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US 12,652,688 · App. 18/182,503 · Granted Jun 9, 2026

Supplementary uplink sul configuration method and apparatus

Inventors: Zhou Xu (Madrid, ES); Liwen Zhang (Shanghai, CN); Xu Wang (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
H04W72/52H04W28/0231H04W48/10H04W72/04H04W72/54
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Patent No.
US 12,652,688
App. No.
18/182,503
Granted
Jun 9, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

In an embodiment a supplementary uplink (SUL) configuration method includes determining, by an access network device, a plurality of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs), wherein each of the plurality of SSBs comprises configuration information of one SUL and broadcasting, by the access network device, the plurality of SSBs on a downlink.

Claims (43)

1 . A supplementary uplink (SUL) configuration method, the method comprising:

determining, by an access network device, a plurality of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs), wherein each of the plurality of SSBs comprises configuration information of at least one SUL of a plurality of SULs; and

broadcasting, by the access network device, the plurality of SSBs on a downlink,

wherein the configuration information of each of the plurality of SSBs comprises a bandwidth and a frequency of its corresponding at least one SUL, and

wherein each of the plurality of SSBs further includes configuration information of a normal uplink (NUL).

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein time domain resources occupied by the plurality of SSBs do not overlap each other, or wherein frequency domain resources occupied by the plurality of SSBs do not overlap each other.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of SSBs comprises configuration information of the downlink, and wherein the plurality of SSBs comprises different configuration information of the downlink.

4 . The method according to claim 3 , further comprising determining, by the access network device based on a capability of a terminal device and a link quality of the plurality of SULs or a resource usage of the plurality of SULs, whether to switch a SUL on which the terminal device camps, wherein the SUL on which the terminal device camps is one of the plurality of SULs.

5 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein determining whether to switch the SUL comprises determining whether to switch the SUL when a reference signal receive power or a signal to interference plus noise ratio of the SUL on which the terminal device camps is less than a first threshold, or uplink interference is greater than a second threshold.

6 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein determining whether to switch the SUL comprises determining whether to switch the SUL when an uplink bit error rate is greater than a third threshold or the resource usage is greater than a fourth threshold.

7 . The method according to claim 4 ,

wherein the plurality of SULs comprises a first SUL and a second SUL, the first SUL being the SUL on which the terminal device camps, and

wherein determining whether to switch the first SUL on which the terminal device camps comprises determining, by the access network device, to switch the first SUL from the first SUL to the second SUL when the capability of the terminal device supports the second SUL and when a the link quality of the first SUL is lower than a link quality of the second SUL or a resource usage of the first SUL is greater than a resource usage of the second SUL.

8 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein each SUL of the plurality of SULs and the downlink correspond to one logical cell, and different SULs correspond to different logical cells.

9 . A communication apparatus comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor configured to execute a computer program stored in the memory, the computer program including instructions for performing the method of claim 1 .

10 . A communication apparatus comprising:

at least one processor configured to determine a plurality of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs), wherein each of the plurality of SSBs comprises configuration information of at least one supplemental uplink (SUL) of a plurality of SULs; and

a transceiver configured to broadcast the plurality of SSBs on a downlink,

wherein the configuration information of each of the plurality of SSBs comprises a bandwidth and a frequency of its corresponding at least one SUL, and

wherein each of the plurality of SSBs further includes configuration information of a normal uplink (NUL).

11 . The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein time domain resources occupied by the plurality of SSBs do not overlap each other, or wherein frequency domain resources occupied by the plurality of SSBs do not overlap each other.

12 . The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein each of the plurality of SSBs comprises configuration information of the downlink, and wherein the plurality of SSBs comprise different configuration information of the downlink.

13 . The apparatus according to claim 12 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to determine, based on a capability of a terminal device and a link quality of the plurality of SULs or a resource usage of the plurality of SULs, whether to switch an SUL on which the terminal device camps, and

wherein the SUL on which the terminal device camps is one of the plurality of SULs.

14 . The apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the processor is configured to determine whether to switch the SUL when a reference signal received power or a signal to interference plus noise ratio of the SUL on which the terminal device camps is less than a first threshold, or uplink interference is greater than a second threshold, or an uplink bit error rate is greater than a third threshold, or the resource usage is greater than a fourth threshold.

15 . The apparatus according to claim 13 ,

wherein the plurality of SULs comprises a first SUL and a second SUL,

wherein the first SUL is the SUL on which the terminal device camps, and

wherein the processor is configured to determine to switch the first SUL from the first SUL to the second SUL when the capability of the terminal device supports the second SUL and when a link quality of the first SUL is lower than a link quality of the second SUL or a resource usage of the first SUL is greater than a resource usage of the second SUL.

16 . The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein each SUL of the plurality of SULs and the downlink correspond to one logical cell, and different SULs correspond to different logical cells.

17 . A supplementary uplink (SUL) configuration method comprising:

receiving, by a terminal device, a plurality of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) from an access network device on a downlink, wherein each of the plurality of SSBs comprises configuration information of at least one SUL of a plurality of SULs; and

camping, by the terminal device, on one of the plurality of SULs,

wherein the configuration information of each of the plurality of SSBs comprises a bandwidth and a frequency of its corresponding at least one SUL, and

wherein each of the plurality of SSBs further includes configuration information of a normal uplink (NUL).

18 . The method according to claim 17 , wherein time domain resources occupied by the plurality of SSBs do not overlap each other, or wherein frequency domain resources occupied by the plurality of SSBs do not overlap each other.

19 . The method according to claim 17 , wherein each of the plurality of SSBs comprises configuration information of the downlink, and wherein the plurality of SSBs comprises different configuration information of the downlink.

20 . A communication apparatus comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor configured to execute a computer program stored in the memory, the computer program including instructions for performing the method of claim 17 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 20, 2025
From: XU, ZHOU; ZHANG, LIWEN; WANG, XU
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 072073/0460 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2020115124 · Sep 14, 2020
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