Method and apparatus for obtaining configuration information

• US 10,660,123 B2
• Filed: 01/17/2018
• Issued: 05/19/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2015
• 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: Xu, Xiuqiang, Chen, Yan, Liu, Yalin
• Primary Examiner(s): Ngo, Ricky Q
• Assistant Examiner(s): Steiner, Stephen N
• Application Number:
  US15/872,991
• Publication Number:
  US 20180146495A1
• Time in Patent Office: 853 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/04 Traffic adaptive resource partitioning
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/21 in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/00 Wireless channel access
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/004 in the uplink, i.e. towards network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/006 in the downlink, i.e. towards the terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/11 Allocation or use of connection identifiers

Abstract

The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for obtaining configuration information of a grant-free transmission unit. A centrally configured network element sends configuration information of a grant-free transmission unit of an access device to the access device, where the grant-free transmission unit refers to a transmission resource used for grant-free transmission, and the configuration information of the grant-free transmission unit includes at least one or more of the following information: information about the grant-free transmission unit or information about a grant-free transmission control mechanism. By using the method and the apparatus for obtaining configuration information of a grant-free transmission unit, an access device can obtain configuration information of a grant-free transmission unit.

Claims

1. A method for obtaining configuration information of a grant-free transmission unit, comprising:

receiving, by an access device, configuration information of a grant-free transmission unit of the access device, wherein the grant-free transmission unit refers to a transmission resource for grant-free transmission, and the configuration information of the grant-free transmission unit comprises at least one or more of the following information;

information about the grant-free transmission unit or information about a grant-free transmission control mechanism, wherein

the information about the grant-free transmission unit is one or more of the following information;

time-domain resource information, frequency-domain resource information, space-domain resource information, code-domain resource information, or pilot resource information; and

the information about the grant-free transmission control mechanism is one or more of the following information;

uplink power control information, modulation and coding scheme information, or retransmission mechanism information;

receiving, by the access device, information about a grant-free area to which the access device belongs, wherein the grant-free area is a set of one or more access devices, and the configuration information of the grant-free transmission unit of the access device is configuration information of a grant-free transmission unit in the grant-free area to which the access device belongs;

sending, by the access device, the configuration information of the grant-free transmission unit to one or more terminal devices in a coverage area of the access device; and

receiving, by the access device from the one or more terminal devices, data transmitted based on the configuration information of the grant-free transmission unit.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the access device, configuration information about a grant-free transmission unit of a neighboring access device of the access device.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

sending, by the access device, information used for grant-free transmission unit configuration.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the information used for grant-free transmission unit configuration comprises one or more of the following information:

load information of the access device, capability information of a terminal device served by the access device, or a grant-free transmission requirement of the access device.

5. The method according to claim 3, before the sending, by the access device, information used for grant-free transmission unit configuration, further comprising:

receiving, by the access device, an information reporting request message, wherein the information reporting request message is used to request the access device to send the information used for grant-free transmission unit configuration.

6. An apparatus for obtaining configuration information of a grant-free transmission unit, wherein the apparatus comprises a transmitter, and the transmitter is configured to:

send configuration information of a grant-free transmission unit of an access device to the access device, wherein the configuration information of the grant-free transmission unit of the access device is usable to configure terminal devices in a coverage area of the access device to perform grant-free transmission, wherein the grant-free transmission unit refers to a transmission resource used for grant-free transmission, and the configuration information of the grant-free transmission unit comprises at least one or more of the following information;

information about the grant-free transmission unit or information about a grant-free transmission control mechanism, wherein

the information about the grant-free transmission unit is one or more of the following information;

time-domain resource information, frequency-domain resource information, space-domain resource information, code-domain resource information, or pilot resource information; and

the information about the grant-free transmission control mechanism is one or more of the following information;

uplink power control information, modulation and coding scheme information, or retransmission mechanism information; and

send, to the access device, information about a grant-free area to which the access device belongs to the access device, wherein the grant-free area is a set of one or more access devices, and the configuration information of the grant-free transmission unit of the access device is configuration information of a grant-free transmission unit in the grant-free area to which the access device belongs.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the transmitter is further configured to send configuration information of a grant-free transmission unit of a neighboring access device of the access device to the access device.

8. The apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising:

a receiver, wherein the receiver is configured to receive the information that is used for grant-free transmission unit configuration and that is sent by the access device.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the information used for grant-free transmission unit configuration comprises one or more of the following information:

load information of the access device, capability information of a terminal device served by the access device, or a grant-free transmission requirement of the access device.

10. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the transmitter is further configured to send an information reporting request message to the access device, wherein the information reporting request message is used to request the access device to send the information used for grant-free transmission unit configuration.

11. An apparatus for obtaining configuration information of a grant-free transmission unit, wherein the apparatus comprises a receiver, and the receiver is configured to:

receive configuration information of a grant-free transmission unit of the apparatus, wherein the grant-free transmission unit refers to a transmission resource used for grant-free transmission, and the configuration information of the grant-free transmission unit comprises at least one or more of the following information;

information about the grant-free transmission unit or information about a grant-free transmission control mechanism, wherein

the information about the grant-free transmission unit is one or more of the following information;

time-domain resource information, frequency-domain resource information, space-domain resource information, code-domain resource information, or pilot resource information; and

the information about the grant-free transmission control mechanism is one or more of the following information;

uplink power control information, modulation and coding scheme information, or retransmission mechanism information;

receive information about a grant-free area to which the apparatus belongs, wherein the grant-free area is a set of one or more access devices, and the configuration information of the grant-free transmission unit is configuration information of a grant-free transmission unit in the grant-free area to which the apparatus belongs;

send the configuration information of the grant-free transmission unit to one or more terminal devices in a coverage area of the access device; and

receive, from the one or more terminal devices, data transmitted based on the configuration information of the grant-free transmission unit.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the receiver is further configured to receive configuration information of a grant-free transmission unit of a neighboring access device of the apparatus.

13. The apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising:

a transmitter, configured to send information used for grant-free transmission unit configuration to a centrally configured network element.

14. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the information used for grant-free transmission unit configuration comprises one or more of the following information:

load information of the apparatus, capability information of a terminal device served by the apparatus, or a grant-free transmission requirement of the apparatus.

15. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the receiver is further configured to receive an information reporting request message, wherein the information reporting request message is used to request the apparatus to send the information used for grant-free transmission unit configuration.