CN115379566A

CN115379566A - Resource multiplexing transmission method and device

Info

Publication number: CN115379566A
Application number: CN202110541579.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 骆喆
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-05-18
Filing date: 2021-05-18
Publication date: 2022-11-22

Abstract

The application provides a resource multiplexing transmission method and device, which are beneficial for an access network device to configure Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) time-frequency resources to at least three User Equipment (UE), so that the UE can be ensured to perform repeated transmission on the configured PUSCH time-frequency resources, and the spectrum efficiency of system resources can be improved. The method comprises the following steps: configuring PUSCH time-frequency resources for at least three UEs, wherein the PUSCH time-frequency resources comprise a first time-frequency resource corresponding to each UE of the at least three UEs and at least two duplicate time-frequency resources of the UE, and each UE of the at least three UEs is respectively overlapped with different UEs on the at least two duplicate time-frequency resources; and receiving the data of the UE based on the configured PUSCH time-frequency resource. By the method, the reliability of the data to be transmitted of the UE is ensured, and the frequency spectrum efficiency of the time-frequency resource is improved.

Description

Resource multiplexing transmission method and device

Technical Field

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

Background

Low-delay high-reliability Communication (URLLC) is a key scenario defined by 5G Communication, and the URLLC service is mainly characterized by having extremely high requirements on transmission delay and reliability, for example, it is necessary to ensure that the transmission reliability is greater than 99.9999% within 1ms delay. The important application scenes are industrial automation, including action control, communication among controllers, wireless replacement of an industrial wired network, closed-loop control of processing automation and the like. Therefore, for the URLLC service with extremely low time delay, the transmission reliability can be improved only by using a repeated transmission mode, that is, the transmitting end performs repeated independent transmission of data of transmission information for many times without waiting for ACK and NACK feedback, and the receiving end independently or jointly decodes information of multiple data copies, thereby increasing the possibility of successful reception within time limit and overcoming the problem of burst interference. However, the existing uplink repeat transmission scheme has low spectrum efficiency, and how to improve the spectrum efficiency of uplink resources while ensuring the high reliability of the URLLC service is an urgent problem to be solved.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a resource multiplexing transmission method and device.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a resource multiplexing transmission method, which may be executed by an access network device or by a component (e.g., a processor, a chip, or a system-on-chip) of the access network device, and includes: configuring Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) time-frequency resources for a plurality of User Equipment (UE), wherein the PUSCH time-frequency resources comprise a first time-frequency resource and at least two copy time-frequency resources corresponding to each UE of the plurality of UEs, and each UE of the plurality of UEs is respectively overlapped with different UEs on the at least two copy time-frequency resources; and receiving the data of the UE based on the configured PUSCH time-frequency resource. In an embodiment, the plurality of UEs includes at least three UEs.

According to the method, from the perspective of access network equipment, each UE in at least a plurality of UEs can complete repeated transmission of data to be transmitted based on configured PUSCH time-frequency resources, and meanwhile, PUSCH time-frequency resources of at least three UEs are partially overlapped, so that the reliability of data transmission of each UE can be ensured, and the spectrum efficiency of the system time-frequency resources is improved.

With reference to the first aspect, in certain embodiments of the first aspect, an overlap degree of the UE on the first time-frequency resource is less than or equal to an overlap degree of the at least two duplicate time-frequency resources.

By the method, when the access network equipment receives the data of the UE, the data on the first time-frequency resource can be demodulated correctly with higher probability, and the data of other UEs can be received on the duplicate time-frequency resource of the UE, so that the spectrum efficiency of the time-frequency resource is improved.

With reference to the first aspect, in some embodiments of the first aspect, the configuring, by the access network device, PUSCH time-frequency resources to the UE includes: sending first PUSCH configuration information, wherein the first PUSCH configuration information is used for indicating the first time-frequency resource; and sending second PUSCH configuration information, wherein the second PUSCH configuration information is used for indicating the at least two copy time-frequency resources.

By the method, the flexibility of sending the first PUSCH configuration information and the second PUSCH configuration information to the UE by the access network equipment can be ensured.

With reference to the first aspect, in some embodiments of the first aspect, the first PUSCH configuration information is transmitted through a downlink control indication DCI or a radio resource control RRC.

With reference to the first aspect, in certain embodiments of the first aspect, the sending, by the access network device, the second PUSCH configuration information includes configuring, for each UE of the at least three UEs, a set of frequency hopping information:

a list of starting resource block offset values, or,

a list of hopping offset values, or,

a frequency hopping seed.

By the method, the access network equipment sends the second PUSCH configuration information to the UE, so that the UE obtains frequency hopping information for generating at least two replica time-frequency resources, and partial overlapping of the at least two replica time-frequency resources among different UEs is realized.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, if the first PUSCH configuration information is sent through the DCI, the DCI carries a group index of the frequency hopping information in the second PUSCH configuration information, where the group index is used to indicate the frequency hopping information configured to the UE.

By the method, the access network equipment can send the data to each UE

With reference to the first aspect, in certain embodiments of the first aspect, a starting resource block index of each of the at least two copies is determined according to a starting resource block index of the first time-frequency resource and a starting resource block offset value.

With reference to the first aspect, in certain embodiments of the first aspect, the starting resource block offset value is the starting resource block offset value list, or the frequency hopping seed configuration.

With reference to the first aspect, in some embodiments of the first aspect, if the frequency hopping information includes the start symbol value list, a start symbol index of the replica time frequency resource is determined according to a start slot index of the first time frequency resource and the start symbol value list, or,

and if the frequency hopping information comprises the initial symbol value list and the initial time slot offset value list, determining the initial symbol index of the replica time frequency resource according to the initial time slot index of the first time frequency resource, the initial symbol value list and the initial time slot offset value list.

By the method, the access network equipment carries time domain resource information indicating at least two copy time frequency resources in the frequency hopping information, so that the UE can determine the positions of the at least two copy time frequency resources in the time domain in time.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a resource multiplexing transmission method, which may be performed by a UE or a component of the UE (e.g., a processor, a chip, or a chip system, etc.), including: receiving configuration information from access network equipment, wherein the configuration information is used for determining PUSCH (physical uplink shared channel) time-frequency resources, the PUSCH time-frequency resources comprise a first time-frequency resource and at least two duplicate time-frequency resources of the UE, and the UE is respectively overlapped with different UEs on the at least two duplicate time-frequency resources; and transmitting data based on the configured PUSCH time-frequency resource.

By the method, the UE can timely acquire the PUSCH time-frequency resource configured by the access network equipment and ensure the repeated transmission of the data to be transmitted.

With reference to the second aspect, in certain embodiments of the second aspect, the UE has an overlap degree of the first time-frequency resource less than or equal to an overlap degree of the at least two duplicate time-frequency resources.

With reference to the second aspect, in some embodiments of the second aspect, the UE receives configuration information from the access network device, including:

the UE receives first PUSCH configuration information, wherein the first PUSCH configuration information is used for indicating the first time-frequency resource;

and the UE receives second PUSCH configuration information, wherein the second PUSCH configuration information is used for indicating the at least two copy time-frequency resources and the second PUSCH configuration information.

With reference to the second aspect, in some embodiments of the second aspect, the first PUSCH configuration information is obtained by a downlink control indication DCI or a radio resource control RRC.

With reference to the second aspect, in certain embodiments of the second aspect, the UE determines a set of frequency hopping information from the second PUSCH configuration information, where the frequency hopping information is:

a list of starting resource block offset values, or,

a list of frequency hopping offset values, or,

a frequency hopping seed.

With reference to the second aspect, in certain embodiments of the second aspect, the frequency hopping information further includes a starting symbol value list and/or a starting slot offset value list.

With reference to the second aspect, in some embodiments of the second aspect, if the first PUSCH configuration information is obtained through the DCI, a group index number of the frequency hopping information in the second PUSCH configuration information is carried in the DCI, and the group index number is used to indicate the frequency hopping information configured to the UE by the access network device.

With reference to the second aspect, in some embodiments of the second aspect, a starting resource block index of each of the at least two copies is determined according to a starting resource block index of the first time-frequency resource and a starting resource block offset value.

With reference to the second aspect, in certain embodiments of the second aspect, the starting resource block offset value is obtained according to the starting resource block offset value list, or the frequency hopping seed.

With reference to the second aspect, in some embodiments of the second aspect, if the frequency hopping information includes the starting symbol value list, the starting symbol index of the replica time-frequency resource is obtained according to the starting slot index of the first time-frequency resource and the starting symbol value list, or,

and if the frequency hopping information comprises the initial symbol value list and the initial time slot offset value list, the initial symbol index of the replica time frequency resource is obtained according to the initial time slot index of the first time frequency resource, the initial symbol value list and the initial time slot offset value list.

By the method, the UE can complete repeated transmission of the data to be transmitted in time, and the transmission reliability of the data to be transmitted is ensured.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an apparatus, which may implement the method in any one of the possible implementation manners of the first aspect to the second aspect, and the first aspect to the second aspect. The apparatus comprises corresponding units or means for performing the above-described method. The means comprised by the apparatus may be implemented by software and/or hardware. The device may be, for example, a terminal device, an access network device, or a chip, a chip system, a processor, or the like, which supports the terminal device and the access network device to implement the method described above.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an apparatus, including: a processor coupled to a memory, the memory being configured to store a program or instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to implement the method of any of the possible embodiments of the first to second aspects, the first to second aspects.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program or instructions are stored, and when the computer program or instructions are executed, the computer program or instructions cause a computer to perform the method in any one of the possible implementation manners of the first aspect to the second aspect.

In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a computer program product, which includes computer program code, when the computer program code runs on a computer, the computer executes the method in any one of the possible implementation manners of the first aspect to the second aspect, and the first aspect to the second aspect.

In a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a chip, including: a processor coupled to a memory, the memory being configured to store a program or instructions, which when executed by the processor, causes the chip to implement the method of any one of the possible embodiments of the first to second aspects, and the first to second aspects.

In an eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a communication system, including: the apparatus of the third aspect.

In a ninth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a communication system, including: the apparatus of the fourth aspect described above.

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

fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a repetitive transmission type applied to an embodiment provided in the present application;

fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a transmission method of resource multiplexing applied in the embodiment provided in the present application;

fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of resource reuse applied in the embodiment provided in the present application;

fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of resource reuse applied in the embodiment provided in the present application;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of an access network device according to an embodiment of the present application;

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

Detailed Description

The method and the device provided by the embodiment of the application can be applied to a communication system. Fig. 1 shows a schematic diagram of a communication system. The communication system 100 includes one or more access network devices (shown as access network device 110 and access network device 120), and one or more terminals in communication with the one or more access network devices. Terminal 114 and terminal 118 are shown in fig. 1 as communicating with access network device 110, and terminal 124 and terminal 128 are shown as communicating with access network device 120. It will be appreciated that the access network devices and terminals may also be referred to as communication devices.

The method and the device provided by the embodiment of the application can be used for various communication systems, such as a fourth generation (4G) communication system, a 4.5G communication system, a 5G communication system, a system with a plurality of communication systems being merged, or a future evolution communication system (such as a 5.5G communication system or a 6G communication system). Such as Long Term Evolution (LTE) systems, new Radio (NR) systems, wireless fidelity (WiFi) systems, and third generation partnership project (3 gpp) related communication systems, and the like, as well as other such communication systems.

The access network device in the present application may be any device with a wireless transceiving function. Including but not limited to: an evolved Node B (NodeB or eNB or e-NodeB, evolved Node B) in LTE, a base station (gbnodeb or gNB) or a Transmission Reception Point (TRP) in NR, a base station for subsequent evolution in 3GPP, an access Node in WiFi system, a wireless relay Node, a wireless backhaul Node, a core network device, and the like. The base station may be: macro base stations, micro base stations, pico base stations, small stations, relay stations, or balloon stations, etc. Multiple base stations may support the same technology network as mentioned above, or different technologies networks as mentioned above. The base station may contain one or more co-sited or non co-sited TRPs. The access network device may also be a server (e.g., a cloud server), a wireless controller in a Cloud Radio Access Network (CRAN) scenario, a Centralized Unit (CU), and/or a Distributed Unit (DU). The access network device may also be a server, a wearable device, a machine communication device, an in-vehicle device, or a smart screen, etc. The following description will take an access network device as an example of a base station. The access network devices may be base stations of the same type or different types. The base station may communicate with the terminal device, and may also communicate with the terminal device through the relay station. The terminal device may communicate with a plurality of base stations of different technologies, for example, the terminal device may communicate with a base station supporting an LTE network, may communicate with a base station supporting a 5G network, and may support dual connectivity with the base station of the LTE network and the base station of the 5G network. The interface between the access network device and the terminal device in the present application may be a Uu interface (or referred to as an air interface). Of course, in future communications, the names of these interfaces may be unchanged or replaced by other names, which are not limited in this application.

The terminal in the application is a device with a wireless transceiving function, can be deployed on land, and comprises an indoor or outdoor, handheld, wearable or vehicle-mounted terminal; can also be deployed on the water surface (such as a ship and the like); and may also be deployed in the air (e.g., airplanes, balloons, satellites, etc.). The terminal may be a mobile phone (mobile phone), a tablet computer (Pad), a computer with a wireless transceiving function, a Virtual Reality (VR) terminal device, an Augmented Reality (AR) terminal device, a terminal in industrial control (industrial control), a vehicle-mounted terminal device, a terminal in self driving (self driving), a terminal in auxiliary driving, a terminal in remote medical (remote medical), a terminal in smart grid (smart grid), a terminal in transportation safety (transportation safety), a terminal in smart city (smart city), a terminal in smart home (smart home), and the like. The embodiments of the present application do not limit the application scenarios. A terminal may also be referred to as a terminal equipment, user Equipment (UE), access terminal equipment, vehicle mounted terminal, industrial control terminal, UE unit, UE station, mobile station, remote terminal equipment, mobile device, UE terminal equipment, wireless communication device, machine terminal, UE agent, or UE device, among others. The terminals may be fixed or mobile.

By way of example, and not limitation, in the present application, the terminal may be a wearable device. Wearable equipment can also be called wearable intelligent equipment, is the general term of applying wearable technique to carry out intelligent design, develop the equipment that can dress to daily wearing, like glasses, gloves, wrist-watch, dress and shoes etc.. A wearable device is a portable device that is worn directly on the body or integrated into the clothing or accessories of the user. The wearable device is not only a hardware device, but also realizes powerful functions through software support, data interaction and cloud interaction. The generalized wearable smart device has full functions and large size, and can realize complete or partial functions without depending on a smart phone, for example: smart watches or smart glasses and the like, and only focus on a certain type of application functions, and need to be used in cooperation with other devices such as smart phones, such as various smart bracelets for physical sign monitoring, smart jewelry and the like.

In the application, the terminal may be a terminal in an internet of things (IoT) system, the IoT is an important component of future information technology development, and the main technical feature of the IoT is to connect an article with a network through a communication technology, so as to implement an intelligent network of human-computer interconnection and article-object interconnection. The terminal in the present application may be a terminal in Machine Type Communication (MTC). The terminal of the present application may be an on-board module, an on-board component, an on-board chip, or an on-board unit built into a vehicle as one or more components or units, and the vehicle may implement the method of the present application through the built-in on-board module, on-board component, on-board chip, or on-board unit. Therefore, the embodiments of the present application may be applied to vehicle networking, such as vehicle to outside (V2X), long term evolution (LTE-V) for vehicle to vehicle communication, vehicle to vehicle (V2V), and the like.

The following first explains the related technical features related to the embodiments of the present application. It should be noted that these explanations are for the purpose of facilitating the understanding of the examples of the present application, and should not be construed as limiting the scope of the protection claimed in the present application.

1. Uplink URLLC repeat transmission

In order to ensure reliability of the URLLC service, the UE performs multiple repeated transmissions on data to be transmitted, where the repeated transmission is to transmit the same data on multiple independent time-frequency resources, and generally, the first transmission in the repeated transmission process is called initial transmission. It is understood that in the process of repeated transmission, besides the data on the first-bit transmitted time-frequency resource, the data on other independent time-frequency resources may be referred to as copies of the data to be transmitted.

The access network device configures a plurality of transmission configurations of the PUSCH (forming a Time Domain Resource Allocation (TDRA) table) for the UE through a physical uplink shared channel-Time Domain Resource Allocation (PUSCH-Time Domain Resource Allocation) field in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, including an interval between a downlink grant (DL grant) and the PUSCH, a repetition number, a Resource mapping type, a transmission start OFDM symbol, a continuous OFDM symbol number, and the like.

There are two ways for the access network device to indicate the available URLLC resources to the UE, one of which is dynamic scheduling (dynamic grant), that is, indicating the index number of the available URLLC resources in the time domain resource allocation (time domain resource assignment) field in the uplink grant (UL grant), and corresponding to a set of PUSCH transmission configurations in the configured TDRA table. Another is Configured Grant (CG), i.e. the index number of the available URLLC resource is indicated in the time domain allocation (time domain allocation) field in the pre-grant configuration (configured grant configuration) of the message as RRC signaling, and the configured grant may also be referred to as grant-free, dynamic grant-free, scheduling-free or dynamic scheduling-free corresponding to a set of PUSCH transmission configurations in the configured TDRA table.

A group of PUSCH transmission configurations in the TDRA table all include PUSCH resources required for repeated transmission of data for multiple times, and based on the configurations, the UE may directly perform repeated transmission, and thus does not need to wait for NACK feedback of the access network device.

On the time domain resource, the currently defined PUSCH repeated transmission mode in 5G-NR includes type a (type-a) and type B (type-B), as shown in fig. 2 (a) and (B), respectively.

In the embodiment of the present application, the time-frequency resource block in the PUSCH time-frequency resource used for transmission is referred to as a PUSCH sub-time-frequency resource, that is, the PUSCH time-frequency resource used for transmission includes a plurality of PUSCH sub-time-frequency resources. In the type-a repetition type, the time domain positions of the plurality of PUSCH sub-time-frequency resources in each slot are the same. The Type-A repetition Type has the advantages that the boundary of the time slot cannot be crossed among the plurality of PUSCH sub time frequency resources, and the defects that the time gaps exist among the plurality of PUSCH sub time frequency resources and the transmission can be completed in a longer time. In the Type-B repetition Type, a plurality of PUSCH sub time-frequency resources are continuous in a time domain, and a plurality of copies of data to be transmitted are continuously and repeatedly transmitted in sequence. If a downlink time slot (TDD system) or a time slot boundary is encountered, a plurality of PUSCH sub-time frequency resources can be split. The Type-B repetition Type has the advantages that a plurality of PUSCH sub-time-frequency resources are continuously transmitted in the time domain, the transmission delay is short, and the disadvantage is that the processing is complex when a downlink time slot or a time slot boundary is encountered.

On frequency domain resources, the repeated transmission of the PUSCH supports a frequency hopping mode and a non-frequency hopping mode, and the non-frequency hopping mode is that the frequency domain resources used by a plurality of PUSCH sub time-frequency resources in the repeated transmission process are the same. And for the frequency hopping mode, the frequency domain resources used by the plurality of PUSCH sub time-frequency resources are not completely the same. The standard now supports 2 hopping positions, calculated based on the following formula:

wherein RB _start Initial transmission frequency domain configuration, RB, for PUSCH repeated transmission configured by access network equipment to UE through UL grant _offset Configuring in RRC or configuring multiple RBs in PUSCH-Config of RRC signaling _offset Indicated in the UL grant. For the Type-B repeat Type, the frequency hopping mode is further divided into inter-copy frequency hopping and inter-time slot frequency hopping, the inter-copy frequency hopping indicates that frequency hopping is carried out when each copy is transmitted, and the inter-time slot frequency hopping indicates that frequency hopping is carried out when the time slot on the time domain changes in the repeat transmission process.

In the NR Rel-15/16 version, for configured grant scenarios, in a repeated transmission process, on multiple PUSCH sub-time-frequency resources,the UE generates a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) sequence of the PUSCH based on the same scrambling seed, and decides a resource location of the DMRS based on an antenna port given by the same UL grant. For example, for a PUSCH with a transmit waveform of an OFDM waveform, the scrambling seed of the DMRS is

And/or

PUSCH based on DFT-S-OFDM waveform

Generate a sequence of

Or

Or

Through the configuration of the RRC signaling, the ue can be configured,

or

Or

Corresponding values can be referred to the definition in TR 38.211.

2. Degree of overlap

The overlapping degree in this application may be understood as the number of UEs performing data transmission on the same PUSCH sub time frequency resource when a plurality of UEs perform data transmission using the same PUSCH sub time frequency resource. That is, a plurality of UEs are allocated to use the same PUSCH sub time frequency resource, that is, PUSCH sub time frequency resources of a plurality of UEs overlap with each other. It is to be understood that the embodiment of the present application does not limit the specific names of the overlapping degrees, the overlapping degrees are only one possible name for describing the above functions, and other names that can realize the above functions are all understood to be the same as the overlapping degrees, such as the aliasing degrees, the resource multiplexing degrees, and the like.

3. First time frequency resource and copy time frequency resource

In the embodiment of the present application, a PUSCH sub time-frequency resource configured by an access network device and used for performing first transmission of data is referred to as a first time-frequency resource. It can be understood that the first time-frequency resource is only for convenience in describing the embodiment of the present application, and does not limit the name used by the first-transmitted PUSCH sub time-frequency resource, and other names capable of expressing the above PUSCH sub time-frequency resource may also be understood as having the same meaning as that of the first time-frequency resource, for example, the first-transmitted time-frequency resource, the initial transmission resource, and the like.

Besides the PUSCH sub time frequency resource for the first transmission, the PUSCH sub time frequency resource in other repeated transmission processes is called a replica time frequency resource. It can be understood that the duplicate time-frequency resource is only for convenience of describing the embodiment of the present application, and names used by other PUSCH sub time-frequency resources in the repetitive transmission process are not limited, and other names capable of expressing other PUSCH sub time-frequency resources in the repetitive transmission process may also be understood as having the same meaning as that of the duplicate time-frequency resource, for example, non-first time-frequency resources, non-first transmission time-frequency resources, and the like.

4. Successive Interference Cancellation (SIC)

Serial interference elimination is one of multi-user detection technologies, and the basic principle is that a receiving end decodes received signals of a plurality of users, one user is determined according to the sequence of the signal power of the received user, the interference caused by the user signal gradually tends to be generated, and therefore circulation operation is carried out all the time, and the signals of the users are gradually subtracted until all multiple access interference is eliminated.

The technical solution of the present application is described in detail below with reference to specific embodiments and accompanying drawings. The following examples and implementations may be combined with each other and may not be repeated in some examples for the same or similar concepts or processes. It will be appreciated that the functions explained herein may be implemented by means of individual hardware circuits, by means of software functioning in conjunction with a processor/microprocessor or general purpose computer, by means of an application specific integrated circuit and/or by means of one or more digital signal processors. When described as a method, the present application may also be implemented in a computer processor and a memory coupled to the processor.

Fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a resource multiplexing transmission method 300 according to an embodiment of the present application. The transmission method of resource multiplexing is illustrated in fig. 3 by taking a plurality of UEs and access network devices as an example of the execution subject of the interaction schematic. The subject matter of the interaction schematic is not limited in this application. For example, the UE device in fig. 3 may also be a chip, a chip system, or a processor supporting the UE device implementation method, and the access network device may also be a chip, a chip system, or a processor supporting the access network device implementation method. The method 300 illustrated in fig. 3 includes steps 310 through 340. By the method, the UE can obtain the PUSCH time-frequency resource configured by the access network equipment, and the UE can execute repeated transmission of uplink data according to the PUSCH time-frequency resource configuration to ensure the reliability of data transmission; from the perspective of the access network device, the same PUSCH sub time-frequency resources can be multiplexed when uplink data of multiple UEs are repeatedly transmitted, thereby improving the spectrum efficiency of the system time-frequency resources. The method 300 provided by the embodiments of the present application is described below.

Step 310: the UE transmits a Sounding Reference Signal (SRS), and accordingly, the access network equipment receives the SRS from the UE.

The access network equipment receives the SRS signal sent by the UE to obtain the measurement of the uplink channel quality parameter, and the access network equipment can schedule the PUSCH resource required by the UE according to the measurement value of the SRS signal.

Step 320: and the access network equipment sends second PUSCH configuration information to the plurality of UEs, and correspondingly, the UEs receive the second PUSCH configuration information. In an embodiment, the plurality of UEs includes at least three UEs.

The second PUSCH configuration information is used to indicate at least two duplicate time-frequency resources to the UE, and the access network device may send the second PUSCH configuration information to the UE through an RRC signaling.

And the UE receives the second PUSCH configuration information, and the UE can determine at least two copy time-frequency resources according to the second PUSCH configuration information.

In a possible implementation manner, the second PUSCH configuration information includes multiple sets of frequency hopping information, and each set of frequency hopping information may be used to generate at least two replica time-frequency resources. The access network device sends second PUSCH configuration information to the UE, and accordingly, the UE receives the second PUSCH configuration information, and the UE may obtain multiple sets of frequency hopping information in the second PUSCH configuration information.

Optionally, the access network device may indicate the group index number of the frequency hopping information to the UE through the second PUSCH configuration information, and the UE determines the frequency hopping information according to the group index number indicated by the access network device.

Step 330: the access network equipment sends first PUSCH configuration information to the UE, correspondingly, the UE receives the first PUSCH configuration information, and the UE can determine the first time-frequency resource of data transmission according to the first PUSCH configuration information.

In a possible implementation manner, the access network device may send, to the UE through dynamic signaling, the first PUSCH configuration Information (Downlink Control Information, DCI), where the first PUSCH configuration Information included in the DCI is used to indicate a first time-frequency resource for the UE to transmit data, and the first PUSCH configuration Information may include, for example, a start symbol, a start slot, an occupied symbol length, a start RB, and the like. It is to be understood that any parameter or parameter format that enables the UE to determine the first time-frequency resource may be used. The UE may determine a first time-frequency resource for data transmission according to the first PUSCH configuration information.

In a possible implementation manner, the access network device sends DCI to the UE, where the DCI includes the first PUSCH configuration information and a group index number of the frequency hopping information, where the first PUSCH configuration information is used to indicate a first time-frequency resource for the UE to transmit data, the group index number of the frequency hopping information is used to indicate a group index number of the frequency hopping information in the second PUSCH configuration information configured by the access network device in step 320, and the UE may obtain the frequency hopping information corresponding to at least two duplicate time-frequency resources according to the group index number.

In an embodiment, if the second PUSCH configuration information already indicates the group index number of the frequency hopping information, the first PUSCH configuration information may no longer include the group index number information.

Correspondingly, after the DCI is obtained, the UE obtains a first time frequency resource according to the first PUSCH configuration information in the DCI, determines frequency hopping information indicated by the second PUSCH configuration information according to the group index number of the frequency hopping information in the DCI, determines at least two duplicate time frequency resources according to the first time frequency resource and the frequency hopping information, and repeatedly transmits data through the first time frequency resource and the at least two duplicate time frequency resources.

In another possible implementation, the access network device may send the first PUSCH configuration information to the UE through a static or semi-static signaling, for example, an RRC signaling, where the RRC signaling includes a first time-frequency resource for transmitting data by the UE, and a parameter or a parameter format indicating the first time-frequency resource is not limited in this embodiment of the application, for example, the RRC signaling includes a start symbol, a start slot, an occupied symbol length, and a start RB. It is to be understood that any parameter or parameter format that enables the UE to determine the first time-frequency resource may be used. The UE may determine a first time-frequency resource for data transmission according to the first PUSCH configuration information. Optionally, when the access network device sends the first PUSCH configuration information to the UE through RRC signaling, the access network device may send, to the UE through the downlink control information DCI, the group index number of the frequency hopping information in the second PUSCH configuration information in step 320, where the group index number of the frequency hopping information is used to instruct the UE to obtain frequency hopping information corresponding to at least two replica time frequency resources.

Correspondingly, after the UE obtains the RRC signaling, the UE obtains a first time frequency resource according to the first PUSCH configuration information in the RRC signaling, after the UE obtains the DCI, the UE determines frequency hopping information indicated by the second PUSCH configuration information according to the group index number of the frequency hopping information in the DCI, the UE determines at least two duplicate time frequency resources according to the first time frequency resource and the frequency hopping information, and the UE performs repeated data transmission through the first time frequency resource and the at least two duplicate time frequency resources.

In the embodiment of the present application, the execution order of step 320 and step 330 may be different in some situations. The access network device sends the first PUSCH configuration information and the second PUSCH configuration information to the UE through different signaling, generally, the second PUSCH configuration information in step 320 is sent to the UE through RRC signaling, where the second PUSCH configuration information includes multiple sets of frequency hopping information, and the access network device may send the information in a unicast or broadcast manner. In step 330, the first PUSCH configuration information is a first time-frequency resource configured by the access network device to the UE for data repeat transmission, and generally, the access network device sends the first PUSCH configuration information by using DCI signaling. At this point, step 330 is performed after step 320. Step 330 may be performed before step 320, or step 330 may be performed after step 320, if the access network device transmits the first PUCCH configuration information using RRC signaling.

Step 340: and the UE sends data based on the configured PUSCH time-frequency resource, and correspondingly, the access network equipment receives the data of the UE.

And the UE determines at least two copy time-frequency resources according to the first time-frequency resource and the frequency hopping information in the second PUSCH configuration information, and repeatedly transmits data through the first time-frequency resource and the at least two copy time-frequency resources, so that the reliability of data transmission is ensured.

And the access network equipment receives the UE data based on the configured PUSCH time-frequency resource.

In a possible implementation manner, the UE may not have data to send, and accordingly, the access network device may not receive the data of the UE on the PUSCH time-frequency resource.

In the embodiment of the present application, step 310 is an optional step, that is, step 310 may not be included in the embodiment of the present application.

In one possible embodiment, if step 310 is included, the execution sequence of step 310 may be before step 320, or step 310 may be after step 320 and before step 330.

In the foregoing embodiment, the access network device configures, to the UE, PUSCH time frequency resources for repeated transmission of data, and indicates, to the UE, first time frequency resources for repeated transmission of data through the first PUSCH configuration information, and indicates, to the UE, duplicate time frequency resources for repeated transmission of data through the second PUSCH configuration information, where the first PUSCH configuration information and the second PUSCH configuration information are sent to the UE through different signaling.

From the perspective of the access network device, each UE of the at least three UEs obtains a corresponding first time-frequency resource and at least two replica time-frequency resources for performing repeated transmission of data of each UE, and each UE of the at least three UEs is respectively overlapped with different UEs on the at least two replica time-frequency resources, that is, PUSCH time-frequency resources between UEs are partially the same. The overlapping degree of each UE on the first time frequency resource is less than or equal to that on the replica time frequency resource.

By the method in the embodiment of the application, each UE in the at least three UEs can perform repeated transmission according to the PUSCH time-frequency resource configured by the access network equipment, and the PUSCH time-frequency resources among the at least three UEs are partially the same, so that the reliability of data transmission is ensured, and the spectrum efficiency of system resources is improved.

In the embodiment of the present application, the multiplexing pattern of the PUSCH resources among the at least three UEs is not limited, and in the embodiment of the present application, for example, in fig. 4, each block represents one PUSCH sub-time-frequency resource, for example, frequency domain resource 1 and time domain resource 1 constitute one PUSCH sub-time-frequency resource, and frequency domain resource 2 and time domain resource 1 constitute another PUSCH sub-time-frequency resource. It is to be understood that adjacent PUSCH sub time frequency resources in the figure are not necessarily adjacent in time domain or frequency domain, for example, PUSCH sub time frequency resource 1 and PUSCH sub time frequency resource 2 in fig. 4 (a) are not necessarily adjacent in frequency domain, and PUSCH sub time frequency resource 1 and PUSCH sub time frequency resource 4 are not necessarily adjacent in time domain. And the graphic identifiers of different UEs on one PUSCH sub time-frequency resource are only used for indicating that the PUSCH sub time-frequency resource is simultaneously allocated to different UEs for use, and the number of the UE graphic identifiers on each PUSCH sub time-frequency resource indicates the overlapping degree on the PUSCH sub time-frequency resource.

As shown in fig. 4 (a), the access network device configures PUSCH time-frequency resources for UE1, UE2, and UE3, where the PUSCH time-frequency resources of each UE include a first time-frequency resource and two replica time-frequency resources, for example, PUSCH sub-time-frequency resource 1 is the first time-frequency resource of UE3, PUSCH sub-time-frequency resources 6 and 8 are the two replica time-frequency resources of UE3, and likewise, PUSCH sub-time-frequency resource 3 is the first time-frequency resource of UE1, and PUSCH sub-time-frequency resources 8 and 10 are the two replica time-frequency resources of UE 1. As shown in fig. 4 (a), the first time-frequency resource corresponding to each UE is not overlapped, and the subsequent two duplicate time-frequency resources of each UE are respectively overlapped with different UEs, taking UE1 as an example, UE1 is overlapped with UE3 on the first duplicate time-frequency resource (PUSCH sub time-frequency resource 8) of UE1, and UE1 is overlapped with UE2 on the second duplicate time-frequency resource (PUSCH sub time-frequency resource 10) of UE 1. The overlapping degree of the first time frequency resource of each UE is 1, the overlapping degree of the two subsequent duplicate time frequency resources of the UE is 2, namely the overlapping degree of each UE on the first time frequency resource is less than or equal to the overlapping degree on the duplicate time frequency resource of the UE on the configured time frequency resources. As also shown in fig. 4 (b), the access network device configures PUSCH time-frequency resources for UEs 1 to 6, where the PUSCH time-frequency resources of each UE include a first time-frequency resource and two replica time-frequency resources, for example, PUSCH sub-time-frequency resource 3 is the first time-frequency resource of UE1, PUSCH sub-time-frequency resources 5 and 10 are the two replica time-frequency resources of UE1, meanwhile, PUSCH sub-time-frequency resource 3 is the first time-frequency resource of UE2, and PUSCH sub-time-frequency resources 5 and 9 are the two replica time-frequency resources of UE 2. Taking the PUSCH time-frequency resource of the UE1 as an example, the first time-frequency resource of the UE1 overlaps with the first time-frequency resource of the UE2, the overlapping degree on the first time-frequency resource of the UE1 is 2, and UEs aliased on the subsequent two duplicate time-frequency resources of the UE1 are not identical, for example, the UE1 overlaps with the UE2, the UE3, and the UE6 on the first duplicate time-frequency resource (PUSCH sub time-frequency resource 5) of the UE1, and the UE1 overlaps with the UE4, the UE5, and the UE6 on the second duplicate time-frequency resource (PUSCH sub time-frequency resource 10) of the UE 1. The overlap of the time-frequency resources of the two subsequent copies of UE1 is 4.

In step 320 of this embodiment, the access network device sends second PUSCH configuration information to the UE, where the second PUSCH configuration information is sent through RRC signaling, and the second PUSCH configuration information may include multiple sets of frequency hopping information, where each set of frequency hopping information is used to generate at least two replica time-frequency resources. For convenience of describing information carried in the frequency hopping information, information that may be carried in the frequency hopping information is divided into frequency domain resource information, time domain resource information, and DMRS resource information. It can be understood that the frequency domain resource information, the time domain resource information, and the DMRS resource information are only used to describe information that may be carried in the frequency hopping information, and it is not limited that the frequency domain resource information, the time domain resource information, and the DMRS resource information must be carried in the frequency hopping information at the same time.

(1) The frequency hopping information carries frequency domain resource information used for indicating to the UE to generate at least two copies of time frequency resources, that is, the frequency hopping information carries one of the following information:

a list of starting resource block offset values is provided,

a list of frequency-hopping offset values is displayed,

a list of hopping seeds.

(2) Optionally, the frequency hopping information may further carry time domain resource information used for indicating to the UE to generate at least two time frequency resources of the replica, that is, the frequency hopping information further includes at least one of the following information:

a list of starting symbol values is then generated,

a list of offset values for the starting time slot,

for the OFDM symbol length.

Optionally, because the persistent OFDM symbol lengths of the at least two replica time-frequency resources used for data repetition transmission on the time-domain resources are the same, the persistent OFDM symbol lengths may be carried in the second PUSCH configuration information in addition to the frequency hopping information, so as to reduce the signaling overhead.

In a possible embodiment, the access network device may indicate, to the UE, a repeat transmission type, where the repeat transmission type is used to indicate a time-domain relationship between multiple transmission time-frequency resources, that is, a repeat transmission type is carried in the frequency hopping information, and is used to indicate a relationship in a time domain between at least two duplicate time-frequency resources of the UE. The PUSCH repetition transmission type includes type-a and type-B, and the definition of type-a and type-B can refer to the foregoing explanation of the uplink URLLC repetition transmission process, and details are not described here.

It can be understood that the UE may determine, according to the time domain configuration information of the first time-frequency resource and the repeated transmission type configured by the access network device, time domain resource information between the first time-frequency resource and at least two replica time-frequency resources that the UE uses for PUSCH repeated transmission. It can be understood that, when the above-mentioned frequency hopping information carries a repeat transmission type, the access network device does not need to reconfigure other parameters of the time domain resource information for indicating at least two replica time frequency resources to the UE.

(3) Optionally, the frequency hopping information may further carry DMRS resource information used for indicating to the UE to generate at least two replica time-frequency resources, that is, the frequency hopping information further includes at least one of the following information: a list of DMRS offset values, a list of DMRS ports.

It may be understood that information included in each set of frequency hopping information may be used to generate at least two replica time-frequency resources, and if the frequency hopping information includes at least two of frequency domain resource information, time domain resource information, and DMRS configuration information used to generate the at least two replica time-frequency resources, the list lengths of the at least two information of the frequency domain resource information, the time domain resource information, and the DMRS configuration information may be the same or different, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application. In the frequency hopping information, a scenario in which the list lengths of at least two kinds of information among the frequency domain resource information, the time domain resource information, and the DMRS configuration information are different is, for example, a frequency hopping offset value list in which a repeated transmission type, a list length L, and a DMRS offset value list in which a list length L are carried in the frequency hopping information. As another example, the hopping information carries a repeat transmission type and a hopping seed.

The frequency hopping information includes a scenario where list lengths of at least two information of frequency domain resource information, time domain resource information, and DMRS configuration information are the same, for example, each group of frequency hopping information includes (L-1) PUSCH time frequency resource configuration information, each PUSCH configuration information includes at least two information of the frequency domain resource information, the time domain resource information, and the DMRS configuration information, where the frequency domain resource information may be a starting resource block offset value, or a frequency hopping seed, the time domain resource information may include at least one information of a starting symbol value, a starting slot offset value, and a continuous OFDM symbol length, the DMRS configuration information may include a DMRS offset value, and at least one information of DMRS ports, and a value of (L-1) is the number of each group of frequency hopping information configured by the access network device.

It can be understood that the above example is only used to illustrate that the list lengths of at least two types of information, which are frequency domain resource information, time domain resource information, and DMRS configuration information carried in the frequency hopping information, may be the same or different, and the above example is not limited to the indication form determined for the frequency hopping information in the second PUSCH configuration information.

It can be understood that the above configuration information for generating the frequency domain resource information, the time domain resource information, and the DMRS in the at least two replica time-frequency resources is only used to illustrate parameters in the frequency hopping information when the access network device indicates to the UE to generate the at least two replica time-frequency resources, and does not limit names of the parameters in the frequency hopping information.

Optionally, the second PUSCH configuration information may include, in addition to the frequency hopping information, the following information: the number of times data is repeatedly transmitted. The number of times of data repeated transmission is used for indicating the number of the at least two duplicate time-frequency resources to the UE, or the number of times of data repeated transmission is used for indicating the total number of the first time-frequency resources and the at least two duplicate time-frequency resources to the UE.

It can be understood that the access network device sends the first PUSCH configuration information to the UE to indicate the first time-frequency resource, and sends the second PUSCH configuration information to indicate the frequency hopping information, where the sum of the lengths of the first time-frequency resource and the frequency hopping information is L, and the values of L and the number of times of data retransmission may be the same or different. The relationship between the two is exemplified in the following description when at least two replica time frequency resources are obtained.

In step 340 of the embodiment of the present application, the UE determines at least two replica time-frequency resources according to the first time-frequency resource and the second PUSCH configuration information, and the UE performs repeated data transmission through the first time-frequency resource and the at least two replica time-frequency resources. When the UE determines at least 2 replica time-frequency resources, at least one of a frequency domain resource, a time domain resource, and a DMRS resource of each replica time-frequency resource needs to be determined. Here, the determination method of the duplicate time-frequency resource is exemplified, and it can be understood that the determination method between the first time-frequency resource and the duplicate time-frequency resource in the following description is also applicable to the access network device, and the access network device generates the PUSCH time-frequency resource of each of the at least three UEs based on the determination method.

A. Frequency domain resource position of each copy time frequency resource in at least two copy time frequency resources

The UE determines the frequency domain resource of each copy time frequency resource, and mainly comprises the step of determining the frequency domain starting resource block index of each copy time frequency resource on a part of Bandwidth (BWP) of PUSCH time frequency resource used for uplink data transmission by the UE. The initial resource block index is determined according to the initial resource block index of the first time-frequency resource and the initial resource block offset value, and the initial resource block offset value is determined according to frequency hopping information in the second PUSCH configuration information.

In a possible implementation manner, the frequency hopping information carries a starting resource block offset value, and then an RB starting position of a frequency domain resource of an i-th replica time-frequency resource is: (RB) _start +RB _offset )modN _BWP Wherein RB _start Starting RB position of first time frequency resource, RB _offset Relative RB of time-frequency resource of ith copy configured for access network equipment _start Starting resource offset value of, N _BWP And configuring the total number of resource blocks of the BWP where the PUSCH time-frequency resource used for uplink data transmission is located to the UE for the access network equipment.

In another possible implementation, the frequency hopping information carries a frequency hopping offset value, and then the RB starting position of the frequency domain resource of the ith copy time-frequency resource is:

wherein i is an integer greater than 0, RB _start Frequency hop hopping offset, which is the starting RB position of the first time frequency resource, is a list of frequency hopping offset values configured by the access network equipment, and (L-1) is the length of the list of frequency hopping offset values, N _BWP And configuring the total number of resource blocks of the BWP where the PUSCH time-frequency resource used for uplink data transmission is located to the UE for the access network equipment.

In another possible implementation, the frequency hopping information carries a frequency hopping seed, and the RB starting position of the frequency domain resource of the ith copy time-frequency resource is:

wherein i is an integer greater than 0, RB _start Starting RB position, N, of the first time-frequency resource _BWP The method comprises the steps that the total resource block number frequency HoppingSeed of BWP where PUSCH time-frequency resources used for uplink data transmission configured for UE by access network equipment are located is a value of a frequency hopping Seed configured for UE by the access network equipment, and f (k, seed) is a frequency hopping function and is used for obtaining an initial resource block offset value of the ith copy time-frequency resource relative to the first time-frequency resource according to the frequency hopping Seed. One possible expression of the hopping function f (k, seed) is as follows:

k = (i mod L), i mod L ≠ 0 wherein RB _start，0 Configuring an initial value for the access network equipment to the UE for generating at least two copy time-frequency resources, seed is a frequency hopping Seed,

is the number of resource blocks of the frequency hopping granularity,

and A is the maximum frequency hopping number corresponding to the frequency hopping granularity and is the parameter of the frequency hopping function. For RB _start，0 、

And a, may be predefined in the standard, or may be configured by the access network device to the UE through other RRC signaling, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

In the embodiment of the present application, a method for generating frequency domain resources of at least two replica time frequency resources based on frequency hopping seeds is described as an example. For example, the access network device configures PUSCH time-frequency resources to the UEs 1 to 8, where the hopping seeds are respectively seed1 to seed8 corresponding to the UEs 1 to 8, and the parameters in the hopping function are respectively RB _start，0 ＝0，

N _BWP Where =4,l =1, the frequency domain resources of the at least two copies of the time-frequency resources of UE1 to UE8 are as shown in fig. 5 (b) based on the above frequency hopping function. Fig. 5 (a) is a schematic diagram of the locations of frequency domain resources of the first time-frequency resources of UE1 to UE 8. It can be understood that, in fig. 5, the first time-frequency resource of each of the UE1 to UE8 and the at least two duplicate time-frequency resources of the UE may not overlap in a frequency domain, and may also partially overlap, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

It is to be understood that the above example is only illustrative of the method for generating frequency domain resources based on frequency hopping seeds, and is not limited to the overlapping pattern between PUSCH time frequency resources of at least three UEs, which may be generated by the above method.

B. Time domain resource position of each copy time frequency resource in at least two copy time frequency resources

If the frequency hopping information in the second PUSCH configuration information includes the configuration parameter for indicating the time domain resource, the UE may determine the time domain resource position of each replica time frequency resource according to the time domain resource of the first time frequency resource and the configuration parameter for indicating the time domain resource carried in the frequency hopping information.

In a possible implementation manner, the frequency hopping information includes a starting symbol value list and a starting timeslot offset value list, and the time domain resource position of the ith replica time frequency resource may be determined according to the starting timeslot index of the first time frequency resource, the starting symbol value list and the starting timeslot offset value list, and the specific expression may be:

(Slot _start +startslotOffset(i))*m+Symbol _start (i)

wherein, the Slot _start The time slot index is a starting time slot index of a first time frequency resource, m represents a symbol length in one time slot, and a value of m is defined according to a predefined value set in a standard, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application. startslotOffset (i) is a starting time slot offset value, symbol, configured by the access network equipment to the UE for determining the ith copy time-frequency resource _start (i) And the access network equipment configures a starting symbol value for the UE for determining the ith copy time-frequency resource.

In another possible implementation, the frequency hopping information only includes a starting symbol value list, and the time domain resource position of the i-th replica time frequency resource may be determined according to the starting time slot index of the first time frequency resource and the starting symbol value list, and the specific expression may be:

(SlOt _start +i)*m+Symbol _start (i)

wherein, the Slot _start The starting time slot index is the starting time slot index of the first time frequency resource, m represents the symbol length in one time slot, and the value of m is defined according to a predefined value set in the standard, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application. Symbol _start (i) And the starting symbol value is configured to the UE for the access network equipment to determine the ith copy time-frequency resource.

C. DMRS resource of each of at least two replica time frequency resources

If the frequency hopping information in the second PUSCH configuration information includes the configuration information corresponding to the DMRS resource, the UE may determine the DMRS resource on each replica time-frequency resource according to the configuration information used for indicating the DMRS resource in the frequency hopping information.

In a possible implementation manner, if the frequency hopping information contains the DMRS offset value list, when the UE determines the DMRS sequence on the ith copy time-frequency resource, the seed in the DMRS sequence is

Wherein dmrsfoffset (i) is a DMRS offset value corresponding to an i-th replica time-frequency resource in a DMRS offset value list configured for access network equipment,

an initialization scrambling seed configured for an access network device for generating a DMRS sequence,

the specific values of (a) are not limited in the embodiments of the present application, and reference may be made to the definition in the current standard protocol TR 38.211. For example, when the carrier is an OFDM waveform,

is taken as

Or alternatively

When the carrier is a DFT-S-OFDM waveform,

is taken as

In a possible implementation manner, if the frequency hopping information contains the DMRS port list, the UE determines to determine the DMRS port on the i-th replica time-frequency resource according to the corresponding DMRS port in the frequency hopping information.

The DMRS sequences or DMRS ports used by the UE for transmitting data on the first time frequency resource and the at least two copy time frequency resources are different, so that possible DMRS collision can be avoided when one UE and other UEs multiplex the same time frequency resources.

Based on the resource multiplexing transmission method described in the embodiment of the present application, the access network device receives data of the UE based on the configured PUSCH time-frequency resource. If the data of at least 2 UEs are received on the same PUSCH time-frequency resource, the access network equipment can eliminate the interference between different UEs by using the serial interference elimination SIC technology and decode the data of the UEs, thereby ensuring the transmission reliability of the UEs, reducing the PUSCH time-frequency resource overhead and improving the spectrum efficiency.

It can be understood that the resource multiplexing transmission method in the embodiment of the present application is not limited to uplink transmission of the URLLC service, and is applicable to other scenarios in which repeated transmission is required to ensure reliability of data transmission and improve spectrum efficiency as much as possible.

Fig. 6 shows a schematic diagram of a device. The apparatus 600 may be an access network device, a core network device, a terminal device, a chip system, a processor, or the like, which supports the access network device to implement the method, a chip system, a processor, or the like, which supports the core network device to implement the method, or a chip, a chip system, a processor, or the like, which supports the terminal device to implement the method. The apparatus may be configured to implement the method described in the method embodiment, and refer to the description in the method embodiment.

The apparatus 600 may comprise one or more processors 601, where the processors 601 may also be referred to as processing units and may implement certain control functions. The processor 601 may be a general purpose processor or a special purpose processor, etc. For example, a baseband processor or a central processor. The baseband processor may be configured to process communication protocols and communication data, and the central processor may be configured to control a communication device (e.g., a base station, a baseband chip, a terminal device chip, a DU or CU, etc.), execute a software program, and process data of the software program.

In an alternative design, the processor 601 may also store instructions and/or data 603, and the instructions and/or data 603 may be executed by the processor, so that the apparatus 600 performs the method described in the above method embodiment.

In an alternative design, the processor 601 may include a transceiver unit to perform receive and transmit functions. The transceiving unit may be, for example, a transceiving circuit, or an interface circuit. The transmit and receive circuitry, interfaces or interface circuitry used to implement the receive and transmit functions may be separate or integrated. The transceiver circuit, the interface circuit or the interface circuit may be used for reading and writing code/data, or the transceiver circuit, the interface circuit or the interface circuit may be used for transmitting or transferring signals.

In yet another possible design, the apparatus 600 may include circuitry that may implement the functionality of transmitting or receiving or communicating in the foregoing method embodiments.

Optionally, the apparatus 600 may include one or more memories 602, on which instructions 604 may be stored, and the instructions may be executed on the processor, so that the apparatus 600 performs the method described in the above method embodiments. Optionally, the memory may further store data. Optionally, instructions and/or data may also be stored in the processor. The processor and the memory may be provided separately or may be integrated together. For example, the correspondence described in the above method embodiments may be stored in a memory, or stored in a processor.

Optionally, the apparatus 600 may further comprise a transceiver 605 and/or an antenna 606. The processor 601, which may be referred to as a processing unit, controls the apparatus 600. The transceiver 605 may be referred to as a transceiving unit, a transceiver, a transceiving circuit, a transceiving device, or a transceiving module, etc., and is used for implementing transceiving functions.

Optionally, the apparatus 600 in this embodiment of the present application may be used to perform the method described in fig. 3 in this embodiment of the present application. The processors and transceivers described herein may be implemented on Integrated Circuits (ICs), analog ICs, radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFICs), mixed signal ICs, application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), printed Circuit Boards (PCBs), electronic devices, and the like. The processor and transceiver may also be fabricated using various IC process technologies, such as Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS), N-type metal oxide semiconductor (NMOS), P-type metal oxide semiconductor (PMOS), bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT), bipolar CMOS (BiCMOS), silicon germanium (SiGe), gallium arsenide (G6 s), and the like.

The apparatus in the above description of the embodiment may be an access network device, a core network device, or a terminal device, but the scope of the apparatus described in this application is not limited thereto, and the structure of the apparatus may not be limited by fig. 6. The apparatus may be a stand-alone device or may be part of a larger device. For example, the apparatus may be:

(1) A stand-alone integrated circuit IC, or chip, or system-on-chip or subsystem;

(2) A set of one or more ICs, which optionally may also include storage components for storing data and/or instructions;

(3) An ASIC, such as a modem (MSM);

(4) A module that may be embedded within other devices;

(5) A receiver, a terminal device, a smart terminal device, a cellular phone, a wireless device, a handset, a mobile unit, a vehicle device, an access network device, a core network device, a cloud device, an artificial intelligence device, a machine device, a home device, a medical device, an industrial device, and the like;

(6) Others, etc.

Fig. 7 provides a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device. The terminal device may be adapted to the scenario shown in fig. 1. For convenience of explanation, fig. 7 shows only main components of the terminal device. As shown in fig. 7, the terminal device 700 includes a processor, a memory, a control circuit, an antenna, and an input-output means. The processor is mainly used for processing the communication protocol and the communication data, controlling the whole terminal equipment, executing the software program and processing the data of the software program. The memory is primarily used for storing software programs and data. The radio frequency circuit is mainly used for converting baseband signals and radio frequency signals and processing the radio frequency signals. The antenna is mainly used for receiving and transmitting radio frequency signals in the form of electromagnetic waves. Input and output devices, such as touch screens, display screens, keyboards, etc., are mainly used for receiving data input by users and outputting data to the users.

When the terminal device is started, the processor can read the software program in the storage unit, analyze and execute the instruction of the software program, and process the data of the software program. When data needs to be sent wirelessly, the processor performs baseband processing on the data to be sent and outputs baseband signals to the radio frequency circuit, and the radio frequency circuit processes the baseband signals to obtain radio frequency signals and sends the radio frequency signals outwards in the form of electromagnetic waves through the antenna. When data is transmitted to the terminal device, the radio frequency circuit receives a radio frequency signal through the antenna, the radio frequency signal is further converted into a baseband signal, the baseband signal is output to the processor, and the processor converts the baseband signal into the data and processes the data.

For ease of illustration, fig. 7 shows only one memory and processor. In an actual terminal device, there may be multiple processors and memories. The memory may also be referred to as a storage medium or a storage device, and the like, which is not limited in this respect in the embodiment of the present invention. As an alternative implementation manner, the processor may include a baseband processor and a central processing unit, where the baseband processor is mainly used to process a communication protocol and communication data, and the central processing unit is mainly used to control the whole terminal device, execute a software program, and process data of the software program. The processor in fig. 7 integrates the functions of the baseband processor and the central processing unit, and those skilled in the art will understand that the baseband processor and the central processing unit may also be independent processors, and are interconnected through a bus or the like. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the terminal device may include a plurality of baseband processors to accommodate different network formats, the terminal device may include a plurality of central processors to enhance its processing capability, and various components of the terminal device may be connected by various buses. The baseband processor can also be expressed as a baseband processing circuit or a baseband processing chip. The central processing unit can also be expressed as a central processing circuit or a central processing chip. The function of processing the communication protocol and the communication data may be built in the processor, or may be stored in the storage unit in the form of a software program, and the software program is executed by the processor to realize the baseband processing function.

In one example, the antenna and the control circuit having the transceiving function may be regarded as the transceiving unit 711 of the terminal device 700, and the processor having the processing function may be regarded as the processing unit 712 of the terminal device 700. As shown in fig. 7, the terminal device 700 includes a transceiving unit 711 and a processing unit 712. A transceiver unit may also be referred to as a transceiver, a transceiving device, etc. Optionally, a device in the transceiver unit 711 for implementing a receiving function may be regarded as a receiving unit, and a device in the transceiver unit 711 for implementing a sending function may be regarded as a sending unit, that is, the transceiver unit 711 includes a receiving unit and a sending unit. For example, the receiving unit may also be referred to as a receiver, a receiving circuit, etc., and the sending unit may be referred to as a transmitter, a transmitting circuit, etc. Optionally, the receiving unit and the sending unit may be integrated into one unit, or may be multiple units independent of each other. The receiving unit and the transmitting unit can be in one geographical position or can be dispersed in a plurality of geographical positions.

Fig. 8 provides a schematic structural diagram of an access network device. The access network apparatus may be adapted for use in the scenario illustrated in fig. 1. For ease of illustration, fig. 8 shows only the main components of the access network equipment. As shown in fig. 8, the base station apparatus includes a processor, a memory, a radio frequency module, and an antenna. The processor is mainly used for processing communication protocols and communication data, controlling the whole terminal equipment, executing software programs and processing data of the software programs. The memory is used primarily for storing software programs and data. The radio frequency module is mainly used for converting baseband signals and radio frequency signals and processing the radio frequency signals. The antenna is mainly used for receiving and transmitting radio frequency signals in the form of electromagnetic waves.

For ease of illustration, fig. 8 shows only one memory and processor. In an actual access network device, there may be multiple processors and memories. The memory may also be referred to as a storage medium or a storage device, and the like, which is not limited in this respect in the embodiment of the present invention.

In one example, the antenna and the rf module with transceiving functions can be considered as the transceiving unit 810 of the access network device 800, and the processor and the memory with processing functions can be considered as the processing unit 820 of the access network device 800. As shown in fig. 8, the access network apparatus 800 includes a transceiving unit 810 and a processing unit 820. A transceiver unit may also be referred to as a transceiver, a transceiving device, etc. Optionally, a device used for implementing the receiving function in the transceiver 810 may be regarded as a receiving unit, and a device used for implementing the transmitting function in the transceiver 810 may be regarded as a transmitting unit, that is, the transceiver 810 includes a receiving unit and a transmitting unit. For example, the receiving unit may also be referred to as a receiver, a receiving circuit, etc., and the sending unit may be referred to as a transmitter, a transmitting circuit, etc. Optionally, the receiving unit and the sending unit may be integrated into one unit, or may be multiple units independent of each other. The receiving unit and the transmitting unit can be in one geographical position or can be dispersed in a plurality of geographical positions. The processing unit 820 is mainly used for performing baseband processing, controlling access network devices, and the like, and is a control center of the access network devices. The processing unit 820 may be formed by one or more boards, where a plurality of boards may jointly support a radio access network with a single access indication (e.g., a 5G network), and may also respectively support radio access networks with different access systems (e.g., an LTE network, a 5G network, or other networks). The memory 821 and the processor 822 may serve one or more boards. That is, the memory and processor may be provided separately on each board. Multiple boards may share the same memory and processor. In addition, each single board can be provided with necessary circuits.

As shown in fig. 9, yet another embodiment of the present application provides an apparatus 900. The apparatus may be a terminal device or a component of a terminal device (e.g., an integrated circuit, a chip, etc.). Alternatively, the apparatus may be a core network device, or may be a component (e.g., an integrated circuit, a chip, etc.) of a core network device. Alternatively, the apparatus may be an access network device, or may be a component (e.g., an integrated circuit, a chip, or the like) of the access network device, or may be another communication module, and is configured to implement the method in the embodiment of the present application. The apparatus 900 may include a processing module 902 (or referred to as a processing unit). Optionally, the apparatus may further include a transceiver module 901 (or referred to as a transceiver unit) and a storage module 903 (or referred to as a storage unit).

In one possible design, one or more of the modules in fig. 9 may be implemented by one or more processors or by one or more processors and memory; or by one or more processors and transceivers; or by one or more processors, memories, and transceivers, which are not limited in this application. The processor, the memory and the transceiver can be arranged independently or integrated.

The apparatus has a function of implementing the terminal device described in the embodiment of the present application, for example, the apparatus includes a module or a unit or means (means) corresponding to the step of executing the terminal device described in the embodiment of the present application by the terminal device, and the function or the unit or the means (means) may be implemented by software or hardware, or may be implemented by hardware executing corresponding software, or may be implemented by a combination of software and hardware. Reference may further be made in detail to the corresponding description in the corresponding method embodiments hereinbefore described. Or, the apparatus has a function of implementing the access network device described in this embodiment, for example, the apparatus includes a module, an element, or a means (means) corresponding to the access network device executing the access network device related steps described in this embodiment, and the function, the element, or the means (means) may be implemented by software, or implemented by hardware executing corresponding software, or implemented by a combination of software and hardware. Reference may further be made in detail to the corresponding description in the corresponding method embodiments hereinbefore described. Or, the apparatus has a function of implementing the core network device described in this embodiment, for example, the apparatus includes a module or a unit or means (means) corresponding to the step of executing the core network device described in this embodiment by the core network device, and the function or the unit or the means (means) may be implemented by software or hardware, or may be implemented by hardware executing corresponding software, or may be implemented by a combination of software and hardware. Reference may further be made in detail to the corresponding description in the corresponding method embodiments hereinbefore described.

Optionally, each module in the apparatus 900 in this embodiment of the present application may be configured to perform the method described in fig. 3 in this embodiment of the present application.

In one possible design, an apparatus 900 may include: a processing module 902 and a transceiver module 901. The transceiver module 901 is configured to receive first PLMN information from a first cell of a first access network device and second PLMN information from a second cell of a second access network device. The processing module 902 is configured to determine whether to send first information to the first access network device according to the first PLMN information and the second PMMN information, where the first information includes a PLMN list, and the PLMN list includes a PLMN set that allows the terminal device to perform minimization of drive test MDT. The transceiver module 901 is further configured to send the first information to the first access network device.

By the device, whether the first information needs to be sent to the first access equipment or not can be judged, and the continuity of MDT measurement is ensured.

In one possible design, an apparatus 900 may include: a processing module 902 and a transceiver module 901. The processing module 902 is configured to generate PUSCH time-frequency resources for at least three UEs, where the PUSCH time-frequency resources include a first time-frequency resource corresponding to each UE of the at least three UEs and at least two replica time-frequency resources, and each UE of the at least three UEs is overlapped with different UEs on the at least two replica time-frequency resources. The transceiver module 901 is configured to send the configuration information of the PUSCH time-frequency resources to the at least three UEs. The transceiver module 901 is further configured to receive data of the UE.

Through the device, the configuration information corresponding to the PUSCH time-frequency resources can be sent to at least 3 UEs in time, so that the PUSCH time-frequency resources of each UE in the at least 3 UEs are partially overlapped, and the spectrum efficiency of the system is improved.

In one possible design, an apparatus 900 may include: a storage module 903, a processing module 902 and a transceiver module 901. The transceiver module 901 is configured to receive configuration information sent by an access network device, where the configuration information is used to determine a PUSCH time-frequency resource of a physical uplink shared channel, where the PUSCH time-frequency resource includes a first time-frequency resource of the UE and at least two duplicate time-frequency resources, and the UE overlaps with different UEs on the at least two duplicate time-frequency resources. The storage module 903 is used for storing the configuration information. The processing module 902 is configured to obtain, according to the configuration information, a PUSCH time-frequency resource indicated by the configuration information. The transceiver module 901 is further configured to send data based on the PUSCH time-frequency resource.

By the device, data can be sent to the access network equipment in time, and based on the PUSCH time-frequency resource, repeated transmission of the data is realized, and the reliability of data transmission is ensured.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a communication system, which may include, for example, an access network device and a UE. The access network device and the UE may communicate with each other, for example, the access network device may send configuration information corresponding to the PUSCH time-frequency resource configured by the access network device to the UE.

It should be understood that the above description only describes that the communication device executes some embodiments in the embodiments of the present application, and the device provided in the embodiments of the present application may also implement other embodiments in the embodiments of the present application, which are not described herein again.

It is understood that some optional features in the embodiments of the present application may be implemented independently without depending on other features in some scenarios, such as a currently-based solution, to solve corresponding technical problems and achieve corresponding effects, or may be combined with other features according to requirements in some scenarios. Accordingly, the apparatuses provided in the embodiments of the present application may also implement these features or functions, which are not described herein again. Those skilled in the art will also appreciate that the various illustrative logical blocks and steps (step) set forth in the embodiments of the present application may be implemented in electronic hardware, computer software, or combinations of both. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design requirements of the overall system. Those skilled in the art can implement the described functions in various ways for corresponding applications, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the embodiments of the present application.

It is understood that the processor in the embodiments of the present application may be an integrated circuit chip having signal processing capability. 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), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic device, or discrete hardware components.

The solution described in the present application can be implemented in various ways. For example, these techniques may be implemented in hardware, software, or a combination of hardware and software. For a hardware implementation, the processing units used to perform the techniques at a communication device (e.g., a base station, a terminal device, a network entity, or a chip) may be implemented in one or more general-purpose processors, DSPs, digital signal processing devices, ASICs, programmable logic devices, FPGAs, or other programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combinations of the above. A general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor, but, in the alternative, the processor may be any conventional processor, controller, microcontroller, or state machine. A processor may also be implemented as a combination of computing devices, e.g., a digital signal processor and a microprocessor, a plurality of microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in conjunction with a digital signal processor core, or any other similar configuration.

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 EPROM (EEPROM), or a flash memory. Volatile memory can be Random Access Memory (RAM), which acts as external cache memory. By way of example, but 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 SDRAM, enhanced SDRAM, SLDRAM, 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.

The present application also provides a computer-readable medium having stored thereon a computer program which, when executed by a computer, performs the functions of any of the method embodiments described above.

The present application also provides a computer program product which, when executed by a computer, implements the functionality of any of the method embodiments described above.

In the above embodiments, the implementation may be wholly or partially realized 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 application to occur, in whole or in part. The computer may be a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, a network of computers, or other programmable device. 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., a floppy disk, a hard disk, a magnetic tape), an optical medium (e.g., a Digital Video Disk (DVD)), or a semiconductor medium (e.g., a Solid State Disk (SSD)), among others.

It should be appreciated that reference throughout this specification to "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment of the present application. Thus, the various embodiments are not necessarily referring to the same embodiment throughout the specification. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments. It should be understood that, in the various embodiments of the present application, the sequence numbers of the above-mentioned processes do not mean the execution sequence, and the execution sequence of each process should be determined by its function and inherent logic, and should not constitute any limitation to the implementation process of the embodiments of the present application.

It is understood that in this application, "when," "8230," "if," and "if" all refer to the fact that the device performs the corresponding process in an objective situation, and are not intended to be limiting with respect to time, nor do they require certain judgment actions to be taken in the implementation of the device, nor do they imply that other limitations exist.

The term "simultaneously" in this application is to be understood as being at the same point in time, as well as being within a period of time, and also being within the same period.

Those skilled in the art will understand that: the various numerical designations of first, second, etc. referred to in this application are merely for convenience of description and are not intended to limit the scope of the embodiments of the present application. The specific values, numbers and positions of the numbers (which may also be referred to as indexes) in the present application are only used for illustrative purposes, are not only representative forms, and do not limit the scope of the embodiments of the present application. The first, second, etc. numerical references in this application are also for descriptive convenience only and are not intended to limit the scope of the embodiments of the present application.

Reference in the present application to an element using the singular is intended to mean "one or more" rather than "one and only one" unless specifically stated otherwise. In the present application, unless otherwise specified, "at least one" is intended to mean "one or more" and "a plurality" is intended to mean "two or more".

Additionally, the terms "system" and "network" are often used interchangeably herein. The term "and/or" herein is merely an association describing an associated object, meaning that three relationships may exist, e.g., a and/or B, may mean: a exists singly, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists singly, wherein A can be singular or plural, and B can be singular or plural. The character "/" generally indicates that the former and latter associated objects are in an "or" relationship.

Herein, the term "\8230 \ 8230at least one of \8230; \8230atleast one of;" means all or any combination of the listed items, e.g., "at least one of A, B, and C", may mean: a alone, B alone, C alone, A and B together, B and C together, and six cases of A, B and C together exist, wherein A can be singular or plural, B can be singular or plural, and C can be singular or plural.

It is understood that in the embodiments of the present application, "B corresponding to a" means that B is associated with a, from which B can be determined. It should also be understood that determining B from a does not mean determining B from a alone, but may also be determined from a and/or other information.

The correspondence shown in the tables in the present application may be configured or predefined. The values of the information in each table are only examples, and may be configured to other values, which is not limited in the present application. In the case of the correspondence between the first configuration information and each parameter, it is not necessarily required that all the correspondence indicated in each table be configured. For example, in the table in the present application, the correspondence shown in some rows may not be configured. For another example, appropriate modification adjustments, such as splitting, merging, etc., can be made based on the above tables. The names of the parameters in the tables may be other names understandable by the communication device, and the values or the expression of the parameters may be other values or expressions understandable by the communication device. When the above tables are implemented, other data structures may be used, for example, arrays, queues, containers, stacks, linear tables, pointers, linked lists, trees, graphs, structures, classes, heaps, hash tables, or hash tables may be used.

Predefinition in this application may be understood as defining, predefining, storing, pre-negotiating, pre-configuring, curing, or pre-firing.

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

For convenience and brevity of description, a person skilled in the art may refer to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments for specific working processes of the system, the apparatus, and the unit described above, which are not described herein again.

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

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

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

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

The same or similar parts between the various embodiments in this application may be referred to each other. In the embodiments and the implementation methods/implementation methods in the embodiments in the present application, unless otherwise specified or conflicting in logic, terms and/or descriptions between different embodiments and between various implementation methods/implementation methods in various embodiments have consistency and can be mutually cited, and technical features in different embodiments and various implementation methods/implementation methods in various embodiments can be combined to form new embodiments, implementation methods, or implementation methods according to the inherent logic relationships thereof. The above-described embodiments of the present application do not limit the scope of the present application.

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 think of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present application, and shall be covered by the scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A transmission method of resource multiplexing, comprising:

configuring Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) time-frequency resources for at least three User Equipment (UE), wherein the PUSCH time-frequency resources comprise a first time-frequency resource and at least two replica time-frequency resources corresponding to each UE of the at least three UEs, and each UE of the at least three UEs is respectively overlapped with different UEs on the at least two replica time-frequency resources;

and receiving the data of the UE based on the configured PUSCH time-frequency resource.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the UE overlaps with the first time-frequency resource by less than or equal to the at least two copies.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the configuring Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) time-frequency resources comprises:

sending first PUSCH configuration information, wherein the first PUSCH configuration information is used for indicating the first time-frequency resource;

and sending second PUSCH configuration information, wherein the second PUSCH configuration information is used for indicating the at least two duplicate time-frequency resources.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the first PUSCH configuration information is sent via a Downlink Control Indication (DCI) or a Radio Resource Control (RRC).

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the sending the second PUSCH configuration information comprises configuring a set of frequency hopping information for each UE of the at least three UEs, the frequency hopping information being:

a list of starting resource block offset values, or,

a list of frequency hopping offset values, or,

a frequency hopping seed.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the frequency hopping information further comprises a starting symbol value list and/or a starting slot offset value list.

7. The method according to any of claims 4-6, wherein if the first PUSCH configuration information is sent via the DCI, a group index number of the frequency hopping information in the second PUSCH configuration information is carried in the DCI, and the group index number is used to indicate the frequency hopping information configured to the UE.

8. The method according to claims 1-7, wherein the starting resource block index of each of the at least two copies is determined according to the starting resource block index of the first time-frequency resource and a starting resource block offset value.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the starting resource block offset value is the starting resource block offset value list, the frequency hopping offset value list, or the frequency hopping seed configuration.

10. The method according to claims 5-7, wherein if the frequency hopping information comprises the starting symbol value list, the starting symbol index of the replica time-frequency resource is determined according to the starting slot index of the first time-frequency resource and the starting symbol value list, or,

11. A transmission method of resource multiplexing, comprising:

the method comprises the steps that UE receives configuration information from access network equipment, wherein the configuration information is used for determining PUSCH (physical uplink shared channel) time-frequency resources, the PUSCH time-frequency resources comprise a first time-frequency resource and at least two copy time-frequency resources of the UE, and the UE is respectively overlapped with different UEs on the at least two copy time-frequency resources;

and transmitting data based on the configured PUSCH time-frequency resource.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the UE overlaps the first time-frequency resource by less than or equal to the at least two copies of the first time-frequency resource.

13. The method of claim 11 or 12, wherein the UE receives configuration information from the access network device, comprising:

and the UE receives second PUSCH configuration information, wherein the second PUSCH configuration information is used for indicating the at least two duplicate time-frequency resources, and the second PUSCH configuration information is used for indicating the at least two duplicate time-frequency resources.

14. The method of claim 13, the first PUSCH configuration information is obtained by a downlink control indication, DCI, or radio resource control, RRC.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the UE determines a set of frequency hopping information from the second PUSCH configuration information, and wherein the frequency hopping information is:

a list of starting resource block offset values, or,

a list of frequency hopping offset values, or,

a frequency hopping seed.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the frequency hopping information further comprises a starting symbol value list and/or a starting slot offset value list.

17. The method according to any of claims 14-16, wherein if the first PUSCH configuration information is obtained through the DCI, a group index number of the frequency hopping information in the second PUSCH configuration information is carried in the DCI, and the group index number is used to indicate the frequency hopping information configured by the access network device to the UE.

18. The method according to claims 11-17, wherein the starting resource block index of each of the at least two copies is determined according to the starting resource block index of the first time-frequency resource and a starting resource block offset value.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the starting resource block offset value is obtained from the starting resource block offset value list, the frequency hopping offset value list, or the frequency hopping seed.

20. The method of claims 15-17, wherein if the frequency hopping information comprises the starting symbol value list, the starting symbol index of the replica time-frequency resource is obtained according to the starting slot index of the first time-frequency resource and the starting symbol value list, or,

21. A communication apparatus, characterized in that the apparatus is configured to perform the method of any of claims 1-10.

22. A communications apparatus, comprising: a processor and a memory, the processor coupled with the memory, the processor to perform the method of any of claims 1-10.

23. A communication apparatus, characterized in that the apparatus is configured to perform the method of any of claims 11-20.

24. A communications apparatus, comprising: a processor and a memory, the processor coupled with the memory, the processor to perform the method of any of claims 11 to 20.

25. A computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program or instructions which, when executed, cause a computer to perform the method of any of claims 1 to 10 or cause a computer to perform the method of any of claims 11 to 20.

26. A computer program product comprising computer program code which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to carry out the method of any one of claims 1 to 10 or to carry out the method of any one of claims 11 to 20.

27. A chip, comprising: a processor coupled with a memory, the memory to store a program or instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to perform the method of any of claims 1 to 10 or the method of any of claims 11 to 20.

28. A communication system comprising a communication apparatus as claimed in any of claims 21 to 22 and a communication apparatus as claimed in any of claims 23 to 24.