CN115428377A

CN115428377A - Channel resource transmission method, device, network equipment, terminal and system

Info

Publication number: CN115428377A
Application number: CN202080099661.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 方昀; 陈文洪; 史志华; 黄莹沛
Original assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Current assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Priority date: 2020-04-10
Filing date: 2020-04-10
Publication date: 2022-12-02
Anticipated expiration: 2040-04-10
Also published as: CN115428377B; WO2021203431A1

Abstract

The invention discloses a transmission method, a device, network equipment, a terminal and a system of channel resources. Wherein, the method comprises the following steps: the network equipment sends candidate control channels in at least one search space to the terminal equipment; the resources occupied by the candidate control channels are determined according to the transmission configuration indication states corresponding to the candidate control channels and the control resource sets corresponding to the transmission configuration indication states corresponding to the candidate control channels. The invention solves the technical problem that the PDCCH cannot be correctly received subsequently when the UE detects the PDCCH on the frequency domain resource because the frequency domain resource of the PDCCH is configured according to the number of the candidate channels in the search space in the related technology.

Description

Channel resource transmission method, device, network equipment, terminal and system

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a method, an apparatus, a network device, a terminal, and a system for transmitting channel resources.

Background

A network device (e.g., a base station) configures a Control resource set (CORESET) and a Search Space (Search Space) to enable transmission of a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH). The control resource set includes a plurality of physical resource blocks in a Frequency domain, includes 1 to 3 Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols in a time domain, and can be located at any position in a time slot. The time domain resources occupied by the CORESET are configured by high-level parameters in a semi-static mode. The search space is a set of PDCCH candidates (PDCCH candidates) at one or more aggregation levels. The aggregation level of the PDCCH actually sent by the base station is variable with time, and since no relevant signaling is given to a User Equipment (User Equipment, UE for short), the UE needs to perform blind detection on the PDCCH at different aggregation levels, where the PDCCH to be subjected to blind detection is referred to as a candidate PDCCH. The UE decodes all PDCCH candidates in the search space, and if Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) passes, the decoded PDCCH content is considered to be valid for the UE, and the information obtained by decoding is used for subsequent operations.

In New Radio (NR), in each downlink partial Bandwidth (BWP) of each serving cell, a network device may configure 10 search space sets at most for a user, where the search space sets are configured with time domain configuration information to indicate a time domain position of a PDCCH detected by the user. Meanwhile, the network side configures a control resource set identifier (CORESET ID) associated with the set for each search space set, and a user can obtain the physical resources of the search space set on the frequency domain through the CORESET ID. Each set of search spaces has a uniquely associated CORESET ID. Different sets of search spaces may be associated with the same CORESET ID. The UE determines the time-frequency domain position of PDCCH candidate according to the time domain given by the search space set and the associated frequency domain of the CORESET ID and other parameters in the search space set.

When configuring the core set, the network device configures one or a set of Transmission configuration indicator states (TCI states for short) for each core set, where the TCI state is used to indicate a channel filter coefficient corresponding to a user when performing demodulation detection on a PDCCH candidate of the Search Space associated with the core set. When the network configures a group of TCI states for a certain CORESET, the network device activates a unique TCI state for the CORESET through a MAC Control Element (MAC CE) signaling to indicate a channel filter coefficient when the UE demodulates the PDCCH.

In the related art, if the Search Space is associated with a plurality of core sets, and each core set is configured with an independent PDCCH candidate number, when calculating the frequency domain resource of the PDCCH, the frequency domain resource of the PDCCH is calculated according to the number of candidate channels in the Search Space, which may cause that the UE may incorrectly understand the frequency domain resource when performing reception detection on the PDCCH, thereby causing a problem that the PDCCH cannot be correctly received subsequently.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a transmission method, a device, network equipment, a terminal and a system of channel resources, which at least solve the technical problem that the PDCCH cannot be correctly received subsequently when UE detects the PDCCH on the frequency domain resources because the frequency domain resources of the PDCCH in the related technology are configured according to the number of candidate channels in a search space.

According to an aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a method for transmitting channel resources, including: the network equipment sends candidate control channels in at least one search space to the terminal equipment; the resources occupied by the candidate control channels are determined according to the transmission configuration indication states corresponding to the candidate control channels and the control resource sets corresponding to the transmission configuration indication states corresponding to the candidate control channels.

Optionally, the associating relationship between the at least one search space and the at least two transmission configuration indication states includes: at least two candidate control channels in at least one search space are respectively associated with different transmission configuration indication states; or, at least one candidate control channel in at least one search space is simultaneously associated with at least two transmission configuration indication states; or, at least two candidate control channels in at least one search space are respectively associated with different transmission configuration indication states; and associating at least two transmission configuration indication states simultaneously with at least one candidate control channel in the at least one search space.

Further, optionally, at least two transmission configuration indication states are activated by the network device for different sets of control resources, respectively; and/or at least two transmission configuration indication states are simultaneously activated by the network device for one set of control resources.

Optionally, different control resource sets have different control resource set pool indices.

Optionally, the network device configures a transmission configuration indication state associated with the control resource set by configuring the associated control resource set for the search space.

Optionally, the network device sends the candidate control channels in the at least one search space to the terminal device, including: when the network equipment sends the downlink control information through the candidate control channels, the downlink control information is sent through one of the candidate control channels and at least two transmission configuration indication states associated with the candidate control channels; or, when the network device sends the downlink control information through the candidate control channels, sending the downlink control information through the transmission configuration indication states respectively associated with at least two candidate control channels and at least two candidate control channels; or, when the network device sends the downlink control information through the candidate control channels, sending the downlink control information through one of the candidate control channels and at least two transmission configuration indication states associated with the candidate control channels; and transmitting the downlink control information through the transmission configuration indication states respectively associated with the at least two candidate control channels and the at least two candidate control channels.

Further, optionally, the step of determining the resource occupied by the candidate control channel includes: the network equipment determines the aggregation level of the candidate control channels; the network equipment determines the number of candidate control channels related to the same transmission configuration indication state in the aggregation level; the network equipment determines physical resources of a control resource set corresponding to the transmission configuration indication state; and the network equipment determines the resources occupied by the candidate control channels during transmission based on the number of the candidate control channels and the physical resources of the control resource set.

Optionally, the network device sends the downlink control information through one of the candidate control channels and at least two transmission configuration indication states associated with the candidate control channels, including: the network equipment respectively sends the downlink control information once through each transmission configuration indication state associated with one candidate control channel; or, the network device sends each transmission configuration indication state associated with a candidate control channel through which each part of the downlink control information passes.

Optionally, the network device sends the downlink control information through the transmission configuration indication states respectively associated with the at least two candidate control channels and the at least two candidate control channels, including: the network equipment sends the same downlink control information through at least two candidate control channels; or, the network device transmits the content of different parts of the same downlink control information through at least two candidate control channels; wherein, the transmission configuration indication states respectively associated with the at least two candidate control channels are different.

Optionally, the network device sends the downlink control information through one of the candidate control channels and at least two transmission configuration indication states associated with the candidate control channels; and transmitting the downlink control information through transmission configuration indication states respectively associated with the at least two candidate control channels and the at least two candidate control channels, including: the network equipment respectively sends downlink control information through each transmission configuration indication state associated with one candidate control channel; or, the network device sends each transmission configuration indication state associated with a candidate control channel through which each part of the downlink control information passes; the network equipment sends the same downlink control information through at least two candidate control channels; or, the network device transmits the content of different parts of the same downlink control information through at least two candidate control channels; wherein, the transmission configuration indication states respectively associated with the at least two candidate control channels are different.

Optionally, the method further includes: the network equipment indicates the incidence relation among the candidate control channels in the search space; when the network equipment determines that the downlink control information is transmitted through one candidate control channel in the search space, the network equipment determines that the downlink control information is repeatedly transmitted through the corresponding candidate control channel in the search space according to the incidence relation between the candidate control channels; or, determining that each part of the content of the downlink control information is transmitted through a corresponding candidate control channel in the search space.

According to another aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a method for transmitting channel resources, including: the terminal equipment acquires at least two transmission configuration indication states associated with the candidate control channel in at least one search space sent by the network equipment; the transmission configuration indication state is used for indicating the channel parameters when the terminal equipment receives the candidate control channels; and the terminal equipment determines the resources occupied by the candidate control channels according to the transmission configuration indication state associated with the candidate control channels and the control resource set corresponding to the transmission configuration indication state.

Optionally, the transmission configuration indication state is configured by the network device for the control resource set associated with the search space.

Optionally, the obtaining, by the terminal device, at least two transmission configuration indication states associated with the candidate control channels in the at least one search space sent by the network device includes: the method comprises the steps that terminal equipment obtains different transmission configuration indication states respectively associated with at least two candidate control channels in at least one search space by network equipment; or, the terminal device obtains at least two transmission configuration indication states associated with the network device for at least one candidate control channel in at least one search space; or, the terminal device obtains the indication states of the transmission configuration respectively associated by the network device for at least two candidate control channels in at least one search space; and the terminal equipment acquires the network equipment and associates at least two transmission configuration indication states for at least one candidate control channel in at least one search space.

Optionally, at least two transmission configuration indication states are activated by the network device for different control resource sets respectively; and/or at least two transmission configuration indication states are simultaneously activated by the network device for one set of control resources.

Further, optionally, different control resource sets have different control resource set pool indices.

Optionally, the method further includes: the terminal equipment receives downlink control information sent by the network equipment through the candidate control channels, wherein the downlink control information is sent through one of the candidate control channels and at least two transmission configuration indication states associated with the candidate control channels; or, the terminal device receives downlink control information sent by the network device through the candidate control channels, wherein the downlink control information is sent through transmission configuration indication states respectively associated with at least two candidate control channels and at least two candidate control channels; or, the terminal device receives downlink control information sent by the network device through the candidate control channels, wherein the downlink control information is sent through one of the candidate control channels and at least two transmission configuration indication states associated with the candidate control channels; and the indication status is sent through the transmission configuration respectively associated with the at least two candidate control channels and the at least two candidate control channels.

Optionally, the determining, by the terminal device, the resource occupied by the candidate control channel according to the transmission configuration indication state associated with the candidate control channel and the control resource set corresponding to the transmission configuration indication state includes: the terminal equipment acquires the aggregation level of the candidate control channel determined by the network equipment; the terminal equipment acquires the number of candidate control channels related to the same transmission configuration indication state in the aggregation level; the terminal equipment acquires physical resources of a control resource set corresponding to the transmission configuration indication state; the terminal equipment determines the resources occupied by the candidate control channels during transmission based on the number of the candidate control channels and the physical resources; and the terminal equipment detects the control information on one of the physical resources according to the corresponding transmission configuration indication state.

Optionally, the downlink control information is sent by the network device through a candidate control channel associated with at least two transmission configuration indication states in the search space, where the downlink control information is sent by the network device through each transmission configuration indication state associated with the candidate control channel once, or each part of the content in the downlink control information is sent by each transmission configuration indication state associated with one candidate control channel through the network device.

Optionally, the downlink control information is sent by the network device through at least two candidate control channels in the search space, where the downlink control information is obtained by repeatedly transmitting the at least two candidate control channels, or the contents of different parts of the downlink control information are obtained by respectively transmitting the at least two candidate control channels; wherein, the transmission configuration indication states respectively associated with the at least two candidate control channels are different.

Optionally, the downlink control information is sent by the network device through a candidate control channel associated with at least two transmission configuration indication states in the search space, where the downlink control information is information sent by the network device once through each transmission configuration indication state associated with the candidate control channel, or each part of content in the downlink control information is sent by each transmission configuration indication state associated with one candidate control channel through which the network device passes; and the downlink control information is sent by the network device through at least two candidate control channels in the search space, wherein the downlink control information is obtained by repeatedly transmitting the at least two candidate control channels, or the contents of different parts of the downlink control information are obtained by respectively transmitting the at least two candidate control channels; wherein, the transmission configuration indication states respectively associated with the at least two candidate control channels are different.

Optionally, the method further includes: the terminal equipment receives downlink control information through one candidate control channel in the search space according to the incidence relation between the candidate control channels in the search space indicated by the network equipment; the downlink control information is determined by the network equipment according to the incidence relation between the candidate control channels, and the downlink control information is repeatedly transmitted through the corresponding candidate control channels in the search space; or determining that the contents of each part of the downlink control information are respectively transmitted through corresponding candidate control channels in the search space.

According to another aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for transmitting channel resources, including: a sending module, configured to send candidate control channels in at least one search space to a terminal device; the resources occupied by the candidate control channels are determined according to the transmission configuration indication states corresponding to the candidate control channels and the control resource sets corresponding to the transmission configuration indication states corresponding to the candidate control channels.

Optionally, at least two candidate control channels in at least one search space are respectively associated with different transmission configuration indication states; or, at least one candidate control channel in the at least one search space is associated with at least two transmission configuration indication states simultaneously; or, at least two candidate control channels in at least one search space are respectively associated with different transmission configuration indication states; and associating at least two transmission configuration indication states simultaneously with at least one candidate control channel in the at least one search space.

Optionally, the apparatus further comprises: a configuration module configured to configure a transmission configuration indication state associated with the control resource set by configuring the associated control resource set for the search space.

Optionally, the sending module includes: a first sending unit, configured to send downlink control information through at least two transmission configuration indication states associated with one of the candidate control channels and the candidate control channel when sending the downlink control information through the candidate control channel; or, the second sending unit is configured to send the downlink control information through transmission configuration indication states respectively associated with the at least two candidate control channels and the at least two candidate control channels when the downlink control information is sent through the candidate control channels; or, a third sending unit, configured to send the downlink control information through one of the candidate control channels and at least two transmission configuration indication states associated with the candidate control channels when sending the downlink control information through the candidate control channels; and transmitting the downlink control information through the transmission configuration indication states respectively associated with the at least two candidate control channels and the at least two candidate control channels.

Further, optionally, the apparatus further comprises: a rank determination module for determining an aggregation rank of the candidate control channels; a number determination module for determining the number of candidate control channels associated to the same transmission configuration indication state in the aggregation level; a first resource determining module, configured to determine a physical resource of a control resource set corresponding to a transmission configuration indication state; and the second resource determining module is used for determining the resources occupied by the candidate control channels during transmission based on the number of the candidate control channels and the physical resources of the control resource set.

Optionally, the first sending unit includes: a first sending subunit, configured to send the downlink control information once respectively through each transmission configuration indication state associated with one candidate control channel; or, the transmission configuration indication states associated with the candidate control channels through which the contents of the parts of the downlink control information pass are respectively transmitted.

Optionally, the second sending unit includes: a second transmitting subunit, configured to transmit the same downlink control information through at least two candidate control channels; or, transmitting contents of different parts of the same downlink control information through at least two candidate control channels; wherein, the transmission configuration indication states respectively associated with the at least two candidate control channels are different.

Optionally, the third sending unit includes: a third sending subunit, configured to send downlink control information through each transmission configuration indication state associated with one candidate control channel; or, respectively sending each transmission configuration indication state associated with a candidate control channel through which each part of the downlink control information passes; and, sending the same downlink control information through at least two candidate control channels; or, transmitting contents of different parts of the same downlink control information through at least two candidate control channels; wherein, the transmission configuration indication states respectively associated with the at least two candidate control channels are different.

Optionally, the apparatus further comprises: a relation setting module for indicating an association relation between candidate control channels in a search space; the information transmission module is used for determining that the downlink control information is repeatedly transmitted through the corresponding candidate control channel in the search space according to the incidence relation among the candidate control channels when determining that the downlink control information is transmitted through the candidate control channel in the search space; or, determining that each part of the content of the downlink control information is transmitted through a corresponding candidate control channel in the search space.

According to still another aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a transmission apparatus of channel resources, including: an obtaining module, configured to obtain at least two transmission configuration indication states associated with a candidate control channel in at least one search space sent by a network device; the transmission configuration indication state is used for indicating the channel parameters when the terminal equipment receives the candidate control channels; and the resource calculation module is used for determining resources occupied by the candidate control channels according to the transmission configuration indication states associated with the candidate control channels and the control resource sets corresponding to the transmission configuration indication states.

Optionally, the obtaining module includes: a first obtaining unit, configured to obtain different transmission configuration indication states respectively associated with at least two candidate control channels in at least one search space by a network device; or, a second obtaining unit, configured to obtain at least two transmission configuration indication states associated with the network device for at least one candidate control channel in the at least one search space at the same time; or, a third obtaining unit, configured to obtain that the network device associates different transmission configuration indication states for at least two candidate control channels in the at least one search space respectively; and acquiring that the network device associates at least two transmission configuration indication states simultaneously for at least one candidate control channel in the at least one search space.

Optionally, the apparatus further comprises: a first receiving module, configured to receive downlink control information sent by a network device through a candidate control channel, where the downlink control information is sent through one of the candidate control channels and at least two transmission configuration indication states associated with the candidate control channel; or, the second receiving module is configured to receive downlink control information sent by the network device through the candidate control channels, where the downlink control information is sent through transmission configuration indication states respectively associated with at least two candidate control channels and at least two candidate control channels; or, a third receiving module, configured to receive downlink control information sent by the network device through the candidate control channels, where the downlink control information is sent through one of the candidate control channels and at least two transmission configuration indication states associated with the candidate control channels; and the indication status is sent through transmission configuration indication states respectively associated with the at least two candidate control channels and the at least two candidate control channels.

Further, optionally, the resource calculation module includes: the level acquisition unit is used for acquiring the aggregation level of the candidate control channels determined by the network equipment; a number obtaining unit, configured to obtain the number of candidate control channels associated with the same transmission configuration indication state in the aggregation level; a resource obtaining unit, configured to obtain a physical resource of a control resource set corresponding to a transmission configuration indication state; the resource calculation unit is used for determining resources occupied by the candidate control channels during transmission based on the number of the candidate control channels and the physical resources; and detecting the control information on one of the physical resources according to the corresponding transmission configuration indication state.

Optionally, the downlink control information is sent by the network device through at least two candidate control channels in the search space, where the downlink control information is obtained by repeatedly transmitting the at least two candidate control channels, or different portions of the downlink control information are obtained by respectively transmitting the at least two candidate control channels; wherein, the transmission configuration indication states respectively associated with the at least two candidate control channels are different.

Optionally, the downlink control information is sent by the network device through a candidate control channel associated with at least two transmission configuration indication states in the search space, where the downlink control information is sent by the network device through each transmission configuration indication state associated with the candidate control channel once, or each part of the content in the downlink control information is sent by each transmission configuration indication state associated with the candidate control channel through the network device; and the downlink control information is sent by the network device through at least two candidate control channels in the search space, wherein the downlink control information is obtained by repeatedly transmitting the at least two candidate control channels, or the contents of different parts of the downlink control information are obtained by respectively transmitting the at least two candidate control channels; wherein, the transmission configuration indication states respectively associated with the at least two candidate control channels are different.

Optionally, the apparatus further comprises: the information receiving module is used for receiving the downlink control information through one candidate control channel in the search space according to the incidence relation between the candidate control channels in the search space indicated by the network equipment; the downlink control information is determined by the network equipment according to the incidence relation between the candidate control channels, and the downlink control information is repeatedly transmitted through the corresponding candidate control channels in the search space; or, determining that each part of the content of the downlink control information is transmitted through a corresponding candidate control channel in the search space.

According to an aspect of another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a network device including: a signal transceiving circuit and a processor; the signal transceiving circuit is used for sending candidate control channels in at least one search space to the terminal equipment; the resource occupied by the candidate control channel is determined by the processor according to the transmission configuration indication state corresponding to the candidate control channel and the control resource set corresponding to the transmission configuration indication state corresponding to the candidate control channel.

According to an aspect of another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a terminal device including: a signal transceiving circuit and a processor; the signal transceiver circuit is used for acquiring at least two transmission configuration indication states associated with the candidate control channels in at least one search space sent by the network equipment; the transmission configuration indication state is used for indicating the channel parameters when the terminal equipment receives the candidate control channels; and the processor is used for determining resources occupied by the candidate control channels according to the transmission configuration indication state associated with the candidate control channels and the control resource set corresponding to the transmission configuration indication state.

According to an aspect of another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a communication system including: network equipment and terminal equipment; the network equipment is used for sending candidate control channels in at least one search space to the terminal equipment; wherein, at least one search space and at least two transmission configuration indication states have an incidence relation, and resources occupied by the candidate control channels are determined according to the transmission configuration indication states corresponding to the candidate control channels and the control resource sets corresponding to the transmission configuration indication states corresponding to the candidate control channels; the terminal device is used for acquiring at least two transmission configuration indication states associated with the candidate control channels in at least one search space sent by the network device; the transmission configuration indication state is used for indicating the channel parameters when the terminal equipment receives the candidate control channels; and determining resources occupied by the candidate control channels according to the transmission configuration indication states associated with the candidate control channels and the control resource sets corresponding to the transmission configuration indication states.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, a non-volatile storage medium is provided, where the non-volatile storage medium includes a stored program, and a device in which the non-volatile storage medium is located is controlled to execute the transmission method of the channel resource when the program runs.

According to an aspect of another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a processor for executing a program stored in a storage medium, wherein the program executes a transmission method of the channel resources described above.

In the embodiment of the invention, the candidate control channels in at least one search space are sent to the terminal equipment through the network equipment; the method comprises the steps that at least one search space and at least two transmission configuration indication states are in an incidence relation, resources occupied by a candidate control channel are determined according to the transmission configuration indication states corresponding to the candidate control channel and a control resource set corresponding to the transmission configuration indication states corresponding to the candidate control channel, the purpose that the UE can detect the PDCCH on correct resources and correctly receive subsequent PDCCHs is achieved, the technical effect that the UE can detect the PDCCH on the correct resources by determining the resources of the PDCCH sent by each TCI state and successfully receive or send the subsequent data is achieved, and the technical problem that the PDCCH cannot be correctly received subsequently due to the fact that the UE detects the PDCCH on the frequency domain resources is obtained according to the number of the candidate channels in the search space in the related technology is solved.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiment(s) of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the invention without limiting the invention. In the drawings:

fig. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a method for transmitting channel resources according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2a is a schematic diagram between an SS and a TCI state in a method for transmitting channel resources according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2b is a diagram illustrating an SS and a TCI state in another channel resource transmission method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2c is a schematic diagram of a configuration relationship among an SS, a PDCCH, and a TCI state in a transmission method of channel resources according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2d is a schematic diagram of a configuration relationship among an SS, a PDCCH, and a TCI state in a transmission method of channel resources according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2e is a schematic diagram illustrating a position correspondence between each TCI state and split control information in a channel resource transmission method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating another method for transmitting channel resources according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a transmission apparatus of channel resources according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of another transmission apparatus of channel resources according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

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

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical solutions of the present invention better understood, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be obtained by a person skilled in the art without making any creative effort based on the embodiments in the present invention, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that the terms "first," "second," and the like in the description and claims of the present invention and in the drawings described above are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the data so used is interchangeable under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments of the invention described herein are capable of operation in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein. Moreover, the terms "comprises," "comprising," and "having," and any variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not necessarily limited to those steps or elements expressly listed, but may include other steps or elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

The technical terms related to the present application are:

3GPP: third Generation Partnership Project, 3rd Generation Partnership Project;

NR: new Radio, new Radio;

and g NB: next Generation base station, next Generation Node B;

UE: a terminal device, a User Equipment;

PDCCH: a Physical Downlink Control Channel (pdcch);

DCI: downlink control signaling, downlink control information;

CORESET: CONTROL RESOURCE SET, CONTROL RESOURCE SET;

and SS: search Space set, search Space;

TCI state: a Transmission configuration indicator, transmission configuration indicator.

Example 1

In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method embodiment of a method for transmission of channel resources, it is noted that the steps illustrated in the flowchart of the drawings may be performed in a computer system such as a set of computer executable instructions, and that while a logical order is illustrated in the flowchart, in some cases the steps illustrated or described may be performed in an order different than that presented herein.

Fig. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a method for transmitting channel resources according to an embodiment of the present invention, where as shown in fig. 1, on a network device side, the method includes the following steps:

step S102, the network equipment sends at least one candidate control channel in the search space to the terminal equipment;

the resources occupied by the candidate control channels are determined according to the transmission configuration indication states corresponding to the candidate control channels and the control resource sets corresponding to the transmission configuration indication states corresponding to the candidate control channels.

In step S102, the network device may include a network communication device applied to 3GPP, particularly a network side device applied under NR scenario, where in this embodiment of the present application, the network device may be a gNB (hereinafter abbreviated as base station), and in a process of configuring a transmission configuration indication state (hereinafter abbreviated as TCI state), a Search Space (SS) and the TCI state have a corresponding relationship shown in fig. 2a and 2b, that is, a corresponding relationship between the SS and the TCI state is as shown in fig. 2a and 2b, and fig. 2a and 2b are schematic diagrams between the SS and the TCI state in the transmission method of channel resources according to the embodiment of the present invention;

wherein, each core set activates only one TCI state by associating one Search Space to a plurality of control resource sets core set with different control resource set pool indices (fig. 2 a), or supports repeated Transmission of PDCCH based on Multiple Transmission and Reception (Multi Transmission and Reception, abbreviated as Multi-TRP) by associating one Search Space to one core set but configuring a plurality of TCI states for the core set (fig. 2 b).

The base station sends the candidate control channels to the terminal device through the at least two TCI states obtained in step S102, where the terminal device in this embodiment of the present application may include: devices with radio frequency communication functions, such as smart phones (for example, phones with IOS, android and Windows systems), tablet computers, notebook computers, intelligent wearable devices (for example, smart watches, VR devices and AR devices), and the like; the candidate control channel is labeled PDCCH candidate.

In the embodiment of the present application, a network device takes a base station as an example, a terminal device takes a smart phone as an example, the base station sends a candidate PDCCH to the smart phone through at least two TCI states, and when the candidate PDCCH is transmitted, resources occupied by the candidate PDCCH are determined according to the TCI state associated with the transmission and a CORESET corresponding to the TCI state. After receiving the candidate PDCCHs, the smartphone determines, according to the number of candidate PDCCHs associated with each CORESET indicated by the TCI state, a Control Channel Element (CCE) resource corresponding to each candidate PDCCH, and receives a detection PDCCH on the corresponding CCE resource.

In the embodiment of the invention, the candidate control channels in at least one search space are sent to the terminal equipment through the network equipment; the method comprises the steps that at least one search space is associated with at least two transmission configuration indication states, resources occupied by a candidate control channel are determined according to the transmission configuration indication states corresponding to the candidate control channel and a control resource set corresponding to the transmission configuration indication states corresponding to the candidate control channel, and the purpose that the UE can detect the PDCCH on correct resources and correctly receive subsequent PDCCHs is achieved, so that the technical effects that the PDCCH can be detected on the correct resources by determining the resources of the PDCCH sent by each TCI state and the UE successfully receives or sends the subsequent data are achieved, and the technical problem that the PDCCH cannot be correctly received subsequently due to the fact that the UE detects the PDCCH on the frequency domain resources obtained according to the number of the candidate channels in the search space in the related technology is solved.

Optionally, in the transmission method of channel resources provided in the embodiment of the present application, the association relationship between at least one search space and at least two transmission configuration indication states includes:

the method I comprises the following steps: at least two candidate control channels in the at least one search space are respectively associated with different transmission configuration indication states;

wherein, the base station associates different TCI states for at least two candidate PDCCHs in at least one SS, respectively, and fig. 2c is a schematic diagram of a configuration relationship among the SS, the PDCCH, and the TCI states in a transmission method of channel resources according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 2c, in the process of allocating PDCCH candidates to one SS, each PDCCH candidate is associated with a corresponding TCI state.

The second method comprises the following steps: associating at least two transmission configuration indication states simultaneously for at least one candidate control channel in at least one search space;

wherein, the base station associates different TCI states for at least one PDCCH candidate in at least one SS, respectively, and fig. 2d is a schematic diagram of a configuration relationship among the SS, the PDCCH, and the TCI states in a transmission method of channel resources according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 2d, in allocating PDCCH candidates to one SS, at least two TCI states are associated with each PDCCH candidate.

The third method comprises the following steps: at least two candidate control channels in the at least one search space are respectively associated with different transmission configuration indication states; and associating at least two transmission configuration indication states simultaneously with at least one candidate control channel in the at least one search space.

In combination with the first and second manners, in the process of allocating PDCCH candidates to multiple SSs, the TCI state corresponding to each PDCCH candidate may be configured for each SS according to the first and second manners.

It should be noted that, in conjunction with fig. 2a to 2d, the relationship between ss, coreset, tci state and PDCCH candidate may be: each TCI state is respectively activated corresponding to the CORESET, and/or each TCI state is activated based on the same CORESET;

for example: TCI state 1 is activated by the base station CORESET1, TCI state 2 is activated by the base station CORESET 2, \ 8230; \ 8230; TCI state N is activated by the base station CORESET N; and/or TCI state 1, TCI state 2, \8230 \8230andTCI state N are activated by the base station for CORESET simultaneously.

In the case of "and", i.e. at least two transmission configuration indication states are activated by the network device for different sets of control resources, respectively; and at least two transmission configuration indication states are activated by the network device for one control resource set at the same time, and may correspond to the implementation scenario of the above-mentioned manner three, and are activated by the network device for different control resource sets according to the at least two transmission configuration indication states, respectively, for different SSs; and, the at least two transmission configuration indication states are configuration TCI states that the network device activates simultaneously for one set of control resources.

In an implementable manner, combining the scenarios in the above manners one to three, in the case where there are multiple CORESETs, each CORESET has a respective corresponding CORESET pool index.

As shown in fig. 2a to 2d, by configuring a corresponding CORESET for the SS, and associating a corresponding TCI state by the CORESET; for example: by combining the foregoing manners one to three, taking an SS as an example, when configuring an SS, the SS may configure one CORESET or multiple CORESETs, and in the case of configuring one CORESET, configure multiple TCI states associated with the CORESET; in the case of configuring multiple CORESET, the TCI state associated with each CORESET is configured, i.e., each CORESET corresponds to one TCI state.

Based on the above configuration, the process of the network device sending the candidate control channels in at least one search space to the terminal device, that is, the process of the base station sending the candidate PDCCHs to the smartphone through at least two TCI states, may include the following ways:

the method I comprises the following steps: when the network equipment sends the downlink control information through the candidate control channels, the downlink control information is sent through one of the candidate control channels and at least two transmission configuration indication states associated with the candidate control channels;

when the base station transmits Downlink control information, for example, DCI (Downlink control signaling), when one PDCCH candidate is associated with at least two TCI states, the base station may transmit the Downlink control information via one PDCCH candidate of the plurality of PDCCH candidates and the at least two TCI states associated with the PDCCH candidate.

The second method comprises the following steps: when the network equipment sends the downlink control information through the candidate control channels, sending the downlink control information through transmission configuration indication states respectively associated with at least two candidate control channels and at least two candidate control channels;

when the base station transmits Downlink control information, for example, DCI (Downlink control signaling), under the condition that each PDCCH candidate is associated with a corresponding TCI state, the Downlink control information may be transmitted through at least two PDCCH candidates and the TCI states associated with the at least two PDCCH candidates.

The third method comprises the following steps: when the network equipment sends the downlink control information through the candidate control channels, the downlink control information is sent through one of the candidate control channels and at least two transmission configuration indication states associated with the candidate control channels; and transmitting the downlink control information through the transmission configuration indication states respectively associated with the at least two candidate control channels and the at least two candidate control channels.

In combination with the first and second manners, when there are multiple candidate PDCCHs, some candidate PDCCHs are associated with at least two TCI states, and some candidate PDCCHs are in one-to-one correspondence with TCI states, the base station selects different types of candidate PDCCHs from the multiple candidate PDCCHs, and performs transmission of downlink control information through the TCI states associated with the types of candidate PDCCHs, which may be specifically implemented by simultaneously transmitting the downlink control information through the first and second manners.

In an implementation manner, the network device takes an SS as an example, and the network device takes a base station as an example to illustrate:

a base station configures a Search Space, wherein the Search Space is associated with 2 CORESETs;

the base station activates only one TCI state at any one time for each CORESET.

The base station configures 8 PDCCH candidates for aggregation level 8 of Search Space, where the first 4 PDCCH candidates are sent only by the TCI state indicated by CORESET0, and the last 4 PDCCH candidates are sent only by the TCI state indicated by CORESET 1. In this embodiment, the aggregation level 8 may be any aggregation level, or only a part of the aggregation levels may be configured, so as to implement the transmission method of the channel resource provided in this embodiment, which is not specifically limited.

The network device determines the resources occupied by the transmission of the candidate control channels based on the number of the candidate control channels and the physical resources of the control resource set, and the resources occupied by the transmission of the candidate control channels comprise:

for only the CORESET0, the base station calculates, based on the number of PDCCH candidates corresponding to the TCI state indicated by the CORESET0 and the number of CCEs of the CORESET0 (i.e., the physical resource of the Control resource set in the embodiment of the present application) in the Search Space, CCE (Control Channel Element) resources (i.e., resources occupied by the PDCCH of the number of PDCCH candidates during transmission). Namely that

When CCE resources are calculated, m _s,nci Only the candidate PDCCHs for the TCI state indicated by CORESET0 in the search space (in this embodiment, candidate PDCCHs 0-3 correspond to CORESET0, and candidate PDCCHs 4-7 correspond to CORESET1, where m is the CCE resource of the candidate PDCCHs in CORESET0 when calculated _s,nci 0-3 correspond to PDCCH candidates 0-3 in order, and m is the CCE resource of PDCCH candidate in CORESET1 _s,nci 0-3 in turn correspond to PDCCH candidates 4-7). N is a radical of _CCE,p The number of CCEs of CORESET corresponding to the candidate PDCCH.

For all configured cells n in the search space s _CI Only the maximum value of the number of PDCCHs candidate of aggregation level L configured for the terminal by CORESET0 is associated.

The terminal device (e.g., a smart phone) determines a CCE resource corresponding to each candidate PDCCH based on the number of candidate PDCCHs associated with each CORESET of the network device (e.g., a base station), and receives the detection PDCCH on the corresponding CCE resource.

To sum up, the transmission method of channel resources provided in the embodiment of the present application includes the following steps when sending downlink control information:

in a first mode, a network device sends downlink control information through at least two transmission configuration indication states associated with one candidate control channel and the candidate control channel, including: the network equipment respectively sends the downlink control information once through each transmission configuration indication state associated with one candidate control channel; or, the network device sends each transmission configuration indication state associated with a candidate control channel through which each part of the downlink control information passes.

Wherein, the downlink control information may be transmitted once through a plurality of TCI states associated with one candidate PDCCH, that is, one piece of downlink control information is repeatedly transmitted through each TCI state associated with one candidate PDCCH;

or the like, or a combination thereof,

transmitting each part of the downlink control information through each TCI state associated with the candidate PDCCH, namely splitting a piece of downlink control information, and sending each part of the split downlink control information by each TCI state associated with the determined candidate PDCCH; for example, each TCI state corresponds to a part of the downlink control information. As shown in fig. 2e, fig. 2e is a schematic diagram illustrating a position correspondence between each TCI state and split downlink control information in a transmission method of channel resources according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In a second mode, the network device sends the downlink control information through the transmission configuration indication states respectively associated with the at least two candidate control channels and the at least two candidate control channels, including: the network equipment sends the same downlink control information through at least two candidate control channels; or, the network device transmits the content of different parts of the same downlink control information through at least two candidate control channels; wherein, the transmission configuration indication states respectively associated with the at least two candidate control channels are different.

Different from the first mode, in the second mode, the network device transmits the downlink control information through at least two candidate PDCCHs in the SS, and in the transmission process, the at least two candidate PDCCHs may be enabled to transmit the same downlink control information; it is also possible to let two candidate PDCCHs transmit the content of different parts of the same downlink control information.

For example: when the downlink control information is transmitted, the same downlink control information can be respectively transmitted through the candidate PDCCH1 and the candidate PDCCH2, that is, the repeated information is transmitted by using two channels; or the like, or a combination thereof,

the downlink control information includes part1 and part2, and when transmitting, part1 part is transmitted through PDCCH candidate 1 and part2 part is transmitted through PDCCH candidate 2.

It should be noted that the transmission configuration indication states associated with the two candidate control channels are different, that is, PDCCH candidate 0 corresponds to TCI state 0, and PDCCH candidate 1 corresponds to TCI state 1.

In a third mode, the network equipment sends the downlink control information through one candidate control channel and at least two transmission configuration indication states associated with the candidate control channel; and transmitting the downlink control information through transmission configuration indication states respectively associated with the at least two candidate control channels and the at least two candidate control channels, including: the network equipment respectively sends downlink control information through each transmission configuration indication state associated with a candidate control channel; or, the network device sends each transmission configuration indication state associated with a candidate control channel through which each part of the downlink control information passes; the network equipment sends the same downlink control information through at least two candidate control channels; or, the network device transmits the content of different parts of the same downlink control information through at least two candidate control channels; wherein, the transmission configuration indication states respectively associated with the at least two candidate control channels are different.

The third mode is a mode for realizing the combination of the first mode and the second mode when the downlink control information is sent.

Optionally, the method for transmitting channel resources provided in the embodiment of the present application further includes: the network equipment indicates the incidence relation among the candidate control channels in the search space; when the network equipment determines that the downlink control information is transmitted through one candidate control channel in the search space, the network equipment determines that the downlink control information is repeatedly transmitted through the corresponding candidate control channel in the search space according to the incidence relation between the candidate control channels; or determining that the contents of each part of the downlink control information are respectively transmitted through corresponding candidate control channels in the search space.

Based on the second mode, the network equipment transmits downlink control information through the association relation between the candidate PDCCHs in the SS;

for example: there is some correspondence between 8 candidate PDCCHs transmitted through TCI state 0 and 5 candidate PDCCHs transmitted through TCI state 1 with an aggregation level of 8 indicated by pre-configuration or higher layer signaling. That is, when the network device selects to transmit downlink control information through the ith candidate PDCCH of the first 3 candidate PDCCHs, the network device may transmit the same downlink control information through the same kth candidate PDCCH of the last 5 candidate PDCCHs. Or,

part1 of the downlink control information is transmitted through the i candidate PDCCHs, and part2 of the downlink control information is transmitted through the kth candidate PDCCH.

In summary, the transmission method of channel resources provided in the embodiments of the present application includes the following examples in practical applications:

example 1:

the network device configures a Search Space associated with 2 CORESET.

The network device has only one TCI state activated at any one time for each CORESET.

The network device configures 8 candidate PDCCHs for aggregation level 8 of Search Space, where the first 4 candidate PDCCHs are transmitted only by the TCI state indicated by CORESET0, and the last 4 candidate PDCCHs are transmitted only by the TCI state indicated by CORESET 1. The aggregation level may be any aggregation level, or only a part of the aggregation levels may be configured.

The network device sends the Search Space and one candidate PDCCH in the candidate PDCCHs corresponding to the TCI state indicated by the associated CORESET0 to the terminal device and indicates related downlink control information, wherein the indicated downlink control information can be used for scheduling a channel;

the network device sends the Search Space and one candidate PDCCH of candidate PDCCHs corresponding to the TCI state indicated by the associated core set1 to the terminal device and indicates related downlink control information, where the indicated downlink control information may be used to schedule a channel.

The PDCCHs respectively transmitted by the network device through TCI state 0 of CORESET0 and TCI state 1 of CORESET1 may be the same channel used for scheduling or different channels.

When the same channel is scheduled, the network device may indicate, through pre-configuration or high-layer signaling, that there is some correspondence between the first 4 candidate PDCCHs with an aggregation level of 8 and the last 4 candidate PDCCHs. That is, when the network device selects to transmit downlink control information through the ith candidate PDCCH of the first 4 candidate PDCCHs, the network device may transmit the same downlink control information through the same kth candidate PDCCH of the last 4 candidate PDCCHs. The two downlink control information schedules the same channel.

Based on the TCI state associated with CORESET0 as an example, the network device calculates, based on the number of PDCCH candidates associated with only the TCI state indicated by CORESET0 in the Search Space and the number of CCE of CORESET0, a CCE (Control Channel Element) resource occupied by a Channel of the number of PDCCH candidates. The calculation process is as follows:

when CCE resources are calculated, m _s,nci PDCCH candidates only for the TCI state indicated for CORESET0 in the search space (in this example, PDCCH candidates 0-3 correspond to CORESET0, PDCCH candidates 4-7 correspond to CORESET1, where m is the CCE resource of PDCCH candidate in CORESET0 is calculated _s,nci 0-3 correspond to PDCCH candidates 0-3 in order, and m is the CCE resource of PDCCH candidate in CORESET1 _s,nci 0-3 in turn correspond to PDCCH candidates 4-7). N is a radical of hydrogen _CCE,p The number of CCEs of CORESET corresponding to the PDCCH candidate.

For all configured cells n in the search space s _CI Only the maximum value of the candidate PDCCHs of aggregation level L configured for the terminal device by the CORESET0 is associated.

The terminal equipment determines CCE resources corresponding to each candidate PDCCH based on the number of the candidate PDCCHs associated with each CORESET indicated by the network equipment, and receives the detection PDCCH on the corresponding CCE resources.

Example 2:

the network device configures a Search Space associated with 2 CORESET.

The network device activates only one TCI state at any one time for each CORESET.

The network device configures 8 PDCCH candidates for aggregation level 8 of Search Space, where the first 3 PDCCH candidates are sent only by the TCI state indicated by CORESET0, and the last 5 PDCCH candidates are sent only by the TCI state indicated by CORESET 1.

It should be noted that this example differs from example 1 in that: the number of candidate PDCCHs related to CORESET0 is different from the number of candidate PDCCHs related to CORESET 1;

that is, in example 1, the first 4 PDCCH candidates among the number of PDCCH candidates according to aggregation level 8 are allocated to the TCI state indicated by CORESET0 for transmission; the last 4 candidate PDCCHs are allocated to TCI state transmission indicated by CORESET 1;

the TCI state transmission indicated by CORESET0 is allocated according to the first 3 PDCCH candidates according to aggregation level 8 in this example; the last 5 PDCCH candidates are allocated to the TCI state transmission indicated by CORESET1 for setting.

The network device sends the Search Space and one candidate PDCCH of candidate PDCCHs corresponding to the TCI state indicated by the associated CORESET0 to the terminal device and indicates related downlink control information, wherein the indicated downlink control information may be used to schedule a channel;

When the same channel is scheduled, the network device may indicate, through pre-configuration or higher layer signaling, that there is some correspondence between the first 3 candidate PDCCHs and the last 5 candidate PDCCHs with an aggregation level of 8. That is, when the network device selects to transmit downlink control information through the ith candidate PDCCH of the first 3 candidate PDCCHs, the network device may transmit the same downlink control information through the same kth candidate PDCCH of the last 5 candidate PDCCHs. The two downlink control information schedules the same channel.

when CCE resources are calculated, m _s,nci PDCCH candidates only for the TCI state indicated for CORESET0 in the search space (in this example, PDCCH candidates 0-2 correspond to CORESET0, and PDCCH candidates 3-7 correspond to CORESET1, where m is the CCE resource of PDCCH candidate in CORESET0 when calculating the CCE resource of PDCCH candidate _s,nci 0-2 in turn correspond to PDCCH candidates 0-2). N is a radical of hydrogen _CCE,p The number of CCEs of CORESET corresponding to the candidate PDCCH.

Example 3:

the network device configures a Search Space associated with 2 CORESET.

The network device configures 8 PDCCH candidates for aggregation level 8 of Search Space, where one PDCCH candidate in the 8 PDCCH candidates is selected at time T0 and is transmitted by TCI state 0 indicated by core set 0. Selecting one of the 8 candidate PDCCHs at time T1 is performed by TCI state 1 indicated by CORESET1 to transmit downlink control information.

It should be noted that this example differs from example 1 in that: all 8 PDCCH candidates will be sent via CORESET0 and CORESET 1. The time T0 and the time T1 may be the same or different. If the two signals are the same, the PDCCH is transmitted twice through the TCI states indicated by CORESET0 and CORESET1 at time T0.

In addition, the determined PDCCH candidates may have the same or different CORESET pool index among the 8 PDCCH candidates. For example, the PDCCH candidate with CORESET pool index of 0 is chosen by CORESET0, and the PDCCH candidate with CORESET pool index of 1 is chosen by CORESET 1.

the network device sends the related downlink control information to the terminal device through the Search Space and one of the candidate PDCCHs corresponding to the TCI state indicated by the associated CORESET1, where the indicated downlink control information may be used to schedule a channel.

The PDCCHs respectively transmitted by the network device through TCI state 0 of CORESET0 and the network device through TCI state 1 of CORESET1 may be used to schedule the same channel, or may be used to schedule different channels.

When the same channel is scheduled, the network device may indicate, through pre-configuration or high-layer signaling, that there is some correspondence between the first 3 candidate PDCCHs and the last 5 candidate PDCCHs with an aggregation level of 8. That is, when the network device selects to transmit downlink control information through the ith candidate PDCCH of the first 3 candidate PDCCHs, the network device may transmit the same downlink control information through the same kth candidate PDCCH of the last 5 candidate PDCCHs. The two downlink control information schedules the same channel.

At time T0, the network device calculates CCE resources occupied by channels of the candidate PDCCH number based on only the number of candidate PDCCHs corresponding to TCI state 0 indicated by core Space 0 and the number of CCEs of core Space 0.

At time T1, the network device calculates the CCE resources occupied by the channels of the PDCCH candidates based on the PDCCH candidate number associated with TCI state 1 indicated by core set1 in the Search Space and the CCE number of core set 1.

And the network equipment selects a CCE resource occupied by one PDCCH from the CCE resources corresponding to the channels of the candidate PDCCH number calculated based on CORESET0 and TCI state 0 at the time T0 to transmit the downlink control information.

And the network equipment selects a CCE resource occupied by one PDCCH from the CCE resources corresponding to the channels of the candidate PDCCH number calculated based on CORESET1 and TCI state 1 at the time T1 to transmit the downlink control information.

The downlink control information transmitted by the PDCCH selected by the network device at the time T0 and T1 is the repeated transmission of one control channel.

According to the transmission method of the channel resources provided by the embodiment of the application, the UE can detect the PDCCH on the correct resources by determining the resources of the PDCCH sent by each TCI state, so that the subsequent data is received or sent.

It should be noted that, in the transmission method of the channel resource provided in the embodiment of the present application, the association relationship between the SS, the core, the TCI state and the PDCCH candidate described in the above example may also be expressed as a corresponding relationship, and the implementation of the transmission method of the channel resource provided in the embodiment of the present application is not specifically limited.

Example 2

According to another aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, there is further provided a method for transmitting a channel resource, and fig. 3 is a schematic flow chart of the method for transmitting a channel resource according to the embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 3, at a terminal device side, the method includes:

step S302, the terminal device obtains at least two transmission configuration indication states associated with the candidate control channels in at least one search space sent by the network device; the transmission configuration indication state is used for indicating the channel parameters when the terminal equipment receives the candidate control channels;

in step S302, the terminal device may include a terminal device applied to 3GPP, especially a terminal device applied in NR scenario, where the terminal device may include: devices with radio frequency communication functions, such as smart phones (for example, phones with IOS, android and Windows systems), tablet computers, notebook computers, intelligent wearable devices (for example, smart watches, VR devices and AR devices), and the like;

taking a smart phone as an example, a terminal device acquires at least one search space of a candidate control channel configured by a base station (corresponding to the network device in embodiment 1) and associates at least two transmission configuration indication states (hereinafter referred to as TCI state for short);

the correspondence between the Search Space (SS) and the TCI state is shown in fig. 2a and fig. 2b in embodiment 1.

That is, repeated Transmission of a PDCCH based on Multiple Transmission and Reception (Multiple Transmission and Reception, abbreviated as Multi-TRP) is supported by associating one Search Space to a plurality of control resource sets CORESET having different control resource set pool indices CORESET pool indices, each of which activates only one TCI state, or associating one Search Space to one core but configuring a plurality of TCI states for the core set.

Step S304, the terminal equipment determines the resources occupied by the candidate control channel according to the transmission configuration indication state associated with the candidate control channel and the control resource set corresponding to the transmission configuration indication state.

In step S304, based on the TCI state configured by the network device obtained by the terminal device in step S302, taking the terminal device as a smart phone as an example, after receiving the PDCCH candidates, the smart phone determines, according to the indicated number of PDCCH candidates associated with each CORESET, a Control Channel Element (CCE) resource corresponding to each PDCCH candidate, and receives a detection PDCCH on the corresponding CCE resource.

In the embodiment of the invention, at least two transmission configuration indication states associated with candidate control channels in at least one search space sent by network equipment are obtained through terminal equipment; the transmission configuration indication state is used for indicating the channel parameters when the terminal equipment receives the candidate control channels; the method comprises the steps that a terminal device determines resources occupied by candidate control channels according to a transmission configuration indication state associated with the candidate control channels and a control resource set corresponding to the transmission configuration indication state, and achieves the purpose that a UE can detect the PDCCH on correct resources and correctly receive subsequent PDCCHs, so that the technical effects that the PDCCH is detected on the correct resources by the UE through determining the resources of the PDCCH sent by each TCI state and the subsequent data is successfully received or sent are achieved, and the technical problem that the PDCCH cannot be correctly received subsequently due to the fact that the frequency domain resources of the PDCCH are configured according to the number of the candidate channels in a search space in the related technology is solved.

Wherein, the TCI state is obtained by the UE through the core set associated by the network device for the SS.

Configuring corresponding CORESET for the SS, and associating corresponding TCI state through the CORESET; for example: taking an SS as an example, when configuring an SS, an SS may configure one core set or multiple core sets, and in the case of configuring one core set, configure multiple TCI states associated with the core set; in the case of configuring multiple CORESET, the TCI state associated with each CORESET is configured, i.e., each CORESET corresponds to one TCI state.

Optionally, the step S302 of acquiring, by the terminal device, at least two transmission configuration indication states associated with the candidate control channels in the at least one search space sent by the network device includes:

in a first mode, terminal equipment acquires different transmission configuration indication states respectively associated with at least two candidate control channels in at least one search space by network equipment;

corresponding to the first method in embodiment 1, the network device takes a base station as an example, the base station associates different TCI states with at least two PDCCH candidates in at least one SS, and each PDCCH candidate associates a corresponding TCI state in a process of allocating PDCCH candidates to one SS.

In a second mode, the terminal equipment acquires at least two transmission configuration indication states which are simultaneously associated by the network equipment for at least one candidate control channel in at least one search space;

corresponding to the second mode in embodiment 1, the network device takes a base station as an example, the base station associates different TCI states with at least one PDCCH candidate in at least one SS, and each PDCCH candidate associates at least two TCI states in the process of allocating PDCCH candidates to one SS.

The terminal equipment acquires that the network equipment respectively associates different transmission configuration indication states for at least two candidate control channels in at least one search space; and the terminal equipment acquires at least two transmission configuration indication states which are simultaneously associated by the network equipment for at least one candidate control channel in at least one search space.

In the process of allocating PDCCH candidates to multiple SSs, corresponding to the third manner in embodiment 1, in combination with the first manner and the second manner, the TCI state corresponding to each PDCCH candidate may be configured for each SS according to the first manner and the second manner.

The relationship between the SS, the CORESET, the TCI state and the PDCCH candidate may be: each TCI state is activated corresponding to the CORESET respectively, and/or each TCI state is activated based on the same CORESET;

In the case of "and", i.e. at least two transmission configuration indication states are activated by the network device for different sets of control resources, respectively; and, the at least two transmission configuration indication states are activated by the network device for one control resource set at the same time, and may correspond to the implementation scenario, respectively activated by the network device for different control resource sets according to the at least two transmission configuration indication states for different SSs, respectively; and/or, the at least two transmission configuration indication states are configuration TCI states that the network device is simultaneously active for one set of control resources.

In one implementable manner, where there are multiple CORESETs, each CORESET has a respective corresponding CORESET pool index.

Based on the above configuration, the downlink control information sent by the terminal device in the receiving network device may be obtained as follows:

in the first mode, the terminal device receives downlink control information sent by the network device through the candidate control channels, wherein the downlink control information is sent through one of the candidate control channels and at least two transmission configuration indication states associated with the candidate control channels;

the downlink control information received by the terminal device may be: when a base station transmits Downlink control information, for example, DCI (Downlink control signaling), when at least two TCI states are associated with one PDCCH candidate, the PDCCH candidate may be transmitted through one PDCCH candidate of the plurality of PDCCH candidates and the at least two TCI states associated with the PDCCH candidate.

In a second mode, the terminal device receives downlink control information sent by the network device through the candidate control channels, wherein the downlink control information is sent through transmission configuration indication states respectively associated with at least two candidate control channels and at least two candidate control channels;

the downlink control information received by the terminal device may be: when the base station transmits Downlink control information, for example, DCI (Downlink control signaling), when each PDCCH candidate is associated with a corresponding TCI state, the Downlink control information may be transmitted through at least two PDCCH candidates and the TCI states associated with the at least two PDCCH candidates.

The terminal device receives downlink control information sent by the network device through the candidate control channels, wherein the downlink control information is sent through one of the candidate control channels and at least two transmission configuration indication states associated with the candidate control channels; and the indication status is sent through the transmission configuration respectively associated with the at least two candidate control channels and the at least two candidate control channels.

The downlink control information received by the terminal device may be: in combination with the first and second manners, when there are multiple candidate PDCCHs, some candidate PDCCHs are associated with at least two TCI states, and some candidate PDCCHs are associated with corresponding TCI states, the base station selects different types of candidate PDCCHs from the multiple candidate PDCCHs, and performs transmission of downlink control information through the TCI states associated with the types of candidate PDCCHs, which may be specifically implemented by simultaneously transmitting the downlink control information through the first and second manners.

Optionally, in step S304, the determining, by the terminal device, the resource occupied by the candidate control channel according to the transmission configuration indication state associated with the candidate control channel and the control resource set corresponding to the transmission configuration indication state includes: the terminal equipment acquires the aggregation level of the candidate control channel determined by the network equipment; the terminal equipment acquires the number of candidate control channels related to the same transmission configuration indication state in the aggregation level; the terminal equipment acquires physical resources of a control resource set corresponding to the transmission configuration indication state; the terminal equipment determines resources occupied by the transmission of the candidate control channels based on the number of the candidate control channels and the physical resources; and the terminal equipment detects the downlink control information on one of the physical resources according to the corresponding transmission configuration indication state.

In an implementation manner, taking the configuration of an SS as an example, the network device takes a base station as an example to illustrate:

the base station activates only one TCI state at any one time for each CORESET.

The base station configures 8 candidate numbers of PDCCHs for aggregation level 8 of Search Space, where the first 4 PDCCH candidates are transmitted only by the TCI state indicated by core set0, and the last 4 PDCCH candidates are transmitted only by the TCI state indicated by core set 1. In this embodiment, aggregation level 8 may be any aggregation level, or only a part of aggregation levels may be configured, which is subject to the transmission method of channel resources provided in this embodiment and is not specifically limited.

The base station determines the resources occupied by the transmission of the candidate control channels based on the number of the candidate control channels and the physical resources of the control resource set, wherein the resources occupied by the transmission of the candidate control channels when the base station determines the transmission of the candidate control channels comprise:

When CCE resources are calculated, m _s,nci PDCCH candidates only for the TCI state indicated for CORESET0 in the search space (in this embodiment, PDCCH candidates 0-3 correspond to CORESET0, PDCCH candidates 4-7 correspond to CORESET1, where m is the CCE resource of PDCCH candidate in CORESET0 when calculating the CCE resource of PDCCH candidate in CORESET0 _s,nci 0-3 correspond to PDCCH candidates 0-3 in order, and m is the CCE resource of PDCCH candidate in CORESET1 _s,nci 0-3 in turn correspond to PDCCH candidates 4-7). N is a radical of hydrogen _CCE,p The number of CCEs of CORESET corresponding to the PDCCH candidate.

To sum up, the method for transmitting channel resources provided in the embodiment of the present application includes the following steps when receiving downlink control information:

in a first manner, the downlink control information is sent by the network device through a candidate control channel associated with at least two transmission configuration indication states in the search space, where the downlink control information is information sent by the network device once through each transmission configuration indication state associated with one candidate control channel, or each part content in the downlink control information is sent by each transmission configuration indication state associated with one candidate control channel through the network device.

In a first manner corresponding to the "sending downlink control information" in embodiment 1, the downlink control information received by the terminal device is sent by the network device through a candidate control channel associated with at least two transmission configuration indication states in the search space, and in the process:

the downlink control information can be transmitted once through a plurality of TCI states associated with one candidate PDCCH, that is, one piece of downlink control information is repeatedly transmitted through the TCI state associated with one candidate PDCCH;

or the like, or a combination thereof,

transmitting each part of the downlink control information through each TCI state associated with the candidate PDCCH, namely splitting a piece of downlink control information, and sending each part of the split downlink control information by each TCI state associated with the determined candidate PDCCH; for example, each TCI state corresponds to a part of the downlink control information.

In a second mode, the downlink control information is sent by the network device through at least two candidate control channels in the search space, wherein the downlink control information is obtained by repeatedly transmitting the at least two candidate control channels, or the contents of different parts of the downlink control information are obtained by respectively transmitting the at least two candidate control channels; wherein, the transmission configuration indication states respectively associated with the at least two candidate control channels are different.

Different from the first mode, in the second mode, corresponding to the second mode of "sending downlink control information" in embodiment 1, the downlink control information received by the terminal device is sent by the network device through at least two candidate PDCCHs in the SS, and in the transmission process, the at least two candidate PDCCHs may be made to send the same downlink control information; it is also possible to let two PDCCH candidates transmit the content of different parts of the same downlink control information.

In a third mode, the downlink control information is sent by the network device through a candidate control channel associated with at least two transmission configuration indication states in the search space, wherein the downlink control information is information sent by the network device once through each transmission configuration indication state associated with one candidate control channel, or each part content in the downlink control information is sent by each transmission configuration indication state associated with one candidate control channel through the network device; and the downlink control information is sent by the network device through at least two candidate control channels in the search space, wherein the downlink control information is obtained by repeatedly transmitting the at least two candidate control channels, or the contents of different parts of the downlink control information are obtained by respectively transmitting the at least two candidate control channels; wherein, the transmission configuration indication states respectively associated with the at least two candidate control channels are different.

The third mode is a mode for realizing the combination of the first mode and the second mode when receiving the downlink control information.

Optionally, the method for transmitting channel resources provided in the embodiment of the present application further includes: the terminal equipment receives downlink control information through one candidate control channel in the search space according to the incidence relation between the candidate control channels in the search space indicated by the network equipment; the network equipment determines that the downlink control information is repeatedly transmitted through the corresponding candidate control channel in the search space according to the incidence relation between the candidate control channels; or, determining that each part of the content of the downlink control information is transmitted through a corresponding candidate control channel in the search space.

It should be noted that, when the terminal device receives the control information sent by the at least two TCI states associated with the candidate PDCCH, the network device may select to detect the information, and if the control information is sent repeatedly, the control information only needs to be received once, so that channel resources are saved, and the message response efficiency is improved.

Example 3

According to another aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, there is further provided a transmission apparatus of channel resources, fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a transmission apparatus of channel resources according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 4, on a network device side, including: a sending module 42, configured to send candidate control channels in at least one search space to a terminal device; the resources occupied by the candidate control channels are determined according to the transmission configuration indication states corresponding to the candidate control channels and the control resource sets corresponding to the transmission configuration indication states corresponding to the candidate control channels.

Optionally, at least two candidate control channels in at least one search space are respectively associated with different transmission configuration indication states; or, at least one candidate control channel in at least one search space is simultaneously associated with at least two transmission configuration indication states; or, at least two candidate control channels in at least one search space are respectively associated with different transmission configuration indication states; and associating at least two transmission configuration indication states simultaneously with at least one candidate control channel in the at least one search space.

Optionally, the apparatus for transmitting channel resources provided in this embodiment of the present application further includes: a configuration module, configured to configure a transmission configuration indication state associated with the control resource set by configuring the associated control resource set for the search space.

Optionally, the sending module 42 includes: a first sending unit, configured to send downlink control information through at least two transmission configuration indication states associated with one of the candidate control channels and the candidate control channel when sending the downlink control information through the candidate control channel; or, the second sending unit is configured to send the downlink control information through the transmission configuration indication states respectively associated with the at least two candidate control channels and the at least two candidate control channels when sending the downlink control information through the candidate control channels; or, a third sending unit, configured to send the downlink control information through one of the candidate control channels and at least two transmission configuration indication states associated with the candidate control channels when sending the downlink control information through the candidate control channels; and transmitting the downlink control information through the transmission configuration indication states respectively associated with the at least two candidate control channels and the at least two candidate control channels.

Further, optionally, the apparatus for transmitting channel resources provided in this embodiment of the present application further includes: a rank determination module for determining an aggregation rank of the candidate control channels; a number determination module for determining a number of candidate control channels associated to a same transmission configuration indication state in an aggregation level; a first resource determining module, configured to determine a physical resource of a control resource set corresponding to a transmission configuration indication state; and the second resource determining module is used for determining the resources occupied by the candidate control channels during transmission based on the number of the candidate control channels and the physical resources of the control resource set.

Optionally, the second sending unit includes: a second sending subunit, configured to send the same downlink control information through at least two candidate control channels; or, transmitting contents of different parts of the same downlink control information through at least two candidate control channels; wherein, the transmission configuration indication states respectively associated with the at least two candidate control channels are different.

Optionally, the apparatus for transmitting channel resources provided in this embodiment of the present application further includes: a relation setting module for indicating an association relation between candidate control channels in the search space; the information transmission module is used for determining that the downlink control information is repeatedly transmitted through the corresponding candidate control channel in the search space according to the incidence relation among the candidate control channels when determining that the downlink control information is transmitted through the candidate control channel in the search space; or determining that the contents of each part of the downlink control information are respectively transmitted through corresponding candidate control channels in the search space.

Example 4

According to another aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, there is further provided a transmission apparatus for channel resources, fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of another transmission apparatus for channel resources according to the embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 5, on a terminal device side, including: an obtaining module 52, configured to obtain at least two transmission configuration indication statuses associated with the candidate control channels in at least one search space sent by the network device; the transmission configuration indication state is used for indicating the channel parameters when the terminal equipment receives the candidate control channels; the resource calculating module 54 is configured to determine the resources occupied by the candidate control channels according to the transmission configuration indication state associated with the candidate control channels and the control resource set corresponding to the transmission configuration indication state.

Optionally, the obtaining module 52 includes: a first obtaining unit, configured to obtain different transmission configuration indication states respectively associated with at least two candidate control channels in at least one search space by a network device; or, a second obtaining unit, configured to obtain at least two transmission configuration indication states associated with the network device for at least one candidate control channel in the at least one search space; or, a third obtaining unit, configured to obtain different transmission configuration indication statuses respectively associated by the network device for the at least two candidate control channels in the at least one search space; and acquiring that the network device associates at least two transmission configuration indication states simultaneously for at least one candidate control channel in the at least one search space.

Optionally, the apparatus for transmitting channel resources provided in this embodiment of the present application further includes: a first receiving module, configured to receive downlink control information sent by a network device through a candidate control channel, where the downlink control information is sent through one of the candidate control channels and at least two transmission configuration indication states associated with the candidate control channel; or, the second receiving module is configured to receive downlink control information sent by the network device through the candidate control channels, where the downlink control information is sent through transmission configuration indication states respectively associated with at least two candidate control channels and at least two candidate control channels; or, a third receiving module, configured to receive downlink control information sent by the network device through the candidate control channels, where the downlink control information is sent through one of the candidate control channels and at least two transmission configuration indication states associated with the candidate control channels; and the indication status is sent through the transmission configuration respectively associated with the at least two candidate control channels and the at least two candidate control channels.

Further, optionally, the resource calculating module 54 includes: a level obtaining unit, configured to obtain an aggregation level of candidate control channels determined by a network device; a number obtaining unit, configured to obtain the number of candidate control channels associated with the same transmission configuration indication state in an aggregation level; a resource obtaining unit, configured to obtain a physical resource of a control resource set corresponding to a transmission configuration indication state; the resource calculation unit is used for determining resources occupied by the candidate control channels during transmission based on the number of the candidate control channels and the physical resources; and detecting the control information on one of the physical resources according to the corresponding transmission configuration indication state.

Optionally, the apparatus for transmitting channel resources provided in this embodiment of the present application further includes: the information receiving module is used for receiving downlink control information through one candidate control channel in the search space according to the incidence relation between the candidate control channels in the search space indicated by the network equipment; the network equipment determines that the downlink control information is repeatedly transmitted through the corresponding candidate control channel in the search space according to the incidence relation between the candidate control channels; or determining that the contents of each part of the downlink control information are respectively transmitted through corresponding candidate control channels in the search space.

Example 5

According to an aspect of another embodiment of the present invention, there is further provided a network device, and fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 6, including: a signal transceiver circuit 62 and a processor 64; the signal transceiver circuit 62 is configured to send the candidate control channels in the at least one search space to the terminal device; the at least one search space is associated with at least two transmission configuration indication states, and the resources occupied by the candidate control channels are determined by the processor 64 according to the transmission configuration indication states corresponding to the candidate control channels and the control resource sets corresponding to the transmission configuration indication states corresponding to the candidate control channels.

Example 6

According to an aspect of another embodiment of the present invention, there is further provided a terminal device, and fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 7, including: a signal transceiver circuit 72 and a processor 74; the signal transceiver circuit 72 is configured to acquire at least two transmission configuration indication states associated with the candidate control channels in at least one search space sent by the network device; the transmission configuration indication state is used for indicating the channel parameters when the terminal equipment receives the candidate control channels; and a processor 74, configured to determine resources occupied by the candidate control channels according to the transmission configuration indication state associated with the candidate control channels and the control resource set corresponding to the transmission configuration indication state.

Example 7

According to an aspect of another embodiment of the present invention, there is also provided a communication system including: network equipment and terminal equipment; the network equipment is used for sending candidate control channels in at least one search space to the terminal equipment; wherein, at least one search space and at least two transmission configuration indication states have an incidence relation, and resources occupied by the candidate control channels are determined according to the transmission configuration indication states corresponding to the candidate control channels and the control resource sets corresponding to the transmission configuration indication states corresponding to the candidate control channels; the terminal equipment is used for acquiring at least two transmission configuration indication states associated with the candidate control channel in at least one search space sent by the network equipment; the transmission configuration indication state is used for indicating the channel parameters when the terminal equipment receives the candidate control channels; and determining resources occupied by the candidate control channels according to the transmission configuration indication state associated with the candidate control channels and the control resource set corresponding to the transmission configuration indication state.

Example 8

According to an aspect of another embodiment of the present invention, there is further provided a non-volatile storage medium, where the non-volatile storage medium includes a stored program, and when the program runs, a device in which the non-volatile storage medium is controlled to execute the transmission method of the channel resource described in the

above embodiment

1 or 2.

Example 9

According to an aspect of another embodiment of the present invention, there is further provided a processor configured to execute a program stored in a storage medium, where the program executes to perform the transmission method of the channel resource described in

embodiment

1 or 2.

The above-mentioned serial numbers of the embodiments of the present invention are merely for description and do not represent the merits of the embodiments.

In the above embodiments of the present invention, the descriptions of the respective embodiments have respective emphasis, and for parts that are not described in detail in a certain embodiment, reference may be made to related descriptions of other embodiments.

In the embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed technology can be implemented in other ways. The above-described embodiments of the apparatus are merely illustrative, and for example, the division of the units may be a logical division, and in actual implementation, there may be another division, for example, multiple 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 coupling or direct coupling or communication connection between each other may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interfaces, units or modules, and may be electrical or in other forms.

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 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 invention 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 integrated unit may be implemented in the form of hardware, or may also be implemented in the form of a software functional unit.

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

The foregoing is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and it should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, various modifications and amendments can be made without departing from the principle of the present invention, and these modifications and amendments should also be considered as the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

A method for transmitting channel resources, comprising:

the network equipment sends candidate control channels in at least one search space to the terminal equipment;

wherein, the at least one search space has an association relation with at least two transmission configuration indication states, and the resources occupied by the candidate control channels are determined according to the transmission configuration indication states corresponding to the candidate control channels and the control resource sets corresponding to the transmission configuration indication states corresponding to the candidate control channels.
The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one search space is associated with at least two transmission configuration indication states, comprising:

at least two candidate control channels in the at least one search space are respectively associated with different transmission configuration indication states;

or,

at least one candidate control channel in the at least one search space is associated with at least two transmission configuration indication states simultaneously;

or,

at least two candidate control channels in the at least one search space are respectively associated with different transmission configuration indication states; and associating at least two transmission configuration indication states simultaneously with at least one candidate control channel in the at least one search space.
The method of claim 2,

the at least two transmission configuration indication states are activated by the network device for different sets of control resources, respectively;

and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

the at least two transmission configuration indication states are simultaneously activated by the network device for one set of control resources.
The method of claim 3, wherein the different control resource sets have different control resource set pool indices.
The method of claim 3, wherein the network device configures a transmission configuration indication state associated with a set of control resources by configuring the associated set of control resources for a search space.
The method of claim 2, wherein the network device sends the candidate control channels in the at least one search space to the terminal device, and wherein the sending comprises:

when the network equipment sends the downlink control information through the candidate control channels, the network equipment sends the downlink control information through one of the candidate control channels and at least two transmission configuration indication states associated with the candidate control channels;

or the like, or a combination thereof,

when the network equipment sends the downlink control information through the candidate control channels, the network equipment sends the downlink control information through at least two candidate control channels and transmission configuration indication states respectively associated with the at least two candidate control channels;

or the like, or a combination thereof,

when the network equipment sends the downlink control information through the candidate control channels, the network equipment sends the downlink control information through one of the candidate control channels and at least two transmission configuration indication states associated with the candidate control channels; and transmitting the downlink control information through at least two candidate control channels and transmission configuration indication states respectively associated with the at least two candidate control channels.
The method of claim 6, wherein the step of determining the resources occupied by the candidate control channel comprises:

the network equipment determines an aggregation level of a candidate control channel;

the network device determining a number of candidate control channels in the aggregation level associated to a same transmission configuration indication state;

the network equipment determines physical resources of a control resource set corresponding to the transmission configuration indication state;

and the network equipment determines the resources occupied by the candidate control channels during transmission based on the number of the candidate control channels and the physical resources of the control resource set.
The method of claim 6, wherein the network device sends the downlink control information via one of the candidate control channels and at least two transmission configuration indication statuses associated with the candidate control channels, comprising:

the network equipment respectively sends the downlink control information once through each transmission configuration indication state associated with the candidate control channel;

or,

and the network equipment respectively sends the contents of each part of the downlink control information through each transmission configuration indication state associated with the candidate control channel.
The method of claim 6, wherein the network device sends the downlink control information via at least two candidate control channels and transmission configuration indication statuses respectively associated with the at least two candidate control channels, comprising:

the network equipment sends the same downlink control information through the at least two candidate control channels;

or,

the network equipment transmits the content of different parts of the same downlink control information through the at least two candidate control channels;

wherein the transmission configuration indication states respectively associated with the at least two candidate control channels are different.
The method of claim 6, wherein the network device sends the downlink control information via one candidate control channel and at least two transmission configuration indication statuses associated with the candidate control channel; and transmitting the downlink control information through at least two candidate control channels and transmission configuration indication states respectively associated with the at least two candidate control channels, including:

the network equipment respectively sends the downlink control information through each transmission configuration indication state associated with the candidate control channel; or, the network device sends each part of the content of the downlink control information through each transmission configuration indication state associated with the candidate control channel;

and the number of the first and second groups,

the network equipment sends the same downlink control information through the at least two candidate control channels; or, the network device transmits the content of different parts of the same downlink control information through the at least two candidate control channels; wherein the transmission configuration indication states respectively associated with the at least two candidate control channels are different.
The method of claim 6, further comprising:

the network device indicating an association between candidate control channels in the search space;

when the network equipment determines that the downlink control information is transmitted through one candidate control channel in the search space, the network equipment determines that the downlink control information is repeatedly transmitted through the corresponding candidate control channel in the search space according to the incidence relation between the candidate control channels; or determining that each part of the content of the downlink control information is transmitted through a corresponding candidate control channel in the search space.
A method for transmitting channel resources, comprising:

the method comprises the steps that terminal equipment obtains at least two transmission configuration indication states related to candidate control channels in at least one search space sent by network equipment; wherein the transmission configuration indicates a state for indicating channel parameters when the terminal device receives the candidate control channel;

and the terminal equipment determines the resources occupied by the candidate control channels according to the transmission configuration indication state associated with the candidate control channels and the control resource set corresponding to the transmission configuration indication state.
The method of claim 12, wherein the transmission configuration indication state is configured by the network device for a set of control resources associated with a search space.
The method of claim 12, wherein the obtaining, by the terminal device, at least two transmission configuration indication states associated with the candidate control channels in the at least one search space sent by the network device comprises:

the terminal equipment acquires different transmission configuration indication states respectively associated with at least two candidate control channels in the at least one search space by the network equipment;

or,

the terminal equipment acquires at least two transmission configuration indication states which are simultaneously associated by the network equipment for at least one candidate control channel in the at least one search space;

or the like, or a combination thereof,

the terminal equipment acquires that the network equipment respectively associates different transmission configuration indication states for at least two candidate control channels in the at least one search space; and the terminal equipment acquires that the network equipment associates at least two transmission configuration indication states for at least one candidate control channel in the at least one search space simultaneously.
The method according to any one of claims 12 to 14,

the at least two transmission configuration indication states are activated by the network device for different sets of control resources, respectively;

and/or the presence of a gas in the atmosphere,

the at least two transmission configuration indication states are simultaneously activated by the network device for one set of control resources.
The method of claim 15, wherein the different control resource sets have different control resource set pool indices.
The method of claim 16, further comprising:

the terminal equipment receives downlink control information sent by the network equipment through the candidate control channels, wherein the downlink control information is sent through one candidate control channel and at least two transmission configuration indication states associated with the candidate control channel;

or,

the terminal equipment receives downlink control information sent by the network equipment through the candidate control channels, wherein the downlink control information is sent through at least two candidate control channels and transmission configuration indication states respectively associated with the at least two candidate control channels;

or the like, or a combination thereof,

the terminal equipment receives downlink control information sent by the network equipment through the candidate control channels, wherein the downlink control information is sent through one candidate control channel and at least two transmission configuration indication states associated with the candidate control channel; and the indication state is sent through at least two candidate control channels and transmission configuration indication states respectively associated with the at least two candidate control channels.
The method of claim 17, wherein the determining, by the terminal device, the resource occupied by the candidate control channel according to the transmission configuration indication state associated with the candidate control channel and the control resource set corresponding to the transmission configuration indication state includes:

the terminal equipment acquires the aggregation level of the candidate control channel determined by the network equipment;

the terminal equipment acquires the number of candidate control channels related to the same transmission configuration indication state in the aggregation level;

the terminal equipment acquires physical resources of a control resource set corresponding to the transmission configuration indication state;

the terminal equipment determines resources occupied by the candidate control channels during transmission based on the number of the candidate control channels and the physical resources;

and the terminal equipment detects the control information on one of the physical resources according to the corresponding transmission configuration indication state.
The method according to claim 17, wherein the downlink control information is sent by the network device through one candidate control channel in the search space, where the candidate control channel is associated with at least two transmission configuration indication states, and the downlink control information is sent by the network device once through each transmission configuration indication state associated with the candidate control channel, or each part of the downlink control information is sent by the network device through each transmission configuration indication state associated with the candidate control channel.
The method of claim 17, wherein the downlink control information is sent by the network device through at least two candidate control channels in the search space, where the downlink control information is obtained by repeatedly transmitting the at least two candidate control channels, or different portions of the downlink control information are obtained by separately transmitting the at least two candidate control channels; wherein the transmission configuration indication states respectively associated with the at least two candidate control channels are different.
The method of claim 17, wherein the downlink control information is sent by the network device through a candidate control channel in the search space, where the candidate control channel is associated with at least two transmission configuration indication states, and the downlink control information is sent by the network device once through each transmission configuration indication state associated with the candidate control channel, or each part of the downlink control information is sent by the network device through each transmission configuration indication state associated with the candidate control channel; and the downlink control information is sent by the network device through at least two candidate control channels in the search space, wherein the downlink control information is obtained by repeatedly transmitting the at least two candidate control channels, or the contents of different parts of the downlink control information are obtained by respectively transmitting the at least two candidate control channels; wherein the transmission configuration indication states respectively associated with the at least two candidate control channels are different.
The method of claim 17, further comprising:

the terminal equipment receives downlink control information through one candidate control channel in the search space according to the incidence relation between the candidate control channels in the search space indicated by the network equipment;

the downlink control information is determined by the network equipment according to the incidence relation between the candidate control channels, and the downlink control information is repeatedly transmitted through the corresponding candidate control channels in the search space; or determining that the contents of each part of the downlink control information are respectively transmitted through corresponding candidate control channels in the search space.
An apparatus for transmitting channel resources, comprising:

a sending module, configured to send candidate control channels in at least one search space to a terminal device;

the at least one search space is associated with at least two transmission configuration indication states, and the resources occupied by the candidate control channels are determined according to the transmission configuration indication states corresponding to the candidate control channels and the control resource sets corresponding to the transmission configuration indication states corresponding to the candidate control channels.
The apparatus of claim 23,

at least two candidate control channels in the at least one search space are respectively associated with different transmission configuration indication states;

or the like, or a combination thereof,

at least one candidate control channel in the at least one search space is associated with at least two transmission configuration indication states simultaneously;

or,

at least two candidate control channels in the at least one search space are respectively associated with different transmission configuration indication states; and associating at least two transmission configuration indication states simultaneously with at least one candidate control channel in the at least one search space.
The apparatus of claim 24,

the at least two transmission configuration indication states are activated by the network device for different sets of control resources, respectively;

and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

the at least two transmission configuration indication states are simultaneously activated by the network device for one set of control resources.
The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the different control resource sets have different control resource set pool indices.
The apparatus of claim 25, further comprising:

a configuration module, configured to configure a transmission configuration indication state associated with a control resource set by configuring the associated control resource set for a search space.
The apparatus of claim 24, wherein the sending module comprises:

a first sending unit, configured to send downlink control information through one candidate control channel and at least two transmission configuration indication states associated with the candidate control channel when sending the downlink control information through the candidate control channel;

or,

a second sending unit, configured to send the downlink control information through at least two candidate control channels and transmission configuration indication states respectively associated with the at least two candidate control channels when sending the downlink control information through the candidate control channels;

or,

a third sending unit, configured to send the downlink control information through one of the candidate control channels and at least two transmission configuration indication states associated with the candidate control channel when sending the downlink control information through the candidate control channel; and transmitting the downlink control information through at least two candidate control channels and transmission configuration indication states respectively associated with the at least two candidate control channels.
The apparatus of claim 28, further comprising:

a level determination module for determining an aggregation level of the candidate control channels;

a number determination module for determining a number of candidate control channels associated to a same transmission configuration indication state in the aggregation level;

a first resource determining module, configured to determine a physical resource of a control resource set corresponding to the transmission configuration indication state;

and the second resource determining module is used for determining the resources occupied by the candidate control channels during transmission based on the number of the candidate control channels and the physical resources of the control resource set.
The apparatus of claim 28, wherein the first sending unit comprises:

a first sending subunit, configured to send the downlink control information once respectively through each transmission configuration indication state associated with the one candidate control channel; or, the contents of each part of the downlink control information are respectively sent through each transmission configuration indication state associated with the candidate control channel.
The apparatus of claim 28, wherein the second sending unit comprises:

a second sending subunit, configured to send the same downlink control information through the at least two candidate control channels; or, transmitting contents of different parts of the same downlink control information through the at least two candidate control channels; wherein the transmission configuration indication states respectively associated with the at least two candidate control channels are different.
The apparatus of claim 28, wherein the third sending unit comprises:

a third sending subunit, configured to send the downlink control information respectively according to the transmission configuration indication states associated with the candidate control channel; or, respectively sending each part of the content of the downlink control information through each transmission configuration indication state associated with the candidate control channel; and sending the same downlink control information through the at least two candidate control channels; or, transmitting contents of different parts of the same downlink control information through the at least two candidate control channels; wherein the transmission configuration indication states respectively associated with the at least two candidate control channels are different.
The apparatus of claim 28, further comprising:

a relation setting module for indicating an association relation between candidate control channels in the search space;

the information transmission module is used for determining that the downlink control information is repeatedly transmitted through the corresponding candidate control channel in the search space according to the incidence relation between the candidate control channels when determining that the downlink control information is transmitted through the candidate control channel in the search space; or determining that the contents of each part of the downlink control information are respectively transmitted through corresponding candidate control channels in the search space.
An apparatus for transmitting channel resources, comprising:

an obtaining module, configured to obtain at least two transmission configuration indication states associated with a candidate control channel in at least one search space sent by a network device; the transmission configuration indication state is used for indicating a channel parameter when the terminal equipment receives the candidate control channel;

and the resource calculation module is used for determining the resources occupied by the candidate control channels according to the transmission configuration indication state associated with the candidate control channels and the control resource set corresponding to the transmission configuration indication state.
The apparatus of claim 34, wherein the transmission configuration indication state is configured by the network device for a set of control resources associated with a search space.
The apparatus of claim 34, wherein the obtaining module comprises:

a first obtaining unit, configured to obtain different transmission configuration indication statuses that are respectively associated with at least two candidate control channels in the at least one search space by the network device;

or,

a second obtaining unit, configured to obtain at least two transmission configuration indication states associated by the network device for at least one candidate control channel in the at least one search space at the same time;

or,

a third obtaining unit, configured to obtain different transmission configuration indication states respectively associated by the network device for the at least two candidate control channels in the at least one search space; and acquiring that the network equipment associates at least two transmission configuration indication states for at least one candidate control channel in the at least one search space simultaneously.
The apparatus of any one of claims 34 to 36,

the at least two transmission configuration indication states are activated by the network device for different sets of control resources, respectively;

and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

the at least two transmission configuration indication states are simultaneously activated by the network device for one set of control resources.
The apparatus of claim 37, wherein the different control resource sets have different control resource set pool indices.
The apparatus of claim 37, further comprising:

a first receiving module, configured to receive downlink control information sent by a network device through the candidate control channels, where the downlink control information is sent through one of the candidate control channels and at least two transmission configuration indication states associated with the candidate control channels;

or,

a second receiving module, configured to receive downlink control information sent by a network device through the candidate control channels, where the downlink control information is sent through at least two candidate control channels and transmission configuration indication states respectively associated with the at least two candidate control channels;

or,

a third receiving module, configured to receive downlink control information sent by a network device through the candidate control channels, where the downlink control information is sent through one of the candidate control channels and at least two transmission configuration indication states associated with the candidate control channels; and the indication state is sent through at least two candidate control channels and transmission configuration indication states respectively associated with the at least two candidate control channels.
The apparatus of claim 39, wherein the resource calculation module comprises:

a level obtaining unit, configured to obtain an aggregation level of the candidate control channels determined by the network device;

a number obtaining unit, configured to obtain the number of candidate control channels associated with the same transmission configuration indication state in the aggregation level;

a resource obtaining unit, configured to obtain a physical resource of a control resource set corresponding to the transmission configuration indication state;

a resource calculating unit, configured to determine, based on the number of candidate control channels and the physical resource, a resource occupied by the candidate control channels during transmission;

and detecting the control information on one of the physical resources according to the corresponding transmission configuration indication state.
The apparatus of claim 39, wherein the downlink control information is sent by the network device through a candidate control channel associated with at least two transmission configuration indication states in the search space, wherein the downlink control information is sent by the network device once through each transmission configuration indication state associated with the candidate control channel, or wherein contents of each part in the downlink control information are sent by the network device through each transmission configuration indication state associated with the candidate control channel.
The apparatus of claim 39, wherein the downlink control information is sent by the network device through at least two candidate control channels in the search space, and wherein the downlink control information is obtained by repeatedly transmitting the at least two candidate control channels, or contents of different parts of the downlink control information are obtained by separately transmitting the at least two candidate control channels; wherein the transmission configuration indication states respectively associated with the at least two candidate control channels are different.
The apparatus of claim 39, wherein the downlink control information is sent by the network device through a candidate control channel associated with at least two transmission configuration indication states in the search space, wherein the downlink control information is sent by the network device once through each transmission configuration indication state associated with the candidate control channel, or wherein each part of the downlink control information is sent by the network device through each transmission configuration indication state associated with the candidate control channel; and the downlink control information is sent by the network device through at least two candidate control channels in the search space, wherein the downlink control information is obtained by repeatedly transmitting the at least two candidate control channels, or the contents of different parts of the downlink control information are obtained by respectively transmitting the at least two candidate control channels; wherein the transmission configuration indication states respectively associated with the at least two candidate control channels are different.
The apparatus of claim 39, further comprising:

an information receiving module, configured to receive downlink control information through a candidate control channel in the search space according to an association relationship between the candidate control channels in the search space indicated by the network device;

the downlink control information is determined by the network equipment according to the incidence relation between the candidate control channels, and the downlink control information is repeatedly transmitted through the corresponding candidate control channels in the search space; or determining that the contents of each part of the downlink control information are respectively transmitted through corresponding candidate control channels in the search space.
A network device, comprising: a signal transceiving circuit and a processor; wherein,

the signal transceiving circuit is used for sending candidate control channels in at least one search space to the terminal equipment;

wherein, the at least one search space has an association relation with at least two transmission configuration indication states, and the resources occupied by the candidate control channel are determined by the processor according to the transmission configuration indication state corresponding to the candidate control channel and the control resource set corresponding to the transmission configuration indication state corresponding to the candidate control channel.
A terminal device, comprising: a signal transceiving circuit and a processor; wherein,

the signal transceiver circuit is configured to acquire at least two transmission configuration indication states associated with the candidate control channels in at least one search space sent by the network device; the transmission configuration indication state is used for indicating a channel parameter when the terminal equipment receives the candidate control channel;

the processor is configured to determine resources occupied by the candidate control channel according to the transmission configuration indication state associated with the candidate control channel and the control resource set corresponding to the transmission configuration indication state.
A communication system, comprising: network equipment and terminal equipment; wherein,

the network device is configured to send candidate control channels in at least one search space to the terminal device; wherein, the at least one search space has an association relation with at least two transmission configuration indication states, and the resources occupied by the candidate control channels are determined according to the transmission configuration indication states corresponding to the candidate control channels and the control resource sets corresponding to the transmission configuration indication states corresponding to the candidate control channels;

the terminal device is configured to obtain at least two transmission configuration indication states associated with the candidate control channel in at least one search space sent by the network device; the transmission configuration indicates a state, which is used to indicate channel parameters when the terminal device receives the candidate control channel; and determining the resources occupied by the candidate control channels according to the transmission configuration indication state associated with the candidate control channels and the control resource set corresponding to the transmission configuration indication state.
A non-volatile storage medium, comprising a stored program, wherein when the program is run, a device in which the non-volatile storage medium is located is controlled to perform the method for transmitting channel resources according to any one of claims 1 to 22.
A processor configured to execute a program stored in a storage medium, wherein the program is configured to execute the transmission method of channel resources according to any one of claims 1 to 22 when executed.