Uplink communication method, terminal device, and network device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11153858-B2
Application number	US-201916579480-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 23, 2019
Priority date	Mar 24, 2017
Publication date	Oct 19, 2021
Grant date	Oct 19, 2021

Abstract

An uplink communication method is disclosed, so that a network device can control an uplink communication latency, reliability, and uplink transmit power in an uplink grant free communication scenario. The method includes: obtaining, by a terminal device, a first control channel, where the first control channel carries a control information group, the control information group includes a plurality of pieces of control information, and the plurality of pieces of control information correspond to a plurality of uplink channels; obtaining, by the terminal device, first control information from the first control channel, where the first control information is control information corresponding to a first uplink channel in the plurality of uplink channels; and performing, by the terminal device, uplink communication with a network device based on the first control information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An uplink communication method, comprising:
obtaining, by a terminal device, a first control channel, wherein the first control channel carries a control information group, the control information group comprises a plurality of pieces of control information, and the plurality of pieces of control information correspond to a plurality of uplink channels that carry uplink data;
obtaining, by the terminal device, first control information from the first control channel, wherein the first control information is control information corresponding to a first uplink channel in the plurality of uplink channels; and
performing, by the terminal device, uplink communication with a network device based on the first control information,
wherein a position of the first control information in the control information group corresponds to second basic information of the first uplink channel in the plurality of uplink channels.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, by the terminal device, configuration information sent by the network device, wherein
the configuration information is used to indicate at least one of a time-domain position occupied by the first uplink channel, a frequency-domain position occupied by the first uplink channel, or a reference signal used when the terminal device performs uplink communication on the first uplink channel; or
the configuration information is used to indicate a sequence number of the first uplink channel in the plurality of uplink channels or an index of the first uplink channel; or
the configuration information comprises group identifier information of the terminal device, and the group identifier information corresponds to the first uplink channel.

3. The method according to claim 2 , further comprising:
obtaining, by the terminal device, the first uplink channel based on the configuration information.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
the control information group comprises a plurality of bits, the plurality of bits include a plurality of bit sets, each bit set comprises at least one bit, and each bit set is used to indicate one of the plurality of pieces of control information; or
the control information group comprises a plurality of bits, the plurality of bits comprise M valid values, and each valid value corresponds to a combination of the plurality of pieces of control information.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second basic information comprises at least one of a time-domain position occupied by the first uplink channel, a frequency-domain position occupied by the first uplink channel, or a reference signal used when the terminal device performs the uplink communication on the first uplink channel.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first control information comprises at least one of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) response information, transmit power adjustment value information, or beam configuration information.

7. An uplink communication method, comprising:
determining, by a network device, a control information group, wherein the control information group comprises a plurality of pieces of control information, the plurality of pieces of control information correspond to a plurality of uplink channels that carry uplink data, the plurality of pieces of control information comprise first control information, and the first control information is control information corresponding to a first uplink channel in the plurality of uplink channels; and
sending, by the network device, a first control channel, wherein the first control channel carries the control information group,
wherein a position of the first control information in the control information group corresponds to second basic information of the first uplink channel in the plurality of uplink channels.

8. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising:
sending, by the network device, configuration information to a terminal device, wherein
the configuration information is used to indicate at least one of a time-domain position occupied by the first uplink channel, a frequency-domain position occupied by the first uplink channel, or a reference signal used when the terminal device performs uplink communication on the first uplink channel; or
the configuration information is used to indicate a sequence number of the first uplink channel in the plurality of uplink channels or an index of the first uplink channel; or
the configuration information comprises group identifier information of the terminal device, and the group identifier information corresponds to the first uplink channel.

9. The method according to claim 7 , wherein
the control information group comprises a plurality of bits, the plurality of bits include a plurality of bit sets, each bit set comprises at least one bit, and each bit set is used to indicate one of the plurality of pieces of control information; or
the control information group comprises a plurality of bits, the plurality of bits comprise M valid values, and each valid value corresponds to a combination of the plurality of pieces of control information.

10. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the first control channel carries identifier information of the first control channel.

11. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the second basic information comprises at least one of a time-domain position occupied by the first uplink channel, a frequency-domain position occupied by the first uplink channel, or a reference signal used when a terminal device performs uplink communication on the first uplink channel.

12. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the first control information comprises at least one of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) response information, transmit power adjustment value information, or beam configuration information.

13. A terminal device, comprising:
a processor, configured to obtain a first control channel, wherein the first control channel carries a control information group, the control information group comprises a plurality of pieces of control information, and the plurality of pieces of control information correspond to a plurality of uplink channels, wherein
the processor is further configured to obtain first control information from the first control channel, wherein the first control information is control information corresponding to a first uplink channel in the plurality of uplink channels that carry uplink data; and
a transceiver, configured to perform uplink communication with a network device based on the first control information,
wherein a position of the first control information in the control information group corresponds to second basic information of the first uplink channel in the plurality of uplink channels.

14. The terminal device according to claim 13 , wherein before the processor obtains the first control channel, the transceiver is further configured to send a signal to the network device by using the first uplink channel.

15. The terminal device according to claim 13 , wherein the first control channel carries information obtained after joint coding is performed on the plurality of pieces of control information.

16. The terminal device according to claim 13 , wherein the transceiver is further configured to receive configuration information sent by the network device, wherein
the configuration information is used to indicate at least one of a time-domain position occupied by the first uplink channel, a frequency-domain position occupied by the first uplink channel, or a reference signal u

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yan Zhiyu
• Lyu Yongxia

Classifications

• H04W72/535 Primary

  based on resource usage policies · CPC title

• H04W72/23 Primary

  in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal · CPC title

• H04W72/21 Primary

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

• H04W72/0453

  Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA · CPC title

• H04L5/0053

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