CN107949057B

CN107949057B - Method and device for reporting time domain resource information

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Publication number: CN107949057B
Application number: CN201711042777.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李彦淳; 马梦瑶
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2017-10-30
Filing date: 2017-10-30
Publication date: 2020-12-15
Anticipated expiration: 2037-10-30
Also published as: CN107949057A

Abstract

The application provides a method and a device for reporting time domain resource information, wherein the method comprises the following steps: the first equipment determines information of at least one third-stage time interval needing to be reported; the first device transmits a first frame to the second device, the first frame indicating information of the at least one third-level period. That is to say, the first device determines information of at least one third-level period in the first timeslot that needs to be reported, and sends a first frame used for indicating the information of the at least one third-level period to the second device, so that the second device can configure a reasonable time domain resource for the first device according to the first frame, thereby improving communication efficiency.

Description

Method and device for reporting time domain resource information

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of communications, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for reporting time domain resource information.

Background

In a distribution network, a time domain resource structure in which a transmitting end and a receiving end communicate is divided in units of Service Periods (SPs). In particular, the SP in turn comprises a plurality of blocks (blocks).

If STA1 and AP1 communicate in a quasi-static manner, signals are transmitted between AP1 and STA1 periodically. If STA2 receives the signal transmitted by AP1, STA2 may determine the block of SPs occupied by the next signal between STA1 and AP1 based on the frame format of the signal. In this case, STA2 may send feedback information to AP2 indicating block occupancy between STA1 and AP 1. AP2 may thus be configured with reasonable blocks to avoid signals between AP1 and AP1 from interfering with signals between AP2 and STA 2.

In current distribution networks, each block in the time domain resource structure can be further divided into a plurality of TDD SPs, and different TDD SPs can be used for different signal transmissions. For the communication system applied to the time domain resource structure, how the STA device feeds back the information of the TDD SP is urgently solved to improve the signal transmission efficiency.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides a method and a device for reporting time domain resource information, which can improve the signal transmission efficiency.

In a first aspect, a method for reporting time domain resource information is provided, where the method is applied in a communication system where time domain resources include a first-level time period, where the first-level time period includes one or more second-level time periods, where at least one second-level time period includes multiple third-level time periods, and the method includes: the first equipment determines information of at least one third-stage time interval needing to be reported; the first device transmits a first frame to the second device, the first frame indicating information of the at least one third-level period.

The first device determines information of at least one TDD SP in a first time slot to be reported, and sends a first frame for indicating the information of the at least one TDD SP to the second device, so that the second device can configure reasonable time domain resources for the first device according to the first frame, and communication efficiency is improved.

In some possible implementations, the first frame includes at least one first field, each first field corresponding to one of the at least one third stage period for indicating information corresponding to the third stage period.

And the information of the third-level time interval is indicated by the value of the bit, so that the second equipment can configure more reasonable time domain resources for the first equipment according to the first frame, and the communication efficiency is improved.

In some possible implementations, the first frame further includes a second field to indicate a starting position of the at least one third-stage period.

The start position of at least one third-stage period can be indicated by the second field, so that the occupation of bits can be saved in the case that the length of the third-stage period to be indicated is short.

In some possible implementations, the first frame further includes a third field, where the third field is used to indicate a distribution length of a third-level time period that needs to be reported.

The third field indicates the distribution length of the third-stage time interval, so that the field length of the information indicating the third-stage time interval can be selected more flexibly, and the indicating flexibility is improved.

In some possible implementations, the starting position is a starting position of a first third stage period in the at least one second stage period, or a starting position of a first second stage period in the at least one second stage period.

In some possible implementations, the determining, by the first device, the information of the at least one third-level time period that needs to be reported includes: the first device determines information of at least one third-level time period that needs to be reported when the first device needs a new third-level time period resource, when the first device needs to replace an existing third-level time period resource, or when the first device receives a request frame sent by the second device.

In some possible implementations, the case where the first device needs a new third-level period resource includes: the current service flow rate is increased, the current service transmission rate is reduced, and a new service flow arrives.

In some possible implementations, the case where the first device needs to replace the existing third-stage period resource includes: the first device detects interference over an existing third-stage period.

In some possible implementations, the determining, by the first device, the information of the at least one third-level time period that needs to be reported includes: the first device determines information for each third stage period of the at least one second stage period.

The first device can actively measure the information of the third-stage time period, and the reliability of signal transmission is improved.

In some possible implementations, the at least one tertiary time period is allocated to the first device or is a currently unallocated tertiary time period.

The first device may measure only unassigned or assigned TDD SPs, thereby saving power consumption of the first device even further.

In a second aspect, a method for reporting time domain resource information is provided, where the time domain resource is applied in a communication system where the time domain resource includes a first-level time period, where the first-level time period includes one or more second-level time periods, and at least one of the second-level time periods includes multiple third-level time periods, the method includes:

the second device receives a first frame sent by the first device, wherein the first frame is used for indicating information of at least one third-stage time period;

the second device determines a target third-stage time period according to the information of the at least one third-stage time period, wherein the target third-stage time period is used for transmitting signals with the first device.

The second device determines the target third-stage time interval according to the indicated information of the at least one third-stage time interval, so that reasonable time domain resources can be configured for the first device, and communication efficiency is improved.

In some possible implementations, the first frame includes at least one first field, each first field corresponding to one of the at least one third stage period for indicating information of the third stage period.

In some possible implementations, the first frame further includes a third field to indicate a length of time of the third stage period.

In some possible implementations, the starting position of the at least one third-stage period is the starting position of the first third-stage period in the at least one second-stage period, or the starting position of the at least one third-stage period is the starting position of the first second-stage period in the at least one second-stage period.

In some possible implementations, the method further includes:

the second device transmits a second frame indicating at least one tertiary time period allocated for the first device, or indicating at least one tertiary time period that is not allocated for the first device.

In some possible implementations, the method further includes:

the second device sends the request frame when a third-level time interval needs to be added to the first device, or the third-level time interval needs to be replaced for the first device, or at least one of the packet loss rate and/or the retransmission rate of signal transmission changes.

In a third aspect, a method for reporting time domain resource information is provided, where the time domain resource is applied in a communication system where the time domain resource includes a first-level time period, where the first-level time period includes one or more second-level time periods, where at least one second-level time period includes multiple third-level time periods, the method further includes:

the first device receives resource configuration information sent by the second device, wherein the resource configuration information is used for indicating a target third-stage time period in the at least one second-stage time period;

the first device listening for signals at an interval prior to the target third level period;

and the first equipment processes signals according to the signal interception result.

After the first device receives the resource configuration information indicating the target third-level time period for transmitting the first signal, the first device listens the signal at an interval before the target third-level time period and processes the signal according to a listening result, so that the first device can further avoid the interference of other signals and improve the reliability of signal transmission.

In some possible implementations, the performing, by the first device and according to the result of the signal listening, signal processing includes:

if the first device does not hear the interfering signal, the first device transmits a signal to the second device over the target third level period.

if the first device senses that a part of beam directions in a plurality of beam directions are idle in the third-level time interval under the condition that the first device communicates with the second device by adopting the MIMO mode, the first device transmits the signal in the part of beam directions by adopting the MIMO mode and in the target third-level time interval.

if the first device detects that only one beam direction of the plurality of beam directions is idle in the third-level time interval under the condition that the first device adopts the MIMO mode to communicate with the second device, the first device converts the MIMO mode into the single-input single-output SISO mode;

the first device transmits the signal over the target third level period in the SISO mode in the idle one beam direction.

In some possible implementations, the performing, by the first device and according to the result of the signal listening, signal processing includes: if the first device senses a second signal and the second signal comprises an end time when the second signal finishes transmission, the first device sends feedback information to the second device, wherein the feedback information is used for requesting the second device to redistribute a third-stage time period after the end time, or the feedback information is used for indicating the end time.

In some possible implementations, the resource configuration information is further used for indicating whether the first device needs to perform signal listening, and the performing, by the first device, signal listening at a third-stage period interval before the target third-stage period includes: the first device performs signal sensing at a third level period interval prior to the target third level period if the resource configuration information indicates that the first device needs to perform signal sensing.

In some possible implementations, the third stage interval is greater than or equal to a preset duration threshold.

In some possible implementations, the preset duration threshold is 8 μ s.

In some possible implementations, the preset duration threshold is 150 μ s.

In a fourth aspect, a method for reporting time domain resource information is provided, where the time domain resource is applied in a communication system where the time domain resource includes a first-level time period, where the first-level time period includes one or more second-level time periods, where at least one second-level time period includes multiple third-level time periods, the method further includes:

the second equipment carries out signal interception at intervals;

the second equipment determines a target third-stage time period in at least one second-stage time period according to the interception result;

the second device sends resource configuration information to the first device, wherein the resource configuration information is used for indicating the target third-stage time period.

In some possible implementations, the method further includes: the second device receives indication information, wherein the indication information is used for indicating a starting third-stage period position for bearing a second signal; wherein the second device determining the target third-level period of the at least one second-level period comprises: the second device determines a third level time period of the at least one second level time period prior to the initial third level time period position as the target third level time period.

In some possible implementations, the method further includes: the second device receives indication information, and the indication information is used for indicating the position of the ending third-stage period carrying the second signal; wherein the second device determining the target third-level period of the at least one second-level period comprises: the second device determines a third level period of the at least one second level period after the ending third level period position as the target third level period.

In a fifth aspect, a method for reporting time domain resource information is provided, where the method is applied in a communication system where time domain resources include a first-level time period, where the first-level time period includes one or more second-level time periods, where at least one second-level time period includes multiple third-level time periods, and the method further includes: a first device receives a first frame at a physical layer, the first frame including a preamble field including a first subfield for indicating a device identification of a next hop device of the first device; the first device identifies the next hop device according to the first subfield; the first device performs antenna configuration for the next-hop device at the physical layer.

The first device receives a first frame on a physical layer, a preamble field of the first frame comprises a first subfield used for indicating a device identifier of a next-hop device of the first device, and determines the device identifier of the next-hop device according to the first subfield, so that antenna configuration can be performed on the next-hop device on the physical layer, and antenna configuration delay is saved.

In some possible implementations, the preamble field further includes a second subfield that precedes the first subfield, and the second subfield is used to indicate that the preamble field includes the first field.

The first device can know that the preamble field further includes other subfields according to the second subfield, so that the parsing is continued, and the signal processing efficiency is improved.

In some possible implementations, the first subfield further includes a third subfield to indicate a flow identification, which is to indicate the source device identification and the target device identification.

Thus, the first device can determine the flow identifier according to the third field, and determine the source device identifier and the target device identifier according to the flow identifier and the mapping relation table, thereby saving the length of the occupied field.

In some possible implementations, the first subfield further includes a third subfield to indicate the source device identification and the target device identification.

In some possible implementation manners, the method for reporting time domain resource information further includes: the first device receives a forwarding configuration table, which includes an address of a next hop device.

In a sixth aspect, a method for reporting time domain resource information is provided, where the time domain resource is applied in a communication system where the time domain resource includes a first-level period, where the first-level period includes one or more second-level periods, where at least one second-level period includes multiple third-level periods, the method further includes: the first equipment determines the mapping relation between the third-stage time period and the antenna configuration information; and the first equipment determines the antenna configuration information of the target third-stage time interval in the at least one second-stage time interval according to the mapping relation.

The first device determines a mapping relation between the third-stage time interval and the antenna configuration information, and determines the antenna configuration information of the target third-stage time interval in the at least one second-stage time interval according to the mapping relation, so that antenna configuration for each third-stage time interval is avoided, and resource overhead is reduced.

In some possible implementations, the signal transmission modes supported by the communication system include a multiple-input multiple-output MIMO mode, a single-input single-output SISO transmission mode, and a quasi-omni mode, and the method for reporting time domain resource information further includes: if the first device receives the signal sent in the target third-stage time period within the preset time threshold, resetting the counter to a first numerical value by the first device; if the first device does not receive the signal sent in the target third-stage time period within the preset time threshold, the first device decrements the counter by 1; the first device signals through the MIMO mode if the counter is greater than 0.

The first device may maintain the transmission mode in which the discontinuity can use the MIMO mode for signal transmission as MIMO, thereby improving the efficiency of signal transmission.

In some possible implementation manners, the method for reporting time domain resource information further includes: if the counter is 0, the first device switches from the MIMO mode to the SISO mode or the quasi-omni mode.

The first device may adjust a transmission mode for a long time in which the MIMO mode cannot be used for signal transmission to a SISO mode or a quasi-omni mode to meet user requirements.

A seventh aspect provides a device for reporting time domain resource information, where the device for reporting time domain resource information may be a network device, or may be a chip in the network device. The apparatus has the function of implementing the embodiments of the first aspect described above. The function can be realized by hardware, and can also be realized by executing corresponding software by hardware. The hardware or software includes one or more units corresponding to the above functions.

In one possible design, when the apparatus is a network device, the network device includes: a processing unit, which may be for example a processor, and a transceiver unit, which may be for example a transceiver, which includes radio frequency circuitry. Optionally, the network device further includes a storage unit, which may be a memory, for example. When the network device includes a storage unit, the storage unit is configured to store a computer execution instruction, the processing unit is connected to the storage unit, and the processing unit executes the computer execution instruction stored in the storage unit, so that the network device executes the method for reporting time domain resource information in any of the first aspect.

In another possible design, when the apparatus is a chip in a network device, the chip includes: a processing unit, which may be, for example, a processor, and a transceiver unit, which may be, for example, an input/output interface, pins, or circuitry on the chip, etc. The processing unit may execute a computer execution instruction stored in the storage unit, so that a chip in the terminal executes the method for reporting the time domain resource information in any one of the first aspect. Optionally, the storage unit is a storage unit in the chip, such as a register, a cache, and the like, and the storage unit may also be a storage unit located outside the chip in the network device, such as a read-only memory (ROM) or another type of static storage device that can store static information and instructions, a Random Access Memory (RAM), and the like.

The processor mentioned in any of the above paragraphs may be a general purpose Central Processing Unit (CPU), a microprocessor, an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or one or more integrated circuits for controlling program execution of the method for reporting time domain resource information according to the first aspect.

In an eighth aspect, the present application provides a device for reporting time domain resource information, where the device may be a network device, a terminal device, a chip in the network device, or a chip in the terminal device. The device for reporting time domain resource information has the function of implementing the embodiments of the second aspect. The function can be realized by hardware, and can also be realized by executing corresponding software by hardware. The hardware or software includes one or more units corresponding to the above functions.

In a possible design, when the device for reporting the time domain resource information is a network device or a terminal device, the network device or the terminal device includes: a processing unit, which may be for example a processor, and a transceiver unit, which may be for example a transceiver comprising radio frequency circuitry, optionally the terminal device further comprises a storage unit, which may be for example a memory. When the terminal device includes a storage unit, the storage unit is configured to store a computer execution instruction, the processing unit is connected to the storage unit, and the processing unit executes the computer execution instruction stored in the storage unit, so that the terminal device executes the method for reporting time domain resource information in any of the second aspects.

In another possible design, when the apparatus is a chip in a network device or a chip in a terminal device, the chip includes: a processing unit, which may be, for example, a processor, and a transceiver unit, which may be, for example, an input/output interface, pins, or circuitry on the chip, etc. The processing unit may execute a computer execution instruction stored in the storage unit, so that a chip in the terminal device executes the method for reporting the time domain resource information in any one of the second aspects. Optionally, the storage unit is a storage unit in the chip, such as a register, a cache, and the like, and the storage unit may also be a storage unit located outside the chip in the terminal device, such as a ROM or another type of static storage device that can store static information and instructions, a RAM, and the like.

The processor mentioned in any of the above may be a CPU, a microprocessor, an ASIC, or one or more integrated circuits for controlling program execution of the method for reporting time domain resource information of the second aspect.

In a ninth aspect, a device for reporting time domain resource information is provided, where the device for reporting time domain resource information may be a network device or a chip in the network device. The apparatus has a function of realizing the embodiments of the third aspect described above. The function can be realized by hardware, and can also be realized by executing corresponding software by hardware. The hardware or software includes one or more units corresponding to the above functions.

In one possible design, when the apparatus is a network device, the network device includes: a processing unit, which may be for example a processor, and a transceiver unit, which may be for example a transceiver, which includes radio frequency circuitry. Optionally, the network device further includes a storage unit, which may be a memory, for example. When the network device includes a storage unit, the storage unit is configured to store a computer execution instruction, the processing unit is connected to the storage unit, and the processing unit executes the computer execution instruction stored in the storage unit, so that the network device executes the method for reporting time domain resource information in any of the third aspects.

In another possible design, when the apparatus is a chip in a network device, the chip includes: a processing unit, which may be, for example, a processor, and a transceiver unit, which may be, for example, an input/output interface, pins, or circuitry on the chip, etc. The processing unit may execute a computer execution instruction stored in the storage unit, so that a chip in the terminal executes the method for reporting the time domain resource information in any one of the third aspects. Optionally, the storage unit is a storage unit in the chip, such as a register, a cache, and the like, and the storage unit may also be a storage unit located outside the chip in the network device, such as a read-only memory (ROM) or another type of static storage device that can store static information and instructions, a Random Access Memory (RAM), and the like.

The processor mentioned in any of the above mentioned places may be a general Central Processing Unit (CPU), a microprocessor, an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or one or more integrated circuits for controlling program execution of the method for reporting time domain resource information according to the third aspect.

In a tenth aspect, the present application provides a device for reporting time domain resource information, where the device may be a network device, a terminal device, a chip in the network device, or a chip in the terminal device. The apparatus for reporting time domain resource information has the function of implementing each embodiment of the fourth aspect. The function can be realized by hardware, and can also be realized by executing corresponding software by hardware. The hardware or software includes one or more units corresponding to the above functions.

In a possible design, when the device for reporting the time domain resource information is a network device or a terminal device, the network device or the terminal device includes: a processing unit, which may be for example a processor, and a transceiver unit, which may be for example a transceiver comprising radio frequency circuitry, optionally the terminal device further comprises a storage unit, which may be for example a memory. When the terminal device includes a storage unit, the storage unit is configured to store a computer execution instruction, the processing unit is connected to the storage unit, and the processing unit executes the computer execution instruction stored in the storage unit, so that the terminal device executes the method for reporting time domain resource information according to any one of the above fourth aspects.

In another possible design, when the apparatus is a chip in a network device or a chip in a terminal device, the chip includes: a processing unit, which may be, for example, a processor, and a transceiver unit, which may be, for example, an input/output interface, pins, or circuitry on the chip, etc. The processing unit may execute a computer execution instruction stored in the storage unit, so that a chip in the terminal device executes the method for reporting the time domain resource information according to any one of the above fourth aspects. Optionally, the storage unit is a storage unit in the chip, such as a register, a cache, and the like, and the storage unit may also be a storage unit located outside the chip in the terminal device, such as a ROM or another type of static storage device that can store static information and instructions, a RAM, and the like.

The processor mentioned in any of the above paragraphs may be a CPU, a microprocessor, an ASIC, or one or more integrated circuits for controlling program execution of the method for reporting domain resource information in the fourth aspect.

In an eleventh aspect, a device for reporting time domain resource information is provided, where the device for reporting time domain resource information may be a network device, or a terminal device, or may be a chip in the network device, or may be a chip in the terminal device. The device for reporting time domain resource information has the function of implementing the embodiments of the fifth aspect. The function can be realized by hardware, and can also be realized by executing corresponding software by hardware. The hardware or software includes one or more units corresponding to the above functions.

In one possible design, when the apparatus is a network device, the network device includes: a processing unit, which may be for example a processor, and a transceiver unit, which may be for example a transceiver, which includes radio frequency circuitry. Optionally, the network device further includes a storage unit, which may be a memory, for example. When the network device includes a storage unit, the storage unit is configured to store a computer execution instruction, the processing unit is connected to the storage unit, and the processing unit executes the computer execution instruction stored in the storage unit, so that the network device executes the method for reporting time domain resource information in any of the fifth aspects.

In another possible design, when the apparatus is a chip in a network device, the chip includes: a processing unit, which may be, for example, a processor, and a transceiver unit, which may be, for example, an input/output interface, pins, or circuitry on the chip, etc. The processing unit may execute a computer execution instruction stored in the storage unit, so that a chip in the terminal executes the method for reporting the time domain resource information according to any one of the fifth aspect. Optionally, the storage unit is a storage unit in the chip, such as a register, a cache, and the like, and the storage unit may also be a storage unit located outside the chip in the network device, such as a read-only memory (ROM) or another type of static storage device that can store static information and instructions, a Random Access Memory (RAM), and the like.

The processor mentioned in any of the above paragraphs may be a general purpose Central Processing Unit (CPU), a microprocessor, an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or one or more integrated circuits for controlling program execution of the method for reporting time domain resource information according to the fifth aspect.

In a twelfth aspect, the present application provides a device for reporting time domain resource information, where the device may be a network device, a terminal device, a chip in the network device, or a chip in the terminal device. The apparatus for reporting time domain resource information has the function of implementing each embodiment of the sixth aspect. The function can be realized by hardware, and can also be realized by executing corresponding software by hardware. The hardware or software includes one or more units corresponding to the above functions.

In a possible design, when the device for reporting the time domain resource information is a network device or a terminal device, the network device or the terminal device includes: a processing unit, which may be for example a processor, and a transceiver unit, which may be for example a transceiver comprising radio frequency circuitry, optionally the terminal device further comprises a storage unit, which may be for example a memory. When the terminal device includes a storage unit, the storage unit is configured to store a computer execution instruction, the processing unit is connected to the storage unit, and the processing unit executes the computer execution instruction stored in the storage unit, so that the terminal device executes the method for reporting time domain resource information in any of the above sixth aspects.

In another possible design, when the apparatus is a chip in a network device or a chip in a terminal device, the chip includes: a processing unit, which may be, for example, a processor, and a transceiver unit, which may be, for example, an input/output interface, pins, or circuitry on the chip, etc. The processing unit may execute a computer execution instruction stored in the storage unit, so that a chip in the terminal device executes the method for reporting the time domain resource information in any item of the sixth aspect. Optionally, the storage unit is a storage unit in the chip, such as a register, a cache, and the like, and the storage unit may also be a storage unit located outside the chip in the terminal device, such as a ROM or another type of static storage device that can store static information and instructions, a RAM, and the like.

The processor mentioned in any of the above may be a CPU, a microprocessor, an ASIC, or one or more integrated circuits for controlling program execution of the method for reporting domain resource information in the sixth aspect.

In a thirteenth aspect, a computer storage medium is provided, having program code stored therein, the program code being for instructing execution of instructions of a method in any of the first and second aspects described above, or any possible implementation thereof.

In a fourteenth aspect, a computer storage medium is provided, in which program code is stored, the program code being indicative of instructions for carrying out the method of any one of the third and fourth aspects or any possible implementation thereof.

In a fifteenth aspect, a computer storage medium is provided, having program code stored therein for instructing execution of instructions of a method in any one of the above-described fifth aspects or any possible implementation thereof.

In a sixteenth aspect, a computer storage medium is provided, in which program code is stored, the program code being indicative of instructions for carrying out the method of any one of the above-described sixth aspects or any possible implementation thereof.

A seventeenth aspect provides a computer program product comprising instructions which, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of any of the first and second aspects above, or any possible implementation thereof.

In an eighteenth aspect, there is provided a computer program product containing instructions which, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of any of the third and fourth aspects above, or any possible implementation thereof.

A nineteenth aspect provides a computer program product comprising instructions which, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of any of the above-mentioned fifth aspects or any possible implementation thereof.

A twentieth aspect provides a computer program product comprising instructions which, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of any one of the sixth aspects above or any possible implementation thereof.

Based on the above technical solution, the first device determines the information of the at least one third-level time period that needs to be reported, and sends the first frame used for indicating the information of the at least one third-level time period to the second device, so that the second device can configure a reasonable time domain resource for the first device according to the first frame, thereby improving communication efficiency.

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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of signal feedback for a conventional scheme;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating a structure of an SP in a time domain resource according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of an SP in a time domain resource according to another embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a frame structure of a beacon frame according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a frame structure of a broadcast frame according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of resource allocation for TDD SPs;

fig. 7 is a schematic flowchart of a method for reporting time domain resource information according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a diagram of a frame format according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 9 is a diagram of another frame format according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of yet another frame format according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating yet another frame format according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating yet another frame format according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram of yet another frame format according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram of yet another frame format according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram of yet another frame format according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating yet another frame format according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 17 is a schematic flowchart of a method for reporting time domain resource information according to another embodiment of the present application;

fig. 18 is a schematic diagram of still another frame format in the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 19 is a schematic diagram of a method for reporting time domain resource information according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 20 is a schematic diagram of yet another frame format according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 21 is a schematic diagram of a method for reporting time domain resource information according to another embodiment of the present application;

fig. 22 is a schematic block diagram of an apparatus for reporting time domain resource information according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 23 is a schematic structural diagram of a device for reporting time domain resource information according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 24 is a schematic block diagram of an apparatus for reporting time domain resource information according to another embodiment of the present application;

fig. 25 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for reporting time domain resource information according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 26 is a schematic block diagram of a communication system of one embodiment of the present application;

fig. 27 is a schematic block diagram of an apparatus for reporting time domain resource information according to another embodiment of the present application;

fig. 28 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for reporting time domain resource information according to another embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical solution in the present application will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The technical scheme of the embodiment of the application can be applied to various communication systems, for example: a Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) System, a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) System, a Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) System, a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), a Long Term Evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE) System, an LTE Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) System, an LTE Time Division Duplex (TDD), a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), a Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) communication System, a future fifth Generation (5G) System, or a New Radio Network (NR), etc.

The embodiment of the application can also be applied to a distribution network comprising a plurality of nodes, and the nodes in the distribution network can directly communicate with the terminal equipment or can communicate with the terminal equipment through forwarding of multi-hop nodes.

The first device in the embodiments of the present application may refer to a user equipment, an access terminal, a subscriber unit, a subscriber station, a mobile station, a remote terminal, a mobile device, a user terminal, a wireless communication device, a user agent, or a user equipment. The terminal device may also be a cellular phone, a cordless phone, a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) phone, a Wireless Local Loop (WLL) station, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a handheld device with Wireless communication function, a computing device or other processing device connected to a Wireless modem, a vehicle-mounted device, a wearable device, a terminal device in a future 5G Network or a terminal device in a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) for future evolution, a Station (STA), and the like, which are not limited in this embodiment. For convenience of description, the following embodiments take a Station (STA) as an example for illustration.

The second device in this embodiment of the present application may be a device for communicating with a first device, where the first device may be a Base Transceiver Station (BTS) in a Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) System or a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) System, may also be a Base Station (NodeB) in a Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) System, may also be an evolved NodeB (eNB or eNodeB) in an LTE System, may also be a wireless controller in a Cloud Radio Access Network (CRAN) scenario, or may be a relay Station, an Access Point, a vehicle-mounted device, a wearable device, and a Network device in a future 5G Network or a Network device in a future evolved PLMN Network, and an Access Point (AP), or a basic service set Control Point (Point), PCP), etc., the examples of the present application are not limited. For convenience of description, the following embodiments are described with reference to an AP as an example.

Fig. 1 shows a schematic diagram of signal feedback of a conventional scheme. As shown in fig. 1, signals are transmitted between AP1 and STA1 in a quasi-static manner, i.e., periodically between AP1 and STA 1. If STA2 receives signal 1 sent by AP1 to STA1 and knows that the time domain resource of signal 1 is occupied, STA2 may send feedback information to AP2 to avoid AP2 allocating the time domain resource with interference to STA 2.

In the conventional scheme, a time domain resource structure for signal transmission is divided by taking an SP as a unit, where one SP includes a plurality of blocks with the same size, and intervals between different blocks are the same. That is, knowing the starting position of Block1, the starting position of Block2 can be determined from the size of Block, and the period of Block. Therefore, STA2 may carry the start position of Block1 of the time domain resource occupied by signal 1 in the feedback information, the size of Block, and the period of Block, and AP2 may determine the specific positions of multiple blcoks occupied by signal 1 in SP according to the feedback information, thereby avoiding configuring the time domain resource occupied by signal 1 for STA2, i.e., avoiding interference caused by signal 1 to signal 2.

The quasi-static method means that offset times of each SP to a Target Beacon Transmission Time (TBTT) are the same, and durations thereof are the same.

Fig. 2 illustrates a manner of dividing time domain resources according to an embodiment of the present application. In this manner, the time domain resource includes first level periods including at least one second level period, and each of the at least one second level periods includes a plurality of third level periods.

In a specific embodiment, the first-stage time interval is a service time interval SP, the second-stage time interval is a time division duplex time Slot TDD Slot, and the third-stage time interval is a time division duplex service time interval TDD SP; as shown in fig. 2, the time domain resource includes a service period SP, which may be divided into a plurality of TDD slots (slots), each of which may be further divided into a plurality of TDD SPs. In particular, the TDD Slot may be the same as Block in the legacy scheme.

The present application does not limit the division of time domain resources and the division names, and any division and division name substantially the same as the present application fall within the scope of the present application.

In a multi-hop backhaul network, the size of a time domain resource required by a certain user exceeds the size of a Block in a traditional scheme, and the method can be realized by connecting a plurality of blocks in series. For example, as shown in fig. 3, the time intervals between blocks may be connected, and the time domain resources may be divided again, that is, Blcok is connected and then divided into TDD slots, and then TDD SPs are further divided under each TDD Slot.

Therefore, the TDD Slot in the embodiment of the present application may be the same as the Blcok size in the conventional scheme, or may be different from the Block in the conventional scheme.

As shown in fig. 4, fig. 4 is a TDD Slot structural element representing a TDD Slot structure, and the AP may carry the TDD Slot structural element in a beacon frame or other frames and send the beacon frame or other frames to the STA, so that the STA obtains division information of the TDD Slot.

As shown in fig. 4, the TDD Slot structure element may include an element (element) ID field, an element length field, an element ID extension field, a TDD Slot scheduling control field, a data block duration field, and a TDD Slot scheduling field. The TDD time Slot scheduling control field comprises a number subfield of TDD SPs included in each TDD Slot, an interval duration (xIFS) subfield between the TDD slots, an interval duration (yIFS) subfield between uplink TDD SPs or downlink TDD SPs, an interval duration (zIFS) subfield between the uplink TDD SPs and the downlink TDD SPs, an allocation identification subfield, a data block valid duration subfield, and a reserved subfield; the TDD Slot scheduling field includes a plurality of duration TDD SP duration subfields that represent a TDD SP duration for each TDD SP in the TDD Slot.

Furthermore, the TDD SPs in a TDD Slot may be ordered in the order of numbering, and TDD SPs in the same ordering position in different TDD slots may be allocated to different STAs. As shown in fig. 5, fig. 5 is a TDD SP scheduling element representing TDD SP scheduling, where the AP may carry the TDD SP scheduling element in a broadcast frame or other frames and send the broadcast frame or other frames to the STA, so that the STA obtains scheduling allocation information of the TDD SP.

As shown in fig. 5, the mapping relationship between the TDD start time and the bitmap and the device ID in the TDD SP scheduling element indicates the correspondence relationship between each TDD SP and the STA.

That is, TDD SPs allocated to STA in one TDD Slot are not periodic, for example, as shown in fig. 6, TDD SP1 and TDD SP2 are allocated to STA2 and TDD SP3 is allocated to STA1 in TDD Slot k + 2. The STA cannot report the situation of the current TDD SP of a certain TDD Slot to the AP according to a feedback manner in the conventional scheme, and therefore a feedback manner is urgently needed to enable the AP to know the occupation situation of the current TDD SP of a certain TDD Slot, so that the reasonability of time domain resource configuration is improved, and the communication efficiency is improved.

It can also be said that the TDD SP allocated to STA in one TDD Slot is not periodic, for example, as shown in fig. 6, TDD SP1 in TDD Slot k +1 is allocated to STA1, TDD SP3 in TDD Slot k +2 is allocated to STA1, and TDD SP1 in TDD Slot k +3 is allocated to STA 1. The STA1 cannot report the situation of the current TDD SP to the AP according to a feedback manner in the conventional scheme, and therefore, a feedback manner is urgently needed to enable the AP to know the occupation situation of the STA1 of the current TDD SP, so that the reasonability of time domain resource allocation is improved, and the communication efficiency is improved.

Fig. 7 shows a schematic flowchart of a method for reporting time domain resource information according to an embodiment of the present application. The embodiment of the application can be applied to a communication system for performing multi-level division on time domain resources. One way to divide the time domain resources in multiple stages may be: the time domain resource includes first stage periods including at least one second stage period, and each of the at least one second stage periods includes a plurality of third stage periods.

Specifically, the at least one TDD timeslot TDD Slot has the same structure, that is, the number of TDD service periods TDD SP included in a certain TDD timeslot TDD Slot is the same as the number of TDD service periods TDD SP included in other TDD timeslots TDD slots, and the duration of each TDD service period TDD SP included in a certain TDD timeslot TDD Slot is the same as the duration of the corresponding TDD service period TDD SP included in other TDD timeslots TDD slots.

It should be noted that the service period SP may be a unit in which the second device allocates a time domain resource to the service flow of the first device, for example, a Service Period (SP) in a communication system composed of an AP and an STA, or may be a unit in which a time domain resource is allocated to a service data flow in the other communication systems, which is not limited in this application. In addition, the names of the service period SP, the time division duplex time Slot TDD Slot, and the time division duplex service period TDD SP are not limited in the embodiments of the present application, and with the development of the communication system, other names having the same functions as those of the service period SP, the time division duplex time Slot TDD Slot, and the time division duplex service period TDD SP are within the scope of the present application. For convenience of description, the following embodiments take SP, TDD Slot, and TDD SP as examples.

701, the first device determines information of at least one TDD SP that needs to be reported.

Specifically, the first device may measure information of at least one TDD SP that needs to be reported from a plurality of TDD SPs in at least one TDD Slot, where the information of the TDD SP may be that the TDD SP is in an idle state or an occupied state; it may also be whether the TDD SP is set with a Network Allocation Vector (NAV) and, in the case of setting a NAV, the duration of the set NAV; or whether the interference time of the TDD SP is greater than a preset threshold, or a specific interference time in the case of being greater than the preset threshold; whether the interference time proportion of one TDD Slot is larger than a preset threshold or not or the specific interference time proportion under the condition that the interference time proportion is larger than the preset threshold can be also adopted; or the TDD SP prefers a certain STA or STAs; it may also be whether the signal strength detected on the TDD SP is greater than a preset threshold, or the specific signal strength in case of being greater than a preset threshold; combinations of at least two of the foregoing, and the like.

It should be understood that the occupied state may indicate that the TDD SP has been assigned to certain devices or is performing signal processing.

It should be noted that the at least one TDD SP may be all TDD SPs included in the SP, may also be a part of TDD SPs included in the SP, and may also be one of the TDD SPs included in the SP, which is not limited in this application. Optionally, the first device determines information for each TDD SP of the at least TDD Slot; optionally, the first device determines information for each of the SPs; optionally, the first device determines information of at least one TDD SP allocated to the first device; optionally, the first device determines information of at least one unassigned TDD SP; optionally, the first device determines information of at least one unassigned TDD SP and at least one TDD SP allocated for the first device.

It should be noted that the triggering condition for the first device to determine the information of the TDD SP and send the first frame indicating the information of the TDD SP to the second device includes: the first device requires new TDD SP resources; or the first device needs to replace an existing TDD SP resource; or the first device receives a request element sent by a second device and used for requesting the first device to feed back TDD SP information, wherein the request element can be carried by a request frame or other frames; or the first device receives an indication element sent by a second device and used for indicating the first device to feed back the TDD SP information, where the indication element may be carried by an indication frame or other frames.

The first device needs new TDD SP resources, including: the current service flow rate is increased, the current service transmission rate is reduced, and a new service flow arrives.

The first device needs to replace an existing TDD SP resource, including: the first device detects interference on an existing TDD SP assigned to the first device, e.g., multiple times or periodically.

In particular, the request element or the indication element may have only one bit, where a1 in the bit indicates that the first device needs to measure the TDD SP, and a 0 in the bit indicates that the first device does not need to measure the TDD SP. For example, as shown in fig. 8, the Directional Channel Quality Request (Measurement Request field format for direct Channel Quality Request) for the Measurement Request field format includes a Measurement class (operating class), a Channel number (Channel number), an Application Identifier (AID) of a Measurement user, a reserved field, and a Measurement method (Measurement method), where the reserved field may be used as a field for requesting information to trigger the first device to send information for feeding back the TDD SP.

It should be noted that, if the at least one TDD timeslot includes a TDD SP currently serving the first device, the first device may not measure the current TDD SP, so as to avoid resource waste.

Optionally, the first device may receive the second frame sent by the second device and indicate the second frame for allocating to its TDD SP, so that the first device may measure only information of at least one TDD SP allocated to itself, and avoid detecting information that cannot be allocated to its TDD SP, thereby saving power consumption of the first device.

It should be understood that the request information described above may be carried in this second frame.

Optionally, the first device may further indicate an unallocated TDD SP after receiving the second frame sent by the second device, so that the first device may measure only an unallocated TDD SP, and avoid measuring an already allocated TDD SP, which may cause resource waste.

Optionally, the first device may receive the second frame sent by the second device and may also allocate a TDD SP to the first device in an unallocated TDD service period, so that the first device may measure only the TDD SP allocated to the first device in the unallocated TDD SP, thereby further saving power consumption of the first device.

Optionally, the second device may send the second frame to the second device when TDD SP needs to be added or replaced for the first device.

Optionally, the second device may also send the second frame to the second device when determining that the packet loss rate and/or the retransmission rate of the signal sent to the first device changes.

Optionally, the second device may also send the second frame to the second device when determining that the packet loss rate and/or the retransmission rate of the signal sent by the first device is changed.

Optionally, the second frame may include at least one field, and the at least one field and the at least one TDD SP have a one-to-one mapping relationship, so that a value of each field in the at least one field may be used to indicate the TDD SP that needs to be measured.

In particular, the at least one field may be a bitmap (bitmap) consisting of consecutive bits.

It should be noted that the field may include only the bitmap, or the field may further include bits with other functions, which is not limited in this application.

Optionally, the second frame may further include a field indicating a start position of the TDD SP that needs to be measured.

Specifically, the duration of the TDD SP may be a fixed value, that is, the second frame may include fixed-length fields, each field corresponding to one TDD SP to be measured, so that the first device may measure information of a fixed number of TDD SPs from the starting position of the TDD SP to be measured indicated by the second frame.

Optionally, the second frame may further include a field indicating a duration of the TDD SP. The duration of the TDD SP may be represented by the number of TDD slots or the number of TDD SPs. Thus, the first device can determine the TDD SP needing to be measured according to the field indicating the starting position of the TDD SP needing to be measured and the field indicating the time length of the TDD SP, thereby improving the flexibility of indicating the TDD SP needing to be measured.

The embodiments of the application can be applied to one TDD Slot, and can also be applied to a plurality of TDD slots.

In one embodiment, for the case of multiple TDD slots, the second frame may include an identification of the device requesting the measurement, an identification of the starting TDD Slot, and information indicating the number of TDD slots.

Specifically, the device identifier requesting measurement may be an identifier of an interfering device, and the interfering device may be an identifier of a channel occupant in the NAV record of the first device, for example, the device identifier is at least one bit, and the first device may determine, according to a value of the at least one bit, which device measures interference on some time domain resources of the first device by the first device. In addition, the second frame may also carry a Media Access Control (MAC) address of the interfering device.

For example, as shown in fig. 9, the starting TDD Slot is TDD Slot k +1, the number of TDD slots is 3, and the first device may measure information of all TDD SPs included in the three TDD slots, TDD Slot k +1 to TDD Slot k + 3.

Alternatively, since each TDD Slot includes the same number of TDD SPs, the number of TDD slots may also be represented by the number of TDD SPs. For example, as shown in fig. 10, one TDD Slot includes M TDD SPs, and the number of TDD SPs is 3 × M, which is the same as 3 TDD slots.

In another embodiment, the second frame may include an identification of the device requesting the measurement, an identification of the starting TDD Slot, and information indicating the number of TDD SPs.

For example, the starting TDD Slot is TDD Slot k +1 and TDD SP is 3, the first device may measure the information of three TDD SPs starting from the first TDD Slot in the TDD Slot k + 1.

In yet another embodiment, the second frame may further include only the starting time instant of the first TDD Slot of the SPs, and information indicating the number of TDD slots. As shown in fig. 11, the first device measures all TDD SPs from the start time instant of the first TDD Slot to the number of TDD slots from the start time instant of the first TDD Slot according to the second frame.

In yet another embodiment, the second frame may further include only an identification of the first one of the SPs, i.e. the first one of the first TDD slots, and information indicating the number of TDD slots, as shown in fig. 12.

In yet another embodiment, the second frame may further include only an identification of a first one of the SPs, and information indicating the number of TDD SPs.

Optionally, the second frame may further include a length indicating the bitmap.

In one embodiment, the second frame may include an identification of the device requesting the measurement, an identification of the starting TDD Slot, and a length of the bitmap of the TDD SP.

Specifically, the first device determines from the second frame information to measure TDD SPs starting from the first TDD Slot in TDD Slot k +1, where each bit in the TDD SP bitmap corresponds to one TDD SP, as shown in fig. 13.

It should be understood that the TDD SP corresponding to the bitmap of the TDD SP may be a TDD Slot in TDD Slot k +1, and may also include a TDD Slot in the next TDD Slot k +2, which is not limited in this application.

Optionally, the second frame may further include a target channel, and may further include the number of target channels (channel number).

Optionally, the second frame may further include a sector identification field or a beam identification field for indicating a target measurement direction.

It should be noted that the target ranging channel may be one or more sectors or beam directions.

Optionally, the second frame may further include a Band Width (BW).

Optionally, the second frame may include an element identification (element ID), a length (length), in addition to the various structures described above. For example, as shown in fig. 14.

Optionally, the second device may also carry a field indicating the defined condition in the request frame. The field may indicate at least one of a strength threshold of the feedback signal, an interference duration threshold, and a proportion threshold of the interference time to the TDD Slot.

Optionally, after detecting that the TDD SP is interfered by the device of the neighboring cell, the second device may also send the indication information to the central control node or the second device of the neighboring cell, so that the central control node or the second device of the neighboring cell does not occupy the TDD SP for signal transmission any more, thereby improving communication efficiency of the current cell.

In an embodiment, the second frame may be further used to indicate the number of TDD SPs included in the first TDD timeslot and the size of each TDD SP in the first TDD timeslot, so that the first device can know the TDD SPs specifically included in the first TDD timeslot. That is, the second frame may be used to indicate both the structure of the first TDD timeslot and the TDD SP allocated for the first device; or the second frame may be used to indicate both the slot structure of the first TDD and the unassigned TDD SP.

In another embodiment, the first device may further receive a third frame, where the third frame is used to indicate the number of TDD SPs included in the first TDD timeslot and the size of each TDD SP in the first TDD timeslot, and thus the first device can know the TDD SPs specifically included in the first TDD timeslot. That is, the second device independently transmits a third frame indicating a TDD slot structure and a second frame indicating a TDD SP allocated for the first device, respectively.

It is to be understood that the frame structure of the third frame may be as shown in fig. 4.

Optionally, the request information may also be carried in the third frame.

The first device transmits a first frame to the second device, the first frame indicating information of the at least one TDD SP. Accordingly, the second device receives the first frame transmitted by the first device.

In particular, the first frame may be information for indicating only the at least one TDD SP. Or the first frame may have other functions to indicate information of the at least one TDD SP through a reserved field.

Alternatively, the condition for measuring the TDD SP information may be a condition for transmitting the first frame. That is, the first device may periodically or continuously measure all the information of the TDD SP, and the first frame only carries the information of the TDD SP required by the second frame, i.e. the information of a part of the TDD SP.

Optionally, the first frame includes at least one first field, the at least one first field corresponds to the at least one TDD SP one-to-one, and each of the at least one first field is used to indicate information of the corresponding TDD SP.

In a specific embodiment, the first field may include at least one bit, for example, the first field is a bit, the value of the bit is "0" to indicate that the TDD SP is in the idle state, and the value of the bit is "1" to indicate that the TDD SP is in the occupied state; or, the value of the bit is "1" to indicate that the TDD SP is in an idle state, and the value of the bit is "0" to indicate that the TDD SP is in an occupied state. The method comprises the steps that a bitmap is formed by a plurality of 1-bit first fields, each bit of the bitmap corresponds to a TDD SP one by one, and information of the corresponding TDD SP is indicated through the value of each bit of the bitmap, for example, the TDD SP is in an idle state or an occupied state.

In another specific embodiment, the first field includes two bits, and a value of the two bits may indicate information of a corresponding TDD SP, for example, "00" may indicate that the TDD SP is in an idle state, "01" indicates that the TDD SP is used for device transmission, "10" indicates that the TDD SP is used for device reception, and "11" indicates reservation. The device receiving and the device sending may be for a receiving end device or for a sending end device, which is not limited in this application.

Optionally, the first frame further includes a second field, where the second field is used to indicate a starting location of a TDD SP that needs to be reported. The starting position of the TDD SP to be reported may be a starting time of a certain TDD Slot, for example, a starting time of a (k +1) th TDD Slot of option 1-3 in fig. 15, for example, a starting time of a1 st TDD Slot of option 4-5 in fig. 15; or the starting time of a certain TDD SP; this is not limited in this application.

Optionally, the first frame may further include a third field, where the third field is used to indicate a distribution length of the TDD SP that needs to be reported. The distribution length may be the number of TDD slots, for example, the 3 rd field in option1 in fig. 15; the number of TDD SPs may also be, for example, the 3 rd field in option2 in FIG. 15; the length of bitmap corresponding to TDD SP can also be, for example, the 3 rd field in option3 in fig. 15.

Optionally, the first frame may further include an SP identifier, which is used to identify an SP, such as an Allocation (Allocation) ID in fig. 15.

Alternatively, the first frame may correspond to the structure of the second frame described above. It should be understood that, in order to avoid repetition, the same portions of the first frame structure as the second frame structure are not described in detail herein.

Alternatively, the first frame may not correspond to the structure of the second frame, that is, the first frame may have any structure shown in fig. 15, regardless of the structure of the second frame shown in fig. 9 to 13.

Optionally, the structure of the first frame may further include fields such as an element ID, a duration, an element ID extension, a start time, a bitmap length, and a bitmap, as shown in fig. 16.

Optionally, the first device may further send feedback information carrying the preferred TDD SP to the second device, and the second device may allocate a reasonable TDD SP to the first device in combination with the feedback information.

And 703, the second device determines a target TDD SP according to the first frame, wherein the target TDD SP is used for signal transmission with the first device.

Alternatively, if the first frame is used to indicate that at least one TDD SP is in an idle state, the second device may select any one of the TDD SPs in the at least one idle state as the target TDD SP.

Optionally, the second device receives a fourth frame indicating a starting TDD SP position carrying the second signal before determining the target TDD SP in the at least one TDD Slot, so that the second device selects the TDD SP before the starting TDD SP position as the target TDD SP from the at least one TDD SP indicated by the first frame.

Optionally, the second device receives a fifth frame indicating a location of an ending TDD SP carrying the second signal before determining the target TDD SP in the at least one TDD Slot, such that the second device selects, as the target TDD SP, a TDD SP following the location of the ending TDD SP from the at least one TDD SP indicated by the first frame.

Optionally, the second device sends a signal to the first device on the target TDD SP.

Therefore, in the method for reporting time domain resource information according to the embodiment of the present application, the first device determines the information of at least one TDD SP in the first time slot that needs to be reported, and sends the first frame for indicating the information of the at least one TDD SP to the second device, so that the second device can configure a reasonable time domain resource for the first device according to the first frame, thereby improving communication efficiency.

In a conventional scheme, after receiving resource configuration information indicating a target TDD SP, sent by a second device, a first device performs signal transmission on the target TDD SP.

Fig. 17 is a schematic flowchart of a method for reporting time domain resource information according to another embodiment of the present application.

The same terms in the embodiments of the present application may have the same meanings as in the embodiments described above, and are not described herein again to avoid repetition.

1701, the second device sends resource configuration information to the first device, the resource configuration information indicating a target tertiary period in the at least one time division duplex time slot. Accordingly, the first device receives the resource configuration information.

Specifically, the target third-stage period may be one TDD SP or a plurality of TDD SPs.

1702, the first device listening for a signal at an interval prior to the target third stage period.

Specifically, if the target third-stage period is a plurality of TDD SPs, the first device may perform signal listening in a TDD SP interval before a foremost TDD SP in the plurality of TDD SPs, or may perform listening in a TDD SP interval before each TDD SP, which is not limited in this application. There may be one or more TDD SP intervals before the target TDD SP, and the first device may listen to all TDD SP intervals before the target TDD SP, may listen to any one of the TDD SP intervals, or may listen to the TDD SP interval closest to the target TDD SP.

Optionally, the resource configuration information may further indicate whether the first device needs to perform signal listening, and if the resource configuration information indicates that the first device needs to perform signal listening, the first device performs signal listening at a third-level time interval before the target third-level time interval.

Alternatively, if the resource configuration information indicates that the first device does not need to perform signal listening, the first device may perform signal transmission directly over the target third-stage time period.

Optionally, the first device may receive indication information indicating a TDD SP interval in the at least one TDD Slot.

Specifically, the indication information may indicate a start position and an end position of the TDD SP interval. The indication information may also indicate a start position or an end position of the TDD SP interval, and a TDD SP interval duration.

For example, as shown in fig. 18, the TDD SP interval includes an interval yIFS between uplink TDD SPs, yIFS between downlink TDD SPs, and an interval zffs between downlink TDD SPs and uplink TDD SPs.

Optionally, the first device may also determine whether to listen according to the size of the TDD SP interval. And if the TDD SP interval is greater than or equal to a preset duration threshold, the first equipment monitors in the TDD SP interval. If the TDD SP interval is smaller than the preset duration threshold, the first device may not listen in the TDD SP interval.

Alternatively, in the current communication system, the signal listening duration needs to be about one slot length (a slot time) + short frame spacing duration (SIFS time) ═ 8 μ s, so the preset duration threshold may be set to 8 μ s. For example, when the TDD SP interval is 3 μ s, the first device does not listen in the TDD SP interval.

Optionally, the preset duration threshold may also be a protocol agreed Time (apdgppminglisting Time), and specifically, the apdgppminglisting Time may be 150 μ s.

1703, the first device processes the signal according to the signal interception result.

Optionally, if the first device does not listen to signals between other devices, the first device sends a first signal to the second device on the target TDD SP.

Optionally, the transmission modes supported by the first device and the second device include a Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) mode and a Single Input Single Output (SISO) mode, and in case of the MIMO mode, the first device is capable of communicating with the second device through Multiple beam directions. If the first device senses that a portion of the plurality of beam directions is idle during the TDD SP interval, the first device may transmit the first signal in the portion of the beam directions in a MIMO mode and on the target TDD SP. That is to say, the first device can further optimize the signal transmission mode according to the interception result, and improve the transmission efficiency.

Optionally, the transmission modes supported by the first device and the second device include a MIMO mode and a SISO mode, and the first device is capable of communicating with the second device through multiple beam directions in case of the MIMO mode. If the first device senses that only one of the plurality of beam directions is idle during the TDD SP interval, the first device may switch the MIMO mode to the SISO mode such that the first device may transmit the first signal on the target TDD SP in the idle beam direction using the SISO mode. That is to say, the first device can further optimize the signal transmission mode according to the interception result, and improve the transmission efficiency.

Optionally, if the first device senses the second signal and the second signal includes an end time at which the second signal completes transmission, the first device may send feedback information to the second device, where the feedback information is used to request the second device to reallocate the TDD SP after the end time or the feedback information is used to indicate the end time.

Specifically, the first device listens to the second signal and parses the second signal, which carries a NAV-protected directional transmission field, i.e., the first device can determine the transmission duration of the second signal from the second signal. Therefore, the first device reports the end time of the second signal to the second device, thereby avoiding the second device configuring the time domain resource with interference for the first device.

Or, the feedback information reported by the first device to the second device only indicates the end time, and the second device performs time domain resource configuration again according to the end time.

Therefore, according to the method for reporting time domain resource information in the embodiment of the present application, after receiving the resource configuration information indicating the target third-level time period for transmitting the first signal, the first device listens to the signal at an interval before the target third-level time period, and processes the signal according to a listening result, so that the first device can further avoid interference of other signals, and the reliability of signal transmission is improved.

In the conventional scheme, the first device analyzes the identifier of the next-hop device in the signal received by the MAC layer, and prepares an antenna configuration for the next-hop device.

Fig. 19 is a schematic diagram illustrating a method for reporting time domain resource information according to another embodiment of the present application.

The terms in the embodiments of the present application may have the same meaning as the terms in the embodiments described above, and are not repeated herein to avoid redundancy.

1901, a first device receives, at a physical layer, a first frame, the first frame including a preamble field, the preamble field including a first subfield indicating a device identification of a next hop device of the first device.

Specifically, the first field may be newly added in the first frame, or may be a subfield reserved in the first frame, which is not limited in this application. The first field is in the preamble field, i.e. before a layer Service Data Unit (PSDU), that is, the first device can know the device identity of the next-hop device without parsing the PSDU.

Optionally, the first subfield is after the header-a field and before the PSDU.

It should be noted that the first device in the embodiment of the present application may be the first device in each of the above embodiments, and may also be the second device in each of the above embodiments.

Optionally, the source device AID and the target device AID may also be included in the first subfield.

Optionally, the preamble field further includes a second subfield preceding the first subfield, the second subfield indicating that the first subfield indicating the next hop device identification is included in the preamble field.

Specifically, the first device may know that the preamble field further includes other subfields according to the second subfield, so as to continue parsing and improve the signal processing efficiency.

Optionally, in an embodiment, a third subfield indicating the source device AID and the target device AID may be further included in the first subfield.

For example, as shown in FIG. 20, the first frame includes an L-STF field, an L-CEF field, an L-header field, a header-A field, a header-B field, and a PSDU. Wherein, the header-B field, i.e. the aforementioned first sub-field, includes a device identifier of a next-hop device and a third sub-field, and the third sub-field is used to indicate a source identifier and a target identifier; the header-a includes a field indicating that the preamble field includes the first subfield.

Optionally, in another embodiment, the first subfield may further include a third subfield indicating a flow identification indicating the source device identification and the target device identification.

Specifically, the first device stores a mapping relationship table, where the mapping relationship table includes a mapping relationship between the flow identifier and the source device identifier, and a mapping relationship between the flow identifier and the target device identifier. Thus, the first device can determine the flow identifier according to the third field, and determine the source device identifier and the target device identifier according to the flow identifier and the mapping relation table, thereby saving the length of the occupied field.

1902 from the first subfield, a device identification of a next hop device;

1903, the first device performs antenna configuration for the next-hop device at the physical layer.

Specifically, the first device receives a first frame at the physical layer, and can determine the device identifier of the next-hop device according to the first frame, so that the antenna configuration can be performed at the physical layer, thereby saving the antenna configuration delay.

Optionally, the first device may further receive a forwarding configuration table sent by the management entity, where the forwarding configuration table includes an address of the next-hop device. The first device may then communicate with the next hop device based on the address of the next hop device in the forwarding configuration table.

It should be understood that the forwarding configuration table may also include the address of the source device and the address of the destination device.

Therefore, in the method for reporting time domain resource information in the embodiment of the present application, the first device receives a first frame on the physical layer, where a preamble field of the first frame includes a first subfield used for indicating a device identifier of a next-hop device of the first device, and determines the device identifier of the next-hop device according to the first subfield, so that antenna configuration can be performed on the physical layer for the next-hop device, thereby saving antenna configuration delay.

In the conventional scheme, for a communication system in which a block in a time domain resource structure is further divided into a plurality of TDD SPs, the efficiency of the configuration mode for executing the MIMO mode in each TDD SP is relatively low.

Fig. 21 is a schematic diagram illustrating a method for reporting time domain resource information according to another embodiment of the present application.

The method for reporting the time domain resource information is applied to a communication system with time domain resources comprising a first-level time period, wherein the first-level time period comprises one or more second-level time periods, and at least one second-level time period comprises a plurality of third-level time periods.

2101, the first device determines a mapping relationship between the third-stage time period and the antenna configuration information.

Specifically, the antenna configuration information corresponding to different TDD SPs may be the same or different.

Optionally, the first device and the second device may agree in advance on a mapping relationship between different third-level periods and antenna configuration information.

Alternatively, the antenna configuration information may be a MIMO configuration number.

Optionally, the first device may set, with the second device, a mapping relationship between different third-stage time periods and the antenna configuration information, and send, to the second device, indication information carrying the mapping relationship.

2102, the first device determines antenna configuration information for a target third level period of the at least one second level period based on the mapping.

Specifically, the TDD SPs of the TDD slots included in the SP have the same structure, and therefore, the first device may determine the antenna configuration information of the target TDD SP in each subsequent TDD Slot according to the mapping relationship between the TDD SP of the TDD Slot and the antenna configuration information.

It should be understood that the target TDD SP may be one TDD SP or a plurality of TDD SPs.

Optionally, the signal transmission modes supported by the communication system according to the embodiment of the present application include a MIMO mode, a SISO transmission mode, and a quasi-omni mode.

Optionally, the first device may set a counter, and reset the counter to a first value if the first device receives a signal sent by the second device in the target TDD SP within a preset time threshold, and subtract 1 from the counter if the signal sent by the second device in the target TDD SP is not received within the preset time threshold. The first device signals through the MIMO mode if the counter is greater than 0. That is, the first device may maintain a transmission mode in which the discontinuity can perform signal transmission using the MIMO mode as MIMO, thereby improving the efficiency of signal transmission.

Optionally, if the counter is 0, the first device switches from the MIMO mode to the SISO mode or the quasi-omni mode. That is, the first device may adjust a transmission mode for which signal transmission cannot be performed using the MIMO mode for a long time to a SISO mode or a quasi-omni mode to meet user requirements.

Therefore, in the method for reporting time domain resource information according to the embodiment of the present application, the first device determines the mapping relationship between the third-level time period and the antenna configuration information, and determines the antenna configuration information of the target third-level time period in the at least one second-level time period according to the mapping relationship, thereby avoiding performing antenna configuration for each TDD SP each time, and reducing resource overhead.

It should be understood that the specific examples in the embodiments of the present application are for the purpose of promoting a better understanding of the embodiments of the present application and are not intended to limit the scope of the embodiments of the present application.

It should be understood that, in the various embodiments of the present application, the sequence numbers of the above-mentioned processes do not mean the execution sequence, and the execution sequence of each process should be determined by its function and inherent logic, and should not constitute any limitation to the implementation process of the embodiments of the present application.

The method for reporting time domain resource information according to the embodiment of the present application is described in detail above, and a device for reporting time domain resource information according to the embodiment of the present application will be described below.

Fig. 22 is a device 2200 for reporting time domain resource information according to an embodiment of the present application. The device 2200 for reporting the time domain resource information may be the first device.

It should be understood that the apparatus 2200 for reporting time domain resource information may correspond to the first device in each method embodiment, and may have any function of the first device in the method.

The apparatus 2200 for reporting time domain resource information is applied to a communication system in which the time domain resource includes a first-level time period, where the first-level time period includes one or more second-level time periods, where at least one second-level time period includes multiple third-level time periods, and the apparatus 2200 includes:

a processing module 2210, configured to determine information of at least one third-level time period that needs to be reported;

the transceiver module 2220 is configured to transmit a first frame to the second device, where the first frame is used to indicate the information of the at least one third-stage period.

Optionally, the first frame includes at least one first field, each first field corresponding to one of the at least one third stage period for indicating information corresponding to the third stage period.

Optionally, the first frame further comprises a second field for indicating a start position of the at least one third-stage period.

Optionally, the first frame further includes a third field, where the third field is used to indicate a distribution length of a third-level time period that needs to be reported.

Optionally, the starting position is a starting position of a first third stage period in the at least one second stage period, or a starting position of a first second stage period in the at least one second stage period.

Optionally, the processing module 2210 is specifically configured to: under the condition that a new third-level time interval resource is needed, or under the condition that the first device needs to replace the existing third-level time interval resource, or under the condition that the first device receives a request frame sent by the second device, the first device determines at least one piece of information of the third-level time interval which needs to be reported.

Optionally, the first device, in a case where a new third-level period resource is needed, includes: the current service flow rate is increased, the current service transmission rate is reduced, and a new service flow arrives.

Optionally, the situation that the first device needs to replace the existing third-stage period resource includes: the first device detects interference over an existing third-stage period.

Optionally, the processing module 2210 is specifically configured to:

the first device determines information for each third stage period of the at least one second stage period.

Optionally, the at least one tertiary time period is allocated to the first device or is a currently unallocated tertiary time period.

Therefore, in the apparatus for reporting time domain resource information according to the embodiment of the present application, the first device determines the information of at least one TDD SP in the first time slot that needs to be reported, and sends the first frame for indicating the information of the at least one TDD SP to the second device, so that the second device can configure a reasonable time domain resource for the first device according to the first frame, thereby improving communication efficiency.

Optionally, the apparatus 2200 for reporting time domain resource information in this embodiment may be a network device, or a chip in the network device.

It should be understood that the apparatus 2200 for reporting time domain resource information according to the embodiment of the present application may correspond to the first device in the method for reporting time domain resource information in the embodiments of fig. 7 to fig. 16, and the above and other management operations and/or functions of each module in the apparatus 2200 for reporting time domain resource information are respectively for implementing corresponding steps of each foregoing method, and are not described herein again for brevity.

Optionally, if the apparatus 2200 for reporting the time domain resource information is a network device, the transceiver 2220 in this embodiment may be implemented by the transceiver 2310, and the processing module 2210 may be implemented by the processor 2320. As shown in fig. 23, the apparatus 2300 for reporting time domain resource information may include a transceiver 2310, a processor 2320 and a memory 2330. The memory 2330 may be used for storing indication information and may also be used for storing codes, instructions and the like executed by the processor 2320. The transceiver 2310 may include radio frequency circuitry and, optionally, a storage unit.

The storage unit may be a memory, for example. When the network device includes a storage unit, the storage unit is used for storing a computer execution instruction, the processing unit is connected with the storage unit, and the processing unit executes the computer execution instruction stored in the storage unit, so that the network device executes the method for reporting the time domain resource information.

Optionally, if the apparatus 2200 for reporting the time domain resource information is a chip in the network device, the chip includes a processing module 2210 and a transceiver module 2220. Transceiver module 2220 may be implemented by transceiver 2310 and processing module 2210 may be implemented by processor 2320. The transceiver module may be, for example, an input/output interface, a pin or a circuit, etc. The processing module may execute computer-executable instructions stored by the memory unit. The storage unit may also be a storage unit located outside the chip in the terminal, such as a read-only memory (ROM) or other types of static storage devices that may store static information and instructions, a Random Access Memory (RAM), and the like.

Fig. 24 is a device 2400 for reporting time domain resource information according to an embodiment of the present application. The device 2400 for reporting the time domain resource information may be the second device.

It should be understood that the apparatus 2400 for reporting time domain resource information may correspond to the second device in each method embodiment, and may have any function of the second device in the method.

The device 2400 for reporting time domain resource information is applied to a communication system in which time domain resources include a first-level time period, where the first-level time period includes one or more second-level time periods, and at least one of the second-level time periods includes a plurality of third-level time periods, and the device 2400 for reporting time domain resource information includes:

a transceiving module 2410, configured to receive a first frame sent by a first device, where the first frame is used to indicate information of at least one third-stage time period;

a processing module 2420 configured to determine a target third-stage time period according to the information of the at least one third-stage time period, wherein the target third-stage time period is used for transmitting a signal with the first device.

Optionally, the first frame includes at least one first field, each first field corresponding to one of the at least one third stage period for indicating information of the third stage period.

Optionally, the first frame further comprises a third field for indicating a time length of the third stage period.

Optionally, the starting position of the at least one third-stage time period is the starting position of the first third-stage time period in the at least one second-stage time period, or the starting position of the at least one third-stage time period is the starting position of the first second-stage time period in the at least one second-stage time period.

Optionally, the transceiving module 2410 is further configured to transmit a second frame, where the second frame is used to indicate at least one third-level time period allocated to the first device, or is used to indicate at least one third-level time period that is not allocated to the first device in the third-level time periods that are not allocated.

Optionally, the transceiving module 2410 is further configured to send the request frame when a third-stage time period needs to be added to the first device, or a third-stage time period needs to be changed for the first device, or at least one of a packet loss rate and/or a retransmission rate of signal transmission changes.

Optionally, the apparatus 2400 for reporting time domain resource information in the embodiment of the present application may be a network device, and may also be a chip in the network device.

It should be understood that the device 2400 for reporting time domain resource information according to the embodiment of the present application may correspond to the second device in the method for reporting time domain resource information in the embodiments of fig. 7 to fig. 16, and the above and other management operations and/or functions of each module in the device 2400 for reporting time domain resource information are respectively for implementing corresponding steps of each aforementioned method, and are not described herein again for brevity.

Optionally, if the device 2400 for reporting the time domain resource information is a network device, the transceiver module 2410 in the embodiment of the present application may be implemented by the transceiver 2510, and the processing module 2420 may be implemented by the processor 2520. As shown in fig. 25, the apparatus 2500 for reporting time domain resource information may include a transceiver 2510, a processor 2520 and a memory 2530. Memory 2530 may be used to store, among other things, instructional information, and code, instructions, or the like, that can be executed by processor 2520. The transceiver 2510 may include radio frequency circuitry and, optionally, a memory unit.

Optionally, if the device 2400 for reporting the time domain resource information is a chip in a network device, the chip includes the processing module 2420 and the transceiver module 2410. The transceiver module 2410 may be implemented by a transceiver 2510, and the processing module 2420 may be implemented by a processor 2520. The transceiver module may be, for example, an input/output interface, a pin or a circuit, etc. The processing module may execute computer-executable instructions stored by the memory unit. The storage unit may also be a storage unit located outside the chip in the terminal, such as a read-only memory (ROM) or other types of static storage devices that may store static information and instructions, a Random Access Memory (RAM), and the like.

Optionally, the storage unit is a storage unit in the chip, such as a register, a cache, and the like, and the storage unit may also be a storage unit located outside the chip in the terminal, such as a read-only memory (ROM) or another type of static storage device that can store static information and instructions, a Random Access Memory (RAM), and the like. The storage unit may also be a storage unit located outside the chip in the terminal, such as a read-only memory (ROM) or other types of static storage devices that may store static information and instructions, a Random Access Memory (RAM), and the like.

Fig. 26 shows a communication system 2600 according to an embodiment of the present application, where the communication system 2600 includes:

the apparatus 2200 for reporting time domain resource information in the embodiment shown in fig. 22 and the apparatus 2400 for reporting time domain resource information in the embodiment shown in fig. 24.

Embodiments of the present application also provide a computer storage medium that can store program instructions for instructing any one of the methods described above.

Alternatively, the storage medium may be specifically the memory 2330 or 2530.

Fig. 27 is a device 2700 for reporting time domain resource information according to an embodiment of the present application. The apparatus 2700 for reporting the time domain resource information may be the first device.

It should be understood that the apparatus 2700 for reporting time domain resource information may correspond to the first device in each method embodiment, and may have any function of the first device in the method.

The apparatus 2700 for reporting time domain resource information is applied to a communication system in which time domain resources include a first-level time period, the first-level time period includes one or more second-level time periods, at least one of the second-level time periods includes a plurality of third-level time periods, and the apparatus 2700 includes:

a transceiver module 2710, configured to receive resource configuration information sent by the second device, where the resource configuration information is used to indicate a target third-stage time period in the at least one second-stage time period;

a processing module 2720 for signal listening at an interval prior to the target third stage period;

the processing module 2720 is further configured to perform signal processing according to the result of the signal sensing.

Optionally, the processing module 2720 is specifically configured to:

if the first device does not hear the interfering signal, a signal is sent to the second device over the target third level period.

Optionally, the processing module 2720 is specifically configured to:

if the first device senses that a part of beam directions in a plurality of beam directions are idle in the third-level period interval under the condition that the first device communicates with the second device by adopting the MIMO mode, the first device transmits the signal in the part of beam directions by adopting the MIMO mode and in the target third-level period.

Optionally, the processing module 2720 is specifically configured to:

if the first device detects that only one beam direction in the plurality of beam directions is idle in the third-level time interval under the condition that the first device adopts the MIMO mode to communicate with the second device, the first device converts the MIMO mode into an input single-output SISO mode;

the SISO mode is employed in the idle one beam direction to transmit the signal over the target third level period.

Optionally, the processing module 2720 is specifically configured to:

and if the first equipment detects a second signal and the second signal comprises the end time of the transmission completion of the second signal, sending feedback information to the second equipment, wherein the feedback information is used for requesting the second equipment to redistribute a third-stage time period after the end time, or the feedback information is used for indicating the end time.

Optionally, the third-stage interval is greater than or equal to a preset duration threshold.

Optionally, the preset time threshold is 8 μ s.

Optionally, the preset duration threshold is 150 μ s.

Optionally, the apparatus 2700 for reporting time domain resource information in this embodiment may be a network device or a terminal device, or a chip in the network device or a chip in the terminal device.

It should be understood that the apparatus 2700 for reporting time domain resource information according to the embodiment of the present application may correspond to the first device in the method for reporting time domain resource information in the embodiments of fig. 17 to 18, and the above and other management operations and/or functions of each module in the apparatus 2700 for reporting time domain resource information are not described herein again for brevity in order to implement the corresponding steps of each method.

Optionally, if the apparatus 2700 for reporting the time domain resource information is a network device, the transceiver module 2710 in this embodiment of the present application may be implemented by the transceiver 2810, and the processing module 2720 may be implemented by the processor 2820. As shown in fig. 28, an apparatus 2800 for reporting time domain resource information may include a transceiver 2810, a processor 2820 and a memory 2830. The memory 2830 may be used for storing indication information, and may also be used for storing codes, instructions, etc. executed by the processor 2820. The transceiver 2810 may include a radio frequency circuit, and optionally, the network device further includes a storage unit.

Optionally, if the apparatus 2700 for reporting the time domain resource information is a chip in a network device, the chip includes a processing module 2720 and a transceiver module 2710. The transceiver module 2710 may be implemented by the transceiver 2810, and the processing module 2720 may be implemented by the processor 2820. The transceiver module may be, for example, an input/output interface, a pin or a circuit, etc. The processing module may execute computer-executable instructions stored by the memory unit. The storage unit may also be a storage unit located outside the chip in the terminal, such as a read-only memory (ROM) or other types of static storage devices that may store static information and instructions, a Random Access Memory (RAM), and the like.

Alternatively, the storage medium may be specifically the memory 2830.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the various illustrative elements and algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as electronic hardware or combinations of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the implementation. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present application.

It is clear to those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the above-described systems, apparatuses and units may refer to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, and are not described herein again.

In the several embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed system, apparatus and method may be implemented in other ways. For example, the above-described apparatus embodiments are merely illustrative, and for example, the division of the units is only one logical division, and other divisions may be realized in practice, for example, a plurality of units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted, or not executed. In addition, the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interfaces, devices or units, and may be in an electrical, mechanical or other form.

The units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.

In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the present application may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit.

The functions, if implemented in the form of software functional units and sold or used as a stand-alone product, may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present application or portions thereof that substantially contribute to the prior art may be embodied in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium and including instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device) to execute all or part of the steps of the method according to the embodiments of the present application. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: various media capable of storing program codes, such as a usb disk, a removable hard disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

The above description is only for the specific embodiments of the present application, but the scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily conceive of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present application, and shall be covered by the scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A method for reporting time domain resource information is applied to a communication system in which time domain resources include a first-level time period, where the first-level time period includes one or more second-level time periods, and at least one second-level time period includes multiple third-level time periods, and the method includes:

the first equipment determines information of at least one third-stage time interval needing to be reported;

the first device sends a first frame to a second device, where the first frame is used to indicate the information of the at least one third-level period, the first frame is used for the second device to select a target third-level period from the at least one third-level period, the target third-level period is used for the second device and the first device to transmit signals, and the first frame includes a second field used to indicate a starting position of the third-level period that needs to be reported.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first frame further comprises at least one first field, each first field corresponding to one of the at least one third-level time period for indicating information corresponding to the third-level time period.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first frame further comprises a third field, and wherein the third field is used for indicating a distribution length of a third-level time period required to be reported.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the starting position is a starting position of a third level period or a starting position of a second level period of the at least one second level period.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining, by the first device, the information of the at least one third-level time period that needs to be reported comprises:

the method includes that when a first device needs a new third-level time interval resource, or when the first device needs to replace an existing third-level time interval resource, or when the first device receives a request element sent by a second device, the first device determines at least one piece of information of the third-level time interval, wherein the information needs to be reported.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the first device, in the event that a new third level period resource is needed, comprises: the current service flow rate is increased, the current service transmission rate is reduced, and a new service flow arrives.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the first device, in the event that an existing third-tier time period resource needs to be replaced, comprises: the first device detects interference over an existing third-stage period.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining, by the first device, the information of the at least one third-level time period that needs to be reported comprises:

the first device determines information for each third-level period of the at least one second-level period.

9. The method of any of claims 1 to 8, wherein the at least one tertiary time period is allocated to the first device or is a tertiary time period that is not currently allocated.

10. A method for reporting time domain resource information is applied to a communication system in which time domain resources include a first-level time period, the first-level time period includes one or more second-level time periods, and at least one second-level time period includes a plurality of third-level time periods, the method comprising:

the method comprises the steps that a second device receives a first frame sent by a first device, wherein the first frame is used for indicating information of at least one third-level time period, the first frame is used for the second device to select a target third-level time period from the at least one third-level time period, the target third-level time period is used for the second device and the first device to transmit signals, the first frame comprises a second field, and the second field is used for indicating the starting position of the third-level time period needing to be reported;

the second device selects a target third level period from the information of the at least one third level period, the target third level period for transmitting a signal with the first device.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the first frame further comprises at least one first field, each first field corresponding to one of the at least one third-stage period for indicating information of the third-stage period.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the first frame further comprises a third field, and wherein the third field is used for indicating a distribution length of a third-level time period required to be reported.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the starting position of the at least one third stage time interval is the starting position of one of the third stage time intervals, or wherein the starting position of the at least one third stage time interval is the starting position of one of the second stage time intervals.

14. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

and the second device sends a second frame, wherein the second frame is used for indicating at least one third-stage time interval allocated to the first device, or is used for indicating at least one third-stage time interval which is not allocated and allocated to the first device in the third-stage time intervals.

15. The method according to any one of claims 10 to 14, further comprising:

the second device sends the request frame when a third-level time interval needs to be added to the first device, or the third-level time interval needs to be replaced for the first device, or at least one of the change of the packet loss rate or the change of the retransmission rate of signal transmission.

16. An apparatus for reporting time domain resource information, the apparatus being applied to a communication system in which time domain resources include a first-level time period, the first-level time period including one or more second-level time periods, at least one of the second-level time periods including a plurality of third-level time periods, the apparatus comprising:

the processing module is used for determining information of at least one third-level time interval needing to be reported;

a transceiver module, configured to send a first frame to a second device, where the first frame is used to indicate information of the at least one third-level time period, and the first frame includes a second field, and the second field is used to indicate a starting position of the third-level time period that needs to be reported.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the first frame further comprises at least one first field, each first field corresponding to one of the at least one third stage period for indicating information corresponding to the third stage period.

18. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the first frame further comprises a third field, and wherein the third field is configured to indicate a distribution length of a third level time period that needs to be reported.

19. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the starting position is a starting position of a third level period or a starting position of a second level period of the at least one second level period.

20. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the processing module is specifically configured to:

and determining at least one piece of information of the third-level time interval to be reported under the condition that a new third-level time interval resource is needed, or under the condition that an existing third-level time interval resource needs to be replaced, or under the condition that a request element sent by the second equipment is received.

21. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the condition requiring a new third level epoch resource comprises: the current service flow rate is increased, the current service transmission rate is reduced, and a new service flow arrives.

22. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the condition requiring replacement of an existing tertiary time period resource comprises: interference is detected over the existing third stage period.

23. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the processing module is specifically configured to:

determining information for each of the at least one second level period.

24. The apparatus of any of claims 16 to 23, wherein the at least one tertiary time period is allocated to the apparatus or is a currently unallocated tertiary time period.

25. An apparatus for reporting time domain resource information, the apparatus being applied to a communication system in which time domain resources include a first-level time period, the first-level time period including one or more second-level time periods, and at least one of the second-level time periods including a plurality of third-level time periods, the apparatus comprising:

a transceiver module, configured to receive a first frame sent by a first device, where the first frame is used to indicate information of at least one third-level time period, and the first frame includes a second field, where the second field is used to indicate an initial position of the third-level time period that needs to be reported;

a processing module to select a target third level period from the information of the at least one third level period, the target third level period to communicate a signal with the first device.

26. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the first frame further comprises at least one first field, each first field corresponding to one of the at least one third-stage period for indicating information of the third-stage period.

27. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the first frame further comprises a third field, and wherein the third field is configured to indicate a distribution length of a third level time period that needs to be reported.

28. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the starting position of the at least one third stage time interval is the starting position of one of the third stage time intervals, or wherein the starting position of the at least one third stage time interval is the starting position of one of the second stage time intervals.

29. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the transceiver module is further configured to transmit a second frame indicating at least one tertiary time period allocated for the first device, or indicating at least one tertiary time period not allocated for the first device in the third tertiary time periods not allocated.

30. The apparatus according to any of claims 25 to 29, wherein the transceiver module is further configured to send the request frame when a third-stage time period needs to be added to or replaced for the first device, or when at least one of a packet loss rate and a retransmission rate of signal transmission changes.