DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE AND NETWORK DEVICE

• US 20200136774A1
• Filed: 06/08/2017
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corporation Limited
• Original Assignee: Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corporation Limited
• Inventors: TANG, Hai
• Granted Patent: US 11,277,234 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1614 using bitmaps
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0046 Determination of how many bits are transmitted on different sub-channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/04 Wireless resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0453 Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/27 Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/02 Data link layer protocols

Abstract

Disclosed are a data transmission method, a terminal device and a network device. The method includes: determining, by a terminal device, a Resource Block Group (RBG) size corresponding to a transmission bandwidth used by the terminal device according to the transmission bandwidth and a corresponding relationship between the transmission bandwidth and the RBG size; receiving, by the terminal device, a bitmap borne in downlink control information sent by a network device, the bitmap including M bits and being a positive integer; determining, by the terminal device, a target RBG for data transmission from N RBGs within the transmission bandwidth according to values on N bits from the M bits, N being determined according to the transmission bandwidth and the RBG size and being a positive integer less than or equal to M; and transmitting, by the terminal device, the data with the network device on the target RBG.

Claims

1. A data transmission method, comprising:

determining, by a terminal device, a Resource Block Group (RBG) size corresponding to a transmission bandwidth used by the terminal device according to the transmission bandwidth and a corresponding relationship between the transmission bandwidth and the RBG size;

receiving, by the terminal device, a bitmap borne in downlink control information sent by a network device, wherein the bitmap comprises M bits, wherein M is a positive integer;

determining, by the terminal device, a target RBG for data transmission from N RBGs within the transmission bandwidth according to values on N bits from the M bits, wherein N is determined according to the transmission bandwidth and the RBG size, and N is a positive integer less than or equal to M; and

transmitting, by the terminal device, the data with the network device on the target RBG.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the transmission bandwidth is equal to W, the RBG size is equal to S, and S is a minimum RBG size greater than W/M from a plurality of preset RBG sizes.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein N is equal to ┌

W/S┐

, and ┌

┐

refers to rounding up.

29. The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining, by the terminal device, the RBG size corresponding to the transmission bandwidth used by the terminal device according to the transmission bandwidth and the corresponding relationship between the transmission bandwidth and the RBG size comprises:

determining, by the terminal device, the RBG size corresponding to the transmission bandwidth used by the terminal device by looking up a table comprising the corresponding relationship between a plurality of transmission bandwidths and a plurality of RBG sizes.

30. The method according to claim 1, wherein N is a number of the RBGs comprised in the transmission bandwidth.

4-7. -7. (canceled)

8. A data transmission method, comprising:

determining, by a network device, a Resource Block Group (RBG) size corresponding to a transmission bandwidth used for data transmission with a terminal device according to the transmission bandwidth and a corresponding relationship between the transmission bandwidth and the RBG size;

determining, by the network device, a target RBG for data transmission from N RBGs within the transmission bandwidth, wherein N is determined according to the transmission bandwidth and the RBG size;

generating, by the network device, a bitmap according to the target RBG, wherein the bitmap comprises M bits, and values on N bits from the M bits are used for indicating the target RBG, wherein M is a positive integer, and N is a positive integer less than or equal to M;

sending, by the network device, the bitmap borne in downlink control information to the terminal device; and

transmitting, by the network device, the data with the terminal device on the target RBG.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the transmission bandwidth is equal to W, the RBG size is equal to S, and S is a minimum RBG size greater than W/M from a plurality of preset RBG sizes.

10. The method according to claim 8, wherein N is equal to ┌

W/S┐

, and ┌

┐

refers to rounding up.

31. The method according to claim 8, wherein the determining, by the network device, the RBG size corresponding to the transmission bandwidth used for data transmission with the terminal device according to the transmission bandwidth and the corresponding relationship between the transmission bandwidth and the RBG size comprises:

determining, by the network device, the RBG size corresponding to the transmission bandwidth by looking up a table comprising the corresponding relationship between a plurality of transmission bandwidths and a plurality of RBG sizes.

32. The method according to claim 8, wherein N is a number of the RBGs comprised in the transmission bandwidth.

11-14. -14. (canceled)

15. A terminal device, comprising:

a processor;

a transceiver; and

a memory,

wherein the processor communicates with the transceiver and the memory through an internal connection path, the memory is configured to store instructions, and the processor is configured to execute the instructions stored in the memory to;

determine a Resource Block Group (RBG) size corresponding to a transmission bandwidth used by the terminal device according to the transmission bandwidth and a corresponding relationship between the transmission bandwidth and the RBG size;

receive a bitmap borne in downlink control information sent by a network device via the transceiver, wherein the bitmap comprises M bits, wherein M is a positive integer;

determine a target RBG for data transmission from N RBGs within the transmission bandwidth according to values on N bits from the M bits, wherein N is determined according to the transmission bandwidth and the RBG size, and N is a positive integer less than or equal to M; and

transmit the data with the network device on the target RBG via the transceiver.

16. The terminal device according to claim 15, wherein the transmission bandwidth is equal to W, the RBG size is equal to S, and S is a minimum RBG size greater than W/M from a plurality of preset RBG sizes.

17. The terminal device according to claim 15, wherein N is equal to ┌

W/S┐

, and ┌

┐

refers to rounding up.

33. The terminal device according to claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine the RBG size corresponding to the transmission bandwidth used by the terminal device by looking up a table comprising the corresponding relationship between a plurality of transmission bandwidths and a plurality of RBG sizes.

34. The terminal device according to claim 15, wherein N is a number of the RBGs comprised in the transmission bandwidth.

18-21. -21. (canceled)

22. A network device, comprising:

a processor;

a transceiver; and

a memory,

wherein the processor communicates with the transceiver and the memory through an internal connection path, the memory is configured to store instructions, and the processor is configured to execute the instructions stored in the memory to;

determine a Resource Block Group (RBG) size corresponding to a transmission bandwidth used for data transmission with a terminal device according to the transmission bandwidth and a corresponding relationship between the transmission bandwidth and the RBG size;

determine a target RBG for data transmission from N RBGs within the transmission bandwidth, wherein N is determined according to the transmission bandwidth and the RBG size;

generate a bitmap according to the target RBG, wherein the bitmap comprises M bits, and values on N bits from the M bits are used for indicating the target RBG, wherein M is a positive integer, and N is a positive integer less than or equal to M;

send the bitmap borne in downlink control information to the terminal device via the transceiver; and

transmit the data with the terminal device on the target RBG via the transceiver.

23. The network device according to claim 22, wherein the transmission bandwidth is equal to W, the RBG size is equal to S, and S is a minimum RBG size greater than W/M from a plurality of preset RBG sizes.

24. The network device according to claim 22, wherein N is equal ┌

W/S┐

, and ┌

┐

refers to rounding up.

35. The network device according to claim 22, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine the RBG size corresponding to the transmission bandwidth by looking up a table comprising the corresponding relationship between a plurality of transmission bandwidths and a plurality of RBG sizes.

36. The network device according to claim 22, wherein N is a number of the RBGs comprised in the transmission bandwidth.

25-28. -28. (canceled)