CN110536361B

CN110536361B - Resource allocation method, device and system

Info

Publication number: CN110536361B
Application number: CN201810517406.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李俊超; 唐浩; 唐臻飞
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-05-25
Filing date: 2018-05-25
Publication date: 2022-11-25
Anticipated expiration: 2038-05-25
Also published as: CN110536361A; WO2019223512A1

Abstract

The application provides a resource configuration method, a device and a system, wherein the method comprises the following steps: for a BWP group, when configuring resources for a signal transmitted in the BWP group, it is considered that the scheduling information of the signal can be transmitted in BWPs outside the BWP group. Optionally, it is considered that the scheduling information of the signal may also be transmitted in the BWP group. By the method, the transmission robustness of the scheduling information of the signal can be improved, so that the data transmission quality is ensured.

Description

Resource allocation method, device and system

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a resource allocation method, apparatus, and system.

Background

In a wireless communication system, signals may be transmitted between a network device and a terminal. For example: the network device may send a synchronization signal, a downlink reference signal, a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) or a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) to the terminal; the terminal may transmit an uplink reference signal, a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH), a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH), or a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) to the network device. When transmitting a signal between a network device and a terminal, it is necessary to determine a transmission resource of the signal and transmit the signal through the determined transmission resource.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides a resource allocation method, a resource allocation device and a resource allocation system, and a signal transmission method, a signal transmission device and a signal transmission system.

In a first aspect, a resource configuration method is provided, where the method includes: scheduling information of a first signal is received through a first BWP group, and transmission resources of the first signal are determined according to the scheduling information of the first signal, and the transmission resources of the first signal are included in a second BWP group.

By the design, more resources can be provided for transmitting the scheduling information of the first signal, so that the transmission robustness can be improved, and the data transmission rate can be improved.

In one possible design, the receiving the scheduling information of the first signal through the first BWP group includes: scheduling information of the first signal is received through a first BWP in the first BWP group.

In one possible design, the transmission resource of the first signal is included in a second BWP group, including: the transmission resource of the first signal is included in a second BWP group. The second BWP is one or more BWPs in the second BWP group.

In one possible design, the method further includes: receiving indication information, and determining the second BWP according to the indication information. The indication information is used for indicating the second BWP, the BWP pair where the second BWP is located, the second BWP and the second BWP group, the BWP pair where the second BWP is located and the second BWP group, the BWP group pair where the second BWP and the second BWP group are located, the BWP pair where the second BWP is located and the BWP group pair where the second BWP group is located, the second BWP group, or the BWP group pair where the second BWP group is located. Illustratively, the indication information is scheduling information of the first signal.

In one possible design, the second BWP is an active BWP of the second BWP group. The method comprises the following steps: the second BWP is the first active upstream BWP of the second BWP group, the first active downstream BWP of the second BWP group, the upstream BWP in the first active BWP pair in the second BWP group, or the downstream BWP in the first active BWP pair in the second BWP group.

In one possible design, the first signal is a physical random access channel PRACH, and the scheduling information of the first signal is included in a physical downlink control channel PDCCH order (order).

In one possible design, the first signal is a sounding reference signal, SRS, and the scheduling information of the first signal is included in downlink control information, DCI, or a medium access control, MAC, control element, CE.

In a second aspect, a resource allocation method is provided, and the method includes: transmitting scheduling information of a first signal through a first BWP group, the scheduling information of the first signal indicating transmission resources of the first signal, the transmission resources of the first signal being included in a second BWP group.

In one possible design, the transmitting the scheduling information of the first signal through the first BWP group includes: scheduling information of the first signal is transmitted through a first BWP in the first BWP group.

In one possible design, the method further includes: transmitting indication information indicating the second BWP. The indication information and the description of the second BWP may refer to corresponding contents in the first aspect, and are not described herein again.

In one possible design, the first signal is a PRACH and the scheduling information for the first signal is included in a PDCCH order (order).

In one possible design, the first signal is an SRS, and the scheduling information for the first signal is included in the DCI or in the MAC CE.

In a third aspect, a resource configuration method is provided, where the method includes: and receiving scheduling information of a second signal through a first BWP group, and determining a transmission resource of the second signal according to the scheduling information of the second signal, wherein the transmission resource of the second signal is included in the first BWP group or an uplink BWP group corresponding to the first BWP group.

By the design, the existing system can be backwards compatible, thereby providing possibility for the evolution of the system.

In one possible design, the receiving the scheduling information of the second signal through the first BWP group includes: scheduling information of the second signal is received through a third BWP in the first BWP group.

In one possible design, the transmission resource of the second signal is included in the first BWP group or the uplink BWP group corresponding to the first BWP group, and includes: the transmission resource of the second signal is included in a fourth BWP, where the fourth BWP is one or more BWPs in the first BWP group, or the fourth BWP is one or more BWPs in an upstream BWP group corresponding to the first BWP group.

In one possible design, the method further includes: receiving indication information from which the fourth BWP is determined. The indication information is used for indicating a fourth BWP, a BWP pair where the fourth BWP is located, a fourth BWP and first BWP group, a BWP pair where the fourth BWP is located and first BWP group, a BWP group pair where the fourth BWP and first BWP group are located, a BWP pair where the fourth BWP is located and a BWP group pair where the first BWP group is located, the first BWP group, a BWP group pair where the first BWP group is located, an upstream BWP group corresponding to the fourth BWP and first BWP group, an upstream BWP group corresponding to the fourth BWP pair where the fourth BWP is located and the first BWP group, or an upstream BWP group corresponding to the first BWP group. Illustratively, the indication information is scheduling information of the second signal.

In one possible design, the fourth BWP is an active BWP in the first BWP group or the fourth BWP is an active BWP in the upstream BWP group to which the first BWP group corresponds. The method comprises the following steps: the fourth BWP is the first active upstream BWP of the first BWP group, the first active downstream BWP of the first BWP group, the upstream BWP in the first active BWP pair in the first BWP group, the downstream BWP in the first active BWP pair in the first BWP group, or the first active upstream BWP in the upstream BWP group corresponding to the first BWP group.

In one possible design, the second signal is a PDSCH or a PUSCH, and the scheduling information of the second signal is included in the DCI.

In a fourth aspect, a resource allocation method is provided, where the method includes: and sending scheduling information of a second signal through the first BWP group, where the scheduling information of the second signal is used to indicate transmission resources of the second signal, and the transmission resources of the second signal are included in the first BWP group or an uplink BWP group corresponding to the first BWP group.

In one possible design, the transmitting the scheduling information of the second signal through the first BWP group includes: the scheduling information of the second signal is transmitted through a third BWP in the first BWP group.

In one possible design, the transmission resource of the second signal is included in the first BWP group or the uplink BWP group corresponding to the first BWP group, and includes: the transmission resource of the second signal is included in a fourth BWP, where the fourth BWP is one or more BWPs in the first BWP group, or the fourth BWP is one or more BWPs in the uplink BWP group corresponding to the first BWP group.

In one possible design, the method further includes: and sending indication information, wherein the indication information is used for indicating a fourth BWP, a BWP pair where the fourth BWP is located, a fourth BWP and a first BWP group, a BWP pair where the fourth BWP is located and a first BWP group, a BWP group pair where the fourth BWP and the first BWP group are located, a BWP pair where the fourth BWP is located and a BWP group pair where the first BWP group is located, a first BWP group, a BWP group pair where the first BWP group is located, an upstream BWP group corresponding to the fourth BWP and the first BWP group, an upstream BWP group corresponding to the BWP pair where the fourth BWP is located and the first BWP group, or an upstream BWP group corresponding to the first BWP group. Illustratively, the indication information is scheduling information of the second signal.

In one possible design, the fourth BWP is an active BWP in the first BWP group, or the fourth BWP is an active BWP in an upstream BWP group to which the first BWP group corresponds. The method comprises the following steps: the fourth BWP is the first active upstream BWP of the first BWP group, the first active downstream BWP of the first BWP group, the upstream BWP in the first active BWP pair in the first BWP group, the downstream BWP in the first active BWP pair in the first BWP group, or the first active upstream BWP in the upstream BWP group corresponding to the first BWP group.

In a fifth aspect, a resource configuration method is provided, and the method includes the methods of the first and third aspects. Through the design, the resource allocation method of the signals can be flexibly configured according to the priority of the signals or the types of the signals. For example, the first signal may be a signal with a higher transmit frequency and the second signal may be a signal with a lower requirement for transmission robustness.

In a sixth aspect, a resource allocation method is provided, which includes the methods of the second and fourth aspects.

In a seventh aspect, a resource configuration method is provided, including: if the configuration of the third signal is in the first configuration, the third signal is the first signal in the method of the first aspect, the method comprising the method of the first aspect; the third signal is the second signal in the method of the third aspect, which comprises the method of the third aspect, if the configuration of the third signal is the second configuration.

In one possible design, the third signal is a PRACH and the scheduling information for the third signal is a PDCCH order. The PDCCH order is included in DCI.

In one possible design, the third signal may be an SRS and the scheduling information for the third signal is an SRS request. The SRS request is included in the DCI.

In one possible design, the first configuration includes: the channel for carrying the scheduling information of the third signal or the information including the scheduling information of the third signal is configured to be N _y1 Transmission in one BWP group, where N _y1 Greater than or equal to 1 and less than the number of BWP groups.

In one possible design, the first configuration includes: the channel for carrying the scheduling information of the third signal or the information including the scheduling information of the third signal is configured to be available at N _y1 Transmission in one downlink BWP group, where N _y1 Greater than or equal to 1 and less than the number of downlink BWP groups.

In one possible design, the second configuration includes: the channel for carrying the scheduling information of the third signal or the information including the scheduling information of the third signal is configured to be transmittable in an arbitrary BWP group, or the channel for carrying the scheduling information of the third signal or the information including the scheduling information of the third signal is configured to be transmittable in an arbitrary downlink BWP group.

In an eighth aspect, a resource allocation method is provided, including: if the configuration of the third signal is in the first configuration, the third signal is the first signal in the method of the second aspect, the method comprising the method of the second aspect; the third signal is the second signal in the method of the fourth aspect, which comprises the method of the fourth aspect, if the configuration of the third signal is the second configuration.

For the description of the third signal and the configuration of the third signal, refer to the corresponding description in the seventh aspect, and are not repeated here.

In a ninth aspect, a method for transmitting ACK/NACK feedback is provided, including: ACK/NACK feedback for signal a, which is a signal received in BWP group B, is transmitted in BWP group a.

In one possible design, signal a is a signal carried by the PDSCH and the ACK/NACK feedback for signal a is carried by the PUSCH or PUCCH.

In one possible design, sending ACK/NACK feedback for signal a in BWP group a includes: ACK/NACK feedback for signal a is sent in one BWP in BWP group a.

In one possible design, signal a is a signal received in BWP group B, including: signal a is a signal received in one or more BWPs in BWP group B.

In a tenth aspect, a method for transmitting ACK/NACK feedback is provided, including: ACK/NACK feedback for signal a, which is a signal transmitted in BWP group B, is received in BWP group a.

In one possible design, receiving ACK/NACK feedback for signal a in BWP group a includes: ACK/NACK feedback for signal a is received in one BWP in BWP group a.

In one possible design, signal a is a signal transmitted in BWP group B, including: signal a is a signal transmitted in one or more BWPs in BWP group B.

In an eleventh aspect, a signal transmission method is provided, including: receiving a signal B of a serving cell B or a carrier B, and performing downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement or time-frequency tracking corresponding to a BWP group A1 in a serving cell A according to the signal B of the serving cell B or the carrier B; receiving the signal B of the serving cell C or the carrier C, and performing downlink path loss estimation, RRM (radio resource management) measurement or time-frequency tracking corresponding to the BWP group A2 in the serving cell A according to the signal B of the serving cell C or the carrier C.

In the method, corresponding service cells/carriers are independently configured for different BWP groups of a service cell/carrier A, the service cells/carriers corresponding to the different BWP groups can be the same or different, and are used for performing downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement or time-frequency tracking corresponding to each BWP group, and the accuracy of the downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement or time-frequency tracking can be improved, so that the quality of downlink data transmission is ensured, and the downlink data transmission rate is improved.

In one possible design, receiving a signal B of a serving cell B or a carrier B, and performing downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement, or time-frequency tracking corresponding to a BWP group A1 in the serving cell a according to the signal B of the serving cell B or the carrier B includes: receiving a first signal B of a serving cell B or a carrier B, and performing downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement or time-frequency tracking corresponding to a first BWP in a BWP group A1 in the serving cell A according to the first signal B of the serving cell B or the carrier B; and receiving a second signal B of the serving cell B or the carrier B, and performing downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement or time-frequency tracking corresponding to a second BWP in the BWP group A1 in the serving cell A according to the second signal B of the serving cell B or the carrier B.

In one possible design, receiving a signal B of a serving cell C or a carrier C, and performing downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement, or time-frequency tracking corresponding to the BWP group A2 in the serving cell a according to the signal B of the serving cell C or the carrier C includes: receiving a first signal B of a serving cell C or a carrier C, and performing downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement or time-frequency tracking corresponding to a first BWP in a BWP group A2 in a serving cell A according to the first signal B of the serving cell C or the carrier C; and receiving a second signal B of the serving cell C or the carrier C, and performing downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement or time-frequency tracking corresponding to a second BWP in a BWP group A2 in the serving cell A according to the second signal B of the serving cell C or the carrier C.

In one possible design, the signal B includes a synchronization signal SS, a demodulation reference signal DMRS, a channel state information reference signal CSI-RS, or a tracking reference signal TRS.

In a twelfth aspect, a signal transmission method is provided, including: sending a signal B of a serving cell B or a carrier B, wherein the signal B of the serving cell B or the carrier B is used for performing downlink path loss estimation, RRM (radio resource management) measurement or time-frequency tracking corresponding to a BWP (broadband wireless protocol) group A1 in a serving cell A; and sending a signal B of the serving cell C or the carrier C, wherein the signal B of the serving cell C or the carrier C is used for performing downlink path loss estimation, RRM (radio resource management) measurement or time-frequency tracking corresponding to the BWP group A2 in the serving cell A.

In one possible design, sending a signal B of a serving cell B or a carrier B, where the signal B of the serving cell B or the carrier B is used for performing downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement, or time-frequency tracking corresponding to the BWP group A1 in the serving cell a, includes: sending a first signal B of a serving cell B or a carrier B, wherein the first signal B of the serving cell B or the carrier B is used for performing downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement or time-frequency tracking corresponding to a first BWP in a BWP group A1 in a serving cell A; and sending a second signal B of the serving cell B or the carrier B, wherein the second signal B of the serving cell B or the carrier B is used for performing downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement or time-frequency tracking corresponding to a second BWP in the BWP group A1 in the serving cell A.

In one possible design, sending a signal B of a serving cell C or a carrier C, where the signal B of the serving cell C or the carrier C is used for performing downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement, or time-frequency tracking corresponding to the BWP group A2 in the serving cell a, includes: sending a first signal B of a serving cell C or a carrier C, wherein the first signal B of the serving cell C or the carrier C is used for performing downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement or time-frequency tracking corresponding to a first BWP in a BWP group A2 in a serving cell A; and sending a second signal B of the serving cell C or the carrier C, wherein the second signal B of the serving cell C or the carrier C is used for performing downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement or time-frequency tracking corresponding to a second BWP in the BWP group A2 in the serving cell A.

In a thirteenth aspect, a signal transmission method is provided, including: receiving a first signal B, and performing downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement or time-frequency tracking corresponding to a BWP group A1 of a serving cell A or a carrier A according to the first signal B; and receiving a second signal B, and performing downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement or time-frequency tracking corresponding to the BWP group A2 of the serving cell A or the carrier A according to the second signal B.

In the method, corresponding signals B are independently configured for different BWP groups of a service cell/carrier A, and the accuracy of downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement or time frequency tracking can be improved, so that the quality of downlink data transmission is ensured, and the transmission rate of the downlink data is improved.

In one possible design, the method further includes: a resource grid for the first signal B is determined. Determining the resource grid of the first signal B comprises: determining a resource grid of a first signal B according to the resource grid corresponding to the BWP group A1, and the resource grid corresponding to the first signal B and the resource grid offset corresponding to the BWP group A1; or determining the resource grid corresponding to the BWP group A1 according to the point a of the BWP group A1, and determining the resource grid of the first signal B according to the resource grid corresponding to the BWP group A1.

In one possible design, the method further includes: a resource grid for the second signal B is determined. Determining the resource grid for the second signal B comprises: determining a resource grid of a second signal B according to the resource grid corresponding to the BWP group A2, and the resource grid corresponding to the second signal B and the resource grid offset corresponding to the BWP group A2; or determining the resource grid corresponding to the BWP group A2 according to the point a of the BWP group A2, and determining the resource grid of the second signal B according to the resource grid corresponding to the BWP group A2.

In a fourteenth aspect, a signal transmission method is provided, including: sending a first signal B, wherein the first signal B is used for performing downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement or time-frequency tracking corresponding to a BWP group A1 of a serving cell A or a carrier A; and sending a second signal B, wherein the second signal B is used for performing downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement or time-frequency tracking corresponding to the BWP group A2 of the serving cell A or the carrier A.

In one possible design, the method further includes: sending first offset indication information, where the first offset indication information is used to indicate a resource grid corresponding to a first signal B and a resource grid offset corresponding to the BWP group A1; or sending first point A indication information, wherein the first point A indication information is used for indicating point A of the BWP group A1.

In one possible design, the method further includes: sending second offset indication information, where the second offset indication information is used to indicate a resource grid corresponding to a second signal B and a resource grid offset corresponding to the BWP group A2; or sending second point a indication information, where the second point a indication information is used to indicate point a of the BWP group A2.

In a fifteenth aspect, the present application provides an apparatus capable of performing one or more of the functions of the first aspect. The functions may be implemented in hardware, software, or hardware plus software. The hardware or software includes one or more modules corresponding to the functions described above. In one example, the apparatus includes: a processor, a memory, and a communication interface. Wherein the memory is coupled to the processor, and the processor executes instructions stored by the memory; the processor is coupled to the communication interface, through which the processor sends and/or receives signals. In another example, the apparatus includes: a processor and a memory. Wherein the memory is coupled to the processor, and the processor executes instructions stored by the memory; the processor generates and transmits signals and/or receives and processes signals.

In one possible design, the processor is configured to receive scheduling information of a first signal via a first BWP group, and determine transmission resources of the first signal according to the scheduling information of the first signal, where the transmission resources of the first signal are included in a second BWP group.

In one possible design, the receiving the scheduling information of the first signal through the first BWP group includes: scheduling information of a first signal is received through a first BWP in a first BWP group.

In one possible design, the processor is further to: receiving indication information, and determining the second BWP according to the indication information. The indication information is the same as that described in the first aspect, and is not described herein again.

In one possible design, the second BWP, the first signal, and the scheduling information of the first signal are described in the first aspect, and are not described herein again.

In a sixteenth aspect, the present application provides an apparatus capable of performing one or more of the functions of the second aspect. The functions may be implemented in hardware, software, or hardware plus software. The hardware or software includes one or more modules corresponding to the functions described above. In one example, the apparatus includes: a processor, a memory, and a communication interface. Wherein the memory is coupled to the processor, and the processor executes instructions stored by the memory; the processor is coupled to the communication interface through which the processor sends and/or receives signals. In another example, the apparatus includes: a processor and a memory. Wherein the memory is coupled to the processor, and the processor executes instructions stored by the memory; the processor generates and transmits signals and/or receives and processes signals.

In one possible design, the processor is configured to generate scheduling information for a first signal, the scheduling information for the first signal indicating transmission resources for the first signal included in a second BWP group, and to transmit the scheduling information for the first signal via the first BWP group.

In one possible design, the processor may be further configured to generate and send indication information indicating the second BWP. The indication information is the same as that described in the second aspect, and is not described herein again.

In one possible design, the scheduling information of the second BWP, the first signal, and the first signal are the same as those described in the second aspect, and are not described herein again.

In a seventeenth aspect, the present application provides an apparatus capable of performing one or more functions of the third aspect. The functions may be implemented in hardware, software, or hardware plus software. The hardware or software includes one or more modules corresponding to the functions described above. In one example, the apparatus includes: a processor, a memory, and a communication interface. Wherein the memory is coupled to the processor, and the processor executes instructions stored by the memory; the processor is coupled to the communication interface through which the processor sends and/or receives signals. In another example, the apparatus includes: a processor and a memory. Wherein the memory is coupled to the processor, and the processor executes instructions stored by the memory; the processor generates and transmits signals and/or receives and processes signals.

In one possible design, the processor is configured to receive scheduling information of a second signal through a first BWP group, and determine transmission resources of the second signal according to the scheduling information of the second signal, where the transmission resources of the second signal are included in the first BWP group or an uplink BWP group corresponding to the first BWP group.

In one possible design, the processor may be further configured to receive indication information from which the fourth BWP is determined. The indication information is the same as that described in the third aspect, and is not described herein again.

In a possible design, the fourth BWP, the second signal, and the scheduling information of the second signal are described in the third aspect, and are not described herein again.

In an eighteenth aspect, the present application provides an apparatus capable of performing one or more of the functions of the fourth aspect. The functions may be implemented in hardware, software, or hardware plus software. The hardware or software includes one or more modules corresponding to the functions described above. In one example, the apparatus includes: a processor, a memory, and a communication interface. Wherein the memory is coupled to the processor, and the processor executes instructions stored by the memory; the processor is coupled to the communication interface through which the processor sends and/or receives signals. In another example, the apparatus includes: a processor and a memory. Wherein the memory is coupled to the processor, and the processor executes instructions stored by the memory; the processor generates and transmits signals and/or receives and processes signals.

In one possible design, the processor is configured to generate scheduling information of a second signal, and transmit the scheduling information of the second signal through a first BWP group, where the scheduling information of the second signal is used to indicate transmission resources of the second signal, and the transmission resources of the second signal are included in the first BWP group or an uplink BWP group corresponding to the first BWP group.

In one possible design, the processor is further to: and generating and sending indication information, wherein the indication information is used for indicating a fourth BWP, a BWP pair where the fourth BWP is located, a fourth BWP and a first BWP group, a BWP pair where the fourth BWP is located and a first BWP group, a BWP group pair where the fourth BWP and the first BWP group are located, a BWP pair where the fourth BWP is located and a BWP group pair where the first BWP group is located, a first BWP group, a BWP group pair where the first BWP group is located, an upstream BWP group corresponding to the fourth BWP and the first BWP group, an upstream BWP group corresponding to the BWP pair where the fourth BWP is located and the first BWP group, or an upstream BWP group corresponding to the first BWP group. Illustratively, the indication information is scheduling information of the second signal.

In a possible design, the fourth BWP, the second signal, and the scheduling information of the second signal are the same as those described in the fourth aspect, and are not described herein again.

In a nineteenth aspect, the present application provides an apparatus capable of performing one or more of the functions of the fifth aspect. The functions may be implemented in hardware, software, or hardware plus software. The hardware or software includes one or more modules corresponding to the functions described above. In one example, the apparatus includes: a processor, a memory, and a communication interface. Wherein the memory is coupled to the processor, and the processor executes instructions stored by the memory; the processor is coupled to the communication interface through which the processor sends and/or receives signals. In another example, the apparatus includes: a processor and a memory. Wherein the memory is coupled to the processor, and the processor executes instructions stored by the memory; the processor generates and transmits signals and/or receives and processes signals.

In one possible implementation, the functions of the apparatus include the functions of the apparatus of the fifteenth aspect and the functions of the apparatus of the seventeenth aspect.

In a twentieth aspect, the present application provides an apparatus capable of performing one or more of the functions of the sixth aspect. The functions may be implemented in hardware, software, or hardware plus software. The hardware or software includes one or more modules corresponding to the functions described above. In one example, the apparatus includes: a processor, a memory, and a communication interface. Wherein the memory is coupled to the processor, and the processor executes instructions stored by the memory; the processor is coupled to the communication interface, through which the processor sends and/or receives signals. In another example, the apparatus includes: a processor and a memory. Wherein the memory is coupled to the processor, and the processor executes instructions stored by the memory; the processor generates and transmits signals and/or receives and processes signals.

In one possible implementation, the functionality of the apparatus comprises the functionality of the apparatus of the sixteenth aspect and the functionality of the apparatus of the eighteenth aspect.

In a twenty-first aspect, the present application provides an apparatus capable of performing one or more functions of the seventh aspect. The functions may be implemented in hardware, software, or hardware plus software. The hardware or software includes one or more modules corresponding to the functions described above. In one example, the apparatus includes: a processor, a memory, and a communication interface. Wherein the memory is coupled to the processor, and the processor executes instructions stored by the memory; the processor is coupled to the communication interface, through which the processor sends and/or receives signals. In another example, the apparatus includes: a processor and a memory. Wherein the memory is coupled to the processor, and the processor executes instructions stored by the memory; the processor generates and transmits signals and/or receives and processes signals.

In one possible design, if the configuration of the third signal is in the first configuration, the third signal is the first signal in the apparatus of the fifteenth aspect, the functions of which include the functions of the apparatus of the fifteenth aspect; the third signal is the second signal in the apparatus of the seventeenth aspect, the function of which comprises the function of the apparatus of the seventeenth aspect, if the configuration of the third signal is in the second configuration.

In a possible design, the third signal, the first configuration, and the second configuration are described in the seventh aspect, and are not described here again.

In a twenty-second aspect, the present application provides an apparatus capable of performing one or more of the functions in the eighth aspect. The functions may be implemented in hardware, software, or hardware plus software. The hardware or software includes one or more modules corresponding to the functions described above. In one example, the apparatus includes: a processor, a memory, and a communication interface. Wherein the memory is coupled to the processor, and the processor executes instructions stored by the memory; the processor is coupled to the communication interface, through which the processor sends and/or receives signals. In another example, the apparatus includes: a processor and a memory. Wherein the memory is coupled to the processor, and the processor executes instructions stored by the memory; the processor generates and transmits signals and/or receives and processes signals.

In a possible design, the third signal is the first signal in the apparatus of the sixteenth aspect, the function of which includes the function of the apparatus of the sixth aspect, if the configuration of the third signal is in the first configuration; the third signal is the second signal in the apparatus of the eighteenth aspect, the functions of which include the functions of the apparatus of the eighteenth aspect, if the configuration of the third signal is in the second configuration.

In a possible design, the third signal, the first configuration and the second configuration are the same as those described in the eighth aspect, and are not described here again.

In a twenty-third aspect, the present application provides an apparatus capable of performing one or more of the functions of the ninth aspect. The functions may be implemented in hardware, software, or hardware plus software. The hardware or software includes one or more modules corresponding to the functions described above. In one example, the apparatus includes: a processor, a memory, and a communication interface. Wherein the memory is coupled to the processor, and the processor executes instructions stored by the memory; the processor is coupled to the communication interface through which the processor sends and/or receives signals. In another example, the apparatus includes: a processor and a memory. Wherein the memory is coupled to the processor, and the processor executes instructions stored by the memory; the processor generates and transmits signals and/or receives and processes signals.

In one possible design, the processor is configured to generate ACK/NACK feedback for signal a, which is transmitted in BWP group a, and signal a is received in BWP group B. For the description of the signal a, refer to the corresponding description in the ninth aspect, and are not repeated here.

In a twenty-fourth aspect, the present application provides an apparatus capable of performing one or more of the functions of the tenth aspect. The functions may be implemented in hardware, software, or hardware plus software. The hardware or software includes one or more modules corresponding to the functions described above. In one example, the apparatus includes: a processor, a memory, and a communication interface. Wherein the memory is coupled to the processor, and the processor executes instructions stored by the memory; the processor is coupled to the communication interface through which the processor sends and/or receives signals. In another example, the apparatus includes: a processor and a memory. Wherein the memory is coupled to the processor, and the processor executes instructions stored by the memory; the processor generates and transmits signals and/or receives and processes signals.

In one possible design, the processor is configured to receive ACK/NACK feedback for signal a in BWP group a, which is received in BWP group B. For the description of the signal a, reference is made to the corresponding description in the tenth aspect, and details are not repeated here.

In a twenty-fifth aspect, the present application provides an apparatus capable of performing one or more of the functions of the eleventh aspect. The functions may be implemented in hardware, software, or hardware plus software. The hardware or software includes one or more modules corresponding to the functions described above. In one example, the apparatus includes: a processor, a memory, and a communication interface. Wherein the memory is coupled to the processor, and the processor executes instructions stored by the memory; the processor is coupled to the communication interface, through which the processor sends and/or receives signals. In another example, the apparatus includes: a processor and a memory. Wherein the memory is coupled to the processor, and the processor executes instructions stored by the memory; the processor generates and transmits signals and/or receives and processes signals.

In a possible design, the processor is configured to receive a signal B of a serving cell B or a carrier B, and perform downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement, or time-frequency tracking corresponding to the BWP group A1 in the serving cell a according to the signal B of the serving cell B or the carrier B; receiving the signal B of the serving cell C or the carrier C, and performing downlink path loss estimation, RRM (radio resource management) measurement or time-frequency tracking corresponding to the BWP group A2 in the serving cell A according to the signal B of the serving cell C or the carrier C.

In a possible design, the signal B of the serving cell B or the carrier B is received, and downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement, or time-frequency tracking corresponding to the BWP group A1 in the serving cell a is performed according to the signal B of the serving cell B or the carrier B, which is the same as the corresponding description in the eleventh aspect and is not described herein again.

In a possible design, the signal B of the serving cell C or the carrier C is received, and downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement, or time-frequency tracking corresponding to the BWP group A2 in the serving cell a is performed according to the signal B of the serving cell C or the carrier C, which is similar to the corresponding description in the eleventh aspect and will not be described herein again.

In one possible design, the signal B is as described in the eleventh aspect and will not be described here.

In a twenty-sixth aspect, the present application provides an apparatus capable of performing one or more of the functions of the twelfth aspect. The functions may be implemented in hardware, software, or hardware plus software. The hardware or software includes one or more modules corresponding to the functions described above. In one example, the apparatus includes: a processor, a memory, and a communication interface. Wherein the memory is coupled to the processor, and the processor executes instructions stored by the memory; the processor is coupled to the communication interface through which the processor sends and/or receives signals. In another example, the apparatus includes: a processor and a memory. Wherein the memory is coupled to the processor, and the processor executes instructions stored by the memory; the processor generates and transmits signals and/or receives and processes signals.

In one possible design, the processor is configured to generate a signal B of a serving cell B or a carrier B, and send the signal B of the serving cell B or the carrier B, where the signal B of the serving cell B or the carrier B is used to perform downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement, or time-frequency tracking corresponding to the BWP group A1 in the serving cell a; and generating a signal B of a serving cell C or a carrier C, and sending the signal B of the serving cell C or the carrier C, wherein the signal B of the serving cell C or the carrier C is used for performing downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement or time-frequency tracking corresponding to the BWP group A2 in the serving cell A.

In a possible design, the signal B of the serving cell B or the carrier B is sent, and the signal B of the serving cell B or the carrier B is used to perform downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement, or time-frequency tracking corresponding to the BWP group A1 in the serving cell a, which is the same as the corresponding description in the twelfth aspect and is not described herein again.

In a possible design, the signal B of the serving cell C or the carrier C is sent, and the signal B of the serving cell C or the carrier C is used to perform downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement, or time-frequency tracking corresponding to the BWP group A2 in the serving cell a, which is the same as the corresponding description in the twelfth aspect, and is not described herein again.

In one possible design, the signal B is as described in the twelfth aspect, and is not described here.

In a twenty-seventh aspect, the present application provides an apparatus capable of performing one or more of the functions of the thirteenth aspect. The functions may be implemented in hardware, software, or hardware plus software. The hardware or software includes one or more modules corresponding to the functions described above. In one example, the apparatus includes: a processor, a memory, and a communication interface. Wherein the memory is coupled to the processor, and the processor executes instructions stored by the memory; the processor is coupled to the communication interface through which the processor sends and/or receives signals. In another example, the apparatus includes: a processor and a memory. Wherein the memory is coupled to the processor, and the processor executes instructions stored by the memory; the processor generates and transmits signals and/or receives and processes signals.

In one possible design, the processor is configured to receive a first signal B, and perform downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement, or time-frequency tracking corresponding to the BWP group A1 of the serving cell a or the carrier a according to the first signal B; and receiving a second signal B, and performing downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement or time-frequency tracking corresponding to the BWP group A2 of the serving cell A or the carrier A according to the second signal B.

In one possible design, the processor is further configured to determine a resource grid for the first signal B. Determining the resource grid of the first signal B comprises: determining the resource grid of the first signal B according to the resource grid corresponding to the BWP group A1, the resource grid corresponding to the first signal B and the resource grid offset corresponding to the BWP group A1; or determining the resource grid corresponding to the BWP group A1 according to the point a of the BWP group A1, and determining the resource grid of the first signal B according to the resource grid corresponding to the BWP group A1.

In one possible design, the processor is further configured to determine a resource grid for the second signal B. Determining the resource grid for the second signal B comprises: determining a resource grid of a second signal B according to the resource grid corresponding to the BWP group A2, and the resource grid corresponding to the second signal B and the resource grid offset corresponding to the BWP group A2; or determining the resource grid corresponding to the BWP group A2 according to the point a of the BWP group A2, and determining the resource grid of the second signal B according to the resource grid corresponding to the BWP group A2.

In a twenty-eighth aspect, the present application provides an apparatus capable of performing one or more of the functions of the fourteenth aspect. The functions may be implemented in hardware, software, or hardware plus software. The hardware or software includes one or more modules corresponding to the functions described above. In one example, the apparatus includes: a processor, a memory, and a communication interface. Wherein the memory is coupled to the processor, and the processor executes instructions stored by the memory; the processor is coupled to the communication interface through which the processor sends and/or receives signals. In another example, the apparatus includes: a processor and a memory. Wherein the memory is coupled to the processor, and the processor executes instructions stored by the memory; the processor generates and transmits signals and/or receives and processes signals.

In one possible design, the processor is configured to generate a first signal B, and transmit the first signal B, where the first signal B is used to perform downlink loss estimation, RRM measurement, or time-frequency tracking corresponding to the BWP group A1 of the serving cell a or the carrier a; and generating a second signal B, and sending the second signal B, wherein the second signal B is used for performing downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement or time-frequency tracking corresponding to the BWP group A2 of the serving cell A or the carrier A.

In one possible design, the processor is further to: transmitting first offset indication information, wherein the first offset indication information is used for indicating a resource grid corresponding to a first signal B and a resource grid offset corresponding to the BWP group A1; or sending first point A indication information, wherein the first point A indication information is used for indicating point A of the BWP group A1.

In one possible design, the processor is further to: sending second offset indication information, where the second offset indication information is used to indicate a resource grid corresponding to a second signal B and a resource grid offset corresponding to the BWP group A2; or sending second point a indication information, where the second point a indication information is used to indicate point a of the BWP group A2.

In a twenty-ninth aspect, the present application provides a computer program product comprising instructions which, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of the first, third, fifth, seventh, ninth, eleventh or tenth aspect or cause the computer to perform the method of the second, fourth, sixth, eighth, tenth, twelfth or fourteenth aspect.

In a thirtieth aspect, the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of the first, third, fifth, seventh, ninth, eleventh or thirteenth aspect, or the method of the second, fourth, sixth, eighth, tenth, twelfth or fourteenth aspect.

In a thirty-first aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a chip system, where the chip system includes a processor and may further include a memory, for implementing the method of the first aspect, the third aspect, the fifth aspect, the seventh aspect, the ninth aspect, the eleventh aspect, or the thirteenth aspect, or for implementing the method of the second aspect, the fourth aspect, the sixth aspect, the eighth aspect, the tenth aspect, the twelfth aspect, or the fourteenth aspect.

A thirty-second aspect provides a communication system comprising the apparatus of the fifteenth aspect, the seventeenth aspect, the nineteenth aspect, the twentieth aspect, the twenty-third aspect, the twenty-fifth aspect or the twenty-seventh aspect, and the apparatus of the sixteenth aspect, the eighteenth aspect, the twentieth aspect, the twenty-second aspect, the twenty-fourteenth aspect, the twenty-sixth aspect or the twenty-eighteenth aspect.

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Fig. 1 is a diagram illustrating an exemplary BWP provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a resource allocation method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a resource allocation method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is an illustration of an apparatus provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is an illustration of an apparatus provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is an illustration of an apparatus provided by an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is an exemplary diagram of an apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application can be applied to various communication systems. For example, the technical solution provided in the embodiment of the present application may be applied to a communication system supporting a sub-band or carrier bandwidth part (BWP), for example: a fifth generation mobile communication (5G) system, a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, or a future communication system. Among them, 5G may also be referred to as New Radio (NR). In the embodiment of the present application, NR and LTE are used as examples for description, and do not limit an application scenario of the technical solution provided in the embodiment of the present application.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application can be applied to wireless communication among communication devices. The communication device may include a network device and a terminal device, and the network device may also be referred to as a network side device. The wireless communication between the communication devices may include: wireless communication between a network device and a terminal device, wireless communication between a network device and a network device, and wireless communication between a terminal device and a terminal device. In the embodiments of the present application, the term "wireless communication" may also be simply referred to as "communication", and the term "communication" may also be described as "data transmission", "signal transmission", "information transmission", or "transmission", and the like. The transmission may be uplink transmission, for example, the network device sends data to the terminal device; the transmission may also be a downlink transmission, for example, the terminal device sends data to the network device.

The terminal device related to the embodiment of the present application may also be referred to as a terminal, and may be a device with a wireless transceiving function, which may be deployed on land, including indoors or outdoors, handheld or vehicle-mounted; can also be deployed on the water surface (such as a ship and the like); and may also be deployed in the air (e.g., airplanes, balloons, satellites, etc.). The terminal device may be a User Equipment (UE). Wherein the UE comprises a handheld device, an in-vehicle device, a wearable device, or a computing device with wireless communication capabilities. Illustratively, the UE may be a mobile phone (mobile phone), a tablet computer, or a computer with wireless transceiving function. The terminal device may also be a Virtual Reality (VR) terminal device, an Augmented Reality (AR) terminal device, a wireless terminal in industrial control, a wireless terminal in unmanned driving, a wireless terminal in telemedicine, a wireless terminal in smart grid, a wireless terminal in smart city (smart city), a wireless terminal in smart home (smart home), and so on. In the embodiment of the present application, the apparatus for implementing the function of the terminal may be the terminal, or an apparatus capable of supporting the terminal to implement the function, for example, a chip system. In the embodiment of the present application, a device for implementing a function of a terminal is a terminal, and a terminal is a UE as an example, so as to describe a technical solution provided in the embodiment of the present application.

The network device related to the embodiment of the present application includes a Base Station (BS), which may be a device deployed in a radio access network and capable of performing radio communication with a terminal. The base station may have various forms, such as a macro base station, a micro base station, a relay station, an access point, and the like. For example, the base station related to the embodiment of the present application may be a base station in 5G or a base station in LTE, where the base station in 5G may also be referred to as a Transmission Reception Point (TRP) or a gNB. In this embodiment of the present application, the apparatus for implementing the function of the network device may be a network device, or may be an apparatus capable of supporting the network device to implement the function, for example, a chip system. In the embodiment of the present application, a device for implementing a function of a network device is a network device, and a network device is a base station, for example, the technical solution provided in the embodiment of the present application is described.

In a wireless communication system, a base station and a UE may communicate using air interface resources, which may include time domain resourcesAnd/or frequency domain resources. BWP may be configured in frequency domain resources, where BWP may include a continuous segment of frequency resources in carrier bandwidth, system bandwidth or transmission bandwidth, for example, BWP shown in fig. 1 is a continuous segment of frequency resources in carrier bandwidth; BWP may include a carrier bandwidth, a system bandwidth, or a discontinuous frequency resource in a transmission bandwidth, which is not limited in this application. When the BWP is a continuous piece of frequency resource, the BWP may also be referred to as sub-band (subband), narrowband (narrowband), or other names, which is not limited in this application. Illustratively, in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) based system, such as NR or LTE, BWP may include one or more subcarriers, one or more Resource Blocks (RBs), or one or more Resource Block Groups (RBGs) in which frequency domains are contiguous. Wherein, in frequency domain, one RB may include one or more subcarriers, for example, one RB may include 12 subcarriers, and the corresponding subcarrier spacing may be 15KHz, 30KHz, 60KHz, 120KHz, 240KHz, 480KHz or other 15KHz × 2 KHz ⁿ And n is an integer. One RBG may include one or more RBs. In the embodiment of the present application, the plurality may be a positive integer of 2, 3, 4, or more than 4; the integer can be a negative integer, such as-1, -2, -3, or other negative integer less than-3; the integer may also be 0; the integer may also be a positive integer, such as 1, 2, 3, or other positive integer greater than 3.

For a signal that may be transmitted between the base station and UE a, the transmission resources for the signal may be configured in one or more BWPs, i.e., the base station and UE a may transmit the signal in one or more BWPs. The one or more BWPs may be configured BWPs for the UE a or common BWPs, which is not limited in this application. The common BWP may be a BWP configured for a group of UEs, where the group of UEs includes UE a, and the group of UEs may be some UEs in a cell or all UEs in the cell, which is not limited in this application. Illustratively, the UE may be configured with one or more BWPs through pre-configuration, or the base station may be configured with one or more BWPs through signaling.

For multiple BWPs, parameter values may be configured independently for different BWPs, which may be used to meet the requirements of different communication scenarios or communication services. The values of the parameters of different BWPs may be the same or different, and the application is not limited thereto. Where a parameter may also be referred to as numerology, the parameter may include one or more of: subcarrier spacing, cyclic Prefix (CP) length, time unit length, and bandwidth size. The time unit may be a sampling time interval, symbol, slot, minislot, subframe, sub-subframe, radio frame, or Transmission Time Interval (TTI). The time unit length may be expressed as a time domain length, which may be in units of seconds, milliseconds, microseconds, or the like. The time unit length may also be expressed as one or more sampling points, one or more symbols, one or more minislots, one or more slots, one or more subframes, or one or more radio frames. Illustratively, the length of one slot may be represented as 14 symbols, and the length of one radio frame may be represented as 10 subframes.

In this embodiment of the present application, a BWP configured for a UE may be used as an uplink BWP and a downlink BWP at the same time, that is, the BWP may be used for downlink transmission or uplink transmission; uplink BWP and downlink BWP may also be configured for the UE independently, which is not limited in this application.

The UE and the base station perform uplink transmission in uplink BWP and perform downlink transmission in downlink BWP.

In one serving cell or carrier, when the base station configures multiple BWPs for the UE, the following two scenarios may be included according to the active state of the BWPs:

(1) Activating a BWP: when a base station configures a plurality of BWPs for a UE, one of the BWPs may be activated, and the activated BWP is used for the base station to communicate with the UE. Further, the base station may also deactivate a BWP that has been previously activated, and the deactivated BWP may no longer be used for the base station to communicate with the UE since being deactivated or after a period of time since being deactivated.

(2) Allowing simultaneous activation of multiple BWPs: when the base station configures multiple BWPs for the UE, it may also allow simultaneous activation of BWPs in the multiple BWPsA plurality of BWPs, which can be simultaneously used for communication between the base station and the UE to improve a data transmission rate. Further, in a scenario where simultaneous activation of multiple BWPs is allowed, activation of one BWP may also be allowed. Illustratively, when the base station configures N for the UE _BWP Multiple BWPs, simultaneous activation of the N may be allowed _BWP N in BWP _x BWP, N _BWP Is a positive integer, N _x Is a value in the range of 1 to N _BWP Is an integer of (1).

In order to allow simultaneous activation of multiple BWPs in one serving cell or carrier, the following BWP packet based design is proposed. When multiple BWPs are allowed to be activated simultaneously, one or more BWPs may be activated. If multiple BWPs are activated, the activated multiple BWPs may be included in one or more BWP packets.

BWP packet design one

N configured for UE _BWP The BWPs may be configured or denoted as N ^G A BWP group of N ^G Including in the ith BWP group of the BWP groups

BWP, ni _BWP Is a positive integer. A BWP group may include

An upstream BWP and

a downstream BWP (broadband wireless local area network) is set,

and

is a positive integer. In the embodiment of the present application, the BWP group may also be referred to as a BWP group.

In this design, BWPs may be paired.

In one possible implementation, one BWP pair may include upstream BWPs in one BWP packet, or one BWP pair may include downstream BWPs in one BWP packet. For one BWP of a BWP pair, the BWPs of the BWP pair other than the BWP are the pairing BWPs of the BWP. For example, one BWP pair includes two upstream BWPs: BWP a, BWP B is the BWP pairing of BWP a and BWP a is the BWP pairing of BWP B. For another example, a BWP pair includes three downlink BWPs: BWP C, BWP D, BWP E is BWP of BWP C's pairing, BWP C, BWP D is BWP of BWP E's pairing. In practical applications, there may be other examples, which are not limited herein.

Further, in one BWP group, a paired BWP and an unpaired BWP may be included. Illustratively, one BWP group includes BWP a, BWP B, BWP C, BWP D, BWP E and BWP F. The first BWP pair comprises BWP A and BWP B, and the second BWP pair comprises BWP C, BWP D and BWP E. At this time, BWP a, BWP B, BWP C, BWP D and BWP E in the BWP group can be considered as paired BWPs, and BWP F as unpaired BWPs. The BWP group may also be considered to include 3 BWP subgroups, one BWP subgroup including one or more BWPs, in this example, the first BWP subgroup may be considered to include BWP a and BWP B, the second BWP subgroup may include BWP C, BWP D and BWP E, and the third BWP subgroup may include BWP F. That is, in the present application, a BWP group may include a positive integer number of BWP subgroups, and a BWP subgroup may include a positive integer number of BWPs.

One BWP pair may include one or more upstream BWPs and one or more downstream BWPs. For one BWP in a BWP pair, the BWPs in the BWP pair other than the BWP are the pairing BWPs for the BWP. For example, one BWP pair includes two upstream BWPs: BWP A, BWP B, comprising two downlink BWPs: BWP C and BWP D, BWP B, BWP C and BWP D are the BWP pairs of BWP a, BWP C and BWP D are the BWP pairs of BWP B, BWP a, BWP B and BWP D are the BWP pairs of BWP C, and BWP a, BWP B and BWP C are the BWP pairs of BWP D. For another example, a BWP pair includes an upstream BWP E and a downstream BWP F, where BWP E is the BWP pairing of BWP F and BWP F is the BWP pairing of BWP E. As another example, a BWP pair includes an upstream BWP G, and two downstream BWPs: BWP H and BWP J, BWP H and BWP J are the bwP of the bwP G pairing, BWP G and BWP J are the BWP of BWP H pair, BWP G and BWP H are the BWP of BWP J pair. In practical applications, there may be other examples, which are not limited herein.

In one possible implementation, each upstream BWP in a BWP group has one or more downstream BWPs paired with the BWP within the BWP group, and each downstream BWP in a BWP group has one or more upstream BWPs paired with the BWP within the BWP group. In another possible implementation, there is at least one upstream BWP in a BWP group, and there is no downstream BWP paired with the upstream BWP; or at least one downstream BWP exists in the BWP group, and there is no upstream BWP paired with the downstream BWP.

In this design, activation of BWP group granularity may be performed. Illustratively, when one BWP group is activated, a first activation downstream BWP and a first activation upstream BWP in the BWP group are activated. The first activated downlink BWP may be one or more preconfigured downlink BWPs, or one or more configured BWPs for the UE through signaling by the base station, which may also be referred to as a specific downlink BWP, a downlink BWP to be activated, or another name; the first active uplink BWP may be one or more preconfigured BWPs, or one or more configured BWPs for the UE through signaling by the base station, which may also be referred to as a specific uplink BWP, an uplink BWP to be activated, or by other names, which is not limited in this application. Further illustratively, upon activation of one BWP group, a first active BWP pair in the BWP group is activated. The first active BWP pair may be a preconfigured BWP pair, or a BWP pair configured by the base station for the UE through signaling, which may also be referred to as a specific BWP pair, a BWP pair to be activated, or other names, which is not limited in this application. Activating one BWP pair activates all BWPs in the BWP pair. In the present embodiment, activation of one or more BWP groups may be allowed.

In this design, activation of the granularity by BWP may also be performed. In one possible implementation, activating one BWP pair activates all BWPs in the BWP pair; deactivating the BWP pair deactivates all BWPs in the BWP pair. Or, when one BWP is activated, all BWPs paired with the BWP are activated; when one BWP is activated, all BWPs paired with that BWP are activated.

In the design, if a BWP group is in an active state, there is at least one active upstream BWP and at least one active downstream BWP in the BWP group; when a BWP group is in a deactivated state, all upstream BWPs and all downstream BWPs in the BWP group are deactivated.

(II) BWP packet design II

N configured for UE _BWP The BWPs may be configured or represented as N ^G A BWP group of N ^G The ith BWP group in the BWP groups consists of N ⁱ _BWP An ascending BWP, namely the ith BWP group is an ascending BWP group; or the N ^G The ith BWP group in the BWP groups consists of N ⁱ _BWP The i-th BWP group is a downstream BWP group, wherein N ⁱ _BWP Is a positive integer.

In one possible implementation, one BWP pair may include multiple upstream BWPs in one upstream BWP packet, or one BWP pair may include multiple downstream BWPs in one downstream BWP packet. For one BWP of a BWP pair, the BWPs of the BWP pair other than the BWP are the pairing BWPs of the BWP. For example, one BWP pair includes two upstream BWPs: BWP a, BWP B is the BWP pairing of BWP a and BWP a is the BWP pairing of BWP B. For another example, a BWP pair includes three downstream BWPs: BWP C, BWP D, BWP E is BWP of BWP C's pairing, BWP C, BWP D is BWP of BWP E's pairing. In practical applications, there may be other examples, which are not limited herein.

Further, in one downstream BWP group or one upstream BWP group, a paired BWP and a non-paired BWP may be included. Illustratively, one downstream BWP group includes BWP a, BWP B, BWP C, BWP D, BWP E and BWP F. The first BWP pair comprises BWP A and BWP B, and the second BWP pair comprises BWP C, BWP D and BWP E. At this time, BWP a, BWP B, BWP C, BWP D and BWP E in the BWP group can be considered as paired BWP, and BWP F can be considered as unpaired BWP. The BWP group may also be considered to include 3 BWP subgroups, one BWP subgroup including one or more BWPs, in this example, the first BWP subgroup may be considered to include BWP a and BWP B, the second BWP subgroup may include BWP C, BWP D and BWP E, and the third BWP subgroup may include BWP F. That is, in the present application, a BWP group may include a positive integer number of BWP subgroups, and a BWP subgroup may include a positive integer number of BWPs.

In one possible implementation, one upstream BWP group and one downstream BWP group may be paired or paired. One BWP pair may include one or more upstream BWPs in the upstream BWP group and one or more downstream BWPs in the downstream BWP group. For one BWP of a BWP pair, the BWPs of the BWP pair other than the BWP are the pairing BWPs of the BWP. For example, the upstream BWP group a includes three upstream BWPs: BWP A, BWP B and BWP C, the downstream BWP group a includes two downstream BWPs: BWP D and BWP E, and the upstream BWP group a corresponds to the downstream BWP group a. The BWPs in the upstream BWP group a may be paired with the BWPs in the downstream BWP group a. For example, a BWP pair includes BWP a, BWP B, and BWP D, BWP B and BWP D being BWP pairs of BWP a, BWP a and BWP D being BWP pairs of BWP B, and BWP a and BWP B being BWP pairs of BWP D. For another example, a BWP pair includes BWP C and BWP E, BWP C being the BWP E pairing BWP, BWP E being the BWP C pairing BWP.

In one possible implementation, for any one BWP in an upstream BWP group, there are one or more downstream BWPs paired with the any one BWP in the downstream BWP group to which the upstream BWP group corresponds; for any BWP in a downstream BWP group, there are one or more upstream BWPs paired with that BWP in the upstream BWP group to which the downstream BWP group corresponds. In another possible implementation, for at least one BWP in an upstream BWP group, no downstream BWP paired with the at least one BWP is in the downstream BWP group to which the upstream BWP group corresponds; or for at least one BWP in one downlink BWP group, there is no uplink BWP paired with the at least one BWP in the uplink BWP group to which the downlink BWP group corresponds.

In this design, activation of the granularity by BWP configuration may be performed. Illustratively, to activate a BWP group pair, the first active upstream BWP in the upstream BWP group in the BWP group pair is activated, and the first active downstream BWP in the downstream BWP group in the BWP group pair is activated. The first activated downlink BWP in the downlink BWP group may be a preconfigured downlink BWP, or a BWP configured by the base station for the UE through signaling, which may also be referred to as a specific downlink BWP, a downlink BWP to be activated, or other names; the first active uplink BWP in the uplink BWP group may be a preconfigured BWP, or a BWP configured by the base station for the UE through signaling, which may also be referred to as a specific uplink BWP, an uplink BWP to be activated, or by other names, which is not limited in this application. In an embodiment of the present application, activation of one or more BWP group pairings may be allowed.

Further illustratively, a first active BWP pair is activated when a BWP group pair is activated, the upstream BWP in the first active BWP pair being included in the upstream BWP group in the BWP group pair, and the downstream BWP in the first active BWP pair being included in the downstream BWP group in the BWP group pair. The first active BWP pair may be a preconfigured BWP pair, or a BWP pair configured by the base station for the UE through signaling, which may also be referred to as a specific BWP pair, a BWP pair to be activated, or by other names, which is not limited in this application.

In this design, activation of BWP group granularity may also be performed. Illustratively, when an upstream BWP group is activated, a first activated upstream BWP in the BWP group is activated, and optionally, a first activated downstream BWP in a downstream BWP group corresponding to the upstream BWP group is activated; when a downstream BWP group is activated, a first activated downstream BWP in the BWP group is activated, and optionally, a first activated upstream BWP in an upstream BWP group corresponding to the downstream BWP group is activated. The first activated downlink BWP in the downlink BWP group may be a preconfigured downlink BWP, or a BWP configured by the base station for the UE through signaling, which may also be referred to as a specific downlink BWP, a downlink BWP to be activated, or other names; the first active uplink BWP in the uplink BWP group may be a preconfigured BWP, or a BWP configured by the base station for the UE through signaling, which may also be referred to as a specific uplink BWP, an uplink BWP to be activated, or by other names, which is not limited in this application. In embodiments of the present application, activation of one or more upstream BWP groups and/or activation of one or more downstream BWP groups may be allowed.

Further illustratively, when an upstream BWP group is activated, the downstream BWP group corresponding to the upstream BWP group is activated, and a first pair of activation BWPs is activated, where the upstream BWP in the first pair of activation BWPs is included in the upstream BWP group, and the downstream BWP in the first pair of activation BWPs is included in the downstream BWP group. When a downstream BWP group is activated, the upstream BWP group corresponding to the downstream BWP group is activated, and a first activated BWP pair is activated, where an upstream BWP in the first activated BWP pair is included in the upstream BWP group, and a downstream BWP in the first activated BWP pair is included in the downstream BWP group. The first active BWP pair may be a preconfigured BWP pair, or a BWP pair configured by the base station for the UE through signaling, which may also be referred to as a specific BWP pair, a BWP pair to be activated, or by other names, which is not limited in this application.

In this design, activation of the granularity by BWP may also be performed. In one possible implementation, activating one BWP pair activates all BWPs in the BWP pair; deactivating the BWP pair deactivates all BWPs in the BWP pair. Or, when one BWP is activated, all BWPs paired with the BWP are activated; when one BWP is deactivated, all BWPs paired with that BWP are deactivated. In the design, if an upstream BWP group is in an active state, there is at least one active upstream BWP in the upstream BWP group, and if a downstream BWP group is in an active state, there is at least one active downstream BWP in the downstream BWP group; when one upstream BWP group is in a deactivated state, all upstream BWPs in the upstream BWP group are deactivated, and when one downstream BWP group is in a deactivated state, all downstream BWPs in the downstream BWP group are deactivated. In the above two BWP packet designs, optionally, for a BWP pair, the frequency domain centers of at least one upstream BWP and one downstream BWP in the BWP pair are aligned. For example, a BWP pair includes an upstream BWP a and a downstream BWP B, with the frequency domain centers of BWP a and BWP B aligned. As another example, a BWP pair includes two upstream BWPs: BWP a and BWP B, and two downlink BWPs: BWP C and BWP D, wherein the frequency domain centers of BWP a and BWP B are aligned and/or the frequency domain centers of BWP C and BWP D are aligned.

It should be noted that, the BWP packet design one and the packet design two and their related designs are also within the scope of protection of the present application, and the base station and the UE may perform data transmission in one or more BWPs configured for the UE by the base station.

In the implementation of the present application, the technical features may be distinguished by first, second, third, fourth, a, B, C, D, E, or F, and the like, and the described technical features have no sequential relationship, such as a sequential relationship or a size relationship.

In the embodiment of the present application, the BWP groups configured for different UEs may be the same or different, and the application is not limited thereto. Illustratively, the same scenario for BWP groups configured for different UEs is a cell-level BWP group, which is used for transmission of cell common signals.

In the above BWP packet design, for a BWP group, how to configure resources for signals transmitted in the BWP group is a technical problem that must be solved, otherwise, data transmission cannot be achieved. In order to solve the technical problem, the embodiments of the present application provide the following designs and corresponding methods. The resource allocation for the signal may also be referred to as scheduling, and the resource allocation may be performed for the signal through scheduling information.

Designing a first mode: cross-BWP group scheduling

When the BWP packet is designed as a BWP packet design one, for one BWP group, when resource allocation is performed on one signal transmitted in the BWP group, it is considered that the scheduling information of the signal can be transmitted in BWPs outside the BWP group. Optionally, it is considered that the scheduling information of the signal may also be transmitted in the BWP group.

When the BWP packet is designed as the BWP packet design two, and a resource is configured for a signal transmitted in an uplink BWP group, it is considered that the scheduling information of the signal can be transmitted in BWPs other than the downlink BWP group corresponding to the uplink BWP group. Optionally, it is considered that the scheduling information of the signal may also be transmitted in the downlink BWP group corresponding to the uplink BWP group.

When the BWP packet is designed as BWP packet design two, for one downlink BWP group, when resource allocation is performed on a signal transmitted in the BWP group, it is considered that the scheduling information of the signal can be transmitted in BWPs outside the downlink BWP group. Optionally, it is considered that the scheduling information of the signal may also be transmitted in the downlink BWP group.

Designing two: BWP group self-contained scheduling

When a BWP packet is designed as a BWP packet design one, for a BWP group, when resource configuration is performed on a signal transmitted in the BWP group, it is considered that scheduling information of the signal is transmitted in the BWP group.

When the BWP packet is designed as BWP packet design two, and for an uplink BWP group, when resource allocation is performed on a signal transmitted in the BWP group, it is considered that the scheduling information of the signal is transmitted in the downlink BWP group corresponding to the uplink BWP group.

When the BWP packet is designed as the BWP packet design two, for a downlink BWP group, when resource allocation is performed on a signal transmitted in the BWP group, it is considered that the scheduling information of the signal is transmitted in the downlink BWP group.

Designing three steps: scheduling a first Signal + BWP group self-contained scheduling A second Signal across BWP groups

When the BWP packet is designed as a BWP packet design one, for one BWP group, the first signal and the second signal may be transmitted in the BWP group, and when the resource configuration is performed on the first signal and the second signal, it is considered that the scheduling information of the first signal may be transmitted in BWPs outside the BWP group, and it is considered that the scheduling information of the second signal is transmitted in the BWP group. It is optionally considered that the scheduling information of the first signal may also be transmitted in the BWP group.

When the BWP packet is designed as a BWP packet design two, for an uplink BWP group, when the first signal is an uplink signal, performing resource allocation on the first signal, and considering that the scheduling information of the first signal can be transmitted in BWPs other than the downlink BWP group corresponding to the uplink BWP group; and when the second signal is an uplink signal, performing resource allocation on the second signal, and considering that the scheduling information of the first signal is transmitted in a downlink BWP group corresponding to the uplink BWP group. Optionally, it is considered that the scheduling information of the first signal may also be transmitted in the downlink BWP group corresponding to the uplink BWP group.

When the BWP packet is designed as BWP packet design two, for a downlink BWP group, when the first signal is a downlink signal, performing resource allocation on the first signal, and considering that the scheduling information of the first signal can be transmitted in BWPs outside the downlink BWP group; and when the second signal is an uplink signal, performing resource configuration on the second signal, and transmitting the second signal in the downlink BWP group. Optionally, it is considered that the scheduling information of the first signal may also be transmitted in the downlink BWP group.

The first signal and the second signal may be uplink signals or downlink signals at the same time, or the first signal may be an uplink signal and the second signal may be a downlink signal, or the first signal may be a downlink signal and the second signal may be an uplink signal.

Designing four: determining scheduling types from configuration

For a BWP group, when configuring resources for a signal transmitted in the BWP group, it may be determined according to the configuration whether the scheduling type of the signal is cross BWP group scheduling (design one) or BWP group self-contained scheduling (design two).

When the BWP packet is designed as a BWP packet design one, for a BWP group, the first signal may be transmitted in the BWP group, and when the resource configuration is performed on the first signal based on the first configuration, the scheduling information of the first signal is considered to be transmitted in BWPs outside the BWP group; based on the second configuration, when the resource configuration is performed on the first signal, the scheduling information that is considered as the first signal is transmitted in the BWP group. Optionally, based on the first configuration, it is considered that the scheduling information of the first signal may also be transmitted in the BWP group.

When the BWP packet is designed as a BWP packet design two, for an uplink BWP group, the first signal may be transmitted in the uplink BWP group, and when the resource configuration is performed on the first signal based on the first configuration, it is considered that the scheduling information of the first signal may be transmitted in BWPs other than the downlink BWP group corresponding to the uplink BWP group; based on the second configuration, when performing resource allocation on the first signal, it is considered that the scheduling information of the first signal is transmitted in the downlink BWP group corresponding to the uplink BWP group. Optionally, based on the first configuration, it is considered that the scheduling information of the first signal may also be transmitted in the downlink BWP group corresponding to the uplink BWP group.

When the design of the BWP packet is BWP packet design two, for one downlink BWP group, the first signal may be transmitted in the downlink BWP group, and when the resource configuration is performed on the first signal based on the first configuration, it is considered that the scheduling information of the first signal may be transmitted in BWPs outside the downlink BWP group; based on the second configuration, when the resource configuration is performed on the first signal, the first signal is considered to be transmitted in the downlink BWP group. Optionally, based on the first configuration, it is considered that the scheduling information of the first signal may also be transmitted in the downlink BWP group.

The present embodiment provides a first resource allocation method shown in fig. 2, which may correspond to the scheduling across BWP groups described in design one.

In step 201, the base station sends scheduling information of a first signal to the UE through the first BWP group, where the scheduling information of the first signal is used to indicate transmission resources of the first signal, and the transmission resources of the first signal are included in the second BWP group.

In step 202, the ue receives scheduling information of a first signal through a first BWP group.

The UE may determine a transmission resource of the first signal according to the scheduling information of the first signal, and the UE and the base station transmit the first signal according to the transmission resource. In the embodiment of the present application, the signals transmitted between the base station and the UE may be various possible signals. For example, the signal transmitted between the base station and the UE may be PDSCH, PUSCH, synchronization signal, downlink reference signal, PDCCH, PRACH, PUCCH, or uplink reference signal.

In the embodiment of the application, the transmission may be that the base station sends data to the UE, and the UE receives the data sent by the base station; the transmission may also be such that the UE transmits data to the base station and the base station receives data transmitted by the UE. If the signal is a downlink signal, the transmission resource of the signal may be a resource for the base station to transmit the signal, that is, a resource for the UE to receive the signal; if the signal is an uplink signal, the transmission resource of the signal may be a resource for the UE to transmit the signal, i.e., a resource for the base station to receive the signal.

The method can be applied to BWP packet design one or BWP packet design two.

When the method is used for BWP packet design one, the second BWP group may be supported differently from the first BWP group. Further, the second BWP group and the first BWP group may also be supported to be the same. In the embodiment of the present application, the difference between one BWP group and another BWP group may include: the BWP or BWPs included in the one BWP group are not included in the other BWP group, or the BWP or BWPs included in the other BWP group are not included in the one BWP group. When the second BWP group and the first BWP group are supported to be the same, the BWP for transmitting the scheduling information of the first signal and the BWP where the transmission resource of the first signal is located may be the same or different, and the application is not limited thereto.

When the method is used for BWP packet design two, when the first signal is an upstream signal, the second BWP group is an upstream BWP group, and the first BWP group is a downstream BWP group, the downstream BWP groups corresponding to the first BWP group and the second BWP group may be supported to be different, and further, the downstream BWP groups corresponding to the first BWP group and the second BWP group may also be supported to be the same. When the first signal is a downlink signal, the second BWP group is a downlink BWP group, and the first BWP group is a downlink BWP group, the first BWP group and the second BWP group may be supported to be different, and further, the first BWP group and the second BWP group may be supported to be the same. When the downlink BWP groups supporting the first BWP group and the second BWP group are the same, or when the first BWP group and the second BWP group are the same, the BWP for transmitting the scheduling information of the first signal and the BWP where the transmission resource of the first signal is located may be the same or different, which is not limited in this application.

The base station may transmit scheduling information of the first signal for the UE through a first BWP in the first BWP group. Accordingly, the UE receives scheduling information of the first signal through the first BWP in the first BWP group. Optionally, the first BWP is included in M active BWPs of the UE, where the M active BWPs are included in one cell or one carrier of the UE. The M active BWPs may be included in one or more BWP groups or one or more downstream BWP groups. Wherein M is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

The transmission resources of the first signal may be included in a second BWP, which is one or more BWPs in a second BWP group.

The base station may indicate the second BWP for the UE through the scheduling information of the first signal, which may be further described as that the second BWP may be one or more BWPs indicated for the UE by the base station through the scheduling information of the first signal.

In the embodiment of the present application, the BWP groups may be numbered to obtain an index corresponding to each BWP group.

In the embodiment of the present application, when the design of the BWP packet is BWP packet design one, N configured for the UE _BWP The BWPs may be configured or denoted as N ^G A BWP group, can pass

The bit information indicates an index of the BWP group. Wherein N is _BWP And N ^G Is an integer greater than or equal to 0. For example, as shown in table 1, the UE is configured with 2 BWP groups, BWP group a and BWP group B, and the indices of BWP group a and BWP group B are 0 and 1, respectively. Further, it is also possible to pass

The bit information and the greater than or equal to 1-bit padding bit indicate an index of the BWP group.

TABLE 1

BWP group	Index
		BWP group A	0
BWP group B	1

In the embodiment of the application, when the design of the BWP packet is BWP packet design two, configuring N for UE _BWP The BWPs may be configured or denoted as N ^G A BWP group, wherein N ^G Each BWP group including

An upstream BWP group and

and (4) a downlink BWP group. Wherein N is ^G 、

And

is an integer greater than or equal to 0. The BWP groups may be numbered by either of the following BWP group number design one and BWP group number design two.

In BWP group numbering scheme one, the data may be encoded by

The bit information indicates an index of the BWP group. For example, as shown in table 2, the UE is configured with an uplink BWP group a and an uplink BWP group B, and the downlink BWP group C and the downlink BWP group D have 4 BWP groups, and when numbering the BWP groups of the UE, the indexes of the uplink BWP group a, the uplink BWP group B, the downlink BWP group C, and the downlink BWP group D may be 00, 01, 10, and 11, respectively. In a possible implementation, the indexes of the upstream BWP group a, the upstream BWP group B, the downstream BWP group C and the downstream BWP group D may also be 10, 11, 00 and 01, or 00, 10, 01 and 11, or 01, 11, 00 and 10, respectively, or other possibilities, which is not limited in this application. Further, it is also possible to pass

TABLE 2

BWP group	Index
		Upstream BWP group A	00
Upstream BWP group B	01
		Downlink BWP group C	10
Downstream BWP group D	11

In BWP group numbering scheme two, the data may be passed

The bit information indicates an index of the upstream BWP group, which can be determined by

The bit information indicates an index of the downstream BWP group. For example, as shown in table 3, the UE is configured with 4 BWP groups, namely, an uplink BWP group a and an uplink BWP group B, and the downlink BWP group C and the downlink BWP group D, and when numbering the BWP groups of the UE, the indexes of the uplink BWP group a and the uplink BWP group B are 0 and 1, respectively, and the indexes of the downlink BWP group C and the downlink BWP group D are 0 and 1, respectively. Further, it is also possible to pass

Bit information sum greater than or equal to 1 bitThe padding bit indicates the index of the upstream BWP group; can also pass through

The bit information and the padding bit of 1 bit or more indicate an index of the downstream BWP group.

TABLE 3

BWP group	Index
		Upstream BWP group A	0
Upstream BWP group B	1
		Downlink BWP group C	0
Downlink BWP group D	1

In the embodiment of the present application, when the design of the BWP packet is BWP packet design two, the BWP group pair may be numbered.

Alternatively, when one upstream BWP group can be paired with one downstream BWP group, the upstream BWP group and the downstream BWP group having the same index can be paired. The scheme can also be described as: for a BWP group pair, the BWP group pair includes an uplink BWP group and a downlink BWP group, the index of the uplink BWP group is the same as the index of the downlink BWP group, and the index of the BWP group pair is the same as the index of the uplink BWP or the index of the downlink BWP. The implicit pairing method can save the signaling overhead for configuring BWP group pairing. In this case, an index of the BWP group pair may be defined as an index of the upstream BWP group or an index of the downstream BWP group. In the embodiment of the present application, the BWP group pairing may also be referred to as BWP group pairing.

Alternatively, when an uplink BWP group can be paired with a downlink BWP group, the uplink BWP group and the downlink BWP group can be paired through configuration signaling sent by the base station. In the embodiment of the present application, pairing an upstream BWP group and a downstream BWP group may be further described as: the BWP group pair includes an upstream BWP group and a downstream BWP group. The explicit pairing method can re-pair the BWP group without re-pairing the BWP group, and has higher flexibility. In this case, the base station may also indicate an index of the BWP group pairing.

In the embodiment of the present application, BWPs of a UE may be numbered, where the numbering of uplink BWPs and the numbering of downlink BWPs may be independent.

In the embodiment of the present application, when numbering BWPs of a UE, in one possible implementation, the BWPs may be numbered jointly between groups to obtain an index of each BWP.

In the embodiment of the present application, when the design of the BWP packet is one for the BWP packet design, N configured for the UE _BWP A BWP includes

An upstream BWP and

a downstream BWP, can pass

The bit information indicates an index of the upstream BWP, which may be provided by

The bit information indicates an index of the downstream BWP. Wherein the content of the first and second substances,

and

is an integer greater than or equal to 0. For example, as shown in table 4, the uplink BWP a, the uplink BWP B, the downlink BWP C, and the downlink BWP D of the UE are configured into 2 BWP groups, where the BWP group a includes the uplink BWP a and the downlink BWP C, the BWP group B includes the uplink BWP B and the downlink BWP D, and the BWP index obtained by numbering the BWPs of the UE may be: the indices of the upstream BWP a and upstream BWP B are 0 and 1, respectively, and the indices of the downstream BWP C and downstream BWP D are 0 and 1, respectively. In a possible implementation, another possible BWP numbering manner is that the indexes of the upstream BWP a and the upstream BWP B are 0 and 1, respectively, and the indexes of the downstream BWP C and the downstream BWP D are 1 and 0, respectively, or other manners, which is not limited in this application. Further, it is also possible to pass

The bit information and the padding bit greater than or equal to 1 bit indicate the index of the upstream BWP; can also pass through

The bit information and the padding bit of 1 bit or more indicate an index of the downlink BWP.

TABLE 4

In the embodiment of the present application, when the BWP packet is designed as BWP packet design two, N configured for UE _BWP A BWP includes

An upstream BWP and

a downstream BWP, can pass

The bit information indicates an index of the downlink BWP. Further, it is also possible to pass

For example, when a first BWP group number is designed, for example, as shown in table 5, uplink BWP a and uplink BWP B of the UE are configured into 2 uplink BWP groups, where the uplink BWP group a includes the uplink BWP a, and the uplink BWP group B includes the uplink BWP B; the downlink BWP C and the downlink BWP D are configured into 2 downlink BWP groups, where the downlink BWP group C includes the downlink BWP C, and the downlink BWP group D includes the downlink BWP D. The BWP index numbering the BWPs of the UE may be: the indices of the upstream BWP a and upstream BWP B are 0 and 1, respectively, and the indices of the downstream BWP C and downstream BWP D are 0 and 1, respectively. In a possible implementation, another possible BWP numbering manner is that the indexes of the upstream BWP a and the upstream BWP B are 0 and 1, respectively, and the indexes of the downstream BWP C and the downstream BWP D are 1 and 0, respectively, or other manners, which is not limited in this application.

TABLE 5

BWP group	BWP group index	BWP	BWP index
				Upstream BWP group A	00	Upstream BWP A	0
Upstream BWP group B	01	Upstream BWP B	1
				Downlink BWP group C	10	Downstream BWP C	0
Downstream BWP group D	11	Downlink BWP D	1

Further exemplarily, when designing a second corresponding BWP group number, for example, as shown in table 6, the uplink BWP a and the uplink BWP B of the UE are configured into 2 uplink BWP groups, where the uplink BWP group a includes the uplink BWP a, and the uplink BWP group B includes the uplink BWP B; the downlink BWP C and the downlink BWP D are configured into 2 downlink BWP groups, where the downlink BWP group C includes the downlink BWP C, and the downlink BWP group D includes the downlink BWP D. The index numbering the BWPs of the UE may be: the indices of the upstream BWP a and upstream BWP B are 0 and 1, respectively, and the indices of the downstream BWP C and downstream BWP D are 0 and 1, respectively. In a possible implementation, another possible BWP numbering manner is that the indexes of the uplink BWP a and the uplink BWP B are 0 and 1, respectively, and the indexes of the downlink BWP C and the downlink BWP D are 1 and 0, respectively, or other manners, which is not limited in this application.

TABLE 6

BWP group	BWP group index	BWP	BWP index
				Upstream BWP group A	0	Uplink BWP A	0
Upstream BWP group B	1	Upstream BWP B	1
				Downlink BWP group C	0	Downstream BWP C	0
Downstream BWP group D	1	Downlink BWP D	1

In the embodiment of the present application, when numbering the BWPs of the UE, in another possible implementation, the BWPs may be numbered independently within a group.

In the embodiment of the application, when the design of the BWP packet is BWP packet design one, N configured for UE _BWP BWP is configured or represented as N ^G A BWP group of N ^G The ith BWP group in the BWP groups comprises

An upstream BWP and

a downlink BWP can pass through K ^i,UL The bit information indicates an index of the upstream BWP in the ith BWP group, which may be K ^i,DL The bit information indicates an index of the downstream BWP in the ith BWP group. Wherein i can range from 0 to N ^G An integer of-1, N _BWP 、

And

is an integer greater than or equal to 0, and, optionally,

or a combination of any of the other positive integers,

or other positive integer.

For example, as shown in table 7, the uplink BWP a, the uplink BWP B, the uplink BWP C, the uplink BWP D, the downlink BWP E, the downlink BWP F, the downlink BWP G, and the downlink BWP H of the UE are configured into 2 BWP groups, where the BWP group a includes the uplink BWP a, the uplink BWP B, the downlink BWP E, and the downlink BWP F, and the BWP group B includes the uplink BWP C, the uplink BWP D, the downlink BWP G, and the downlink BWP H, and the BWP index obtained by numbering the BWPs of the UE may be: the indexes of the upstream BWP a and the upstream BWP B are 0 and 1, respectively, the indexes of the upstream BWP C and the upstream BWP D are 0 and 1, the indexes of the downstream BWP E and the downstream BWP F are 0 and 1, respectively, and the indexes of the downstream BWP G and the downstream BWP H are 0 and 1, respectively.

In the embodiment of the application, further, the data can be transmitted by K ^i,UL Bit information and more than or equal to 1-bit padding bits indicating an index of an upstream BWP in the ith BWP group; can pass through K ^i,DL The bit information and the padding bit of greater than or equal to 1 bit indicate an index of the downlink BWP in the ith BWP group.

TABLE 7

In the embodiment of the application, in the case that the BWP packet is designed as BWP packet design two, N configured for UE _BWP BWPs are configured or denoted N ^G A BWP group of N ^G Including in the ith BWP group of the BWP groups

An upstream BWP or downstream BWP, may be provided by K ⁱ The bit information indicates an index of the upstream BWP or the downstream BWP in the ith BWP group. Wherein i can range from 0 to N ^G An integer of-1, N _BWP And

is an integer greater than or equal to 0, and, optionally,

or other positive integer. Further, K can also be passed ⁱ Bit information and padding bits greater than or equal to 1 bit indicating an index of an upstream BWP or a downstream BWP in an ith BWP group

For example, when designing a time corresponding to the BWP group number, for example, as shown in table 8, the uplink BWP a, the uplink BWP B, the uplink BWP C, the uplink BWP D, the downlink BWP E, the downlink BWP F, the downlink BWP G, and the downlink BWP H of the UE are configured into 4 BWP groups, where the uplink BWP group a includes the uplink BWP a and the uplink BWP B, the uplink BWP group B includes the uplink BWP C and the uplink BWP D, the downlink BWP group C includes the downlink BWP E and the downlink BWP F, the downlink BWP group D includes the downlink BWP G and the downlink BWP H, and the index obtained by numbering the BWP of the UE may be: the indexes of the upstream BWP a and the upstream BWP B are 0 and 1, respectively, the indexes of the upstream BWP C and the upstream BWP D are 0 and 1, the indexes of the downstream BWP E and the downstream BWP F are 0 and 1, respectively, and the indexes of the downstream BWP G and the downstream BWP H are 0 and 1, respectively.

TABLE 8

Further exemplarily, when designing a second corresponding BWP group number, for example, as shown in table 9, the uplink BWP a, the uplink BWP B, the uplink BWP C, the uplink BWP D, the downlink BWP E, the downlink BWP F, the downlink BWP G, and the downlink BWP H of the UE are configured into 4 BWP groups, where the uplink BWP group a includes the uplink BWP a and the uplink BWP B, the uplink BWP group B includes the uplink BWP C and the uplink BWP D, the downlink BWP group C includes the downlink BWP E and the downlink BWP F, and the downlink BWP group D includes the downlink BWP G and the downlink BWP H, and an index obtained by numbering the BWP of the UE may be: the indexes of the upstream BWP a and the upstream BWP B are 0 and 1, respectively, the indexes of the upstream BWP C and the upstream BWP D are 0 and 1, respectively, the indexes of the downstream BWP E and the downstream BWP F are 0 and 1, respectively, and the indexes of the downstream BWP G and the downstream BWP H are 0 and 1, respectively.

TABLE 9

In the embodiment of the present application, when multiple upstream BWPs or multiple downstream BWPs are paired, it may be further described that the BWP pairs may be configured, which is applicable to any of the above BWP numbering manners, and the BWP pairs may be numbered.

In the embodiment of the present application, optionally, the BWP pair includes a plurality of upstream BWPs, and the index of the upstream BWPs is the same. Further, the upstream BWPs are in the same BWP group or within the same upstream BWP group. Further, the index of the BWP pair may be defined as the index of the upstream BWP in the BWP pair. Illustratively, when BWPs are inter-group joint numbered, the BWP pair is also inter-group joint numbered; when BWPs are independently numbered within a group, the BWP pairs are also independently numbered within a group.

In this embodiment, optionally, the BWP pair corresponds to one BWP pair, and when the BWP pair includes multiple downlink BWPs, the indexes of the multiple downlink BWPs are the same. Further, the multiple downlink BWPs are in the same BWP group or in the same downlink BWP group. Further, the index of the BWP pair may be defined as the index of the downstream BWP in the BWP pair. Illustratively, when BWPs are inter-group joint numbered, the BWP pairs are also inter-group joint numbered; when BWPs are independently numbered within a group, the BWP pairs are also independently numbered within a group.

In this embodiment of the application, when one or more upstream BWPs can be paired with one or more downstream BWPs, it can also be described that BWP pairs can be configured, and the BWP pairs can be numbered in any of the foregoing BWP numbering manners.

In the embodiment of the present application, optionally, for a BWP pair, when the BWP pair includes one or more upstream BWPs and one or more downstream BWPs, the index of the one or more upstream BWPs is the same, the index of the one or more downstream BWPs is the same, the index of the one or more upstream BWPs is the same as the index of the one or more downstream BWPs, and the index of the upstream BWP in the BWP pair is the same as the index of the downstream BWP in the BWP pair. Further, the one or more upstream BWPs and the one or more downstream BWPs are in the same BWP group, or the upstream BWP group in which the one or more upstream BWPs are located and the downstream BWP group in which the one or more downstream BWPs are located may be paired BWP groups. Further, the index of a BWP pair may be defined as the index of an upstream BWP in the BWP pair or the index of a downstream BWP in the BWP pair. Illustratively, when BWPs are inter-group joint numbered, the BWP pairs are also inter-group joint numbered; when BWPs are independently numbered within a group, the BWP pairs are also independently numbered within the group.

In this embodiment of the present application, optionally, the base station may indicate the BWP pair for the UE through signaling; the UE may determine a BWP pair according to signaling sent by the base station, where the BWP pair may include one or more uplink BWPs and one or more downlink BWPs. The explicit pairing method can re-pair the BWP without re-pairing the BWP, and has higher flexibility. The base station may indicate the index of the BWP in the BWP pair and may also indicate the index of the BWP pair for the UE. The BWP pairs may be jointly numbered between groups or independently numbered within groups. When the base station indicates the index of the BWP in the BWP pair, the base station may indicate the index of the BWP, or may indicate the index of the BWP and the index of the BWP group where the BWP is located. When the base station indicates the index of the BWP pair, the index of the BWP pair may be indicated, and the index of the BWP pair and the index of the BWP group corresponding to the BWP pair may also be indicated.

Several examples of possible BWP pair numbering are given below, and based on the BWP grouping design, BWP group numbering design, and BWP numbering design described above, other examples of BWP pair numbering are not described in detail.

Illustratively, for example, in table 10, the uplink BWP a, the uplink BWP B, the uplink BWP C, the uplink BWP D, the downlink BWP E, the downlink BWP F, the downlink BWP G, and the downlink BWP H of the UE are configured into 2 BWP groups, where the BWP group a includes the uplink BWP a, the uplink BWP B, the downlink BWP E, and the downlink BWP F, and the BWP group B includes the uplink BWP C, the uplink BWP D, the downlink BWP G, and the downlink BWP H, and the index obtained by numbering the BWPs of the UE is: the indexes of the uplink BWP A, the uplink BWP B, the uplink BWP C and the uplink BWP D are 00, 01, 10 and 11 respectively, and the indexes of the downlink BWP E, the downlink BWP F, the downlink BWP G and the downlink BWP H are 00, 01, 10 and 11 respectively; the upstream BWP and the downstream BWP having the same index are paired, and the index of the BWP pair is defined as the index of the upstream BWP or the index of the downstream BWP. Specifically, the upstream BWP a and the downstream BWP E are paired to form a BWP pair a with an index of 00, the upstream BWP B and the downstream BWP F are paired to form a BWP pair B with an index of 01, the upstream BWP C and the downstream BWP G are paired to form a BWP pair C with an index of 10, and the upstream BWP D and the downstream BWP H are paired to form a BWP pair D with an index of 11.

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Further exemplarily, for example, in table 11, uplink BWP a, uplink BWP B, uplink BWP C, uplink BWP D, downlink BWP E, downlink BWP F, downlink BWP G, and downlink BWP H of the UE are configured into 2 BWP groups, where BWP group a includes uplink BWP a, uplink BWP B, downlink BWP E, and downlink BWP F, and BWP group B includes uplink BWP C, uplink BWP D, downlink BWP G, and downlink BWP H, and the index obtained by numbering the BWPs of the UE is: the indexes of the uplink BWP A and the uplink BWP B are respectively 0 and 1, the indexes of the uplink BWP C and the uplink BWP D are respectively 0 and 1, the indexes of the downlink BWP E and the downlink BWP F are respectively 0 and 1, and the indexes of the downlink BWP G and the downlink BWP H are respectively 0 and 1; the upstream BWP and the downstream BWP having the same index are paired, and the index of the BWP pair is defined as the index of the upstream BWP or the index of the downstream BWP. Specifically, upstream BWP a and downstream BWP E are paired to form BWP pair a with index 0, upstream BWP B and downstream BWP F are paired to form BWP pair B with index 1, upstream BWP C and downstream BWP G are paired to form BWP pair C with index 0, and upstream BWP D and downstream BWP H are paired to form BWP pair D with index 1.

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In the embodiment of the present application, when the base station indicates BWP for the UE, an index of the BWP may be indicated. After receiving the indication, the UE may determine the indicated BWP, and may also determine the BWP group in which the BWP is located. The scheme may be applied to design that inter-group joint numbering is performed for BWP of UEs.

In the embodiment of the present application, when the base station indicates the second BWP for the UE, the index of the second BWP may be indicated. For example, when the second BWP is X BWPs, the base station indicates the index of the X BWPs for the UE. Wherein X is an integer. Illustratively, if the first information is an uplink signal, when the base station indicates the second BWP for the UE, the configuration of the UE is as shown in table 4 or table 5, and if the index of the second BWP indicated by the base station for the UE is 0, the UE receives the index of the second BWP, and then determines that the second BWP is an uplink BWP a; if the index of the second BWP indicated by the base station for the UE is 1, and the UE receives the index of the second BWP, it may be determined that the second BWP is the uplink BWP B. Further illustratively, if the first information is a downlink signal, when the base station indicates a second BWP for the UE, and the BWP configured for the UE is the BWP in table 4 or table 5, if the index of the second BWP indicated by the base station for the UE is 0, the UE may determine that the second BWP is the downlink BWP C after receiving the index of the second BWP; if the index of the second BWP indicated by the base station for the UE is 1, and after the UE receives the index of the second BWP, it may be determined that the second BWP is the downlink BWP D. In the embodiment of the present application, when the second BWP is replaced with another BWP in the method, the method may be further extended to indicate, by the base station, an index of the other BWP for the UE.

In the embodiment of the present application, when the base station indicates BWP for the UE, the base station may also indicate an index of a BWP pair in which the BWP is located. After receiving the indication, the UE may determine the BWP pair, may also determine the indicated BWP, and may also determine the BWP group in which the BWP is located. The scheme may be applicable to designs where the BWP pair for the UE is inter-group joint numbering.

In this embodiment, when the base station indicates the second BWP for the UE, the base station may indicate an index of the BWP pair where the second BWP is located. Optionally, the BWP pair to the UE in this case is inter-group joint numbered. For example, when the configuration of the UE is as shown in table 10, when the first information is an uplink signal, the base station may indicate, by 00, the BWP pair where the second BWP is located as BWP pair a for the UE, and after receiving the indication, the UE may determine that the second BWP is the uplink BWP a; when the first information is a downlink signal, the base station may indicate, by 00, the BWP pair in which the second BWP is located as BWP pair a for the UE, and the UE may determine that the second BWP is the downlink BWP E after receiving the indication. After receiving the information indicating the index of the BWP pair where the second BWP is located, the UE may determine the second BWP group and the second BWP according to the index. In the embodiment of the present application, when the second BWP is replaced with another BWP in the method, the method may be further extended to indicate, by the base station, an index of the BWP pair where the other BWP is located for the UE.

In the embodiment of the present application, when the base station indicates BWP for the UE, the base station may also indicate an index of the BWP and an index of a BWP group where the BWP is located. The scheme may be applied to a design in which BWP for UEs is independently numbered within a group. Further, when the BWP group number is the BWP group number design two, if the first message is an uplink signal, the BWP group is an uplink BWP group; if the first information is a downlink signal, the BWP group is a downlink BWP group. Illustratively, when the base station indicates the second BWP for the UE, the index of the second BWP and the index of the BWP group in which the second BWP is located may be indicated.

In the embodiment of the present application, when the base station indicates the second BWP for the UE, the index of the second BWP group and the index of the second BWP may be indicated. For example, when the configuration of the UE is as shown in table 8, when the first information is an uplink signal, the base station may indicate the second BWP group to be the uplink BWP group a for the UE by 00, and indicate the uplink BWP a in the uplink BWP group a to be the second BWP for the UE by 0; when the first information is a downlink signal, the base station may indicate that the second BWP group is the downlink BWP group C by 10, and indicate that the downlink BWP E in the downlink BWP group C is the second BWP for the UE by 0. After receiving the information indicating the index of the second BWP group and the index of the second BWP, the UE may determine the second BWP group and the second BWP according to the indexes. In the embodiment of the present application, when the second BWP is replaced with another BWP in the method, the method may be further extended to indicate, by the base station, an index of the other BWP for the UE; when the second BWP group is replaced with another BWP group in the method, the method may be further extended such that the base station indicates the index of the other BWP group to the UE.

In the embodiment of the present application, when the base station indicates BWP for the UE, the base station may also indicate an index of a BWP pair where the BWP is located and an index of a BWP group where the BWP is located. Upon receiving the indication, the UE may determine the BWP group and BWP in which the BWP is located. The scheme may be applied to a design in which BWP for UEs is independently numbered within a group. Further, when the BWP group number is BWP group number design two, if the first message is an uplink signal, the BWP group is an uplink BWP group; if the first information is a downlink signal, the BWP group is a downlink BWP group.

In this embodiment, when the base station indicates the second BWP for the UE, the base station may indicate an index of the second BWP group and an index of a BWP pair in which the second BWP is located. For example, as shown in table 11, when the first information is an uplink signal, the base station may indicate, by 0, that the second BWP group is BWP group a for the UE, and indicate, by 0, that the BWP pair where the second BWP is located is BWP pair a in the BWP group a, and then the UE may determine that the second BWP is the uplink BWP a; when the first information is a downlink signal, the base station may indicate, by 0, that the second BWP group is BWP group a for the UE, and indicate, by 0, that the BWP pair where the second BWP is located is BWP pair a in the BWP group a, and then the UE may determine that the second BWP is downlink BWP E. After receiving the information indicating the index of the second BWP group and the index of the BWP pair where the second BWP is located, the UE may determine the second BWP group and the second BWP according to the indexes. In the embodiment of the present application, when the second BWP is replaced by another BWP in the method, the method may further be extended to the base station indicating, for the UE, the index of the BWP pair where the other BWP is located; when the second BWP group is replaced with another BWP group in the method, the method may be further extended such that the base station indicates the index of the other BWP group to the UE.

In this embodiment, when the base station indicates the BWP for the UE, the base station may also indicate an index of the BWP and an index of a BWP group pair corresponding to the BWP group where the BWP is located. After receiving the indication, the UE may determine the BWP group in which the BWP is located and the BWP. This scheme may be applicable to designs where BWP for UEs is independently numbered within a group. The index of the BWP group pair may be determined based on the uplink BWP group index or the downlink BWP group index of the pair.

In this embodiment, when the base station indicates the second BWP for the UE, the base station may indicate an index of a BWP group pairing in which the second BWP group is located and an index of the second BWP. For example, as shown in table 9, if the index of the BWP group pair is determined according to the uplink BWP group index or the downlink BWP group index of the pair, BWP group pair a includes uplink BWP group a and downlink BWP group C, and the index is 0. When the first information is an uplink signal, the base station may indicate, by 0, the second BWP group to the UE as an uplink BWP group a in the BWP group pairing a, and indicate, by 0, the uplink BWP a in the uplink BWP group a as the second BWP; when the first information is a downlink signal, the base station may indicate the second BWP group to the UE through 0 as the downlink BWP group C in the BWP group pair, and indicate the downlink BWP E in the downlink BWP group C to the UE through 0 as the second BWP. After receiving the information indicating the index of the BWP group pair where the second BWP group is located and the index of the second BWP, the UE may determine the second BWP group and the second BWP according to the indexes. In the embodiment of the present application, when the second BWP is replaced with another BWP in the method, the method may be further extended to indicate, by the base station, an index of the other BWP for the UE; when the second BWP group is replaced with another BWP group in the method, the method may be further extended to indicate, by the base station, an index of the BWP group pair where the other BWP group is located to the UE.

In this embodiment, when the base station indicates the BWP for the UE, the base station may also indicate an index of a BWP pair where the BWP is located and an index of a BWP group pair corresponding to the BWP group where the BWP is located. After receiving the indication, the UE may determine the BWP group in which the BWP is located and the BWP. This scheme may be applicable to designs where BWP for UEs is independently numbered within a group.

In this embodiment, when the base station indicates the second BWP for the UE, the base station may indicate an index of a BWP group pair where the second BWP group is located and an index of a BWP pair where the second BWP group is located. For example, as shown in table 12, if the index of the BWP group pair is determined according to the uplink BWP group index or the downlink BWP group index of the pair, the BWP group pair a includes an uplink BWP group a and a downlink BWP group C, and the index is 0. When the first information is an uplink signal, the base station may indicate the second BWP group to the UE through 0 as an uplink BWP group a in the BWP group pairing a, and indicate the BWP pair where the second BWP is located to the UE through 0 as a BWP pair a in the uplink BWP group a, so that the UE may determine that the second BWP is the uplink BWP a; when the first information is a downlink signal, the base station may indicate, by 0, the UE that the second BWP group is a downlink BWP group C in the BWP group pairing a, and indicate, by 0, that the BWP pair where the second BWP is located is a BWP pair a in the downlink BWP group C, and then the UE may determine that the second BWP is a downlink BWP E. After receiving the information indicating the index of the BWP group pair where the second BWP group is located and the index of the BWP pair where the second BWP is located, the UE may determine the second BWP group and the second BWP according to the indexes. In the embodiment of the present application, when the second BWP is replaced by another BWP in the method, the method may further be extended to indicate, by the base station, an index of a BWP pair where the other BWP is located for the UE; when the second BWP group is replaced with another BWP group in the method, the method may be further extended to indicate, by the base station, an index of the BWP group pair where the other BWP group is located to the UE.

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Optionally, the second BWP may also be an active BWP for the second BWP group.

The active BWP for the second BWP group may be pre-configured or indicated by the base station for the UE through signaling. The signaling may be RRC signaling or scheduling information of the first signal, and the like, and the application is not limited thereto. The active BWP of the second BWP group may be the first active upstream BWP of the second BWP group, the first active downstream BWP of the second BWP group, the upstream BWP in the first active BWP pair in the second BWP group, or the downstream BWP in the first active BWP pair in the second BWP group.

In this design, the base station may indicate the second BWP group for the UE, and the UE considers the active BWP in the second BWP group as the second BWP after receiving the indication. When the base station indicates the second BWP group for the UE, the base station may indicate the BWP group pair in which the second BWP group is located, or may indicate the second BWP group. Illustratively, when the first signal is an upstream signal, the second BWP is the first active upstream BWP in the second BWP group. The scheduling information of the first signal may be signaling for BWP configuration activation for granularity. The base station indicates, to the UE, the BWP group pairing in which the second BWP group is located through the scheduling information of the first signal, which is equivalent to activating the BWP group pairing. After receiving the scheduling information of the first signal, the UE considers the first active uplink BWP in the second BWP group as the second BWP.

Illustratively, when the first signal is an upstream signal, the second BWP is an upstream BWP in the first active BWP pair in the second BWP group. The scheduling information of the first signal may be signaling for BWP configuration activation of granularity. The base station indicates, to the UE, the BWP group pairing in which the second BWP group is located through the scheduling information of the first signal, which is equivalent to activating the BWP group pairing. After receiving the scheduling information of the first signal, the UE regards the uplink BWP in the first active BWP pair in the second BWP group as the second BWP.

Illustratively, when the first signal is a downstream signal, the second BWP is the first active downstream BWP in the second BWP group. The scheduling information of the first signal may be activation signaling for BWP configuration to granularity. After the base station indicates the second BWP group to the UE through the scheduling information of the first signal, it is equivalent to activating the second BWP group. After receiving the scheduling information of the first signal, the UE considers the first active downlink BWP in the second BWP group as the second BWP.

Illustratively, when the first signal is a downlink signal, the second BWP is a downlink BWP in the first pair of active BWPs in the second BWP group. The scheduling information of the first signal may be activation signaling for BWP configuration versus granularity. And the base station indicates the BWP group pairing of the second BWP group to the UE through the scheduling information of the first signal, and then is equivalent to activating the BWP group pairing. After receiving the scheduling information of the first signal, the UE considers the downlink BWP in the first active BWP pair in the second BWP group as the second BWP.

In the embodiment of the present application, the signaling transmitted between the base station and the UE may be higher layer signaling or physical layer signaling. The higher layer signaling may be Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, broadcast messages, system messages, or Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Elements (CEs). The physical layer signaling may be signaling carried by a physical control channel or signaling carried by a physical data channel, where the physical control channel may be a PDCCH, an Enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel (EPDCCH), a Narrowband Physical Downlink Control Channel (NPDCCH), or a machine type communication physical downlink control channel (MTC) physical downlink control channel (MPDCCH). The signaling carried by the PDCCH or EPDCCH may also be referred to as Downlink Control Information (DCI). The physical control channel may also be a physical sidelink control channel (physical sidelink control channel), and signaling carried by the physical sidelink control channel may also be referred to as Sidelink Control Information (SCI).

Optionally, the first signal is a PRACH, and the scheduling information of the first signal is included in a PDCCH order (order). In this embodiment, the PRACH may be a channel sent by the UE to the base station, and is used for the UE to access the base station or for the UE and the base station to implement uplink synchronization. The base station can trigger the UE to initiate random access through the PDCCH order, and the UE sends the PRACH to the base station after receiving the PDCCH order. The PDCCH order is used to trigger the UE to initiate random access, or to trigger the UE to send PRACH to the base station, which may also be referred to as another name. The PDCCH order may be included in DCI, for example, the PDCCH order is included in DCI format 1A in LTE, and the PDCCH order may be included in DCI format 1_0 in NR.

By supporting scheduling of the PRACH across BWP, more access resources can be provided for the UE, so that the success rate of accessing the base station by the UE can be improved.

Optionally, the first signal is a Sounding Reference Signal (SRS), and the scheduling information of the first signal is included in the DCI or the MAC CE. Exemplarily, in NR, DCI including scheduling information of SRS may be DCI format 0_1 or DCI format 1_1.

In the embodiment of the present application, the SRS may be an uplink reference signal transmitted by the UE to the base station, and is used for measuring or estimating an uplink channel. The MAC CE may include control information of the MAC layer. The scheduling information of the SRS may include an SRS request for requesting transmission of the SRS. Illustratively, the base station transmits an SRS request for the UE, and the UE receives the SRS request and transmits an SRS to the base station.

The embodiment of the present application provides a second resource configuration method shown in fig. 3, which may correspond to the BWP group self-contained scheduling described in design two.

Step 301, the base station sends scheduling information of a second signal to the UE through the first BWP group, where the scheduling information of the second signal is used to indicate transmission resources of the second signal, and the transmission resources of the second signal are included in the first BWP group or an uplink BWP group corresponding to the first BWP group.

In step 302, the ue receives scheduling information of the second signal through the first BWP group.

The UE may determine transmission resources of the second signal according to the scheduling information of the second signal. The UE and the base station transmit a second signal according to the transmission resource.

The method can be applied to BWP packet design one or BWP packet design two.

When the method is used for BWP packet design one, the transmission resources of the second signal are included in the first BWP group.

When the method is used for BWP packet design two, when the second signal is an uplink signal, the first BWP group is a downlink BWP group, and the transmission resource of the second signal is included in the uplink BWP group corresponding to the first BWP group. When the method is used for BWP packet design two, when the second signal is a downlink signal, the first BWP group is a downlink BWP group, and the transmission resource of the second signal is included in the first BWP group.

The base station may transmit scheduling information of the second signal for the UE through a third BWP in the first BWP group. Accordingly, the UE receives the scheduling information of the first signal through the third BWP in the first BWP group. Optionally, the third BWP is included in M active BWPs of the UE, where the M active BWPs are included in one cell or one carrier of the UE. The M active BWPs may be included in one or more BWP groups or in one or more downlink BWP groups, where M is an integer greater than or equal to 1. In the present application, BWPs for transmitting scheduling information of different signals may be the same or different, and the present application is not limited thereto. For example, the second signal in the method is not the same as the first signal in the method of fig. 2, and the third BWP in the method may be the same as or different from the first BWP in the method of fig. 2, which is not limited in this application.

The transmission resource of the second signal may be included in a fourth BWP, which is the first BWP group or one or more BWPs in the upstream BWP group to which the first BWP group corresponds. When the fourth BWP is the BWP in the first BWP group, the fourth BWP may be the same as or different from the third BWP, and the application is not limited thereto.

The base station may indicate the fourth BWP for the UE through the scheduling information of the second signal, which may be further described as that the fourth BWP may be one or more BWPs indicated for the UE by the base station through the scheduling information of the second signal.

The method for indicating the fourth BWP for the UE by the base station is similar to the method for indicating the second BWP for the UE in the method related to fig. 2, and is not repeated here. The fourth BWP is similar to the second BWP, and the BWP group where the fourth BWP is located is similar to the BWP group where the second BWP is located. For example, when the base station indicates the fourth BWP for the UE, the index of the fourth BWP and the index of the first BWP group may be indicated, or the index of the fourth BWP and the index of the uplink BWP group corresponding to the first BWP group may be indicated; an index of the fourth BWP may also be indicated. By the method, the same indication format can be designed for cross-BWP group scheduling and BWP group self-contained scheduling, for example, the same DCI format is designed, and when the UE performs blind detection on the DCI, because the blind detection times of the UE are related to the type of the DCI format, the design can reduce the blind detection times when the UE retrieves the DCI, thereby saving the power consumption of the UE.

Further, in contrast to the method in which the base station indicates the second BWP for the UE in the method of fig. 2, the base station may not indicate the BWP group index or the BWP group pair index when indicating the fourth BWP for the UE. For example, the index indicating the BWP group where the fourth BWP is located, or the index indicating the downlink BWP group corresponding to the uplink BWP group where the fourth BWP is located, or the index indicating the uplink BWP group corresponding to the downlink BWP group where the fourth BWP is located may not be used.

In this design, since the UE may determine the first BWP group or determine the index of the uplink BWP group corresponding to the first BWP group after the first BWP group receives the scheduling information of the second signal, it is not necessary to indicate the first BWP group or the index of the uplink BWP group corresponding to the first BWP group through the scheduling information of the second signal.

For example, as shown in table 4, the configuration of the UE may be that the base station may transmit scheduling information of a second signal to the UE through a third BWP in the first BWP group, and when the second signal is an uplink signal, if the third BWP is a downlink BWP C, if the base station indicates that an index of a fourth BWP is 0 for the UE, the UE may determine that the fourth BWP is an uplink BWP a after receiving the scheduling information of the second signal; when the second signal is an uplink signal, if the third BWP is a downlink BWP D, if the base station indicates the index of the fourth BWP to be 1 for the UE, and after the UE receives the scheduling information of the second signal, it may be determined that the fourth BWP is an uplink BWP B; when the second signal is a downlink signal, if the third BWP is the downlink BWP C, if the base station indicates the fourth BWP index to the UE as 0, and the UE receives the scheduling information of the second signal, it may determine that the fourth BWP is the downlink BWP C; when the second signal is a downlink signal, if the third BWP is a downlink BWP D, if the base station indicates that the fourth BWP index is 1 for the UE, and the UE receives the scheduling information of the second signal, it may be determined that the fourth BWP is the downlink BWP D.

For example, the configuration of the UE is shown in table 8, assuming that the uplink BWP packet a and the downlink BWP packet C are paired or correspond. The base station may transmit scheduling information of the second signal for the UE through a third BWP in the first BWP group. When the second signal is an uplink signal, if the third BWP is a downlink BWP E, if the base station indicates that the index of the fourth BWP is 0 for the UE, and the UE receives the scheduling information of the second signal, it may be determined that the fourth BWP is an uplink BWP a in the uplink BWP packet a; if the base station indicates the index of the fourth BWP to be 1 for the UE, and the UE receives the scheduling information of the second signal, it may determine that the fourth BWP is the uplink BWP B in the uplink BWP packet a; when the second information is a downlink signal, if the third BWP is the downlink BWP E, if the base station indicates the UE that the index of the fourth BWP is 0 and the UE receives the scheduling information of the second signal, it may be determined that the fourth BWP is the downlink BWP E in the downlink BWP packet C, and if the base station indicates the index of the fourth BWP is 1 and the UE receives the scheduling information of the second signal, it may be determined that the fourth BWP is the uplink BWP F in the downlink BWP packet C. After receiving the information indicating the index of the BWP, the UE may determine the index of the indicated BWP, and thus may determine the BWP according to the index.

In this embodiment, when the base station indicates the fourth BWP for the UE, the base station may indicate an index of a BWP pair in which the fourth BWP is located. For example, as shown in table 10, when the second signal is an uplink signal, the base station indicates, through the scheduling information of the second signal, that the index of the BWP pair where the fourth BWP is located is 00 for the UE, and after receiving the scheduling signal of the second signal, the UE may determine that the BWP pair where the fourth BWP is located is BWP pair a, so as to determine that the fourth BWP is the uplink BWP a; when the second signal is a downlink signal, the base station indicates the index of the BWP pair where the fourth BWP is located as 00 for the UE through the scheduling information of the second signal, and after the UE receives the scheduling signal of the second signal, the base station may determine the BWP pair a where the fourth BWP is located, and thus may determine that the fourth BWP is the downlink BWP E.

Optionally, the fourth BWP may also be the first BWP group or the active BWP of the upstream BWP group corresponding to the first BWP group.

The active BWP of the first BWP group or the active BWP of the uplink BWP group corresponding to the first BWP group may be preconfigured or indicated by the base station to the UE through signaling. The signaling may be RRC signaling or scheduling information of the first signal, and the like, and the application is not limited thereto.

The active BWP of the first BWP group may be a first active upstream BWP of the first BWP group, a first active downstream BWP of the first BWP group, an upstream BWP of a first active BWP pair in the first BWP group, or a downstream BWP of a first active BWP pair in the first BWP group. The active BWP of the upstream BWP group to which the first BWP group corresponds may be the first active upstream BWP in the upstream BWP group to which the first BWP group corresponds.

In this design, the base station may indicate the second BWP group for the UE, and the UE considers the active BWP in the second BWP group as the second BWP after receiving the indication. When the base station indicates the second BWP group for the UE, the base station may indicate the BWP group pair in which the second BWP group is located, or may indicate the second BWP group. Illustratively, when the first signal is an upstream signal, the second BWP is the first active upstream BWP in the second BWP group. The scheduling information of the first signal may be signaling for BWP configuration activation for granularity. The base station indicates, to the UE, the BWP group pairing in which the second BWP group is located through the scheduling information of the first signal, which is equivalent to activating the BWP group pairing. After the UE receives the scheduling information of the first signal, the UE regards the first active uplink BWP in the second BWP group as the second BWP.

Illustratively, when the second signal is an upstream signal, the first BWP group is a downstream BWP group, and the fourth BWP is a first active upstream BWP in the upstream BWP group to which the first BWP group corresponds. The first active uplink BWP in the uplink BWP group corresponding to the first BWP group may be a BWP configured by the base station for the UE through signaling. The base station indicates the index of the first activated uplink BWP in the uplink BWP group corresponding to the first BWP group to the UE through the scheduling information of the second signal, which is equivalent to the base station indicating the index of the fourth BWP to the UE through the scheduling information of the second signal.

When the base station indicates, through other signaling, the UE with the index of the first activated uplink BWP in the uplink BWP group corresponding to the first BWP group, where the other signaling is different from the signaling used to carry the scheduling information of the second signal, and the base station may indicate, through the scheduling information of the second signal, the index of the uplink BWP group corresponding to the first BWP group for the UE, or may not indicate the index of the uplink BWP group corresponding to the first BWP group. When the base station indicates the index of the uplink BWP group corresponding to the first BWP group to the UE through the scheduling information of the second signal, the base station may design the same indication format for the cross-BWP group scheduling and the BWP group self-contained scheduling, so the number of blind detections when the UE retrieves DCI may be reduced, thereby saving the power consumption of the UE. When the base station does not indicate the index of the uplink BWP group corresponding to the first BWP group, similar to the above description, the signaling overhead can be saved because the UE receives the scheduling information of the second information to determine the uplink BWP group corresponding to the first BWP group.

When the second signal is a downlink signal, the fourth BWP is the first active downlink BWP in the first BWP group. The first active downlink BWP in the first BWP group may be a BWP configured by the base station for the UE through signaling. The base station indicates the first activated downlink BWP in the first BWP group for the UE through the scheduling information of the second signal, which is equivalent to the base station indicating the index of the fourth BWP for the UE through the scheduling information of the second signal.

When the base station indicates the index of the first activated downlink BWP in the first BWP group to the UE through other signaling, the other signaling is different from the signaling used to carry the scheduling information of the second signal, and the base station may indicate the index of the first BWP group to the UE through the scheduling information of the second signal, or may not indicate the index of the first BWP group through the scheduling information of the second signal. When the base station indicates the index of the first BWP group for the UE through the scheduling information of the second signal, the base station may design the same indication format for cross-BWP group scheduling and BWP group self-contained scheduling, so that the number of blind detections when the UE retrieves DCI may be reduced, thereby saving power consumption of the UE. When the base station does not indicate the index of the first BWP group, similar to the above description, the signaling overhead can be saved because the UE receives the scheduling information of the second information to determine the uplink BWP group corresponding to the first BWP group.

The present embodiments provide a third resource configuration method, which may correspond to the scheduling of the first signal across BWP groups + the BWP group self-contained scheduling of the second signal described in design three. In the third resource allocation method, the scheduling across the BWP group for the first signal is similar to the scheduling for the first signal in the first resource allocation method related to fig. 2, and the BWP group self-contained scheduling for the second signal is similar to the scheduling for the second signal in the second resource allocation method related to fig. 3, which is not described herein again.

Optionally, the first signal is a PRACH, and the second signal is a PDSCH or a PUSCH; or the first signal is SRS and the second signal is PDSCH or PUSCH.

The embodiment of the present application provides a fourth resource allocation method, which may correspond to determining the scheduling type according to the configuration described in design four.

For a third signal, if the configuration for the signal is a first configuration, the resource configuration method for the third signal is scheduling across BWP groups; for the third signal, if the configuration for the signal is the second configuration, the resource configuration method for the third signal is BWP group self-contained scheduling. When the resource allocation method for the third signal is scheduling across BWP groups, the scheduling for the first signal in the first resource allocation method related to fig. 2 is applied to the scheduling for the third signal, or the first signal in the first resource allocation method related to fig. 2 is replaced by the third signal. When the resource allocation method for the third signal is BWP group self-contained scheduling, the scheduling for the second signal in the second resource allocation method according to fig. 5 is applied to the scheduling for the third signal, or the second signal in the second resource allocation method according to fig. 5 is replaced with the third signal.

Alternatively, the third signal may be a PRACH and the scheduling information of the third signal may be a PDCCH order. The PDCCH order may be included in DCI. Alternatively, the third signal may be an SRS, and scheduling information of the third signal may be included in the DCI.

Designing one based on the BWP packet, when a channel for carrying scheduling information of the third signal or information including the scheduling information of the third signal is configured to be transmittable in an arbitrary BWP group of the UE; or designing two based on the BWP packet, when a channel for carrying scheduling information of the third signal or information including the scheduling information of the third signal is configured to be able to be sent in any downlink BWP group of the UE, the resource configuration method for the third signal is BWP group self-contained scheduling, and the self-contained scheduling for the third signal is similar to the scheduling for the second signal in the second resource configuration method related to fig. 3, which is not described herein again.

Designing one based on the BWP packet when the channel for carrying the scheduling information of the third signal or the information including the scheduling information of the third signal is configured to be N _y1 When the third signal is transmitted in the BWP groups, the resource configuration method for the third signal is BWP group self-contained scheduling, that is, the UE may transmit the third signal in the BWP group configured with the channel carrying the scheduling information of the third signal, or the UE may transmit the third signal in the BWP group configured with the information including the scheduling information of the third signal; or the resource allocation method for the third signal is scheduling across BWP groups; or the base station configures a first BWP group and a second BWP group of the UE for the UE, where the resource configuration method for the third signal in the first BWP group is BWP group self-contained scheduling, and the resource configuration method for the third signal in the second BWP group is cross-BWP group scheduling. The scheduling of the third signal across the BWP group is similar to the scheduling of the first signal in the first resource allocation method related to fig. 2, and is not described again here. When the resource configuration method for the third signal in the second BWP-like group is scheduling across BWP groups, for one BWP group in the second BWP-like group, the scheduling information of the third signal of the BWP group is transmitted in other BWP groups except the BWP group; or a BWP group in the second BWP group, for a BWP in the BWP group, the scheduling information of the third signal of the BWP is transmitted in other BWP groups except the BWP group. Wherein N is _y1 Greater than or equal to 1 and less than the number of BWP groups of the UE.

Based on BWP packet design two, when the channel for carrying the scheduling information of the third signal or the information including the scheduling information of the third signal is configured to be N _y1 In a downstream BWP groupWhen sending, the resource configuration method for the third signal is BWP group self-contained scheduling, that is, the UE may send the third signal in a downlink BWP group configured with a channel carrying scheduling information of the third signal, or the UE may send the third signal in a downlink BWP group configured with information including scheduling information of the third signal; or the resource configuration method of the third signal is cross BWP group scheduling; or the base station configures a first type downlink BWP group and a second type downlink BWP group of the UE for the UE, the resource configuration method for the third signal in the first type downlink BWP group is BWP group self-contained scheduling, and the resource configuration method for the third signal in the second type downlink BWP group is cross-BWP group scheduling. The scheduling of the third signal across the BWP group is similar to the scheduling of the first signal in the first resource configuration method related to fig. 2, and is not described herein again. When the resource configuration method for the third signal in the second type downlink BWP group is scheduling across BWP groups, for one downlink BWP group in the second type downlink BWP group, the scheduling information of the third signal of the uplink BWP group corresponding to the downlink BWP group is transmitted in other downlink BWP groups except the downlink BWP group; or for one downlink BWP group in the second type of downlink BWP group, for one uplink BWP in the uplink BWP group corresponding to the downlink BWP group, the scheduling information of the third signal of the uplink BWP is transmitted in other downlink BWP groups except the downlink BWP group. Wherein N is _y1 Is greater than or equal to 1 and is less than the number of downlink BWP groups of the UE.

Optionally, the third signal is an SRS, scheduling information of the SRS is included in the MAC CE, and a resource configuration manner of the SR is BWP group self-contained scheduling.

In a wireless communication system, after a base station transmits data to a UE through a PDSCH, the UE may feed back Acknowledgement (ACK)/Negative Acknowledgement (NACK) to the base station according to whether the data is successfully received, where ACK indicates that the data is correctly received, and NACK indicates that the data is not correctly received. The base station may retransmit the data for the UE after receiving the NACK. How to perform ACK/NACK feedback is also a worthy topic of study in a scenario that allows multiple BWPs to be activated simultaneously.

The embodiment of the application also provides a transmission method of the ACK/NACK feedback. In this method, the UE sends ACK/NACK feedback for signal a, which is a signal transmitted in BWP group B, to the base station in BWP group a. The BWP group a may also be referred to as the xth BWP group or other name, the BWP group B may also be referred to as the yth BWP group or other name, the signal a may also be referred to as the zth signal or other name, and X, Y, and Z may be one, two, three, four, five, or other positive integers. In the method, the raw materials are mixed,

in one possible implementation, signal a is a signal carried by the PDSCH and the ACK/NACK feedback of signal a is carried by the PUSCH or PUCCH.

The method can be applied to BWP packet design one or BWP packet design two.

When the method is used for BWP packet design one, BWP group a and BWP group B may be supported differently. Further, it is also possible to support BWP group a and BWP group B to be the same.

When the method is used for BWP group design two, the BWP group A is an upstream BWP group, and the BWP group B is a downstream BWP group. It may be supported that the upstream BWP groups corresponding to BWP group a and BWP group B are different. Further, it may also support that the upstream BWP groups corresponding to BWP group a and BWP group B are the same.

ACK/NACK feedback for signal a may be transmitted in one BWP in BWP group a.

The signal a may be transmitted in one or more BWPs in the BWP group B.

Illustratively, the base station transmits PDSCH, carrying signal a, to the UE in one or more BWPs in BWP group B. Accordingly, the UE receives the PDSCH in the corresponding BWP. If the UE correctly receives the signal A carried in the PDSCH, the UE feeds back ACK corresponding to the signal A to the base station; and if the UE does not correctly receive the signal A carried in the PDSCH, the UE feeds back NACK corresponding to the signal A to the base station. When the UE feeds back the ACK/NACK of the signal A to the base station, the ACK/NACK is fed back to the base station in one BWP of the uplink BWP group A.

In a wireless communication system, a UE may receive a signal B sent by a base station, and is used for performing downlink path loss estimation, radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement, or time-frequency tracking and the like on the UE and the base station, where the time-frequency tracking includes time-domain synchronization and/or frequency-domain synchronization. Illustratively, one or more BWPs are included in serving cell a, which may be mapped to serving cell B. When the UE performs downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement, or time-frequency tracking for the BWP in the serving cell a, the UE receives the signal B of the serving cell B, and performs downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement, or time-frequency tracking according to the signal B.

Further, when a plurality of signals B are included in the serving cell B, a signal B corresponding to each BWP in the serving cell a may be independently configured for the BWP in the serving cell a, and the signal B corresponding to each BWP in the serving cell a is the signal B in the serving cell B. The signals B corresponding to different BWPs in the serving cell a may be the same or different, and the application is not limited thereto. When the UE performs downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement, or time-frequency tracking on a BWP in the serving cell a, the UE receives a signal B corresponding to the BWP and performs downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement, or time-frequency tracking according to the signal B.

In the above method, all BWPs in the serving cell a are mapped to the signal B of the same serving cell. In a scenario allowing simultaneous activation of multiple BWPs, it is worth to study how to improve the accuracy of downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement, or time-frequency tracking.

In a first signal transmission method provided in the embodiment of the present application, when the method is applied to a cell level, a base station sends a signal B of a serving cell B, where the signal B is used to perform downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement, or time-frequency tracking corresponding to a BWP group A1 in the serving cell a; the base station sends a signal B of the serving cell C, where the signal B is used for performing downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement, or time-frequency tracking corresponding to the BWP group A2 in the serving cell a. Correspondingly, the UE receives the signal B of the serving cell B, and performs downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement, or time-frequency tracking corresponding to the BWP group A1 in the serving cell a according to the signal B of the serving cell B; and the UE receives the signal B of the serving cell C, and performs downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement or time-frequency tracking corresponding to the BWP group A2 in the serving cell A according to the signal B of the serving cell C. The serving cell B may also be referred to as a serving cell corresponding to the BWP group A1, or a serving cell linked (link) to the BWP group A1; the serving cell C may also be referred to as a serving cell corresponding to the BWP group A2, or a serving cell linked to the BWP group A2.

In the first signal transmission method provided in the embodiment of the present application, when the method is applied to a carrier level, for example, a base station sends a signal B of a carrier B, where the signal B is used to perform downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement, or time-frequency tracking corresponding to a BWP group A1 in the carrier a; and the base station sends a signal B of the carrier C, and the signal B is used for estimating downlink path loss, RRM (radio resource management) measurement or time-frequency tracking corresponding to the BWP group A2 in the carrier A. Correspondingly, the UE receives a signal B of a carrier B, and performs downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement or time-frequency tracking corresponding to a BWP group A1 in a carrier A according to the signal B of the carrier B; and the UE receives the signal B of the carrier C and performs downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement or time-frequency tracking corresponding to the BWP group A2 in the carrier A according to the signal B of the carrier C. The carrier B may also be referred to as a carrier corresponding to the BWP group A1, or a carrier linked to the BWP group A1 (link); the carrier C may also be referred to as a carrier corresponding to the BWP group A2, or a carrier linked to the BWP group A2.

In the following description, for simplicity of description, a carrier level method and a cell level method may be described by being combined in the form of "serving cell/carrier".

In the method, corresponding service cells/carriers are independently configured for different BWP groups of a service cell/carrier a, the service cells/carriers corresponding to the different BWP groups may be the same or different, and are used for performing downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement, or time-frequency tracking corresponding to each BWP group, which may improve the accuracy of the downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement, or time-frequency tracking, thereby ensuring the quality of downlink data transmission and improving the downlink data transmission rate. For example, when the signal B is not configured in the serving cell/carrier a and the carrier corresponding to the serving cell/carrier a is a large bandwidth carrier, if the distance between the BWP group A1 and the BWP group A2 in the frequency domain is long, the time domain and/or the frequency domain of the BWP group A1 and the BWP group A2 are not synchronous, or the channel conditions of the BWP group A1 and the BWP group A2 are different, and when the BWP group A1 and the BWP group A2 are corresponding to the same serving cell/carrier, the accuracy of downlink loss estimation, RRM measurement, or time-frequency tracking may not be high, and the quality of downlink data transmission cannot be guaranteed.

In the method, further, for a BWP group of the serving cell/carrier a, the BWP group may also correspond to the serving cell a/carrier.

In the method, the correspondence between the BWP group and the serving cell/carrier, the serving cell/carrier corresponding to the BWP group, or the BWP group corresponding to the serving cell/carrier may be indicated to the UE by the base station through signaling.

Further, for one BWP group in serving cell/carrier a, its corresponding signal B may be configured independently for the BWPs in that BWP group.

Exemplarily, the base station transmits a signal B1 of a serving cell/carrier B, where the signal B1 is used for performing downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement, or time-frequency tracking corresponding to a first BWP of the BWP group A1; correspondingly, the UE receives the signal B1 of the serving cell/carrier B, and performs downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement, or time-frequency tracking corresponding to the first BWP of the BWP group A1 according to the signal B1. A base station sends a signal B2 of a serving cell/carrier B, wherein the signal B2 is used for estimating downlink path loss, RRM (radio resource management) measurement or time-frequency tracking corresponding to a second BWP (BWP) of a BWP group A1; correspondingly, the UE receives the signal B2 of the serving cell/carrier B, and performs downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement, or time-frequency tracking corresponding to the second BWP of the BWP group A1 according to the signal B1. The base station sends a signal b3 of a serving cell/carrier C, and the signal b3 is used for performing downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement, or time-frequency tracking corresponding to the first BWP of the BWP group A2; correspondingly, the UE receives the signal b3 of the serving cell/carrier C, and performs downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement, or time-frequency tracking corresponding to the first BWP of the BWP group A2 according to the signal b 3. The base station sends a signal b4 of a serving cell/carrier C, where the signal b4 is used for performing downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement, or time-frequency tracking corresponding to the second BWP of the BWP group A2; correspondingly, the UE receives the signal b4 of the serving cell/carrier C, and performs downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement, or time-frequency tracking corresponding to the second BWP of the BWP group A2 according to the signal b 4.

In the method, the correspondence between BWP and signal B, signal B corresponding to BWP, or BWP corresponding to signal B may be indicated to the UE by the base station through signaling.

In the method, in the serving cell/carrier corresponding to the BWP group, the corresponding signal B may be further configured independently for different BWPs in the BWP group, and the signal B corresponding to different BWPs may be the same or different, and is used for the accuracy of downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement, or time-frequency tracking when the distance of different BWPs in the BWP group is relatively long.

Alternatively, the signal B may be a Synchronization Signal (SS), a demodulation reference signal (DMRS), a CSI-RS, or a Tracking Reference Signal (TRS).

In the second signal transmission method provided in the embodiment of the present application, when the method is applied to a cell level, a base station sends a first signal B to a UE, where the first signal B is used to perform downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement, or time-frequency tracking corresponding to a BWP group A1 of a serving cell a; the base station sends a second signal B for performing downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement, or time-frequency tracking corresponding to the BWP group A2 of the serving cell a. Correspondingly, the UE receives the first signal B, and performs downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement or time-frequency tracking corresponding to the BWP group A1 of the service cell A according to the first signal B; and the UE receives the second signal B and performs downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement or time-frequency tracking corresponding to the BWP group A2 of the serving cell A according to the second signal B. The first signal B may also be referred to as a signal B corresponding to the BWP group A1, or a signal B linked (link) to the BWP group A1; the second signal B may be referred to as a signal B corresponding to the BWP group A2, or a signal B linked to the BWP group A2.

In the second signal transmission method provided in the embodiment of the present application, when the method is applied to a carrier level, a base station sends a first signal B to a UE, where the first signal B is used to perform downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement, or time-frequency tracking corresponding to a BWP group A1 of a carrier a; the base station sends a second signal B for performing downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement, or time-frequency tracking corresponding to the BWP group A2 of the carrier a. Correspondingly, the UE receives the first signal B, and performs downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement or time-frequency tracking corresponding to the BWP group A1 of the carrier A according to the first signal B; and the UE receives the second signal B and performs downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement or time-frequency tracking corresponding to the BWP group A2 of the carrier A according to the second signal B. The first signal B may also be referred to as a signal B corresponding to the BWP group A1, or a signal B linked (link) to the BWP group A1; the second signal B may be referred to as a signal B corresponding to BWP group A2, or a signal B linked to BWP group A2.

In the method, corresponding signals B are independently configured for different BWP groups of a serving cell/carrier A, the signals B corresponding to the different BWP groups may be the same or different, and are used for performing downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement or time-frequency tracking corresponding to each BWP group, and the accuracy of the downlink path loss estimation, RRM measurement or time-frequency tracking can be improved, so that the quality of downlink data transmission is ensured, and the downlink data transmission rate is improved. This method differs from the first synchronization signal transmission method in that in this method the BWP group no longer corresponds to the serving cell/carrier, which directly corresponds to the specific signal B.

In the method, the BWP group and signal B correspondence, the signal B corresponding to the BWP group, or the BWP group corresponding to the signal B may be indicated to the UE by the base station through signaling.

Alternatively, signal B may be a synchronization signal, DMRS, CSI-RS, or TRS.

Optionally, the signal B is a synchronization signal, and for one BWP group, the base station may indicate, to the UE, a grid or an absolute frequency point number where the synchronization signal or SSB corresponding to the BWP group is located.

Optionally, the signal B is DMRS, CSI-RS or TRS, and for one BWP group, the base station may indicate, for the UE, a resource grid corresponding to the signal B corresponding to the BWP group. In this embodiment, resource Elements (REs) for transmitting the signal B may be configured in a resource grid corresponding to the signal B.

Optionally, the signal B is DMRS, CSI-RS or TRS, and for one BWP group, the base station may indicate, for the UE, an offset of the resource grid corresponding to the signal B corresponding to the BWP group from the resource grid corresponding to the BWP group. Wherein the Offset may be Offset subcarriers; the offset may also be an integer number of RBs or RBGs; the Offset may also be an integer number of RBs or RBGs, and Offset subcarriers. Wherein Offset may be an integer less than or equal to 11.

Optionally, the signal B is a DMRS, CSI-RS, or TRS, and for a BWP group, the resource grid corresponding to the BWP corresponding to the signal B is the resource grid corresponding to the BWP group. For serving cell/carrier a, the resource grids corresponding to different BWP groups may be configured independently, and the resource grids corresponding to different BWP groups may be the same or different, which is not limited in this application. For example, for a BWP group of a serving cell/carrier a, a base station may configure a point a corresponding to the BWP group for a UE, where the point a is used to determine a resource grid corresponding to the BWP group; correspondingly, the UE receives point a corresponding to the BWP group configured by the base station, and determines the resource grid corresponding to the BWP group according to the point a. The resource grid corresponding to the BWP may be a resource grid corresponding to a carrier where the BWP is located.

In the embodiment of the present application, the introduction of the resource grid, point a, and the method for determining the resource grid according to point a may refer to the corresponding introduction in NR protocol 38.211. For example, in version 15.1.0 of the NR protocol 38.211, reference may be made to the corresponding description in section 4 regarding the resource grid.

In this embodiment of the present application, the base station may further independently configure the first signal B of the serving cell B for the BWP group in the first BWP group of the serving cell/carrier a through a first signal transmission method, and independently configure the second signal B for the BWP group in the second BWP group of the serving cell/carrier a through a second signal transmission method, which is the same as the above specific implementation manner and is not described herein again. The first BWP group may include one or more BWP groups, and the second BWP group may include one or more BWP groups.

In the foregoing embodiment of the present application, the method provided in the embodiment of the present application is introduced from the perspective of interaction between a base station and a UE. In order to implement the functions in the method provided by the embodiment of the present application, the base station and the UE may include a hardware structure and/or a software module, and implement the functions in the form of a hardware structure, a software module, or a hardware structure and a software module. Whether any of the above-described functions is implemented as a hardware structure, a software module, or a hardware structure plus a software module depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the technical solution.

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus 400 provided in the embodiment of the present application. The apparatus 400 may be a UE, and may implement the function of the UE in the method provided in this embodiment of the present application; the apparatus 400 may also be an apparatus capable of supporting a UE to implement the function of the UE in the method provided in the embodiment of the present application. The apparatus 400 may be a hardware structure, a software module, or a hardware structure plus a software module. The apparatus 400 may be implemented by a system-on-chip. In the embodiment of the present application, the chip system may be composed of a chip, and may also include a chip and other discrete devices.

The apparatus 400 includes a communication module 402 and a processing module 404, where the communication module 402 is configured to receive and/or transmit data, the processing module 404 is configured to receive and process data, and the processing module is further configured to generate and transmit data.

Fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus 500 provided in an embodiment of the present application. The apparatus 500 may be a base station, and may implement the function of the base station in the method provided in this embodiment; the apparatus 500 may also be an apparatus capable of supporting a base station to implement the function of the base station in the method provided in this embodiment. The apparatus 500 may be a hardware structure, a software module, or a hardware structure plus a software module. The apparatus 500 may be implemented by a system-on-chip.

The apparatus 500 includes a communication module 502 and a processing module 504, where the communication module 502 is configured to receive and/or transmit data, the processing module 504 is configured to receive and process data, and the processing module is further configured to generate and transmit data.

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus 600 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The apparatus 600 may be a UE, and may implement the function of the UE in the method provided in this embodiment of the present application; the apparatus 600 may also be an apparatus capable of supporting a UE to implement the function of the UE in the method provided in the embodiment of the present application.

As shown in fig. 6, a processing system 602 is included in the apparatus 600 for implementing or supporting the UE to implement the functions of the UE in the method provided in the embodiments of the present application. The processing system 602 may be a circuit, which may be implemented by a system-on-a-chip. One or more processors 622 included in the processing system 602 may be configured to implement or support the UE to implement the functions of the UE in the methods provided by the embodiments of the present application. When included in processing system 602 in addition to processor 622, processor 622 may also be used to manage other devices included in processing system 602, such as one or more of memory 624, bus 626, and bus interface 628, described below.

One or more memories 624 may also be included in the processing system 602 for storing instructions and/or data. Further, memory 624 may also be included in the processor 622. If the processing system 602 includes the memory 624, the processor 622 may be coupled to the memory 624. The processor 622 may operate in conjunction with the memory 624. The processor 622 may execute instructions stored in a memory 624. The processor 622, when executing the instructions stored in the memory 624, may implement or support the UE to implement the functions of the UE in the methods provided by the embodiments of the present application. The processor 622 may also read data stored in the memory 624. Memory 624 may also store data that results from processor 622 executing instructions.

In the embodiment of the present application, the processor may be a Central Processing Unit (CPU), a Network Processor (NP), a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), a microprocessor, a microcontroller, a Programmable Logic Device (PLD), or any combination thereof. The processor may also be any other means having a processing function such as a circuit, device or software module.

In the embodiment of the present application, the memory includes a volatile memory (volatile memory), such as a random-access memory (RAM); the memory may also include a non-volatile memory (non-volatile memory), such as a flash memory (flash memory), a Hard Disk Drive (HDD) or a solid-state drive (SSD); the memory may also comprise a combination of memories of the above kind; the memory may also include any other means having a memory function such as a circuit, device, or software module.

The processing system 602 may also include a bus interface 628 for providing an interface between the bus 626 and other devices. The bus interface may also be referred to as a communication interface, among others.

Apparatus 600 may also include a transceiver 606 for communicating with other communication devices over a transmission medium, such that other apparatus used in apparatus 600 may communicate with other communication devices. Wherein the other device may be the processing system 602. Other ones of the apparatus 600 may illustratively communicate, receive and/or transmit corresponding information using the transceiver 606 and other communication devices. It can also be described that other devices in the apparatus 600 may receive corresponding information, where the corresponding information is received by the transceiver 606 over a transmission medium, where the corresponding information may interact between the transceiver 606 and the other devices in the apparatus 600 through the bus interface 628 or through the bus interface 628 and the bus 626; and/or other devices in device 600 may transmit corresponding information over a transmission medium via transceiver 606, which may interact between transceiver 606 and other devices in device 600 via bus interface 628 or via bus interface 628 and bus 626.

The apparatus 600 may further comprise a user interface 604, the user interface 604 being an interface between a user and the apparatus 600, possibly for the user to interact with information with the apparatus 600. Illustratively, the user interface 604 may be at least one of a keyboard, a mouse, a display, a speaker (microphone), a microphone, and a joystick.

The above description has mainly described an apparatus structure provided by the embodiment of the present application from the perspective of the apparatus 600. In this arrangement, the processing system 602 includes a processor 622, and may further include one or more of a memory 624, a bus 626, and a bus interface 628 for implementing the methods provided by the embodiments of the present application. The processing system 602 is also within the scope of the present application.

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus 700 according to an embodiment of the present application. The apparatus 700 may be a base station, and may implement the functions of the base station in the method provided in the embodiment of the present application; the apparatus 700 may also be an apparatus capable of supporting a base station to implement the functions of the base station in the method provided in the embodiments of the present application.

As shown in fig. 7, the apparatus 700 includes a processing system 702 for implementing or supporting a base station to implement the functions of the base station in the methods provided by the embodiments of the present application. The processing system 702 may be a circuit, which may be implemented by a system-on-chip. One or more processors 722 are included in the processing system 702 and may be used to implement or support a base station to implement the functions of the base station in the methods provided by the embodiments of the present application. When included in processing system 702, processor 722 may also be used to manage other devices included in processing system 702, such as one or more of memory 724, bus 726, and bus interface 728, described below.

One or more memories 724 may also be included in the processing system 702 for storing instructions and/or data. Further, memory 724 may also be included in the processor 722. If the processing system 702 includes a memory 724, the processor 722 may be coupled to the memory 724. The processor 722 may cooperate with the memory 724. Processor 722 may execute instructions stored in memory 724. The processor 722, when executing the instructions stored in the memory 724, may implement or support the base station to implement the functions of the base station in the methods provided by the embodiments of the present application. The processor 722 may also read data stored in the memory 724. Memory 724 may also store data that results from processor 722 executing instructions.

The processing system 702 may also include a bus interface 728 for providing an interface between the bus 726 and other devices. The bus interface may also be referred to as a communication interface, among others.

The apparatus 700 may also include a transceiver 706 for communicating with other communication devices over a transmission medium so that other apparatus used in the apparatus 700 may communicate with other communication devices. Among other things, the other device may be the processing system 702. Other ones of the apparatus 700 may illustratively communicate, receive and/or transmit corresponding information, with the transceiver 706 and other communication devices. It can also be described that other devices in device 700 may receive corresponding information, where the corresponding information is received by transceiver 706 over a transmission medium, which may interact between transceiver 706 and other devices in device 700 through bus interface 728 or through bus interface 728 and bus 726; and/or other devices in device 700 may transmit corresponding information over a transmission medium via transceiver 706, which may interact between transceiver 706 and other devices in device 700 via bus interface 728 or via bus interface 728 and bus 726.

The apparatus 700 may further comprise a user interface 704, the user interface 704 being an interface between a user and the apparatus 700, possibly for interaction of information by the user and the apparatus 700. Illustratively, the user interface 704 may be at least one of a keyboard, a mouse, a display, a speaker (microphone), and a joystick.

The above description has described a device structure provided by the embodiments of the present application, mainly from the perspective of the device 700. In this apparatus, the processing system 702 includes a processor 722, and may further include one or more of a memory 724, a bus 726, and a bus interface 728, for implementing the methods provided by the embodiments of the application. The processing system 702 is also within the scope of the present application.

In the embodiment of the apparatus of the present application, the module division of the apparatus is a logic function division, and there may be another division manner in actual implementation. For example, each functional module of the apparatus may be integrated into one module, each functional module may exist alone, or two or more functional modules may be integrated into one module.

The methods provided in the embodiments of the present application may be implemented in whole or in part by software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. When implemented in software, may be implemented in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer instructions. When loaded and executed on a computer, cause the processes or functions described in accordance with the embodiments of the invention to occur, in whole or in part. The computer may be a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, a computer network, a network appliance, a terminal, or other programmable apparatus. The computer instructions may be stored on a computer readable storage medium or transmitted from one computer readable storage medium to another, for example, from one website, computer, server, or data center to another website, computer, server, or data center via wire (e.g., coaxial cable, fiber optic, digital Subscriber Line (DSL)) or wireless (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.). The computer-readable storage medium can be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer or a data storage device, such as a server, data center, etc., that includes one or more available media. The usable medium may be a magnetic medium (e.g., floppy disk, hard disk, magnetic tape), an optical medium (e.g., digital Video Disk (DVD)), or a semiconductor medium (e.g., SSD), among others.

The above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present application, and are not used to limit the protection scope thereof. All modifications, equivalents, improvements and the like based on the technical solutions of the present application should be included in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A method for resource allocation, comprising:

receiving, at a first carrier bandwidth part BWP, scheduling information of a first signal, the first BWP being included in a first BWP group, determining transmission resources of the first signal according to the scheduling information of the first signal, the transmission resources of the first signal being included in a second BWP, the second BWP being one or more BWPs included in a second BWP group, the second BWP being an active BWP of the second BWP group, the active BWP of the second BWP group being a first active upstream BWP of the second BWP group, a first active downstream BWP of the second BWP group, an upstream BWP of a first active BWP pair of the second BWP group, or a downstream BWP of a first active BWP pair of the second BWP group.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining the second BWP based on scheduling information of the first signal.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the scheduling information of the first signal is used to indicate the second BWP, the BWP pair where the second BWP is located, the second BWP and the second BWP group, the BWP pair where the second BWP is located and the second BWP group, the BWP group pair where the second BWP and the second BWP group are located, the BWP pair where the second BWP is located and the BWP group pair where the second BWP group is located, the second BWP group, or the BWP group pair where the second BWP group is located.

4. The method according to any of claims 1 to 3, wherein the first signal is a physical random Access channel, PRACH, and wherein the scheduling information of the first signal is included in a physical Downlink control channel, PDCCH, order.

5. The method according to any of claims 1 to 3, wherein the first signal is a sounding reference signal, SRS, and wherein the scheduling information of the first signal is included in downlink control information, DCI, or in a medium access control, MAC, control element, CE.

6. The method of any of claims 1 to 5, further comprising:

receiving scheduling information of a second signal at a third BWP, the third BWP being included in the first BWP group, the scheduling information of the second signal indicating transmission resources of a second signal, the transmission resources of the second signal being included in a fourth BWP, the fourth BWP being included in the first BWP group.

7. The method according to claim 6, further comprising determining the fourth BWP based on scheduling information of the second signal.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the scheduling information of the second signal is used to indicate the fourth BWP, the BWP pair where the fourth BWP is located, the fourth BWP and the first BWP group, the BWP pair where the fourth BWP is located and the first BWP group, the BWP group pairing where the fourth BWP and the first BWP group are located, the BWP pair where the fourth BWP is located and the BWP group pairing where the first BWP group is located, the first BWP group, the BWP group pairing where the first BWP group is located, the upstream BWP group corresponding to the fourth BWP and the first BWP group, or the upstream BWP group corresponding to the first BWP group.

9. The method according to any of claims 6 to 7, wherein the second signal is a PDSCH or a PUSCH, and the scheduling information of the second signal is included in the DCI.

10. A method for resource allocation, comprising:

transmitting scheduling information of a first signal at a first carrier bandwidth part BWP, the first BWP being included in a first BWP group, the scheduling information of the first signal being used to determine transmission resources of the first signal, the transmission resources of the first signal being included in a second BWP, the second BWP being one or more BWPs included in a second BWP group, the second BWP being an active BWP of the second BWP group, the active BWP of the second BWP group being a first active upstream BWP of the second BWP group, a first active downstream BWP of the second BWP group, an upstream BWP of a first active BWP pair of the second BWP group, or a downstream BWP of a first active BWP pair of the second BWP group.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the scheduling information of the first signal is used to indicate the second BWP, the BWP pair where the second BWP is located, the second BWP and the second BWP group, the BWP pair where the second BWP is located and the second BWP group, the BWP group pair where the second BWP and the second BWP group are located, the BWP pair where the second BWP is located and the BWP group pair where the second BWP group is located, the second BWP group, or the BWP group pair where the second BWP group is located.

12. The method according to claim 10 or 11, wherein the first signal is a physical random access channel, PRACH, and wherein the scheduling information of the first signal is included in a physical downlink control channel, PDCCH, order.

13. The method according to claim 10 or 11, wherein the first signal is a sounding reference signal, SRS, and the scheduling information of the first signal is included in downlink control information, DCI, or in a medium access control, MAC, control element, CE.

14. The method of any of claims 10 to 13, further comprising:

and transmitting scheduling information of a second signal in a third BWP, the third BWP being included in the first BWP group, the scheduling information of the second signal indicating transmission resources of the second signal, the transmission resources of the second signal being included in a fourth BWP, the fourth BWP being included in the first BWP group.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the scheduling information of the second signal is used to indicate the fourth BWP, a BWP pair where the fourth BWP is located, the fourth BWP and the first BWP group, a BWP pair where the fourth BWP is located and the first BWP group, a BWP group pairing where the fourth BWP and the first BWP group are located, a BWP pair where the fourth BWP is located and a BWP group pairing where the first BWP group is located, the first BWP group, a BWP group pairing where the first BWP group is located, an upstream BWP group corresponding to the fourth BWP and the first BWP group, or an upstream BWP group corresponding to the first BWP group.

16. The method according to any of claims 10 to 15, wherein the second signal is a PDSCH or a PUSCH, and the scheduling information of the second signal is included in a DCI.

17. An apparatus for carrying out the method of any one of claims 1 to 9.

18. An apparatus for carrying out the method of any one of claims 10 to 16.