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US 12,739,818 · App. 18/577,726 · Granted Sep 15, 2026

Group-scheduling instruction processing method and apparatus, communication device, and storage medium

Inventor: Yanhua Li (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
H04W72/121H04W72/232
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Patent No.
US 12,739,818
App. No.
18/577,726
Granted
Sep 15, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for processing a group-scheduling instruction is performed by a network device, and includes: sending a group-scheduling instruction for a user equipment (UE) group, wherein the UE group includes one or more UEs.

Claims (58)

1 . A method for processing a group-scheduling instruction, performed by a network device, and comprising:

sending a group-scheduling instruction for a user equipment (UE) group, wherein the UE group comprises one or more UEs;

wherein the group-scheduling instruction comprises downlink control information (DCI) of a group type physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), wherein the DCI of the group type PDCCH is downlink control information transmitted by a physical downlink control channel for the UE group;

wherein the DCI of the group type PDCCH comprises at least one of first-type DCI, second-type DCI, or third-type DCI, wherein

the first-type DCI has different independent grant information for different UEs in the UE group;

the second-type DCI has common grant information for all of the UEs in the UE group, and the common grant information is used for resource scheduling for the UEs in the UE group; and

the third-type DCI has common information for at least part of the UEs in the UE group and independent information for a UE in the UE group;

wherein the common grant information comprised in the second-type DCI is configured to determine resource scheduling for a UE in the UE group based on a grant rule, and the grant rule comprises a pre-negotiated grant rule or a protocol-agreed grant rule,

wherein the grant rule is configured to determine resource allocation for the UEs in the UE group.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE group comprises one or more multimodal output UEs, or one or more federated learning UEs.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE group has a group radio network temporary identity (RNTI), wherein the group RNTI is configured at least to scramble the DCI of the group type PDCCH.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the group RNTI comprises at least one of:

a downlink group RNTI configured to scramble a downlink transmission of the UE group;

an uplink group RNTI configured to scramble an uplink transmission of the UE group; or

an uplink-downlink general group RNTI configured to scramble the uplink transmission and the downlink transmission of the UE group.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first-type DCI comprises grant blocks, and the grant blocks correspond to the UEs in the UE group, respectively.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the third-type DCI comprises first-level DCI and at least one piece of second-level DCI, wherein

the first-level DCI indicates the common information;

the second-level DCI indicates the independent information; and/or

the first-level DCI is further configured to schedule the second-level DCI.

7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving capability information reported by a UE in the UE group, wherein the capability information indicates a type of a scheduling instruction supported by the UE corresponding to the capability information.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the capability information indicates at least one of:

whether the UE supports decoding the group-scheduling instruction; or

a type of the scheduling instruction for which the UE supports decoding, wherein the type of the scheduling instruction comprises at least one of a group-scheduling instruction for the UE group, or a separate scheduling instruction for a UE.

9 . A method for processing a group-scheduling instruction, performed by a user equipment (UE), and comprising:

receiving a group-scheduling instruction for a UE group, wherein the UE group comprises one or more UEs;

wherein the group-scheduling instruction comprises downlink control information (DCI) of a group type physical downlink control channel (PDCCH);

wherein the DCI of the group type PDCCH comprises at least one of first-type DCI, second-type DCI, or third-type DCI, wherein

the first-type DCI has different independent grant information for different UEs in the UE group;

the second-type DCI has common grant information for all of the UEs in the UE group, and the common grant information is used for resource scheduling for the UEs in the UE group; and

the third-type DCI has common information for at least part of the UEs in the UE group and independent information for a UE in the UE group;

wherein the common grant information comprised in the second-type DCI is configured to determine resource scheduling for an individual UE in the UE group based on a grant rule, and the grant rule comprises a pre-negotiated grant rule or a protocol-agreed grant rule,

wherein the grant rule is configured to determine resource allocation for the UEs in the UE group.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the UE group has a group radio network temporary identity (RNTI), and the method further comprises:

descramble, based on the group RNTI, the group-scheduling instruction.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the group RNTI comprises at least one of:

a downlink group RNTI configured to scramble a downlink transmission of the UE group;

an uplink group RNTI configured to scramble an uplink transmission of the UE group; or

an uplink-downlink general group RNTI configured to scramble the uplink transmission and the downlink transmission of the UE group.

12 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the first-type DCI comprises grant blocks, and the grant blocks correspond to the UEs in the UE group, respectively.

13 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the third-type DCI comprises first-level DCI and at least one piece of second-level DCI, wherein

the first-level DCI indicates the common information;

the second-level DCI indicates the independent information; and/or

the first-level DCI is further configured to schedule the second-level DCI.

14 . A communication device, comprising

a processor;

a transceiver; and

a memory storing computer programs executable by the processor,

wherein the processor is configured to:

send a group-scheduling instruction for a user equipment (UE) group, wherein the UE group comprises one or more UEs;

wherein the group-scheduling instruction comprises downlink control information (DCI) of a group type physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), wherein the DCI of the group type PDCCH is downlink control information transmitted by a physical downlink control channel for the UE group;

wherein the DCI of the group type PDCCH comprises at least one of first-type DCI, second-type DCI, or third-type DCI, wherein

the first-type DCI has different independent grant information for different UEs in the UE group;

the second-type DCI has common grant information for all of the UEs in the UE group, and the common grant information is used for resource scheduling for the UEs in the UE group; and

the third-type DCI has common information for at least part of the UEs in the UE group and independent information for a UE in the UE group;

wherein the common grant information comprised in the second-type DCI is configured to determine resource scheduling for a UE in the UE group based on a grant rule, and the grant rule comprises a pre-negotiated grant rule or a protocol-agreed grant rule,

wherein the grant rule is configured to determine resource allocation for the UEs in the UE group.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 9, 2024
From: LI, YANHUA
To: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
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