WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM

• US 20200137735A1
• Filed: 12/27/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2017
• 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: WANG, Tingting, ZENG, Qinghai, HUANG, Qufang
• Granted Patent: US 11,463,998 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0044 allocation of payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0053 Allocation of signaling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0094 Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/04 Arrangements for maintaining operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal

Abstract

This application discloses a wireless communication method, a wireless communications apparatus, and a wireless communications system. The wireless communication method includes: receiving, by a terminal, downlink configuration information from a base station, where the downlink configuration information is used to indicate a configuration of a downlink control message, the configuration of the downlink control message includes a format of the downlink control message, and the downlink control message is used to carry service data to be transmitted to the terminal; and receiving, by the terminal, the downlink control message from the base station based on the configuration of the downlink control message.

Claims

1. A wireless communication method, comprising:

receiving downlink configuration information from a base station, wherein the downlink configuration information is used to indicate a configuration of a downlink control message, the configuration of the downlink control message comprises a format of the downlink control message, and the downlink control message is used to carry service data to be transmitted to the terminal; and

receiving the downlink control message from the base station based on the configuration of the downlink control message.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein

some information fields of the downlink control message are used to carry the service data to be transmitted to the terminal, and another information field of the downlink control message is used to carry layer 1 or layer 2 control signaling.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein

the layer 1 or layer 2 control signaling carried in the another information field of the downlink control message comprises an identifier of a data radio bearer, and the service data carried in the downlink control message belongs to the data radio bearer.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein

the configuration, indicated by the downlink configuration information, of the downlink control message further comprises:

the identifier of the data radio bearer and a candidate subframe corresponding to the data radio bearer, wherein

the candidate subframe is used to transmit the downlink control message, and the service data carried in the downlink control message belongs to the data radio bearer.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein

the configuration, indicated by the downlink configuration information, of the downlink control message further comprises:

the identifier of the data radio bearer and a candidate check identifier corresponding to the data radio bearer, wherein

the candidate check identifier is used to check the downlink control message, and the service data carried in the downlink control message belongs to the data radio bearer.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein

the configuration, indicated by the downlink configuration information, of the downlink control message further comprises:

the identifier of the data radio bearer and a candidate air interface parameter corresponding to the data radio bearer, wherein

the candidate air interface parameter is used to determine a detection region of the downlink control message, and the service data carried in the downlink control message belongs to the data radio bearer.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein

the configuration, indicated by the downlink configuration information, of the downlink control message further comprises:

the identifier of the data radio bearer and a candidate starting index corresponding to the data radio bearer, wherein

the candidate starting index is used to determine a starting position of the detection region of the downlink control message, and the service data carried in the downlink control message belongs to the data radio bearer.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein

the configuration, indicated by the downlink configuration information, of the downlink control message further comprises:

the identifier of the data radio bearer and a candidate quantity of detection times corresponding to the data radio bearer, wherein

the candidate quantity of detection times is used to determine a maximum quantity of detection times of the downlink control message, and the service data carried in the downlink control message belongs to the data radio bearer.

9. A wireless communications apparatus, comprising:

a processor and a receiver connected to the processor, wherein the receiver is configured to;

receive downlink configuration information from a base station, wherein the downlink configuration information is used to indicate a configuration of a downlink control message, the configuration of the downlink control message comprises a format of the downlink control message, and the downlink control message is used to carry service data to be transmitted to the terminal; and

receive the downlink control message from the base station based on the configuration of the downlink control message.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein

some information fields of the downlink control message are used to carry the service data to be transmitted to the terminal, and another information field of the downlink control message is used to carry layer 1 or layer 2 control signaling.

11. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein

the layer 1 or layer 2 control signaling carried in the another information field of the downlink control message comprises an identifier of a data radio bearer, and the service data carried in the downlink control message belongs to the data radio bearer.

12. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein

the configuration, indicated by the downlink configuration information, of the downlink control message further comprises:

the identifier of the data radio bearer and a candidate subframe corresponding to the data radio bearer, wherein

the candidate subframe is used to transmit the downlink control message, and the service data carried in the downlink control message belongs to the data radio bearer.

13. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein

the configuration, indicated by the downlink configuration information, of the downlink control message further comprises:

the identifier of the data radio bearer and a candidate check identifier corresponding to the data radio bearer, wherein

the candidate check identifier is used to check the downlink control message, and the service data carried in the downlink control message belongs to the data radio bearer.

14. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein

the configuration, indicated by the downlink configuration information, of the downlink control message further comprises:

the identifier of the data radio bearer and a candidate air interface parameter corresponding to the data radio bearer, wherein

the candidate air interface parameter is used to determine a detection region of the downlink control message, and the service data carried in the downlink control message belongs to the data radio bearer.

15. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein

the configuration, indicated by the downlink configuration information, of the downlink control message further comprises:

the identifier of the data radio bearer and a candidate starting index corresponding to the data radio bearer, wherein

the candidate starting index is used to determine a starting position of the detection region of the downlink control message, and the service data carried in the downlink control message belongs to the data radio bearer.

16. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein

the configuration, indicated by the downlink configuration information, of the downlink control message further comprises:

the identifier of the data radio bearer and a candidate quantity of detection times corresponding to the data radio bearer, wherein

the candidate quantity of detection times is used to determine a maximum quantity of detection times of the downlink control message, and the service data carried in the downlink control message belongs to the data radio bearer.

17. A computer-readable storage medium, comprising an instruction, wherein when the instruction is run on a computer, the computer is enabled to perform the operations of:

receiving downlink configuration information from a base station, wherein the downlink configuration information is used to indicate a configuration of a downlink control message, the configuration of the downlink control message comprises a format of the downlink control message, and the downlink control message is used to carry service data to be transmitted to the terminal; and

receiving the downlink control message from the base station based on the configuration of the downlink control message.

18. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 17, wherein

some information fields of the downlink control message are used to carry the service data to be transmitted to the terminal, and another information field of the downlink control message is used to carry layer 1 or layer 2 control signaling.

19. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 18, wherein

the layer 1 or layer 2 control signaling carried in the another information field of the downlink control message comprises an identifier of a data radio bearer, and the service data carried in the downlink control message belongs to the data radio bearer.

20. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 17, wherein

the configuration, indicated by the downlink configuration information, of the downlink control message further comprises:

the identifier of the data radio bearer and a candidate subframe corresponding to the data radio bearer, wherein

the candidate subframe is used to transmit the downlink control message, and the service data carried in the downlink control message belongs to the data radio bearer.