Transmission parameter determining method, transmission control method, and apparatuses therefor

• US 10,334,448 B2
• Filed: 10/04/2016
• Issued: 06/25/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing Zhigu Tech Company, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Beijing Zhigu Tech Company, Ltd.
• Inventors: Li, Yong
• Primary Examiner(s): Zhao, Wei
• Application Number:
  US15/284,630
• Publication Number:
  US 20170150514A1
• Time in Patent Office: 994 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/14 Spectrum sharing arrangements between different networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/02 Selection of wireless resources by user or terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal

Abstract

Embodiments of the present application disclose a transmission parameter determining method, a transmission control method, and apparatuses therefor. The transmission parameter determining method comprises: obtaining transmission parameter information associated with at least two carriers allocated for a user equipment, wherein the at least two carriers comprise a carrier resource in an unlicensed spectrum, and the transmission parameter information is used to indicate at least one first transmission parameter separately associated with at least two possible use statuses of the at least two carriers; determining an available carrier of the user equipment in the at least two carriers; and determining at least one second transmission parameter, associated with the determined available carrier, of the user equipment at least according to the transmission parameter information. The methods and apparatus of the embodiments of the present application can prevent some transmission resources from being wasted.

Claims

1. A transmission parameter determining method, applied in a user equipment, wherein the method comprises:

obtaining transmission parameter information associated with at least two carriers allocated for the user equipment, wherein the at least two carriers comprise a carrier resource in an unlicensed spectrum, and the transmission parameter information is used to indicate at least one first transmission parameter separately associated with at least two use statuses of the at least two carriers;

determining an available carrier of the user equipment in the at least two carriers;

determining at least one second transmission parameter, associated with the determined available carrier, of the user equipment at least according to the transmission parameter information; and

performing uplink transmission at least according to the at least one second transmission parameter.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the at least two use statuses of the at least two carriers comprises:

using at least two carriers in the at least two carriers at the same time.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining transmission parameter information associated with at least two carriers allocated for a user equipment comprises:

obtaining a scheduling instruction sent to the user equipment, wherein the scheduling instruction comprises the transmission parameter information.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining transmission parameter information associated with at least two carriers allocated for a user equipment comprises:

obtaining radio resource control (RRC) signaling sent to the user equipment, wherein the RRC signaling comprises the transmission parameter information.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmission parameter information comprises:

the at least one first transmission parameter or an index of the at least one first transmission parameter.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the at least one first transmission parameter comprises the at least one second transmission parameter;

and

the determining at least one second transmission parameter, associated with the determined available carrier, of the user equipment comprises;

selecting at least one second transmission parameter, associated with the determined available carrier, of the user equipment at least according to the transmission parameter information.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the at least one second transmission parameter comprises a transmission parameter having a difference from the first transmission parameter;

and

the determining at least one second transmission parameter, associated with the determined available carrier, of the user equipment comprises;

determining the at least one second transmission parameter at least according to the available carrier and the at least one first transmission parameter.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the difference comprises a difference in a transmission parameter type and/or a difference in a transmission parameter value.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

sending information associated with the at least one second transmission parameter.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one first transmission parameter comprises at least one of the following:

uplink transmit power, a modulation and coding scheme, and a data block size.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one second transmission parameter comprises at least one of the following:

uplink transmit power, a modulation and coding scheme, and a data block size.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining an available carrier of the user equipment in the at least two carriers comprises:

determining the available carrier in a contention manner.

13. A transmission control method, applied in a base station, wherein the method comprises:

determining at least one first transmission parameter associated with at least two use statuses of at least two carriers allocated for a user equipment, wherein the at least two carriers comprise a carrier resource in an unlicensed spectrum;

sending transmission parameter information associated with the at least one first transmission parameter to the user equipment; and

receiving data transmitted by the user equipment at least according to at least one second transmission parameter that is associated with an available carrier of the user equipment in the at least two carriers, wherein the second transmission parameter is determined by the user equipment at least according to the transmission parameter information.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the at least two use statuses of the at least two carriers comprise:

using at least two carriers in the at least two carriers at the same time.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the sending transmission parameter information associated with the at least one first transmission parameter comprises:

sending a scheduling instruction to the user equipment, wherein the scheduling instruction comprises the transmission parameter information.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the sending transmission parameter information associated with the at least one first transmission parameter comprises:

sending radio resource control (RRC) signaling to the user equipment, wherein the RRC signaling comprises the transmission parameter information.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the transmission parameter information comprises:

the at least one first transmission parameter or an index of the at least one first transmission parameter.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein the method further comprises:

obtaining information associated with at least one second transmission parameter, wherein;

the second transmission parameter is a transmission parameter that is determined by the user equipment at least according to the transmission parameter information and that is associated with an available carrier in the at least two carriers allocated.

19. The method of claim 13, wherein the at least one first transmission parameter comprises at least one of the following:

uplink transmit power, a modulation and coding scheme, and a data block size.

20. The method of claim 13, wherein the at least one second transmission parameter comprises at least one of the following:

uplink transmit power, a modulation and coding scheme, and a data block size.

21. A transmission parameter determining apparatus, in a user equipment, wherein the apparatus comprises:

a first obtaining module, configured to obtain transmission parameter information associated with at least two carriers allocated for the user equipment, wherein the at least two carriers comprise a carrier resource in an unlicensed spectrum, and the transmission parameter information is used to indicate at least one first transmission parameter separately associated with at least two use statuses of the at least two carriers;

a first determining module, configured to determine an available carrier of the user equipment in the at least two carriers;

a second determining module, configured to determine at least one second transmission parameter, associated with the determined available carrier, of the user equipment at least according to the transmission parameter information; and

a first sending module, configured to perform uplink transmission at least according to the at least one second transmission parameter.

22. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the first obtaining module is configured to obtain a scheduling instruction sent to the user equipment, wherein the scheduling instruction comprises the transmission parameter information.

23. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the first obtaining module is configured to obtain radio resource control (RRC) signaling sent to the user equipment, wherein the RRC signaling comprises the transmission parameter information.

24. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the at least one first transmission parameter comprises the at least one second transmission parameter;

and

the second determining module is configured to select at least one second transmission parameter, associated with the determined available carrier, of the user equipment at least according to the transmission parameter information.

25. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the at least one second transmission parameter comprises a transmission parameter having a difference from the first transmission parameter;

and

the second determining module is configured to determine the at least one second transmission parameter at least according to the available carrier and the at least one first transmission parameter.

26. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the first sending module is further configured to send information associated with the at least one second transmission parameter.

27. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the first determining module is configured to determine the available carrier in a contention manner.

28. A transmission control apparatus, in a base station, wherein the apparatus comprises:

a third determining module, configured to determine at least one first transmission parameter associated with at least two use statuses of at least two carriers allocated for a user equipment, wherein the at least two carriers comprise a carrier resource in an unlicensed spectrum; and

a second sending module, configured to send transmission parameter information associated with the at least one first transmission parameter to the user equipment; and

a receiving module, configured to receive data transmitted by the user equipment at least according to at least one second transmission parameter that is associated with an available carrier of the user equipment in the at least two carriers, wherein the second transmission parameter is determined by the user equipment at least according to the transmission parameter information.

29. The apparatus of claim 28, wherein the second sending module is configured to send a scheduling instruction to the user equipment, wherein the scheduling instruction comprises the transmission parameter information.

30. The apparatus of claim 28, wherein the second sending module is configured to send radio resource control (RRC) signaling to the user equipment, wherein the RRC signaling comprises the transmission parameter information.

31. The apparatus of claim 28, wherein the apparatus further comprises:

a second obtaining module, configured to obtain information associated with at least one second transmission parameter, wherein

the second transmission parameter is a transmission parameter that is determined by the user equipment at least according to the transmission parameter information and that is associated with an available carrier in the at least two carriers allocated.

32. A transmission apparatus, in a user equipment, wherein the apparatus comprises:

a transceiver;

a memory, configured to store an instruction; and

a processor, configured to execute the instruction stored by the memory, wherein the instruction enables the processor to perform the following steps;

obtaining transmission parameter information associated with at least two carriers allocated for the user equipment, wherein the at least two carriers comprise a carrier resource in an unlicensed spectrum, and the transmission parameter information is used to indicate at least one first transmission parameter separately associated with at least two use statuses of the at least two carriers;

determining an available carrier of the user equipment in the at least two carriers;

determining at least one second transmission parameter, associated with the determined available carrier, of the user equipment at least according to the transmission parameter information; and

performing uplink transmission at least according to the at least one second transmission parameter by using the transceiver.

33. A transmission control apparatus, in a base station, wherein the apparatus comprises:

a transceiver;

a memory, configured to store an instruction; and

a processor, configured to execute the instruction stored by the memory, wherein the instruction enables the processor to perform the following steps;

obtaining a scheduling instruction by using the transceiver, wherein the scheduling instruction is used to instruct a user equipment to perform transmission preparation;

determining at least one first transmission parameter associated with at least two use statuses of at least two carriers allocated for the user equipment, wherein the at least two carriers comprise a carrier resource in an unlicensed spectrum;

sending transmission parameter information associated with the at least one first transmission parameter by using the transceiver to the user equipment; and

receiving data transmitted by the user equipment at least according to at least one second transmission parameter that is associated with an available carrier of the user equipment in the at least two carriers, wherein the second transmission parameter is determined by the user equipment at least according to the transmission parameter information.