CN116458229A

CN116458229A - Resource indication method and device

Info

Publication number: CN116458229A
Application number: CN202080106960.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 温容慧; 余政
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-11-30
Filing date: 2020-11-30
Publication date: 2023-07-18
Also published as: WO2022110245A1

Abstract

The application discloses a resource indication method and device, which are used for solving the problem that service blocking is easy to cause when first terminal equipment is concentrated in narrower bandwidth. The method comprises the following steps: the first terminal equipment determines first resources, wherein the first resources comprise more resources than the first terminal equipment can support; the first terminal equipment receives first information, the first information indicates the position of second resources in the first resources, and the number of the resources included in the second resources is smaller than or equal to the number of the resources supportable by the first terminal equipment; the first terminal equipment receives second information, and the second information indicates the position of the third resource in the second resource; and the first terminal equipment transmits information on the third resource.

Description

Resource indication method and device

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for indicating resources.

Background

With the development of communications, the international telecommunications union (international telecommunication union, ITU) defines a mass machine type communication (massive machine type communications, mctc) standard. Currently, a User Equipment (UE) performing an mctc service is referred to as a reduced capability (reduced capability, REDCAP) UE in the standard, i.e., a UE with low complexity or low capability, and the UE may have a lower complexity in terms of bandwidth, power consumption, number of antennas, etc. than other UEs, such as a narrower occupied bandwidth, lower power consumption, fewer number of antennas, etc. Such UEs may also be referred to as lightweight end devices (NRL).

Because the bandwidth occupied by the REDCAP UE is relatively narrow, if the number of users of the REDCAP UE is relatively large, the REDCAP UE is concentrated in the relatively narrow bandwidth, so that the plurality of REDCAP UEs are easy to compete for the bandwidth, and further traffic blocking is caused.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides a resource indication method and device, which are used for solving the problem that the first terminal equipment is concentrated in a narrower bandwidth when the number of the first terminal equipment is large, and business blocking is easy to cause.

In a first aspect, a method for indicating resources is provided in an embodiment of the present application, where the method may be performed by a terminal device, and the terminal device may, of course, be a low-capability terminal, such as the above-mentioned REDCAP UE. The method comprises the following steps: the method comprises the steps that a first terminal device determines first resources, wherein the first resources comprise more resources than the first terminal device can support; the first terminal equipment receives first information, wherein the first information indicates the position of the second resource in the first resource, and the number of the resources included in the second resource is smaller than or equal to the number of the resources supportable by the first terminal equipment; the first terminal equipment receives second information, wherein the second information indicates the position of a third resource in the second resource; and the first terminal equipment transmits information on the third resource. The first terminal device here may be a low capability terminal, such as a REDCAP UE.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the access network device may configure the initial bandwidth area of the first terminal device at any position of one wideband resource, so that the initial bandwidth area of the first terminal device is no longer fixed at a fixed position, and thus the scheduling resource of the first terminal device may not be limited to an area that can be supported by the capability or configured fewer resources. In this way, the scheduling resources of different first terminal devices can be distributed at different positions of the broadband resources, so that traffic blocking can be avoided, and load balancing can be performed better.

In one possible design, the first terminal device may be a low-capability terminal. Such as a REDCAP UE.

In one possible design, the first terminal device sends first report information, where the first report information is a UE characteristic (UE feature) of the first terminal device. The first report information indicates the minimum number of antennas and the maximum number of transmission layers that the terminal device can support. For example, the minimum number of antennas that can be supported by the first terminal device is 1 or 2, and the maximum number of supported transmission layers is 1 or 2. The first report information includes 2 bits. The first bit state of the first report information indicates that the minimum number of antennas supported by the first terminal device is 1 and the maximum number of transmission layers supported by the first terminal device is 1. The second bit state of the first reporting information indicates that the minimum number of antennas supported by the first terminal device is 2 and the maximum number of transmission layers supported by the first terminal device is 1. The third bit state of the first report information indicates that the minimum number of antennas supported by the first terminal device is 2 and the maximum number of transmission layers supported by the first terminal device is 2. The fourth bit state of the first reported information is a reserved state. Or, the fourth bit state of the first reporting information indicates that the capability of the first terminal device and the capability of the second terminal device are the same. The second terminal device may be a terminal device supported by NR R15 or a terminal device having a higher capability than the first terminal device.

In one possible design, the first terminal device may receive the first information and/or the second information through random access response information. Illustratively, the random access response information may be at least one of response information of a random access physical downlink control channel, response information of a random access physical downlink shared channel, and the like, where the random access response information includes uplink grant information. By the design, the first terminal equipment can determine the third resource for information transmission according to the random access response information.

In one possible design, the number of bits of the second information may be determined according to the number of resources supportable by the first terminal device or the number of resources comprised by the second resource. Illustratively, the number of bits of the second information may satisfy the following formula:

wherein N is the number of resources of the first terminal device, or N is the number of resources included in the second resource.

By the design, bit redundancy can be avoided, so that signaling overhead can be reduced.

In one possible design, the first terminal device may obtain the first information and the second information when the first characteristic is satisfied. The first characteristic is that the second resource comprises a number of resources less than or equal to a reference value. The reference value is a preset value. Or, the reference value is the number of resources included in the first resource. The first characteristic is that the first terminal device BWP is greater than or equal to a bandwidth supportable by the first terminal device. For example, the BWP is an initial BWP. Through the design, the first terminal equipment can determine the determination mode of scheduling resources according to the resource information.

In one possible design, the first terminal device obtains third information when the first characteristic is not satisfied, where the third information carries at least one of the following information: and the position information of the third resource in the second resource and the frequency hopping information of the information transmission of the first terminal equipment. Or, the first terminal device acquires third information when the second characteristic is met, wherein the third information carries at least one of the following information: the position information of the third resource in the second resource and the frequency hopping information of the information transmission of the first terminal equipment can support two resource indication modes by the design, so that the flexibility can be improved.

In one possible design, the first terminal device may further determine a location and/or a length of a fourth resource according to the location and/or the length of the second resource in the first resource, and then the first terminal device detects control information on the fourth resource. By the above design, the first terminal device may determine the fourth resource.

In a second aspect, a method for indicating resources is provided in an embodiment of the present application, where the method may be performed by a terminal device, and the terminal device may, of course, be a low-capability terminal, such as the above-mentioned REDCAP UE. The method comprises the following steps: the first terminal device determines a first resource comprising a number of resources greater than a number of resources supportable by the first terminal device. The first terminal equipment receives fourth information, wherein the fourth information indicates position information and resource size information of third resources in the first resources, and the number of the resources included in the third resources is smaller than or equal to the number of the resources supportable by the first terminal equipment; and the first terminal equipment transmits information on the third resource. The first terminal device here may be a low capability terminal, such as a REDCAP UE.

In the embodiment of the present application, the access network device may configure the scheduling resource of the first terminal device at any position of one wideband resource, so that the scheduling resource of the first terminal device may not be limited to the area that can be supported by the capability or the configured fewer resources. In this way, the scheduling resources of different first terminal devices can be distributed at different positions of the broadband resources, so that traffic blocking can be avoided, and load balancing can be performed better.

In one possible design, the terminal device may receive the fourth information through random access response information. The random access response information may be at least one of response information of a random access physical downlink control channel, response information of a random access physical downlink shared channel, and the like, and the random access response information includes uplink grant information. By the design, the first terminal equipment can determine the third resource for information transmission according to the random access response information.

In one possible design, the number of bits of the fourth information is determined according to the number of resources included in the first resource and the first value. Wherein the first value is greater than or equal to the number of resources included in the third resource and is less than or equal to the number of resources supportable by the first terminal device.

In one possible design, the first terminal device may receive the fourth information in particular when the first characteristic is fulfilled. The first characteristic is that a first value is smaller than or equal to a reference value, the reference value is a preset value, or the reference value is the number of resources included in the first resource. The first value is greater than or equal to the number of resources included by the third resource and less than or equal to the number of resources supportable by the first terminal device. Illustratively, the first characteristic is that the BWP of the first terminal device is greater than or equal to a bandwidth supportable by the first terminal device. For example, the BWP is an initial BWP. Through the design, the first terminal equipment can determine the mode of scheduling the resources according to the resource information.

In one possible design, the first terminal device may further obtain third information when the first characteristic is not satisfied, where the third information carries at least one of the following information: and the position information of the third resource in the first resource and the frequency hopping information of the information transmission of the first terminal equipment. Through the design, the first terminal equipment can support two resource indication modes, so that the flexibility can be improved.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for indicating a resource, where the method includes: the access network device determines first information and second information. The first information indicates a location of the second resource in the first resource, the first resource comprising a number of resources greater than a number of resources supportable by the first terminal device. The second resource comprises the resources with the quantity smaller than or equal to the quantity of the resources which can be supported by the first terminal equipment; the second information indicates a location of a third resource in the second resource, the second resource including a number of resources greater than or equal to a number of resources included by the third resource. The access network device sends the first information and the second information to the first terminal device. And the access network equipment transmits information with the first terminal equipment on the third resource. Such as sending information to the first terminal device or receiving information sent by the first terminal device. The first resource is an available resource determined by the first terminal device. The first terminal device here may be a low capability terminal, such as a REDCAP UE.

In one possible design, the access network device may send the first information and/or the second information via random access response information. The random access response information may be at least one of response information of a random access physical downlink control channel, response information of a random access physical downlink shared channel, and the like, and the random access response information includes uplink grant information.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for indicating a resource, where the method includes: the access network device determines the fourth information and sends the fourth information to the first terminal device. The fourth information indicates location information and resource size information of a third resource in the first resource, the first resource includes a number of resources greater than a number of resources supportable by the first terminal device, and the third resource includes a number of resources less than or equal to the number of resources supportable by the first terminal device. The access network device performs information transmission with the first terminal device on the third resource, for example, sends information to the first terminal device or receives information sent by the first terminal device. The first resource is an available resource determined by the first terminal device. The first terminal device here may be a low capability terminal, such as a REDCAP UE.

In the embodiment of the present application, the scheduling resources of the first terminal device may not be limited to the area that can be supported by the capability or configured in fewer resources, so that traffic blocking may be avoided, and load balancing may be performed better.

In one possible design, the access network device may send the fourth information via random access response information. The random access response information may be at least one of response information of a random access physical downlink control channel, response information of a random access physical downlink shared channel, and the like, and the random access response information includes uplink grant information. By the design, the first terminal equipment can determine the third resource for information transmission according to the random access response information.

In one possible design, the number of bits of the fourth information may be determined according to the number of resources included in the first resource and the number of resources included in the second resource, where the number of resources included in the second resource is greater than or equal to the number of resources included in the third resource and less than or equal to the number of resources supportable by the first terminal device. By the design, bit redundancy can be avoided, so that signaling overhead can be reduced.

In a fifth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a communication apparatus, which may be a first terminal device or a chip in the first terminal device. The apparatus may include a processing unit and a transceiving unit. When the apparatus is a first terminal device, the processing unit may be a processor and the transceiver unit may be a transceiver; the first terminal device may further include a storage unit, which may be a memory; the storage unit is configured to store instructions, and the processing unit executes the instructions stored in the storage unit, so that the first terminal device performs the method in the first aspect or any one of the possible designs of the first aspect through the transceiver unit, or so that the first terminal device performs the method in the second aspect or any one of the possible designs of the second aspect. When the apparatus is a chip in the first terminal device, the processing unit may be a processor, and the transceiver unit may be an input/output interface, a pin, a circuit, or the like; the processing unit executes instructions stored by the storage unit to cause the chip to perform the method of the first aspect or any one of the possible designs of the first aspect, or to cause the chip to perform the method of the second aspect or any one of the possible designs of the second aspect. The storage unit is used for storing instructions, and the storage unit may be a storage unit (for example, a register, a cache, etc.) in the chip, or may be a storage unit (for example, a read-only memory, a random access memory, etc.) in the first terminal device, which is located outside the chip.

In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a communication apparatus, where the apparatus may be an access network device, or may be a chip in the access network device. The apparatus may include a processing unit and a transceiving unit. When the apparatus is an access network device, the processing unit may be a processor and the transceiver unit may be a transceiver; the access network device may further comprise a storage unit, which may be a memory; the storage unit is configured to store instructions, and the processing unit executes the instructions stored by the storage unit, to cause the access network device to perform the method in the third aspect or any one of the possible designs of the third aspect, or to cause the access network device to perform the method in the fourth aspect or any one of the possible designs of the fourth aspect. When the apparatus is a chip in the access network device, the processing unit may be a processor, and the transceiver unit may be an input/output interface, a pin, or a circuit, etc.; the processing unit executes instructions stored by the storage unit to cause the chip to perform the method in the third aspect or any one of the possible designs of the third aspect, or to cause the chip to perform the method in the fourth aspect or any one of the possible designs of the fourth aspect. The storage unit is used for storing instructions, and the storage unit may be a storage unit (for example, a register, a cache, etc.) in the chip, or may be a storage unit (for example, a read-only memory, a random access memory, etc.) in the first terminal device, which is located outside the chip.

In a seventh aspect, embodiments of the present application also provide a computer readable storage medium storing a computer program which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the method of the first or second or third or fourth aspects described above.

In an eighth aspect, embodiments of the present application also provide a computer program product comprising a program which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the method of the first or second or third or fourth aspects described above.

In a ninth aspect, there is provided a communication apparatus comprising: a processor, a communication interface, and a memory. The communication interface is used to transfer information, and/or messages, and/or data between the device and other devices. The memory is configured to store computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the apparatus, cause the apparatus to perform the method of the first aspect or any of the designs of the first aspect, the second aspect or any of the designs of the second aspect based on a communication interface.

In a tenth aspect, there is provided a communication apparatus comprising: a processor, a communication interface, and a memory. The communication interface is used to transfer information, and/or messages, and/or data between the device and other devices. The memory is configured to store computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the apparatus, cause the apparatus to perform the method of any one of the designs, fourth aspects, or fourth aspects of the third or third aspects described above based on a communication interface.

In an eleventh aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a chip, where the chip is coupled to a memory, and performs the method of the first aspect of the embodiments of the present application and any possible designs thereof, and the second aspect of the embodiments of the present application and any possible designs thereof. It should be noted that "coupled" in the embodiments of the present application means that two components are directly or indirectly combined with each other.

In a twelfth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a chip, the chip being coupled to a memory, to perform the method of the third aspect of embodiments of the present application and any one of the possible designs thereof, the fourth aspect of embodiments of the present application and any one of the possible designs thereof. It should be noted that "coupled" in the embodiments of the present application means that two components are directly or indirectly combined with each other.

In a thirteenth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a chip comprising a communication interface and at least one processor that reads data and/or instructions through the communication interface to operate to perform the method of any one of the designs of the first aspect or any one of the possible designs of the second aspect of the embodiments of the present application.

In a fourteenth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a chip comprising a communication interface and at least one processor, the processor reading data and/or instructions via the communication interface to operate to perform the method of any one of the designs, fourth aspects, and any possible designs thereof of the third aspect or embodiments of the present application.

In a fifteenth aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides a communication system, including the first terminal device in the first aspect and the access network device in the third aspect.

In a sixteenth aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides a communication system, including the first terminal device in the second aspect and the access network device in the fourth aspect.

The technical effects achieved by the respective aspects of the third aspect to the sixteenth aspect and any possible implementation manners of the foregoing aspect may be referred to for description of the technical effects achieved by the respective aspects of the first aspect or any possible implementation manners of the second aspect or any possible implementation manners of the foregoing aspect, and are not repeated herein.

Drawings

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

fig. 1B is a schematic architecture diagram of another communication system according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a contention-based random access procedure according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a non-contention based random access procedure according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a narrow band according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a resource indication method according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a second information provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7A is a position flow intent of a search space provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7B is a position flow intent of a search space provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8A is a position flow intent of a search space provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8B is a position flow intent of a search space provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of a resource indication method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present application more apparent, the embodiments of the present application will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The resource indication method provided by the application can be applied to various communication systems, for example, the resource indication method can be an internet of things (internet of things, ioT), a narrowband internet of things (narrow band internet of things, NB-IoT), a long-term evolution (long term evolution, LTE), a fifth generation (5G) communication system, a hybrid architecture of LTE and 5G, a new wireless (NR) system of 5G, a new communication system in future communication development, and the like. The 5G communication system described herein may include at least one of a non-independent Networking (NSA) 5G communication system and an independent networking (SA) 5G communication system. The communication system may also be a public land mobile network (public land mobile network, PLMN) network, a device-to-device (D2D) network, a machine-to-machine (machine to machine, M2M) network, or other network.

The resource indication method provided by the application can be suitable for downlink signal transmission, uplink signal transmission and D2D signal transmission. For downlink signal transmission, the sending device is an access network device, and the corresponding receiving device is a terminal device. For uplink signal transmission, the transmitting device is a terminal device, and the corresponding receiving device is an access network device. For D2D signal transmission, the transmitting device is a terminal device and the corresponding receiving device is a terminal device. The transmission direction of the signal is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

Communication between the access network device and the terminal device and between the terminal device and the terminal device can be performed through a licensed spectrum (licensed spectrum), communication can be performed through an unlicensed spectrum (unlicensed spectrum), and communication can be performed through both the licensed spectrum and the unlicensed spectrum. The access network device and the terminal device can communicate with each other through a frequency spectrum below 6G, can communicate through a frequency spectrum above 6G, and can communicate by using the frequency spectrum below 6G and the frequency spectrum above 6G at the same time. The spectrum resources used between the access network equipment and the terminal equipment are not limited.

As shown in fig. 1A, a communication system applied by an embodiment of the present application may include a core network device 210, an access network device 220, and at least one terminal device, such as terminal device 230 and terminal device 240 in fig. 1A. The terminal equipment is connected with the access network equipment in a wireless mode, and the access network equipment is connected with the core network equipment in a wireless or wired mode. Alternatively, as shown in fig. 1B, a communication system applied in an embodiment of the present application may include a core network device, at least two access network devices, and at least one terminal device. The core network device and the access network device may be separate physical devices, or the functions of the core network device and the logic functions of the access network device may be integrated on the same physical device, or the functions of part of the core network device and part of the access network device may be integrated on one physical device. The terminal device may be fixed in position or may be movable. Fig. 1A and 1B are only schematic diagrams, and other network devices may be further included in the communication system, for example, a relay device, a backhaul device, etc., which are not shown in fig. 1A and 1B. The number of the core network equipment, the access network equipment and the terminal equipment included in the communication system is not limited.

The terminal device referred to in the embodiments of the present application is an entity on the user side for receiving or transmitting signals. The terminal device may be a device providing voice, data connectivity to a user, e.g., a handheld device with wireless connectivity, an in-vehicle device, etc. The terminal device may also be other processing device connected to the wireless modem. The terminal device may communicate with one or more core networks via a radio access network (radio access network, RAN). The terminal device may also be referred to as a wireless terminal, subscriber unit (subscriber unit), subscriber station (subscriber station), mobile station (mobile), remote station (remote station), access point (access point), remote terminal (remote terminal), access terminal (access terminal), user terminal (user terminal), user agent (user agent), user device (user equipment), or user equipment (user equipment), and the like. The terminal device may be a mobile terminal, such as a mobile phone (or "cellular" phone) and a computer with a mobile terminal, e.g. a portable, pocket, hand-held, computer-built-in or car-mounted mobile device, which exchanges language, data with the radio access network. For example, the terminal device may also be a personal communication services (personal communication service, PCS) phone, cordless phone, session initiation protocol (session initiation protocol, SIP) phone, wireless local loop (wireless local loop, WLL) station, personal digital assistant (personal digital assistant, PDA), or the like. Common terminal devices include, for example: a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palm top computer, a mobile internet device (mobile internet device, MID), a wearable device, such as a smart watch, a smart bracelet, a pedometer, etc., but embodiments of the application are not limited thereto. The terminal device involved in the embodiment of the present application may also be a terminal device that appears in a PLMN that evolves in the future, and the embodiment of the present application is not limited to this. The embodiment of the application does not limit the specific technology and the specific equipment form adopted by the terminal equipment.

In addition, in the embodiment of the application, the terminal device may also be a terminal device in an IoT system, where IoT is an important component of future information technology development, and the main technical feature is to connect the article with a network through a communication technology, so as to implement man-machine interconnection and an intelligent network for interconnecting the articles. In the embodiment of the application, the IoT technology can achieve mass connection, deep coverage and terminal power saving through, for example, a Narrowband (NB) technology.

In addition, in the embodiment of the application, the terminal device may further include sensors such as an intelligent printer, a train detector, and a gas station, and the main functions include collecting data (part of the terminal device), receiving control information and downlink data of the network device, and transmitting electromagnetic waves to the network device to transmit uplink data.

The access network device referred to in the embodiments of the present application is an entity on the network side for transmitting or receiving signals. The network device in the embodiments of the present application may be a device in a wireless network, such as a RAN node that accesses a terminal to the wireless network. For example, the network device may be an evolved base station (evolutional Node B, eNB or e-NodeB) in LTE, may be a new radio controller (new radio controller, NR controller), may be a gNode B (gNB) in 5G system, may be a Centralized Unit (CU), may be a new radio base station, may be a remote radio module, may be a micro base station, may be a relay, may be a Distributed Unit (DU), may be a home base station, may be a transmission reception point (transmission reception point, TRP) or a transmission point (transmission point, TP), or any other wireless access device, but the embodiments of the present application are not limited thereto. A network device may cover 1 or more cells.

The access network equipment and the terminal equipment can be deployed on land, including indoor or outdoor, handheld or vehicle-mounted; the device can be deployed on the water surface; it can also be deployed on aerial planes, drones, balloons and satellites. The application scene of the access network equipment and the terminal equipment is not limited in the embodiment of the application.

The network architecture and the service scenario described in the embodiments of the present application are for more clearly describing the technical solution of the embodiments of the present application, and do not constitute a limitation on the technical solution provided in the embodiments of the present application, and those skilled in the art can know that, with the evolution of the network architecture and the appearance of the new service scenario, the technical solution provided in the embodiments of the present application is also applicable to similar technical problems.

In order to cope with the future explosive mobile data flow increase, equipment connection of mass mobile communication and various new services and application scenes which are continuously emerging, a 5G mobile communication system is generated. The ITU defines three general classes of application scenarios for 5G and future mobile communication systems: enhanced mobile broadband (enhanced mobile broadband, emmbb), high reliability low latency communications (ultra reliable and low latency communications, URLLC), and mctc.

Typical eMBB services are: ultra-high definition video, augmented reality (augmented reality, AR), virtual Reality (VR), etc., the main characteristics of these services are large transmission data volume and high transmission rate. Typical URLLC traffic is: wireless control in industrial manufacturing or production processes, motion control of unmanned vehicles and unmanned planes, and haptic interaction applications such as remote repair and remote surgery, etc., the main characteristics of these services are the requirement of ultra-high reliability, low latency, less amount of transmitted data, and burstiness. Typical mctc traffic is: the intelligent power grid distribution automation, the intelligent city and the like are mainly characterized in that the quantity of networking equipment is huge, the transmission data quantity is small, the data is insensitive to the transmission delay, and the mMTC terminals are required to meet the requirements of low cost and very long standby time.

The technical problem that needs of different services on the mobile communication system are different, and how to better support the data transmission needs of a plurality of different services simultaneously is the technical problem that needs to be solved by the current 5G mobile communication system. For example, how to support both mMTC traffic and eMBB traffic, or both URLLC traffic and eMBB traffic.

Research on mctc by the 5G standard has not been widely conducted.

Currently, in the standard, a mctc service UE is called a REDCAP UE, i.e., a low complexity or low capability UE, where the UE may have a lower complexity than other UEs in terms of bandwidth, power consumption, antenna number, etc., such as narrower bandwidth, lower power consumption, fewer antennas, etc. This type of UE may also be referred to as NRL UE.

Currently, random access for UEs includes both contention-based and non-contention-based.

As shown in fig. 2, the contention-based random access procedure of the 4-step random access includes:

s201, the UE sends a random access preamble (random access preamble), which may also be referred to as a first message (Msg 1), to the access network device. The random access preamble is used to inform the access network device of a random access request and enable the access network device to estimate the transmission delay between the access network device and the UE, so that the access network device calibrates the uplink timing (uplink timing) and informs the UE of the calibration information via a timing advance command (timing advance command).

S202, the access network device sends a random access response (random access response, RAR), which may also be referred to as a second message (Msg 2), to the UE after detecting the random access preamble. The random access response may include, but is not limited to, a sequence number including the random access preamble received in S201, a timing advance instruction, uplink resource allocation information, a cell radio network temporary identifier, and the like.

And S203, the UE receives a random access response, and if the random access preamble indicated by the sequence number of the random access preamble in the random access response is the same as the random access preamble sent by the UE to the access network equipment in S201, the UE considers that the random access response is the random access response aiming at the UE, namely, the UE receives the random access response of the UE. After receiving the random access response, the UE transmits an uplink message on an uplink channel resource indicated by the random access response, for example, transmits a physical uplink shared channel (physical uplink shared channel, PUSCH), also referred to as a third message (Msg 3), in Msg 3. Wherein Msg3 may carry a unique user identification.

S204, the access network equipment receives the uplink message of the UE and returns a conflict resolution message, also called a fourth message (Msg 4), to the accessed UE. The access network device will carry the unique user identification in Msg3 in the collision resolution message to designate the successfully accessed UE, while other UEs that are not successfully accessed will re-initiate random access.

In the contention-based procedure, the access network device cannot acquire the identification information of the UE before Msg 3.

As shown in fig. 3, the non-contention based random access procedure includes:

S301, the access network device allocates random access preamble to the UE.

S302, the UE sends a dedicated random access preamble to the access network device.

S303, the access network equipment sends RAR to the UE.

In the non-contention based random access procedure, the access network device may acquire the identification information of the UE before transmitting the RAR message. The access network device may obtain information of the UE according to the identification information of the UE, such as which type of terminal the UE belongs to, e.g. an existing terminal (ebb terminal), a remote access point terminal, and a legacy terminal.

The RAR includes scheduling (UL grant) information of uplink transmission by the access network device. Wherein the frequency domain resource allocation indication field (frequency domain resource allocation) of 14bits is included. The frequency domain resource allocation indication field is used to indicate frequency domain resource allocation (frequency domain resource allocation, FDRA) information, i.e. a starting resource position and a length of the uplink transmission frequency domain resource. As shown in table 1.

TABLE 1

The position of the uplink frequency domain resource is determined by a joint code value indicating the starting resource position and length, if the number of uplink allocatable resources, i.e. the number of physical resource blocks (physical resource block, PRB) of the initial uplink bandwidth region, is The status that the FDRA needs to indicate isThe number of bits required for FDRA isIf the allocable resource bandwidth is less than or equal to 180RBs, the NR protocol prescribes that the frequency domain resource indication domain is shortened to be of length according to the DCI format 0_0 mode The lower bits (least significant bits, LSB) thereof are reserved.

The UL grant further includes a 1bit frequency hopping identifier for indicating whether the uplink transmission is frequency hopped or not. If frequency hopping is performed, the most significant bit (most significant bits, MSB) is 1bit or 2bits, i.e. N, according to the system bandwidth _UL,hop Indicating the magnitude of the offset value of the frequency domain location of the second hop relative to the first hop. As shown in Table 2, if the allocatable resource bandwidthWhen N _UL，hop 1bit if the allocatable resource bandwidthWhen N _UL,hop Is 2 bits.

TABLE 2

The following illustrates different subcarrier spacing (SCS), and the number of bits required to indicate the location of the uplink transmission frequency domain resource under different bandwidths, wherein the low frequency band (frequency range 1, fr 1) may be shown in table 3, and the high frequency band (frequency range 2, fr 1) may be shown in table 4.

TABLE 3 Table 3

TABLE 4 Table 4

According to tables 3 and 4 above, under some bandwidth configurations (e.g., table 3 bandwidth less than 20MHz or table 4100MHz bandwidth), the number of bits required to indicate the location of the uplink transmission frequency domain resources is less than 14 bits.

Take the case of the first terminal device in FR1 as an example. If the maximum bandwidth supported by the first terminal device is below 20M, the corresponding maximum RB number is approximately less than or equal to 106. The number of bits required for indicating the position of the uplink transmission frequency domain resource is at most 13bits, and the frequency domain resource indication domain can be unused at least for the rest 1 bit. For small bandwidths (e.g., 5M/10 Mhz), or for the case of a larger high frequency (FR 2) SCS (60/120/240 kHz). At this time, there are more idle bits. For example, when scs=60 kHz, bandwidth=20 MHz includes 24RB, and frequency domain resource indicates that 9bits are needed. The frequency hopping information needs 2bits and the resource offset value is 4bits. The first terminal device may be a low capability terminal device, such as a REDCAP UE or the like.

Because the supportable bandwidth of the first type of terminal equipment is narrower, the first type of terminal equipment is concentrated in the narrower bandwidth under the condition that the number of users of the first type of terminal equipment is relatively large, and service blocking and transmission/access time delay are increased. The first type of terminal device may be a low capability terminal device, such as a REDCAP UE.

Based on this, the embodiment of the application provides a resource indication method and device, which are used for solving the problem that REDCAP UE is easy to cause service blocking. The method and the device are based on the same inventive concept, and because the principles of solving the problems by the method and the device are similar, the implementation of the device and the method can be referred to each other, and the repetition is not repeated.

In this embodiment of the present application, the location of the second resource in the first resource may be indicated in the RAR UL grant, where the size of the first resource is greater than the size of the resource supportable by the first terminal device. The second resource comprises a number of resources that is less than or equal to the number of resources that can be supported by the first terminal device. As shown in fig. 4, the left side is the first resource and the right side is the second resource, the first resource being aligned with the upper boundary of the second resource. The available resource range (such as the second resource) of the first terminal equipment is not limited to the capability supportable (the capability of the first terminal equipment is lower) or configured in a narrower bandwidth, so that traffic blocking can be avoided, and load balancing is better performed. The first resource may be an initial BWP resource of a broadcast message notification. For example, the first resource may also be an initial BWP resource of the second terminal device, where the bandwidth supported by the second terminal device is larger than the bandwidth supported by the first terminal device. The bandwidth supported by the first terminal device may be understood as the maximum bandwidth supported by the first terminal device. As another example, the first resource may also be a frequency domain resource, such as a carrier, where the access network device operates.

It should be understood that in embodiments of the present application, "at least one" means one or more, and "a plurality" means two or more. "and/or", describes an association relationship of an association object, and indicates that there may be three relationships, for example, a and/or B, and may indicate: a alone, a and B together, and B alone, wherein A, B may be singular or plural. The character "/" generally indicates that the context-dependent object is an "or" relationship. "at least one (item) below" or the like, refers to any combination of these items, including any combination of single item(s) or plural items(s). For example, at least one (one) of a, b or c may represent: a, b, c, a and b, a and c, b and c, or a, b and c, wherein a, b and c can be single or multiple.

In addition, it should be understood that in the description of the present application, the words "first," "second," and the like are used merely for distinguishing between the descriptions and not for indicating or implying any relative importance, nor order of indication or implying any particular order.

The method provided in the embodiments of the present application is specifically described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Embodiment one: referring to fig. 5, a flow chart of a resource indication method provided in the present application is shown. The method comprises the following steps:

s501, the access network equipment determines first information and second information, wherein the first information indicates the position of second resources in first resources, and the number of the resources included in the first resources is larger than that of the resources supportable by the first terminal equipment; the second resource comprises the resources with the quantity smaller than or equal to the quantity of the resources which can be supported by the first terminal equipment; the second information indicates a location of a third resource in the second resource, the second resource including a number of resources greater than or equal to a number of resources included by the third resource. For example, the content indicated by the second information may be as shown in fig. 6.

By way of example, the first terminal device may be a low capability terminal device, such as a REDCAP UE or the like.

The sizes of the first resource, the second resource, and the third resource may be understood as a time domain range, a frequency domain range, etc. of the resources, and may also be understood as the number of the included resources.

In this embodiment of the present application, the first resource, the second resource, and the third resource may be a time domain resource, a frequency domain resource, a space domain resource, a code domain resource, a power resource, and so on. Illustratively, the resource units of the time domain resources may be radio frames, subframes, fields, slots, mini-slots, symbols, and the like. The resource unit of the frequency domain resource may be a subcarrier (sub-carrier), a Resource Block (RB), a Resource Element (RE), a Resource Element Group (REG), a REG bundle (REG bundle), a control channel element (control channel element, CCE), a carrier. For example, if the bandwidth is 20MHz, the number of included resource blocks may be 106 RBs when the subcarrier spacing is 15 kHz.

In an exemplary illustration, the size of the resources that the first terminal device can support (or can allocate) can be understood as the number of resource blocks that the supported bandwidth includes. The supported bandwidth may include a number of resource blocks that may be the maximum number of frequency domain resource blocks that the first terminal device is capable of occupying when transmitting and/or receiving. E.g. the maximum bandwidth the first terminal device can receive signals, and/or the maximum bandwidth the first terminal device can transmit signals, etc. For example, the supported bandwidth is a 20MHz bandwidth, and the number of supported resource blocks is 106 RBs when the subcarrier spacing is 15 kHz.

The first resource is exemplified as a frequency domain resource in the following.

In one implementation, the first terminal device may obtain the information of the first resource through a system message broadcasted by the access network device. The first resource may also be an initial BWP of the second terminal device. For example, the UE capability of the second terminal device is higher than that of the first terminal device. The capability includes at least one of supportable bandwidth, speed of processing data, number of antennas supported, maximum modulation coding scheme supported.

In another implementation, the first resource may be a carrier on which the access network device operates. In this implementation, the first resource may be a predefined good resource location and bandwidth. Optionally, the first terminal device may acquire information of the first resource before entering the network.

In yet another implementation, the first resource may also be signaled by the access network device. For example, the access network device may instruct the user to use a range of frequencies via a system message or a broadcast message. The first terminal device obtains the information of the first resource by receiving the system message or the broadcast message.

In one implementation, the size of the second resource may be the size of a resource that the first terminal device may support (or may allocate).

In some embodiments, the second resource may be sized according to the capabilities of the first terminal device or may be configured by the access network device. The size of the second resource is determined according to the capability of the first terminal device, which may mean that the size of the second resource is the maximum value of the resources that can be supported by the first terminal device for receiving and/or signaling. The size of the second resource is configured by the access network device, and may refer to a size range of the access network device indicating the first terminal device's receiving and/or signaling resources through signaling, or a size range of the access network device scheduling the first terminal device's receiving and/or signaling resources.

Taking the second resource as a frequency domain resource as an example, the frequency domain range of the second resource may be determined according to the capability of the first terminal device, or may be configured by the access network device. The frequency domain range of the second resource is determined according to the capability of the first terminal device, which may mean that the frequency domain range of the second resource is the maximum bandwidth or the maximum number of resources that can be supported by the first terminal device for receiving and/or signaling. The frequency domain range of the second resource is configured by the access network device, which may refer to the access network device indicating the maximum bandwidth or the maximum number of resources of the first terminal device for receiving and/or signaling through signaling, or the access network device scheduling the maximum bandwidth or the maximum number of resources of the first terminal device for receiving and/or signaling.

S502, the access network equipment sends first information and second information to the first terminal equipment. Correspondingly, the first terminal device receives the second information.

S503, the first terminal equipment determines a first resource.

It should be noted that, the step S502 and the step S503 are not strictly sequential, and the step S502 may be performed first and then the step S503 may be performed, the step S503 may be performed first and then the step S502 may be performed, or the step S502 and the step S503 may be performed simultaneously.

S504, the first terminal equipment transmits information on the third resource. For example, the first terminal device performs information transmission on the third resource. Correspondingly, the access network equipment receives the information on the third resource. For example, the first terminal device receives information on the third resource. Correspondingly, the access network equipment sends information on the third resource.

For example, the information transmitted by the first terminal device on the third resource may be control information, data information, paging information, random access corresponding information, broadcast information, and the like. The control information may include uplink control information and downlink control information. The data information may include uplink data information and downlink data information.

In this embodiment of the present application, the access network device may configure the second resource at any position of the first resource, where the size of the first resource is greater than the size of the resource that can be supported by the first terminal device. The size of the second resource does not exceed the size of the resources supportable by the first terminal device. Such that the second resource is no longer fixed in a fixed location, so that the scheduled resources of the first terminal device may not be limited to areas or configured fewer resources that can be supported by the capabilities. In this way, the scheduling resources of different first terminal devices can be distributed at different positions of the broadband resources, so that traffic blocking can be avoided, and load balancing can be performed better.

In one exemplary illustration, the second information may be frequency domain resource allocation in the RAR. It should be noted that, the number of bits of frequency domain resource allocation is fixed to 14 bits at present, but in the embodiment of the present application, the number of bits of the second information may be determined according to the number of resources of the first terminal device or the size of the second resource. For example, the number of bits of the second information may satisfy the followingThe formula:wherein N is the number of resources of the first terminal device for transmitting information, which may be understood as the number of resources that may be allocated for uplink transmission of the first terminal device, or the number of PRBs of the initial BWP of the first terminal device, or the number of resources included in the second resource, or the maximum number of resources supported by the first terminal device.

In one implementation, the second information may be available through the current PUSCH frequency domain resource allocationThe indication is made by a number of bits. The random access response also includes first information. The first information and the second information require a number of bits less than or equal to 14 bits. Or, the number of bits required by the first information and the second information is smaller than or equal to the number of bits included in the frequency domain resource allocation indication domain of the second first terminal device. By the implementation mode, the signaling overhead can be reduced.

In one implementation, the first information and/or the second information is transmitted in random access response information (RAR). For example, the access network device may send the first information and the second information to the first terminal device through the RAR.

For example, the random access response information may be at least one of response information of a random access physical downlink control channel (physical downlink control channel, PDCCH), response information of a random access physical downlink shared channel (physical downlink shared channel, PDSCH), and the like, and the random access response information includes uplink grant information.

In one exemplary illustration, the information included in the UL grant in the RAR may be as shown in table 5.

TABLE 5

Optionally, the UL grant information may further include other information, such as frequency hopping identifier, MCS, TPC command for PUSCH, etc., and specifically refer to table 1 above.

In one implementation, the number of bits included in the grant information in the RAR is less than or equal to the number of bits included in the RAR grant information in the forward version. For example, the forward version is the NR R15 version.

In one implementation, the number of bits included in the authorization information in the RAR is less than or equal to 28 bits.

In one implementation, the frequency resource allocation indication field in the grant information in the RAR includes less than 14 bits. And, the authorization information in the RAR includes first information, where the first information is location information indicating that the second resource is in the first resource.

The resource indication method in the embodiment of the present application is described below by taking the third resource as an uplink scheduling resource of the first terminal device, the second resource as a bandwidth supportable by the first terminal device, and the bandwidth of the first resource is greater than that of the second resource as an example.

If the number of required frequency domain resource allocation indication bits is smaller than the number of existing FDRA bits because the bandwidth supported by the UE is small according to the number of existing FDRA bits, it may result in the PUSCH frequency domain resource allocation domain having idle bits. The idle bit may be used in embodiments of the present application to indicate a frequency domain offset value (i.e., first information) of the second resource within the first resource.

In one exemplary illustration, the first information may indicate a starting location S1 of the second resource. The second information may indicate an offset value S2 of the starting position of the third resource with respect to the starting position of the second resource and a length L of the third resource.

Wherein S1 may be an offset value of a minimum RB index (index) of an allocable resource (i.e., a second resource) of the first terminal device with respect to a reference point. In one example, the first resource may be an initial bandwidth area resource configured by the access network device for the first terminal device, and the reference point may be a minimum RB index of allocable resources of the initial bandwidth area resource. In another example, the first resource may be a frequency domain range indicated by the access network device and the reference point may be a resource location indicated by the access network device.

The first information may indicate S1. Where S1 may be a preconfigured value (e.g., integer multiple of RB, 10M, 20M, BWP/4, BWP/2, etc.). Alternatively, the first information may include an indication value, and S1 may be a value calculated according to a preset rule based on the indication value. For example, S1 may be equal to a multiple of the initial bandwidth of the first terminal device, which is the indicated value carried by the first information. For example, S1 may be equal to the indicated value carried by the first information. For example, S1 may be equal to a multiple of the bandwidth supportable by the first terminal device by the indicated value carried by the first information. Wherein S1 may indicate an offset value of the start position of the second resource with respect to the start position of the first resource with 3 bits. The offset value may be a predefined value, or a value that the access network device indicates in advance by signaling, or a value calculated in a predefined manner for the indication carried by the first information.

Illustratively, the offset value may be determined in the following predefined manner: the offset value may be determined according to the number of RBs included in the first resource and the number of candidate values of the offset value. For example, S1 is equal to the number of candidates for the W/offset value. For example, W is the number of RBs included in an initial BWP resource (e.g., a first resource) configured by the access network device. For example, W is 270. The number of candidates for the offset value is 8. The offset value corresponding to the value i indicated by S1=w/8*i. Alternatively, an upper or lower rounding may be selected for the result to be an integer. Or, the offset value= (W-the first terminal device supports bandwidth)/(8-1) ×i. Or, offset value = (W-second resource size)/(8-1) ×i. The first terminal device supported bandwidth (e.g. the second resource or the preset value or the preconfigured value) may be determined according to the maximum bandwidth of the first terminal device capable of transmitting signals, or determined according to the maximum bandwidth of the first terminal device capable of receiving signals, or the maximum bandwidth that the access network device indicates the current transceiving support of the first terminal device, etc.

The second information may indicate S2 and L. For example, S2 and L are indicated with 11 bits.

In some embodiments, the first terminal device obtains UL grant information provided in the embodiments of the present application when the first characteristic is satisfied, including first information and second information. The first terminal device may acquire UL grant information defined by the existing protocol when the second characteristic is satisfied. Such as third information. The third information carries at least one of the following information: position information of the third resource in the second resource, and frequency hopping information. For example, the frequency hopping information may include at least one of frequency hopping indication information, frequency hopping offset value. The frequency hopping indication information is used for indicating whether frequency hopping is performed or not. The first characteristic is that the BWP bandwidth is greater than or equal to a bandwidth supportable by the first terminal device. Illustratively, the BWP is an initial BWP. The second characteristic is that the BWP bandwidth is smaller than or equal to a bandwidth supportable by the first terminal device. If the first terminal device can support 20MHz bandwidth, the first characteristic is that the initial BWP bandwidth of the first terminal device is greater than or equal to 20MHz. The second characteristic is that the initial BWP bandwidth of the first terminal device is less than or equal to 20MHz.

In other embodiments, the first terminal device may support acquiring both the first information and the second information, and may acquire the third information. That is, the acquired UL grant information may include both the first information and the second information, and may include the third information. For example, in the case where the initial bandwidth of the first terminal device is small (e.g., 5M/10 Mhz), or operating at a high frequency (e.g., FR 2), or SCS is large (e.g., 60/120/240 kHz), the acquired UL grant information may include both the first information and the second information, and may include the third information. For example, scs=60 kHz, bandwidth=20 MHz, including 24rb, fdra requires 9 bits, frequency hopping information requires 2 bits, and resource offset value 4 bits.

By the method, the current idle bits can be used for information indication more fully.

In a possible implementation manner, the first terminal device may further determine information of the fourth resource (for example, a location, a size, etc. of the fourth resource). The first terminal device detects control information, such as PDCCH, on the fourth resource. Or, the first terminal device transmits physical uplink control channel (physical uplink control channel, PUCCH) information on the fourth resource.

In one implementation, the location of the fourth resource may be a fixed location within the first resource. For example, the resource starting position of the fourth resource is the lowest position of the frequency domain of the first resource. The bandwidth of the fourth resource may be equal to the bandwidth supported by the first terminal device. The first terminal device may determine the location of the fifth resource according to the control information detected on the fourth resource, and the first terminal device performs data information transmission, such as PDSCH or PUSCH, on the fifth resource.

Optionally, after the first terminal device receives or transmits the information on the fifth resource, the frequency range of the received signal may be adjusted back to the receiving position of the control signal. Such as adjusting the received signal frequency range back to the fourth resource. The fifth resource and the fourth resource do not overlap. The fifth resource is included within the first resource.

Exemplary, as shown in fig. 7A. Taking the location of the fourth resource as an example of the higher frequency resource (with larger sequence number) in the second resource.

A1, the access network device may configure a first frequency of a Search Space (SS) location in the second resource. Wherein the first frequency includes a frequency resource for receiving and transmitting information. The first frequency includes N resource units with sequence numbers ordered from large to small. Such as sub-carrier, RB, RE, REG, REG bundle, CCE, carrier, etc. For example, the first frequency is a set of control resources (control resource set, CORESET) configured for the network device. The first terminal device detects control information on the set of control resources.

A2, the first terminal equipment detects the first control information on the first frequency, and the scheduling resource of the first terminal equipment indicated by the first control information is the second frequency. If the resource offset value of the second frequency and the sixth resource is offset 1. The sixth resource may be a resource where CORESET of the first terminal device is located, or the sixth resource may also be a resource where the first terminal device is located when receiving the control information, or the sixth resource is a preconfigured resource, or the sixth resource is a preset resource, or the sixth resource is a second resource, or the sixth resource is a third resource, or the sixth resource is a first resource. The sixth resource may include a first frequency. The resource may be at least one resource of frequency domain resource, time domain resource, code domain resource, power resource, and space domain resource. The control information may be uplink scheduling information, uplink grant information, downlink scheduling information, downlink grant information. The control information/scheduling grant information may be transmitted in PDCCH, PDSCH, downlink broadcast channel (physical broadcast channel, PBCH), or downlink paging channel.

A3, the first terminal device adjusts the signal receiving range to the second frequency at time t2, such as adjusting the signal receiving range to the second frequency according to at least one of offset 1, the first frequency, the third resource and the second resource. The first terminal device receives PDSCH1 and/or transmits PUSCH1 on the second frequency. The time t2 may be predetermined. Such as x time period after detection of the control information, or y time period before the PDSCH1 start time indicated in the control information, where x, y may be integers. the time t2 may also be signaled, e.g. to instruct the first terminal device to complete the frequency adjustment y time before the start time of the PDSCH1/PUSCH1 transmission. Frequency adjustment, i.e., frequency tuning (tuning).

A4, after completing transmission of PDSCH1/PUSCH1, the first terminal device adjusts the signal receiving range to the first frequency at time t 3. The first terminal device monitors the PDCCH at a first frequency. Similarly to t2, t3 may be predefined or indicated, and reference may be made specifically to the description related to t2, and the detailed description will not be repeated here.

A5, the first terminal equipment detects second control information on the first frequency, wherein the second control information indicates that the scheduling resource of the first terminal equipment is of a third frequency, and if the resource offset value of the third frequency and the sixth resource is of offset 2. The sixth resource may be a resource where CORESET of the first terminal device is located, or the sixth resource may also be a resource where the first terminal device is located when receiving the control information, or the sixth resource is a preconfigured resource, or the sixth resource is a preset resource, or the sixth resource is a second resource, or the sixth resource is a third resource, or the sixth resource is a first resource. The sixth resource may include a third frequency. The resource may be at least one resource of frequency domain resource, time domain resource, code domain resource, power resource, and space domain resource. The control information may be uplink scheduling information, uplink grant information, downlink scheduling information, downlink grant information. The control information/scheduling grant information may be transmitted in PDCCH, PDSCH, PBCH, or downlink paging channel.

A6, the first terminal device adjusts the signal receiving range to the third frequency at time t4, such as adjusting the signal receiving range to the third frequency according to at least one of the offset 2, the first frequency, the third resource and the second resource. The first terminal device receives PDSCH 2 and/or transmits PUSCH 2 on the third frequency. The time t4 may be predetermined. Such as x time period after detection of the control information, or y time period before the PDSCH 2 start time indicated in the control information, where x, y may be integers. The time T4 may also be signaled, e.g. to instruct the first terminal device to complete the frequency adjustment y time before the start time of the PDSCH 2/PUSCH 2 transmission. Frequency adjustment, i.e., frequency tuning (tuning). Similarly to t2, t4 may be predefined or indicated, and reference may be made specifically to the description related to t4, which is not repeated here.

Exemplary, as shown in fig. 7B. Taking the location of the fourth resource as an example of the higher frequency resource (with larger sequence number) in the second resource.

B1, the access network device may configure a first frequency of a Search Space (SS) location in the second resource. For details, reference may be made to the description related to A1, and the detailed description will not be repeated here.

B2, the first terminal equipment detects the first PDCCH/PDSCH on the first frequency, and the resource indicated by the first PDCCH/PDSCH for transmitting the uplink control information by the first terminal equipment is the second frequency. For details, reference may be made to the description related to A2, and the detailed description will not be repeated here. Or the first terminal equipment receives the first data information on the first frequency, and the resource of the first terminal equipment for transmitting the uplink control information is the second frequency.

B3, the first terminal device adjusts the signal receiving range to the second frequency at time t2, for example, adjusts the signal receiving range to the second frequency according to at least one of offset 1, the first frequency, the third resource, and the second resource. The first terminal device transmits PUCCH 1 on the second frequency. For details, reference may be made to the description related to A3, and the detailed description will not be repeated here.

And B4, after the first terminal equipment completes the transmission of the PUCCH, the first terminal equipment adjusts the signal receiving range to the first frequency at time t 3. The first terminal device monitors the PDCCH at a first frequency. Similarly to t2, t3 may be predefined or indicated, and reference may be made specifically to the description related to t2, and the detailed description will not be repeated here.

And B5, the first terminal equipment monitors a second PDCCH on the first frequency or receives a second PDSCH. The second PDCCH/PDSCH indicates the scheduling resource of the first terminal device as a third frequency. For details, reference may be made to the description related to A5 above, and the detailed description will not be repeated here.

B6, the first terminal device adjusts the signal receiving range to the third frequency at time t4, for example, adjusts the signal receiving range to the third frequency according to at least one of offset 2, the first frequency, the third resource, and the second resource. The first terminal device transmits PUCCH 2 on a third frequency. For details, reference may be made to the description related to A6, and the detailed description will not be repeated here.

In another implementation, the first terminal device determines the information of the fourth resource (e.g. the location, the length, etc. of the fourth resource) according to the first information (e.g. the location and/or the length of the second resource) as well.

The first terminal device may determine a location of a fifth resource according to the control information detected at the fourth resource, and the first terminal device detects data information, such as PDSCH or PUSCH, on the fifth resource. The specific manner is similar to that of determining the data information resource according to the control information in the previous implementation, and will not be described here again.

Alternatively, after the first terminal device receives the data signal, the frequency range of the received signal may not be changed. The control information is monitored within the frequency range of the received data signal until the control information is received, and the frequency range of the received signal is changed according to the control information.

As illustrated in fig. 8A. Taking the location of the fourth resource as an example of the higher frequency resource (with larger sequence number) in the second resource.

C1, the access network device may configure a first frequency of the position of the SS in the second resource. Wherein the first frequency includes a frequency resource for receiving and transmitting information. The first frequency includes N resource units with sequence numbers ordered from large to small. Such as sub-carrier, RB, RE, REG, REG bundle, CCE, carrier, etc. For example, the first frequency is CORESET configured for the network device. The first terminal device detects control information on the set of control resources.

And C2, the first terminal equipment detects the first control information on the first frequency, and the scheduling resource of the first terminal equipment indicated by the first control information is the second frequency. If the resource offset value of the second frequency and the sixth resource is offset 1. The sixth resource may be a resource where CORESET of the first terminal device is located, or the sixth resource may also be a resource where the first terminal device is located when receiving the control information, or the sixth resource is a preconfigured resource, or the sixth resource is a preset resource, or the sixth resource is a second resource, or the sixth resource is a third resource, or the sixth resource is a first resource. The sixth resource may include a first frequency. The resource may be at least one resource of frequency domain resource, time domain resource, code domain resource, power resource, and space domain resource. The control information may be uplink scheduling information, uplink grant information, downlink scheduling information, downlink grant information. The control information/scheduling grant information may be transmitted in a downlink control channel PDCCH, may be transmitted in a downlink data channel PDSCH, may be transmitted in a downlink broadcast channel PBCH, or may be transmitted in a downlink paging channel.

And C3, the first terminal device adjusts the signal receiving range to the second frequency at time t2, such as adjusting the signal receiving range to the second frequency according to at least one of offset 1, the first frequency, the third resource and the second resource. The first terminal device receives PDSCH 1 and/or transmits PUSCH 1 on the second frequency. The time t2 may be predetermined. Such as x time period after detection of the control information, or y time period before the PDSCH 1 start time indicated in the control information, where x, y may be integers. the time t2 may also be signaled, e.g. to instruct the first terminal device to complete the frequency adjustment at y2 time before the start time of PDSCH 1/PUSCH 1 transmission. Frequency adjustment, i.e., frequency tuning (tuning).

And C4, the first terminal equipment continues to monitor the PDCCH at the second frequency at the time t 3. Similarly to t2, t3 may be predefined or indicated, and reference may be made specifically to the description related to t2, and the detailed description will not be repeated here.

And C5, the first terminal equipment detects second control information on a second frequency, wherein the second control information indicates that the scheduling resource of the first terminal equipment is of a third frequency, and if the resource offset value of the third frequency and the sixth resource is of offset 2. The sixth resource may be a resource where CORESET of the first terminal device is located, or the sixth resource may also be a resource where the first terminal device is located when receiving the control information, or the sixth resource is a preconfigured resource, or the sixth resource is a preset resource, or the sixth resource is a second resource, or the sixth resource is a third resource, or the sixth resource is a first resource. The sixth resource may include a third frequency. The resource may be at least one resource of frequency domain resource, time domain resource, code domain resource, power resource, and space domain resource. The control information may be uplink scheduling information, uplink grant information, downlink scheduling information, downlink grant information. The control information may be transmitted in PDCCH, PDSCH, PBCH, or downlink paging channel.

And C6, the first terminal device adjusts the signal receiving range to the third frequency at time t4, such as adjusting the signal receiving range to the third frequency according to at least one of offset 2, the first frequency, the third resource and the second resource. The first terminal device receives PDSCH 2 and/or transmits PUSCH 2 on the third frequency. The time t4 may be predetermined. Such as x time period after detection of the control information, or y time period before the PDSCH 2 start time indicated in the control information, where x, y may be integers. The time T4 may also be signaled, e.g. to instruct the first terminal device to complete the frequency adjustment y time before the start time of the PDSCH 2/PUSCH 2 transmission. Frequency adjustment, i.e., frequency tuning (tuning). Similarly to t2, t4 may be predefined or indicated, and reference may be made to the description related to t2, which is not repeated here.

Exemplary, as shown in fig. 8B. Taking the location of the fourth resource as an example of the higher frequency resource (with larger sequence number) in the second resource.

D1, the access network device may configure a first frequency of the location of the SS in the second resource. Reference may be made specifically to the above description of C1, and the detailed description will not be repeated here.

D2, the first terminal device detects the first control information on the first frequency, and the resource indicated by the first control information for transmitting the uplink control information of the first terminal device is the second frequency. Reference may be made specifically to the above description of C2, and the detailed description will not be repeated here. Or the first terminal equipment receives the first data information on the first frequency, and the resource of the first terminal equipment for transmitting the uplink control information is the second frequency.

D3, the first terminal device adjusts the signal receiving range to the second frequency at time t2, such as adjusting the signal receiving range to the second frequency according to at least one of offset 1, the first frequency, the third resource, and the second resource. The first terminal device transmits PUCCH 1 on the second frequency. Reference may be made specifically to the above description of C3, and the detailed description will not be repeated here.

And D4, the first terminal equipment continues to monitor the PDCCH at the second frequency at the time t 3. Similarly to t2, t3 may be predefined or indicated, and reference may be made specifically to the description related to t2, and the detailed description will not be repeated here.

And D5, the first terminal equipment monitors a second PDCCH on a second frequency or receives a second PDSCH, and the second PDCCH indicates that the scheduling resource of the first terminal equipment is of a third frequency. Reference may be made specifically to the above description of C5, and the detailed description will not be repeated here.

D6, the first terminal device adjusts the signal receiving range to the third frequency at time t4, such as adjusting the signal receiving range to the third frequency according to at least one of the offset 2, the first frequency, the third resource, and the second resource. The first terminal device transmits PUCCH 2 on a third frequency. Reference may be made specifically to the description of D6 above, and the detailed description will not be repeated here.

Embodiment two: referring to fig. 9, a flow chart of a resource indication method provided in the present application is shown. The method comprises the following steps:

s901, the access network device determines fourth information, where the fourth information indicates location information and resource size information of the third resource in the first resource. The first resource comprises a number of resources greater than a number of resources supportable by the first terminal device. The third resource includes a number of resources less than or equal to a number of resources supportable by the first terminal device.

And S902, the access network equipment sends fourth information to the first terminal equipment. Correspondingly, the first terminal equipment receives fourth information sent by the access network equipment.

S903, the first terminal device determines the first resource.

It should be noted that, step S902 and step S903 are not strictly sequential, and step S902 may be performed first and then step S903 may be performed, step S903 may be performed first and then step S902 may be performed, or step S902 and step S903 may be performed simultaneously.

S904, the first terminal device transmits information on the third resource.

For example, the information transmitted by the first terminal device on the third resource may be control information, data information, paging information, random access corresponding information, and the like. The control information may include uplink control information and downlink control information. The data information may include uplink data information and downlink data information.

In this embodiment of the present application, the sizes of the first resource and the third resource may be understood as a time domain range, a frequency domain range, and so on. And may also be understood as the number of included resources.

In this embodiment of the present application, the first resource and the third resource may be a time domain resource, a frequency domain resource, a space domain resource, a code domain resource, a power resource, and so on. Illustratively, the resource units of the time domain resources may be radio frames, subframes, fields, slots, symbols, and the like. The resource unit of the frequency domain resource may be a subcarrier (sub-carrier), a Resource Block (RB), a Resource Element (RE), a Resource Element Group (REG), a REG bundle (REG bundle), a control channel element (control channel element, CCE), a carrier. For example, if the bandwidth is 20MHz, the number of included resource blocks may be 106 RBs when the subcarrier spacing is 15 kHz.

In an exemplary illustration, the size of the resources that the first terminal device can support (or can allocate) can be understood as the number of resource blocks that the supported bandwidth includes. The number of resource blocks included in the supported bandwidth may be the number of maximum frequency domain resource blocks that can be occupied by the first terminal device when transmitting and/or receiving, e.g., the maximum bandwidth that the first terminal device can receive a signal, and/or the maximum bandwidth that the first terminal device can transmit a signal, etc. For example, the supported bandwidth is a 20MHz bandwidth, and the number of supported resource blocks is 106 RBs when the subcarrier spacing is 15 kHz.

In one implementation, the first resource may be an initial BWP of the first terminal device. Optionally, the first terminal device may acquire the information of the first resource through a system message broadcasted by the access network device. Alternatively, the first resource may be an initial BWP of the second terminal device. The second terminal device is a higher capability than the first terminal device. If the bandwidth supported by the second terminal device is greater than that of the first terminal device, the data processing time of the second terminal device is less than that of the first terminal device, or the maximum transmission layer number supported by the second terminal device is greater than that supported by the first terminal device.

In another implementation, the first resource may be a carrier on which the access network device operates. In this implementation, the first resource may be a transmission resource of a predefined good resource location and bandwidth. Optionally, the first terminal device may acquire information of the first resource before entering the network.

In yet another implementation, the first resource may also be signaled by the access network device, e.g., the access network device may indicate a frequency range for use by the user via a system message or a broadcast message. The first terminal device obtains the information of the first resource by receiving the system message or the broadcast message.

In one exemplary illustration, the fourth information may indicate a starting location S and a length L of the third resource in the first resource.

S may be greater than a size of a resource supported by the first terminal device, and L may be less than or equal to the first value. For example, if the first resource includes N resources _L The first value is N _r The value range of S can be [0, N _L -1]L can be in the range of [1, N _r ]S+L is less than or equal to N _L . Wherein the first value is greater than or equal to the number of resources comprised by the third resource. The first value is less than or equal to the number of resources supportable by the first terminal device. Alternatively, the first value is a value preconfigured by the access network device.

In some embodiments, the first value may be determined according to a capability of the first terminal device, or may be configured by the access network device. Wherein the first value is determined according to the capability of the first terminal device, and may refer to the first value as the maximum value of the resources that the first terminal device can receive and/or signal. The first value is configured by the access network device and may refer to a size of a resource that the access network device may indicate to the first terminal device for subsequent receiving and/or signaling, or a size of a resource that the access network device schedules for the first terminal device to receive and/or signaling.

Alternatively, the number of bits of the fourth information may be determined according to the size of the first resource and the first value.

For example, the selectable value of S is N _L The log is needed ₂ (N _L ×(N _L +1)/2) bits. The value range of S is in the first resource range. The selectable value of L is Nr, log is needed ₂ (N _r ×(N _r +1)/2) bits. The value range of L is smaller than or equal to the maximum bandwidth supported by the first terminal equipment. The fourth information may include log ₂ (N _L ×(N _L +1)/2)+log ₂ (N _r ×(N _r +1)/2)]Bits.

For another example, the number of bits of the fourth information may be log ₂ (state value), wherein the state value of the fourth information may be as shown in table 6.

TABLE 6

In some embodiments, the location S of the starting point may be BWP/carrier bandwidth N configured by the access network device _L Any value within the range. Such as initial BWP. But the length L needs to be limited to Nr according to a first value. If the length L is the maximum number of RBs supportable in the transmission of the first terminal device. I.e. the range of values for the starting point S and the length L is not the same.

To save overhead, further, the granularity of S may be configured to be an integer multiple of RB, such as 2/4/8/16, etc. For example, granularity is 4, assume that the bandwidth of the first resource is 5A bandwidth of 0M, a first value being the number of RBs comprised by the 20M bandwidth, i.e. N _L ＝270，N _r The fourth information has a bit number of 13 bits=106.

In some embodiments, the first terminal device obtains the control information provided in the second embodiment of the present application when the first characteristic is satisfied, and the control information includes fourth information. The first terminal device may acquire existing control information, i.e. third information, when the second characteristic is satisfied, where the third information carries at least one of the following information: the location information of the third resource in the first resource, frequency hopping information, and the frequency hopping information may include at least one of a frequency hopping indication and a frequency hopping offset value, wherein the frequency hopping indication indicates whether to frequency hop.

Illustratively, the first characteristic is that the first terminal device BWP is greater than or equal to a bandwidth supportable by the first terminal device. For example, the BWP is an initial BWP.

The second characteristic is that the first terminal device BWP is smaller than or equal to the bandwidth supportable by the first terminal device. For example, the BWP is an initial BWP.

In other embodiments, the first terminal device may support acquiring the fourth information and may acquire the third information, that is, the acquired UL grant information may include the fourth information and may include the third information. For example, in the case where the initial bandwidth of the first terminal device is small (e.g., 5M/10 Mhz), or operating at a high frequency (e.g., FR 2), or SCS is large (e.g., 60/120/240 kHz), the acquired UL grant information may include either the fourth information or the third information.

In a possible implementation manner, the first terminal device may further determine information of the fourth resource (for example, a location, a size, etc. of the fourth resource), and the first terminal device detects control information, such as a PDCCH or a physical uplink control channel (physical uplink control channel, PUCCH), on the fourth resource. Specifically, the determination manner of the fourth resource may refer to the related description of the first embodiment, and the description is not repeated here.

In one implementation, the location of the fourth resource may be a fixed location within the first resource. For example, the resource starting position of the fourth resource is the lowest position of the frequency domain of the first resource. The bandwidth of the fourth resource may be equal to the bandwidth supported by the first terminal device. The first terminal device may determine a location of a fifth resource according to the control information detected at the fourth resource, and the first terminal device detects data information, such as PDSCH or PUSCH, on the fifth resource.

Optionally, after the first terminal device receives or transmits information on the fifth resource, the first terminal device may adjust the frequency range of the received signal back to the receiving location of the control signal, i.e. adjust the frequency range of the received signal back to the fourth resource. The fifth resource and the fourth resource do not overlap, and the fifth resource is included in the first resource.

Reference may be made in particular to the description of embodiment one in relation to fig. 7A or fig. 7B.

The first terminal device may determine a location of a fifth resource according to the control information detected at the fourth resource, and the first terminal device detects data information, such as PDSCH or PUSCH, on the fifth resource.

Alternatively, after the first terminal device receives the data signal, the frequency range of the received signal may not be changed. Control information is received within the frequency range of the received data signal until the control information is received, and the frequency range of the received signal is changed according to the control information.

Reference may be made specifically to the description related to fig. 8A or fig. 8B in the first embodiment.

Based on the same inventive concept as the method embodiment, the embodiment of the present application provides a communication device, which may have a structure as shown in fig. 10, including a transceiver unit 1001 and a processing unit 1002.

In a specific embodiment, the communication apparatus may be specifically configured to implement the method performed by the first terminal device in the embodiments shown in fig. 5 to 8B, where the apparatus may be the first terminal device itself, or may be a chip or a chipset in the first terminal device or a part of a chip for performing the related method function. The processing unit 1002 is configured to determine a first resource, where the first resource includes a number of resources that is greater than a number of resources that can be supported by the first terminal device. The transceiver 1001 is configured to receive first information, where the first information indicates a location of the second resource in the first resource, and the number of resources included in the second resource is less than or equal to the number of resources supportable by the first terminal device. And receiving second information, the second information indicating a location of a third resource in the second resource. The processing unit 1002 is further configured to perform information transmission on the third resource.

Illustratively, the transceiver 1001 receives the first information and/or the second information through random access response information.

Illustratively, the number of bits of the second information is determined according to the number of resources supportable by the first terminal device or the number of resources included in the second resource.

Optionally, the transceiver unit 1001 is specifically configured to: and receiving the first information and the second information when the first characteristic is that the number of resources included in the second resources is smaller than or equal to a reference value, wherein the reference value is a preset value or the reference value is the number of resources included in the first resources.

In addition, the transceiver unit 1001 may be further configured to: acquiring third information when the first characteristic is not satisfied, wherein the third information carries at least one of the following information: and the position information of the third resource in the second resource and the frequency hopping information of the information transmission of the first terminal equipment.

Optionally, the processing unit 1002 is further configured to: and determining the position and/or length of a fourth resource according to the position and/or length of the second resource in the first resource, wherein the first terminal equipment detects control information on the fourth resource.

In a specific embodiment, the communication apparatus may be specifically configured to implement the method performed by the first terminal device in the embodiment of fig. 9, where the apparatus may be the first terminal device itself, or may be a chip or a chipset in the first terminal device or a part of a chip for performing the functions of the related method. The processing unit 1002 is configured to determine a first resource, where the first resource includes a number of resources that is greater than a number of resources that can be supported by the first terminal device; a transceiver unit 1001, configured to receive fourth information, where the fourth information indicates location information and resource size information of a third resource in the first resource, and the number of resources included in the third resource is less than or equal to the number of resources supportable by the first terminal device; the processing unit 1002 is further configured to perform information transmission on the third resource.

Illustratively, the transceiver unit 1001 receives the fourth information via random access response information.

The number of bits of the fourth information is determined according to the number of resources included in the first resource and a first value, where the first value is greater than or equal to the number of resources included in the third resource and less than or equal to the number of resources supportable by the first terminal device.

Optionally, the transceiver unit 1001, when receiving the fourth information, may be specifically configured to: and receiving the fourth information when the first characteristic is met, wherein the first characteristic is that the first numerical value is smaller than or equal to a reference value, the reference value is a preset value, or the reference value is the number of resources included in the first resource. The first value is greater than or equal to the number of resources comprised by the third resource and is less than or equal to the number of resources supportable by the first terminal device.

Furthermore, the transceiver unit 1001 may be further configured to: acquiring third information when the first characteristic is not satisfied, wherein the third information carries at least one of the following information: and the position information of the third resource in the first resource and the frequency hopping information of the information transmission of the first terminal equipment.

The division of the modules in the embodiments of the present application is schematically only one logic function division, and there may be another division manner in actual implementation, and in addition, each functional module in each embodiment of the present application may be integrated in one processor, or may exist separately and physically, or two or more modules may be integrated in one module. The integrated modules may be implemented in hardware or in software functional modules. It will be appreciated that the function or implementation of each module in the embodiments of the present application may further refer to the relevant description of the method embodiments.

In a possible manner, the communication apparatus may be a communication device or a chip in a communication device, as shown in fig. 11, where the communication device may be a first terminal device. The apparatus may include a processor 1101, a communication interface 1102, and a memory 1103. Wherein the processing unit 1002 may be the processor 1101. The transceiver unit 1001 may be a communication interface 1102.

The processor 1101 may be a central processing unit (central processing unit, CPU), or a digital processing unit or the like. The communication interface 1102 may be a transceiver, or may be an interface circuit such as a transceiver circuit, or may be a transceiver chip, or the like. The apparatus further comprises: a memory 1103 for storing a program executed by the processor 1101. The memory 1103 may be a nonvolatile memory such as a Hard Disk Drive (HDD) or a Solid State Drive (SSD), or may be a volatile memory (RAM). The memory 1103 is any other medium that can be used to carry or store desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and that can be accessed by a computer, but is not limited thereto.

The processor 1101 is configured to execute program codes stored in the memory 1103, and specifically configured to execute the actions of the processing unit 1002, which are not described herein. The communication interface 1102 is specifically configured to perform the actions of the transceiver unit 1001, which is not described herein.

The specific connection medium between the communication interface 1102, the processor 1101, and the memory 1103 is not limited in the embodiments of the present application. In the embodiment of the present application, the memory 1103, the processor 1101 and the communication interface 1102 are connected through a bus 1104 in fig. 11, where the bus is indicated by a thick line in fig. 11, and the connection manner between other components is only schematically illustrated, and is not limited thereto. The buses may be classified as address buses, data buses, control buses, etc. For ease of illustration, only one thick line is shown in FIG. 11, but not only one bus or one type of bus.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a computer readable storage medium for storing computer software instructions required to be executed by the processor, and the computer readable storage medium contains a program required to be executed by the processor.

It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that embodiments of the present application may be provided as a method, system, or computer program product. Accordingly, the present application may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment, or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects. Furthermore, the present application may take the form of a computer program product embodied on one or more computer-usable storage media (including, but not limited to, disk storage, CD-ROM, optical storage, and the like) having computer-usable program code embodied therein.

The present application is described with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (systems) and computer program products according to the application. It will be understood that each flow and/or block of the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, and combinations of flows and/or blocks in the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, embedded processor, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, create means for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce an article of manufacture including instruction means which implement the function specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

These computer program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable apparatus to produce a computer implemented process such that the instructions which execute on the computer or other programmable apparatus provide steps for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present application without departing from the scope of the application. Thus, if such modifications and variations of the present application fall within the scope of the claims and the equivalents thereof, the present application is intended to cover such modifications and variations.

Claims

A method for indicating resources, comprising:

the method comprises the steps that a first terminal device determines first resources, wherein the first resources comprise more resources than the first terminal device can support;

the first terminal equipment receives first information, wherein the first information indicates the position of the second resource in the first resource, and the number of the resources included in the first resource is greater than or equal to the number of the resources supportable by the first terminal equipment;

The first terminal equipment receives second information, wherein the second information indicates the position of a third resource in the second resource;

and the first terminal equipment transmits information on the third resource.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the terminal device receives the first information and/or the second information via random access response information.
The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the number of bits of the second information is determined according to the number of resources supportable by the first terminal device or the number of resources comprised by the second resource.
A method according to any of claims 1-3, wherein the first terminal device receiving the first information and the second information comprises:

the first terminal device acquires the first information and the second information when the first characteristic is met;

the first characteristic is that the number of resources included in the second resource is smaller than or equal to a reference value, where the reference value is a preset value, or the reference value is the number of resources included in the first resource.
The method as recited in claim 4, further comprising:

The first terminal equipment acquires third information when the first characteristic is not met, wherein the third information carries at least one of the following information: and the position information of the third resource in the second resource and the frequency hopping information of the information transmission of the first terminal equipment.
The method of any one of claims 1-5, wherein the method further comprises:

and the first terminal equipment determines the position and/or length of a fourth resource according to the position and/or length of the second resource in the first resource, and detects control information on the fourth resource.
A method for indicating resources, comprising:

the method comprises the steps that a first terminal device determines first resources, wherein the first resources comprise more resources than the first terminal device can support;

the first terminal equipment receives fourth information, wherein the fourth information indicates position information and resource size information of third resources in the first resources, and the number of the resources included in the third resources is smaller than or equal to the number of the resources supportable by the first terminal equipment;

and the first terminal equipment transmits information on the third resource.
The method of claim 7, wherein the terminal device receives the fourth information through random access response information.
The method of claim 7 or 8, wherein the number of bits of the fourth information is determined according to the number of resources comprised by the first resource and a first value;

wherein the first value is greater than or equal to the number of resources included in the third resource and is less than or equal to the number of resources supportable by the first terminal device.
The method according to any of claims 7-9, wherein the first terminal device receives fourth information, comprising:

the first terminal device receives the fourth information when a first characteristic is met, wherein the first characteristic is that a first numerical value is smaller than or equal to a reference value, the reference value is a preset value, or the reference value is the number of resources included in the first resource;

the first value is greater than or equal to the number of resources included by the third resource and less than or equal to the number of resources supportable by the first terminal device.
The method of claim 10, wherein the method further comprises:

The first terminal equipment acquires third information when the first characteristic is not met, wherein the third information carries at least one of the following information: and the position information of the third resource in the first resource and the frequency hopping information of the information transmission of the first terminal equipment.
A resource indicating device, comprising:

a processing unit, configured to determine a first resource, where the first resource includes a number of resources that is greater than a number of resources that can be supported by the first terminal device;

a transceiver unit, configured to receive first information, where the first information indicates a location of the second resource in the first resource, and the number of resources included in the second resource is less than or equal to the number of resources supportable by the first terminal device; and receiving second information indicating a location of a third resource in the second resource;

the processing unit is further configured to control the transceiver unit to perform information transmission on the third resource.
The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the transceiving unit receives the first information and/or the second information, in particular via random access response information.
The apparatus of claim 12 or 13, wherein the number of bits of the second information is determined according to a number of resources supportable by the first terminal device or a number of resources comprised by the second resource.
The apparatus according to any of the claims 12-14, wherein the transceiver unit is specifically configured to:

and receiving the first information and the second information when the first characteristic is that the number of resources included in the second resources is smaller than or equal to a reference value, wherein the reference value is a preset value or the reference value is the number of resources included in the first resources.
The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the transceiver unit is further configured to:

acquiring third information when the first characteristic is not satisfied, wherein the third information carries at least one of the following information: and the position information of the third resource in the second resource and the frequency hopping information of the information transmission of the first terminal equipment.
The apparatus of any of claims 12-16, wherein the processing unit is further to:

and determining the position and/or length of a fourth resource according to the position and/or length of the second resource in the first resource, wherein the first terminal equipment detects control information on the fourth resource.
A resource indicating device, comprising:

a processing unit, configured to determine a first resource, where the first resource includes a number of resources that is greater than a number of resources that can be supported by the first terminal device;

a transceiver unit, configured to receive fourth information, where the fourth information indicates location information and resource size information of a third resource in the first resource, and the number of resources included in the third resource is less than or equal to the number of resources supportable by the first terminal device;

the processing unit is further configured to control the transceiver unit to perform information transmission on the third resource.
The apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the transceiving unit receives the fourth information, in particular via random access response information.
The apparatus of claim 18 or 19, wherein the number of bits of the fourth information is determined based on the number of resources included by the first resource and a first value;

wherein the first value is greater than or equal to the number of resources included in the third resource and is less than or equal to the number of resources supportable by the first terminal device.
The apparatus according to any of the claims 18-20, wherein the transceiver unit, when receiving the fourth information, is specifically configured to:

Receiving the fourth information when a first characteristic is met, wherein the first characteristic is that a first numerical value is smaller than or equal to a reference value, the reference value is a preset value, or the reference value is the number of resources included in the first resource;

the first value is greater than or equal to the number of resources included by the third resource and less than or equal to the number of resources supportable by the first terminal device.
The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the transceiver unit is further configured to:

acquiring third information when the first characteristic is not satisfied, wherein the third information carries at least one of the following information: and the position information of the third resource in the first resource and the frequency hopping information of the information transmission of the first terminal equipment.
A communication device comprising a transceiver, a processor, and a memory; program instructions are stored in the memory; the program instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the communication device to perform the method of any of claims 1 to 6 through the transceiver or cause the communication device to perform the method of any of claims 7 to 11 through the transceiver.
A chip, characterized in that the chip is coupled to a memory in an electronic device, the chip, when run, invoking program instructions stored in the memory to perform the method according to any of claims 1-6, or to perform the method according to any of claims 7-11.
A computer readable storage medium comprising program instructions which, when run on a device, cause the device to perform the method of any of claims 1 to 11.