Transmission method and apparatus thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11606776-B2
Application number	US-202016746507-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 17, 2020
Priority date	Jul 18, 2017
Publication date	Mar 14, 2023
Grant date	Mar 14, 2023

Abstract

Embodiments of this application disclose a transmission method and an apparatus thereof. The method includes the following operations: performing, by a terminal device, idle state sensing on one or more candidate transmission frequency domain resources, where the one or more candidate transmission frequency domain resources are configured for PUCCH information transmission; determining, by the terminal device based on a sensing result of the one or more candidate transmission frequency domain resources, a transmission frequency domain resource from the one or more candidate transmission frequency domain resources for PUCCH information transmission; and transmitting, by the terminal device, the PUCCH information by using the determined transmission frequency domain resource. By using the embodiments of this application, uplink transmission can be implemented by using an unlicensed frequency spectrum, and transmission efficiency can be improved.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A transmission method, comprising:
performing, by a terminal device, idle state sensing on one or more candidate transmission frequency domain resources, wherein the one or more candidate transmission frequency domain resources are configured for physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) information transmission on a physical uplink control channel, wherein the one or more candidate transmission frequency domain resources are determined based on PUCCH resource configuration information that includes an identifier mapped to m bandwidth parts of n available bandwidth parts within a period of time, wherein the m bandwidth parts are selectively activated by a network device to be used as the one or more candidate transmission frequency domain resources for the terminal device to perform uplink transmissions, wherein m is greater than 1, m is less than n, and m and n are both positive integer values;
determining, by the terminal device based on a sensing result of the one or more candidate transmission frequency domain resources, a transmission frequency domain resource from the one or more candidate transmission frequency domain resources for PUCCH information transmission, comprising:
in response to sensing that at least two candidate transmission frequency domain resources from the one or more candidate transmission frequency domain resources are in an idle state, selecting, by the terminal device, one candidate transmission frequency domain resource from the at least two candidate transmission frequency domain resources based on an identifier of the terminal device, and determining the selected candidate transmission frequency domain resource as a transmission domain resource for PUCCH information transmission; and

transmitting, by the terminal device, the PUCCH information by using the determined transmission frequency domain resource.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
determining, by the terminal device, the one or more candidate transmission frequency domain resources.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein determining, by the terminal device, the one or more candidate transmission frequency domain resources comprises:
determining, by the terminal device, the one or more candidate transmission frequency domain resources based on the PUCCH resource configuration information, wherein the PUCCH resource configuration information is used to indicate the one or more candidate transmission frequency domain resources.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein determining, by the terminal device, the one or more candidate transmission frequency domain resources comprises:
determining, by the terminal device, the one or more candidate transmission frequency domain resources based on a downlink transmission resource.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining, by the terminal device based on the sensing result of the candidate transmission frequency domain resources, the transmission frequency domain resource from the one or more candidate transmission frequency domain resources for PUCCH information transmission further comprises:
in response to sensing that one candidate transmission frequency domain resource from the one or more candidate transmission frequency domain resources is in an idle state, determining, by the terminal device, the one candidate transmission frequency domain resource as a transmission frequency domain resource for PUCCH information transmission.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining, by the terminal device based on the sensing result of the candidate transmission frequency domain resources, the transmission frequency domain resource from the one or more candidate transmission frequency domain resources for PUCCH information transmission further comprises:
determining, by the terminal device, all candidate transmission frequency domain resources in an idle state as transmission frequency domain resources for PUCCH information transmission.

7. A terminal device, comprising a processor and a transceiver, wherein
the processor is configured to perform idle state sensing on one or more candidate transmission frequency domain resources, wherein the one or more candidate transmission frequency domain resources are configured for physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) information transmission, wherein the one or more candidate transmission frequency domain resources are determined based on PUCCH resource configuration information that includes an identifier mapped to m bandwidth parts of n available bandwidth parts within a period of time, wherein the m bandwidth parts are selectively activated by a network device to be used as the one or more candidate transmission frequency domain resources for the terminal device to perform uplink transmissions, wherein m is greater than 1, m is less than n, and m and n are both positive integer values;
the processor is further configured to determine, based on a sensing result of the candidate transmission frequency domain resources, a transmission frequency domain resource from the one or more candidate transmission frequency domain resources for PUCCH information transmission, wherein, in response to sensing that at least two candidate transmission frequency domain resources from the one or more candidate transmission frequency domain resources are in an idle state, the processor is configured to select one candidate transmission frequency domain resource from the at least two candidate transmission frequency domain resources based on an identifier of the terminal device, and determine the selected candidate transmission frequency domain resource as a transmission domain resource for PUCCH information transmission; and
the transceiver is configured to transmit the PUCCH information by using the determined transmission frequency domain resource.

8. The terminal device according to claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine the one or more candidate transmission frequency domain resources.

9. The terminal device according to claim 8 , wherein when being configured to determine the one or more candidate transmission frequency domain resources, the processor is configured to determine the one or more candidate transmission frequency domain resources based on the PUCCH resource configuration information, wherein the PUCCH resource configuration information is used to indicate the one or more candidate transmission frequency domain resources.

10. The terminal device according to claim 8 , wherein when being configured determine the one or more candidate transmission frequency domain resources, the processor is further configured to determine the one or more candidate transmission frequency domain resources based on a downlink transmission resource.

11. The terminal device according to claim 7 , wherein when being configured to determine, based on the sensing result of the one or more candidate transmission frequency domain resources, the transmission frequency domain resource from the one or more candidate transmission frequency domain resources for PUCCH information transmission, the processor is further configured to: in response to sensing that one candidate transmission frequency domain resource is in an idle state, determine the one candidate transmission frequency domain resource from the one or more candidate transmission frequency domain resources as a transmission frequency domain resource used for PUCCH information transmission.

12. The terminal device according to claim 7 , wherein when being configured to determine, based on the sensing result of the one or more candidate transmission frequency domain res

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhu Jun
• Jia Qiong
• Fan Weiwei

Classifications

• H04L5/0055

  Physical resource allocation for ACK/NACK (for physical mapping arrangements in ARQ protocols H04L1/1861) · CPC title

• H04L5/001

  the frequencies being arranged in component carriers · CPC title

• H04W72/0453

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

• H04W88/06

  adapted for operation in multiple networks {or having at least two operational modes}, e.g. multi-mode terminals · CPC title

• H04W72/02 Primary

  Selection of wireless resources by user or terminal · CPC title