CN111886820B

CN111886820B - Resource allocation method and device and computer readable storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN111886820B
Application number: CN201980020979.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 唐海
Original assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Current assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Priority date: 2018-06-15
Filing date: 2019-06-14
Publication date: 2022-08-30
Anticipated expiration: 2039-06-14
Also published as: WO2019238118A1; CN111886820A

Abstract

The embodiment of the application discloses a resource allocation method, which can adapt to service requirements or channel conditions and dynamically adjust transmission resources so as to improve transmission efficiency, and the method comprises the following steps: determining transmission resources, wherein the transmission resources are resources for transmitting uplink indication information; the uplink indication information is used for indicating transmission information of uplink data; and configuring the transmission resources to the terminal. The embodiment of the application also discloses a network device, a terminal and a computer readable storage medium.

Description

Resource allocation method and equipment, and computer readable storage medium

Technical Field

The embodiment of the application relates to the technical field of wireless communication, in particular to a resource configuration method, a terminal, network equipment and a computer readable storage medium.

Background

With the development of communication technology, research on the fifth Generation mobile communication technology (5G, 5th Generation) has also been conducted. The wireless access of 5G is called New Radio, NR for short. The 5G system introduces a low-latency, high-reliability communication (URLLC) service featuring Ultra-high-reliability (e.g., 99.999%) data transmission within an extreme latency (e.g., 1 ms). To achieve this goal, the concept of Grant free is proposed. The Grant free mechanism adopts a resource configuration mode of a semi-static/semi-continuous state, and the terminal can transmit data on the configured semi-static/semi-continuous state resources according to service requirements.

However, since the resources used in the Grant free mechanism are all configured semi-statically/semi-persistently, the dynamic channel conditions of the terminal and the transmission requirements of the data cannot be adapted, thereby reducing the transmission efficiency.

Disclosure of Invention

Embodiments of the present application provide a resource allocation method and device, and a computer-readable storage medium, which can adapt to a service requirement or a channel condition, and dynamically adjust transmission resources, thereby improving transmission efficiency.

The technical scheme of the application is realized as follows:

in a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a resource configuration method, which is applied to a network device, and includes:

determining transmission resources, wherein the transmission resources are resources for transmitting uplink indication information; the uplink indication information is used for indicating transmission information of uplink data;

and configuring the transmission resources to the terminal.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides a resource allocation method, applied to a terminal, including:

receiving transmission resources configured by network equipment, wherein the transmission resources are resources for transmitting uplink indication information; the uplink indication information is used for indicating transmission information of uplink data;

and sending the uplink indication information on the transmission resources.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a network device, configured to execute the method in the implementation manner of the first aspect.

Specifically, the network device includes:

the device comprises a determining unit, a transmitting unit and a receiving unit, wherein the determining unit is used for determining transmission resources, and the transmission resources are resources for transmitting uplink indication information; the uplink indication information is used for indicating transmission information of uplink data;

and the configuration unit is used for configuring the transmission resources to the terminal.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a terminal, configured to execute the method in the implementation manner of the second aspect.

Specifically, the terminal includes:

the receiving unit is used for receiving transmission resources configured by network equipment, wherein the transmission resources are resources for transmitting uplink indication information; the uplink indication information is used for indicating transmission information of uplink data;

and the transmission unit is used for sending the uplink indication information on the transmission resources.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides a resource allocation method, applied to a network device, including:

determining a first semi-static resource;

and configuring the first semi-static resource to a terminal, wherein the size of the resource actually occupied by the uplink information in the first semi-static resource is not limited, and the maximum resource occupied by the uplink information does not exceed the first semi-static resource.

In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides a resource allocation method, applied in a terminal, including:

receiving a first semi-static resource configured by network equipment, wherein the size of a resource actually occupied by uplink information in the first semi-static resource is not limited; the maximum resource occupied by the uplink information does not exceed the first semi-static resource;

and sending the uplink information on the first semi-static resource.

In a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides a network device, configured to execute the method in the implementation manner of the fifth aspect.

Specifically, the network device includes:

a determining unit that determines a first semi-static resource;

and the configuration unit is used for configuring the first semi-static resource to a terminal, the size of the resource actually occupied by the uplink information in the first semi-static resource is not limited, and the maximum resource occupied by the uplink information does not exceed the first semi-static resource.

In an eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides a terminal, configured to execute the method in the foregoing implementation manner of the sixth aspect.

Specifically, the terminal includes:

the receiving unit is used for receiving a first semi-static resource configured by network equipment, and the size of the resource actually occupied by uplink information in the first semi-static resource is not limited; the maximum resource occupied by the uplink information does not exceed the first semi-static resource;

and the transmission unit is used for sending the uplink information on the first semi-static resource.

In a ninth aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides a network device, including: the first processor is configured to call and run the resource configuration-related program stored in the first memory, and execute the method described in the implementation manner of the first aspect or the fifth aspect.

In a tenth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium, which is applied in a network device, and the computer-readable storage medium is used for storing a resource configuration-related program, where the resource configuration-related program causes a first processor in the network device to execute the method described in the first aspect or the fifth implementation manner.

In an eleventh aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides a terminal, including: a second processor and a second memory, where the second memory is used to store a resource configuration related program, and the second processor is used to call and run the resource configuration related program stored in the second memory, so as to execute the method described in the implementation manner of the second aspect or the sixth aspect.

In a twelfth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium, which is applied in a terminal, and the computer-readable storage medium is configured to store a resource configuration-related program, where the resource configuration-related program causes a second processor in the terminal to execute the method described in the implementation manner of the second aspect or the sixth aspect.

The embodiment of the application provides a resource allocation method and equipment, and a computer readable storage medium, wherein the resource allocation equipment comprises network equipment and a terminal, the network equipment determines transmission resources, and the transmission resources are resources for transmitting uplink indication information; the uplink indication information is used for indicating the transmission information of uplink data; and allocating the transmission resources to the terminal. By adopting the technical implementation scheme, the network equipment can determine the resource for transmitting the uplink indication information in the semi-static resource configured for the terminal, the terminal can upload the uplink indication information through the transmission resource, and the uplink indication information is the transmission information for indicating the uplink data, that is, the transmission information (namely, the uplink data channel) for indicating the uplink data can be acquired from the uplink indication information based on the transmission of the uplink indication information by the transmission resource, without limiting the resource position and size of the uplink data channel occupied each time the uplink data is transmitted, therefore, on the premise that the network equipment allocates the transmission resources to the terminal, the terminal can transmit data based on the requirement during data transmission, and only the requirement during data transmission (namely, uplink indication information) needs to be transmitted through the transmission resources. In summary, based on the configuration of the network device on the transmission resource, when the terminal needs to transmit data based on the data transmission, the uplink indication information is uploaded to realize that the uplink data occupies the dynamic resource for transmission, thereby avoiding the process that the uplink data must occupy all the semi-static resources for transmission, so as to adapt to the service requirement or channel condition, dynamically adjust the transmission resource, and further improve the transmission efficiency.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a communication system architecture provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a first resource diagram provided by an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a resource configuration method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a second exemplary resource diagram provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a third exemplary resource diagram provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a diagram of an exemplary resource provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a fifth exemplary resource diagram provided by an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a first schematic diagram of a resource configuration method further provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 9 is a schematic diagram two of a resource configuration method further provided in the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 10 is a third schematic diagram of a resource configuration method further provided in the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 11 is a schematic diagram of a resource configuration method according to another embodiment of the present application;

fig. 12 is a schematic diagram of a resource allocation method according to another embodiment of the present application;

fig. 13 is a first schematic block diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 14 is a first schematic block diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 15 is a schematic block diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 16 is a schematic block diagram ii of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 17 is a schematic block diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

Technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

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

Illustratively, a communication system 100 applied in the embodiment of the present application is shown in fig. 1. The communication system 100 may include a network device 110, and the network device 110 may be a device that communicates with a terminal device 120 (or referred to as a communication terminal, a terminal). Network device 110 may provide communication coverage for a particular geographic area and may communicate with terminal devices located within that coverage area. Optionally, the Network device 110 may be a Base Transceiver Station (BTS) in a GSM system or a CDMA system, a Base Station (NodeB, NB) in a WCDMA system, an evolved Node B (eNB or eNodeB) in an LTE system, or a wireless controller in a Cloud Radio Access Network (CRAN), or may be a Network device in a Mobile switching center, a relay Station, an Access point, a vehicle-mounted device, a wearable device, a hub, a switch, a bridge, a router, a Network-side device in a 5G Network, or a Network device in a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) for future evolution, or the like.

The communication system 100 further comprises at least one terminal device 120 located within the coverage area of the network device 110. As used herein, "terminal equipment" includes, but is not limited to, connections via wireline, such as Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), Digital cable, direct cable connection; and/or another data connection/network; and/or via a Wireless interface, e.g., to a cellular Network, a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), a digital television Network such as a DVB-H Network, a satellite Network, an AM-FM broadcast transmitter; and/or means of another terminal device arranged to receive/transmit communication signals; and/or Internet of Things (IoT) devices. A terminal device arranged to communicate over a wireless interface may be referred to as a "wireless communication terminal", "wireless terminal" or "mobile terminal". Examples of mobile terminals include, but are not limited to, satellite or cellular telephones; personal Communications Systems (PCS) terminals that may combine cellular radiotelephones with data processing, facsimile, and data Communications capabilities; PDAs that may include radiotelephones, pagers, internet/intranet access, Web browsers, notepads, calendars, and/or Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers; and conventional laptop and/or palmtop receivers or other electronic devices that include a radiotelephone transceiver. Terminal Equipment may refer to an access terminal, User Equipment (UE), subscriber unit, subscriber station, mobile station, remote terminal, mobile device, User terminal, wireless communication device, User agent, or User Equipment. An access terminal may be a cellular phone, a cordless phone, a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) phone, a Wireless Local Loop (WLL) station, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a handheld device with Wireless communication capability, a computing device or other processing device connected to a Wireless modem, a vehicle mounted device, a wearable device, a terminal device in a 5G network or a terminal device in a future evolved PLMN, etc.

Optionally, a direct terminal to Device (D2D) communication may be performed between the terminal devices 120.

Alternatively, the 5G system or the 5G network may also be referred to as a New Radio (NR) system or an NR network.

Fig. 1 exemplarily shows one network device and two terminal devices (i.e., two terminals), and optionally, the communication system 100 may include a plurality of network devices and may include other numbers of terminal devices within the coverage area of each network device, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present invention.

Optionally, the communication system 100 may further include other network entities such as a network controller, a mobility management entity, and the like, which is not limited in this embodiment.

It should be understood that a device having a communication function in a network/system in the embodiments of the present application may be referred to as a communication device. Taking the communication system 100 shown in fig. 1 as an example, the communication device may include a network device 110 and a terminal device 120 (i.e., terminals) having a communication function, and the network device 110 and the terminal device 120 may be the specific devices described above, which are not described herein again; the communication device may also include other devices in the communication system 100, such as other network entities, for example, a network controller, a mobility management entity, and the like, which is not limited in this embodiment.

It should be understood that the terms "system" and "network" are often used interchangeably in this application. The term "and/or" in this application is only one kind of association relationship describing the associated object, and means that there may be three kinds of relationships, for example, a and/or B, which may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. In addition, the character "/" in this application generally indicates that the preceding and following associated objects are in an "or" relationship.

Various embodiments implementing the present application are described below based on the architecture of fig. 1.

In the embodiment of the application, a Grant free mechanism is adopted, so that the processes of resource request (SR) and Buffer Status Report (BSR) are avoided, and the effective transmission time of the terminal is increased.

In the embodiment of the application, a semi-static configuration mode is adopted to periodically allocate Physical Resource Block (PRB) resources to a terminal, so as to obtain semi-static resources, wherein the PRB resources are independently allocated in different cells.

Among them, there are two types of allocation schemes of Grant free resources, type1 and type 2. The type1 configures Grant free resources by using Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling (semi-static), and includes at least time-frequency domain Resource information, reference symbol information, modulation coding scheme, and power Control parameters. Type2 adopts a method of combining RRC and physical layer signaling (semi-static configuration, dynamic activation/deactivation), RRC signaling configuration, where the configuration information at least includes a time domain resource period and a power control parameter, and the physical layer signaling configuration at least includes frequency domain resource information, reference symbol information, and a modulation coding scheme.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, the semi-static resource is used as a CHannel for transmitting data, where the CHannel for transmitting data includes data channels such as a Physical Downlink Shared CHannel (PDSCH) and a Physical Uplink Shared CHannel (PUSCH), and the like, and may further include: control channels such as a Physical Downlink Control CHannel (PDCCH) and a Physical Uplink Control CHannel (PUCCH). In order to clearly explain the technical solution of the embodiment of the present application, the embodiment of the present application preferably uses an uplink data channel, such as a PUSCH as an example, for explanation. It is understood that those skilled in the art can apply the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application to other types of channels under the guidance of the uplink data channel.

For example, as shown in fig. 2, the network device configures a semi-static resource for an uplink data channel (PUSCH), and when the uplink data channel is used for uplink data transmission, and when the size of the uplink data is smaller than the data amount that can be carried by the uplink data channel, the uplink data is filled by complementing 0bit, and then the uplink data is transmitted. When the size of the uplink data is larger than the data amount that can be carried by the uplink data channel, the uplink data needs to be transmitted in at least two parts. That is, when the uplink data channel shown in fig. 2 is used, the resources of the entire uplink data channel need to be traversed for data transmission.

Here, the data transmission is realized by using resources, namely RB (resource block), and as long as there is a service, the RB must be configured.

RB: 12 subcarriers are contiguous in frequency, and one slot, i.e., 1RB, is 12 subcarriers in time domain.

Re (resourceelement): one subcarrier in frequency and one symbol in time domain.

Herein, a physical resource block is referred to as a PRB, that is, one PRB is composed of a plurality of REs.

Example one

Fig. 3 is a schematic flowchart of a resource allocation method according to an embodiment of the present application. The resource allocation method provided by the embodiment of the application is applied to network equipment and comprises the following steps:

s101, determining transmission resources, wherein the transmission resources are resources for transmitting uplink indication information; the uplink indication information is used for indicating transmission information of uplink data.

S102, configuring the transmission resources to the terminal.

In the embodiment of the present application, the network device configures semi-static resources for the terminal (i.e., UE) by using semi-static configuration, and the terminal may transmit uplink data by using the semi-static resources. The resource allocation method provided by the embodiment of the present application may be applicable to a process in which a terminal performs uplink data transmission, and the present application is not limited.

In this embodiment of the present application, a network device provides a service for a cell, and a terminal communicates with the network device through a transmission resource (for example, a frequency domain resource or a spectrum resource) used by the cell, where the cell may be a cell corresponding to the network device (for example, a base station), and the cell may belong to a macro base station or a base station corresponding to a small cell (small cell), where the small cell may include: urban cells (Metro cells), Micro cells (Micro cells), Pico cells (Pico cells), Femto cells (Femto cells), and the like, and the small cells have the characteristics of small coverage area and low transmission power, and are suitable for providing a high-rate data transmission service, without limitation.

In the embodiment of the present application, before data transmission is performed, a network device (for example, a base station) performs resource allocation or resource allocation for a terminal, and the network device allocates a semi-static resource to the terminal, where a specific network device may allocate the semi-static resource to the terminal according to conditions such as historical uplink indication information, transmission service characteristics, a packet size, and a channel state, so as to ensure data transmission of the terminal. Preferably, the grant free resource includes H PRBs, and H is configured by the network device.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, the uplink indication information may be Uplink Control Information (UCI).

The following description will be given taking the case where the uplink indication information is included in the uplink control information as an example.

However, in the semi-static resource, the network device transmits, on the semi-static resource, a transmission resource whose fixed resource location is determined for uplink indication information, where the uplink indication information is used for indicating transmission information of uplink data. Here, the transmission information of the uplink data may be understood as an uplink data channel, a channel state, a transmission method, and the like when the terminal performs uplink data transmission, and may be included as long as the uplink data transmission is related, and the present application is not limited thereto.

In an embodiment of the present application, the uplink indication information includes at least one of the following information: modulation coding grade, size of transmission block (data size), time domain, frequency domain resource information (resource position of transmission resource block), pilot frequency resource, Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) process information, redundancy version information, multi-antenna information and semi-static resource number.

It can be understood that, since the uplink indication information may indicate transmission information of uplink data, the size and location of occupying the uplink data channel each time may not be limited, and the PUSCH may be dynamically used each time according to the channel status and transmission requirements.

After the network device determines the transmission resource in the semi-static resource for the terminal, the network device may configure the transmission resource to the terminal, so that the terminal may use the transmission resource when performing uplink transmission. That is, the network device uses the resource in the semi-static resource as the uplink data channel of the terminal, so that the terminal can transmit the uplink data in the uplink data channel conveniently. The uplink data channel is used for carrying uplink data.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment of the present application, the network device configures a semi-static resource for the terminal to perform uplink data transmission, the network device needs to determine a transmission resource for the uplink indication information in the semi-static resource, and an uplink data channel for transmitting uplink data may also use the semi-static resource.

It should be noted that, the configuration of the PUSCH (uplink data channel) and the transmission resource performed by the network device may be simultaneous or sequential, and the specific configuration order is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

In this embodiment, the relationship between the transmission resource and the uplink data channel may include: (1) the transmission resource is embedded in an uplink data channel, namely UCI piggyback in PUSCH or UCI mulpitlex in PUSCH; (2) and the transmission resource and the uplink data channel are independently distributed, namely Separate transmission for UCI and PUSCH.

For relation (1), the transmission resource and the uplink data channel occupy the same semi-static resource, and the transmission resource is embedded in the semi-static resource.

In the embodiment of the present application, the transmission resource is embedded at a preset position in the uplink data channel, and the preset position of the transmission resource embedding in the uplink data channel is described below.

It should be noted that the preset position may be configured by the network device, may also be agreed by a protocol, or may be obtained by an agreed by a protocol mapping rule, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

In the embodiment of the present application, a transmission resource may be formed by M resource sets, where M is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1. Wherein each resource set may be composed of a plurality of PRBs.

It should be noted that, even if the transmission resource is not embedded in the uplink data channel, the transmission resource may be configured by M resource sets, and the embodiment of the present application is not limited.

Then, the network device may configure the location of the transmission resource and then notify the terminal; the network device and the terminal may also agree that the M resource sets may be embedded in N resources of the uplink data channel, where N is a total resource number in the M resource sets, where N is the preset position, the N resources may be in N continuous resources or in N discontinuous resources, and N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1. The N resources, that is, the preset positions, may be configured to the terminal device by the network device, that is, the network device may also configure N for the terminal; alternatively, N may also be obtained by a protocol agreement or a protocol agreement mapping rule, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

In the embodiment of the present application, when M resource sets are embedded in consecutive N resources of the uplink data channel, preferably, the M resource sets may be embedded in the first N resources of the uplink data channel, or the M resource sets may be embedded in the last N resources of the uplink data channel.

In some embodiments of the present application, when M resource sets are embedded in consecutive N resources of an uplink data channel, the M resource sets may be embedded in any consecutive time domain or consecutive frequency domain N resources of the uplink data channel, or the M resource sets may be embedded in any consecutive time domain and consecutive frequency domain N resources of the uplink data channel, which is not limited in this application.

It should be noted that, since each resource set may be composed of a plurality of PRBs, M resource sets are embedded in N PRBs (N resources) of the uplink data channel, where N is the total number of resources in the M resource sets.

Preferably, M is 1.

For example, assuming that M is 1, as shown in fig. 4, the transmission resource mosaic is known from a preset position relationship of an uplink data channel, the transmission resource may be one resource set (including many resource blocks for transmitting UCI, where UCI is used to indicate the position of different PRBs in the transmission resource) in the uplink data channel, the transmission resource set is composed of J (12) PRBs, and the 12 PRBs are the first 12 PRBs of the uplink data channel PUSCH.

It should be noted that, the UCI of each transmission of the terminal occupies which resources in the 12 PRBs are dynamic, and is used according to actual transmission requirements, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

Illustratively, the protocol convention mapping rule is: the positions of the J PRB resources are related to resources used for transmission of traffic data (uplink data). When the service data occupies the first K PRBs for transmission, the J PRBs are located in the first J PRBs of the semi-static resource; and when the service data occupies the last K PRBs for transmission, the J PRBs are located in the last J PRBs of the semi-static resource.

The uplink indication information and the service data (i.e., uplink data) are realized by occupying different REs on the PRB, so that resource collision is avoided.

In some embodiments of the present application, the number of resources in each resource set of the M resource sets is different (i.e., the number of PRBs in each resource set is different), and the embodiments of the present application are not limited thereto.

In some embodiments of the present application, at least two of the M resource sets have the same resource.

In the M resource sets, at least two resource sets may have resources with overlapped time domains and/or frequency domains. The concrete can include the following: only two resource sets in the M resource sets have the same resource; the same resource exists between each two of the M resource sets.

In the embodiment of the present application, the same resource refers to a case where there is identity or coincidence in the time domain and/or the frequency domain.

Further, the presence of the same resource in at least two of the M resource sets may further include: the M resource sets have an order relation among the resource sets, and the M resource sets have a relation of sequential inclusion in a time domain and/or a frequency domain according to the order relation.

It should be noted that the M resource sets may obtain a sequential relationship between the resource sets according to a chronological order when the network device determines the resources, or may obtain a sequential relationship between the resource sets according to a protocol convention or an indication, and then, the network device may implement a inclusion relationship between the resource sets in a time domain and/or a frequency domain according to the sequential relationship. Among the M resource sets, there may be at least two resource sets that have a containment relationship in the time domain and/or the frequency domain.

Preferably, after the M resource sets are sorted according to the order relationship, each subsequent resource set completely includes each previous resource set in the time domain and/or the frequency domain; alternatively, each previous resource set may completely contain each subsequent resource set in the time domain and/or the frequency domain.

For example, assuming that M is 4, as shown in fig. 5, the network device configures 1 set of resources with different resource sizes, i.e. 4 resource sets, where the 4 resource sets are: { N1, N2, N3, N4} PRBs, where N1 PRBs, N2 PRBs, N3 PRBs, and N4 PRBs are each 1 resource set; n1, N2, N3, N4 are the number of resources in the respective resource set. Thus, the N resources in the semi-static resources are Ni + N2+ N3+ N4 PRBs, where the specific positions of the { N1, N2, N3, N4} PRBs are obtained by base station configuration, or protocol agreement mapping rule. In fig. 5, UCI indicates the positions of different PRBs in the transmission resource.

When the sequential relationship among the resource sets exists on the M resource sets, and the M resource sets have the sequential inclusion relationship on the time domain and/or the frequency domain according to the sequential relationship, the network device indicates that the sequential relationship among the resource sets is: n1 PRBs, N2 PRBs, N3 PRBs, and N4 PRBs, so that { N1, N2, N3, N4} PRBs have a containing relationship in resource location (time frequency and/or frequency domain), and specifically, in M resource sets, after being sorted according to the sequential relationship, each succeeding resource set completely contains each preceding resource set in time domain and/or frequency domain as: the PRBs in the N2 PRBs completely include PRBs in N1 PRBs in the time domain and/or the frequency domain, the PRBs in the N3 PRBs completely include PRBs in N2 PRBs in the time domain and/or the frequency domain, and the PRBs in the N4 PRBs completely include PRBs in N3 PRBs in the time domain and/or the frequency domain. In the M resource sets, after being sorted according to the order relationship, each previous resource set completely contains each next resource set in the time domain and/or the frequency domain as follows: the PRBs in the N3 PRBs completely include PRBs in N4 PRBs in the time domain and/or the frequency domain, the PRBs in the N2 PRBs completely include PRBs in N3 PRBs in the time domain and/or the frequency domain, and the PRBs in the N1 PRBs completely include PRBs in N2 PRBs in the time domain and/or the frequency domain. Fig. 5 shows that, in the M resource sets, after being sorted according to the order relationship, each succeeding resource set completely contains each preceding resource set in the time domain and the frequency domain, that is, a PRB of the N2 PRBs completely contains a PRB of the N1 PRBs in the time domain and the frequency domain, a PRB of the N3 PRBs completely contains a PRB of the N2 PRBs in the time domain and the frequency domain, and a PRB of the N4 PRBs completely contains a PRB of the N3 PRBs in the time domain and the frequency domain.

It can be understood that, when at least two resource sets of the M resource sets have the same resource, the number of times of channel estimation performed by the network device may be reduced, so as to reduce the complexity of blind detection when receiving the uplink indication information sent by the terminal.

In the embodiment of the present application, each resource set of the M resource sets corresponds to a modulation and coding scheme of the uplink indication information. That is, there are many modulation and coding schemes in the uplink indication information, and each resource set may correspond to one modulation and coding scheme of the uplink indication information.

Illustratively, the 4 resource sets shown in fig. 5 are used as follows: when the number of the { N1, N2, N3, N4} PRBs is N1 PRBs, N2 PRBs, N3 PRBs, and N4 PRBs correspond to one modulation and coding scheme of UCI.

In this embodiment, the modulation and demodulation method may include: time Division-Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access (TD-SCDMA), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM), Differential Phase Shift Keying (DPSK), etc., and the embodiments of the present invention are not limited thereto.

It should be noted that the modulation and coding scheme in the embodiment of the present application may be replaced by a parameter equivalent to the modulation and coding scheme, for example, an equivalent code rate. Then, each resource set in the M resource sets corresponds to an equivalent code rate of the uplink indication information, and the embodiment of the present application does not limit the replaceable parameter types.

In some embodiments of the present application, the resource locations in each of the M resource sets are different. The resource locations may be time domain resources and frequency domain resources, that is, each of the M resource sets may be embedded in different time domains and/or frequency domains of the uplink data channel.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment of the present application, each resource set of the M resource sets may be embedded in different time domains and/or frequency domains of the uplink data channel, and may include: each of the M resource sets may be embedded in a completely different time domain and/or frequency domain of the uplink data channel; alternatively, each of the M resource sets may be embedded in a different time domain and/or frequency domain of the uplink data channel.

Specifically, each resource set of the M resource sets is embedded on a completely different time domain of the uplink data channel; or, each resource set in the M resource sets is embedded on completely different frequency domains of the uplink data channel; or, each resource set in the M resource sets is embedded on completely different time domains and frequency domains of the uplink data channel; or, each resource set of the M resource sets may be embedded in a part of different time domains of the uplink data channel; or, each resource set of the M resource sets may be embedded in a part of different frequency domains of the uplink data channel; or each resource set of the M resource sets may be embedded in a time domain and a frequency domain that are partially different in the uplink data channel, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

In this embodiment of the present application, the number of resources in each resource set of M resource sets with different resource locations may be the same, may also be different, or is partially the same, and this embodiment of the present application is not limited.

Exemplarily, taking the same number of resources in each resource set of M resource sets as an example, when M is 4, as shown in fig. 6, the network device configures 1 set of resources with different resource locations. Preferably, M resource sets of the semi-static resources, the 4 resource sets being: { N1, N1, N1, N1} PRBs, where each resource set is N1 PRBs; n1 is the number of resources in each resource set. In fig. 6, { N1, N1, N1, N1} PRBs are located in different time and frequency domains of an uplink data channel, and N resources in a semi-static resource are 4N1 PRBs, where specific locations of { N1, N1, N1, N1} PRBs are obtained by base station configuration, or by protocol convention mapping rules. The locations of the different PRBs in the transmission resource are denoted by UCI in fig. 6.

For relation (2), the transmission resources and the uplink data channel are independently distributed, wherein the uplink data channel is used for carrying uplink data.

In this embodiment of the present application, the transmission resources and the uplink data channels are independently distributed, that is, the transmission resources and the uplink data channels are independently configured in different semi-static resources, that is, at least one of time domains and frequency domains of the transmission resources and the uplink data channels is different. That is to say, the network device allocates different semi-static resources to the uplink indication information and the uplink data, and the resource corresponding to the UCI and the PUSCH are on independent time domain and frequency domain resources.

Specifically, the difference between the transmission resource and at least one of the time frequency domain and the frequency domain of the uplink data channel includes: the time domain of the transmission resource is different from that of the uplink data channel, and the frequency domain is at least partially different; or the transmission resource and the uplink data channel have different frequency domains and at least partially different time domains.

Illustratively, as shown in fig. 7, the transmission resource for transmitting UCI and PUSCH are located on two semi-static resources with different frequency domains and different time domain portions.

In some embodiments of the present application, the size of the resource actually occupied by the uplink data channel in the semi-static resource is not limited, and the actually occupied resource refers to a resource occupied during actual transmission, which may be determined according to an actual transmission requirement.

Preferably, the transmission resource and the uplink data channel may be contiguous in the frequency domain.

Here, the frequency domain resource information in the UCI may be one of the following information: starting point position, starting point position and length, frequency domain position of transmission resource block, or semi-static resource number, etc.

It can be understood that, in the embodiment of the present application, based on different limitations of the network device on the position of the transmission resource, in the uplink transmission process, the terminal transmits the uplink indication information by using the transmission resource, and the network device can resolve the uplink indication information in the limited resource position, thereby reducing the range of blind detection and indirectly improving the transmission efficiency.

Based on relationship (2), the network device further performs the following operations:

s103, configuring at least two semi-static resources as an uplink data channel, wherein the at least two semi-static resources comprise a first semi-static resource and a second semi-static resource; the size of the resource actually occupied by the uplink data channel in the first semi-static resource is fixed, and the size of the resource actually occupied by the uplink data channel in the second semi-static resource is not limited.

In this embodiment of the present application, when the network device allocates the uplink data channel, one semi-static resource may be allocated for the uplink data channel, but at least two semi-static resources may also be allocated for the uplink data channel.

When the uplink data channel comprises at least two semi-static resources, the at least two semi-static resources comprise a first semi-static resource and a second semi-static resource; the size of the resource actually occupied by the uplink data channel in the first semi-static resource is fixed, and the size of the resource actually occupied by the uplink data channel in the second semi-static resource is not limited.

That is to say, the network device may allocate a first semi-static resource with a fixed resource size for transmission to the uplink data channel, for transmitting data with a fixed data size, and may also allocate a second semi-static resource with an unlimited resource size for transmission to the uplink data channel, which may be dynamically used according to actual transmission requirements.

It can be understood that, by using at least two semi-static resource allocation modes, the uplink data that satisfies the uplink data channel transmission can be dynamically transmitted according to the channel condition and the transmission requirement.

In the embodiment of the application, since the network device can determine the resource for transmitting the uplink indication information from the semi-static resources configured for the terminal, the terminal can upload the uplink indication information through the transmission resource, and the uplink indication information is the transmission information for indicating the uplink data, that is, the transmission information (namely, the uplink data channel) for indicating the uplink data can be acquired from the uplink indication information based on the transmission of the uplink indication information by the transmission resource, without limiting the resource position and size of the uplink data channel occupied each time the uplink data is transmitted, therefore, on the premise that the network equipment allocates the transmission resources to the terminal, the terminal can transmit data based on the requirements during data transmission, and only the requirements during data-based transmission (namely, the uplink indication information) need to be transmitted through the transmission resources. In summary, based on the configuration of the network device on the transmission resource, when the terminal needs to transmit data based on the data transmission, the uplink indication information is uploaded to realize that the uplink data occupies the dynamic resource for transmission, thereby avoiding the process that the uplink data must occupy all the semi-static resources for transmission, so as to adapt to the service requirement or channel condition, dynamically adjust the transmission resource, and further improve the transmission efficiency.

Fig. 8 is a schematic flowchart of a resource allocation method according to an embodiment of the present application. The embodiment of the present application further provides a resource allocation method, which is applied to a terminal, and includes:

s201, receiving transmission resources configured by network equipment, wherein the transmission resources are resources for transmitting uplink indication information; the uplink indication information is used for indicating transmission information of uplink data.

S202, sending uplink indication information on transmission resources.

In the embodiment of the present application, a network device (e.g., a base station) performs resource allocation or resource configuration for a terminal, and the network device allocates a semi-static resource to the terminal, but in the semi-static resource, the network device transmits a transmission resource in which a fixed resource position is determined for uplink indication information on the semi-static resource, where the uplink indication information is used to indicate transmission information of uplink data. Here, the transmission information of uplink data may be understood as an uplink data channel, a channel state, a transmission method, and the like when the terminal performs uplink data transmission, and may be included as long as the uplink data transmission is related, and the present application is not limited thereto.

After the network device determines the transmission resource in the semi-static resource for the terminal, the network device may configure the transmission resource to the terminal, so that the terminal may use the transmission resource when performing uplink transmission. That is to say, the network device uses the resource in the semi-static resource as the uplink data channel of the terminal, so that the terminal transmits the uplink data in the uplink data channel and transmits the uplink indication information on the transmission resource. The uplink data channel is used for carrying uplink data. Thus, the terminal receives the transmission resource configured by the network device.

In an embodiment of the present application, the uplink indication information includes at least one of the following information: modulation coding grade, transmission block size, time domain, frequency domain resource information, pilot frequency resource, HARQ process information, redundancy version information, multi-antenna information and semi-static resource number.

It can be understood that, since the uplink control channel may indicate transmission information of uplink data, the size and location of occupying the uplink data channel at a time may not be limited, and the PUSCH may be dynamically used at a time according to a channel state and transmission requirements.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment of the present application, the terminal uses the network device to configure the semi-static resource for uplink data transmission, the network device needs to determine the transmission resource for the uplink indication information in the semi-static resource, and the uplink data channel for transmitting the uplink data may also use the semi-static resource. In this embodiment, the terminal may obtain the transmission resource and the uplink data channel, and the relationship between the transmission resource and the uplink data channel may include: (1) the transmission resource is embedded in an uplink data channel; (2) transmission resources and uplink data channels are independently distributed.

In the embodiment of the present application, the transmission resource is embedded at a preset position in the uplink data channel, and the preset position of the transmission resource embedding in the uplink data channel is described below. The preset position may be configured by a network device, may also be agreed by a protocol, or may be obtained by an agreed by a protocol mapping rule, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

Then, the M resource sets may be embedded in N resources of the uplink data channel, where N is a total resource number in the M resource sets, where the N resources may be in N continuous resources or in N discontinuous resources, and N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

In this embodiment, when M resource sets are embedded in consecutive N resources of the uplink data channel, preferably, the M resource sets may be embedded in the first N resources of the uplink data channel, or alternatively, the M resource sets may be embedded in the last N resources of the uplink data channel. The N resources, that is, the preset positions, may be configured by the network device, or N may also be agreed by a protocol, or obtained by an agreed-by-protocol mapping rule, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

In some embodiments of the present application, the number of resources in each of the M resource sets is different (i.e., the number of PRBs per resource set is different);

In the M resource sets, at least two resource sets have resources overlapping in time domain and/or frequency domain. The concrete can include the following: only two resource sets in the M resource sets have the same resource; the same resource exists between each two of the M resource sets.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, each resource set in the M resource sets may be embedded in different time domains and/or frequency domains of the uplink data channel, and the embedding may include: each of the M resource sets may be embedded in a completely different time domain and/or frequency domain of the uplink data channel; alternatively, each of the M resource sets may be embedded in a different time domain and/or frequency domain of the uplink data channel.

Detailed examples of the locations of the M set resources have been described in the foregoing embodiments, and are not described here again.

Based on the relationship (1), when M is greater than or equal to 2, fig. 9 is a schematic flowchart of a resource allocation method provided in the embodiment of the present application. The process of S202 in the resource allocation method provided in the embodiment of the present application further includes:

s2021, acquiring a modulation coding mode of uplink transmission;

s2022, determining a resource set corresponding to the modulation and coding mode from the M resource sets;

s2023, transmitting the uplink indication information by using one resource set.

The terminal obtains a modulation coding mode (namely a current modulation coding mode) corresponding to the current uplink indication information to be transmitted, and because M resource sets in transmission resources configured by network equipment (base station) are in one-to-one correspondence with modulation and demodulation modes, the terminal can determine a resource set corresponding to the current modulation coding mode from the configured M resource sets and adopt the transmission resource set to transmit the current uplink indication information to be transmitted. Therefore, after receiving the uplink indication information transmitted by the terminal through one resource set, the network device can directly demodulate the uplink indication information according to the decoding mode corresponding to the resource set, so as to obtain the relevant transmission information of the uplink data, such as the modulation and demodulation mode of the uplink data, the uplink data channel, and the like.

In this embodiment, the modulation and demodulation method may include: TD-SCDMA, OFDM, DPSK, etc., and the embodiments of the present application are not limited.

It should be noted that the M resource sets may correspond to different modulation and demodulation manners, equivalent code rates, and the like, and may also correspond to transmission information thereof in a transmission process, and may be set according to actual needs, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

Based on the relationship (1), when M is greater than or equal to 2 and the resource location in each resource set of the M resource sets is different, fig. 10 is a schematic flowchart of a resource configuration method provided in the embodiment of the present application. The process of S202 in the resource allocation method provided in the embodiment of the present application further includes:

s2024, selecting one resource set from the M resource sets;

and S2025, transmitting the uplink indication information by adopting one resource set.

And the terminal acquires the uplink indication information to be transmitted currently, selects a resource set from the M resource sets, and transmits the uplink indication information. Therefore, after receiving the uplink indication information transmitted by the terminal through a resource set, the network device can analyze the uplink indication information according to the position of the transmission resource, so as to obtain the relevant transmission information of the uplink data, such as a modulation and demodulation mode of the uplink data, an uplink data channel and the like.

For example, in this embodiment of the present application, the terminal may randomly select one resource set by using a preset random rule, or may calculate one resource set according to a random function, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application. For example, the selection of appropriate UCI resources (transmission resources) from the set of { N1, N1, N1, N1} resources is implemented by a random function.

It can be understood that, because the resource positions in each resource set of the M resource sets are different, the positions of the UCI resources selected based on the random function each time may be different, which increases different selections of resources, and may effectively reduce the collision of UCI.

Further, in the embodiment of the present application, when the terminal performs transmission of the uplink indication information, the terminal needs to transmit uplink data together, and because the network device allocates semi-static resources for the uplink data, when the terminal has uplink data to be transmitted, the terminal first acquires the uplink indication information, then performs transmission of the uplink indication information through the transmission resources, and performs transmission of the uplink data by using the PUSCH.

For relation (2), the transmission resources and the uplink data channel are independently distributed.

In this embodiment, the transmission resource and the uplink data channel are independently distributed, which means that the transmission resource and the uplink data channel are independently configured in different semi-static resources, that is, at least one of the time domain and the frequency domain of the transmission resource and the uplink data channel is different. That is, the network device allocates different semi-static resources for the uplink indication information and the uplink data. In this way, the terminal may use different semi-static resources for transmitting the uplink indication information and the uplink data.

In some embodiments of the present application, the size of the resource occupied by the uplink data when transmitted in the uplink data channel is not limited, and may be determined according to the actual transmission requirement.

Detailed examples of the locations of the transmission resource and the PUSCH have been described in the foregoing embodiments, and are not described herein again.

Based on the relationship (2), when the PUSCH is at least two semi-static resources, the at least two semi-static resources include a first semi-static resource and a second semi-static resource, and the resource configuration method provided in the embodiment of the present application further includes: and S207. The following:

s207, acquiring at least two semi-static resources;

and S208, transmitting uplink data by adopting at least two semi-static resources, and transmitting uplink indication information by adopting the transmission resources.

In the embodiment of the present application, when the terminal performs transmission of the uplink indication information, the terminal needs to transmit uplink data together, and since the network device allocates independent semi-static resources for the uplink control channel and the uplink data respectively, when the terminal has uplink data to be transmitted, the terminal first acquires the uplink indication information, then performs transmission of the uplink indication information through the transmission resource, and performs transmission of the uplink data through the PUSCH.

The PUSCH here may be at least two semi-static resources, and the at least two semi-static resources are independent from the semi-static resource where the transmission resource is located.

It should be noted that, the configuration of the PUSCH and the transmission resource by the network device may be simultaneous.

Based on the foregoing implementation of the embodiment, the following is based on the relationship (1), and an embodiment of the present application further provides a resource allocation method, including:

s301, allocating semi-static resources to the terminal, wherein the semi-static resources are uplink data channels of uplink data;

s302, embedding transmission resources in the semi-static resources, wherein the transmission resources are resources for transmitting uplink indication information; the uplink indication information is used for indicating the transmission information of uplink data;

s303, configuring the transmission resource and the uplink data channel to the terminal;

and S304, the terminal adopts the transmission resource to transmit the uplink indication information and adopts the uplink data channel to transmit the uplink data.

Based on the foregoing implementation of the embodiment, the following is based on the relationship (2), and an embodiment of the present application further provides a resource allocation method, including:

s401, allocating a first semi-static resource and at least two semi-static resources to a terminal, wherein the at least two semi-static resources are uplink data channels of uplink data;

s402, embedding transmission resources in the first semi-static resources, wherein the transmission resources are resources for transmitting uplink indication information; the uplink indication information is used for indicating the transmission information of uplink data;

s403, configuring transmission resources and at least two semi-static resources to the terminal;

s404, the terminal adopts the transmission resources to transmit the uplink indication information and adopts at least two semi-static resources to transmit the uplink data.

It can be understood that, since the network device can determine the resource for transmitting the uplink indication information from the semi-static resources configured for the terminal, the terminal can upload the uplink indication information through the transmission resource, and the uplink indication information is the transmission information for indicating the uplink data, that is, the transmission information (namely, the uplink data channel) for indicating the uplink data can be acquired from the uplink indication information based on the transmission of the uplink indication information by the transmission resource, without limiting the resource position and size of the uplink data channel occupied each time the uplink data is transmitted, therefore, on the premise that the network equipment allocates the transmission resources to the terminal, the terminal can transmit data based on the requirements during data transmission, and only the requirements during data-based transmission (namely, the uplink indication information) need to be transmitted through the transmission resources. In summary, based on the configuration of the network device on the transmission resource, when the terminal needs to transmit data based on the data transmission, the uplink indication information is uploaded to realize that the uplink data occupies the dynamic resource for transmission, thereby avoiding the process that the uplink data must occupy all the semi-static resources for transmission, so as to adapt to the service requirement or channel condition, dynamically adjust the transmission resource, and further improve the transmission efficiency.

Example two

Fig. 11 is a schematic flowchart of a resource allocation method according to an embodiment of the present application. The resource allocation method provided by the embodiment of the application is applied to network equipment and comprises the following steps:

s501, determining first semi-static resources.

S502, the first semi-static resource is configured to the terminal, the size of the resource actually occupied by the uplink information in the first semi-static resource is not limited, and the maximum resource occupied by the uplink information does not exceed the first semi-static resource.

In the embodiment of the present application, the network device configures semi-static resources for the terminal (i.e., UE) by using semi-static configuration, and the terminal may transmit uplink information by using the semi-static resources. The resource allocation method provided in the embodiment of the present application may be applicable to a process in which a terminal performs uplink information transmission, and the present application is not limited.

In this embodiment, the network device may determine a first semi-static resource with a suitable resource size according to transmission of the historical uplink information, and configure the first semi-static resource to the terminal, where the semi-static resource is used to carry uplink information, the uplink information is used for data in an uplink transmission process, the size of the resource actually occupied by the uplink information in the first semi-static resource is not limited, and the maximum resource occupied by the uplink information does not exceed the first semi-static resource.

In this embodiment, the uplink information may be at least one of uplink data and uplink indication information. The uplink data and the uplink indication information have been described in the first embodiment, and are not described herein again.

It can be understood that, because the size of the resource actually occupied by the uplink information in the first half static resource is not limited, based on the characteristics of the network device configuration, the size of the first half static resource actually occupied by the uplink information during transmission can be determined according to the channel condition and the service requirement, so as to implement dynamic allocation of transmission resources, thereby improving the transmission efficiency during uplink transmission.

Further, a resource allocation method provided in an embodiment of the present application may further include: S503-S504. The following:

s503, determining second semi-static resources.

And S504, configuring the second semi-static resource to the terminal, wherein the size of the resource actually occupied by the uplink information in the second semi-static resource is fixed.

When the first semi-static resource can be determined in the embodiment of the application, the network device can also determine a second semi-static resource at the same time, and configure the second semi-static resource to the terminal, where the second semi-static resource is also used for carrying uplink information, and the size of the resource actually occupied by the uplink information in the second semi-static resource is fixed.

It should be noted that the present embodiment does not limit the configuration order of different semi-static resources.

That is to say, in the embodiment of the present application, the network device may allocate a first semi-static resource with unlimited resource size during transmission to the uplink information, may dynamically use the first semi-static resource according to an actual transmission requirement, and may also allocate a fixed resource size during transmission to the uplink information, where the fixed resource size is used for transmitting the uplink information with a fixed data size.

It should be noted that, because the uplink information may include uplink data and uplink indication information at the same time, in this embodiment of the present application, the network device may configure a first semi-static resource for transmission of the uplink data, and a second semi-static resource for transmission of the uplink indication information; or, the network device may configure the second semi-static resource for transmission of uplink data, and the first semi-static resource for transmission of uplink indication information, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

It should be noted that, when the uplink information at least includes the uplink indication information, the configuration of the specific semi-static resource that can be used by the uplink control information in this application may also be specifically implemented according to the resource configuration mode provided in the first embodiment, which is not limited in this application embodiment.

It can be understood that, the network device adopts two semi-static resource allocation modes, and the size of the first semi-static resource actually occupied by a part of data of the uplink information during transmission can be determined according to the channel condition and the service requirement, so as to realize dynamic allocation of transmission resources, thereby improving the transmission efficiency during uplink transmission.

Fig. 12 is a schematic flowchart of a resource allocation method according to another embodiment of the present application. The resource allocation method provided by the embodiment of the application is applied to a terminal and comprises the following steps:

s601, receiving a first semi-static resource configured by network equipment, wherein the size of the resource actually occupied by uplink information in the first semi-static resource is not limited; the maximum resource occupied by the uplink information does not exceed the first half static resource.

And S602, sending uplink information on the first semi-static resource.

In this embodiment, when the terminal performs transmission of the uplink information, the terminal may transmit uplink data, or the terminal may transmit the uplink indication information and the uplink data together.

In the embodiment of the application, because the network device allocates the first semi-static resource to the uplink information, the size of the resource actually occupied by the first semi-static resource is not limited in the transmission process of the uplink information, and the maximum resource occupied by the uplink information does not exceed the first semi-static resource, when the terminal has uplink information to be transmitted, the size of the first semi-static resource actually occupied by the uplink information in transmission can be determined according to the channel condition and the service requirement, so that the dynamic allocation of the resource in transmission is realized, and the transmission efficiency in uplink transmission is improved.

Further, a resource allocation method provided in an embodiment of the present application may further include: S603-S604. The following:

s603, receiving a second semi-static resource configured by the network equipment, wherein the size of the resource actually occupied by the uplink information in the second semi-static resource is fixed.

And S604, sending the uplink information on the second semi-static resource.

The terminal firstly acquires the uplink indication information, then transmits the uplink indication information through the transmission resource, and transmits uplink data by using the PUSCH.

In this embodiment, the network device may also configure a second semi-static resource for the terminal while configuring the first semi-static resource, and the size of the resource actually occupied by the second semi-static resource is fixed in the transmission process of the uplink information.

That is to say, in the embodiment of the present application, the terminal may obtain a first half of static resources with unlimited resource size when allocating a transmission to the uplink information, may dynamically use the first half of static resources to perform uplink information transmission according to an actual transmission requirement, and may also obtain uplink information with a fixed resource size when allocating a transmission to the uplink information, for transmitting the uplink information with a fixed data size.

It should be noted that, because the uplink information may include uplink data and uplink indication information at the same time, in the embodiment of the present application, in the uplink transmission process, the terminal may use the first semi-static resource to transmit the uplink data, and use the second semi-static resource to transmit the uplink indication information; or, the terminal may use the second semi-static resource to transmit uplink data, and the first semi-static resource to transmit uplink indication information, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present invention.

It should be noted that, when the uplink information at least includes the uplink indication information, the configuration and the use of the specific semi-static resource that can be used by the uplink control signal in the present application may also be specifically implemented according to the resource configuration feature provided in the first embodiment, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

It can be understood that, when the terminal uses two semi-static resources for uplink information transmission, the uplink data that can satisfy the uplink information transmission can be dynamically transmitted according to the channel condition and the transmission requirement, so as to implement the dynamic allocation of resources during transmission, thereby improving the transmission efficiency during uplink transmission.

EXAMPLE III

Based on the same inventive concept of the foregoing embodiment, as shown in fig. 13, an embodiment of the present application provides a network device 1, where the network device 1 may include:

a determining unit 10, configured to determine a transmission resource, where the transmission resource is a resource for transmitting uplink indication information; the uplink indication information is used for indicating transmission information of uplink data;

a configuring unit 11, configured to configure the transmission resource to the terminal.

In some embodiments of the present application, the transmission resource is embedded in an uplink data channel, and the uplink data channel is used for carrying the uplink data.

In some embodiments of the present application, the transmission resource is composed of M resource sets, where M is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1.

In some embodiments of the present application, the M resource sets are embedded in N consecutive resources of the uplink data channel, where N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1.

In some embodiments of the present application, the M resource sets are embedded in the first N resources of the uplink data channel, or the M resource sets are embedded in the last N resources of the uplink data channel.

In some embodiments of the present application, the number of resources in each of the M resource sets is different.

In some embodiments of the present application, each of the M resource sets corresponds to a modulation and coding scheme of the uplink indication information.

In some embodiments of the present application, the resource locations in each of the M resource sets are different.

In some embodiments of the present application, the transmission resources and the uplink data channel are independently distributed.

In some embodiments of the present application, the transmission resource and an uplink data channel are independently configured in different semi-static resources, and the uplink data channel is used for carrying the uplink data.

In some embodiments of the present application, the size of the resource actually occupied by the uplink data channel in the semi-static resource is not limited.

In some embodiments of the present application, the transmission resource and the uplink data channel are contiguous in a frequency domain.

In some embodiments of the present application, the uplink data channel comprises at least two semi-static resources; the at least two semi-static resources comprise a first semi-static resource and a second semi-static resource; the size of the resource actually occupied by the uplink data channel in the first semi-static resource is fixed, and the size of the resource actually occupied by the uplink data channel in the second semi-static resource is not limited.

In some embodiments of the present application, the uplink indication information is uplink control information.

In some embodiments of the present application, the uplink indication information includes at least one of the following information: modulation coding grade, transport block size, frequency domain resource information, time domain resource information, pilot frequency resource, hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process information, redundancy version information, multi-antenna information and semi-static resource number.

It should be noted that the network device 1 in the embodiment of the present application may be identical to the network device 110 in fig. 1.

Based on the same inventive concept of the foregoing embodiment, as shown in fig. 14, an embodiment of the present application provides a terminal 2, where the terminal 2 may include:

a receiving unit 20, configured to receive a transmission resource configured by a network device, where the transmission resource is a resource for transmitting uplink indication information; the uplink indication information is used for indicating transmission information of uplink data;

a transmission unit 21, configured to send the uplink indication information on the transmission resource.

In some embodiments of the present application, the terminal 2 further comprises: an acquisition unit 23 and a determination unit 22;

the acquiring unit 23 is configured to acquire a modulation and coding scheme of uplink transmission;

the determining unit 22 is configured to determine one resource set corresponding to the modulation and coding scheme from the M resource sets;

the transmission unit 23 is specifically configured to transmit the uplink indication information by using the resource set.

In some embodiments of the present application, the terminal 2 further comprises: a selection unit 24;

the selecting unit 24 is configured to select one resource set from the M resource sets;

In some embodiments of the present application, the transmission resource and an uplink data channel are independently distributed, and the uplink data channel is used for carrying the uplink data.

In some embodiments of the present application, the transmission resource and the uplink data channel are configured independently in different semi-static resources.

It should be noted that the terminal 2 in the embodiment of the present application may be identical to the terminal device 120 in fig. 1.

Example four

Based on the same inventive concept of the foregoing embodiments, as shown in fig. 13, an embodiment of the present application provides a network device 1, where the network device 1 may include:

a determining unit 10, configured to determine a first semi-static resource;

a configuration unit 11, configured to configure the first semi-static resource to a terminal, where the size of a resource actually occupied by uplink information in the first semi-static resource is not limited, and a maximum resource occupied by the uplink information does not exceed the first semi-static resource.

In some embodiments of the present application, the determining unit 10 is further configured to determine a second semi-static resource;

the configuration unit 11 is further configured to configure the second semi-static resource to the terminal, where a size of a resource actually occupied by the uplink information in the second semi-static resource is fixed.

Based on the same inventive concept of the foregoing embodiments, as shown in fig. 14, an embodiment of the present application provides a terminal 2, where the terminal 2 may include:

a receiving unit 20, configured to receive a first semi-static resource configured by a network device, where a size of a resource actually occupied by uplink information in the first semi-static resource is not limited; the maximum resource occupied by the uplink information does not exceed the first semi-static resource;

a transmission unit 21, configured to send the uplink information on the first semi-static resource.

In some embodiments of the present application, the receiving unit 20 is further configured to receive a second semi-static resource configured by the network device, where a size of a resource actually occupied by uplink information in the second semi-static resource is fixed;

the transmission unit 21 is further configured to send the uplink information on the second semi-static resource.

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Based on the same inventive concept of the third embodiment and the fourth embodiment, as shown in fig. 15, the embodiments of the present application further provide a schematic structural diagram of a network device 1. The network device 1 shown in fig. 15 may include: a first processor 12 and a first memory 13, where the first memory 13 is used to store a resource configuration related program, and the first processor 12 is used to call and run the resource configuration related program stored in the first memory 13, and execute the resource configuration method on the network device side in any of the first embodiment and the second embodiment.

The first memory 13 may be a separate device from the first processor 12, or may be integrated in the first processor 12.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 15, the network device 1 may further include a transceiver 14, and the first processor 12 may control the transceiver 14 to communicate with other devices, and specifically, may transmit information or data to the other devices or receive information or data transmitted by the other devices.

The transceiver 14 may include a transmitter and a receiver, among other things. The transceiver 14 may further include one or more antennas.

The embodiment of the present application provides a computer storage medium, which is applied to a network device, where the computer readable storage medium is used to store a resource configuration related program, and the resource configuration related program enables a first processor in a terminal to execute a resource configuration method corresponding to a network device side in any one of the first embodiment and the second embodiment.

Based on the same inventive concept of the third embodiment and the fourth embodiment, as shown in fig. 16, the embodiment of the present application further provides a schematic structural diagram of the terminal 2. The terminal 2 shown in fig. 16 may include: a second processor 25 and a second memory 26, where the second memory 26 is used to store a resource configuration related program, and the second processor 25 is used to call and run the resource configuration related program stored in the second memory 26, so as to execute the resource configuration method at the terminal side in any of the first and second embodiments.

The second memory 26 may be a separate device independent of the second processor 25, or may be integrated in the second processor 25.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 16, the terminal 2 may further include a transceiver 27, and the second processor 25 may control the transceiver 27 to communicate with other devices, and specifically, may transmit information or data to the other devices or receive information or data transmitted by the other devices.

The transceiver 27 may include a transmitter and a receiver, among other things. The transceiver 27 may further include antennas, and the number of antennas may be one or more.

The embodiment of the present application provides a computer storage medium, which is applied to a terminal, where the computer readable storage medium is used to store a resource configuration related program, and the resource configuration related program enables a second processor in the terminal to execute a resource configuration method corresponding to a terminal side in any one of the first embodiment and the second embodiment.

It can be understood that, in the process of terminal movement, when the terminal performs service data transmission in the current cell and the network side device (base station) triggers the handover procedure, since the terminal can receive the measurement configuration message and on the premise that the current cell still has enough service data processing (i.e. the current connection is normal), when judging whether the neighboring cell belongs to the cell of the cell bandwidth (meeting the bandwidth within the preset bandwidth lower limit), the difficulty of event-triggered reporting judgment is increased by increasing the value of the judgment threshold (included in the adjustment measurement parameter) for triggering the measurement report to generate, so that the measurement report may be reported to the base station side in a delayed manner, thereby achieving the procedure of delayed cell handover, avoiding the delay of data transmission when the cell is handed over to the cell of the cell bandwidth, and under the condition that the current cell can support service data, the real-time performance of data transmission is improved, and the performance of the terminal is further improved.

The processor of the embodiments of the present application may be an integrated circuit chip having signal processing capabilities. In implementation, the steps of the above method embodiments may be performed by integrated logic circuits of hardware in a processor or instructions in the form of software. The Processor may be a general purpose Processor, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), an off-the-shelf Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) or other Programmable logic device, discrete Gate or transistor logic device, or discrete hardware components. The various methods, steps, and logic blocks disclosed in the embodiments of the present application may be implemented or performed. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor or the like. The steps of the method disclosed in connection with the embodiments of the present application may be directly implemented by a hardware decoding processor, or implemented by a combination of hardware and software modules in the decoding processor. The software module may be located in ram, flash memory, rom, prom, or eprom, registers, etc. storage media as is well known in the art. The storage medium is located in a memory, and a processor reads information in the memory and completes the steps of the method in combination with hardware of the processor.

It will be appreciated that the memory in the embodiments of the subject application can be either volatile memory or nonvolatile memory, or can include both volatile and nonvolatile memory. The non-volatile Memory may be a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Programmable ROM (PROM), an Erasable PROM (EPROM), an Electrically Erasable PROM (EEPROM), or a flash Memory. Volatile Memory can be Random Access Memory (RAM), which acts as external cache Memory. By way of example, and not limitation, many forms of RAM are available, such as Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM), Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic random access memory (DDR SDRAM), Enhanced Synchronous SDRAM (ESDRAM), Synchronous Link DRAM (SLDRAM), and Direct Rambus RAM (DR RAM). It should be noted that the memory of the systems and methods described herein is intended to comprise, without being limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

It should be understood that the above memories are exemplary but not limiting illustrations, for example, the memories in the embodiments of the present application may also be Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), dynamic random access memory (dynamic RAM, DRAM), Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM), double data rate SDRAM (DDR SDRAM), enhanced SDRAM (enhanced SDRAM, ESDRAM), Synchronous Link DRAM (SLDRAM), Direct Rambus RAM (DR RAM), and the like. That is, the memory in the embodiments of the present application is intended to comprise, without being limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

Exemplarily, based on the same inventive concept of the third embodiment and the fourth embodiment, fig. 17 is a schematic block diagram of a communication system 3 provided in the embodiments of the present application. As shown in fig. 17, the communication system 3 includes: a network device 1 and a terminal 2.

The terminal 2 may be configured to implement the corresponding function implemented by the terminal in the foregoing method, and the network device 1 may be configured to implement the corresponding function implemented by the network device in the foregoing method, which is not described herein again for brevity.

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

Claims

1. A resource configuration method is applied to network equipment and comprises the following steps:

determining transmission resources, wherein the transmission resources are resources for transmitting uplink indication information; the uplink indication information is used for indicating transmission information of uplink data; the uplink data is carried in an uplink data channel configured with semi-static resources, and the uplink indication information comprises redundancy version information or hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process information and redundancy version information;

and configuring the transmission resources to the terminal.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein,

the transmission resources are embedded in the uplink data channel.

3. The method of claim 1 or 2,

the transmission resource is composed of M resource sets, and M is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein,

and the M resource sets are embedded in continuous N resources of the uplink data channel, wherein N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1.

5. The method of claim 3 or 4,

the M resource sets are embedded in the first N resources of the uplink data channel, or the M resource sets are embedded in the last N resources of the uplink data channel.

6. The method according to any one of claims 3 to 5,

the number of resources in each of the M resource sets is different.

7. The method according to any one of claims 3 to 6,

at least two resource sets of the M resource sets have the same resource.

8. The method of any one of claims 3 to 7,

and each resource set in the M resource sets corresponds to one modulation coding mode of the uplink indication information.

9. The method of any one of claims 3 or 3 to 8,

the resource locations in each of the M resource sets are different.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein,

the transmission resources and the uplink data channel are independently distributed.

11. The method of claim 1 or 10,

the transmission resource and the uplink data channel are independently configured in different semi-static resources.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein,

the size of the resource actually occupied by the uplink data channel in the semi-static resource is not limited.

13. The method of any one of claims 10 to 12,

the transmission resource and the uplink data channel are contiguous in a frequency domain.

14. The method of any one of claims 11 to 13,

the uplink data channel comprises at least two semi-static resources; the at least two semi-static resources comprise a first semi-static resource and a second semi-static resource;

the size of the resource actually occupied by the uplink data channel in the first semi-static resource is fixed, and the size of the resource actually occupied by the uplink data channel in the second semi-static resource is not limited.

15. The method of any one of claims 1 to 14,

the uplink indication information is uplink control information.

16. The method of any one of claims 1 to 15,

the uplink indication information further includes at least one of the following information: modulation coding grade, transmission block size, frequency domain resource information, time domain resource information, pilot frequency resource, multi-antenna information and semi-static resource number.

17. The method of claim 4 or 5, wherein said N is agreed by a protocol.

18. The method of any of claims 4, 5 or 17, wherein the method further comprises:

and configuring N for the terminal.

19. A resource allocation method is applied to a terminal and comprises the following steps:

receiving transmission resources configured by network equipment, wherein the transmission resources are resources for transmitting uplink indication information; the uplink indication information is used for indicating transmission information of uplink data; the uplink data is loaded in an uplink data channel configured with semi-static resources; the uplink indication information comprises redundancy version information, or the uplink indication information comprises hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process information and redundancy version information;

and sending the uplink indication information on the transmission resources.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein,

the transmission resources are embedded in the uplink data channel.

21. The method of claim 19 or 20,

22. The method of claim 21, wherein,

and the M resource sets are inlaid in continuous N resources of the uplink data channel, wherein N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1.

23. The method of claim 21 or 22,

the M resource sets are inlaid in the first N resources of the uplink data channel, or the M resource sets are inlaid in the last N resources of the uplink data channel.

24. The method of any one of claims 21 to 23,

the number of resources in each of the M resource sets is different.

25. The method of any one of claims 21 to 24,

at least two resource sets of the M resource sets have the same resource.

26. The method of any one of claims 21 to 25,

27. The method of any one of claims 21 to 26,

the resource locations in each of the M resource sets are different.

28. The method of claim 26, wherein the transmitting the uplink indication information on the transmission resource comprises:

acquiring a modulation coding mode of uplink indication information transmission;

determining one resource set corresponding to the modulation coding mode from the M resource sets;

and transmitting the uplink indication information by adopting the resource set.

29. The method of claim 27, wherein the transmitting the uplink indication information on the transmission resource comprises:

selecting one resource set from the M resource sets;

30. The method of claim 19, wherein,

31. The method of claim 19 or 30,

32. The method of claim 31, wherein,

33. The method of any one of claims 30 to 32,

34. The method of any one of claims 31 to 33,

35. The method of any one of claims 19 to 34,

the uplink indication information is uplink control information.

36. The method of any one of claims 19 to 35,

37. The method of claim 22 or 23, wherein the N is agreed by a protocol or configured by a network device.

38. A network device, comprising:

the device comprises a determining unit, a transmitting unit and a receiving unit, wherein the determining unit is used for determining transmission resources, and the transmission resources are resources for transmitting uplink indication information; the uplink indication information is used for indicating transmission information of uplink data; the uplink data is carried in an uplink data channel configured with semi-static resources; the uplink indication information comprises redundancy version information, or the uplink indication information comprises hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process information and redundancy version information;

39. The network device of claim 38,

the transmission resources are embedded in the uplink data channel.

40. The network device of claim 38 or 39,

41. The network device of claim 40,

42. The network device of claim 40 or 41,

43. The network device of any of claims 40 to 42,

the number of resources in each of the M resource sets is different.

44. The network device of any of claims 40 to 43,

at least two resource sets of the M resource sets have the same resource.

45. The network device of any of claims 40 to 44,

each resource set in the M resource sets corresponds to a modulation and coding scheme of the uplink indication information.

46. The network device of any of claims 40 to 45,

the resource locations in each of the M resource sets are different.

47. The network device of claim 38,

the transmission resource and the uplink data channel are independently distributed.

48. The network device of claim 38 or 47,

49. The network device of claim 48,

50. The network device of any one of claims 47-49,

51. The network device of any of claims 48 to 50,

52. The network device of any of claims 48 to 51,

the uplink indication information is uplink control information.

53. The network device of any of claims 48 to 52,

54. The network device of claim 41 or 42, wherein N is agreed by a protocol.

55. The network device of any one of claims 41, 42 or 54, wherein the configuration unit configures N for a terminal.

56. A terminal, comprising:

a receiving unit, configured to receive a transmission resource configured by a network device, where the transmission resource is a resource for transmitting uplink indication information; the uplink indication information is used for indicating transmission information of uplink data; the uplink data is loaded in an uplink data channel configured with semi-static resources; the uplink indication information comprises redundancy version information, or the uplink indication information comprises hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process information and redundancy version information;

57. The terminal of claim 56, wherein,

the transmission resources are embedded in the uplink data channel.

58. The terminal of claim 56 or 57, wherein,

59. The terminal of claim 58, wherein,

60. The terminal of claim 58 or 59, wherein,

61. The terminal of any one of claims 58 to 60,

the number of resources in each of the M resource sets is different.

62. The terminal of any one of claims 58 to 61,

at least two resource sets of the M resource sets have the same resource.

63. The terminal of any one of claims 58 to 62,

64. The terminal of any one of claims 58 to 63,

the resource locations in each of the M resource sets are different.

65. The terminal of claim 63, wherein the terminal further comprises: an acquisition unit and a determination unit;

the acquiring unit acquires a modulation and coding mode of uplink transmission;

the determining unit is configured to determine one resource set corresponding to the modulation and coding scheme from the M resource sets;

and the transmission unit transmits the uplink indication information by adopting the resource set.

66. The terminal of claim 64, wherein the terminal further comprises: a selection unit;

the selection unit selects one resource set from the M resource sets;

67. The terminal of claim 56, wherein,

68. The terminal of claim 56 or 67, wherein,

69. The terminal of claim 68,

70. The terminal of any one of claims 68 to 69,

71. The terminal of any one of claims 68 to 70,

72. The terminal of any one of claims 56 to 71,

the uplink indication information is uplink control information.

73. The terminal of any one of claims 56 to 72,

74. The terminal of any one of claims 59 or 60, wherein the N is agreed upon by a protocol or configured by a network device.

75. A resource configuration method is applied to network equipment and comprises the following steps:

determining a first semi-static resource and a second semi-static resource;

configuring the first semi-static resource to a terminal, wherein the size of the resource actually occupied by uplink data in the first semi-static resource is not limited, and the maximum resource occupied by the uplink data does not exceed the first semi-static resource;

and configuring the second semi-static resource to the terminal, wherein the size of the resource actually occupied by the uplink indication information in the second semi-static resource is fixed, the uplink indication information is used for indicating the transmission information of uplink data, and the uplink indication information comprises redundancy version information or hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process information and redundancy version information.

76. A resource allocation method is applied to a terminal and comprises the following steps:

receiving a first semi-static resource and a second semi-static resource configured by network equipment, wherein the size of the resource actually occupied by uplink data in the first semi-static resource is not limited; the maximum resource occupied by the uplink data does not exceed the first semi-static resource, the size of the resource actually occupied by the uplink indication information in the second semi-static resource is fixed, the uplink indication information is used for indicating the transmission information of the uplink data, and the uplink indication information comprises redundancy version information or hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process information and redundancy version information;

transmitting the uplink data on the first semi-static resource;

and sending the uplink indication information on the second semi-static resource.

77. A network device, comprising:

a determining unit that determines a first semi-static resource and a second semi-static resource;

a configuration unit, configured to configure the first semi-static resource to a terminal, where the size of a resource actually occupied by uplink data in the first semi-static resource is not limited, and the maximum resource occupied by the uplink data does not exceed the first semi-static resource;

the configuration unit configures the second semi-static resource to the terminal, the size of the resource actually occupied by the uplink indication information in the second semi-static resource is fixed, the uplink indication information is used for indicating transmission information of uplink data, and the uplink indication information includes redundancy version information, or the uplink indication information includes hybrid automatic repeat request HARQ process information and redundancy version information.

78. A terminal, comprising:

the receiving unit is used for receiving a first semi-static resource and a second semi-static resource configured by network equipment, and the size of the resource actually occupied by uplink data in the first semi-static resource is not limited; the maximum resource occupied by the uplink data does not exceed the first semi-static resource, the size of the resource actually occupied by the uplink indication information in the second semi-static resource is fixed, the uplink indication information is used for indicating the transmission information of the uplink data, and the uplink indication information comprises redundancy version information or hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process information and redundancy version information;

a transmission unit, configured to send the uplink data on the first semi-static resource;

the transmission unit sends the uplink indication information on the second semi-static resource.

79. A network device, comprising: a first processor and a first memory, the first memory for storing a resource configuration related program, the first processor for calling and running the resource configuration related program stored in the first memory, performing the method of any of claims 1 to 18, or 75.

80. A computer-readable storage medium for use in a network device, the computer-readable storage medium storing a resource configuration-related program that causes a first processor in the network device to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 18, or 75.

81. A terminal, comprising: a second processor and a second memory, the second memory being configured to store a resource configuration related program, the second processor being configured to call and run the resource configuration related program stored in the second memory to perform the method of any one of claims 19 to 37, or 76.

82. A computer-readable storage medium for use in a terminal, the computer-readable storage medium storing a resource configuration-related program for causing a second processor in the terminal to perform the method of any one of claims 19 to 37, or 76.