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US 12,677,286 · App. 17/565,975 · Granted Jul 7, 2026

Wireless communication method, terminal device, and network device

Inventors: Zhe Fu (Dongguan, CN); Qianxi Lu (Dongguan, CN)
Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
H04W72/23
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,677,286
App. No.
17/565,975
Filed
Dec 30, 2021
Granted
Jul 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Examiner
VU, HUY DUY
Art Unit
2461
USPC
370/502
Abstract

Wireless communication methods, a terminal device, and a network device are provided. A wireless communication method includes the following. A terminal device receives a first command transmitted by a network device. The first command is used for activating or releasing a first configured grant (CG) configuration or a first state, where the first state corresponds to at least one CG configuration. The terminal device transmits a feedback media access control (MAC) control element (CE) of the first command to the network device. The feedback MAC CE contains first indication information, where the first indication information is used for indicating whether the feedback MAC CE is feedback of the terminal device on activation or release of a CG configuration and/or feedback of the terminal device on activation or release of a state.

Claims (46)

1 . A wireless communication method, comprising:

receiving, by a terminal device, a first command transmitted by a network device, wherein the first command is used for deactivating a first state, wherein the first state corresponds to at least one configured grant (CG) configuration;

deactivating the first state; and

transmitting, by the terminal device, a feedback media access control (MAC) control element (CE) of the first command to the network device;

wherein the feedback MAC CE contains first indication information and feedback information of the first state, wherein the first indication information is used for indicating that the feedback MAC CE is feedback of the terminal device on deactivation of a state, wherein the first indication information is a logical channel identity (LCID);

wherein the method further comprises:

receiving, by the terminal device, a state table configured by the network device, wherein the state table contains a plurality of states, and wherein each of the plurality of states is an activation state or a deactivation state and corresponds to a state index, and each state corresponds to one or more CG configurations; wherein the state table is provided for the terminal device to determine the CG configuration corresponding to the first state which is deactivated;

wherein receiving, by the terminal device, the first command transmitted by the network device comprises:

receiving, by the terminal device, first downlink control information (DCI) transmitted by the network device, wherein the first DCI comprises a first identifier and an activation state indication, and the activation state indication indicates to deactivate the first state, wherein the first state corresponds to at least one CG configuration corresponding to the first identifier;

wherein the first DCI further comprises second indication information, wherein the second indication information indicates whether the first identifier is an identifier of a CG configuration or an identifier of a state.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, by the terminal device, higher layer signaling transmitted by the network device, wherein the higher layer signaling contains a correspondence between states and CG configurations.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the higher layer signaling is a dedicated radio resource control (RRC) message.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the feedback information of the first state comprises at least one of: an identifier of the first state, an identifier of a cell corresponding to the first state, an identifier of a BWP corresponding to the first state, or state indication information of the first state, where the state indication information of the first state is used for indicating the first state is a deactivated state.

5 . A terminal device, comprising:

a transceiver;

a processor; and

a memory configured to store computer programs which, when executed by the processor, are operable with the transceiver to:

receive a first command transmitted by a network device, wherein the first command is used for deactivating a first state, wherein the first state corresponds to at least one configured grant (CG) configuration;

deactivate the first state; and

transmit a feedback media access control (MAC) control element (CE) of the first command to the network device;

wherein the feedback MAC CE contains first indication information and feedback information of the first state, wherein the first indication information is used for indicating that the feedback MAC CE is feedback of the terminal device on deactivation of a state, wherein the first indication information is a logical channel identity (LCID);

wherein the computer programs, when executed by the processor, are operable with the transceiver to:

receive, by the terminal device, a state table configured by the network device, wherein the state table contains a plurality of states, and wherein each of the plurality of states is an activation state or a deactivation state and corresponds to a state index, and each state corresponds to one or more CG configurations; wherein the state table is provided for the terminal device to determine the CG configuration corresponding to the first state which is deactivated;

wherein the computer programs, when executed by the processor, are operable with the transceiver to:

receive first downlink control information (DCI) transmitted by the network device, wherein the first DCI comprises a first identifier and an activation state indication, and the activation state indication indicates to activate or deactivate a CG configuration corresponding to the first identifier;

wherein the first DCI further comprises second indication information, wherein the second indication information indicates whether the first identifier is an identifier of a CG configuration or an identifier of a state.

6 . The terminal device of claim 5 , wherein the computer programs, when executed by the processor, are operable with the transceiver to:

receive higher layer signaling transmitted by the network device, wherein the higher layer signaling contains a correspondence between states and CG configurations.

7 . The terminal device of claim 5 , wherein the feedback information of the first state comprises at least one of: an identifier of the first state, an identifier of a cell corresponding to the first state, an identifier of a BWP corresponding to the first state, or state indication information of the first state, where the state indication information of the first state is used for indicating the first state is a deactivated state.

8 . A network device, comprising:

a transceiver;

a processor; and

a memory configured to store computer programs which, when executed by the processor, are operable with the transceiver to:

transmit a first command to a terminal device, wherein the first command is used for deactivating a first state, wherein the first state corresponds to at least one configured grant (CG) configuration; and

receive a feedback media access control (MAC) control element (CE) of the first command transmitted by the terminal device after the terminal device deactivates the first state;

wherein the feedback MAC CE contains first indication information and feedback information of the first state, wherein the first indication information is used for indicating that the feedback MAC CE is feedback of the terminal device on deactivation of a state, wherein the first indication information is a logical channel identity (LCID);

wherein the computer programs, when executed by the processor, are operable with the transceiver to:

transmit a state table to the terminal device, wherein the state table contains a plurality of states, and wherein each of the plurality of states is an activation state or a deactivation state and corresponds to a state index, and each state corresponds to one or more CG configurations; wherein the state table is provided for the terminal device to determine the CG configuration corresponding to the first state which is deactivated;

wherein the computer programs, when executed by the processor, are operable with the transceiver to:

transmit first DCI to the terminal device, wherein the first DCI comprises a first identifier and an activation state indication, and the activation state indication indicates to activate or deactivate a CG configuration corresponding to the first identifier;

wherein the first DCI further comprises second indication information, wherein the second indication information indicates whether the first identifier is an identifier of a CG configuration or an identifier of a state.

9 . The network device of claim 8 , wherein the computer programs, when executed by the processor, are operable with the transceiver to:

transmit higher layer signaling to the terminal device, wherein the higher layer signaling contains a correspondence between states and CG configurations.

10 . The network device of claim 9 , wherein the higher layer signaling is a dedicated radio resource control (RRC) message.

11 . The network device of claim 8 , wherein the feedback information of the first state comprises at least one of: an identifier of the first state, an identifier of a cell corresponding to the first state, an identifier of a BWP corresponding to the first state, or state indication information of the first state, where the state indication information of the first state is used for indicating the first state is a deactivated state.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 5, 2022
From: FU, ZHE; LU, QIANXI
To: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058554/0873 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2019105465 · Sep 11, 2019
Related Publication 20220124793A1 · Apr 21, 2022
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