Communication method, base station, and terminal device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11234148-B2
Application number	US-201916368724-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 28, 2019
Priority date	Sep 29, 2016
Publication date	Jan 25, 2022
Grant date	Jan 25, 2022

Abstract

Embodiments of this application provide a communication method, a base station, and a terminal device. The communication method includes: sending, by a base station, first indication information to a terminal device, where the first indication information is used to instruct the terminal device to perform uplink transmission by using at least one configured resource, and the at least one resource includes a resource that is different from a resource currently used by the terminal device; and receiving, by the base station, one or more signals sent by the terminal device by using one or more resources in the at least one resource according to the first indication information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A communication method, comprising:
receiving, by a terminal device, first indication information sent by a base station when determining that a signal quality of a current resource does not satisfy one or more conditions including the signal quality of the current resource decreased, the signal quality of the current resource interrupted, and a signal quality parameter less than a threshold, wherein the first indication information is used to instruct the terminal device to perform a first uplink transmission by using at least one configured resource, wherein the at least one configured resource comprises a resource that is different from a resource currently used by the terminal device;
sending, by the terminal device, one or more signals to the base station by using one or more resources in the at least one configured resource according to the first indication information; and
receiving, by the terminal device, third indication information sent by the base station, wherein the third indication information is used to instruct the terminal device to perform a second uplink transmission using a target resource selected from the one or more resources, wherein the at least one configured resource comprises at least one beam, and the target resource comprises a target beam.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one configured resource further comprises one or more of a first time domain resource, a first frequency domain resource, and a first code domain resource corresponding to the at least one beam, and the target resource further comprises one or more of a second time domain resource, a second frequency domain resource, and a second code domain resource corresponding to the target beam.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the first indication information comprises beam indication information and resource configuration information, wherein the beam indication information is used to indicate the at least one beam, and the resource configuration information is used to indicate the first time domain resource, the first frequency domain resource, and the first code domain resource corresponding to the at least one configured resource.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein before the receiving, by the terminal device, the first indication information sent by the base station, the method further comprises:
receiving, by the terminal device, beam indication information and resource configuration information that are sent by the base station, wherein the beam indication information is used to indicate the at least one beam, and the resource configuration information is used to indicate the first time domain resource, the first frequency domain resource, and the first code domain resource corresponding to the at least one beam.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more signals carry second indication information, wherein the second indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device does not use a remaining resource other than the one or more resources in the at least one configured resource to perform the first uplink transmission.

6. A base station, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory coupled to the processor to store instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations including:
sending first indication information to a terminal device when determining that a signal quality of a current resource does not satisfy one or more conditions including a signal quality parameter less than a threshold, wherein the first indication information is used to instruct the terminal device to perform a first uplink transmission by using at least one configured resource, wherein the at least one configured resource comprises the resource that is different from a resource currently used by the terminal device;
receiving one or more signals sent by the terminal device by using one or more resources in the at least one configured resource according to the first indication information; and
sending third indication information to the terminal device, wherein the third indication information is used to instruct the terminal device to perform a second uplink transmission using a target resource selected from the one or more resources, wherein the at least one configured resource comprises at least one beam, and the target resource comprises a target beam.

7. The base station according to claim 6 , wherein the at least one configured resource further comprises one or more of a first time domain resource, a first frequency domain resource, and a first code domain resource corresponding to the at least one beam, and the target resource further comprises one or more of a second time domain resource, a second frequency domain resource, and a second code domain resource corresponding to the target beam.

8. The base station according to claim 7 , wherein the first indication information comprises beam indication information and resource configuration information, wherein the beam indication information is used to indicate the at least one beam, and the resource configuration information is used to indicate the first time domain resource, the first frequency domain resource, and the first code domain resource corresponding to the at least one beam.

9. The base station according to claim 7 , the operations further including:
before sending the first indication information to the terminal device, sending beam indication information and resource configuration information to the terminal device, wherein the beam indication information is used to indicate the at least one beam, and the resource configuration information is used to indicate the first time domain resource, the first frequency domain resource, and the first code domain resource corresponding to the at least one beam.

10. The base station according to claim 6 , wherein the one or more signals carry second indication information, wherein the second indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device does not use a remaining resource other than the one or more resources in the at least one configured resource to perform the first uplink transmission.

11. A terminal device, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory coupled to the processor to store instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations including:
receiving first indication information sent by a base station when determining that a signal quality of a current resource does not satisfy one or more conditions including a signal quality parameter less than a threshold, wherein the first indication information is used to instruct the terminal device to perform a first uplink transmission by using at least one configured resource, wherein the at least one configured resource comprises a resource that is different from a resource currently used by the terminal device;
sending one or more signals to the base station by using one or more resources in the at least one configured resource according to the first indication information; and
receiving third indication information sent by the base station, wherein the third indication information is used to instruct the terminal device to perform a second uplink transmission using a target resource selected from the one or more resources, wherein the at least one configured resource comprises at least one beam, and the target resource comprises a target beam.

12. The terminal device according to claim 11 , wherein the at least one configured resource further comprises one or more of a first time domain resource, a first frequency domain res

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Qin Yi
• Li Zhongfeng
• Li Hua

Classifications

• H04W72/54

  based on quality criteria · CPC title

• H04W72/542

  using measured or perceived quality · CPC title

• H04W72/21 Primary

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

• H04W72/23

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

• H04W72/543

  based on requested quality, e.g. QoS · CPC title