Resource allocation method and related device and system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11303418-B2
Application number	US-201916522305-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 25, 2019
Priority date	Jan 26, 2017
Publication date	Apr 12, 2022
Grant date	Apr 12, 2022

Abstract

Embodiments of this application disclose a resource allocation method and a related device and system. The method may include: allocating a resource group including M first resource blocks to a terminal when allocating uplink resources, where an occupancy ratio of a frequency spacing formed by the M first resource blocks to a system bandwidth is greater than a preset threshold, and the resource group further includes N second resource blocks in any frequency domain positions, where M≥2, N≥1, and both M and N are positive integers; and sending resource indication information to the terminal, where the resource indication information includes information about the resource group. According to the embodiments of this application, scheduling of uplink resources can be more flexible for use of an unlicensed frequency band while the OCB requirement of ETSI is met.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A resource allocation method, comprising:
allocating a resource group comprising M first resource blocks to a terminal when allocating uplink resources, wherein an occupancy ratio of a frequency spacing formed by the M first resource blocks to a system bandwidth is greater than a preset threshold, and the resource group further comprises N second resource blocks in any frequency domain positions, wherein M≥2, N≥1, and both M and N are positive integers; and
sending resource indication information to the terminal, wherein the resource indication information comprises information about the resource group,
wherein the frequency spacing formed by the M first resource blocks is a bandwidth spacing formed in two parts, and
wherein a first part of the two parts is on a first end of the system bandwidth, and a second part of the two parts is on a second end of the system bandwidth.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the M first resource blocks are one or more pairs of resource blocks in a first resource set, an occupancy ratio of a frequency spacing between every pair of resource blocks in the first resource set to the system bandwidth is greater than the preset threshold, and an occupancy ratio of a frequency spacing formed by the N second resource blocks to the system bandwidth is greater than or less than the preset threshold.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein a same frequency spacing is present between every pair of resource blocks in the first resource set, and the occupancy ratio of the frequency spacing between every pair of resource blocks to the system bandwidth is greater than the preset threshold.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein frequency spacings of the pairs of resource blocks in the first resource set are in descending order, and an occupancy ratio of a smallest frequency spacing to the system bandwidth is greater than the preset threshold.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the M first resource blocks form K resource interlace(s), and an occupancy ratio of a frequency spacing formed by the K resource interlace(s) to the system bandwidth is greater than the preset threshold, wherein K≥1, and K is a positive integer; and the N second resource blocks are some of resource blocks in a resource interlace, and the resource interlace to which the N second resource blocks belong is allocated to a plurality of terminals.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the K resource interlace(s) comprise H resource blocks, wherein H is a positive integer, and H is divisible by a total quantity of resource blocks that correspond to each of a plurality of transmission bandwidths corresponding to an unlicensed frequency band.

7. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the resource indication information comprises indexes of the one or more pairs of resource blocks in the first resource set; and
if the N second resource blocks are one or more pairs of resource blocks in the first resource set, the resource indication information further comprises indexes of the one or more pairs of resource blocks corresponding to the N second resource blocks, in the first resource set; or
if the N second resource blocks are not resource blocks in the first resource set, the resource indication information further comprises resource block numbers of the N second resource blocks.

8. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the resource indication information comprises one or more of the following: resource interlace indexes of the K resource interlace(s), a resource interlace index of the resource interlace to which the N second resource blocks belong, or indexes of the N second resource blocks in the resource interlace to which the N second resource blocks belong.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the resource indication information further comprises attribute indication information corresponding to the resource interlace, to indicate that the resource interlace is split into a plurality of parts, wherein the plurality of parts are shared by the plurality of terminals.

10. A network device, comprising a processor and a transmitter, wherein:
the processor, configured to allocate a resource group comprising M first resource blocks to a terminal when allocating uplink resources, wherein an occupancy ratio of a frequency spacing formed by the M first resource blocks to a system bandwidth is greater than a preset threshold, and the resource group further comprises N second resource blocks in any frequency domain positions, wherein M≥2, N≥1, and both M and N are positive integers; and
the transmitter, configured to send resource indication information to the terminal, wherein the resource indication information comprises information about the resource group,
wherein the frequency spacing formed by the M first resource blocks is a bandwidth spacing formed in two parts, and
wherein a first part of the two parts is on a first end of the system bandwidth, and a second part of the two parts is on a second end of the system bandwidth.

11. The network device according to claim 10 , wherein the M first resource blocks are one or more pairs of resource blocks in a first resource set, an occupancy ratio of a frequency spacing between every pair of resource blocks in the first resource set to the system bandwidth is greater than the preset threshold, and an occupancy ratio of a frequency spacing between the N second resource blocks to the system bandwidth is greater than or less than the preset threshold.

12. The network device according to claim 11 , wherein a same frequency spacing is present between every pair of resource blocks in the first resource set, and the occupancy ratio of the frequency spacing between every pair of resource blocks to the system bandwidth is greater than the preset threshold.

13. The network device according to claim 11 , wherein frequency spacings of the pairs of resource blocks in the first resource set are in descending order, and an occupancy ratio of a smallest frequency spacing to the system bandwidth is greater than the preset threshold.

14. The network device according to claim 10 , wherein the M first resource blocks form K resource interlace(s), and an occupancy ratio of a frequency spacing formed by the K resource interlace(s) to the system bandwidth is greater than the preset threshold, wherein K≥1, and K is a positive integer; and the N second resource blocks are some of resource blocks in a resource interlace, and the resource interlace to which the N second resource blocks belong is allocated to a plurality of terminals.

15. The network device according to claim 14 , wherein the K resource interlace(s) comprise H resource blocks, wherein H is a positive integer, and H is divisible by a total quantity of resource blocks that correspond to each of a plurality of transmission bandwidths corresponding to an unlicensed frequency band.

16. The network device according to claim 11 , wherein the resource indication information comprises indexes of the one or more pairs of resource blocks in the first resource set; and
if the N second resource blocks are one or more pairs of resource blocks in the first resource set, the resource indication information further comprises indexes of the one or more pairs of resource blocks corresponding to the N second resource blocks, in the first resource set; or
if the N second resource blocks are not resource blocks in the first resource set, the resource indication information further comprises resource block numbers of the N second resource blocks.

17. The network device

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jia Qiong
• Zhu Jun
• Fan Weiwei

Classifications

• H04W72/535

  based on resource usage policies · CPC title

• H04W72/52

  based on load · CPC title

• H04W72/23 Primary

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

• H04W72/21

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

• H04L5/0044 Primary

  Allocation of payload; Allocation of data channels, e.g. PDSCH or PUSCH · CPC title