Communication method, communication apparatus, terminal device, and network device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12192976-B2
Application number	US-202217574243-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 12, 2022
Priority date	Jul 12, 2019
Publication date	Jan 7, 2025
Grant date	Jan 7, 2025

Abstract

This application relates to a communication method, a communication apparatus, a terminal device, and a network device. The terminal device receives first signaling from the network device, where the first signaling indicates the terminal device to send a first uplink signal to the network device on a first uplink carrier, and the first signaling further indicates a first frequency. Further, the terminal device sets an operating frequency of the terminal device based on the first frequency after sending the first uplink signal on the first uplink carrier; or the terminal device sets an operating frequency of the terminal device based on the first frequency before an end moment of a time unit in which the first uplink signal is located.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A communication method, comprising:
sending a first uplink signal to a network device on a first uplink carrier,
receiving first signaling from the network device, wherein
the first signaling indicates a terminal device to send a second uplink signal to the network device on a second uplink carrier, and the first signaling further indicates the terminal device to switch the operating frequency of a radio frequency link of a transmit antenna of the terminal device to a second frequency, and
switching the operating frequency of a radio frequency link of the transmit antenna the terminal device to the second frequency, and sending the second uplink signal on the second uplink carrier.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
the second frequency corresponds to the second uplink carrier.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
the first uplink carrier is a new radio (NR) uplink carrier or a long term evolution (LTE) uplink carrier; or,
the second uplink carrier is a NR uplink carrier or a LTE uplink carrier; or
the first uplink carrier and the second uplink carrier correspond to uplink carriers of different cells.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second frequency is 3.5 GHz or 1.8 GHz.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first signaling is downlink control information (DCI) or high level signaling.

6. A communication method, comprising:
receiving a first uplink signal from a terminal device on a first uplink carrier,
sending first signaling to the terminal device, wherein
the first signaling indicates to send a second uplink signal to a network device on a second uplink carrier, and the first signaling further indicates the terminal device to switch the operating frequency of a radio frequency link of a transmit antenna of the terminal device to a second frequency, and
receiving the second uplink signal from the terminal device on the second uplink carrier.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein
the second frequency corresponds to the second uplink carrier.

8. The method according to claim 6 , wherein
the first uplink carrier is a new radio (NR) uplink carrier or a long term evolution (LTE) uplink carrier; or,
the second uplink carrier is a NR uplink carrier or a LTE uplink carrier; or
the first uplink carrier and the second uplink carrier correspond to uplink carriers of different cells.

9. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the second frequency is 3.5 GHz or 1.8 GHz.

10. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the first signaling is downlink control information (DCI) or high level signaling.

11. An apparatus, comprising:
a transceiver;
a processor; and
a computer-readable medium including computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to perform operations:
sending, by using the transceiver, a first uplink signal to a network device on a first uplink carrier,
receiving, by using the transceiver, first signaling from the network device, wherein
the first signaling indicates to send a second uplink signal to the network device on a second uplink carrier, and the first signaling further indicates the apparatus to switch the operating frequency of a radio frequency link of a transmit antenna of the apparatus to a second frequency, and
switching the operating frequency of a radio frequency link of the transmit antenna of the apparatus to the second frequency, and sends the second uplink signal on the second uplink carrier.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein
the second frequency corresponds to the second uplink carrier.

13. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein
the first uplink carrier is a new radio (NR) uplink carrier or a long term evolution (LTE) uplink carrier; or,
the second uplink carrier is a NR uplink carrier or a LTE uplink carrier; or
the first uplink carrier and the second uplink carrier correspond to uplink carriers of different cells.

14. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the second frequency is 3.5 GHz or 1.8 GHz.

15. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the first signaling is downlink control information (DCI) or high level signaling.

16. An apparatus, comprising:
a transceiver, configured to
one or more processors; and
a computer-readable medium including computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to perform operations including:
receiving, by using the transceiver, a first uplink signal from a terminal device on a first uplink carrier,
sending, by using the transceiver, first signaling to the terminal device, wherein
the first signaling indicates to send a second uplink signal to the apparatus on a second uplink carrier, and the first signaling further indicates the terminal device to switch the operating frequency of a radio frequency link of a transmit antenna of the terminal device to a second frequency, and
receiving the second uplink signal from the terminal device on the second uplink carrier.

17. The apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein
the second frequency corresponds to the second uplink carrier.

18. The apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein
the first uplink carrier is a new radio (NR) uplink carrier or a long term evolution (LTE) uplink carrier; or
the second uplink carrier is a NR uplink carrier or a LTE uplink carrier; or
the first uplink carrier and the second uplink carrier correspond to uplink carriers of different cells.

19. The apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the second frequency is 3.5 GHz or 1.8 GHz.

20. The apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the first signaling is downlink control information (DCI) or high level signaling.

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Xie Xinqian
• Guo Zhiheng
• Long Yi

Classifications

• H04L5/0098

  Signalling of the activation or deactivation of component carriers, subcarriers or frequency bands · CPC title

• H04W72/23

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

• H04L5/0005 Primary

  Time-frequency · CPC title

• H04W72/1268

  of uplink data flows · CPC title

• H04W72/0453 Primary

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