Communications method and apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12225513-B2
Application number	US-202217890719-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 18, 2022
Priority date	Feb 19, 2020
Publication date	Feb 11, 2025
Grant date	Feb 11, 2025

Abstract

A communications method includes a first communications device that communicates a first signal on a first time domain resource in a first time unit, communicates a second signal on a third time domain resource in a second time unit, communicates a fourth signal on a second time domain resource in the first time unit, and communicates a third signal on a fourth time domain resource in the second time unit. The first time unit successively includes, in time domain, the first time domain resource, a first guard period, the second time domain resource, and a second guard period that are consecutive in time domain, and the second time unit successively includes, in time domain, the third time domain resource, a third guard period, the fourth time domain resource, and a fourth guard period that are consecutive in time domain.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A communications method implemented by a first communications device, wherein the communications method comprises:
communicating a first signal on a first time domain resource in a first time unit, wherein the first time unit successively comprises the first time domain resource, a first guard period, a second time domain resource, and a second guard period that are consecutive in a time domain, and wherein the first time domain resource comprises a first sub-time domain resource and a second sub-time domain resource located after the first sub-time domain resource in the time domain and adjacent to the first guard period;
communicating a second signal on a third time domain resource in a second time unit, wherein the first time unit and the second time unit comprise a same time length, wherein the second time unit successively comprises the third time domain resource, a third guard period, a fourth time domain resource, and a fourth guard period that are consecutive in the time domain;
communicating a fourth signal on the second time domain resource; and
communicating a third signal on a on the fourth time domain resource.

2. The communications method of claim 1 , wherein the first time domain resource and the third time domain resource map signals sent by the first communications device, and the second time domain resource and the fourth time domain resource map signals received by the first communications device; or
wherein the first time domain resource and the third time domain resource map signals received by the first communications device, and the second time domain resource and the fourth time domain resource map signals sent by the first communications device.

3. The communications method of claim 1 , further comprising communicating the first signal on the first sub-time domain resource.

4. The communications method of claim 3 , wherein the fourth time domain resource comprises a third sub-time domain resource and a fourth sub-time domain resource, and wherein the communications method further comprises communicating the third signal on the fourth sub-time domain resource.

5. The communications method of claim 4 , wherein the second sub-time domain resource map a first target signal that is different from the first signal, or wherein the third sub-time domain resource map a second target signal that is different from the third signal.

6. The communications method of claim 4 , wherein a first length of the first sub-time domain resource is the same as a third length of the third time domain resource, or wherein a second length of the second time domain resource is the same as a fourth length of the fourth sub-time domain resource.

7. The communications method of claim 4 , wherein the third sub-time domain resource is located before the fourth sub-time domain resource in the time domain and is adjacent to the third guard period.

8. The communications method of claim 5 , wherein each of the first target signal and the second target signal is higher layer signaling, physical layer signaling, or used for channel quality detection, synchronization, channel estimation, or phase tracking.

9. The communications method of claim 1 , wherein first target data carried in the first signal and second target data carried in the second signal belong to a first service, and wherein third target data carried in the third signal and fourth target data carried in the fourth signal belong to a second service.

10. The communications method of claim 4 , wherein a first length of the first sub-time domain resource is the same as a third length of the third time domain resource, and wherein a second length of the second time domain resource is the same as a fourth length of the fourth sub-time domain resource.

11. The communications method of claim 4 , wherein the second sub-time domain resource is located after the first sub-time domain resource in the time domain and is adjacent to the first guard period, and wherein the third sub-time domain resource is located before the fourth sub-time domain resource in the time domain and is adjacent to the third guard period.

12. A first communication device comprising:
a memory configured to store instructions; and
a processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute the instructions to cause the first communication device to:
communicate a first signal on a first time domain resource in a first time unit, wherein the first time unit successively comprises the first time domain resource, a first guard period, a second time domain resource, and a second guard period that are consecutive in a time domain, and wherein the first time domain resource comprises a first sub-time domain resource and a second sub-time domain resource located after the first sub-time domain resource in the time domain and adjacent to the first guard period;
communicate a second signal on a third time domain resource in a second time unit, wherein the first time unit and the second time unit comprises a same time length, and wherein the second time unit successively comprises the third time domain resource, a third guard period, a fourth time domain resource, and a fourth guard period that are consecutive in the time domain;
communicate a fourth signal on the second time domain resource; and
communicate a third signal on the fourth time domain resource.

13. The first communication device of claim 12 , wherein the first time domain resource and the third time domain resource map signals sent by the first communication device, and the second time domain resource and the fourth time domain resource map signals received by the first communication device; or
wherein the first time domain resource and the third time domain resource map signals received by the first communication device and the second time domain resource and the fourth time domain resource map signals sent by the first communication device.

14. The first communication device of claim 12 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the instructions to cause the first communication device to further communicate the first signal on the first sub-time domain resource.

15. The first communication device of claim 14 , wherein the fourth time domain resource comprises a third sub-time domain resource and a fourth sub-time domain resource, and wherein the processor is further configured to execute the instructions to cause the first communication device to further communicate the third signal on the fourth sub-time domain resource.

16. The first communication of claim 15 , wherein the second sub-time domain resource map a first target signal that is different from the first signal, or wherein the third sub-time domain resource map a second target signal that is different from the third signal.

17. The first communication device of claim 15 , wherein a first length of the first sub-time domain resource is the same as a third length of the third time domain resource, or wherein a second length of the second time domain resource is the same as a fourth length of the fourth sub-time domain resource.

18. The first communication device of claim 15 , wherein the third sub-time domain resource is located before the fourth sub-time domain resource in the time domain and is adjacent to the third guard period.

19. The first communication device of claim 16 , wherein each of the first target signal and the second target signal is higher layer signaling, physical layer signaling or used for channel quality detection, synchronization, channel estimation, o

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Gao Lei
• Zhu Jiezuo
• Ma Sha
• Yang Changqing

Classifications

• H04L27/2607

  Cyclic extensions · CPC title

• H04L1/0026

  Transmission of channel quality indication · CPC title

• H04W4/48

  for in-vehicle communication · CPC title

• H04L5/0078

  Timing of allocation · CPC title

• H04W72/0446 Primary

  Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames · CPC title