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US 12,501,440 · App. 17/371,576 · Granted Dec 16, 2025

Information transmission method and communications apparatus

Inventors: Xianda Liu (Beijing, CN); Kunpeng Liu (Beijing, CN); Xu Zhang (Beijing, CN); Xiang Gao (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
H04W72/23
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Patent No.
US 12,501,440
App. No.
17/371,576
Granted
Dec 16, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

This application provides an information transmission method and a communications apparatus. The method includes: determining a correspondence between a first aggregation level (AL) set associated with a plurality of first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidates and a second AL set associated with a plurality of second PDCCH candidates; and monitoring at least one of the plurality of first PDCCH candidates and/or at least one of the plurality of second PDCCH candidates based on the correspondence.

Claims (47)

1 . A method, comprising:

determining a correspondence between a first aggregation level (AL) set associated with a plurality of first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidates for receiving a first DCI and a second AL set associated with a plurality of second PDCCH candidates for receiving a second DCI, wherein the correspondence is a correspondence between at least one first AL in the first AL set and at least one second AL in the second AL set; and the first DCI and the second DCI are same DCI;

monitoring, based on the correspondence, at least one first PDCCH candidate to receive the first DCI from a first transmission reception point (TRP) and at least one second PDCCH candidate to receive the second DCI from a second TRP.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein a first AL of the first DCI is the same as a second AL of the second DCI.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises jointly decoding the first DCI and the second DCI.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first DCI is carried on a first time-frequency resource set, the second DCI is carried on a second time-frequency resource set, and the monitoring, based on the correspondence, at least one first PDCCH candidate and at least one second PDCCH candidate comprises:

monitoring the first DCI on the first time-frequency resource set, and monitoring the second DCI on the second time-frequency resource set; wherein the first time-frequency resource set and the second time-frequency resource set are located on a same carrier.

5 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein the method further comprises: receiving configuration information; wherein the configuration information comprises at least one of the following:

the correspondence, configuration information of a first search space set, configuration information of a first control resource set, configuration information of a second search space set, or configuration information of a second control resource set;

wherein the configuration information of the first search space set comprises indication information of the first AL set, and the configuration information of the second search space set comprises indication information of the second AL set, and the configuration information of first control resource set comprises time-frequency resource configuration information of the plurality of first PDCCH candidates, and the configuration information of second control resource set comprises time-frequency resource configuration information of the plurality of second PDCCH candidates.

6 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein an index value of the first control resource set is different from an index value of the second control resource set.

7 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein a first receive beam for receiving the first DCI on the first control resource set is different from a second receive beam for receiving the second DCI on the second control resource set.

8 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the first AL set comprises at least one of the following aggregation levels: 1, 2, 4, 8, or 16; and/or

the second AL set comprises at least one of the following aggregation levels: 1, 2, 4, 8, or 16.

9 . A method, comprising:

determining a correspondence between a first aggregation level (AL) set associated with a plurality of first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidates and a second AL set associated with a plurality of second PDCCH candidates; and

based on the correspondence, sending the following:

first downlink control information (DCI) on at least one first PDCCH candidate, wherein the first DCI is from a first transmission reception point (TRP); and

second DCI on at least one second PDCCH candidate, wherein the second DCI is from a second TRP;

wherein the first DCI and the second DCI are same DCI.

10 . The transmission method of claim 9 , wherein a first AL of the first DCI is the same as a second AL of the second DCI.

11 . The transmission method of claim 9 , wherein the first DCI is carried on a first time-frequency resource set and the second DCI is carried on a second time-frequency resource set, and wherein the first time-frequency resource set and the second time-frequency resource set are located on a same carrier.

12 . The transmission method of claim 11 , further comprising:

sending configuration information;

wherein the configuration information comprises at least one of the following:

the correspondence, configuration information of a first search space set, configuration information of a first control resource set, configuration information of a second search space set, or configuration information of a second control resource set; and

wherein the configuration information of the first search space set comprises indication information of the first AL set, and the configuration information of the second search space set comprises indication information of the second AL set, and the configuration information of first control resource set comprises time-frequency resource configuration information of the plurality of first PDCCH candidates, and the configuration information of second control resource set comprises time-frequency resource configuration information of the plurality of second PDCCH candidates.

13 . The transmission method of claim 12 , wherein an index value of the first control resource set is different from an index value of the second control resource set.

14 . An apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor and a transceiver;

wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

determine a correspondence between a first aggregation level (AL) set associated with a plurality of first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidates for receiving a first DCI and a second AL set associated with a plurality of second PDCCH candidates for receiving a second DCI, wherein the correspondence is a correspondence between at least one first AL in the first AL set and at least one second AL in the second AL set; and the first DCI and the second DCI are same DCI;

monitor, based on the correspondence, at least one first PDCCH candidate to receive the first DCI from a first transmission reception point (TRP) and at least one second PDCCH candidate to receive the second DCI from a second TRP.

15 . The apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein a first AL of the first DCI is the same as a second AL of the second DCI.

16 . The apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to jointly decode the first DCI and the second DCI.

17 . The apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein a first control resource set comprises time-frequency resources of the plurality of first PDCCH candidates and a second control resource set comprises time-frequency resources of the plurality of second PDCCH candidates, and an index value of the first control resource set is different from an index value of the second control resource set.

18 . An apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor and a transceiver;

wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

determine a correspondence between a first aggregation level (AL) set associated with a plurality of first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidates and a second AL set associated with a plurality of second PDCCH candidates; and

based on the correspondence, send the following:

first downlink control information (DCI) on at least one first PDCCH candidate, wherein the first DCI is from a first transmission reception point (TRP); and

second DCI on at least one second PDCCH candidate, wherein the second DCI is from a second TRP;

wherein the first DCI and the second DCI are same DCI.

19 . The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein a first AL of the first DCI is the same as a second AL of the second DCI.

20 . The apparatus according to claim 18 , wherein a first control resource set comprises time-frequency resources of the plurality of first PDCCH candidates and a second control resource set comprises time-frequency resources of the plurality of second PDCCH candidates, and an index value of the first control resource set is different from an index value of the second control resource set.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2025
From: LIU, XIANDA
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 072219/0303 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2025
From: LIU, KUNPENG; ZHANG, XU; GAO, XIANG
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 072219/0321 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201910028849.2 · Jan 11, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2020071361 · Jan 10, 2020
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