Information sending method and apparatus, and information receiving method and apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12476767-B2
Application number	US-202217886679-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 12, 2022
Priority date	Feb 14, 2020
Publication date	Nov 18, 2025
Grant date	Nov 18, 2025

Abstract

An information receiving method and apparatus, and an information sending method and apparatus are disclosed. The information receiving method includes: A terminal device receives first configuration information from a network device, where the first configuration information carries precoding indication information of each resource unit of N resource units allocated to the terminal device; and the terminal device performs precoding processing on uplink data carried on each resource unit by a precoding matrix corresponding to the precoding indication information of each resource unit, based on the first configuration information. In this method, the terminal device determines, based on the precoding indication information, a quantity N and sizes of the resource units obtained through division.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An information receiving method comprising:
receiving, by a terminal device, first configuration information from a network device, wherein the first configuration information carries precoding indication information of each resource unit of N resource units allocated to the terminal device, N≥1, and N is an integer; and performing, by the terminal device, precoding processing on uplink data carried on each of the N resource units by a precoding matrix corresponding to the precoding indication information of each of the N resource units, based on the first configuration information; wherein before the performing of the precoding processing on t e uplink data carried on each of the N resource units, the method further comprises: determining, by the terminal device based on the precoding indication information of each of the N resource units and a correspondence between the precoding indication information and a first codebook set, the precoding matrix corresponding to each of the N resource units, wherein the first codebook set comprises at least one precoding matrix; and wherein before the determining of the precoding matrix corresponding to each of the N resource units, the method further comprises: receiving, by the terminal device, first signaling from the network device; and determining, by the terminal device, a second codebook set based on the first signaling, wherein the second codebook set is a subset of the first codebook set; and the determining of the precoding matrix corresponding to each of the N resource units comprises: determining, by the terminal device from the second codebook set based on each piece of precoding indication information, the precoding matrix corresponding to each of the N resource units.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the precoding indication information comprises a transmitted precoding matrix indicator TPMI; and
the performing, by the terminal device, of the precoding processing on the uplink data carried on each of the N resource units comprises: performing, by the terminal device, data mapping by using the precoding matrix corresponding to each TPMI, and determining the uplink data to be transmitted through each antenna port of the terminal device.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
receiving, by the terminal device, second configuration information from the network device, wherein the second configuration information carries a quantity N of the resource units allocated to the terminal device or a size of each of the N resource units, and indication information indicating a frequency domain starting position of each of the N resource units; and determining, by the terminal device, a position and the size of each of the N resource units based on the quantity N of the resource units and the indication information of the frequency domain starting position that are in the second configuration information; or determining, by the terminal device, the quantity N of the resource units and a position of each of the N resource units based on the size of each of the N resource units and the indication information of the frequency domain starting position that are in the second configuration information.

4 . An information sending method comprising:
sending, by a network device, configuration information to a terminal device, wherein the configuration information carries precoding indication information of each resource unit of N resource units allocated to the terminal device, N≥1, and N is an integer; determining, by the network device, a precoding matrix of each of the N resource units, and determining the precoding indication information corresponding to the precoding matrix of each of the N resource units, wherein each piece of precoding indication information indicates the precoding matrix of a corresponding one of the N resource units; wherein the determining, by the network device, of the precoding matrix of each of the N resource units comprises: receiving, by the network device, a reference signal from the terminal device; obtaining, by the network device, a channel matrix of the terminal device on each of the N resource units based on the reference signal through channel estimation; and traversing, by the network device, at least one precoding matrix in a first codebook set based on the channel matrix on each resource unit, and determining the precoding matrix of each of the N resource units from the at least one precoding matrix based on a capacity maximization criterion; and wherein the method further comprises: sending, by the network device, first signaling to the terminal device, wherein the first signaling indicates a second codebook set corresponding to the precoding matrix, and the second codebook set is a subset of the first codebook set.

5 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein the precoding indication information comprises a transmitted precoding matrix indicator TPMI.

6 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein the configuration information comprises a first field, and the first field indicates the terminal device to perform precoding processing based on the configuration information when transmitting uplink data.

7 . The method according to claim 4 , further comprising: determining, by the network device, the second codebook set based on a quantity of antennas supported by the terminal device and a maximum quantity of transmission layers supported by the terminal device.

8 . An information receiving apparatus comprising:
at least one processor; and a memory storing programming instructions for execution by the at least one processor such that the apparatus is configured to at least to: receive first configuration information from a network device, wherein the first configuration information carries precoding indication information of each resource unit of N resource units allocated to the apparatus, N≥1, and N is an integer; and perform precoding processing on uplink data carried on each of the N resource units by a precoding matrix corresponding to the precoding indication information of each of the N resource units, based on the first configuration information; wherein the apparatus is further configured to: determine based on the precoding indication information of each of the N resource units and a correspondence between the precoding indication information and a first codebook set, the precoding matrix corresponding to each of the N resource units, wherein the first codebook set comprises at least one precoding matrix; and wherein the apparatus is further configured to: receive first signaling from the network device, and determine a second codebook set based on the first signaling, wherein the second codebook set is a subset of the first codebook set; and the determination of the precoding matrix corresponding to each of the N resource units comprises: determining from the second codebook set based on each piece of precoding indication information, the precoding matrix corresponding to each of the N resource units.

9 . The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the precoding indication information comprises a transmitted precoding matrix indicator TPMI; and
the performance of the precoding processing on the uplink data carried on each of the N resource units comprises: performing data mapping by using the precoding matrix corresponding to each TPMI, and determining the uplink data to be transmitted through each antenna port of the apparatus.

10 . The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the apparatus is further configured to:
receive second configuration information from the network device, wherein the second co

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yu Jian
• Yu Yawei
• Guo Zhiheng

Classifications

• H04L5/0051

  of dedicated pilots, i.e. pilots destined for a single user or terminal · CPC title

• H04B7/0639

  Using selective indices, e.g. of a codebook, e.g. pre-distortion matrix index [PMI] or for beam selection · CPC title

• H04B7/0456

  Selection of precoding matrices or codebooks, e.g. using matrices antenna weighting · CPC title

• H04B7/0404

  the mobile station comprising multiple antennas, e.g. to provide uplink diversity · CPC title

• H04L5/0044

  Allocation of payload; Allocation of data channels, e.g. PDSCH or PUSCH · CPC title