Data transmission method, terminal device, and network device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11576158-B2
Application number	US-202016833019-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 27, 2020
Priority date	Sep 29, 2017
Publication date	Feb 7, 2023
Grant date	Feb 7, 2023

Abstract

This application provides a data transmission method and a communications apparatus. The method includes: receiving uplink resource configuration information including information about at least two uplink reference points, and one uplink reference point corresponds to one uplink carrier; and determining, based on the uplink resource configuration information, an uplink carrier on which an uplink transmission resource is located.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
receiving uplink resource configuration information sent by a network device, wherein the uplink resource configuration information comprises information about at least two uplink reference points, wherein, for each uplink reference point of the at least two uplink reference points, the respective uplink reference point corresponds to one respective uplink carrier, wherein each uplink reference point of the at least two uplink reference points is for the same cell and is for a different uplink carrier, wherein at least a first uplink reference point of the at least two uplink reference points is a new radio uplink carrier reference point for a cell, wherein at least a second uplink reference point of the at least two uplink reference points is a new radio supplemental uplink carrier reference point for the cell, and wherein the new radio supplemental uplink carrier reference point is a reference point for a new radio supplemental uplink carrier that is a Long Term Evolution Frequency Division Duplexing (LTD FDD) uplink carrier that is shared for new radio (NR) uplink transmission; and
determining, based on the uplink resource configuration information, an uplink carrier on which an uplink transmission resource is located.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein receiving the uplink resource configuration information sent by the network device comprises:
receiving a system information block (SIB) sent by the network device, wherein the SIB comprises the uplink resource configuration information, the uplink resource configuration information further comprises information about at least two uplink initial bandwidth parts (BWPs), and wherein, for each uplink initial bandwidth part of the at least two uplink initial bandwidth parts, the respective uplink initial BWP corresponds to one respective uplink reference point; and
determining, based on the uplink resource configuration information, the uplink carrier on which the uplink transmission resource is located comprises:
determining, based on the SIB, an uplink initial BWP of an uplink carrier used for initial access.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving radio resource control (RRC) information sent by the network device, wherein the RRC information comprises information about at least one uplink reference point of the at least two uplink reference points, and the RRC information is RRC connection establishment information or RRC connection reestablishment information or RRC connection reconfiguration information; and
determining, based on the RRC information, an uplink carrier resource used for uplink transmission.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the RRC connection reconfiguration information comprises target cell configuration information, the target cell configuration information comprises the uplink resource configuration information, and the method further comprises:
performing target cell handover based on the target cell configuration information.

5. The method according to claim 3 , wherein:
the RRC connection reconfiguration information comprises:
a physical cell identifier (ID) of a synchronization signal block (SSB) associated with a secondary cell carrier of a terminal device;
frequency domain information of the SSB associated with the secondary cell carrier of the terminal device; or
information about a downlink reference point of the secondary cell carrier of the terminal device; and

the method further comprises:
adding the secondary cell carrier based on the RRC connection reconfiguration information.

6. A method, comprising:
generating uplink resource configuration information, wherein the uplink resource configuration information comprises information about at least two uplink reference points, wherein, for each uplink reference point of the at least two uplink reference points, the respective uplink reference point corresponds to one respective uplink carrier, wherein each uplink reference point of the at least two uplink reference points is for the same cell and is for a different uplink carrier, wherein at least a first uplink reference point of the at least two uplink reference points is a new radio uplink carrier reference point for a cell, wherein at least a second uplink reference point of the at least two uplink reference points is a new radio supplemental uplink carrier reference point for the cell, and wherein the new radio supplemental uplink carrier reference point is a reference point for a new radio supplemental uplink carrier that is a Long Term Evolution Frequency Division Duplexing (LTD FDD) uplink carrier that is shared for new radio (NR) uplink transmission; and
sending the uplink resource configuration information to a terminal device, wherein the uplink resource configuration information indicates an uplink carrier on which an uplink transmission resource is located.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein:
generating the uplink resource configuration information comprises:
generating a system information block (SIB), wherein the SIB comprises the uplink resource configuration information, the uplink resource configuration information further comprises information about at least two uplink initial bandwidth parts (BWPs), and wherein, for each uplink initial bandwidth part of the at least two uplink initial bandwidth parts, the respective uplink initial BWP corresponds to one respective uplink reference point; and

sending the uplink resource configuration information to the terminal device comprises:
sending the SIB to the terminal device.

8. The method according to claim 6 , further comprising:
generating radio resource control (RRC) information, wherein the RRC information comprises information about at least one of the uplink reference points of the at least two uplink references points, and the RRC information comprises RRC connection establishment information or RRC connection re-establishment information or RRC connection reconfiguration information; and
sending the RRC information to the terminal device.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the RRC connection reconfiguration information comprises target cell configuration information, the target cell configuration information comprises the uplink resource configuration information, and the target cell configuration information is usable by the terminal device to perform target cell handover.

10. The method according to claim 8 , wherein:
the RRC connection reconfiguration information comprises:
a physical cell identifier (ID) of a synchronization signal block (SSB) associated with a secondary cell carrier of the terminal device;
frequency domain information of the SSB associated with the secondary cell carrier of the terminal device; or
information about a downlink reference point of the secondary cell carrier of the terminal device; and

the RRC connection reconfiguration information is usable by the terminal device to add the secondary cell carrier.

11. A terminal apparatus, comprising:
a processor; and
a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing programming for execution by the processor, the programming including instructions to:
receive uplink resource configuration information from a network device, wherein the uplink resource configuration information comprises information about at least two uplink reference points, wherein, for each uplink reference point of the at least two uplink reference points, the respective uplink reference point corresponds to one respective uplink carrier, wherein each uplink reference point of the at least two uplink reference points is for the same cell and is for a d

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Liu Zhe
• Zhou Guohua
• Yang Yubo
• Long Yi
• Zhang Zhang
• Peng Jinlin
• Tang Zhenfei

Classifications

• H04W36/0072

  of resource information of target access point · CPC title

• H04W76/27

  Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states · CPC title

• H04L5/001

  the frequencies being arranged in component carriers · CPC title

• H04L5/0044

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

• H04L5/0092 Primary

  Indication of how the channel is divided · CPC title