Granted Patent B2

US 12,659,939 · App. 18/521,748 · Granted Jun 16, 2026

Inventors: Xing Liu (Shenzhen, CN); Peng Hao (Shenzhen, CN); Xingguang Wei (Shenzhen, CN); Shuaihua Kou (Shenzhen, CN)

Assignee: ZTE Corporation

H04W72/0453H04W72/20

Abstract

Claims (71)

1 . A wireless communication method, comprising:

receiving, by a wireless communication device from a network, first indication indicating a first First Type Frequency Resource (FTFR) and at least one Second Type Frequency Resource (STFR) mapped to the first FTFR, wherein the first indication corresponds to values of a first field in control information received by the wireless communication device from the network; and

communicating, by the wireless communication device with the network, using the first FTFR and the at least one STFR mapped to the first FTFR, wherein the communicating comprises:

determining, by the wireless communication device, whether the first FTFR comprises an uplink resource for an uplink transmission scheduled using the first FTFR or a downlink resource for a downlink transmission scheduled using the first FTFR; and

in response to determining that the first FTFR does not comprise the uplink resource for the uplink transmission scheduled using the first FTFR or the downlink resource for the downlink transmission scheduled using the first FTFR, a respective one of:

sending the uplink transmission to the network using an uplink resource of the STFR; or

receiving the downlink transmission from the network using a downlink resource of the STFR.

2 . The wireless communication method of claim 1 , wherein communicating using the first FTFR and the at least one STFR mapped to the first FTFR comprises:

receiving, by the wireless communication device from the network, control information on the first FTFR, wherein the control information schedules a data transmission on one of the at least one STFR; and one of:

receiving, by the wireless communication device from the network, the data transmission on the one of the at least one STFR; or

sending, by the wireless communication device to the network, the data transmission on the one of the at least one STFR.

3 . The wireless communication method of claim 1 , wherein communicating using the first FTFR and the at least one STFR mapped to the first FTFR comprises:

receiving, by the wireless communication device from the network, control information on one of the at least one STFR, wherein the control information schedules a data transmission on the one of the at least one STFR; and one of:

receiving, by the wireless communication device from the network, the data transmission on the one of the at least one STFR; or

sending, by the wireless communication device to the network, the data transmission on the one of the at least one STFR.

4 . The wireless communication method of claim 1 , wherein communicating using the first FTFR and the at least one STFR mapped to the first FTFR comprises:

receiving, by the wireless communication device from the network, control information on a second FTFR, wherein the control information schedules a data transmission on one of the at least one STFR; and one of:

receiving, by the wireless communication device from the network, the data transmission on the one of the at least one STFR; or

sending, by the wireless communication device to the network, the data transmission on the one of the at least one STFR.

5 . The wireless communication method of claim 1 , wherein communicating using the first FTFR and the at least one STFR mapped to the first FTFR comprises:

receiving, by the wireless communication device from the network, control information on a second FTFR, wherein the control information schedules a data transmission on the first FTFR; and one of:

receiving, by the wireless communication device from the network, the data transmission on the one of the first FTFR; or

sending, by the wireless communication device to the network, the data transmission on the one of the first FTFR.

6 . The wireless communication method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving, by the wireless communication device from the network, second indication identifying the FTFR, wherein the second indication corresponds to values of a second field in the control information received by the wireless communication device from the network.

7 . The wireless communication method of claim 1 , wherein

receiving the first indication comprises receiving an indication that identifies a FTFR; and

the method further comprises determining according to a rule, by the wireless communication device, one of the FTFR and at least one STFR mapped to the FTFR for sending data transmission to the network or receiving data transmission from the network.

8 . The wireless communication method of claim 1 , wherein communicating using the first FTFR and the at least one STFR comprises:

determining, by the wireless communication device, that a first resource on the first FTFR and a second resource on one of the STFR overlap in a time domain;

determining, by the wireless communication device, multiplexed data by multiplexing uplink data scheduled on the first resource and uplink data scheduled on the second resource; and

sending, by the wireless communication device to the network, the multiplex data on the first FTFR or one of the at least one STFR.

9 . A wireless communication device, comprising:

at least one processor configured to:

receive, via a transceiver from a network, first indication indicating a first First Type Frequency Resource (FTFR) and at least one Second Type Frequency Resource (STFR) mapped to the first FTFR, wherein the first indication corresponds to values of a first field in control information received by the wireless communication device from the network; and

communicate, via the transceiver with the network, using the first FTFR and the at least one STFR mapped to the first FTFR, which comprises:

determining whether the first FTFR comprises an uplink resource for an uplink transmission scheduled using the first FTFR or a downlink resource for a downlink transmission scheduled using the first FTFR; and

in response to determining that the first FTFR does not comprise the uplink resource for the uplink transmission scheduled using the first FTFR or the downlink resource for the downlink transmission scheduled using the first FTFR, a respective one of:

sending, via the transceiver, the uplink transmission to the network using an uplink resource of the STFR; or

receiving, via the transceiver, the downlink transmission from the network using a downlink resource of the STFR.

10 . A network node, comprising:

at least one processor configured to:

send, via a transceiver to a wireless communication device, first indication indicating a first First Type Frequency Resource (FTFR) and at least one Second Type Frequency Resource (STFR) mapped to the first FTFR, wherein the first indication corresponds to values of a first field in control information received by the wireless communication device from the network; and

communicate, via the transceiver with the wireless communication device, using the first FTFR and the at least one STFR mapped to the first FTFR, wherein:

the wireless communication device determines whether the first FTFR comprises an uplink resource for an uplink transmission scheduled using the first FTFR or a downlink resource for a downlink transmission scheduled using the FTFR; and

in response to the wireless communication device determining that the first FTFR does not comprise the uplink resource for the uplink transmission scheduled using the first FTFR or the downlink resource for the downlink transmission scheduled using the first FTFR, a respective one of:

receiving the uplink transmission from the wireless communication device using an uplink resource of the STFR; or

sending the downlink transmission to the wireless communication device using a downlink resource of the STFR.

11 . A wireless communication method, comprising:

sending, by a network to a wireless communication device, first indication indicating a first First Type Frequency Resource (FTFR) and at least one Second Type Frequency Resource (STFR) mapped to the first FTFR, wherein the first indication corresponds to values of a first field in control information received by the wireless communication device from the network; and

communicating, by the network with the wireless communication device, using the first FTFR and the at least one STFR mapped to the first FTFR, wherein:

the wireless communication device determines whether the first FTFR comprises an uplink resource for an uplink transmission scheduled using the first FTFR or a downlink resource for a downlink transmission scheduled using the FTFR; and

in response to the wireless communication device determining that the first FTFR does not comprise the uplink resource for the uplink transmission scheduled using the first FTFR or the downlink resource for the downlink transmission scheduled using the first FTFR, a respective one of:

receiving the uplink transmission from the wireless communication device using an uplink resource of the STFR; or

sending the downlink transmission to the wireless communication device using a downlink resource of the STFR.

12 . The wireless communication method of claim 11 , wherein communicating using the first FTFR and the at least one STFR mapped to the first FTFR comprises:

sending, by the network to the wireless communication device, control information on the first FTFR, wherein the control information schedules a data transmission on one of the at least one STFR; and one of:

receiving, by the network from the wireless communication device, the data transmission on the one of the at least one STFR; or

sending, by the network to the wireless communication device, the data transmission on the one of the at least one STFR.

13 . The wireless communication method of claim 11 , wherein communicating using the first FTFR and the at least one STFR mapped to the first FTFR comprises:

sending, by the network to the wireless communication device, control information on one of the at least one STFR, wherein the control information schedules a data transmission on the one of the at least one STFR; and one of:

receiving, by the network from the wireless communication device, the data transmission on the one of the at least one STFR; or

sending, by the network to the wireless communication device, the data transmission on the one of the at least one STFR.

14 . The wireless communication method of claim 11 , wherein communicating using the first FTFR and the at least one STFR mapped to the first FTFR comprises:

sending, by the network to the wireless communication device, control information on a second FTFR, wherein the control information schedules a data transmission on one of the at least one STFR; and one of:

receiving, by the network from the wireless communication device, the data transmission on the one of the at least one STFR; or

sending, by the network to the wireless communication device, the data transmission on the one of the at least one STFR.

15 . The wireless communication method of claim 11 , wherein communicating using the first FTFR and the at least one STFR mapped to the first FTFR comprises:

sending, by the network to the wireless communication device, control information on second FTFR, wherein the control information schedules a data transmission on the first FTFR; and one of:

receiving, by the network from the wireless communication device, the data transmission on the one of the first FTFR; or

sending, by the network to the wireless communication device, the data transmission on the one of the first FTFR.

16 . The wireless communication method of claim 11 , further comprising sending, by the network to the wireless communication device, second indication identifying the FTFR, wherein the second indication corresponds to values of a second field in the control information received by the wireless communication device from the network.

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