CN113543324A

CN113543324A - Target information sending method, receiving method and device

Info

Publication number: CN113543324A
Application number: CN202010304859.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 高宽栋; 黄煌; 马千里
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-04-17
Filing date: 2020-04-17
Publication date: 2021-10-22
Also published as: WO2021208981A1

Abstract

The embodiments of the present application provide a target information sending method, a target information receiving method, and a target information sending device, which may be applied to communication systems, such as V2X, LTE-V, V2V, internet of vehicles, MTC, IoT, LTE-M, or M2M, and may reduce the configuration complexity of a transmission cycle of target information. The method comprises the following steps: the terminal equipment receives configuration information from the network equipment, wherein the configuration information is used for indicating a transmission period of target information corresponding to a target subcarrier interval; the transmission period of the target information is determined according to a configuration set corresponding to a target subcarrier interval, the target subcarrier interval is one of a plurality of subcarrier intervals, and the configuration sets corresponding to part of subcarrier intervals or all subcarrier intervals in the plurality of subcarrier intervals are the same; and the terminal equipment sends the target information according to the transmission period of the target information.

Description

Target information sending method, receiving method and device

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of communications, and in particular, to a target information sending method, a target information receiving method, and a target information sending device.

Background

In Long Term Evolution (LTE), since the operating frequency band is low (e.g., below 3 GHz), the sub-carrier spacing (SCS) supported by LTE is low (e.g., 15 kHz). In the New Radio (NR) of the 5th generation (5G) mobile communication system, since the operating frequency band is wider (for example, the operating frequency band may include 450MHz to 52.6GHz), subcarrier spacing of 30kHz,60kHz, and 120kHz is introduced.

The current protocol version of 5G NR supports subcarrier spacing that still does not support the operation of larger bandwidth systems (e.g., bandwidth systems in bands above 52.6GHz), and it is expected that 5G NR would subsequently introduce subcarrier spacing above 120 KHz.

However, when the subcarrier spacing is above 120KHz, how to configure the transmission cycle of information (e.g., Scheduling Request (SR)) is an urgent problem to be solved.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiments of the present application provide a target information sending method, a target information receiving method, and a device, which may be applied to a communication system, for example, a communication system such as an Internet of vehicles (Internet of vehicles), vehicle-to-X communication (vehicle-to-X, V2X) between vehicles based on LTE (LTE-V2X, LTE-V), machine-to-machine communication based on LTE (LTE-M), Machine Type Communication (MTC), machine to machine communication (M2M), and Internet of things (IoT). The vehicle networking or V2X may include vehicle-to-vehicle communication (V2V), vehicle-to-pedestrian communication (V2P), vehicle-to-infrastructure communication (V2I), vehicle-to-network/base station communication (V2N), and the like, and may reduce the configuration complexity of the transmission cycle of the target information.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a target information sending method, including: the terminal equipment receives configuration information from the network equipment, wherein the configuration information is used for indicating a transmission period of target information corresponding to a target subcarrier interval; the transmission period of the target information is determined according to a configuration set corresponding to a target subcarrier interval, the target subcarrier interval is one of a plurality of subcarrier intervals, and the configuration sets corresponding to part of subcarrier intervals or all subcarrier intervals in the plurality of subcarrier intervals are the same; and the terminal equipment sends the target information according to the transmission period of the target information.

Based on the method provided by the embodiment of the application, the terminal device can receive configuration information from the network device, wherein the configuration information is used for indicating the transmission period of the target information corresponding to the target subcarrier interval; the transmission period of the target information is determined according to a configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier interval; and the terminal equipment sends the target information according to the transmission period of the target information. Since the target subcarrier interval may be one of a plurality of subcarrier intervals, and the configuration sets corresponding to part of or all of the subcarrier intervals in the plurality of subcarrier intervals are the same, the configuration complexity of the transmission period of the target information may be reduced. And the terminal equipment does not need to carry out different processing according to different configuration sets, and the processing complexity of the terminal equipment can be reduced.

In one possible implementation, the plurality of subcarrier spacings comprises at least two of 240KHz, 480KHz, 960KHz, and 1920 KHz.

In one possible implementation, the corresponding configuration sets for at least two of the subcarrier spacings of 240KHz, 480KHz, 960KHz and 1920KHz are the same. Thus, the configuration complexity of the transmission cycle of the target information can be reduced. And the terminal equipment does not need to carry out different processing according to different configuration sets, and the processing complexity of the terminal equipment can be reduced.

In one possible implementation, the configuration set is used to store values of transmission periods of the target information.

In a possible implementation manner, the target information is any one of a scheduling request SR, uplink scheduling information, unscheduled uplink data, or downlink scheduling information.

In a possible implementation manner, the target information is SR, and when the target subcarrier interval is 240KHz, the configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier interval includes 6 symbols, 1 slot, 2 slots, 4 slots, 8 slots, 16 slots, 40 slots, 80 slots, 160 slots, 320 slots, 640 slots, and 1280 slots; or, when the target subcarrier interval is 240KHz, the configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier interval includes 7 symbols, 1 slot, 2 slots, 4 slots, 8 slots, 16 slots, 40 slots, 80 slots, 160 slots, 320 slots, 640 slots, and 1280 slots; or when the target subcarrier interval is 480KHz, the configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier interval includes 1 slot, 2 slots, 4 slots, 8 slots, 16 slots, 40 slots, 80 slots, 160 slots, 320 slots, 640 slots, 1280 slots, and 2560 slots.

In a possible implementation manner, the target information is uplink scheduling information or downlink scheduling information, and when the target subcarrier interval is 240KHz, the configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier interval includes 0.25ms, 0.3125ms, 0.5ms, 0.625ms, 1ms, 1.25ms, 2ms, 2.5ms, 5ms, and 10 ms; or, when the target subcarrier interval is 480KHz, the configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier interval includes 0.125ms, 0.15625ms, 0.25ms, 0.3125ms, 0.5ms, 0.625ms, 1ms, 1.25ms, 2ms, 2.5ms, 5ms, and 10 ms.

In a possible implementation manner, the target information is non-scheduled uplink data, and when the target subcarrier interval is 240KHz, the configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier interval includes 2 symbols, 7 symbols, 1 timeslot, 2 timeslots, 4 timeslots, 5 timeslots, 8 timeslots, 10 timeslots, 16 timeslots, 20 timeslots, 32 timeslots, 40 timeslots, 64 timeslots, 80 timeslots, 128 timeslots, 160 timeslots, 256 timeslots, 320 timeslots, 512 timeslots, 640 timeslots, 1024 timeslots, 1280 timeslots, 2560 timeslots, 5120 timeslots, and 10240 timeslots; or, when the target subcarrier interval is 480KHz, the configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier interval includes 2 symbols, 7 symbols, 1 slot, 2 slots, 4 slots, 5 slots, 8 slots, 10 slots, 16 slots, 20 slots, 32 slots, 40 slots, 64 slots, 80 slots, 128 slots, 160 slots, 256 slots, 320 slots, 512 slots, 640 slots, 1024 slots, 1280 slots, 2560 slots, 5120 slots, 10240 slots, and 20480 slots.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a target information receiving method, including: the network equipment sends configuration information to the terminal equipment, wherein the configuration information is used for indicating a transmission period of target information corresponding to a target subcarrier interval; the transmission period of the target information is determined according to a configuration set corresponding to a target subcarrier interval, the target subcarrier interval is one of a plurality of subcarrier intervals, and the configuration sets corresponding to part of subcarrier intervals or all subcarrier intervals in the plurality of subcarrier intervals are the same; the network device receives the target information according to the transmission period of the target information.

Based on the method provided by the embodiment of the application, the network equipment sends configuration information to the terminal equipment, and the configuration information is used for indicating the transmission period of the target information corresponding to the target subcarrier interval; the transmission period of the target information is determined according to a configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier interval; the network device receives the target information according to the transmission period of the target information. Since the target subcarrier interval may be one of a plurality of subcarrier intervals, and the configuration sets corresponding to part of or all of the subcarrier intervals in the plurality of subcarrier intervals are the same, the configuration complexity of the transmission period of the target information may be reduced. And the network equipment does not need to carry out different processing according to different configuration sets, and the processing complexity of the network equipment can be reduced.

In one possible implementation, the corresponding configuration sets for at least two of the subcarrier spacings of 240KHz, 480KHz, 960KHz and 1920KHz are the same. Thus, the configuration complexity of the transmission cycle of the target information can be reduced. And the network equipment does not need to carry out different processing according to different configuration sets, and the processing complexity of the network equipment can be reduced.

In a possible implementation manner, the target information is SR, and when the target subcarrier interval is 240KHz, the configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier interval includes 6 symbols, 1 slot, 2 slots, 4 slots, 8 slots, 16 slots, 40 slots, 80 slots, 160 slots, 320 slots, 640 slots, and 1280 slots; or, when the target subcarrier interval is 240KHz, the configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier interval includes 7 symbols, 1 slot, 2 slots, 4 slots, 8 slots, 16 slots, 40 slots, 80 slots, 160 slots, 320 slots, 640 slots, and 1280 slots; or, when the target subcarrier interval is 480KHz, the configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier interval includes 1 slot, 2 slots, 4 slots, 8 slots, 16 slots, 40 slots, 80 slots, 160 slots, 320 slots, 640 slots, 1280 slots, and 2560 slots.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a target information sending apparatus, where the target information sending apparatus may be a terminal device, and the target information sending apparatus includes: a receiving unit, configured to receive configuration information from a network device, where the configuration information is used to indicate a transmission period of target information corresponding to a target subcarrier interval; the transmission period of the target information is determined according to a configuration set corresponding to a target subcarrier interval, the target subcarrier interval is one of a plurality of subcarrier intervals, and the configuration sets corresponding to part of subcarrier intervals or all subcarrier intervals in the plurality of subcarrier intervals are the same; and the sending unit is used for sending the target information according to the transmission period of the target information.

In one possible implementation, the corresponding configuration sets for at least two of the subcarrier spacings of 240KHz, 480KHz, 960KHz and 1920KHz are the same.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a target information receiving apparatus, where the target information receiving apparatus may be a network device, and the target information receiving apparatus includes: a sending unit, configured to send configuration information to a terminal device, where the configuration information is used to indicate a transmission period of target information corresponding to a target subcarrier interval; the transmission period of the target information is determined according to a configuration set corresponding to a target subcarrier interval, the target subcarrier interval is one of a plurality of subcarrier intervals, and the configuration sets corresponding to part of subcarrier intervals or all subcarrier intervals in the plurality of subcarrier intervals are the same; and the receiving unit is used for receiving the target information according to the transmission period of the target information.

In a possible implementation manner, the target information is SR, and when the target subcarrier interval is 240KHz, the configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier interval includes 6 symbols, 1 slot, 2 slots, 4 slots, 8 slots, 16 slots, 40 slots, 80 slots, 160 slots, 320 slots, 640 slots, and 1280 slots; or, the configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier interval includes 7 symbols, 1 slot, 2 slots, 4 slots, 8 slots, 16 slots, 40 slots, 80 slots, 160 slots, 320 slots, 640 slots and 1280 slots; or, when the target subcarrier interval is 480KHz, the configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier interval includes 1 slot, 2 slots, 4 slots, 8 slots, 16 slots, 40 slots, 80 slots, 160 slots, 320 slots, 640 slots, 1280 slots, and 2560 slots.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides a communication apparatus, including a processor and a memory, where the memory stores a computer program, and the processor executes the computer program stored in the memory, so as to enable the communication apparatus to execute any one of the target information sending methods provided in the first aspect. The communication apparatus may also include a communication interface for the communication apparatus to communicate with other devices (e.g., network devices).

In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides a communication apparatus, which includes a processor and a memory, where the memory stores a computer program, and the processor executes the computer program stored in the memory, so as to enable the communication apparatus to execute any one of the target information receiving methods provided in the second aspect. The communication apparatus may further include a communication interface for the communication apparatus to communicate with other devices (e.g., terminal devices).

In a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a communication apparatus, which may be a chip, including: a processor and an interface circuit; the interface circuit is used for receiving the code instruction and transmitting the code instruction to the processor; and the processor is used for executing the code instructions to execute any one of the target information sending methods provided by the first aspect.

In an eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a communication apparatus, which may be a chip, including: a processor and an interface circuit; the interface circuit is used for receiving the code instruction and transmitting the code instruction to the processor; and the processor is used for executing the code instructions to execute any target information receiving method provided by the second aspect.

In a ninth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a readable storage medium for storing instructions, which when executed, cause a computer to execute any one of the target information sending methods provided in the first aspect.

In a tenth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a readable storage medium for storing instructions, which when executed, cause a computer to execute any one of the target information receiving methods provided in the second aspect.

In an eleventh aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a computer program product containing instructions, which when run on a computer, cause the computer to execute any one of the target information sending methods provided in the first aspect.

In a twelfth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a computer program product containing instructions, which when run on a computer, cause the computer to execute any one of the target information receiving methods provided in the second aspect.

In a thirteenth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a communication system, where the system includes the target information sending apparatus (e.g., a terminal device) in the third aspect and the target information receiving apparatus (e.g., a network device) in the fourth aspect.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a system architecture according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of another system architecture according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of another system architecture according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of signal interaction applicable to a target information sending method and a target information receiving method provided in the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of a starting position of a paging occasion according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of another terminal device provided in the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of another network device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

For clarity and conciseness of the following description of the various embodiments, a brief introduction to related concepts or technologies is first presented:

in the 5G NR, due to the wide range of the supported operating frequency band, the 5G NR will adopt a plurality of different carrier spacing types (besides adopting the 15kHz subcarrier spacing in LTE, the subcarrier spacing of 30kHz,60kHz and 120kHz is additionally introduced) in consideration of the different characteristics and total bandwidth of different frequency bands.

As shown in table 1 (table 1 may be a 4.2.1 table in 3GPP protocol TS 38.211), the 5G NR may represent different carrier spacing types by different numerologies. Where numerology may be referred to as parameter set, it may be used to determine a frequency domain width (occupied frequency domain bandwidth) and a time domain length (duration) of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) subcarrier signal.

TABLE 1

μ	Δf＝2^μ*15(KHz)	cyclic prefix
			0	15	Normal
1	30	Normal
			2	60	Normal，Extended
3	120	Normal
			4	240	Normal

Where μ is the numerology index, Δ f denotes the subcarrier spacing, cyclic prefix is the cyclic prefix, Normal denotes the Normal cyclic prefix (i.e., non-Extended cyclic prefix), and Extended denotes the Extended cyclic prefix. Wherein the value of μ can be substituted into a formula for calculation for determining the relevant parameter. For example, when μ is 0, Δ f is 15kHz, and when μ is 1, Δ f is 30 kHz.

Recently, in the discussion of 3rd generation mobile communication standard organization (3 GPP) based on (beyond)52.6GHz (i.e. above 52.6GHz band) in release 17, Rel-17, many people consider that the band is rich in resources, and in order to support transmission with larger bandwidth, the maximum bandwidth of a single carrier is further increased, so that a higher subcarrier spacing needs to be introduced, and NR is expected to introduce a subcarrier spacing above 120KHz in the above 52.6GHz band.

However, when the subcarrier spacing is above 120KHz, how to configure the transmission cycle of information (e.g., SR) is an urgent problem to be solved.

The embodiment of the application provides a target information sending method, wherein terminal equipment receives configuration information from network equipment, and the configuration information is used for indicating a transmission period of target information corresponding to a target subcarrier interval; the transmission period of the target information is determined according to a configuration set corresponding to a target subcarrier interval, the target subcarrier interval is one of a plurality of subcarrier intervals, and the configuration sets corresponding to part of subcarrier intervals or all subcarrier intervals in the plurality of subcarrier intervals are the same; and the terminal equipment sends the target information according to the transmission period of the target information. Since the target subcarrier interval is one of the plurality of subcarrier intervals, and the configuration sets corresponding to part of or all of the plurality of subcarrier intervals are the same, the configuration complexity of the transmission cycle of the information (target information) can be reduced. And the terminal equipment does not need to carry out different processing according to different configuration sets, and the processing complexity of the terminal equipment can be reduced. Wherein the target subcarrier spacing may be greater than 120 KHz.

The technical scheme provided by the application can be applied to communication systems, such as V2X, LTE-V, V2V, Internet of vehicles, MTC, IoT, LTE-M or M2M and the like.

For the convenience of understanding the embodiments of the present application, a communication system suitable for the embodiments of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to fig. 1 and 2. Fig. 1 shows a schematic diagram of a communication system 100 suitable for use in embodiments of the present application. As shown in fig. 1, the communication system 100 may include at least one network device, such as the network device 110 shown in fig. 1; the communication system 100 may also include at least one terminal device, such as the terminal device 120 shown in fig. 1. Network device 110 and terminal device 120 may communicate via a wireless link.

Fig. 2 shows a schematic diagram of a communication system 200 suitable for use in embodiments of the present application. As shown in fig. 2, the communication system 200 may include at least two network devices, such as

network devices

210 and 220 shown in fig. 2; the communication system 200 may also include at least one terminal device, such as the terminal device 230 shown in fig. 2. The terminal device 230 may establish wireless links with the network device 210 and the network device 220 through a Dual Connectivity (DC) technology or a multi-connectivity technology. Network device 210 may be, for example, a primary base station, and network device 220 may be, for example, a secondary base station. In this case, the network device 210 is a network device at the initial access of the terminal device 230 and is responsible for Radio Resource Control (RRC) communication with the terminal device 230, and the network device 220 may be added at the RRC reconfiguration for providing additional radio resources.

In addition, as shown in fig. 2, there may be one network device, such as the network device 210, which is responsible for interacting with the terminal device for radio resource control messages and for interacting with the core network control plane entity, and then the network device 210 may be referred to as a Master Node (MN), for example, the master node may be MeNB or MgNB, but is not limited thereto; another network device, such as network device 220, may be referred to as a Secondary Node (SN), for example, the secondary node may be SeNB or SgNB, but is not limited thereto. A plurality of serving cells in the primary node may form a Master Cell Group (MCG), which includes a primary cell (PCell) and optionally one or more secondary cells (PCell). A plurality of serving cells in the secondary node may form a Secondary Cell Group (SCG), which includes a primary secondary cell (PSCell) and optionally one or more scells.

Similarly, the terminal device may also have a communication connection with multiple network devices and may receive and transmit data at the same time, and among the multiple network devices, one network device may be responsible for interacting with the terminal device for radio resource control messages and interacting with a core network control plane entity, so that the network device may be referred to as an MN, and the remaining network devices may be referred to as SNs.

Of course, network device 220 may also be a master base station or a master node, and network device 210 may also be an auxiliary base station or an auxiliary node, which is not limited in this application. In addition, for the convenience of understanding, fig. 1 and fig. 2 show a wireless connection between two network devices and a terminal device, but this should not constitute any limitation to the applicable scenarios of the present application. The terminal device may also establish wireless links with more network devices.

Alternatively, the network device (e.g., base station) may be a multi-beam base station and the terminal device may be a multi-beam terminal device. I.e., multi-beam communication between the network device and the terminal device.

The terminal device may be a wireless terminal. The wireless terminal may be a device that provides voice and/or other traffic data connectivity to a user, a handheld device having wireless connection capability, or other processing device connected to a wireless modem. A wireless terminal may communicate with one or more core networks via a Radio Access Network (RAN). The wireless terminal may be a mobile terminal such as a mobile telephone (or "cellular" telephone) or a computer having a mobile terminal. For example, the wireless terminal may be a portable, pocket, hand-held, computer-embedded, or vehicle-mounted mobile device, or may be a Personal Communication Service (PCS) phone, a cordless phone, a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) phone, a Wireless Local Loop (WLL) station, or a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), or other devices. A wireless terminal may also be referred to as a system, a subscriber unit (subscriber unit), a subscriber station (subscriber station), a mobile station (mobile), a remote station (remote station), a remote terminal (remote terminal), an access terminal (access terminal), a user agent (user agent), a user equipment or a device (user equipment). The wireless terminal may also be a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a network server, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a wireless terminal device, a communication device, an embedded device, etc., and is not limited herein.

The network device may be a device that is capable of communicating with the terminal device. The network device may be a base station, a relay station, or an access point. For example, the base station may be a Base Transceiver Station (BTS) in global system for mobile communications (GSM) or Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), a base station (NodeB, NB) in Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), an evolved Node B (eNB, eNodeB) in LTE, a base station (gNB) in NR, a relay station or access point, or a base station in a future 5G network, and the like, which is not limited herein. The network device may also be a wearable device or a vehicle mounted device.

Communication between a network device and a terminal device in the communication system shown in fig. 1 or fig. 2 may also be represented in another form, as shown in fig. 3, the terminal device 10 comprises a processor 101, a memory 102 and a transceiver 103, the transceiver 103 comprising a transmitter 1031, a receiver 1032 and an antenna 1033. The network device 20 includes a processor 201, a memory 202, and a transceiver 203, the transceiver 203 including a transmitter 2031, a receiver 2032, and an antenna 2033. Receiver 1032 may be configured to receive configuration information via antenna 1033, and transmitter 1031 may be configured to transmit targeted information to network device 20 via antenna 1033. The transmitter 2031 may be used for transmitting configuration information to the terminal device 10 via the antenna 2033, and the receiver 2032 may be used for receiving target information transmitted by the terminal device 10 via the antenna 2033.

The terminal device or the network device in fig. 1 or fig. 2 may be implemented by one device, or may be one functional module in one device, which is not specifically limited in this embodiment of the present application. It is understood that the above functions may be network elements in a hardware device, or software functions running on dedicated hardware, or virtualization functions instantiated on a platform (e.g., a cloud platform), or a system-on-chip. In the embodiment of the present application, the chip system may be composed of a chip, and may also include a chip and other discrete devices.

For example, the apparatus for implementing the functions of the terminal device provided in the embodiments of the present application may be implemented by the apparatus 400 in fig. 4. Fig. 4 is a schematic hardware structure diagram of an apparatus 400 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The apparatus 400 includes at least one processor 401 for implementing the functions of the terminal device provided in the embodiments of the present application. A communication bus 402 and at least one communication interface 404 may also be included in the apparatus 400. The apparatus 400 may also include a memory 403.

In the embodiment of the present application, the processor may be a Central Processing Unit (CPU), a general purpose processor, a Network Processor (NP), a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), a microprocessor, a microcontroller, and a Programmable Logic Device (PLD). The processor may also be any other device with processing functionality, such as an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) or other Programmable logic device, a transistor logic device, a hardware component, a software-based bus block, or any combination thereof.

A communication bus 402 may be used to transfer information between the above components.

A communication interface 404 for communicating with other devices or communication networks, such as ethernet, Radio Access Network (RAN), Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), etc. The communication interface 404 may be an interface, a circuit, a transceiver, or other device capable of implementing communication, and is not limited in this application. The communication interface 404 may be coupled to the processor 401. The coupling in the embodiments of the present application is an indirect coupling or a communication connection between devices, units or modules, and may be an electrical, mechanical or other form for information interaction between the devices, units or modules.

In the embodiments of the present application, the memory may be a read-only memory (ROM) or other types of static storage devices that can store static information and instructions, a Random Access Memory (RAM) or other types of dynamic storage devices that can store information and instructions, an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), a compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM) or other optical disc storage, optical disc storage (including compact disc, laser disc, optical disc, digital versatile disc, blu-ray disc, etc.), magnetic disk storage media or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium that can be used to carry or store desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and that can be accessed by a computer, but is not limited to such. The memory may be stand alone or may be coupled to the processor, such as through a communication bus 402. The memory may also be integral to the processor.

The memory 403 is used for storing program instructions and can be controlled by the processor 401 to execute, so as to implement the target information sending method provided by the following embodiments of the present application. The processor 401 is configured to call and execute the instructions stored in the memory 403, so as to implement the target information sending method provided by the following embodiments of the present application.

Optionally, the computer-executable instructions in the embodiments of the present application may also be referred to as application program codes, which are not specifically limited in the embodiments of the present application.

Optionally, the memory 403 may be included in the processor 401.

In particular implementations, processor 401 may include one or more CPUs such as CPU0 and CPU1 in fig. 4 as an example.

In particular implementations, apparatus 400 may include multiple processors, such as processor 401 and processor 407 in FIG. 4, for example, as an example. Each of these processors may be a single-core (single-CPU) processor or a multi-core (multi-CPU) processor. A processor herein may refer to one or more devices, circuits, and/or processing cores for processing data (e.g., computer program instructions).

In one implementation, the apparatus 400 may further include an output device 405 and an input device 406, as an example. An output device 405 is coupled to the processor 401 and may display information in a variety of ways. For example, the output device 405 may be a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), a Light Emitting Diode (LED) display device, a Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) display device, a projector (projector), or the like. An input device 406 is coupled to the processor 401 and may receive user input in a variety of ways. For example, the input device 406 may be a touch screen device or a sensing device, etc.

For example, an apparatus for implementing the functions of the network device provided in the embodiments of the present application may be implemented by the apparatus 500 in fig. 5. Fig. 5 is a schematic hardware configuration diagram of an apparatus 500 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The apparatus 500 includes at least one processor 501 for implementing the functions of the network device provided in the embodiments of the present application. A communication bus 502 and at least one communication interface 504 may also be included in the apparatus 500. The apparatus 500 may also include a memory 503.

A communication bus 502 may be used to transfer information between the above components.

A communication interface 504 for communicating with other devices or a communication network, such as ethernet, RAN, WLAN, etc. The communication interface 504 may be an interface, a circuit, a transceiver, or other device capable of enabling communication, and is not limited in this application. The communication interface 504 may be coupled to the processor 501.

The memory 503 is used for storing program instructions, and can be controlled by the processor 501 to execute, so as to implement the target information receiving method provided by the following embodiments of the present application. For example, the processor 501 is configured to call and execute instructions stored in the memory 503, so as to implement the target information receiving method provided by the following embodiments of the present application.

Optionally, the memory 503 may be included in the processor 501.

In particular implementations, processor 501 may include one or more CPUs such as CPU0 and CPU1 in fig. 5 as an example.

In particular implementations, apparatus 500 may include multiple processors, such as processor 501 and processor 505 in FIG. 5, for example, as an example. Each of these processors may be a single core processor or a multi-core processor. A processor herein may refer to one or more devices, circuits, and/or processing cores for processing data (e.g., computer program instructions).

Correspondence in this application may also be referred to as mapping, associating, correlating, or assigning.

The symbol in this application may refer to an OFDM symbol.

The configuration Information in this application may be configured by a network device and sent to a terminal device, where the configuration Information may be carried in any one of a Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH), Remaining Minimum System Information (RMSI), a System Information Block (SIB) 1, an SIB2, an SIB3, a media access control element (MAC-CE), Downlink Control Information (DCI), RRC, and system Information.

The 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. In the description of the present application, unless otherwise specified, "at least one" means one or more, "a plurality" means two or more.

For convenience of understanding, the target information sending method and the target information receiving method provided in the embodiments of the present application are specifically described below with reference to the drawings.

As shown in fig. 6, an embodiment of the present application provides a target information sending method and a target information receiving method, including:

601. the network device sends the configuration information to the terminal device.

The configuration information is used for indicating a transmission period of target information corresponding to the target subcarrier interval.

602. The terminal device receives configuration information from the network device.

The configuration information is used for indicating a transmission period of target information corresponding to the target subcarrier interval. The transmission period of the target information is determined according to the configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier interval.

The configuration set is used for storing values of the transmission period of the target information. The value of the transmission period of the target information indicated by the configuration information is a value selected from the configuration set (one value in the configuration set may also be referred to as an element in the configuration set). The configuration set may be protocol predefined. The transmission period may be a transmission period or a reception period.

The target subcarrier spacing may be one of a plurality of subcarrier spacings. The plurality of subcarrier spacings may include at least two subcarrier spacings of 240KHz, 480KHz, 960KHz, and 1920 KHz. For example, the plurality of subcarrier spacings may include subcarrier spacings of 240KHz and 480 KHz; alternatively, the plurality of subcarrier spacings may include subcarrier spacings of 240KHz, 480KHz, and 960 KHz; alternatively, the plurality of subcarrier spacings may include subcarrier spacings of 240KHz, 480KHz, 960KHz, and 1920 KHz.

In one possible design, the configuration sets corresponding to part of or all of the plurality of subcarrier intervals are the same, which may reduce configuration complexity. For example, the corresponding configuration sets for at least two of the subcarrier spacings of 240KHz, 480KHz, 960KHz and 1920KHz may be the same.

Optionally, the configuration sets corresponding to the subcarrier intervals of 240KHz and 480KHz are the same; alternatively, the configuration sets corresponding to the subcarrier spacing of 240KHz and 960KHz are the same; alternatively, the configuration sets corresponding to subcarrier spacings of 240KHz and 1920KHz are the same; or, the configuration sets corresponding to the subcarrier intervals of 480KHz and 960KHz are the same; or, the configuration sets corresponding to the subcarrier spacing of 480KHz and 1920KHz are the same; or, the configuration sets corresponding to subcarrier spacing of 960KHz and 1920KHz are the same; or the configuration sets corresponding to the subcarrier intervals of 240KHz, 480KHz and 960KHz are the same; alternatively, the configuration sets corresponding to subcarrier spacings of 240KHz, 480KHz, and 1920KHz are the same; or, the configuration sets corresponding to subcarrier intervals of 240KHz, 960KHz and 1920KHz are the same; or, the configuration sets corresponding to the subcarrier intervals of 480KHz, 960KHz and 1920KHz are the same; alternatively, the set of configurations corresponding to subcarrier spacings of 240KHz, 480KHz, 960KHz and 1920KHz are the same.

In addition, the plurality of subcarrier spacings may include 240KHz and 120KHz, and the corresponding configuration sets of subcarrier spacings of 240KHz and 120KHz are identical.

The target information may be any one of SR, uplink scheduling information, unscheduled uplink data, or downlink scheduling information.

In some embodiments, taking the target information as an SR as an example, in a wireless communication system, when a terminal device needs to perform uplink transmission to a network device (e.g., a base station), the terminal device may send the SR to the base station, where the SR is used to request the base station to allocate uplink transmission resources for the terminal device. After receiving the SR, the base station determines that the terminal device has data information to send to the base station, and the base station may schedule the physical uplink shared channel through the downlink control information, so that the terminal device sends the cache request information, where the cache request information is used for requesting the size of data transmission. Wherein, the SR has a one-to-one correspondence with the terminal device, and the correspondence may be configured by the base station. The SR may be a sequence information or a bitmap information (e.g., 1bit information), and may be transmitted through an uplink control channel. Among NR and LTE, the SR is periodic, and the periods and offsets for different terminal device configurations may be different.

Before the terminal device transmits the SR, the terminal device may receive the configuration information of the SR from the network device, and transmit the SR according to the configuration information of the SR. The configuration information of the SR may be used to indicate a transmission period of the SR. The transmission cycle of the SR may be determined (selected) from a configuration set corresponding to a target subcarrier interval, and the target subcarrier interval may be 240KHz, 480KHz, 960KHz, 1920KHz, or the like. And the configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier interval is used for storing the value of the transmission period of the SR. The value of the transmission period of the SR may include one or more. The value of the transmission period indicated by the configuration information of the SR may be one value in the configuration set.

When the terminal device operates in a frequency band above 52.6GHz, the subcarrier spacing is large, for example, 240KHz, 480KHz, 960KHz or 1920 KHz. When the subcarrier interval is relatively large, the duration of one symbol or time slot (the absolute time corresponding to one symbol or time slot) is relatively short, and if the period of the SR is relatively small, the base station or the terminal device needs to process the SR at a relatively high processing speed, but considering that the processing capability of part of the base station or the terminal device is limited, the SR may not be processed at a relatively high processing speed, so that the period of the SR can be reduced to reduce the requirement on the processing speed of the terminal device and the base station.

Illustratively, when the target subcarrier spacing is 240KHz, the configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier spacing may include 6 symbols, 1 slot, 2 slots, 4 slots, 8 slots, 16 slots, 40 slots, 80 slots, 160 slots, 320 slots, 640 slots, and 1280 slots for an extended cyclic prefix. Alternatively, when the target subcarrier spacing is 240KHz, for a normal cyclic prefix (non-extended cyclic prefix), the configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier spacing may include 7 symbols, 1 slot, 2 slots, 4 slots, 8 slots, 16 slots, 40 slots, 80 slots, 160 slots, 320 slots, 640 slots, and 1280 slots. Alternatively, when the target subcarrier spacing is 480KHz, the configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier spacing may include 1 slot, 2 slots, 4 slots, 8 slots, 16 slots, 40 slots, 80 slots, 160 slots, 320 slots, 640 slots, 1280 slots, and 2560 slots.

In an optional implementation manner, when the target subcarrier interval is 240KHz, the configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier interval may be selected from table 2 according to the processing capability of the terminal device, and the configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier interval may be any one of configuration set 1-configuration set 34. In table 2, sym denotes a symbol, sl denotes a slot, for example, 7sym denotes 7 symbols, and 1sl denotes one slot.

TABLE 2

SCS＝240KHz	Values in a configuration set
		Configuration set 1	2sym,7sym,1sl,2sl,4sl,16sl,40sl,80sl,160sl,320sl,640sl,1280sl
Configuration set 2	2sym,7sym,1sl,2sl,8sl,16sl,40sl,80sl,160sl,320sl,640sl,1280sl
		Configuration set 3	2sym,7sym,1sl,2sl,4sl,8sl,40sl,80sl,160sl,320sl,640sl,1280sl
Configuration set 4	2sym,7sym,1sl,2sl,4sl,8sl,16sl,80sl,160sl,320sl,640sl,1280sl
		Configuration set 5	2sym,7sym,1sl,2sl,4sl,8sl,40sl,80sl,160sl,320sl,640sl,1280sl
Configuration set 6	2sym,7sym,1sl,2sl,4sl,20sl,40sl,80sl,160sl,320sl,640sl,1280sl
		Configuration set 7	2sym,7sym,1sl,2sl,5sl,10sl,40sl,80sl,160sl,320sl,640sl,1280sl
Configuration set 8	2sym,7sym,1sl,2sl,5sl,20sl,40sl,80sl,160sl,320sl,640sl,1280sl
		Configuration set 9	2sym,7sym,1sl,2sl,4sl,10sl,40sl,80sl,160sl,320sl,640sl,1280sl
Configuration set 10	2sym,7sym,1sl,2sl,5sl,8sl,40sl,80sl,160sl,320sl,640sl,1280sl
		Configuration set 11	2sym,7sym,1sl,2sl,5sl,16sl,40sl,80sl,160sl,320sl,640sl,1280sl
Configuration set 12	2sym,7sym,1sl,2sl,10sl,20sl,40sl,80sl,160sl,320sl,640sl,1280sl
		Configuration set 13	2sym,7sym,1sl,2sl,8sl,20sl,40sl,80sl,160sl,320sl,640sl,1280sl
Configuration set 14	2sym,7sym,1sl,2sl,4sl,8sl,16sl,40sl,80sl,160sl,320sl,640sl,1280sl
		Configuration set 15	7sym,1sl,2sl,4sl,8sl,10sl,40sl,80sl,160sl,320sl,640sl,1280sl
Configuration set 16	7sym,1sl,2sl,4sl,8sl,16sl,40sl,80sl,160sl,320sl,640sl,1280sl
		Configuration set 17	7sym,1sl,2sl,4sl,8sl,20sl,40sl,80sl,160sl,320sl,640sl,1280sl
Configuration set 18	7sym,1sl,2sl,4sl,8sl,10sl,40sl,80sl,160sl,320sl,640sl,1280sl
		Configuration set 19	7sym,1sl,2sl,4sl,5sl,10sl,40sl,80sl,160sl,320sl,640sl,1280sl
Configuration set 20	7sym,1sl,2sl,4sl,5sl,8sl,40sl,80sl,160sl,320sl,640sl,1280sl
		Configuration set 21	7sym,1sl,2sl,4sl,5sl,20sl,40sl,80sl,160sl,320sl,640sl,1280sl
Configuration set 22	7sym,1sl,2sl,4sl,5sl,16sl,40sl,80sl,160sl,320sl,640sl,1280sl
		Configuration set 23	1sl,2sl,4sl,8sl,10sl,20sl,40sl,80sl,160sl,320sl,640sl,1280sl
Configuration set 24	1sl,2sl,4sl,8sl,16sl,20sl,40sl,80sl,160sl,320sl,640sl,1280sl
		Configuration set 25	1sl,2sl,4sl,8sl,16sl,32sl,40sl,80sl,160sl,320sl,640sl,1280sl
Configuration set 26	1sl,2sl,4sl,5sl,8sl,20sl,40sl,80sl,160sl,320sl,640sl,1280sl
		Configuration set 27	1sl,2sl,4sl,5sl,10sl,20sl,40sl,80sl,160sl,320sl,640sl,1280sl
Configuration set 28	1sl,2sl,4sl,5sl,8sl,16sl,40sl,80sl,160sl,320sl,640sl,1280sl
		Configuration set 29	1sl,2sl,4sl,5sl,8sl,10sl,40sl,80sl,160sl,320sl,640sl,1280sl
Configuration set 30	1sl,2sl,4sl,8sl,16sl,20sl,40sl,80sl,160sl,320sl,640sl,1280sl
		Configuration set 31	1sl,2sl,4sl,8sl,10sl,16sl,40sl,80sl,160sl,320sl,640sl,1280sl
Configuration set 32	2sl,4sl,8sl,10sl,16sl,20sl,40sl,80sl,160sl,320sl,640sl,1280sl
		Configuration set 33	2sl,4sl,5sl,10sl,16sl,20sl,40sl,80sl,160sl,320sl,640sl,1280sl
Configuration set 34	2sl,4sl,5sl,8sl,16sl,20sl,40sl,80sl,160sl,320sl,640sl,1280sl

Illustratively, since 1 slot may include 14 symbols, as another way of describing the configuration set 1 in table 2, the values thereof may include 2 symbols, 7 symbols, and n × 14 symbols, where n ═ 1,2,4,16,40,80,160,320,640,1280 }.

In an optional implementation manner, when the target subcarrier interval is 480KHz, the configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier interval may be selected from table 3 according to the processing capability of the terminal device, and the configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier interval may be any one of configuration set 1 to configuration set 34. In table 3, sym denotes a symbol, sl denotes a slot, for example, 7sym denotes 7 symbols, and 1sl denotes one slot.

TABLE 3

In an optional implementation manner, when the target subcarrier spacing is 960KHz, the configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier spacing may be selected from table 4 according to the processing capability of the terminal device, and the configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier spacing may be any one of configuration set 1-configuration set 34. In table 4, sl denotes a slot, for example, 1sl denotes one slot.

TABLE 4

In an optional implementation manner, when the target subcarrier spacing is 1920KHz, the configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier spacing may be selected from table 5 according to the processing capability of the terminal device, and the configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier spacing may be any one of configuration set 1 to configuration set 15. In table 5, sl denotes a slot, for example, 1sl denotes one slot.

TABLE 5

The transmission period of the SRs in the configuration set defined in the prior art is usually small, for example, when the subcarrier spacing is 15kHz, the configuration set may include 2sym,7sym,1sl,2sl,4sl,5sl,8sl,10sl,16sl,20sl,40sl and 80 sl; when the subcarrier spacing is 30kHz, the configuration set may include 2sym,7sym,1sl,2sl,4sl,8sl,10sl,16sl,20sl,40sl,80sl, and 160 sl; when the subcarrier spacing is 60kHz, the configuration set may include 2sym,7sym/6sym,1sl,2sl,4sl,8sl,16sl,20sl,40sl,80sl,160sl, and 320 sl; when the subcarrier spacing is 120kHz, the configuration set may include 2sym,7sym,1sl,2sl,4sl,8sl,16sl,40sl,80sl,160sl,320sl, and 640 sl. Compared with the prior art, in the embodiment of the application, the value of the configuration set corresponding to each subcarrier interval is larger, and the processing complexity of the terminal equipment can be reduced. Moreover, different subcarrier intervals can correspond to the same configuration set, so that the configuration complexity of the transmission period can be reduced.

In other embodiments, taking the target information as uplink scheduling information (uplink scheduling information) or downlink scheduling information (downlink scheduling information) as an example, which may also be collectively referred to as uplink or downlink scheduling information (uplink or downlink scheduling information), the network device may send configuration information of the uplink/downlink scheduling information to the terminal device through RRC signaling or system information, where the configuration information may be used to indicate a transmission period of the uplink/downlink scheduling information.

The transmission cycle of the uplink/downlink scheduling information indicated by the configuration information may be determined (selected) from a configuration set corresponding to a target subcarrier interval, and the target subcarrier interval may be 240KHz, 480KHz, 960KHz, 1920KHz, or the like. The configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier interval is used for storing values of the transmission period of the uplink/downlink scheduling information. The value of the transmission period of the uplink/downlink scheduling information may include one or more values. The value of the transmission period indicated by the configuration information of the uplink/downlink scheduling information may be one value in the configuration set.

Illustratively, when the target subcarrier interval is 240KHz, the configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier interval may include 0.25ms, 0.3125ms, 0.5ms, 0.625ms, 1ms, 1.25ms, 2ms, 2.5ms, 5ms, and 10 ms. Alternatively, when the target subcarrier interval is 480KHz, the configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier interval may include 0.125ms, 0.15625ms, 0.25ms, 0.3125ms, 0.5ms, 0.625ms, 1ms, 1.25ms, 2ms, 2.5ms, 5ms, and 10 ms.

In an optional implementation manner, when the target subcarrier interval is 240KHz, the configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier interval may be selected from table 6 according to the processing capability of the terminal device, and the configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier interval may be any one of configuration set 1 to configuration set 3. In table 6, ms represents milliseconds.

TABLE 6

In an optional implementation manner, when the target subcarrier interval is 480KHz, the configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier interval may be selected from table 7 according to the processing capability of the terminal device, and the configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier interval may be any one of configuration set 1 to configuration set 4. In table 7, ms represents milliseconds.

TABLE 7

In an optional implementation manner, when the target subcarrier interval is 960KHz, the configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier interval may be selected from table 8 according to the processing capability of the terminal device, and the configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier interval may be any one of configuration set 1 to configuration set 8. In table 8, ms represents milliseconds.

TABLE 8

In an optional implementation manner, when the target subcarrier spacing is 1920KHz, the configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier spacing may be selected from table 9 according to the processing capability of the terminal device, and the configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier spacing may be any one of configuration set 1 to configuration set 3. In table 9, ms represents milliseconds.

TABLE 9

In the prior art, for a subcarrier interval of 120KHz, a configuration set may include 0.5ms, 0.625ms, 1ms, 1.25ms, 2ms, 2.5ms, 5ms, and 10 ms; for a 60KHz subcarrier spacing, the configuration set may include 0.5ms, 1ms, 1.25ms, 2ms, 2.5ms, 5ms, and 10 ms. Compared with the prior art, in the embodiment of the application, the value of the configuration set corresponding to each subcarrier interval is smaller, and the uplink/downlink transmission efficiency is improved. Moreover, different subcarrier intervals can correspond to the same configuration set, so that the configuration complexity of the transmission period can be reduced.

In one possible design, when the target information is a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) of the paging message, for the target subcarrier interval, if there is one paging occasion (or paging frame) in N frames, there is a time domain starting position of a possible (optional) paging occasion in every L symbols in all symbols of the N frames. Optionally, the network device may configure an offset i to indicate that the ith symbol in every L symbols is a time domain starting position of a possible paging occasion, where a value of i may be any one of 0 to L-1, L is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and L may be, for example, 2,4, or 7. The time domain starting position of the paging occasion is one of a plurality of possible time domain starting positions of the paging occasion. It should be noted that, since the paging message is repeatedly transmitted by using the beam scanning technique, the PDCCH of one paging message may include multiple PDCCHs, and the time domain position of the first PDCCH in the multiple PDCCHs is the time domain starting position of the paging occasion. N is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

For example, as shown in fig. 7, if L is 2 and i is 1, that is, there is a time domain starting position of a possible paging occasion in every 2 symbols, and the first symbol in the 2 symbols is the time domain starting position of the possible paging occasion, then there may be a time domain starting position of a possible paging occasion in the 0 th symbol and the 1 st symbol, and the 0 th symbol is the time domain starting position of the possible paging occasion; there may be a time domain starting position of a possible paging occasion in the 2 nd symbol and the 3rd symbol, and the 2 nd symbol is the time domain starting position of the possible paging occasion, and so on. If L is 4 and i is 1, that is, there is a time domain starting position of a possible paging occasion in every 4 symbols, and the first symbol of the 4 symbols is the time domain starting position of the possible paging occasion, then there may be a time domain starting position of a possible paging occasion in the 0 th to 3rd symbols, and the 0 th symbol is the time domain starting position of the possible paging occasion; there may be a time domain starting position of a possible paging occasion in the 4 th to 7 th symbols, and the 4 th symbol is the time domain starting position of the possible paging occasion, and so on. If L is 7 and i is 1, that is, there is a time domain starting position of a possible paging occasion in each 7 symbols, and the first symbol of the 7 symbols is the time domain starting position of the possible paging occasion, then there may be a time domain starting position of a possible paging occasion in the 0 th to 6 th symbols, and the 0 th symbol is the time domain starting position of the possible paging occasion; there may be a time domain starting position of a possible paging occasion in the 7 th to 13 th symbols, and the 7 th symbol is the time domain starting position of the possible paging occasion, and so on.

The duration of a radio frame (referred to as a frame for short) may be 10ms, each frame includes 10 subframes, and each subframe is 1 ms. For different subcarrier spacing, one subframe may correspond to different number of slots. For example, when the subcarrier spacing is 15KHz, one subframe may include 1 slot; when the subcarrier spacing is 30KHz, one subframe may include 2 slots; when the subcarrier spacing is 60KHz, one subframe may include 4 slots; when the subcarrier spacing is 120KHz, one subframe may include 8 slots; when the subcarrier spacing is 240KHz, one subframe may include 16 slots; when the subcarrier spacing is 480KHz, one subframe may include 32 slots; when the subcarrier spacing is 960KHz, one subframe may include 64 slots; when the subcarrier spacing is 1920KHz, one subframe may include 128 slots. Each slot may contain 14 OFDM symbols for a normal cyclic prefix (non-extended cyclic prefix) and 12 OFDM symbols for an extended cyclic prefix.

Illustratively, as shown in table 10, the number of symbols included in each of the N frames corresponding to different subcarrier intervals is given. Where S represents the number of symbols included in the N frames. N may be 1 or 2 or 4 or 8 or 16.

Watch 10

SCS	N＝16	N＝8	N＝4	N＝2	N＝1
						240	S＝35840	S＝17920	S＝8960	S＝4480	S＝2240
480	S＝71680	S＝35840	S＝17920	S＝8960	S＝4480
						960	S＝143360	S＝71680	S＝35840	S＝17920	S＝8960
1920	S＝286720	S＝143360	S＝71680	S＝35840	S＝17920

As can be seen from table 10, when the target subcarrier interval is 240KHz, if N is 16, the number of symbols included in the 16 frames may be 35840; if N is 8, the number of symbols included in the 8 frames may be 17920; if N is 4, the number of symbols included in the 4 frames may be 8960; if N is 2, the 2 frames may include 4480 symbols; if N is 1, the number of symbols included in the 1 frame may be 2240. When the target subcarrier interval is 480KHz, 960KHz or 1920KHz, the situation is similar, and details are not described here.

As shown in table 11, the number of time domain starting positions of the possible paging occasions respectively included in the N frames corresponding to different subcarrier intervals. Where there is a time domain starting position of one possible paging occasion in every L symbols, L may be 2 or 4 or 7, i.e., there is a time domain starting position of one possible paging occasion in every 2 symbols or every 4 symbols or every 7 symbols. K denotes the total number of time domain starting positions of possible paging occasions included in the N frames. N may be 1 or 2 or 4 or 8 or 16.

TABLE 11

SCS

L

N＝16

N＝8

N＝4

N＝2

N＝1

240

2

K＝17920

K＝8960

K＝4480

K＝2240

K＝1120

240

4

K＝8960

K＝4480

K＝2240

K＝1120

K＝560

240

7

K＝5120

K＝2560

K＝1280

K＝640

K＝320

480

2

K＝35840

K＝17920

K＝8960

K＝4480

K＝2240

480

4

K＝17920

K＝8960

K＝4480

K＝2240

K＝1120

480

7

K＝10240

K＝5120

K＝2560

K＝1280

K＝640

960

2

K＝71680

K＝35840

K＝17920

K＝8960

K＝4480

960

4

K＝35840

K＝17920

K＝8960

K＝4480

K＝2240

960

7

K＝20480

K＝10240

K＝5120

K＝2560

K＝1280

1920

2

K＝143360

K＝71680

K＝35840

K＝17920

K＝8960

1920

4

K＝71680

K＝35840

K＝17920

K＝8960

K＝4480

1920

7

K＝40960

K＝20480

K＝10240

K＝5120

K＝2560

As can be seen from table 11, when the target subcarrier spacing is 240KHz and L is 2 (i.e. there is a time domain start position of one paging occasion for every 2 symbols), if N is 16, the number of time domain start positions of the paging occasions included in the 16 frames may be 17920; if N is 8, the number of time domain starting positions of the paging occasions included in the 8 frames may be 8960; if N is 4, the number of time domain starting positions of the paging occasions included in the 4 frames may be 4480; if N is 2, the number of time domain starting positions of the paging occasions included in the 2 frames may be 2240; if N is 1, the number of time domain starting positions of the paging occasions included in the 1 frame may be 1120. When the target subcarrier interval is 480KHz, 960KHz or 1920KHz, the situation is similar, and details are not described here.

In the prior art, if there is one paging occasion in N frames, any one symbol in the N frames may be a time domain starting position of the paging occasion. For example, for a subcarrier spacing of 120KHz, if there is a paging occasion for one UE in 16 frames, since the 16 frames may include 16 × 10 × 8 × 14 ═ 17920 symbols, that is, the time domain starting position of the paging occasion may be any one of 17920 symbols. Compared with the prior art, in the embodiment of the present application, each L symbol in all symbols of N frames has a time domain starting position of a paging occasion of a terminal device, for example, when a target subcarrier interval is 240KHz, and L is 4, the time domain starting positions of possible paging occasions are 8960, the time domain starting position of a paging occasion may be any one symbol among 8960 symbols, that is, the time domain starting positions of possible paging occasions are fewer, and configuration overhead is reduced.

In still other embodiments, taking the target information as the non-scheduled uplink data as an example, the network device may send configuration information of the non-scheduled uplink data to the terminal device through RRC signaling or system information, where the configuration information may be used to indicate a transmission period of the non-scheduled uplink data.

Illustratively, when the target subcarrier interval is 240KHz, the configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier interval includes 2 symbols, 7 symbols, 1 slot, 2 slots, 4 slots, 5 slots, 8 slots, 10 slots, 16 slots, 20 slots, 32 slots, 40 slots, 64 slots, 80 slots, 128 slots, 160 slots, 256 slots, 320 slots, 512 slots, 640 slots, 1024 slots, 1280 slots, 2560 slots, 5120 slots, and 10240 slots. Or, when the target subcarrier interval is 480KHz, the configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier interval includes 2 symbols, 7 symbols, 1 slot, 2 slots, 4 slots, 5 slots, 8 slots, 10 slots, 16 slots, 20 slots, 32 slots, 40 slots, 64 slots, 80 slots, 128 slots, 160 slots, 256 slots, 320 slots, 512 slots, 640 slots, 1024 slots, 1280 slots, 2560 slots, 5120 slots, 10240 slots, and 20480 slots.

In an optional implementation manner, when the target subcarrier interval is 240KHz, the configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier interval may be selected from table 12 according to the processing capability of the terminal device, and the configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier interval may be any one of configuration set 1 to configuration set 3. In table 12, sl denotes a slot, for example, 1sl denotes one slot.

TABLE 12

In an optional implementation manner, when the target subcarrier interval is 480KHz, the configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier interval may be selected from table 13 according to the processing capability of the terminal device, and the configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier interval may be any one of configuration set 1 to configuration set 3. In table 13, sl denotes a slot, for example, 1sl denotes one slot.

Watch 13

In an optional implementation manner, when the target subcarrier interval is 960KHz, the configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier interval may be selected from the table 14 according to the processing capability of the terminal device, and the configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier interval may be any one of the configuration set 1 to the configuration set 3. In table 14, sl denotes a slot, for example, 1sl denotes one slot.

TABLE 14

In an optional implementation manner, when the target subcarrier spacing is 1920KHz, the configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier spacing may be selected from the table 15 according to the processing capability of the terminal device, and the configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier spacing may be any one of the configuration set 1 to the configuration set 3. In table 15, sl denotes a slot, for example, 1sl denotes one slot.

Watch 15

In the prior art, for a subcarrier spacing of 120KHz, the configuration set may include 2sym,7sym,1sl,2sl,4sl,5sl,8sl,10sl,16sl,20sl,32 sl,40sl, 64sl, 80sl, 128sl, 160sl, 256sl, 320sl, 512sl, 640sl, 1024sl, 1280sl, 2560sl, and 5120 sl. Compared with the prior art, in the embodiment of the application, the value of the configuration set corresponding to each subcarrier interval is larger, and the processing complexity of the terminal equipment and the network equipment is reduced. Moreover, different subcarrier intervals can correspond to the same configuration set, so that the configuration complexity of the transmission period can be reduced.

603. And the terminal equipment sends the target information according to the transmission period of the target information.

The terminal device may transmit the target information at a time domain position of the target information according to a transmission cycle of the target information within a target time period (the target time period may be indicated by the network device).

For example, the target information is SR, assuming that the target time period includes 4 time slots, a transmission cycle of SR is 1 time slot, and a time domain position of SR is a first symbol of 1 time slot, when the terminal device needs to request uplink transmission resource, the SR may be periodically transmitted to the base station in the target time period, for example, the SR may be transmitted in the first symbol of each time slot in the target time period.

604. The network device receives the target information according to the transmission period of the target information.

The network device may receive the target information at a time-domain position of the target information according to a transmission cycle of the target information within the target time period.

Illustratively, the target information is an SR, and assuming that the target time period includes 4 slots, a transmission cycle of the SR is 1 slot, and a time domain position of the SR is a first symbol of 1 slot, the network device may detect or receive the SR on the first symbol of each slot within the target time period.

Based on the method provided by the embodiment of the application, the terminal device can receive configuration information from the network device, wherein the configuration information is used for indicating the transmission period of the target information corresponding to the target subcarrier interval; the transmission period of the target information is determined according to a configuration set corresponding to a target subcarrier interval, the target subcarrier interval is one of a plurality of subcarrier intervals, and the configuration sets corresponding to part of subcarrier intervals or all subcarrier intervals in the plurality of subcarrier intervals are the same; and the terminal equipment sends the target information according to the transmission period of the target information. Since the target subcarrier interval is one of the plurality of subcarrier intervals, and the configuration sets corresponding to part of or all of the plurality of subcarrier intervals are the same, the configuration complexity of the transmission period of the target information can be reduced. And the terminal equipment does not need to carry out different processing according to different configuration sets, and the processing complexity of the terminal equipment can be reduced.

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

In the case of dividing the functional modules according to the respective functions, fig. 8 shows a possible structural diagram of the terminal device 8 according to the above embodiment, where the terminal device 8 includes: a receiving unit 801 and a transmitting unit 802. In this embodiment of the present application, the receiving unit 801 is configured to receive configuration information from a network device, where the configuration information is used to indicate a transmission period of target information corresponding to a target subcarrier interval; the transmission period of the target information is determined according to a configuration set corresponding to a target subcarrier interval, the target subcarrier interval is one of a plurality of subcarrier intervals, and the configuration sets corresponding to part of subcarrier intervals or all subcarrier intervals in the plurality of subcarrier intervals are the same; a sending unit 802, configured to send the target information according to a transmission cycle of the target information.

In the method embodiment shown in fig. 6, the receiving unit 801 is used to support the terminal device to execute the process 602 in fig. 6. The sending unit 802 is configured to support the terminal device to perform the process 603 in fig. 6. All relevant contents of each step related to the above method embodiment may be referred to the functional description of the corresponding functional module, and are not described herein again.

In the case of dividing each functional module by corresponding functions, fig. 9 shows a schematic diagram of a possible structure of the network device 9 involved in the foregoing embodiment, where the network device 9 includes: a transmitting unit 901 and a receiving unit 902. In this embodiment of the present application, the sending unit 901 is configured to send configuration information to a terminal device, where the configuration information is used to indicate a transmission period of target information corresponding to a target subcarrier interval; the transmission period of the target information is determined according to a configuration set corresponding to a target subcarrier interval, the target subcarrier interval is one of a plurality of subcarrier intervals, and the configuration sets corresponding to part of subcarrier intervals or all subcarrier intervals in the plurality of subcarrier intervals are the same; a receiving unit 902, configured to receive the target information according to a transmission cycle of the target information.

In the method embodiment shown in fig. 6, the sending unit 901 is used to support the network device to execute the process 601 in fig. 6. Receiving unit 902 is configured to support a network device to perform process 604 in fig. 6. All relevant contents of each step related to the above method embodiment may be referred to the functional description of the corresponding functional module, and are not described herein again.

The division of the modules in the embodiments of the present application is schematic, and only one logical function division is provided, and in actual implementation, there may be another division manner, and in addition, each functional module in each embodiment of the present application may be integrated in one processor, may also exist alone physically, or may also be integrated in one module by two or more modules. The integrated module can be realized in a hardware mode, and can also be realized in a software functional module mode. For example, in the embodiment of the present application, the receiving unit and the transmitting unit may be integrated into the transceiving unit.

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

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made in the embodiments of the present application without departing from the spirit and scope of the application. Thus, if such modifications and variations of the embodiments of the present application fall within the scope of the claims of the present application and their equivalents, the present application is also intended to encompass such modifications and variations.

Claims

1. A method for sending target information, comprising:

the terminal equipment receives configuration information from the network equipment, wherein the configuration information is used for indicating a transmission period of target information corresponding to a target subcarrier interval; the transmission period of the target information is determined according to a configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier interval, the target subcarrier interval is one of a plurality of subcarrier intervals, and the configuration sets corresponding to part of or all of the subcarrier intervals in the plurality of subcarrier intervals are the same;

and the terminal equipment sends the target information according to the transmission period of the target information.

2. The method for transmitting target information according to claim 1,

the plurality of subcarrier spacings comprises at least two subcarrier spacings of 240KHz, 480KHz, 960KHz, and 1920 KHz.

3. The method for transmitting target information according to claim 2,

the corresponding configuration sets for at least two of the subcarrier spacings of 240KHz, 480KHz, 960KHz and 1920KHz are the same.

4. The target information transmitting method according to any one of claims 1 to 3,

the target information is any one of a scheduling request SR, uplink scheduling information, unscheduled uplink data or downlink scheduling information.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the target information is SR,

when the target subcarrier interval is 240KHz, the configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier interval includes 6 symbols, 1 slot, 2 slots, 4 slots, 8 slots, 16 slots, 40 slots, 80 slots, 160 slots, 320 slots, 640 slots, and 1280 slots; or

When the target subcarrier interval is 240KHz, the configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier interval includes 7 symbols, 1 slot, 2 slots, 4 slots, 8 slots, 16 slots, 40 slots, 80 slots, 160 slots, 320 slots, 640 slots, and 1280 slots; or

When the target subcarrier interval is 480KHz, the configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier interval includes 1 timeslot, 2 timeslots, 4 timeslots, 8 timeslots, 16 timeslots, 40 timeslots, 80 timeslots, 160 timeslots, 320 timeslots, 640 timeslots, 1280 timeslots, and 2560 timeslots.

6. The method for transmitting target information according to claim 4, wherein the target information is uplink scheduling information or downlink scheduling information,

when the target subcarrier interval is 240KHz, the configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier interval comprises 0.25ms, 0.3125ms, 0.5ms, 0.625ms, 1ms, 1.25ms, 2ms, 2.5ms, 5ms and 10 ms; or

When the target subcarrier interval is 480KHz, the configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier interval includes 0.125ms, 0.15625ms, 0.25ms, 0.3125ms, 0.5ms, 0.625ms, 1ms, 1.25ms, 2ms, 2.5ms, 5ms, and 10 ms.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein the target information is non-scheduled uplink data,

when the target subcarrier interval is 240KHz, the configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier interval includes 2 symbols, 7 symbols, 1 slot, 2 slots, 4 slots, 5 slots, 8 slots, 10 slots, 16 slots, 20 slots, 32 slots, 40 slots, 64 slots, 80 slots, 128 slots, 160 slots, 256 slots, 320 slots, 512 slots, 640 slots, 1024 slots, 1280 slots, 2560 slots, 5120 slots, and 10240 slots; or

When the target subcarrier interval is 480KHz, the configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier interval includes 2 symbols, 7 symbols, 1 slot, 2 slots, 4 slots, 5 slots, 8 slots, 10 slots, 16 slots, 20 slots, 32 slots, 40 slots, 64 slots, 80 slots, 128 slots, 160 slots, 256 slots, 320 slots, 512 slots, 640 slots, 1024 slots, 1280 slots, 2560 slots, 5120 slots, 10240 slots, and 20480 slots.

8. A target information receiving method, comprising:

the network equipment sends configuration information to the terminal equipment, wherein the configuration information is used for indicating a transmission period of target information corresponding to a target subcarrier interval; the transmission period of the target information is determined according to a configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier interval, the target subcarrier interval is one of a plurality of subcarrier intervals, and the configuration sets corresponding to part of or all of the subcarrier intervals in the plurality of subcarrier intervals are the same;

and the network equipment receives the target information according to the transmission period of the target information.

9. The object information receiving method according to claim 8,

10. The object information receiving method according to claim 9,

11. The object information receiving method according to any one of claims 8 to 10,

12. The target information receiving method according to claim 11, wherein the target information is SR,

13. The target information receiving method according to claim 11, wherein the target information is uplink scheduling information or downlink scheduling information,

14. The target information receiving method according to claim 11, wherein the target information is non-scheduled uplink data,

15. A destination information transmission apparatus, comprising:

a receiving unit, configured to receive configuration information from a network device, where the configuration information is used to indicate a transmission period of target information corresponding to a target subcarrier interval; the transmission period of the target information is determined according to a configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier interval, the target subcarrier interval is one of a plurality of subcarrier intervals, and the configuration sets corresponding to part of or all of the subcarrier intervals in the plurality of subcarrier intervals are the same;

and the sending unit is used for sending the target information according to the transmission period of the target information.

16. The apparatus of claim 15,

17. The apparatus of claim 16,

18. The apparatus of any one of claims 15-17,

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the target information is SR,

20. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the target information is uplink scheduling information or downlink scheduling information,

21. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the target information is non-scheduled uplink data,

22. A target information receiving apparatus, comprising:

a sending unit, configured to send configuration information to a terminal device, where the configuration information is used to indicate a transmission period of target information corresponding to a target subcarrier interval; the transmission period of the target information is determined according to a configuration set corresponding to the target subcarrier interval, the target subcarrier interval is one of a plurality of subcarrier intervals, and the configuration sets corresponding to part of or all of the subcarrier intervals in the plurality of subcarrier intervals are the same;

and the receiving unit is used for receiving the target information according to the transmission period of the target information.

23. The apparatus of claim 22,

24. The apparatus of claim 23,

25. The apparatus of any one of claims 22-24,

26. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the target information is SR,

27. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the target information is uplink scheduling information or downlink scheduling information,

28. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the target information is non-scheduled uplink data,

29. A communication apparatus, characterized in that the apparatus comprises a processor and a memory, in which a computer program is stored, the processor executing the computer program stored in the memory to cause the apparatus to perform the method according to any one of claims 1 to 7.

30. A communications apparatus, comprising a processor and a memory, the memory having stored therein a computer program, the processor executing the computer program stored in the memory to cause the apparatus to perform the method of any of claims 8 to 14.

31. A communications apparatus, comprising: a processor and an interface circuit;

the interface circuit is used for receiving code instructions and transmitting the code instructions to the processor;

the processor to execute the code instructions to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 7.

32. A communications apparatus, comprising: a processor and an interface circuit;

the processor for executing the code instructions to perform the method of any one of claims 8 to 14.

33. A readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause the method of any of claims 1 to 7 to be implemented.

34. A readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause the method of any of claims 8 to 14 to be implemented.