Resource assignment method, related device, and apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11564220-B2
Application number	US-202117169808-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 8, 2021
Priority date	Aug 10, 2018
Publication date	Jan 24, 2023
Grant date	Jan 24, 2023

Abstract

A resource assignment method, a related device, and an apparatus. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal from a network device, a resource assignment indication used to indicate frequency domain resource assignment, where the resource assignment indication is used to indicate a plurality of first resource units assigned to the terminal and that the plurality of first resource units are categorized into one or more groups, where a quantity of first resource units in each group is a product of powers of 2, 3, and 5; and performing, by the terminal, discrete Fourier transform based on the plurality of first resource units. According to the resource assignment method, flexible resource assignment can be performed, and spectrum utilization can be improved.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A resource assignment method, comprising:
receiving, by a terminal from a network device, a resource assignment indication used to indicate frequency domain resource assignment, wherein the resource assignment indication is used to indicate a plurality of first resource units assigned to the terminal and that the plurality of first resource units are categorized into one or more groups, and a quantity of first resource units in each group is a product of powers of 2, 3, and 5; and
performing, by the terminal, discrete Fourier transform (DFT) based on the plurality of first resource units;
wherein the resource assignment indication is used to indicate one or more second resource units assigned to the terminal, and each second resource unit comprises some of the plurality of first resource units; and
wherein the resource assignment indication is used to indicate one or more sets of first resource units, each set of first resource units is: R start +l+s*P, wherein R start denotes an index of the 1 st first resource unit in each set of first resource units, l=0,1,2 . . . L−1, l denotes a sequence number of a second resource unit, L denotes a quantity of second resource units assigned to the terminal, s=0,1,2 . . . Y−1 or s=0,1,2 . . . Z−1, s denotes a sequence number of a first resource unit in the second resource unit, Y or Z denotes a quantity of first resource units in the second resource unit, P denotes a quantity of first resource units that are on frequency domain resources and that are between two adjacent first resource units in one of the second resource units,

Y
=

⌊

X
P

⌋

,

Z
=

⌈

X
P

⌉

,

and X denotes a quantity of first resource units corresponding to a transmission bandwidth of the terminal.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of first resource units assigned to the terminal satisfy C=M 1 +M 2 + . . . +M i , wherein C is a total quantity of first resource units assigned to the terminal, i is a quantity of the groups, M 1 , M 2 , . . . , and M i each are a quantity of first resource units comprised in a corresponding group, and i is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2; and the performing, by the terminal, DFT based on the plurality of first resource units comprises:
performing, by the terminal, DFT based on M 1 , M 2 , . . . , and M i first resource units separately.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the terminal performs N 1 , N 2 , . . . , and N i point DFT based on M 1 , M 2 , . . . , and M i first resource units, respectively, wherein N 1 , N 2 , . . . , and N i are quantities of subcarriers corresponding to M 1 , M 2 , . . . , and M i first resource units, respectively.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein when i=2, and values of M 1 and M 2 satisfy the following rule:
M 1 =k×a and M 2 =j×b, wherein k, j, a, and b each are a product of powers of 2, 3, and 5.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the resource assignment indication comprises one or more pieces of resource assignment information, and each piece of the resource assignment information is used to indicate one set of first resource units.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the resource assignment indication is used to indicate one or more second resource units assigned to the terminal, and a quantity of first resource units comprised in each second resource unit is a product of powers of 2, 3, and 5.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein when a plurality of second resource units are assigned to the terminal, and quantities of first resource units in at least two of the plurality of second resource units are different.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the resource assignment indication is carried in a frequency domain resource assignment field in downlink control information DCI.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein information that is in the resource assignment indication and that is used to indicate the plurality of first resource units assigned to the terminal is carried in a frequency domain resource assignment field in DCI, and information that is in the resource assignment indication and that is used to indicate that the plurality of first resource units are categorized into one or more groups is carried in a newly added field in the DCI.

10. A resource assignment method, comprising:
sending, by a network device to a terminal, a resource assignment indication used to indicate frequency domain resource assignment, wherein the resource assignment indication is used to indicate a plurality of first resource units assigned to the terminal and that the plurality of first resource units are categorized into one or more groups, wherein a quantity of first resource units in each group is a product of powers of 2, 3, and 5;
wherein the resource assignment indication is used to indicate one or more second resource units assigned to the terminal, and a quantity of first resource units comprised in each second resource unit is a product of powers of 2, 3, and 5;
when a plurality of second resource units are assigned to the terminal, quantities of first resource units in at least two of the plurality of second resource units are different; and
wherein the resource assignment indication is used to indicate one or more sets of first resource units, each set of first resource units is: R start +l+s*P, wherein R start denotes an index of the 1 st first resource unit in each set of first resource units, l=0,1,2 . . . L−1, l denotes a sequence number of a second resource unit, L denotes a quantity of second resource units assigned to the terminal, s=0,1,2 . . . Y−1 or s=0,1,2 . . . Z−1, s denotes a sequence number of a first resource unit in the second resource unit, Y or Z denotes a quantity of first resource units in the second resource unit, P denotes a quantity of first resource units that are on frequency domain resources and that are between two adjacent first resource units in one of the second resource units,

Y
=

⌊

X
P

⌋

,

Z
=

⌈

X
P

⌉

,

and X denotes a quantity of first resource units corresponding to a transmission bandwidth of the terminal.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the plurality of first resource units assigned to the terminal satisfy C=M 1 +M 2 + . . . +M i , wherein C is a total quantity of first resource units assigned to the terminal, i is a quantity of the groups, M 1 , M 2 , . . . , and M i each are a quantity of first resource units comprised in a corresponding group, and i is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2.

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jia Qiong
• Zhu Jun
• Wu Ji

Classifications

• H04W72/042 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04W72/0453 Primary

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

• H04L27/2651

  Modification of fast Fourier transform [FFT] or discrete Fourier transform [DFT] demodulators for performance improvement · CPC title

• H04W72/23 Primary

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

• H04L27/0006

  Assessment of spectral gaps suitable for allocating digitally modulated signals, e.g. for carrier allocation in cognitive radio (for spectrum sharing between different networks H04W16/14) · CPC title