Uplink control information transmission method and apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12550139-B2
Application number	US-202118261967-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 15, 2021
Priority date	Jan 19, 2021
Publication date	Feb 10, 2026
Grant date	Feb 10, 2026

Abstract

A transmission method is disclosed. A terminal device transmits uplink control information to a network device through a PUSCH when a time domain location of a PUCCH including the uplink control information is between that of DCI and that of a PUSCH; or a time domain location of a PUSCH is before that of a PUCCH, and a time domain length between a time domain location of a PDSCH corresponding to the uplink control information and the time domain location of the PUSCH is greater than or equal to a first time domain length; or a time domain location of a PUSCH is before that of a PUCCH, and a time domain length between a time domain location of a CSI-RS corresponding to the uplink control information and the time domain location of the PUSCH is greater than or equal to a second time domain length.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An uplink control information transmission method, comprising:
based on a relationship between a time domain location of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) comprising uplink control information and a time domain location of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) meeting a first condition, transmitting, by a terminal device, the uplink control information to a network device through the PUSCH, wherein the first condition comprises:
the time domain location of the PUCCH is between a time domain location of downlink control information (DCI) used to schedule the PUSCH and the time domain location of the PUSCH, wherein the uplink control information comprises one or more of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback, a periodic channel state information (P-CSI) report, or a semi-persistent channel state information (SP-CSI) report; or
the time domain location of the PUSCH is before the time domain location of the PUCCH, and a time domain length between a time domain location of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) corresponding to the uplink control information and the time domain location of the PUSCH is greater than or equal to a first time domain length, wherein the uplink control information comprises HARQ feedback; or
the time domain location of the PUSCH is before the time domain location of the PUCCH, and a time domain length between a time domain location of a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) corresponding to the uplink control information and the time domain location of the PUSCH is greater than or equal to a second time domain length, wherein the uplink control information comprises a P-CSI report or an SP-CSI report; or
the time domain location of the PUCCH is before the time domain location of the PUSCH, and a time domain length between the time domain location of the PUCCH and the time domain location of the PUSCH is less than or equal to a third time domain length, wherein the uplink control information comprises one or more of HARQ feedback, a P-CSI report, or an SP-CSI report; and
based on the uplink control information comprising the P-CSI report or the SP-CSI report, the DCI triggers an aperiodic channel state information (AP-CSI) report, and the report content of the P-CSI report or the SP-CSI report comprised in the uplink control information is fully or partially the same as the report content of the AP-CSI report comprised on the PUSCH, dropping, by the terminal device, the uplink control information.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first condition further comprises one or more of the following:
a time domain length between the time domain location of the DCI and the time domain location of the PUCCH is greater than or equal to a fourth time domain length; or the time domain length between the time domain location of the PUCCH and the time domain location of the PUSCH is less than or equal to a fifth time domain length; or based on the uplink control information comprising the P-CSI report or the SP-CSI report and the DCI triggering an aperiodic channel state information (AP-CSI) report, report content of the P-CSI report or the SP-CSI report comprised in the uplink control information is different from report content of an AP-CSI report comprised on the PUSCH.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the fourth time domain length is a current minimum scheduling offset.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting, by the terminal device, the uplink control information to the network device through the PUSCH comprises:
performing, by the terminal device, bit concatenation on the uplink control information and information comprised on the PUSCH, and transmitting, to the network device through the PUSCH, information obtained through the bit concatenation; or puncturing, by the terminal device, the PUSCH, mapping the uplink control information to a punctured location of the PUSCH, and transmitting, to the network device through the PUSCH, information obtained through the puncturing and the mapping.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein:
the terminal device performs bit concatenation on the uplink control information and the information comprised on the PUSCH, and transmits, to the network device through the PUSCH, the information obtained through the bit concatenation, wherein the time domain length between the time domain location of the PUCCH and the time domain location of the PUSCH is greater than or equal to a sixth time domain length, or a quantity of information bits of the uplink control information is greater than or equal to a first value; or the terminal device punctures the PUSCH, maps the uplink control information to the punctured location of the PUSCH, and transmits, to the network device through the PUSCH, information obtained through the puncturing and the mapping, wherein the time domain length between the time domain location of the PUCCH and the time domain location of the PUSCH is less than the sixth time domain length, or a quantity of information bits of the uplink control information is less than the first value.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein before the transmitting, by the terminal device, the uplink control information to the network device through the PUSCH, the method further comprises:
determining, by the terminal device, that a reference signal received power (RSRP) sent to the network device after the terminal device receives a reference signal from the network device is greater than an RSRP threshold, wherein the RSRP is determined by the terminal device based on the reference signal.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting, by the terminal device, the uplink control information to the network device through the PUSCH comprises:
transmitting, by the terminal device, the uplink control information to the network device through the PUSCH by using a first transmit power, wherein the first transmit power is greater than an original transmit power of the PUSCH, or the first transmit power is determined based on an original transmit power of the PUSCH and an original transmit power of the PUCCH.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting, by the terminal device, the uplink control information to the network device through the PUSCH comprises:
determining, by the terminal device, first K bits in descending order of priorities of bits in the uplink control information, wherein the quantity of information bits of the uplink control information is greater than or equal to M, and K is less than or equal to M; and transmitting, by the terminal device, the K bits to the network device through the PUSCH.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first time domain length satisfies the following formula:
first time domain length=( N 1 +d 1,1 +d 2 )(2048+144)·κ2 −μ ·T C
wherein N 1 is a processing capability reported by the terminal device, and a value of N 1 is related to subcarrier spacing (SCS) or a system parameter; wherein d 1,1 and d 2 are related to a PDSCH mapping type; wherein μ is a system parameter; wherein T c =1/(Δf max ·N f ), Δf max =480·10 3 Hz, and N f =4096; and wherein κ=T s /T c =64, T s =1/(Δf ref ·N f,ref ), and Δf ref =15·10 3 Hz.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the second time domain length satisfies the following formula:
second time domain length=( Z )(2048+144)·κ2 −μ ·T C
wherein Z is a predefined value; wherein T c =1/(Δf max ·N f ), Δf max =480·10 3 Hz, and N f =4096; and wherein κ=T s /T c =64, T s =1/(Δf ref ·N f,ref ), and Δf ref =15·10 3 Hz.

11 . An uplink control information transmission method, comprising:
based on a relationship between a tim

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Xue Yifan
• Xue Lixia

Classifications

• H04L1/1812

  Hybrid protocols; Hybrid automatic repeat request [HARQ] · CPC title

• H04B7/0626

  Channel coefficients, e.g. channel state information [CSI] · CPC title

• H04W72/232

  the control data signalling from the physical layer, e.g. DCI signalling · CPC title

• H04W72/21 Primary

  in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network · CPC title

• H04L5/0057

  Physical resource allocation for CQI · CPC title