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US 12,538,325 · App. 18/128,183 · Granted Jan 27, 2026

Transmission mode determining method and apparatus, and communications device

Inventors: Kaili Zheng (Chang'an Dongguan, CN); Peng Sun (Chang'an Dongguan, CN)
Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
H04W72/231H04L5/0053
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Patent No.
US 12,538,325
App. No.
18/128,183
Granted
Jan 27, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

This application provides a transmission mode determining method and apparatus, and a communications device, and pertains to the field of communications. The method includes: determining a single frequency network transmission mode in a target indication manner, where the target indication manner includes one of the following manners: indication by RRC signaling, indication by TCI state, a manner with a configured or indicated target parameter satisfying a predetermined parameter requirement, and indication of a PDCCH using the SFN transmission mode.

Claims (49)

1 . A transmission mode determining method, wherein the method is executed by a terminal device, and the method comprises:

determining whether to use a single frequency network SFN transmission mode, in a manner of indication by radio resource control RRC signaling;

wherein the RRC signaling is configured with SFN indication information representing the SFN transmission mode, and the determining whether to use a single frequency network SFN transmission mode, in a manner of indication by radio resource control RRC signaling, comprises:

determining, based on the SFN indication information, whether to use the SFN transmission mode;

the method further comprises:

enabling the SFN transmission mode by using first signaling, wherein the first signaling is indicated by using a medium access control control element MAC CE or downlink control information DCI.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the MAC CE is used for activating or indicating a TCI state; or the DCI is used for indicating a TCI state.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein in a case that a predetermined parameter is comprised in an RRC parameter, one transport block is transmitted on a plurality of slot-level PDSCHs, and PDSCHs in all slots are transmitted in the SFN transmission mode.

4 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein in a case that a predetermined enabling parameter has been configured, the predetermined enabling parameter is caused not to take effect.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:

in a case that the SFN transmission mode is used, determining to use a frequency shift pre-compensation function in a target case, wherein the target case comprises one of the following:

a case that second signaling used for indicating enabling of the frequency shift pre-compensation function is configured or indicated;

a case that a TCI state indicated by using third signaling is associated with an association relationship between uplink signals and downlink signals, and an element of the association relationship comprises Doppler shift;

a case that a TCI state indicated by using fourth signaling is associated with a second target QCL-Type, and an element corresponding to the second target QCL-Type does not comprise Doppler shift; and

a case that fifth signaling is used to indicate that a target tracking reference signal TRS or a target synchronization signal block SSB resource is used as an anchor for adjusting carrier frequency and/or timing.

6 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein in a case that use of the frequency shift pre-compensation function is determined, an uplink frequency is adjusted based on a Doppler shift in a TCI state corresponding to PDSCH or PDCCH DMRS.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:

in a case that the SFN transmission mode is used, applying a fourth TCI state, wherein at least two target downlink reference signal resources are present in a plurality of downlink reference signal resources associated with the fourth TCI state, and a QCL-Type corresponding to the target downlink reference signal resource is non-QCL-TypeD.

8 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein in a case that the target downlink reference signal resources correspond to a same QCL-Type, one of a plurality of downlink reference signal resources corresponding to the same QCL-Type is an anchor, and the anchor is preset or indicated by a network.

9 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein after the determining a single frequency network SFN transmission mode in a target indication manner, the method further comprises:

jointly referring to a repetition element in the QCL-Type of the at least two target downlink reference signal resources.

10 . A terminal device, comprising a processor, a memory, and a program or instructions stored in the memory and capable of running on the processor, wherein when the program or the instructions are executed by the processor, the following steps are implemented:

determining whether to use a single frequency network SFN transmission mode, in a manner of indication by radio resource control RRC signaling;

wherein the RRC signaling is configured with SFN indication information representing the SFN transmission mode, and the determining whether to use a single frequency network SFN transmission mode, in a manner of indication by radio resource control RRC signaling, comprises:

determining, based on the SFN indication information, whether to use the SFN transmission mode;

wherein when the program or the instructions are executed by the processor, the following steps are further implemented:

enabling the SFN transmission mode by using first signaling, wherein the first signaling is indicated by using a medium access control control element MAC CE or downlink control information DCI.

11 . A network device, comprising a processor, a memory, and a program or instructions stored in the memory and capable of running on the processor, wherein when the program or the instructions are executed by the processor, the following steps are implemented:

determining whether to use a single frequency network SFN transmission mode, in a manner of indication by radio resource control RRC signaling;

wherein the RRC signaling is configured with SFN indication information representing the SFN transmission mode, and the determining whether to use a single frequency network SFN transmission mode, in a manner of indication by radio resource control RRC signaling, comprises:

determining, based on the SFN indication information, whether to use the SFN transmission mode;

wherein when the program or the instructions are executed by the processor, the following steps are further implemented:

enabling the SFN transmission mode by using first signaling, wherein the first signaling is indicated by using a medium access control control element MAC CE or downlink control information DCI.

12 . The terminal device according to claim 10 , wherein the MAC CE is used for activating or indicating a TCI state; or the DCI is used for indicating a TCI state.

13 . The terminal device according to claim 10 , wherein in a case that a predetermined parameter is comprised in an RRC parameter, one transport block is transmitted on a plurality of slot-level PDSCHs, and PDSCHs in all slots are transmitted in the SFN transmission mode.

14 . The terminal device according to claim 13 , wherein in a case that a predetermined enabling parameter has been configured, the predetermined enabling parameter is caused not to take effect.

15 . The terminal device according to claim 10 , wherein when the program or the instructions are executed by the processor, the following steps are further implemented:

in a case that the SFN transmission mode is used, determining to use a frequency shift pre-compensation function in a target case, wherein the target case comprises one of the following:

a case that second signaling used for indicating enabling of the frequency shift pre-compensation function is configured or indicated;

a case that a TCI state indicated by using third signaling is associated with an association relationship between uplink signals and downlink signals, and an element of the association relationship comprises Doppler shift;

a case that a TCI state indicated by using fourth signaling is associated with a second target QCL-Type, and an element corresponding to the second target QCL-Type does not comprise Doppler shift; and

a case that fifth signaling is used to indicate that a target tracking reference signal TRS or a target synchronization signal block SSB resource is used as an anchor for adjusting carrier frequency and/or timing.

16 . The terminal device according to claim 15 , wherein in a case that use of the frequency shift pre-compensation function is determined, an uplink frequency is adjusted based on a Doppler shift in a TCI state corresponding to PDSCH or PDCCH DMRS.

17 . The terminal device according to claim 10 , wherein when the program or the instructions are executed by the processor, the following steps are further implemented:

in a case that the SFN transmission mode is used, applying a fourth TCI state, wherein at least two target downlink reference signal resources are present in a plurality of downlink reference signal resources associated with the fourth TCI state, and a QCL-Type corresponding to the target downlink reference signal resource is non-QCL-TypeD.

18 . The terminal device according to claim 17 , wherein in a case that the target downlink reference signal resources correspond to a same QCL-Type, one of a plurality of downlink reference signal resources corresponding to the same QCL-Type is an anchor, and the anchor is preset or indicated by a network.

19 . The terminal device according to claim 17 , wherein after the determining a single frequency network SFN transmission mode in a target indication manner, wherein when the program or the instructions are executed by the processor, the following steps are further implemented:

jointly referring to a repetition element in the QCL-Type of the at least two target downlink reference signal resources.

20 . The network device according to claim 11 , wherein the MAC CE is used for activating or indicating a TCI state; or the DCI is used for indicating a TCI state.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 31, 2023
From: ZHENG, KAILI; SUN, PENG
To: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 202011051668.0 · Sep 29, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2021120821 · Sep 27, 2021
Related Publication 20230239896A1 · Jul 27, 2023
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