Uplink control information transmission/configuration indication method and device, terminal and base station

• US 11,051,282 B2
• Filed: 09/27/2017
• Issued: 06/29/2021
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: Chen, Yijian, Lu, Zhaohua, Li, YUNgok, Gao, Bo
• Primary Examiner(s): Nowlin, Eric
• Application Number:
  US16/335,940
• Publication Number:
  US 20190313397A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,371 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0417 Feedback systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0626 Channel coefficients, e.g. channel state information [CSI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0632 Channel quality parameters, e.g. channel quality indicator [CQI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0639 Using selective indices, e.g. of a codebook, e.g. pre-distortion matrix index [PMI] or for beam selection
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0026 Transmission of channel quality indication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0031 Multiple signaling transmission H04L1/1664, F15 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/06 using space diversity
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/16 in which the return channel carries supervisory signals, e.g. repetition request signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1671 the supervisory signal being transmitted together with control information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2607 Cyclic extensions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2628 Inverse Fourier transform modulators, e.g. inverse fast Fourier transform [IFFT] or inverse discrete Fourier transform [IDFT] modulators H04L27/2634 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0007 the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A), DMT
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0023 Time-frequency-space
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0053 Allocation of signaling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0092 Indication of how the channel is divided
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/04 Wireless resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/12 Wireless traffic scheduling
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/21 in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/53 based on regulatory allocation policies
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/535 : based on resource usage policies
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/54 : based on quality criteria

Abstract

Provided is an uplink control information transmission/configuration indication method and device, a terminal, and a base station. The uplink control information transmission method includes: determining a transmission configuration set corresponding to uplink control information to be sent, selecting a transmission configuration from the transmission configuration set, and transmitting the uplink control information to be sent according to the selected transmission configuration.

Claims

1. An uplink control information transmission method, comprising:

determining a transmission configuration set corresponding to uplink control information to be sent;

selecting a transmission configuration from the transmission configuration set; and

transmitting the uplink control information to be sent according to the selected transmission configuration,

wherein in response to determining that the uplink control information to be sent comprises response information, the determining a transmission configuration set corresponding to uplink control information to be sent comprises;

determining the transmission configuration set according to a responded object, or selecting the transmission configuration according to times of retransmission;

or

in response to determining that the uplink control information to be sent comprises channel state information (CSI), the determining a transmission configuration set corresponding to uplink control information to be sent comprises;

determining the transmission configuration set according to a type of the CSI which comprises at least one of;

quantization information of a matrix of a channel, quantization information of feature vectors of the channel, a channel quality indicator/index (CQI), interference measurement, a precoding matrix indicator (PMI), a rank indicator (RI) of the channel, feedback information of a number of precoding layers, a channel state information reference signal resource indicator/index (CRI), port selection information, indication information of a measurement resource location, or a beam indicator/index (BI).

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining a transmission configuration set corresponding to uplink control information to be sent comprises one of:

determining the transmission configuration set according to an information type of the uplink control information to be sent;

determining the transmission configuration set according to an indication of downlink control signaling;

or

determining the transmission configuration set according to an uplink or downlink transmission mode.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein in response to determining that the transmission configuration set comprises a plurality of transmission configurations, the selecting a transmission configuration from the transmission configuration set comprises one of:

selecting the transmission configuration from the transmission configuration set according to the information type of the uplink control information to be sent;

selecting the transmission configuration from the transmission configuration set according to the indication of the downlink control signaling;

or

selecting the transmission configuration from the transmission configuration set according to the uplink or downlink transmission mode.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the downlink control signaling is physical layer signaling.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein

in determination of the transmission configuration set according to the responded object, the selecting a transmission configuration from the transmission configuration set comprises:

selecting the transmission configuration according to the responded object;

or

in determination of the transmission configuration set according to the type of the CSI, the selecting a transmission configuration from the transmission configuration set comprises;

selecting the transmission configuration according to the type of the CSI.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the uplink control information comprises at least one of:

a response message, a scheduling request message, the CSI, sending manner switching request information, receiving manner switching feedback information, or indication information of information reporting mode.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the configuration in the transmission configuration set comprises at least one of:

at least one configuration of numerology, at least one configuration of sending code sequence set, at least one configuration of sending power, at least one configuration of sending times, at least one configuration of sending resource quantity, at least one configuration of sending resource granularity, at least one configuration of modulation manner, at least one configuration of coding manner, at least one configuration of sending manner, at least one configuration of receiving manner, or at least one configuration of transmission area.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein

the configuration of numerology comprises at least one of:

a time domain symbol length, a subcarrier spacing, a number of points in fast Fourier transform (FFT) algorithm, a subcarrier density, a cyclic prefix (CP) length, a frequency domain guard band, or a guard period (GP); and

/or

the configuration of transmission area comprises at least one of;

a configuration of time domain transmission area or a configuration of frequency domain transmission area; and

/or

the configuration of coding manner comprises at least one of;

a code rate, a coding type, or an aggregation level; and

/or

the configuration of sending manner comprises at least one of;

a sending beam configuration, a sending antenna configuration, a sending sector configuration, or a configuration of transmission technology or mode; and

/or

the configuration of receiving manner comprises at least one of;

a receiving beam configuration, a receiving antenna configuration, or a receiving sector configuration.

9. A terminal, comprising a processor and a memory storing processor-executable instructions which, when executed by the processor, execute the uplink control information transmission method of claim 1.

10. An uplink control information transmission configuration indication method, comprising:

determining a transmission configuration of uplink control information to be sent; and

sending downlink control information at a physical layer, wherein the downlink control information is used for indicating the transmission configuration of the uplink control information to be sent within a preset duration,

wherein in response to determining that the uplink control information to be sent comprises response information, the determining a transmission configuration of uplink control information to be sent comprises;

determining a transmission configuration set according to a responded object, or selecting the transmission configuration according to times of retransmission;

or

in response to determining that the uplink control information to be sent comprises channel state information (CSI), determining a transmission configuration set corresponding to uplink control information to be sent comprises;

determining the transmission configuration set according to a type of the CSI which comprises at least one of;

quantization information of a matrix of a channel, quantization information of feature vectors of the channel, a channel quality indicator/index (CQI), interference measurement, a precoding matrix indicator (PMI), a rank indicator (RI) of the channel, feedback information of a number of precoding layers, a channel state information reference signal resource indicator/index (CRI), port selection information, indication information of a measurement resource location, or a beam indicator/index (BI).

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the transmission configuration comprises at least one of:

a configuration of numerology, a configuration of sending code sequence set, a configuration of sending power, a configuration of sending times, a configuration of sending resource quantity, a configuration of sending resource granularity, a configuration of modulation manner, a configuration of coding manner, a configuration of sending manner, a configuration of receiving manner, or a configuration of transmission area.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein

the configuration of numerology comprises at least one of:

a time domain symbol length, a subcarrier spacing, a number of points in fast Fourier transform (FFT) algorithm, a subcarrier density, a cyclic prefix (CP) length, a frequency domain guard band, or a guard period (GP); and

/or

the configuration of transmission area comprises at least one of;

a configuration of time domain transmission area or a configuration of frequency domain transmission area; and

/or

the configuration of coding manner comprises at least one of;

a code rate, a coding type, or an aggregation level; and

/or

the configuration of sending manner comprises at least one of;

a sending beam configuration, a sending antenna configuration, a sending sector configuration, or a configuration of transmission technology or mode; and

/or

the configuration of receiving manner comprises at least one of;

a receiving beam configuration, a receiving antenna configuration, or a receiving sector configuration.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the uplink control information comprises at least one of:

a response message, a scheduling request message, channel state information (CSI), sending manner switching request information, receiving manner switching feedback information, or indication information of information reporting mode.

14. An uplink control information transmission configuration indication device, comprising a processor and a memory storing processor-executable instructions which, when executed by the processor, execute the uplink control information transmission configuration indication method of claim 10.

15. The device of claim 14, wherein the transmission configuration comprises at least one of:

a configuration of numerology, a configuration of sending code sequence set, a configuration of sending power, a configuration of sending times, a configuration of sending resource quantity, a configuration of sending resource granularity, a configuration of modulation manner, a configuration of coding manner, a configuration of sending manner, a configuration of receiving manner, or a configuration of transmission area.

16. A base station, comprising a processor and a memory storing processor-executable instructions which, when executed by the processor, execute the uplink control information transmission configuration indication method of claim 10.

17. An uplink control information transmission device, comprising:

a processor and a memory storing processor-executable instructions which, when executed by the processor, are configured to;

determine a transmission configuration set corresponding to uplink control information to be sent;

select a transmission configuration from the transmission configuration set; and

transmit the uplink control information to be sent according to the selected transmission configuration,

wherein in response to determining that the uplink control information to be sent comprises response information, the determining a transmission configuration set corresponding to uplink control information to be sent comprises;

determining the transmission configuration set according to a responded object, or selecting the transmission configuration according to times of retransmission;

or

in response to determining that the uplink control information to be sent comprises channel state information (CSI), the determining a transmission configuration set corresponding to uplink control information to be sent comprises;

determining the transmission configuration set according to a type of the CSI which comprises at least one of;

quantization information of a matrix of a channel, quantization information of feature vectors of the channel, a channel quality indicator/index (CQI), interference measurement, a precoding matrix indicator (PMI), a rank indicator (RI) of the channel, feedback information of a number of precoding layers, a channel state information reference signal resource indicator/index (CRI), port selection information, indication information of a measurement resource location, or a beam indicator/index (BI).

18. The device of claim 17, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, are configured to:

determine the transmission configuration set according to an information type of the uplink control information to be sent;

determine the transmission configuration set according to an indication of downlink control signaling;

or

determine the transmission configuration set according to an uplink or downlink transmission mode.