (G-RNTI), the first PDCCH scrambled by using the G-RNTI is a PDCCH for broadcast, multicast, or groupcast transmission, and the first PDCCH schedules a first physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) within a range of the first frequency domain resource;

sending second indication information, wherein the second indication information comprises a first frequency domain width, the first frequency domain width is for determining a second frequency domain resource, and a starting frequency domain position of the second frequency domain resource is a resource block (RB) with a smallest sequence number in a control resource set or a predefined BWP for receiving the first PDCCH; and

sending the first PDSCH on the first frequency domain resource.

18. The network device according to claim 17 , the operations further comprising:

sending the first PDCCH on the first frequency domain resource.

19. The network device according to claim 17 , the operations further comprising:

sending third indication information, wherein the third indication information indicates a format of downlink control information (DCI) carried on the first PDCCH, and the format of the DCI carried on the first PDCCH is non-fallback DCI.

20. The network device according to claim 17 , wherein the first indication information comprises at least one of a starting frequency domain position, a frequency domain width, or a numerology of the first frequency domain resource, the numerology comprises a subcarrier spacing and a cyclic prefix, and the numerology of the first frequency domain resource is the same as a numerology of the first BWP.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 28, 2025
From: HU, DAN; GUAN, LEI
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 071852/0300 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2019124145 · Dec 9, 2019
Related Publication 20220322400A1 · Oct 6, 2022
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