Method for transmitting uplink control information and apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11101960-B2
Application number	US-201916510571-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 12, 2019
Priority date	Aug 14, 2015
Publication date	Aug 24, 2021
Grant date	Aug 24, 2021

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for transmitting uplink control information and an apparatus, applicable to a multi-carrier system. A user terminal receives physical layer signaling from a network device, where the physical layer signaling includes first indication information. The user terminal determines, according to the first indication information, a bit quantity of periodic CSI that can be sent on a channel resource or a piece quantity of periodic CSI that can be sent on a channel resource. The user terminal determines, according to the bit quantity or the piece quantity of the periodic CSI that can be sent, to-be-sent periodic CSI from periodic CSI corresponding to multiple downlink carriers. The user terminal sends HARQ-ACK information and the to-be-sent periodic CSI on the channel resource.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
obtaining, by a user terminal, code rate information and an identifier of a first channel resource;
determining, by the user terminal according to the code rate information and the identifier of the first channel resource, a bit quantity of first periodic channel state information (CSI) that is transmittable on the first channel resource or a piece quantity of the first periodic CSI that is transmittable on the first channel resource, wherein the bit quantity of the first periodic CSI that is transmittable on the first channel resource is less than or equal to a bit quantity of second periodic CSI that is to be fed back for a plurality of downlink carriers, or the piece quantity of the first periodic CSI that is transmittable on the first channel resource is less than or equal to a piece quantity of the second periodic CSI that is to be fed back for the plurality of downlink carriers, and wherein the first periodic CSI corresponds to at least a first carrier of the plurality of downlink carriers; and
sending, by the user terminal, Hybrid Automatic-Repeat-Request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information and the first periodic CSI using the first channel resource, wherein downlink data corresponding to the HARQ-ACK information is received by the user terminal using at least a second carrier of the plurality of downlink carriers, and the first carrier and the second carrier are a same carrier or different carriers.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the bit quantity of the first periodic CSI that is transmittable on the first channel resource is less than or equal to a difference between a maximum bit quantity of uplink control information (UCI) that is transmittable on the first channel resource and an original bit quantity of the HARQ-ACK information, and the maximum bit quantity of the UCI that is transmittable on the first channel resource corresponds to the code rate of the HARQ-ACK information and a total resource quantity of the first channel resource.

3. A user terminal, comprising:
a receiver, configured to:
obtain code rate information and an identifier of a first channel resource;

a processor; and
a computer-readable storage medium storing a program to be executed by the processor, the program including instructions for:
determining, according to the code rate information and the identifier of the first channel resource received by the receiver, a bit quantity of first periodic channel state information (CSI) that is transmittable on the first channel resource or a piece quantity of the first periodic CSI that is transmittable on the first channel resource, wherein the bit quantity of the first periodic CSI that is transmittable on the first channel resource is less than or equal to a bit quantity of second periodic CSI that is to be fed back for a plurality of downlink carriers, or the piece quantity of the first periodic CSI that is transmittable on the first channel resource is less than or equal to a piece quantity of the second periodic CSI that is to be fed back for the plurality of downlink carriers, and wherein the first periodic CSI corresponds to at least a first carrier of the plurality of downlink carriers; and

a transmitter, configured to send, on the first channel resource, Hybrid Automatic-Repeat-Request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information and the first periodic CSI that is determined by the processor, wherein downlink data corresponding to the HARQ-ACK information is received by the user terminal using at least a second carrier of the plurality of downlink carriers, and the first carrier and the second carrier are a same carrier or different carriers.

4. The user terminal according to claim 3 , wherein the bit quantity of the first periodic CSI that is transmittable on the first channel resource is less than or equal to a difference between a maximum bit quantity of uplink control information (UCI) that is transmittable on the first channel resource and an original bit quantity of the HARQ-ACK information, and the maximum bit quantity of the UCI that is transmittable on the first channel resource corresponds to the code rate of the HARQ-ACK information and a total resource quantity of the first channel resource.

5. A communication system, comprising:
a user terminal; and
a network device;
wherein the network device is configured to send code rate information and an identifier of a first channel resource to the user terminal;
wherein the user terminal is configured to:
receive the code rate information and the identifier of the first channel resource;
determine, according to the code rate information and the identifier of the first channel resource, a bit quantity of first periodic channel state information (CSI) that is transmittable on the first channel resource or a piece quantity of the first periodic CSI that is transmittable on the first channel resource, wherein the bit quantity of the first periodic CSI that is transmittable on the first channel resource is less than or equal to a bit quantity of second periodic CSI that is to be fed back for a plurality of downlink carriers, or the piece quantity of the first periodic CSI that is transmittable on the first channel resource is less than or equal to a piece quantity of the second periodic CSI that is to be fed back for the plurality of downlink carriers, and wherein the first periodic CSI or the second CSI corresponds to at least a first carrier of the plurality of downlink carriers; and
send Hybrid Automatic-Repeat-Request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information and the first periodic CSI using the first channel resource; and

wherein the network device is further configured to:
receive the first periodic CSI and the HARQ-ACK information that are sent by the user terminal, wherein downlink data corresponding to the HARQ-ACK information is received by the user terminal using at least a second carrier of the plurality of downlink carriers, and the first carrier and the second carrier are a same carrier or different carriers.

6. The communication system according to claim 5 , wherein the bit quantity of the first periodic CSI that is transmittable on the first channel resource is less than or equal to a difference between a maximum bit quantity of uplink control information (UCI) that is transmittable on the first channel resource and an original bit quantity of the HARQ-ACK information, and the maximum bit quantity of the UCI that is transmittable on the first channel resource corresponds to the code rate of the HARQ-ACK information and a total resource quantity of the first channel resource.

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lyu Yongxia
• Yan Zhiyu
• Guan Lei

Classifications

• H04W72/21

  in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network · CPC title

• H04L5/001

  the frequencies being arranged in component carriers · CPC title

• H04W28/06

  Optimizing {the usage of the radio link}, e.g. header compression, information sizing {, discarding information (system modifying transmission characteristic according to link quality by modifying frame length H04L1/0007; dynamic adaptation of the packet size for flow control or congestion control H04L47/365)} · CPC title

• H04L5/0053 Primary

  Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals · CPC title

• H04L1/0026

  Transmission of channel quality indication · CPC title