Communication method, and apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11323222-B2
Application number	US-202016925404-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 10, 2020
Priority date	Jan 12, 2018
Publication date	May 3, 2022
Grant date	May 3, 2022

Abstract

This application provides a communication method and an apparatus. The communication method includes: receiving, by user equipment, first indication information from a network device, where the first indication information indicates a first resource; determining, by the user equipment, a second resource, where the second resource and the first resource belong to a same resource set configured by the network device, and the first resource and the second resource are used to transmit a first downlink reference signal; and receiving, by the user equipment on a third resource, a second signal and/or channel transmitted by using a third antenna port, where the third antenna port has a quasi co-location QCL relationship with a second antenna port used when the first downlink reference signal is transmitted on the second resource.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by user equipment, first indication information from a network device, wherein the first indication information indicates a first resource;
determining, by the user equipment, a second resource, wherein the second resource and the first resource belong to a same resource set configured by the network device, and a first downlink reference signal is transmitted on the first resource and the second resource; and
receiving, by the user equipment on a third resource, a second signal or channel transmitted using a third antenna port, wherein the third antenna port has a quasi co-location (QCL) relationship with a second antenna port used when the first downlink reference signal is transmitted on the second resource.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first indication information further indicates a QCL type, the QCL type comprises a spatial receive end parameter, and a type of the QCL relationship is the QCL type.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein receiving, by the user equipment, the first indication information from the network device comprises:
receiving, by the user equipment, transmission configuration indicator (TCI) configuration information that indicates a TCI state set to the user equipment, wherein each TCI state in the TCI state set corresponds to respective resource of the first downlink reference signal; and
receiving, by the user equipment, TCI indication information from the network device, wherein the TCI indication information indicates a first TCI state in the TCI state set, and the first TCI state corresponds to the first resource.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the first indication information comprises:
an identifier of a resource set to which the first resource belongs; and
a resource identifier of the first resource in the resource set.

5. The method according to claim 3 , wherein:
the second antenna port is an antenna port used when the user equipment last transmits or measures the first downlink reference signal on the second resource before the user equipment receives the TCI configuration information;
the second antenna port is an antenna port used when the user equipment last transmits or measures the first downlink reference signal on the second resource before the user equipment receives the TCI indication information; or
the second antenna port is an antenna port used when the user equipment last transmits or measures the first downlink reference signal on the second resource before the user equipment receives the second signal or channel.

6. A method, comprising:
sending, by a network device, first indication information to user equipment, wherein the first indication information indicates a first resource, the user equipment determines a second resource according to the first resource, wherein the second resource and the first resource belong to a same resource set configured by the network device, and a first downlink reference signal is transmitted on the first resource and the second resource; and
sending, by the network device, a second signal or channel to the user equipment on a third resource using a third antenna port, wherein the third antenna port has a quasi co-location (QCL) relationship with a second antenna port used when the first downlink reference signal is transmitted on the second resource.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the first indication information further indicates a QCL type, the QCL type comprises a spatial receive end parameter, and a type of the QCL relationship is the QCL type.

8. The method according to claim 6 , wherein sending, by a network device, the first indication information to the user equipment comprises:
sending, by the network device to the user equipment, transmission configuration indicator (TCI) configuration information that indicates a TCI state set to the user equipment, wherein each TCI state in the TCI state set corresponds to a respective resource of the first downlink reference signal; and
sending, by the network device, TCI indication information to the user equipment, wherein the TCI indication information indicates a first TCI state in the TCI state set, and first the TCI state corresponds to the first resource.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the first indication information comprises:
an identifier of a resource set to which the first resource belongs; and
a resource identifier of the first resource in the resource set.

10. The method according to claim 8 , wherein:
the second antenna port is an antenna port used when the user equipment last transmits or measures the first downlink reference signal on the second resource before the user equipment receives the TCI configuration information;
the second antenna port is an antenna port used when the user equipment last transmits or measures the first downlink reference signal on the second resource before the user equipment receives the TCI indication information; or
the second antenna port is an antenna port used when the user equipment last transmits or measures the first downlink reference signal on the second resource before the user equipment receives the second signal or channel.

11. User equipment, comprising:
a receiver, configured to receive first indication information from a network device, wherein the first indication information indicates a first resource; and
a processor, configured to determine a second resource, wherein the second resource and the first resource belong to a same resource set configured by the network device, and a first downlink reference signal is transmitted on the first resource and the second resource, wherein
the receiver is further configured to receive, on a third resource, a second signal or channel transmitted by using a third antenna port, wherein the third antenna port has a quasi co-location (QCL) relationship with a second antenna port used when the first downlink reference signal is transmitted on the second resource.

12. The user equipment according to claim 11 , wherein the first indication information further indicates a QCL type, the QCL type comprises a spatial receive end parameter, and a type of the QCL relationship is the QCL type.

13. The user equipment according to claim 11 , wherein:
the receiver is configured to receive, from the network device, transmission configuration indicator (TCI) configuration information that indicates a TCI state set to the user equipment, wherein each TCI state in the TCI state set corresponds to a resource of the first downlink reference signal; and
the receiver is further configured to receive TCI indication information from the network device, wherein the TCI indication information indicates a first TCI state in the TCI state set, and the first TCI state corresponds to the first resource.

14. The user equipment according to claim 13 , wherein the first indication information comprises:
an identifier of a resource set to which the first resource belongs; and
a resource identifier of the first resource in the resource set.

15. The user equipment according to claim 13 , wherein:
the second antenna port is an antenna port used when the user equipment last transmits or measures the first downlink reference signal on the second resource before the user equipment receives the TCI configuration information;
the second antenna port is an antenna port used when the user equipment last transmits or measures the first downlink reference signal on the second resource before the user equipment receives the TCI indication information; or
the second antenna

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Qin Yi
• Dou Shengyue
• Guan Peng

Classifications

• H04W72/23

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

• H04L5/0053

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

• H04B7/0626

  Channel coefficients, e.g. channel state information [CSI] · CPC title

• H04L5/0048 Primary

  Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver (allocation of control signalling H04L5/0053; use of control signalling H04L5/0091) · CPC title

• H04B7/0617

  for beam forming · CPC title