Control channel transmission method and apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12256376-B2
Application number	US-202217665325-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 4, 2022
Priority date	Aug 15, 2019
Publication date	Mar 18, 2025
Grant date	Mar 18, 2025

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to communication methods and apparatus. In one example method, a first control resource set is determined, where a quantity of symbols comprised in the first control resource set in time domain is a positive integer less than or equal to M, and M is an integer greater than 3. Control information is received on one or more resource elements in the first control resource set.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus, comprising:
one or more processors; and
a memory coupled to the one or more processors and storing programming instructions for execution by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to:
determine a first control resource set, wherein a quantity of symbols comprised in the first control resource set in time domain is a positive integer less than or equal to M, and M is an integer greater than 3; and
receive control information on one or more resource elements in the first control resource set.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first control resource set comprises P subsets, and P is an integer greater than 1.

3. The apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein one subset in the P subsets comprises a plurality of resource element sets, and one resource element set in the plurality of resource element sets comprises K resource elements, wherein K is a positive integer, the K resource elements have consecutive numbers, and the numbers of the K resource elements have a sequence of time domain first and then frequency domain, and wherein:
numbers of resource elements in any two adjacent resource element sets in the plurality of resource element sets are non-consecutive;
numbers of resource elements in at least two adjacent resource element sets in the plurality of resource element sets are non-consecutive; or
numbers of resource elements in a part of two adjacent resource element sets in the plurality of resource element sets are non-consecutive, and numbers of resource elements in the other part of two adjacent resource element sets in the plurality of resource element sets are consecutive.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein receiving the control information on the one or more resource elements in the first control resource set comprises:
receiving the control information on a plurality of resource elements in the first control resource set based on numbers of a part or all of resource elements comprised in the first control resource set.

5. The apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein a plurality of resource elements comprised in any one of the P subsets have consecutive numbers, and the numbers of the plurality of resource elements have a sequence of time domain first and then frequency domain.

6. The apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein all the P subsets comprise a same quantity of symbols in time domain.

7. A communication method, comprising:
determining a first control resource set, wherein a quantity of symbols comprised in the first control resource set in time domain is a positive integer less than or equal to M, and M is an integer greater than 3; and
receiving control information on one or more resource elements in the first control resource set.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the first control resource set comprises P subsets, and P is an integer greater than 1.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein one subset in the P subsets comprises a plurality of resource element sets, and one resource element set in the plurality of resource element sets comprises K resource elements, wherein K is a positive integer, the K resource elements have consecutive numbers, and the numbers of the K resource elements have a sequence of time domain first and then frequency domain, and wherein:
numbers of resource elements in any two adjacent resource element sets in the plurality of resource element sets are non-consecutive;
numbers of resource elements in at least two adjacent resource element sets in the plurality of resource element sets are non-consecutive; or
numbers of resource elements in a part of two adjacent resource element sets in the plurality of resource element sets are non-consecutive, and numbers of resource elements in the other part of two adjacent resource element sets in the plurality of resource element sets are consecutive.

10. The method according to claim 8 , wherein a plurality of resource elements comprised in any one of the P subsets have consecutive numbers, and the numbers of the plurality of resource elements have a sequence of time domain first and then frequency domain.

11. The method according to claim 8 , wherein all the P subsets comprise a same quantity of symbols in time domain.

12. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a first node, cause the first node to:
determine a first control resource set, wherein a quantity of symbols comprised in the first control resource set in time domain is a positive integer less than or equal to M, and M is an integer greater than 3; and
receive control information on one or more resource elements in the first control resource set.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 12 , wherein the first control resource set comprises P subsets, and P is an integer greater than 1.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 13 , wherein one subset in the P subsets comprises a plurality of resource element sets, and one resource element set in the plurality of resource element sets comprises K resource elements, wherein K is a positive integer, the K resource elements have consecutive numbers, and the numbers of the K resource elements have a sequence of time domain first and then frequency domain, and wherein:
numbers of resource elements in any two adjacent resource element sets in the plurality of resource element sets are non-consecutive;
numbers of resource elements in at least two adjacent resource element sets in the plurality of resource element sets are non-consecutive; or
numbers of resource elements in a part of two adjacent resource element sets in the plurality of resource element sets are non-consecutive, and numbers of resource elements in the other part of two adjacent resource element sets in the plurality of resource element sets are consecutive.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 13 , wherein a plurality of resource elements comprised in any one of the P subsets have consecutive numbers, and the numbers of the plurality of resource elements have a sequence of time domain first and then frequency domain.

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zheng Juan
• Li Chaojun

Classifications

• H04W72/23

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

• H04W72/0453

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

• H04W72/0446

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

• H04W72/1263 Primary

  Mapping of traffic onto schedule, e.g. scheduled allocation or multiplexing of flows · CPC title

• H04L5/0053 Primary

  Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals · CPC title