CN111406378B

CN111406378B - Communication method, device and computer storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN111406378B
Application number: CN202080000363.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李艳华
Original assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-02-25
Filing date: 2020-02-25
Publication date: 2023-07-04
Anticipated expiration: 2040-02-25
Also published as: CN111406378A; WO2021168664A1

Abstract

The embodiment of the disclosure discloses a communication method, a device and a computer storage medium, wherein the communication method comprises the following steps: configuring User Equipment (UE) with frequency hopping configuration information corresponding to one or more bandwidth parts (BWP), the frequency hopping configuration information being associated with a frequency hopping pattern employed for frequency hopping over the one or more BWP; and carrying the frequency hopping configuration information on a BWP switching command or a wake-up signal and sending the BWP switching command or the wake-up signal to the UE.

Description

Communication method, device and computer storage medium

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to communication technologies, and in particular, to a communication method, apparatus, and computer storage medium.

Background

In a New air (NR) system of the 5th generation mobile communication technology (5 th generation mobile networks or 5th generation wireless systems, abbreviated as 5G), a carrier bandwidth may be divided into multiple bandwidth parts (BWP), and a User Equipment (UE) may be configured with multiple BWP simultaneously, but the UE may only have at most one active downlink BWP and one active uplink BWP on a serving cell at the same time; but for the case of one serving cell with two uplink carriers, there may be two active uplink carriers, one active uplink BWP per uplink carrier. If the UE is configured with multiple carriers, there may be one active uplink and downlink BWP on each carrier.

In the NR reduced version 17 (R17) feature, a new type of UE is introduced, where frequency hopping transmission needs to be considered to obtain frequency diversity gain. However, during the resource allocation procedure, the UE can only operate over a small bandwidth, e.g., 5MHz or 10MHz. In fact, the bandwidth of the BWP configuration is very much larger than the bandwidth of the UE operation, so the problem of how to implement fast frequency hopping of the UE needs to be considered.

Disclosure of Invention

The present disclosure provides a communication method, apparatus, and computer storage medium.

According to a first aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a communication method, the method comprising:

configuring User Equipment (UE) with frequency hopping configuration information corresponding to one or more bandwidth parts (BWP), the frequency hopping configuration information being associated with a frequency hopping pattern employed for frequency hopping over the one or more BWP;

and carrying the frequency hopping configuration information on a BWP switching command or a wake-up signal and sending the BWP switching command or the wake-up signal to the UE.

In the above solution, configuring, for the UE, frequency hopping configuration information corresponding to one or more BWP includes:

different frequency hopping configuration information is configured for different UEs; or (b)

Different frequency hopping configuration information is configured for the one or more BWPs, respectively.

In the above solution, the frequency hopping configuration information includes a set of parameters associated with the frequency hopping pattern;

the step of sending the frequency hopping configuration information to the UE in a BWP handover command or a wake-up signal includes:

a BWP switch command or wake-up signal carrying a set of parameters associated with the frequency hopping pattern is sent to the UE.

In the above scheme, the frequency hopping configuration information includes indication information indicating the frequency hopping pattern;

and sending a BWP switching command or a wake-up signal carrying the indication information to the UE.

In the above scheme, the method further comprises:

configuring a frequency hopping candidate parameter set for the UE, wherein the frequency hopping candidate parameter set comprises a plurality of groups of parameters, each group of parameters corresponds to a frequency hopping pattern, and each group of parameters corresponds to an index value;

and notifying the UE of the frequency hopping candidate parameter set through a system message or dedicated signaling.

In the above scheme, the indication information includes an index value of the frequency hopping pattern in a frequency hopping candidate parameter set;

And sending a BWP switching command or a wake-up signal carrying the index value to the UE.

In the above scheme, each set of parameters includes one or more of the following parameters:

a frequency hopping sequence parameter, the frequency hopping sequence parameter being used to indicate the sequence of frequency hopping;

the frequency hopping starting point parameter is used for indicating a frequency hopping starting position;

a frequency hopping interval parameter indicating the number of subband group intervals between adjacent two subbands.

In the above scheme, the frequency hopping configuration information at least further includes one of the following indication information:

indication information of starting or not starting frequency hopping;

whether or not a frequency hopping pattern of a first BWP, which is a BWP used before the BWP switch command is issued, or a BWP currently used by the UE when the wake-up signal is issued, is followed;

and the indication information of starting frequency hopping in the control channel or the data channel.

In the above scheme, the method further comprises:

and transmitting first indication information to the UE, wherein the first indication information is used for indicating frequency hopping configuration information adopted by the default BWP or the initial BWP when switching to the default BWP or the initial BWP due to the overtime of the BWP inactivity timer.

According to a second aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a communication method, the method comprising:

Receiving a BWP switch command or a wake-up signal;

determining frequency hopping configuration information corresponding to one or more BWPs according to the BWP switching command or the wake-up signal, wherein the frequency hopping configuration information is associated with a frequency hopping pattern adopted for frequency hopping on the one or more BWPs;

frequency hopping is performed on the one or more BWPs using the corresponding frequency hopping pattern.

In the above solution, the determining, according to the BWP switch command or the wake-up signal, the frequency hopping configuration information corresponding to one or more BWP includes:

in response to the BWP switch command or wake-up signal comprising a set of parameters associated with the frequency hopping pattern, the frequency hopping pattern corresponding to the one or more BWP is determined from the set of parameters.

and responding to the BWP switching command or the wake-up signal to comprise indication information for indicating the frequency hopping patterns, and determining the frequency hopping patterns corresponding to the one or more BWPs according to the indication information.

In the above scheme, the method further comprises:

receiving a frequency hopping candidate parameter set configured by the base station for the UE, wherein the frequency hopping candidate parameter set comprises a plurality of groups of parameters, each group of parameters corresponds to one frequency hopping pattern, and each group of parameters corresponds to an index value;

The receiving a BWP switch command or a wake-up signal includes:

receiving a BWP switch command or a wake-up signal carrying the index value;

the determining the frequency hopping configuration information corresponding to one or more BWP according to the BWP switching command or the wake-up signal includes:

and determining a corresponding frequency hopping pattern of the index value according to the index value and the frequency hopping candidate parameter set.

indication information of starting or not starting frequency hopping;

In the above scheme, the method further comprises:

receiving first indication information for indicating a frequency hopping pattern used by a default BWP or an initial BWP when switching to the default BWP or the initial BWP upon timeout of a BWP inactivity timer;

and when switching to a default BWP or an initial BWP due to the overtime of the BWP inactivity timer, performing frequency hopping transmission by adopting a corresponding frequency hopping pattern indicated in the first indication information.

in response to not including the frequency hopping configuration information in the BWP switch instruction or wake-up signal, determining one of:

frequency hopping is not enabled; or (b)

Following a frequency hopping pattern prior to receiving a BWP switch instruction or a wake-up signal; or (b)

A default hopping pattern is followed.

According to a third aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a communication apparatus comprising:

a configuration unit configured to: configuring, for a UE, frequency hopping configuration information corresponding to one or more BWPs, the frequency hopping configuration information being associated with a frequency hopping pattern employed for frequency hopping over the one or more BWPs;

A first communication unit configured to: and carrying the frequency hopping configuration information on a BWP switching command or a wake-up signal and sending the BWP switching command or the wake-up signal to the UE.

According to a fourth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a communication apparatus comprising:

a second communication unit configured to: receiving a BWP switch command or a wake-up signal;

a determination unit configured to: determining frequency hopping configuration information corresponding to one or more BWPs according to the BWP switching command or the wake-up signal, wherein the frequency hopping configuration information is associated with a frequency hopping pattern adopted for frequency hopping on the one or more BWPs; frequency hopping is performed on the one or more BWPs using the corresponding frequency hopping pattern.

According to a fifth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a communication apparatus comprising:

a processor;

a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

the processor is configured to implement any one of the foregoing communication methods applied to the base station side technical solution by executing the executable instruction.

According to a sixth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a communication apparatus comprising:

a processor;

a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

The processor is configured to implement any one of the foregoing communication methods applied to the UE-side technical solution by executing the executable instructions.

According to a seventh aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a computer storage medium having stored therein executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, enable implementation of any one of the foregoing communication methods applied to the base station side technical solution.

According to an eighth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a computer storage medium having stored therein executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, enable any one of the foregoing communication methods applied to the UE side technical solution.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can comprise the following beneficial effects:

configuring frequency hopping configuration information corresponding to one or more BWPs for the UE, wherein the frequency hopping configuration information is associated with a frequency hopping pattern adopted for frequency hopping on the one or more BWPs; the frequency hopping configuration information is carried on a BWP switching command or a wake-up signal and sent to the UE; in this way, compared with transmitting the frequency hopping configuration information through special signaling, the present disclosure not only saves signaling overhead, but also helps to realize rapid frequency hopping of the UE by loading the frequency hopping configuration information on the BWP switch command or the wake-up signal.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the disclosure.

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The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the invention and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a wireless communication system according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a flow chart diagram illustrating a method of communication in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a flow chart II illustrating a method of communication according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a block diagram one of a communication device shown in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a block diagram two of a communication device shown in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus 800 for implementing communication processing in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

fig. 7 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus 900 for implementing communication processing according to an example embodiment.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, the same numbers in different drawings refer to the same or similar elements, unless otherwise indicated. The implementations described in the following exemplary embodiments do not represent all implementations consistent with the embodiments of the present application. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with aspects of embodiments of the present application as detailed in the accompanying claims.

The terminology used in the embodiments of the disclosure is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the embodiments of the disclosure. As used in this disclosure and the appended claims, the singular forms "a," "an," and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It should also be understood that the term "and/or" as used herein refers to and encompasses any or all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

It should be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used in embodiments of the present disclosure to describe various information, these information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one type of information from another. For example, the first information may also be referred to as second information, and similarly, the second information may also be referred to as first information, without departing from the scope of embodiments of the present disclosure. The words "if" and "if" as used herein may be interpreted as "at … …" or "at … …" or "in response to a determination", depending on the context.

Referring to fig. 1, a schematic structural diagram of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure is shown. As shown in fig. 1, the wireless communication system is a communication system based on a cellular mobile communication technology, and may include: a number of terminals 11 and a number of base stations 12.

Where the terminal 11 may be a device providing voice and/or data connectivity to a user. The terminal 11 may communicate with one or more core networks via a radio access network (Radio Access Network, RAN), and the terminal 11 may be an internet of things terminal such as a sensor device, a mobile phone (or "cellular" phone) and a computer with an internet of things terminal, for example, a stationary, portable, pocket, hand-held, computer-built-in or vehicle-mounted device. Such as a Station (STA), subscriber unit (subscriber unit), subscriber Station (subscriber Station), mobile Station (mobile), remote Station (remote Station), access point, remote terminal (remote terminal), access terminal (access terminal), user Equipment (User terminal), user agent (User agent), user Equipment (User device), or User Equipment (UE). Alternatively, the terminal 11 may be an unmanned aerial vehicle device. Alternatively, the terminal 11 may be a vehicle-mounted device, for example, a car-driving computer having a wireless communication function, or a wireless communication device externally connected to the car-driving computer. Alternatively, the terminal 11 may be a roadside device, for example, a street lamp, a signal lamp, or other roadside devices having a wireless communication function.

The base station 12 may be a network-side device in a wireless communication system. Wherein the wireless communication system may be a fourth generation mobile communication technology (the 4th generation mobile communication,4G) system, also known as a long term evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE) system; alternatively, the wireless communication system may be a 5G system, also called a New Radio (NR) system or a 5G NR system. Alternatively, the wireless communication system may be a next generation system of the 5G system. Among them, the access network in the 5G system may be called NG-RAN (New Generation-Radio Access Network, new Generation radio access network). Or, a Machine-type communication (MTC) system.

Wherein the base station 12 may be an evolved base station (eNB) employed in a 4G system. Alternatively, the base station 12 may be a base station (gNB) in a 5G system employing a centralized and distributed architecture. When the base station 12 adopts a centralized and Distributed architecture, it typically includes a Centralized Unit (CU) and at least two Distributed Units (DUs). A protocol stack of a packet data convergence protocol (Packet Data Convergence Protocol, PDCP) layer, a radio link layer control protocol (Radio Link Control, RLC) layer, and a medium access control (Media Access Control, MAC) layer is provided in the centralized unit; a Physical (PHY) layer protocol stack is provided in the distribution unit, and the specific implementation of the base station 12 is not limited by the embodiment of the present disclosure.

A wireless connection may be established between the base station 12 and the terminal 11 over a wireless air interface. In various embodiments, the wireless air interface is a fourth generation mobile communication network technology (4G) standard-based wireless air interface; or, the wireless air interface is a wireless air interface based on a fifth generation mobile communication network technology (5G) standard, for example, the wireless air interface is a new air interface; alternatively, the wireless air interface may be a wireless air interface based on a 5G-based technology standard of a next generation mobile communication network.

In some embodiments, an E2E (End to End) connection may also be established between terminals 11. Such as V2V (Vehicle to Vehicle, vehicle-to-vehicle) communications, V2I (Vehicle to Infrastructure, vehicle-to-road side equipment) communications, and V2P (Vehicle to Pedestrian, vehicle-to-person) communications among internet of vehicles communications (Vehicle to Everything, V2X).

In some embodiments, the above wireless communication system may further comprise a network management device 13.

Several base stations 12 are connected to a network management device 13, respectively. The network management device 13 may be a core network device in a wireless communication system, for example, the network management device 13 may be a mobility management entity (Mobility Management Entity, MME) in an evolved packet core network (Evolved Packet Core, EPC). Alternatively, the network management device may be other core network devices, such as a Serving Gateway (SGW), a public data network gateway (Public Data Network Gate Way, PGW), a policy and charging rules function (Policy and Charging Rules Function, PCRF) or a home subscriber network side device (Home Subscriber Server, HSS), etc. The embodiment of the present disclosure is not limited to the implementation form of the network management device 13.

In an NR system, a carrier bandwidth may be divided into a plurality of BWP, and a UE may be configured with a plurality of BWP at the same time, but the UE may have at most one active downlink BWP and one active uplink BWP on a serving cell at the same time (but for the case of two uplink carriers in a serving cell, there may be two active uplink carriers, each with one active uplink BWP). If the UE is configured with multiple carriers, there may be one active uplink and downlink BWP on each carrier. For paired spectrum including uplink and downlink carriers, uplink BWP and downlink BWP are independently configured; for unpaired spectrum on one carrier for both upstream and downstream, the upstream BWP and downstream BWP are the same BWP.

The R15 NR supports the function that the active downlink BWP is inactive for a period of time and automatically falls back to a default or initial BWP, one initial BWP per serving cell of the UE may be configured by the network, and a BWP inactivity timer (BWP) is configured per cell. If BWP inactivity timer is configured for a cell, this means that the functionality of automatic fallback to default or initial BWP is turned on. If the function is turned on and the current active BWP on the cell is inactive for a period of time resulting in the start of a BWP inactivity timer, the active cell automatically reverts to the default BWP and if no default BWP is configured, reverts to the initial BWP. Whereas the default BWP is considered as a small bandwidth BWP for UE power saving considerations.

In the NR-Lite characteristic of R17, a novel type of terminal is introduced, and the terminal aims at coping with the situations outside the enhanced mobile broadband (Enhanced Mobile Broadband, eMBB)/high-reliability low-delay (Ultra Reliable and Low Latency Communication, URLLC)/mass Internet of things communication (Massive Machine Type Communication, mMTC) of R15/R16, namely the required rate, delay and reliability which are not covered by the above situations. For example, the rate is lower than emmbb, but higher than mMTC requirements, while latency and reliability requirements are more relaxed than URLLC. Three typical application scenarios are factory sensors, video monitoring, wearable devices, so this feature can be considered to introduce a lightweight UE. The UE has the following characteristics: 1. RX decreases from 4 to 2 or 1 for R15; 2. bandwidth reduction, typical values for FR1 are 5MHz/10MHz, while typical values for FR2 are 40MHz; 3. UE processing capability decreases; smaller Transport Block (TBsize) and downlink control information size (DCI size) may be supported; at this time, the frequency diversity gain needs to be acquired in consideration of the frequency hopping transmission. However, during the resource allocation procedure, the UE can only operate on a small bandwidth, i.e. 5MHz or 10MHz. In fact, the bandwidth of the BWP configuration is likely to be much larger than the bandwidth of the UE operation, so the problem of how the UE operates at the current BWP frequency hopping needs to be considered. The change in its hopping pattern may be indicated in the DCI authorizing the data scheduling for the UE at this time. In the power saving item of R16, a Wake Up Signal (WUS) is also introduced for waking up the UE for subsequent PDCCH listening.

Based on the above wireless communication system, how to realize UE fast frequency hopping, various embodiments of the method of the present disclosure are provided.

Fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a communication method according to an exemplary embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, for use in a network device, such as a base station, capable of configuring at least one bandwidth part (BWP) for a User Equipment (UE), the communication method comprising the steps of:

configuring, for a User Equipment (UE), frequency hopping configuration information corresponding to one or more bandwidth parts (BWP), the frequency hopping configuration information being associated with a frequency hopping pattern employed for frequency hopping over the one or more BWP (S11);

in step S12, the frequency hopping configuration information is carried in a BWP handover command or a wake-up signal and transmitted to the UE.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the frequency hopping configuration information includes: a set of parameters associated with the frequency hopping pattern, or indication information indicating the frequency hopping pattern.

In an embodiment of the disclosure, the frequency hopping pattern includes one or more of frequency hopping, frequency hopping sequence, and frequency hopping interval.

Therefore, the frequency hopping configuration information is not required to be indicated by special signaling, and the frequency hopping configuration information is indicated based on a BWP switching command or a wake-up signal, so that the system signaling overhead can be reduced; meanwhile, the BWP switching command or the wake-up signal carries the frequency hopping configuration information, so that the rapid frequency hopping of the UE can be realized.

In some embodiments, configuring frequency hopping configuration information corresponding to one or more BWPs for a UE includes:

different hopping configuration information is configured for different UEs. That is, the frequency hopping configuration information corresponding to different UEs may be different. For example, the frequency hopping configuration information configured for different UEs may be different for the same BWP. In yet another example, the frequency hopping configuration information configured for different UEs may also be the same for different BWPs.

That is, the hop configuration information corresponding to different BWPs of the same UE may be different.

In some embodiments, the frequency hopping configuration information includes a set of parameters associated with the frequency hopping pattern; step S12, including:

step S12a (not shown in fig. 2): a BWP switch command or wake-up signal carrying a set of parameters associated with the frequency hopping pattern is sent to the UE.

Wherein each set of parameters includes one or more of the following parameters:

For example, the hopping sequence includes positive sequence hopping or reverse sequence hopping.

Illustratively, the basic unit of frequency hopping of the UE is a subband (may be simply referred to as a subband). If the BWP bandwidth is 100M, the subband size is 5M. At this time, there are 20 sub-bands on the BWP, denoted as 0 to 19. The UE performs frequency hopping transmission in the BWP according to 5M, and frequency hopping is performed in a frequency hopping pattern, for example, the sub-bands are frequency hopped in the order of mode 4, i.e., the UE performs frequency hopping transmission in 0,4,8, 12, 16,0; while another hopping pattern, e.g., sub-bands hop in modulo-4 reverse order, i.e., UE at 16, 12,8,4,0, 16 hops. Here, the mode 4 represents a frequency hopping interval.

For example, if the frequency hopping start position is subband 1, the frequency hopping interval is 4, and the frequency hopping is sequential, the UE hops at 1,5,9, 13, 17, 1. For another example, if the frequency hopping start position is subband 19, the frequency hopping interval is 4, and the reverse frequency hopping is performed, i.e. the UE hops 19, 15, 11,7,3, 19.

In this way, a set of parameters associated with the frequency hopping pattern is carried in the BWP switch command or the wake-up signal, the frequency hopping pattern of the UE is instructed to be adjusted based on the BWP switch command or the wake-up signal, no special signaling is needed to instruct the frequency hopping pattern, the system signaling overhead can be reduced, and the rapid frequency hopping of the UE can be realized.

In some embodiments, the frequency hopping configuration information includes indication information indicating the frequency hopping pattern; step S12, including:

step S12b (not shown in fig. 2): and sending a BWP switching command or a wake-up signal carrying the indication information to the UE.

In this way, the BWP switching command or the wake-up signal carries the indication information for indicating the frequency hopping pattern, and the frequency hopping pattern of the UE is indicated and adjusted based on the BWP switching command or the wake-up signal, so that the frequency hopping pattern does not need to be indicated by special signaling, the system signaling overhead can be reduced, and the rapid frequency hopping of the UE can be realized. In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

Illustratively, the set of frequency hopping candidate parameters includes two sets of parameters, a first set of parameters corresponding to frequency hopping pattern 1, a second set of parameters corresponding to frequency hopping pattern 2, a first set of parameters corresponding to index value 000, and a second set of parameters corresponding to index value 100, so that the UE can determine the frequency hopping pattern as frequency hopping pattern 1 according to index value 000 and can determine the frequency hopping pattern as frequency hopping pattern 2 according to index value 100.

In this way, the UE is convenient to store the frequency hopping candidate parameter set sent by the network device in advance, and when receiving the BWP switching command or the wake-up signal of the index value carrying the frequency hopping pattern sent by the network device, the UE is able to determine the frequency hopping pattern of the BWP according to the index value and the frequency hopping candidate parameter set. Meanwhile, the network device is also convenient to indicate the frequency hopping pattern by carrying the index value of the frequency hopping pattern in the BWP switching command or the wake-up signal, and the size of the frequency hopping configuration information carried in the BWP switching command or the wake-up signal is further reduced.

In some embodiments, the indication information includes an index value of the frequency hopping pattern in a frequency hopping candidate parameter set; the step S12b includes:

step 12b1 (not shown in fig. 2): and sending a BWP switching command or a wake-up signal carrying the index value to the UE.

Therefore, when the UE determines the frequency hopping pattern corresponding to the indication information indicating the frequency hopping pattern, the UE can accurately determine the frequency hopping pattern from the frequency hopping candidate parameter set, and the reliability of determining the frequency hopping pattern is improved. Meanwhile, the network device is also convenient to indicate the frequency hopping pattern by carrying the index value of the frequency hopping pattern in the BWP switching command or the wake-up signal, and the size of the frequency hopping configuration information carried in the BWP switching command or the wake-up signal is further reduced.

In some embodiments, the frequency hopping configuration information further comprises at least one of the following indication information:

indication information of starting or not starting frequency hopping;

It should be noted that the indication information may include, but is not limited to, the above-mentioned exemplary case. Of course, the instruction information may specifically include one or a combination of a plurality of the above-mentioned items, and the like, and is not limited thereto.

In the following, description will be made taking as an example that the base station may carry the hop configuration information used on the target BWP in the handover command instructing the UE to perform BWP handover when instructing the UE to perform BWP handover. a) As an embodiment, the index value (index) of a set of frequency hopping patterns in the frequency hopping configuration candidate parameter set of the UE is carried in the BWP handover command, so that the UE derives the frequency hopping pattern of the target BWP according to the index value. b) As an embodiment, the frequency hopping pattern related parameters of the UE may be directly carried in the BWP handover command. c) As an embodiment, the indication information of whether the frequency hopping pattern of the UE is enabled (enabled) or disabled (disabled) may be directly carried in the BWP handover command; d) As an embodiment, not carrying any indication information in the BWP switch command means that no (Disable) frequency hopping is enabled on the target BWP. e) As an embodiment, not carrying any indication information in the BWP switch command means that the frequency hopping pattern on the target BWP follows the frequency hopping pattern of the original BWP. f) As an embodiment, the indication information of whether the frequency hopping is for a control channel (PDCCH) or a traffic channel (PDSCH/PUSCH) may be carried in the BWP handover command.

In the following, when waking up the UE, the base station may carry, in a Wakeup (Wakeup) command, frequency hopping configuration information used on the currently used BWP, for example, will be described. a) As an embodiment, the wake-up command carries an index value (index) of a certain frequency hopping pattern in the frequency hopping configuration candidate parameter set of the UE, so that the UE derives the frequency hopping pattern of the target BWP according to the index value. b) As an embodiment, the frequency hopping pattern related parameters of the UE may be directly carried in the wake-up command. c) As an embodiment, the wake-up command may directly carry the indication information of whether the frequency hopping pattern of the UE is enabled (enabled) or disabled (disabled). d) As an embodiment, not carrying any indication information in the wake-up command means that no (Disable) frequency hopping is enabled on the target BWP. e) As an embodiment, the wake-up command may carry indication information of whether the frequency hopping is for a control channel (PDCCH) or a traffic channel (PDSCH/PUSCH).

In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

In some embodiments, the first indication information is sent by a broadcast message or dedicated signaling.

As such, for switching to the default BWP or initial BWP scenario based on the inactivity timer timeout, since there is no switching command indicating the BWP switching by the UE at this time, the UE may be notified in advance of the hopping pattern used by the default BWP or initial BWP.

Illustratively, the default BWP or the initial BWP itself has a narrow bandwidth and is likely not to hop, and thus the UE may be notified in a broadcast message or dedicated signaling that the hopping is not started in the default BWP or initial BWP scenario, and thus, when the UE switches to the default BWP or initial BWP scenario based on the inactivity timer timeout.

By adopting the technical scheme disclosed by the disclosure, configuring frequency hopping configuration information corresponding to one or more BWPs for the UE, wherein the frequency hopping configuration information is associated with a frequency hopping pattern adopted for frequency hopping on the one or more BWPs; the frequency hopping configuration information is carried on a BWP switching command or a wake-up signal and sent to the UE; in this way, compared with the method that the frequency hopping configuration information is sent through special signaling, the method and the device have the advantages that the frequency hopping configuration information is carried on the BWP switching command or the wake-up signal, so that signaling overhead can be saved, the non-data scheduling grant DCI can be used for indicating to change the frequency hopping pattern, quick frequency hopping of the UE can be realized, and frequency diversity gain can be obtained.

Fig. 3 is a flowchart two of a communication method according to an exemplary embodiment, as shown in fig. 3, for use in a User Equipment (UE) for which a network device, such as a base station, can configure at least one BWP, the communication method comprising the steps of:

in step S21, a BWP switch command or a wake-up signal is received;

in step S22, frequency hopping configuration information corresponding to one or more BWPs is determined according to the BWP switch command or the wake-up signal, the frequency hopping configuration information being associated with a frequency hopping pattern employed for frequency hopping over the one or more BWPs;

in step S23, frequency hopping is performed on the one or more BWPs using the corresponding frequency hopping pattern.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the frequency hopping pattern includes a frequency hopping from which to start, a frequency hopping interval, and a frequency hopping sequence.

In this way, the frequency hopping configuration information is obtained from the BWP switch command or the wake-up signal, and the UE can quickly hop the frequency, compared with the method that the frequency hopping configuration information is obtained from the dedicated signaling.

In some embodiments, step S22 comprises:

Step 22a (not shown in fig. 3): in response to the BWP switch command or wake-up signal comprising a set of parameters associated with the frequency hopping pattern, the frequency hopping pattern corresponding to the one or more BWP is determined from the set of parameters.

In this way, a set of parameters associated with the frequency hopping pattern is carried in the BWP switch command or the wake-up signal, and the frequency hopping pattern of the UE indicated by the base station is determined based on the set of parameters associated with the frequency hopping pattern carried in the BWP switch command or the wake-up signal, so that fast frequency hopping of the UE can be realized.

In some embodiments, step S22 comprises:

step 22b (not shown in fig. 3): and responding to the BWP switching command or the wake-up signal to comprise indication information for indicating the frequency hopping patterns, and determining the frequency hopping patterns corresponding to the one or more BWPs according to the indication information.

In this way, the indication information indicating the frequency hopping pattern is carried in the BWP switching command or the wake-up signal, and the frequency hopping pattern of the UE indicated by the base station is determined based on the indication information indicating the frequency hopping pattern carried in the BWP switching command or the wake-up signal, so that the UE can quickly hop frequencies.

In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

The step S21 includes: step S21c (not shown in fig. 3): receiving a BWP switching command or a wake-up signal carrying the index value sent by the base station;

step S22 includes: step 22c (not shown in fig. 3): and determining a corresponding frequency hopping pattern of the index value according to the index value and the frequency hopping candidate parameter set.

In this way, the UE stores the frequency hopping candidate parameter set sent by the network device in advance, and when receiving the BWP switching command or the wake-up signal of the index value of the carrier frequency hopping pattern sent by the network device, the UE can determine the frequency hopping pattern of the UE indicated by the network device according to the index value and the frequency hopping candidate parameter set, so as to realize rapid frequency hopping of the UE. Meanwhile, the network device is also convenient to indicate the frequency hopping pattern by carrying the index value of the frequency hopping pattern in the BWP switching command or the wake-up signal, and the size of the frequency hopping configuration information carried in the BWP switching command or the wake-up signal is further reduced.

indication information of starting or not starting frequency hopping;

In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

In this manner, when the UE switches to the default BWP or the initial BWP based on the inactivity timer timeout, the hopping pattern used by the default BWP or the initial BWP may be determined according to the hopping pattern used by the default BWP or the initial BWP indicated by the first indication information notified in advance. Further, even when the BWP switch command is not received, the hopping pattern used by the BWP after the switch can be determined when the BWP switch occurs.

In some embodiments, step S22 includes step 22d (not shown in fig. 3): in response to not including frequency hopping configuration information in the BWP switch instruction or wake-up signal, determining one of:

frequency hopping is not enabled; or (b)

A default hopping pattern is followed.

In this way, when the BWP switch instruction or the wake-up signal does not include the frequency hopping configuration information, the frequency hopping pattern can be determined, which is helpful for realizing fast frequency hopping of the UE.

By adopting the technical scheme disclosed by the disclosure, the UE receives a BWP switching command or a wake-up signal; determining frequency hopping configuration information corresponding to one or more BWPs according to the BWP switching command or the wake-up signal, wherein the frequency hopping configuration information is associated with a frequency hopping pattern adopted for frequency hopping on the one or more BWPs; frequency hopping is performed on the one or more BWPs using the corresponding frequency hopping pattern. In this way, the method helps to realize rapid frequency hopping of the UE and obtain frequency diversity gain relative to determining the frequency hopping pattern indicated by the network equipment from the data scheduling grant DCI.

Fig. 4 is a block diagram of a communication device, according to an example embodiment. The communication apparatus is applied to a network device, such as a base station side, capable of configuring at least one BWP for a UE, and referring to fig. 4, the apparatus includes a configuration unit 10 and a first communication unit 20.

The configuration unit 10 is configured to: configuring, for the UE, frequency hopping configuration information corresponding to one or more BWPs, the frequency hopping configuration information being associated with a frequency hopping pattern employed for frequency hopping over the one or more BWPs;

the first communication unit 20 is configured to: the hopping configuration information is carried in a BWP handover command or a wake-up signal to the UE.

In some embodiments, the configuration unit 10 is further configured to: configuring different frequency hopping configuration information for different UEs for one or more BWPs; or, respectively configuring different frequency hopping configuration information for the one or more BWPs.

In some embodiments, the frequency hopping configuration information includes a set of parameters associated with the frequency hopping pattern; the first communication unit 20 is further configured to: a BWP switch command or wake-up signal carrying a set of parameters associated with the frequency hopping pattern is sent to the UE.

In some embodiments, the frequency hopping configuration information includes indication information indicating the frequency hopping pattern; the first communication unit 20 is further configured to: and sending a BWP switching command or a wake-up signal carrying the indication information to the UE.

In some embodiments, the configuration unit 10 is further configured to: configuring a frequency hopping candidate parameter set for the UE, wherein the frequency hopping candidate parameter set comprises a plurality of groups of parameters, each group of parameters corresponds to a frequency hopping pattern, and each group of parameters corresponds to an index value; the first communication unit 20 is further configured to: the UE is notified of the set of frequency hopping candidate parameters via a system message or dedicated signaling.

In some embodiments, the indication information includes an index value of the frequency hopping pattern in a frequency hopping candidate parameter set; the first communication unit 20 is further configured to: a BWP switch command or a wake-up signal carrying the index value is sent to the UE.

In some embodiments, each set of parameters includes one or more of the following:

a frequency hopping sequence parameter for indicating a sequence of frequency hopping;

a frequency hopping start parameter for indicating a frequency hopping start position;

indication information of starting or not starting frequency hopping;

whether to follow the frequency hopping pattern of the first BWP, which is the BWP used before the BWP switch command is issued or the BWP currently used by the UE when the wake-up signal is issued;

In some embodiments, the first communication unit 20 is further configured to: first indication information for indicating frequency hopping configuration information employed by a default BWP or an initial BWP when switching to the default BWP or the initial BWP due to a timeout of the BWP inactivity timer is transmitted to the UE.

The specific manner in which the various modules perform the operations in the apparatus of the above embodiments have been described in detail in connection with the embodiments of the method, and will not be described in detail herein.

In practical applications, the specific structures of the configuration unit 10 and the first communication unit 20 may be implemented by the communication device or a network device to which the communication device belongs, such as a central processing unit (CPU, central Processing Unit), a microprocessor (MCU, micro Controller Unit), a digital signal processor (DSP, digital Signal Processing), or a programmable logic device (PLC, programmable Logic Controller) in a base station.

The communication apparatus described in this embodiment may be disposed on a network device, such as a base station.

It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the functions of each processing module in the communication apparatus according to the embodiments of the present disclosure may be understood with reference to the foregoing description of the communication method applied to the network device, such as the base station side, and each processing module in the communication apparatus according to the embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented by an analog circuit implementing the functions described in the embodiments of the present disclosure, or may be implemented by running software executing the functions described in the embodiments of the present disclosure on a terminal.

According to the communication device disclosed by the embodiment of the disclosure, by loading the frequency hopping configuration information on the BWP switching command or the wake-up signal, not only can the signaling overhead be saved, but also the frequency hopping pattern can be instructed to be changed by using the DCI (non-data scheduling grant), so that the rapid frequency hopping of the UE can be realized, and the frequency diversity gain can be obtained.

Fig. 5 is a block diagram two of a communication device according to an example embodiment. The communication apparatus is applied to the UE side, and a network device such as a base station can configure at least one BWP for the UE, and referring to fig. 5, the apparatus includes a second communication unit 30 and a determination unit 40; wherein, the liquid crystal display device comprises a liquid crystal display device,

the second communication unit 30 is configured to receive a BWP switch command or a wake-up signal;

the determining unit 40 is configured to determine, according to the BWP switch command or the wake-up signal, frequency hopping configuration information corresponding to one or more BWPs, the frequency hopping configuration information being associated with a frequency hopping pattern employed for frequency hopping over the one or more BWPs; frequency hopping is performed on the one or more BWPs using the corresponding frequency hopping pattern.

In some embodiments, the determining unit 40 is configured to: in response to the BWP switch command or wake-up signal comprising a set of parameters associated with the frequency hopping pattern, the frequency hopping pattern corresponding to the one or more BWP is determined from the set of parameters.

In some embodiments, the determining unit 40 is configured to: and responding to the BWP switching command or the wake-up signal to comprise indication information for indicating the frequency hopping patterns, and determining the frequency hopping patterns corresponding to the one or more BWPs according to the indication information.

In some embodiments, the second communication unit 30 is configured to: a frequency hopping candidate parameter set is received, wherein the frequency hopping candidate parameter set comprises a plurality of groups of parameters, each group of parameters corresponds to a frequency hopping pattern, and each group of parameters corresponds to an index value.

In some embodiments, the second communication unit 30 is further configured to: receiving a BWP switch command or a wake-up signal carrying the index value; the determining unit 40 is further configured to: and determining a corresponding frequency hopping pattern of the index value according to the index value and the frequency hopping candidate parameter set.

indication information of starting or not starting frequency hopping;

In some embodiments, the second communication unit 30 is further configured to: receiving first indication information for indicating a frequency hopping pattern used by a default BWP or an initial BWP when switching to the default BWP or the initial BWP upon timeout of a BWP inactivity timer; the determining unit 40 is further configured to: and when switching to a default BWP or an initial BWP due to the overtime of the BWP inactivity timer, performing frequency hopping transmission by adopting a corresponding frequency hopping pattern indicated in the first indication information.

In some embodiments, the determining unit 40 is further configured to: in response to not including frequency hopping configuration information in the BWP switch instruction or wake-up signal, determining one of:

frequency hopping is not enabled; or (b)

A default hopping pattern is followed.

In practical applications, the specific structures of the second communication unit 30 and the determining unit 40 may be implemented by the communication device or CPU, MCU, DSP or PLC in the UE to which the communication device belongs.

The communication device described in this embodiment may be disposed on the UE side.

It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the functions of each processing module in the communication apparatus according to the embodiments of the present disclosure may be understood by referring to the foregoing description of the communication method applied to the UE side, and each processing module in the communication apparatus according to the embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented by using an analog circuit that implements the functions described in the embodiments of the present disclosure, or may be implemented by executing software that implements the functions described in the embodiments of the present disclosure on a terminal.

The communication device disclosed by the embodiment of the disclosure can realize the rapid frequency hopping of the UE.

Fig. 6 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus 800 for implementing communication processing, according to an example embodiment. For example, apparatus 800 may be a mobile phone, computer, digital broadcast terminal, messaging device, game console, tablet device, medical device, exercise device, personal digital assistant, or the like.

Referring to fig. 6, apparatus 800 may include one or more of the following components: a processing component 802, a memory 804, a power component 806, a multimedia component 808, an audio component 810, an Input/Output (I/O) interface 812, a sensor component 814, and a communication component 816.

The processing component 802 generally controls overall operation of the apparatus 800, such as operations associated with display, telephone calls, data communications, camera operations, and recording operations. The processing component 802 may include one or more processors 820 to execute instructions to perform all or part of the steps of the methods described above. Further, the processing component 802 can include one or more modules that facilitate interactions between the processing component 802 and other components. For example, the processing component 802 can include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between the multimedia component 808 and the processing component 802.

The memory 804 is configured to store various types of data to support operations at the apparatus 800. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on the device 800, contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, videos, and the like. The Memory 804 may be implemented by any type or combination of volatile or non-volatile Memory devices, such as Static Random-Access Memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable Read-Only Memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable Read-Only Memory (Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory, EPROM), programmable Read-Only Memory (Programmable Read-Only Memory, PROM), read Only Memory (ROM), magnetic Memory, flash Memory, magnetic disk, or optical disk.

The power component 806 provides power to the various components of the device 800. The power components 806 may include a power management system, one or more power sources, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power for the device 800.

The multimedia component 808 includes a screen between the device 800 and the user that provides an output interface. In some embodiments, the screen may include a liquid crystal display (Liquid Crystal Display, LCD) and a Touch Panel (TP). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen may be implemented as a touch screen to receive input signals from a user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touches, swipes, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensor may sense not only the boundary of a touch or slide action, but also the duration and pressure associated with the touch or slide operation. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 808 includes a front camera and/or a rear camera. The front camera and/or the rear camera may receive external multimedia data when the apparatus 800 is in an operational mode, such as a photographing mode or a video mode. Each front camera and rear camera may be a fixed optical lens system or have focal length and optical zoom capabilities.

The audio component 810 is configured to output and/or input audio signals. For example, the audio component 810 includes a Microphone (MIC) configured to receive external audio signals when the device 800 is in an operational mode, such as a call mode, a recording mode, and a voice recognition mode. The received audio signals may be further stored in the memory 804 or transmitted via the communication component 816. In some embodiments, audio component 810 further includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

The I/O interface 812 provides an interface between the processing component 802 and peripheral interface modules, which may be a keyboard, click wheel, buttons, etc. These buttons may include, but are not limited to: homepage button, volume button, start button, and lock button.

The sensor assembly 814 includes one or more sensors for providing status assessment of various aspects of the apparatus 800. For example, the sensor assembly 814 may detect an on/off state of the device 800, a relative positioning of the components, such as a display and keypad of the device 800, the sensor assembly 814 may also detect a change in position of the device 800 or a component of the device 800, the presence or absence of user contact with the device 800, an orientation or acceleration/deceleration of the device 800, and a change in temperature of the device 800. The sensor assembly 814 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of nearby objects without any physical contact. The sensor assembly 814 may also include a light sensor, such as a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor, CMOS) or Charge-coupled Device (CCD) image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor assembly 814 may also include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscopic sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

The communication component 816 is configured to facilitate communication between the apparatus 800 and other devices, either in a wired or wireless manner. The device 800 may access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as Wi-Fi,2G, or 3G, or a combination thereof. In one exemplary embodiment, the communication component 816 receives broadcast signals or broadcast related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In one exemplary embodiment, the communication component 816 further includes a near field communication (Near Field Communication, NFC) module to facilitate short range communications. For example, the NFC module may be implemented based on radio frequency identification (Radio Frequency Identification, RFID) technology, infrared data association (Infrared Data Association, irDA) technology, ultra Wideband (UWB) technology, bluetooth (BT) technology, and other technologies.

In an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus 800 may be implemented by one or more application specific integrated circuits (Application Specific Integrated Circuit, ASIC), digital signal processors (Digital Signal Processor, DSP), digital signal processing devices (Digital Signal Processing Device, DSPD), programmable logic devices (Programmable Logic Device, PLD), field programmable gate arrays (Field Programmable Gate Array, FPGA), controllers, microcontrollers, microprocessors, or other electronic components for performing the above-described communication methods applied to the UE side.

In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer storage medium is also provided, such as memory 804 including executable instructions executable by processor 820 of apparatus 800 to perform the above-described method. For example, the non-transitory computer storage medium may be ROM, random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage device, etc.

Fig. 7 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus 900 for communication processing according to an example embodiment. For example, apparatus 900 may be provided as a server. Referring to FIG. 7, apparatus 900 includes a processing component 922 that further includes one or more processors, and memory resources represented by memory 932, for storing instructions, such as applications, executable by processing component 922. The application programs stored in memory 932 may include one or more modules that each correspond to a set of instructions. Further, processing component 922 is configured to execute instructions to perform the communication methods described above as applied to a network device, such as a base station side.

The apparatus 900 may also include a power component 926 configured to perform power management of the apparatus 900, a wired or wireless network interface 950 configured to connect the apparatus 900 to a network, and an input output (I/O) interface 958. The device 900 may operate based on an operating system stored in memory 932, such as Windows Server, mac OS XTM, unixTM, linuxTM, freeBSDTM, or the like.

The technical schemes described in the embodiments of the present disclosure may be arbitrarily combined without any conflict.

Other embodiments of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the invention disclosed herein. This application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the invention following, in general, the principles of the invention and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the invention pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the invention being indicated by the following claims.

It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise arrangements and instrumentalities shown in the drawings, which have been described above, and that various modifications and changes may be effected without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the invention is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A method of communication, wherein the method comprises:

configuring, for a user equipment UE, frequency hopping configuration information corresponding to one or more bandwidth parts BWP, the frequency hopping configuration information being associated with a frequency hopping pattern employed for frequency hopping over the one or more BWP, wherein the frequency hopping configuration information comprises a set of parameters associated with the frequency hopping pattern, the frequency hopping pattern comprising at least one of: a frequency hopping sequence parameter, the frequency hopping sequence parameter being used to indicate the sequence of frequency hopping; the frequency hopping starting point parameter is used for indicating a frequency hopping starting position; a frequency hopping interval parameter, the frequency hopping interval parameter being used to indicate the number of sub-band group intervals between two adjacent sub-bands;

The frequency hopping configuration information is carried on a BWP switching command or a wake-up signal and sent to the UE;

the frequency hopping configuration information further includes the following indication information: whether or not a frequency hopping pattern of a first BWP, which is a BWP used before the BWP switch command is issued, or a BWP currently used by the UE when the wake-up signal is issued, is followed.

2. The communication method of claim 1, wherein configuring the UE with the frequency hopping configuration information corresponding to the one or more BWPs comprises:

configuring different frequency hopping configuration information for different UE; or (b)

Different hopping configuration information is configured for the one or more BWPs, respectively.

3. The communication method according to claim 1 or 2, the transmitting the hop configuration information to the UE in a BWP switch command or a wake-up signal, comprising:

4. The communication method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the frequency hopping configuration information includes indication information indicating the frequency hopping pattern;

5. The communication method of claim 4, wherein the method further comprises:

6. The communication method according to claim 5, wherein the indication information includes an index value of the hopping pattern in a hopping candidate parameter set;

the sending, to the UE, a BWP handover command or a wake-up signal carrying the indication information includes:

7. The communication method of claim 5, wherein each set of parameters includes one or more of the following:

8. The communication method of claim 4, wherein the frequency hopping configuration information further comprises at least one of the following indication information:

indication information of starting or not starting frequency hopping;

9. The communication method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the method further comprises:

10. A method of communication, wherein the method comprises:

receiving a BWP switch command or a wake-up signal;

determining, from the BWP switch command or wake-up signal, frequency hopping configuration information corresponding to one or more BWP, the frequency hopping configuration information being associated with a frequency hopping pattern employed for frequency hopping over the one or more BWP, wherein the frequency hopping configuration information comprises a set of parameters associated with the frequency hopping pattern, the frequency hopping pattern comprising at least one of: a frequency hopping sequence parameter, the frequency hopping sequence parameter being used to indicate the sequence of frequency hopping; the frequency hopping starting point parameter is used for indicating a frequency hopping starting position; a frequency hopping interval parameter, the frequency hopping interval parameter being used to indicate the number of sub-band group intervals between two adjacent sub-bands;

Frequency hopping is carried out on the one or more BWPs by adopting the corresponding frequency hopping patterns;

the frequency hopping configuration information further includes the following indication information: whether or not to follow the frequency hopping pattern of the first BWP, which is the BWP used before the BWP switch command is issued, or the BWP currently used by the UE when the wake-up signal is issued.

11. The communication method of claim 10, wherein the determining the frequency hopping configuration information corresponding to one or more BWP according to the BWP switch command or the wake-up signal comprises:

12. The communication method of claim 10, wherein the determining the one or more BWP-corresponding hop configuration information from the BWP-switch command or the wake-up signal comprises:

13. The communication method of claim 12, wherein the method further comprises:

Receiving a frequency hopping candidate parameter set, wherein the frequency hopping candidate parameter set comprises a plurality of groups of parameters, each group of parameters corresponds to one frequency hopping pattern, and each group of parameters corresponds to one index value;

the receiving a BWP switch command or a wake-up signal includes:

receiving a BWP switch command or a wake-up signal carrying the index value;

14. A method of communicating according to claim 11 or 13, wherein each set of parameters comprises one or more of the following:

15. The communication method according to claim 10 or 12, wherein the frequency hopping configuration information further includes at least one of the following indication information:

indication information of starting or not starting frequency hopping;

16. The communication method of claim 10, wherein the method further comprises:

17. The communication method of claim 10, wherein the determining the one or more BWP-corresponding hop configuration information from the BWP-switch command or the wake-up signal comprises:

frequency hopping is not enabled; or (b)

A default hopping pattern is followed.

18. A communication device, wherein the device comprises:

a configuration unit configured to: configuring, for a UE, frequency hopping configuration information corresponding to one or more BWPs, the frequency hopping configuration information being associated with a frequency hopping pattern employed for frequency hopping over the one or more BWPs, wherein the frequency hopping configuration information includes a set of parameters associated with the frequency hopping pattern, the frequency hopping pattern including at least one of: a frequency hopping sequence parameter, the frequency hopping sequence parameter being used to indicate the sequence of frequency hopping; the frequency hopping starting point parameter is used for indicating a frequency hopping starting position; a frequency hopping interval parameter, the frequency hopping interval parameter being used to indicate the number of sub-band group intervals between two adjacent sub-bands;

A first communication unit configured to: the frequency hopping configuration information is carried on a BWP switching command or a wake-up signal and sent to the UE;

19. A communication device, wherein the device comprises:

a determination unit configured to: determining, from the BWP switch command or wake-up signal, frequency hopping configuration information corresponding to one or more BWP, the frequency hopping configuration information being associated with a frequency hopping pattern employed for frequency hopping over the one or more BWP, wherein the frequency hopping configuration information comprises a set of parameters associated with the frequency hopping pattern, the frequency hopping pattern comprising at least one of: a frequency hopping sequence parameter, the frequency hopping sequence parameter being used to indicate the sequence of frequency hopping; the frequency hopping starting point parameter is used for indicating a frequency hopping starting position; a frequency hopping interval parameter, the frequency hopping interval parameter being used to indicate the number of sub-band group intervals between two adjacent sub-bands; frequency hopping is carried out on the one or more BWPs by adopting the corresponding frequency hopping patterns;

20. A communication apparatus, comprising:

a processor;

a memory for storing executable instructions;

wherein the processor is configured to: the communication method of any of claims 1 to 9 when executed to implement the executable instructions.

21. A communication apparatus, comprising:

a processor;

a memory for storing executable instructions;

wherein the processor is configured to: the communication method of any of claims 10 to 17 when executed to implement the executable instructions.

22. A computer storage medium having stored therein executable instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the communication method of any of claims 1 to 9.

23. A computer storage medium having stored therein executable instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the communication method of any of claims 10 to 17.