Data transmission method and apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12543206-B2
Application number	US-202118002201-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 15, 2021
Priority date	Jun 20, 2020
Publication date	Feb 3, 2026
Grant date	Feb 3, 2026

Abstract

A method implemented by a terminal, wherein the method comprises obtaining a channel quality of a channel between the terminal and an access network device, wherein the terminal is in a non-connected state, and determining to send uplink data to the access network device in a random access manner or a configured grant (CG) manner when the channel quality is greater than a first threshold, and wherein determining to send the uplink data to the access network device in the random access manner comprises determining to send the uplink data to the access network device in a 2-step random access manner when the channel quality is greater than a second threshold, and determining to send the uplink data to the access network device in a 4-step random access manner when the channel quality is less than the second threshold.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method implemented by a terminal, wherein the method comprises:
obtaining a first channel quality of a channel between the terminal and an access network device, wherein the terminal is in a non-connected state; sending uplink data to the access network device in a random access manner or a configured grant (CG) manner when the first channel quality is greater than a first threshold by: sending the uplink data to the access network device in the CG manner and using a CG resource when a timing advance (TA) for uplink time synchronization between the terminal and the access network device is valid, wherein a CG resource is a preconfigured physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) resource and is for transmission by the terminal in the non-connected state; sending the uplink data to the access network device in a 2-step random access manner when the TA is invalid and when the first channel quality is greater than a second threshold; and sending the uplink data to the access network device in a 4-step random access manner when the TA is invalid and when the first channel quality is less than the second threshold; skipping transmission of the uplink data in the random access manner in the non-connected state and thereafter initiating the 2-step random access manner to access a cell when the first channel quality is less than the first threshold and is greater than a third threshold; and skipping transmission of the uplink data in the random access manner in the non-connected state and thereafter initiating the 4-step random access manner to access the cell when the first channel quality is less than the first threshold and is less than the third threshold.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising sending the uplink data to the access network device in the random access manner when the TA is invalid.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the TA being invalid comprises a validity period of the TA expiring.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein a validity period of the TA is based on a timer started upon receiving a validity period value from the access network device.

5 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the TA being invalid comprises a distance between a current location of the terminal and a location at which the terminal is located when the TA is started being greater than a distance threshold.

6 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the TA is invalid when a difference between the first channel quality and a second channel quality of the channel at which the TA was started exceeds a channel quality change threshold.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein sending the uplink data to the access network device in the CG manner, the method further comprises sending the uplink data to the access network device based on a first CG resource when the first channel quality is greater than a third threshold, and wherein configuration information corresponding to the first CG resource comprises the third threshold.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein a quantity of bits of the uplink data is less than or equal to a preset value.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first threshold is preconfigured.

10 . A method implemented by an access network device, wherein the method comprises:
configuring a first threshold for a terminal, wherein the terminal is in a non-connected state, and wherein the first threshold enables the terminal to determine whether to send uplink data to the access network device; receiving the uplink data in a random access manner or in a configured grant (CG) manner when a channel quality of a channel between the terminal and the access network device is greater than the first threshold; receiving the uplink data in the CG manner when a CG resource is configured for the terminal and a timing advance (TA) is valid, wherein the CG resource is a preconfigured physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) resource; receiving the uplink data in a 2-step random access manner when the TA is invalid and when the channel quality is greater than a second threshold; receiving the uplink data in a 4-step random access manner when the TA is invalid and when the channel quality is less than the second threshold; avoiding receiving the uplink data in the random access manner in the non-connected state and thereafter initiating the 2-step random access manner to access a cell when the first channel quality is less than the first threshold and is greater than a third threshold; and avoiding receiving the uplink data in the random access manner in the non-connected state and thereafter initiating the 4-step random access manner to access the cell when the first channel quality is less than the first threshold and is less than the third threshold.

11 . The method of claim 10 , further comprising receiving the uplink data in the 2-step random access manner when the channel quality is greater than a second threshold and when a distance between a current location of the terminal and a previous location of the terminal at which the TA was started exceeds a distance threshold.

12 . The method of claim 10 , further comprising configuring the second threshold for the terminal.

13 . A communication apparatus comprising:
a memory configured to store instructions; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute the instructions to cause the communication apparatus to: obtain a first channel quality of a channel between the terminal and an access network device, wherein the terminal is in a non-connected state; send uplink data to the access network device in a random access manner or a configured grant (CG) manner when the first channel quality is greater than a first threshold by: sending the uplink data to the access network device in the CG manner and using a CG resource when a timing advance (TA) for uplink time synchronization between the terminal and the access network device is valid, wherein a CG resource is a preconfigured physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) resource and is for transmission by the terminal in the non-connected state; sending the uplink data to the access network device in a 2-step random access manner when the TA is invalid and when the first channel quality is greater than a second threshold; and sending the uplink data to the access network device in a 4-step random access manner when the TA is invalid and when the first channel quality is less than the second threshold; skip transmission of the uplink data in the random access manner in the non-connected state and thereafter initiate the 2-step random access manner to access a cell when the first channel quality is less than the first threshold and is greater than a third threshold; and skip transmission of the uplink data in the random access manner in the non-connected state and thereafter initiate the 4-step random access manner to access the cell when the first channel quality is less than the first threshold and is less than the third threshold.

14 . The communication apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the instructions to cause the communication apparatus to determine to send the uplink data to the access network device in the random access manner when the TA is invalid.

15 . The communication apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the TA being invalid comprises one or more of the following: a validity period of the TA expiring; a distance between a current location of the terminal and a location at which the terminal is located when the TA is started being greater than a distance threshold; or a difference between the first channel quality and a

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Xue Yifan
• Xue Lixia
• Xu Haibo
• Zhang Mengchen

Classifications

• H04W74/0836 Primary

  with 2-step access · CPC title

• H04W74/0833 Primary

  Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access · CPC title

• H04W72/1268

  of uplink data flows · CPC title

• H04W56/0015

  one node acting as a reference for the others · CPC title

• H04B17/309

  Measuring or estimating channel quality parameters · CPC title