IP Library Granted Patent US 12,452,852
Granted Patent B2
US 12,452,852 · App. 17/939,624 · Granted Oct 21, 2025

Scheduling request configuration method and sending method, and corresponding apparatus

Inventors: Haibo Xu (Beijing, CN); Xiao Xiao (Shenzhen, CN); Gaokun Pang (Shenzhen, CN); Jian Wang (Beijing, CN); Zhenzhen Cao (Boulogne Billancourt, FR)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
H04W72/12H04W72/20H04W72/56
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Patent No.
US 12,452,852
App. No.
17/939,624
Granted
Oct 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A scheduling request (SR) configuration method and sending method, and a corresponding apparatus are provided, to resolve a prior-art problem of a scheduling request configuration method and sending method, and a corresponding apparatus. The scheduling request configuration method includes: receiving, by a user equipment (UE), control signaling sent by a network device, where the control signaling is used to configure, for the UE, an SR configuration associated with at least one logical channel and at least two SR resource configurations associated with the SR configuration, and the SR resource configurations indicate physical resources used to signal an SR associated with the at least one logical channel; and signaling, by the UE based on a physical resource indicated by one of the at least two SR resource configurations, an SR associated with one of the at least one logical channel.

Claims (41)

1. A method, performed by a user equipment (UE) or a chip applied for the UE, the method comprising:

receiving control signaling, wherein the control signaling is used to configure, for the UE, a scheduling request (SR) configuration and at least two SR resource configurations, wherein a first logical channel is associated with the SR configuration, each SR resource configuration of the at least two SR resource configurations comprises an identifier of the SR configuration, and the at least two SR resource configurations indicate physical resources for SR signaling; and

signaling an SR associated with the first logical channel based on a physical resource indicated by one of the at least two SR resource configurations.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the control signaling is further used to configure a configuration of the first logical channel for the UE, wherein the configuration of the first logical channel comprises the identifier of the SR configuration.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the configuration of the first logical channel comprises a logical channel identifier.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a first SR resource configuration of the at least two SR resource configurations indicates a physical resource for signaling an SR on a first bandwidth part (BWP), and a second SR resource configuration of the at least two SR resource configurations indicates a physical resource for transmitting an SR on a second BWP.

5. The method according to claim 4 ,

wherein the different BWPs belong to a same serving cell or different serving cells.

6. The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the SR associated with the first logical channel is an SR triggered by a regular buffer status report (BSR); and

wherein the BSR is triggered due to new data reaching the first logical channel.

7. The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the SR associated with the first logical channel is an SR triggered by a regular buffer status report (BSR);

wherein the BSR is triggered by a BSR retransmission timer expiring; and

wherein the first logical channel is a logical channel with a highest priority among logical channels having available transmission data.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the SR associated with the first logical channel is used for requesting an uplink resource for the first logical channel.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the SR configuration comprises at least one of an SR-prohibit timer duration or a maximum quantity of SR transmission times.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the maximum quantity of SR transmission times indicates a maximum quantity of times of SR transmission on the physical resources indicated by the at least two SR resource configurations.

11. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the SR configuration comprises the maximum quantity of SR transmission times, and the method further comprises:

setting a variable for recording a quantity of SR transmission times for the SR configuration, wherein for each transmitting of an SR on a physical resource indicated by any one of the at least two SR resource configurations, a value of the variable is added by one; and

in response to the value of the variable reaching the maximum quantity of SR transmission times, releasing the physical resources indicated by the at least two SR resource configurations.

12. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the SR configuration comprises the SR-prohibit timer duration, and the method further comprises:

setting an SR-prohibit timer for the SR configuration, wherein the SR-prohibit timer is configured to prohibit, during a running period of the SR-prohibit timer, the transmission of an SR on a physical resource indicated by any one of the at least two SR resource configurations, and a duration for which the SR-prohibit timer is the SR-prohibit timer duration.

13. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the SR configuration comprises the identifier of the SR configuration.

14. An apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor, wherein execution of instructions by the at least one processor causes the apparatus to:

receive control signaling, wherein the control signaling is used to configure a scheduling request (SR) configuration and at least two SR resource configurations, wherein a first logical channel is associated with the SR configuration, each SR resource configuration of the at least two SR resource configurations comprises an identifier of the SR configuration, and the at least two SR resource configurations indicate physical resources for SR signaling; and

signal an SR associated with the first logical channel based on a physical resource indicated by one of the at least two SR resource configurations.

15. The apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the control signaling is further used to configure a configuration of the first logical channel, wherein the configuration of the first logical channel comprises the identifier of the SR configuration.

16. The apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein a first SR resource configuration of the at least two SR resource configurations indicates a physical resource for signaling an SR on a first bandwidth part (BWP), and a second SR resource configuration of the at least two SR resource configurations indicates a physical resource for transmitting an SR on a second BWP.

17. The apparatus according to claim 14 ,

wherein the SR associated with the first logical is an SR triggered by a regular buffer status report (BSR), and wherein the BSR is triggered due to new data reaching the first logical channel.

18. The apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the SR configuration comprises at least one of an SR-prohibit timer duration or a maximum quantity of SR transmission times.

19. The apparatus according to claim 18 ,

wherein the maximum quantity of SR transmission times indicates a maximum quantity of times of SR transmission on the physical resources indicated by the at least two SR resource configurations; and

wherein the SR-prohibit timer duration indicates a duration of a SR-prohibit timer that is configured to prohibit, during a running period of the SR-prohibit timer, the transmission of an SR on a physical resource indicated by any one of the at least two SR resource configurations.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause an apparatus to:

receive control signaling, wherein the control signaling is used to configure a scheduling request (SR) configuration and at least two SR resource configurations, wherein a first logical channel is associated with the SR configuration, each SR resource configuration of the at least two SR resource configurations comprises an identifier of the SR configuration, and the at least two SR resource configurations indicate physical resources for SR signaling;

signal an SR associated with the first logical channel based on a physical resource indicated by one of the at least two SR resource configurations.

21. The apparatus according to claim 14 ,

wherein the SR associated with the first logical channel is an SR triggered by a regular buffer status report (BSR), wherein the BSR is triggered by a BSR retransmission timer expiring, and wherein the first logical channel is a logical channel with a highest priority among logical channels having available transmission data.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 7, 2022
From: XU, HAIBO; XIAO, XIAO; PANG, GAOKUN; WANG, JIAN; CAO, ZHENZHEN
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 201710911558.9 · Sep 29, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16651947
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