Resource configuration method and apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12439438-B2
Application number	US-202117171514-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 9, 2021
Priority date	Aug 10, 2018
Publication date	Oct 7, 2025
Grant date	Oct 7, 2025

Abstract

This application provides a communication method, an apparatus, and a communications system, and relates to the field of communications technologies. A terminal device receives system information broadcast by a network device, and determines a bandwidth of an initial BWP based on the system information. The system information includes first indication information. The first indication information indicates that the bandwidth of the initial BWP used for the terminal device is a first bandwidth or a second bandwidth. The first bandwidth is indicated by using a first bandwidth parameter carried in the system information. The second bandwidth is a bandwidth of a CORESET 0. The CORESET 0 is used to schedule the system information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, applied in a terminal device, the method comprising:
receiving a master information block (MIB) from a network device, wherein the MIB indicates a bandwidth of a control resource set 0 (CORESET 0), wherein the CORESET 0 is used to schedule a system information block (SIB) 1;
when the terminal device is in a radio resource control (RRC) idle state or an RRC inactive state, determining, based on the MIB, that a bandwidth of an initial bandwidth part (BWP) is a second bandwidth, wherein the second bandwidth is the bandwidth of the CORESET 0; receiving a connection configuration message Msg4;
entering an RRC connected state in response to receiving the connection configuration message Msg4; and
when the terminal device enters the RRC connected state from the RRC idle state or the RRC inactive state, adjusting, based on the SIB 1, the bandwidth of the initial BWP from the second bandwidth to a first bandwidth after determining that a connection setup complete message or an RRC resume complete message needs to be sent to the network device, wherein the first bandwidth is indicated by the SIB 1, and wherein the first bandwidth is greater than the second bandwidth.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
the SIB 1 comprises a first bandwidth parameter; and
adjusting, based on the SIB 1, the bandwidth of the initial BWP from the second bandwidth to the first bandwidth comprises:
adjusting, based on the first bandwidth parameter, the bandwidth of the initial BWP from the second bandwidth to the first bandwidth.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
when the terminal device enters the RRC idle state or the RRC inactive state from the RRC connected state, adjusting, based on a connection release message, the bandwidth of the initial BWP from the second bandwidth to a third bandwidth, wherein the third bandwidth is indicated by the connection release message.

4. An apparatus, comprising:
a receiver, configured to receive a master information block (MIB) from a network device, wherein the MIB indicates a bandwidth of a control resource set 0 (CORESET 0), and wherein the CORESET 0 is used to schedule a system information block (SIB) 1; and
at least one processor, configured to:
when a terminal device is in a radio resource control (RRC) idle state or an RRC inactive state, determine that a bandwidth of an initial bandwidth part (BWP) of the terminal device is a second bandwidth, wherein the second bandwidth is the bandwidth of the CORESET 0; and
when the terminal device enters an RRC connected state from the RRC idle state or the RRC inactive state, adjust, based on the SIB 1, the bandwidth of the initial BWP from the second bandwidth to a first bandwidth after determining that a connection setup complete message or an RRC resume complete message needs to be sent to the network device, wherein the first bandwidth is indicated by the SIB 1, and wherein the first bandwidth is greater than the second bandwidth;

wherein:
the receiver is further configured to receive a connection configuration message Msg4; and
the at least one processor is further configured to cause the apparatus to enter the RRC connected state in response to receiving the connection configuration message Msg4.

5. The apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the SIB 1 comprises a first bandwidth parameter, and the at least one processor is configured to adjust, based on the first bandwidth parameter, the bandwidth of the initial BWP from the second bandwidth to the first bandwidth.

6. The apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
when the terminal device enters the RRC idle state or the RRC inactive state from the RRC connected state, adjusting, based on a connection release message, the bandwidth of the initial BWP from the second bandwidth to a third bandwidth, wherein the third bandwidth is indicated by the connection release message.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having program instructions stored thereon, wherein, when the instructions are executed by at least one processor in a terminal device, the instructions cause the terminal device to:
receive a master information block (MIB) from a network device, wherein the MIB indicates a bandwidth of a control resource set 0 (CORESET 0), and wherein the CORESET 0 is used to schedule a system information block (SIB) 1;
when the terminal device is in a radio resource control (RRC) idle state or an RRC inactive state, determine, based on the MIB, that a bandwidth of an initial bandwidth part (BWP) is a second bandwidth, wherein the second bandwidth is the bandwidth of the CORESET 0;
receive a connection configuration message Msg4; and
enter an RRC connected state in response to receiving the connection configuration message Msg4;
when the terminal device enters the RRC connected state from the RRC idle state or the RRC inactive state, adjust, based on the SIB 1, the bandwidth of the initial BWP from the second bandwidth to a first bandwidth after determining that a connection setup complete message or an RRC resume complete message needs to be sent to the network device, wherein the first bandwidth is indicated by the SIB 1, and wherein the first bandwidth is greater than the second bandwidth.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 7 , wherein:
the SIB 1 comprises a first bandwidth parameter; and
adjusting, based on the SIB 1, the bandwidth of the initial BWP from the second bandwidth to the first bandwidth comprises:
adjusting, based on the first bandwidth parameter, the bandwidth of the initial BWP from the second bandwidth to the first bandwidth.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 7 , wherein the instructions further cause the terminal device to:
when the terminal device enters the RRC idle state or the RRC inactive state from the RRC connected state, adjusting, based on a connection release message, the bandwidth of the initial BWP from the second bandwidth to a third bandwidth, wherein the third bandwidth is indicated by the connection release message.

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Chen Lei
• Li Bingzhao
• Cao Zhenzhen
• Chai Li

Classifications

• H04W72/23

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

• H04W72/1263

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

• H04W72/0453

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

• H04W76/27

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

• H04L5/0053

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