IP Library Granted Patent US 12,549,232
Granted Patent B2
US 12,549,232 · App. 18/079,273 · Granted Feb 10, 2026

Communication method and apparatus

Inventors: Shuri Liao (Shanghai, CN); Shengyue Dou (Shanghai, CN); Yuejun Wei (Shanghai, CN); Kedi Wu (Shanghai, CN); Weiqiang Yang (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
H04B7/0626H04B7/0452H04B7/0632H04L1/0003
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Patent No.
US 12,549,232
App. No.
18/079,273
Granted
Feb 10, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A communication method includes obtaining network transmission quality information and channel state information (CSI), where the network transmission quality information indicates communication quality of extended reality (XR) data during network transmission; and managing a data communication manner based on the network transmission quality information and the CSI. According to the method, when managing a manner of data communication, a network device considers network transmission quality information that can reflect XR experience, thereby improving XR experience of a terminal device in a communication system, and further effectively increasing a quantity of users satisfied with the XR experience in the communication system.

Claims (133)

1 . A communication method, comprising:

obtaining network transmission quality information and channel state information (CSI), wherein the network transmission quality information indicates communication quality of extended reality (XR) data during network transmission; and

managing a data communication manner based on the network transmission quality information and the CSI,

wherein the data communication manner is based on multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO),

wherein the managing the data communication manner comprises:

determining pairing that is based on multiple-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO), and

determining a scheduling sequence that is based on single-user multiple-input multiple-output (SU-MIMO), and

wherein the managing the data communication manner comprises:

determining, based on the CSI, a first terminal device group that meets an MU-MIMO pairing condition, and filtering terminal devices in the first terminal device group based on the network transmission quality information, to obtain a second terminal device group participating in MU-MIMO pairing;

obtaining, based on the network transmission quality information, a scheduling sequence that is based on SU-MIMO for terminal devices in the second terminal device group; and

filtering transport layers of the terminal devices in the second terminal device group based on the scheduling sequence that is based on SU-MIMO and the network transmission quality information, to obtain transport layers that are of the terminal devices in the second terminal device group and that participate in MU-MIMO pairing.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein

source data corresponding to the data communication manner is divided into source data of a basic layer and source data of an enhancement layer, and

the network transmission quality information comprises:

first network transmission quality information corresponding to the basic layer,

second network transmission quality information corresponding to the enhancement layer, and

total network transmission quality information.

3 . A communication apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor; and

one or more memories including computer instructions executable by the at least one processor to cause the communication apparatus to perform operations comprising:

obtaining network transmission quality information and channel state information (CSI), wherein the network transmission quality information indicates communication quality of extended reality (XR) data during network transmission; and

managing a data communication manner based on the network transmission quality information and the CSI,

wherein the data communication manner is based on multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO),

wherein the managing the data communication manner comprises:

determining pairing that is based on multiple-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO), and

determining a scheduling sequence that is based on single-user multiple-input multiple-output (SU-MIMO), and

wherein the managing the data communication manner comprises:

determining, based on the CSI, a first terminal device group that meets an MU-MIMO pairing condition, and filtering terminal devices in the first terminal device group based on the network transmission quality information, to obtain a second terminal device group participating in MU-MIMO pairing;

obtaining, based on the network transmission quality information, a scheduling sequence that is based on SU-MIMO for terminal devices in the second terminal device group; and

filtering transport layers of the terminal devices in the second terminal device group based on the scheduling sequence that is based on SU-MIMO and the network transmission quality information, to obtain transport layers that are of the terminal devices in the second terminal device group and that participate in MU-MIMO pairing.

4 . The communication apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein

source data corresponding to the data communication manner is divided into source data of a basic layer and source data of an enhancement layer, and

the network transmission quality information comprises:

first network transmission quality information corresponding to the basic layer,

second network transmission quality information corresponding to the enhancement layer, and

total network transmission quality information.

5 . A communication apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor; and

one or more memories including computer instructions executable by the at least one processor to cause the communication apparatus to perform operations comprising:

sending channel state information (CSI) to a network device; and

accepting management performed by the network device on a data communication manner, wherein

the data communication manner is determined based on the CSI and network transmission quality information,

the network transmission quality information indicates communication quality of extended reality (XR) data during network transmission,

the data communication manner is based on multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO),

the accepting the management performed by the network device comprises:

accepting pairing information based on multiple-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO), and

accepting scheduling sequence information based on single-user multiple-input multiple-output (SU-MIMO),

the CSI is usable to determine a first terminal device group that meets an MU-MIMO pairing condition, and the network transmission quality information is usable to filter terminal devices in the first terminal device group, to obtain a second terminal device group participating in MU-MIMO pairing,

the network transmission quality information is further usable to obtain a scheduling sequence that is based on SU-MIMO for terminal devices in the second terminal device group, and

the scheduling sequence that is based on SU-MIMO and the network transmission quality information are usable to filter transport layers of the terminal devices in the second terminal device group, to obtain transport layers that are of the terminal devices in the second terminal device group and that participate in MU-MIMO pairing.

6 . The communication apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the operations further comprise:

sending the network transmission quality information to the network device.

7 . The communication apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein

the data communication manner comprises at least one of:

a modulation and coding scheme (MCS), or

a resource scheduling manner of data communication.

8 . The communication apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein

the accepting the management performed by the network device comprises at least one of:

receiving an initial MCS index of the data communication, and an adjusted MCS index of the data communication, or

receiving priority information of resource scheduling of the data communication.

9 . The communication apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein

source data corresponding to the data communication manner is divided into source data of a basic layer and source data of an enhancement layer,

the network transmission quality information comprises:

first network transmission quality information corresponding to the basic layer,

second network transmission quality information corresponding to the enhancement layer, and

total network transmission quality information,

the CSI comprises first CSI corresponding to the basic layer, and second CSI corresponding to the enhancement layer, and

the data communication manner is determined based on the first CSI, the second CSI, and at least one of:

the total network transmission quality information,

the first network transmission quality information, or

the second network transmission quality information.

10 . The communication apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein

the network transmission quality information comprises at least one of an XR quality index (XQI), an XQI threshold, or an XQI gain.

11 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the data communication manner comprises at least one of:

a modulation and coding scheme (MCS), or

a resource scheduling manner of data communication.

12 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein

the managing the data communication manner comprises at least one of:

determining an initial MCS index of the data communication based on the network transmission quality information and the CSI,

adjusting an MCS index of the data communication, or

determining priority information of resource scheduling of the data communication.

13 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein

the managing the data communication manner comprises:

filtering the terminal devices in the first terminal device group, based on at least one of:

the total network transmission quality information, the first network transmission quality information, or the second network transmission quality information, to obtain the second terminal device group;

obtaining the scheduling sequence that is based on SU-MIMO for the terminal devices in the second terminal device group, based on at least one of: the total network transmission quality information, the first network transmission quality information, or the second network transmission quality information; and

filtering at least one of first transport layers or second transport layers of the terminal devices in the second terminal device group, based on the scheduling sequence that is based on SU-MIMO and at least one of: the total network transmission quality information, the first network transmission quality information, or the second network transmission quality information, to obtain at least one of third transport layers or fourth transport layers that are of the terminal devices in the second terminal device group and that participate in MU-MIMO pairing, wherein

the first transport layers and the third transport layers correspond to the basic layer, and

the second transport layers and the fourth transport layers correspond to the enhancement layer.

14 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein

the CSI comprises first CSI corresponding to the basic layer, and second CSI corresponding to the enhancement layer, and

the managing the data communication manner comprises:

at least one of:

determining an initial modulation and coding scheme (MCS) index of the data communication at the basic layer, based on the first network transmission quality information and the first CSI,

adjusting an MCS index of the data communication at the basic layer, or

determining priority information of resource scheduling of the data communication at the basic layer; and

at least one of:

determining an initial MCS index of the data communication at the enhancement layer based on the second network transmission quality information and the second CSI,

adjusting an MCS index of the data communication at the enhancement layer, or

determining priority information of resource scheduling of the data communication at the enhancement layer.

15 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the network transmission quality information comprises at least one of an XR quality index (XQI), an XQI threshold, or an XQI gain.

16 . The communication apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein

the data communication manner comprises at least one of:

a modulation and coding scheme (MCS), or

a resource scheduling manner of data communication.

17 . The communication apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein

the managing the data communication manner comprises at least one of:

determining an initial MCS index of the data communication based on the network transmission quality information and the CSI,

adjusting an MCS index of the data communication, or

determining priority information of resource scheduling of the data communication.

18 . The communication apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein

the managing the data communication manner comprises:

filtering the terminal devices in the first terminal device group, based on at least one of:

the total network transmission quality information, the first network transmission quality information, or the second network transmission quality information, to obtain the second terminal device group;

obtaining the scheduling sequence that is based on SU-MIMO for the terminal devices in the second terminal device group, based on at least one of: the total network transmission quality information, the first network transmission quality information, or the second network transmission quality information; and

filtering at least one of first transport layers or second transport layers of the terminal devices in the second terminal device group, based on the scheduling sequence that is based on SU-MIMO and at least one of: the total network transmission quality information, the first network transmission quality information, or the second network transmission quality information, to obtain at least one of third transport layers or fourth transport layers that are of the terminal devices in the second terminal device group and that participate in MU-MIMO pairing, wherein

the first transport layers and the third transport layers correspond to the basic layer, and

the second transport layers and the fourth transport layers correspond to the enhancement layer.

19 . The communication apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein

the CSI comprises first CSI corresponding to the basic layer, and second CSI corresponding to the enhancement layer, and

the managing the data communication manner comprises:

at least one of:

determining an initial modulation and coding scheme (MCS) index of the data communication at the basic layer, based on the first network transmission quality information and the first CSI,

adjusting an MCS index of the data communication at the basic layer, or

determining priority information of resource scheduling of the data communication at the basic layer; and

at least one of:

determining an initial MCS index of the data communication at the enhancement layer based on the second network transmission quality information and the second CSI,

adjusting an MCS index of the data communication at the enhancement layer, or

determining priority information of resource scheduling of the data communication at the enhancement layer.

20 . The communication apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein

the network transmission quality information comprises at least one of an XR quality index (XQI), an XQI threshold, or an XQI gain.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2025
From: LIAO, SHURI; DOU, SHENGYUE; WEI, YUEJUN; WU, KEDI; YANG, WEIQIANG
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 202010531821.3 · Jun 11, 2020 · national
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Continuation PCTCN2021098163 · Jun 3, 2021
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