Data and control multiplexing for uplink data transmission method and device

• US 10,560,926 B2
• Filed: 01/02/2018
• Issued: 02/11/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Luo, Hejia, Li, Rong, Zeng, Guangzhu
• Primary Examiner(s): Musa, Abdelnabi O
• Application Number:
  US15/860,512
• Publication Number:
  US 20180146474A1
• Time in Patent Office: 770 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0003 by switching between different modulation schemes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0009 by adapting the channel coding H04L1/1812 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0025 Transmission of mode-switching indication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0044 allocation of payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0048 Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/044 based on the type of the allocated resource
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/21 in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network

Abstract

The present invention discloses an uplink data transmission method and device. The method includes: receiving, by a network device, a control symbol sent by a terminal device by using a control time-frequency resource, where the control symbol carries control information, the control information is used to indicate a data encoding scheme used by the terminal device, the control time-frequency resource belongs to a transmission resource including a data time-frequency resource, and the control time-frequency resource and the data time-frequency resource are different; performing demodulation and decoding processing on the control symbol to obtain the control information; and performing, according to the control information, decoding processing on a data symbol sent by the terminal device by using the data time-frequency resource, to obtain uplink data.

Claims

1. An uplink data transmission method for negotiating data encoding and modulation schemes for uplink data carried on a data time-frequency resource from a terminal to a network device, wherein the method comprises:

encoding and modulating, by the terminal device, control information according to control encoding and modulation schemes to obtain a control symbol,

wherein the control encoding and modulation schemes are agreed upon between the terminal and the network device receiving the control symbol and the control information indicates a data encoding scheme;

encoding and modulating, by the terminal device, uplink data according to the data encoding scheme indicated by the control symbol;

sending the control symbol to a network device by using a control time-frequency resource, wherein the control symbol is for use by the network device in negotiating a decoding scheme for the data symbol; and

sending the data symbol to the network device by using the data time-frequency resource different from the control time-frequency resource,

wherein the control and data time-frequency resources belong to a transmission resource for uplink transmission of the control and data symbols, respectively, from the terminal to the network device without prior notification from the network device.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the control encoding scheme and the control modulation scheme are determined according to a pilot resource for the terminal device to transmit the control symbol.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the data symbol is generated after the terminal device performs modulation processing on the uplink data according to a data modulation scheme.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the data modulation scheme is determined according to a pilot resource.

5. The method according to claim 3, wherein the control information further indicates the data modulation scheme.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the control information includes an index value corresponding to the data encoding scheme and the data modulation scheme, the control information is determined according to mapping relationship information, the mapping relationship information indicates a one-to-one mapping relationship between multiple parameter sets and multiple index values, each parameter set comprises a data encoding scheme and a data modulation scheme, any two parameter sets are different, and data encoding schemes of the two parameter sets are different or data modulation schemes of the two parameter sets are different.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving indication information of the control time-frequency resource sent by the network device, wherein the indication information of the control time-frequency resource indicates a location of the control time-frequency resource in multiple time-frequency resources comprised in the transmission resource; and

determining the control time-frequency resource from the multiple time-frequency resources according to the indication information of the control time-frequency resource.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the control information further indicates a device identifier of the terminal device.

9. An uplink data transmission device for negotiating data encoding and modulation schemes for uplink data carried on a data time-frequency resource from a terminal to a network device, wherein the device comprises:

a receiver; and

a processor connected to the receiver, and configured to cooperate with the receiver to provide at least the following operations;

receive a control symbol from a terminal by using a control time-frequency resource,

wherein the control symbol is based on control information encoded and modulated according to control encoding and modulation schemes known to the device and the terminal,

wherein the control information indicates a data encoding scheme for a data symbol received from the terminal by using the data time-frequency resource, and

wherein the control and data time-frequency resources belong to a transmission resource for uplink transmission, and the control time-frequency resource and the data time-frequency resource are different;

demodulating and decoding the control symbol according to the control encoding scheme and the control modulation scheme to obtain the data encoding scheme from the control information;

receive the data symbol from the terminal from the terminal by using a data time-frequency resource; and

decoding the data symbol by using a decoding scheme based on the data encoding scheme to obtain uplink data sent from the terminal without prior notification to the terminal.

10. The device according to claim 9, wherein the control encoding scheme and the control modulation scheme are determined according to a pilot resource for a terminal device to transmit the control symbol.

11. The device according to claim 9, wherein the control information further indicates a device identifier of a terminal device sending the control symbol.

12. An uplink data transmission device for negotiating data encoding and modulation schemes for uplink data carried on a data time-frequency resource from a terminal to a network device, wherein the uplink data transmission device comprises:

a transmitter; and

a processor connected to the transmitter, and configured to cooperate with the transmitter to provide at least the following operations;

encoding and modulating control information according to control encoding and modulation schemes to obtain a control symbol, wherein the control information indicates a data encoding scheme;

encoding and modulating uplink data according to the data encoding scheme indicated by the control symbol to obtain a data symbol;

sending the control symbol to the network device by using a control time-frequency resource, wherein the control symbol is for use by the network device in negotiating a decoding scheme for the data symbol; and

sending the data symbol to the network device by using the data time-frequency resource, which is different from the control time-frequency resource,

wherein the control and data time-frequency resources belong to a transmission resource for uplink transmission of the control and data symbols, respectively, from the uplink data transmission device to the network device without prior notification from the network device.

13. The device according to claim 12, wherein the control encoding scheme and the control modulation scheme are determined according to a pilot resource for the device to transmit the control symbol.

14. The device according to claim 12, wherein the data symbol is generated after the device performs modulation processing on the uplink data according to a data modulation scheme, and the data modulation scheme is determined according to a pilot resource.

15. The device according to claim 14, wherein the control information further indicates the data modulation scheme.

16. The device according to claim 15, wherein the control information includes an index value corresponding to the data encoding scheme and the data modulation scheme, the control information is determined according to mapping relationship information, the mapping relationship information indicates a one-to-one mapping relationship between multiple parameter sets and multiple index values, each parameter set comprises a data encoding scheme and a data modulation scheme, any two parameter sets are different, and data encoding schemes of the two parameter sets are different or data encoding schemes of the two parameter sets are different.

17. The device according to claim 16, wherein the device further comprises a receiver, connected to the processor;

and

the processor is further configured to control the receiver to receive the mapping relationship information sent by the network device.

18. The device according to claim 12, wherein the device further comprises a receiver, connected to the processor;

and

the processor is further configured to

control the receiver to receive indication information of the control time-frequency resource sent by the network device, wherein the indication information of the control time-frequency resource indicates a location of the control time-frequency resource in multiple time-frequency resources comprised in the transmission resource; and

determine the control time-frequency resource from the multiple time-frequency resources according to the indication information of the control time-frequency resource.

19. The device according to claim 12, wherein the control time-frequency resource for the device to transmit the control symbol is determined according to the pilot resource when one control time-frequency resource is used to transmit a control symbol of only one device.

20. The device according to claim 12, wherein the control information further indicates a device identifier of the device.