COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS

• US 20200137696A1
• Filed: 12/23/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2018
• 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: LIU, Yong, REN, Xiang, BI, Xiaoyan
• Granted Patent: US 10,873,914 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/261 Details of reference signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0007 the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A), DMT
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0051 of dedicated pilots, i.e. pilots destined for a single user or terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0053 Allocation of signaling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/14 Separate analysis of uplink or downlink
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/146 Uplink power control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/32 TPC of broadcast or control channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/325 Power control of control or pilot channels
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

Example communication methods and communications apparatus are described. One example method includes determining power of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) by a terminal device. The terminal device sends the MARS based on the determined power. In embodiments of this application, the power of the DMRS can be flexibly determined for different communication statuses.

Claims

1. A demodulation reference signal (DMRS) sending method, comprising:

determining, by a terminal device, power of a DMRS as regular power when;

an uplink scheduling command associated with the DMRS is downlink control information (DCI) whose format is 0_0;

an uplink transmission waveform is cyclic prefix-orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (CP-OFDM); and

a quantity of symbols occupied in uplink transmission is less than or equal to 2; and

sending, by the terminal device, the DMRS based on the determined power.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the power of the DMRS is further determined as regular power when:

the terminal device does not establish a radio resource control (RRC) connection;

the uplink transmission waveform is the CP-OFDM; and

the quantity of symbols occupied in the uplink transmission is less than or equal to 2.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the power of the DMRS is determined as (regular power +3 dB) when:

the uplink scheduling command associated with the DMRS is the DCI whose format is 0_0;

the uplink transmission waveform is the CP-OFDM; and

the quantity of symbols occupied in the uplink transmission is greater than 2.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the power of the DMRS is determined as (regular power +3 dB) when:

the terminal device does not establish the RRC connection;

the uplink transmission waveform is the CP-OFDM; and

the quantity of symbols occupied in the uplink transmission is greater than 2.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the power of the DMRS is determined as (regular power +3 dB) when:

the uplink scheduling command associated with the DMRS is the DCI whose format is 0_0; and

the uplink transmission waveform is discrete Fourier transform-spread spectrum orthogonal frequency division multiplexing multiple access (DFT-s-OFDM).

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the power of the DIMS is determined as (regular power +3 dB) when:

the terminal device does not establish the RRC connection; and

the uplink transmission waveform is the DFT-s-OFDM.

7. A communications apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor; and

a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium coupled to the at least one processor and storing programming instructions for execution by the at least one processor, wherein the programming instructions instruct the at least one processor to;

determine power of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) as regular power when;

an uplink scheduling command associated with the DMRS is downlink control information (DCI) whose format is 0_0;

an uplink transmission waveform is cyclic prefix-orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (CP-OFDM); and

a quantity of symbols occupied in uplink transmission is less than or equal to 2; and

cause the communications apparatus to send the DMRS based on the determined power.

8. The communications apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the power of the DMRS is determined as regular power when:

a terminal device does not establish a radio resource control (RRC) connection;

the uplink transmission waveform is the CP-OFDM; and

the quantity of symbols occupied in the uplink transmission is less than or equal to 2.

9. The communications apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the power of the DMRS is determined as (regular power +3 dB) when:

the uplink scheduling command associated with the DMRS is the DCI whose format is 0_0;

the uplink transmission waveform is the CP-OFDM; and

the quantity of symbols occupied in the uplink transmission is greater than 2.

10. The communications apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the power of the DMRS is determined as (regular power +3 dB) when:

a terminal device does not establish an RRC connection;

an uplink transmission waveform is CP-OFDM; and

a quantity of symbols occupied in uplink transmission is greater than 2.

11. The communications apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the power of the DMRS is determined as (regular power +3 dB) when:

the uplink scheduling command associated with the DMRS is the DCI whose format is 0_0; and

the uplink transmission waveform is discrete Fourier transform-spread spectrum orthogonal frequency division multiplexing multiple access (DFT-s-OFDM).

12. The communications apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the power of the DMRS is determined as (regular power +3 dB) When:

a terminal device does not establish the RRC connection; and

the uplink transmission waveform is the DFT-s-OFDM.

13. A terminal device, comprising:

at least one processor;

a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing programming instructions for execution by the at least one processor, wherein the programming instructions instruct the at least one processor to determine power of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) as regular power when;

an uplink scheduling command associated with the DMRS is downlink control information (DCI) whose format is 0_0;

an uplink transmission waveform is cyclic prefix-orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (CP-OFDM); and

a quantity of symbols occupied in uplink transmission is less than or equal to 2; and

a transceiver, the transceiver configured to send the DMRS based on the determined power.

14. The terminal device according to claim 13, wherein the power of the DMRS is determined as regular power when:

the terminal device does not establish a radio resource control (RRC) connection;

the uplink transmission waveform is the CP-OFDM; and

the quantity of symbols occupied in the uplink transmission is less than or equal to 2.

15. The terminal device according to claim 13, wherein the power of the DMRS is determined as (regular power +3 dB) when:

the uplink scheduling command associated with the DMRS is the DCI whose format is 0_0;

the uplink transmission waveform is the CP-OFDM; and

the quantity of symbols occupied in the uplink transmission is greater than 2.

16. The terminal device according to claim 13, wherein the power of the DMRS is determined as (regular power +3 dB) when:

the terminal device does not establish an RRC connection;

an uplink transmission waveform is CP-OFDM; and

a quantity of symbols occupied in uplink transmission is greater than 2.

17. The terminal device according to claim 13, wherein the power of the DMRS is determined as (regular power +3 dB) when:

the uplink scheduling command associated with the DMRS is the DCI whose format is 0_0; and

the uplink transmission waveform is discrete Fourier transform-spread spectrum orthogonal frequency division multiplexing multiple access (DFT-s-OFDM).

18. The terminal device according to claim 13, wherein the power of the DMRS is determined as (regular power +3 dB) when the terminal device does not establish the RRC connection and the uplink transmission waveform is the DFT-s-OFDM,

19. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, comprising a computer program, wherein when the computer program is run on a computer, the computer is enabled to perform:

determining power of a DMRS as regular power when;

an uplink scheduling command associated with the DMRS is downlink control information (DCI) whose format is 0_0;

an uplink transmission waveform is cyclic prefix-orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (CP-OFDM); and

a quantity of symbols occupied in uplink transmission is less than or equal to 2; and

sending the DMRS based on the determined power.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 19, wherein the power of the DMRS is determined as regular power when:

a terminal device does not establish a radio resource control (RRC) connection;

the uplink transmission waveform is the CP-OFDM; and

the quantity of symbols occupied in the uplink transmission is less than or equal to 2,

21. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 19, wherein the power of the DMRS is determined as (regular power +3 dB) when:

the uplink scheduling command associated with the DMRS is the DCI whose format is 0_0;

the uplink transmission waveform is the CP-OFDM; and

the quantity of symbols occupied in the uplink transmission is greater than

22. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 19, wherein the power of the DMRS is determined as (regular power +3 dB) when:

a terminal device does not establish the RRC connection;

the uplink transmission waveform is the CP-OFDM; and

the quantity of symbols occupied in the uplink transmission is greater than 2.

23. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 19, wherein the power of the DMRS is determined as (regular power +3 dB) when:

the uplink scheduling command associated with the DMRS is the DCI whose format is 0_0; and

the uplink transmission waveform is discrete Fourier transform-spread spectrum orthogonal frequency division multiplexing multiple access (DFT-s-OFDM).

24. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 19, wherein the power of the DMRS is determined as (regular power +3 dB) when:

a terminal device does not establish the RRC connection; and

the uplink transmission waveform is the DFT-s-OFDM.