WO2018228518A1 - 一种通信方法及装置 - Google Patents

一种通信方法及装置 Download PDF

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WO2018228518A1
WO2018228518A1 PCT/CN2018/091438 CN2018091438W WO2018228518A1 WO 2018228518 A1 WO2018228518 A1 WO 2018228518A1 CN 2018091438 W CN2018091438 W CN 2018091438W WO 2018228518 A1 WO2018228518 A1 WO 2018228518A1
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李新县
唐浩
唐臻飞
汪凡
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  • the present application relates to the field of wireless communication technologies, and in particular, to a communication method and apparatus.
  • terminals and networks transmit data to each other based on radio communication technology.
  • the terminal before transmitting data, the terminal usually needs to access the network first to establish a connection with the network.
  • connection between the terminal and the network can be a short link.
  • the two endpoints of a link are used to characterize two devices that send and receive data.
  • One endpoint represents a device that enjoys network services, such as a terminal; the other represents a device that provides network services, such as a base station.
  • the connection between these two endpoints is used to characterize the path of data transmission.
  • the link is further divided into an uplink (UL) and a downlink (DL).
  • the uplink and downlink between the terminal and the network are indispensable. Moreover, in order to ensure the validity and reliability of data transmission, the uplink and downlink also need to cooperate with each other. Taking data retransmission as an example, the terminal receives data in the downlink. If the data transmission fails, the terminal needs to feedback the transmission status of the data as a failure in the uplink coordinated with the downlink to trigger the base station. Retransmit the data. Correspondingly, after the base station transmits data in the downlink, it also needs to monitor the feedback of the terminal in the uplink coordinated with the downlink. This cooperation between the uplink and the downlink is usually long-term and fixed, also referred to as paired or coupled. At this time, the connection between the terminal and the network can be understood as the uplink and downlink that are paired with each other.
  • the maximum bandwidth of one carrier can reach 400MHz, but the maximum bandwidth capacity supported by the terminal may not reach such a large bandwidth.
  • the base station cannot allocate resources to the terminal directly within the range of the carrier bandwidth as in the Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, but first configures one or Multiple Bandwidth Part (BP), and then allocate resources to the terminal within the scope of the BP.
  • the base station may configure multiple uplink BPs and multiple downlink BPs for the terminal.
  • the base station activates part or all of the uplink BPs of the uplink BP configured for the terminal, and activates the downlink BP configured for the terminal. Part or all of the downlink BP, and then data transmission on the activated uplink BP and downlink BP.
  • the present application provides a communication method for solving the problem that the uplink BP and the downlink BP are related to each other.
  • the application provides a communication method, including:
  • the network device sends indication information to the terminal, where the indication information is used to indicate at least one second BP associated with the first BP;
  • the network device performs signal transmission with the terminal on the first BP and the at least one second BP.
  • the network device indicates, by the indication information, the terminal at least one second BP associated with the first BP, so that the network device and the terminal can perform signal transmission on the mutually associated BP, and the second BP associated with the first BP can be Multiple, which can effectively improve the utilization of spectrum resources.
  • the first BP is a downlink BP
  • the second BP is an uplink BP
  • the sending, by the network device, the indication information to the terminal including:
  • the network device sends the indication information to the terminal on the first BP.
  • the first BP is a downlink BP
  • the second BP is an uplink BP
  • the network device performs signal transmission with the terminal on the first BP and the at least one second BP, including:
  • the network device receives the uplink data sent by the terminal on the at least one second BP corresponding to the uplink scheduling grant in the first BP.
  • the first BP is an uplink BP
  • the second BP is a downlink BP
  • the network device performs signal transmission with the terminal on the first BP and the at least one second BP, including:
  • the network device receives at least one HARQ feedback information sent by the terminal on the first BP, where the HARQ feedback information corresponds to HARQ of at least one of the second BPs.
  • the first BP is a downlink BP
  • the second BP is an uplink BP
  • the first BP is an uplink BP
  • the second BP is a downlink BP
  • the first BP and the at least one second BP belong to the same cell.
  • the method is at least applied to a TDD system and an FDD system.
  • the first BP is a downlink BP
  • the second BP is an uplink BP
  • the method further includes:
  • the network device receives an SRS sent by the terminal on an uplink measurement BP; the uplink measurement BP is obtained according to the at least one second BP;
  • the network device obtains a channel quality of the first BP according to the SRS.
  • the application provides a communication method, including:
  • the indication information sent by the network device, where the indication information is used to indicate the at least one second BP associated with the first BP;
  • the terminal performs signal transmission with the network device on the first BP and the at least one second BP.
  • the first BP is a downlink BP
  • the second BP is an uplink BP
  • the terminal receives the indication information sent by the network device on the first BP.
  • the first BP is a downlink BP
  • the second BP is an uplink BP
  • the terminal performs signal transmission with the network device on the first BP and the at least one second BP, including:
  • the terminal sends uplink data to the network device on the at least one second BP corresponding to the uplink scheduling grant in the first BP.
  • the first BP is an uplink BP
  • the second BP is a downlink BP
  • the terminal performs signal transmission with the network device on the first BP and the at least one second BP, including:
  • the terminal sends at least one HARQ feedback information to the network device on the first BP, where the HARQ feedback information corresponds to HARQ of at least one of the second BPs.
  • the first BP is a downlink BP
  • the second BP is an uplink BP
  • the first BP is an uplink BP
  • the second BP is a downlink BP
  • the first BP and the at least one second BP belong to the same cell.
  • the method is applied to at least a time division duplex TDD system and a frequency division duplex FDD system.
  • the first BP is a downlink BP
  • the second BP is an uplink BP
  • the method further includes:
  • the terminal transmits an SRS on the uplink measurement BP; the uplink measurement BP is obtained according to the at least one second BP.
  • the application also provides a communication method, the communication method comprising:
  • the configuration information is used to configure the first frequency domain resource and the frequency domain resource associated with the first frequency domain resource; wherein the first frequency domain resource and the first frequency domain The resource-associated frequency domain resources have the same center frequency point, and the first frequency domain resource and the frequency domain resource associated with the first frequency domain resource are in different transmission directions;
  • the method further includes:
  • the terminal receives the first indication information from the network device, where the first indication information is used to indicate that the first frequency domain resource is activated;
  • the terminal activates the first frequency domain resource according to the first indication information.
  • the terminal after the terminal receives the first indication information from the network device, the terminal further includes:
  • the terminal deactivates a third frequency domain resource
  • the third frequency domain resource and the first frequency domain resource are in the same transmission direction, and the third frequency domain resource and the first frequency domain resource have the same center frequency point.
  • the terminal after the terminal receives the first indication information from the network device, the terminal further includes:
  • the third frequency domain resource and the first frequency domain resource are in the same transmission direction, and the third frequency domain resource and the first frequency domain resource have different center frequency points;
  • the third frequency domain resource and the fourth frequency domain resource are in different transmission directions, and the third frequency domain resource and the fourth frequency domain resource have the same center frequency point.
  • the frequency domain resource associated with the first frequency domain resource is multiple frequency domain resources
  • the terminal activates the frequency domain resource associated with the first frequency domain resource, including:
  • the terminal receives the second indication information that is sent by the network device, where the second indication information is used to indicate that the second frequency domain resource is activated, and the second frequency domain resource is a frequency domain that is associated with the first frequency domain resource. Any frequency domain resource in the resource;
  • the terminal activates the second frequency domain resource according to the second indication information.
  • the method further includes:
  • the terminal activates the first frequency domain resource and the frequency domain resource associated with the first frequency domain resource according to the configuration information.
  • the application also provides a communication method, the method comprising:
  • the network device generates configuration information
  • the network device sends the configuration information to the terminal, where the configuration information is used to configure a first frequency domain resource and a frequency domain resource associated with the first frequency domain resource; wherein the first frequency domain resource and the The frequency domain resources associated with the first frequency domain resource have the same center frequency point, and the first frequency domain resource and the frequency domain resource associated with the first frequency domain resource are in different transmission directions.
  • the method further includes:
  • the network device sends first indication information to the terminal, where the first indication information is used to indicate that the first frequency domain resource is activated.
  • the frequency domain resource associated with the first frequency domain resource is multiple frequency domain resources
  • the method further includes:
  • the network device sends the second indication information to the terminal, where the second indication information is used to indicate that the second frequency domain resource is activated, and the second frequency domain resource is a frequency domain resource that is associated with the first frequency domain resource. Any of the frequency domain resources.
  • the application also provides a communication method, the communication method comprising:
  • the configuration information is used to configure the frequency domain resource associated with any one of the at least one frequency domain resource and the at least one frequency domain resource; wherein the any frequency domain resource and The frequency domain resources associated with any of the frequency domain resources have the same center frequency point, and the frequency domain resources associated with any one of the frequency domain resources are in different transmission directions;
  • the method further includes:
  • the terminal receives the first indication information from the network device, where the first indication information is used to indicate that the first frequency domain resource is activated; and the first frequency domain resource is any one of the at least one frequency domain resource.
  • the terminal activates the first frequency domain resource according to the first indication information.
  • the terminal after the terminal receives the first indication information from the network device, the terminal further includes:
  • the terminal deactivates a third frequency domain resource
  • the third frequency domain resource and the first frequency domain resource are in the same transmission direction, and the third frequency domain resource and the first frequency domain resource have the same center frequency point.
  • the terminal after the terminal receives the first indication information from the network device, the terminal further includes:
  • the third frequency domain resource and the first frequency domain resource are in the same transmission direction, and the third frequency domain resource and the first frequency domain resource have different center frequency points;
  • the third frequency domain resource and the fourth frequency domain resource are in different transmission directions, and the third frequency domain resource and the fourth frequency domain resource have the same center frequency point.
  • the frequency domain resource associated with the first frequency domain resource is multiple frequency domain resources
  • the terminal activates the frequency domain resource associated with the first frequency domain resource, including:
  • the terminal receives the second indication information that is sent by the network device, where the second indication information is used to indicate that the second frequency domain resource is activated, and the second frequency domain resource is a frequency domain that is associated with the first frequency domain resource. Any frequency domain resource in the resource;
  • the terminal activates the second frequency domain resource according to the second indication information.
  • the method further includes:
  • the terminal activates the first frequency domain resource and the frequency domain resource associated with the first frequency domain resource according to the configuration information; the first frequency domain resource is any one of the at least one frequency domain resource Domain resource.
  • the application also provides a communication method, the method comprising:
  • the network device generates configuration information
  • the network device sends the configuration information to the terminal, where the configuration information is used to configure at least one frequency domain resource and a frequency domain resource associated with any one of the at least one frequency domain resource;
  • the frequency domain resource and the frequency domain resource associated with any of the frequency domain resources have the same center frequency point, and the frequency domain resources associated with any one of the frequency domain resources are in different transmission directions.
  • the method further includes:
  • the network device sends the first indication information to the terminal, where the first indication information is used to indicate that the first frequency domain resource is activated; and the first frequency domain resource is any one of the at least one frequency domain resource. Frequency domain resources.
  • the frequency domain resource associated with the first frequency domain resource is multiple frequency domain resources
  • the method further includes:
  • the network device sends the second indication information to the terminal, where the second indication information is used to indicate that the second frequency domain resource is activated, and the second frequency domain resource is a frequency domain resource that is associated with the first frequency domain resource. Any of the frequency domain resources;
  • the application also provides a communication method, the method comprising:
  • third indication information is used to indicate that the first frequency domain resource pair is activated, where the first frequency domain resource pair includes an uplink frequency domain resource and a downlink frequency domain resource that are associated with each other;
  • the terminal activates the first frequency domain resource pair according to the third indication information.
  • the terminal before the terminal receives the third indication information from the network device, the terminal further includes:
  • the terminal receives configuration information from the network device, where the configuration information is used to configure at least one frequency domain resource pair; the first frequency domain resource pair is any one or any of the at least one frequency domain resource pair Frequency domain resource pairs;
  • the terminal determines the at least one frequency domain resource pair according to the configuration information.
  • the terminal after the terminal receives the third indication information from the network device, the terminal further includes:
  • the terminal deactivates a second frequency domain resource pair; the second frequency domain resource pair is an activated frequency domain resource pair other than the first frequency domain resource pair in the at least one frequency domain resource pair.
  • the third indication information includes an identifier of the first frequency domain resource pair.
  • the frequency domain resources in the first frequency domain resource pair have the same center frequency point.
  • the application also provides a communication method, the method comprising:
  • the network device generates third indication information, where the third indication information is used to indicate that the first frequency domain resource pair is activated, and the first frequency domain resource pair includes an uplink frequency domain resource and a downlink frequency domain resource that are associated with each other;
  • the network device sends the third indication information to the terminal.
  • the method further includes:
  • the network device sends configuration information to the terminal, where the configuration information is used to configure at least one frequency domain resource pair; the first frequency domain resource pair is any one of the at least one frequency domain resource pair or any multiple frequency Domain resource pair.
  • the third indication information includes an identifier of the first frequency domain resource pair.
  • the frequency domain resources in the first frequency domain resource pair have the same center frequency point.
  • the present application provides a communication device, which may be a network device or a chip inside a network device, and the communication device has a function in implementing the foregoing method example in the first aspect.
  • the functions may be implemented by hardware or by corresponding software implemented by hardware.
  • the hardware or the software includes one or more modules corresponding to the functions described above.
  • the structure of the communication device includes a sending module, a receiving module and a processing module, and the modules can perform the corresponding functions in the above first aspect example, specifically:
  • the indication information being used to indicate at least one second BP associated with the first BP
  • the present application provides a communication device, which may be a terminal or a chip inside the terminal, and the communication device has the functions in the example of the method of the second aspect.
  • the functions may be implemented by hardware or by corresponding software implemented by hardware.
  • the hardware or the software includes one or more modules corresponding to the functions described above.
  • the structure of the communication device includes a sending module, a receiving module and a processing module, and the modules can perform the corresponding functions in the above first aspect example, specifically:
  • the present application provides a communication device, which may be a terminal or a chip inside the terminal, and the communication device has the functions of implementing the above method examples.
  • the functions may be implemented by hardware or by corresponding software implemented by hardware.
  • the hardware or the software includes one or more modules corresponding to the functions described above.
  • the structure of the communication device includes a sending module, a receiving module and a processing module, and the modules can perform corresponding functions in the above method examples, specifically:
  • third indication information is used to indicate that the first frequency domain resource pair is activated, where the first frequency domain resource pair includes an uplink frequency domain resource and a downlink frequency domain resource that are associated with each other; And the first frequency domain resource pair is activated according to the third indication information.
  • the application further provides a communication device, which may be a network device or a chip inside the network device, and the communication device has the functions in the example of the above method.
  • the functions may be implemented by hardware or by corresponding software implemented by hardware.
  • the hardware or the software includes one or more modules corresponding to the functions described above.
  • the structure of the communication device includes a sending module, a receiving module, and a processing module, and the modules may perform corresponding functions in the foregoing method examples, specifically: generating third indication information, the third The indication information is used to indicate that the first frequency domain resource pair is activated, the first frequency domain resource pair includes an uplink frequency domain resource and a downlink frequency domain resource that are associated with each other; and the third indication information is sent to the terminal.
  • the present application provides a communication device, which may be a network device or a chip inside a network device, and the communication device has a function in implementing the foregoing method example of the first aspect;
  • the communication device includes: communication Module, processor;
  • the communication module is configured to perform communication interaction with other devices, specifically, to send indication information to the terminal, where the indication information is used to indicate at least one second BP associated with the first BP; Signal transmission is performed on the first BP and the at least one second BP with the terminal.
  • the communication module may be an RF circuit, a WiFi module, a communication interface, a Bluetooth module, or the like.
  • the processor for implementing the functions of the processing module in the third aspect, for example, may include: determining the indication information.
  • the communication device may further include: the memory, for storing a program or the like.
  • the program can include program code, the program code including instructions.
  • the memory may contain RAM and may also include non-volatile memory, such as at least one disk storage.
  • the processor executes the application stored in the memory to implement the above functions.
  • the communication module, the processor and the memory can be connected to each other through the bus;
  • the bus can be a peripheral component interconnect (PCI) bus or an extended industry standard architecture (extended industry standard architecture). EISA) bus and so on.
  • PCI peripheral component interconnect
  • EISA extended industry standard architecture
  • the bus can be divided into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, and the like.
  • the present application provides a communication device, which may be a network device or a chip inside a network device, the communication device having a function in implementing the foregoing method example of the second aspect; the communication device includes: communication Module
  • the communication module is configured to perform communication interaction with another device, specifically, to receive indication information sent by the network device, where the indication information is used to indicate at least one second BP associated with the first BP; Signaling with the network device on the first BP and the at least one second BP.
  • the communication module may be an RF circuit, a WiFi module, a communication interface, a Bluetooth module, or the like.
  • the processor configured to implement the functions of the processing module in the fourth aspect, for example, may include: parsing the indication information.
  • the communication device may further include: the memory, for storing a program or the like.
  • the program can include program code, the program code including instructions.
  • the memory may contain RAM and may also include non-volatile memory, such as at least one disk storage.
  • the processor executes the application stored in the memory to implement the above functions.
  • the communication module, the processor and the memory can be connected to each other through the bus;
  • the bus can be a peripheral component interconnect (PCI) bus or an extended industry standard architecture (extended industry standard architecture). EISA) bus and so on.
  • PCI peripheral component interconnect
  • EISA extended industry standard architecture
  • the bus can be divided into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, and the like.
  • the present application also provides a computer readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed on a computer, cause the computer to implement a communication method provided by any of the above designs.
  • the present application also provides a computer program product comprising instructions which, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform the communication method provided by any of the above designs.
  • the present application also provides a computer program that, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the communication method provided by any of the above designs.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a system architecture applicable to the present application
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a communication method according to Embodiment 1 of the present application.
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic overall flow chart of a communication method provided by the present application.
  • Figure 4a is a first possible numbering diagram corresponding to mode one
  • Figure 4b is a second possible numbering diagram corresponding to mode one
  • Figure 4c is a first possible numbering diagram corresponding to mode two
  • Figure 4d is a second possible numbering diagram corresponding to mode two
  • Figure 5a is a schematic diagram of extending the uplink BP in the first case
  • Figure 5b is a schematic diagram of extending the uplink BP in the second case
  • FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of frequency domain resources in which an uplink measurement BP and an uplink BP3 overlap;
  • FIG. 7 is a schematic overall flowchart of a communication method provided by the present application.
  • FIG. 10 is a schematic flowchart of a communication method according to Embodiment 3 of the present application.
  • FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of a possible complete process of a communication method according to Embodiment 3 of the present application.
  • FIG. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of a first communication device provided by the present application.
  • FIG. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of a second communication apparatus provided by the present application.
  • FIG. 14 is a schematic structural diagram of a third communication apparatus provided by the present application.
  • FIG. 15 is a schematic structural diagram of a fourth communication apparatus provided by the present application.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a system architecture applicable to the present application.
  • the system architecture includes a network device 101 and one or more terminals, such as the first terminal 1021, the second terminal 1022, and the third terminal 1023 shown in FIG. 1.
  • the network device 101 can communicate with any of the first terminal 1021, the second terminal 1022, and the third terminal 1023 via the network.
  • the network device may be a base station (BS).
  • BS base station
  • a base station device also referred to as a base station, refers to a device in an access network that communicates with a wireless terminal over one or more sectors over an air interface.
  • a device that provides a base station function in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system is an evolved base station;
  • a device that provides a base station function in an NR system includes one or more of the following: a new radio node B (New Radio NodeB, gNB), Centralized Unit (CU), Distributed Unit (Distributed Unit); In Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN), the device providing the function of the base station is an Access Point (AP).
  • New Radio NodeB New Radio NodeB
  • CU Centralized Unit
  • Distributed Unit Distributed Unit
  • WLAN Wireless Local Area Networks
  • AP Access Point
  • the terminal can be a wireless terminal or a wired terminal.
  • the wireless terminal can be a device that provides voice and/or data connectivity to the user, a handheld device with wireless connectivity, or other processing device that is connected to the wireless modem.
  • the wireless terminal can communicate with one or more core networks via a Radio Access Network (RAN), which can be a mobile terminal, such as a mobile phone (or "cellular" phone) and a computer with a mobile terminal.
  • RAN Radio Access Network
  • it may be a portable, pocket, handheld, computer built-in or in-vehicle mobile device that exchanges language and/or data with a wireless access network.
  • the wireless terminal may also be referred to as a system, a subscriber unit (SU), a subscriber station (Subscriber Station, SS), a mobile station (Mobile Station, MB), a mobile station (Mobile), a remote station (Remote Station, RS), Access Point (AP), Remote Terminal (RT), Access Terminal (AT), User Terminal (UT), User Agent (UA), Terminal Equipment ( User Device, UD), or User Equipment (UE).
  • SU subscriber unit
  • SS Subscriber Station
  • MB mobile station
  • a remote station Remote Station
  • AP Access Point
  • RT Remote Terminal
  • AT Access Terminal
  • U User Terminal
  • U Terminal Equipment
  • UD Terminal Equipment
  • UE User Equipment
  • the terminal uses the accessed downlink carrier as the primary carrier, and then adds the secondary carrier through Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling.
  • RRC Radio Resource Control
  • the frequency domain location of the corresponding uplink carrier is the same as the frequency domain location of the downlink carrier.
  • FDD when a downlink carrier is added, a corresponding one is configured by signaling.
  • Uplink carrier Therefore, in the prior art, each uplink carrier is paired with one downlink carrier, so that when performing data transmission, the mutually paired uplink carrier and downlink carrier can be associated with each other.
  • the network device configures the uplink BP and the downlink BP for the terminal.
  • the base station activates part or all of the uplink BP of the uplink BP configured for the terminal, and activates a part of the downlink BP configured for the terminal or All downlink BPs, in turn, perform data transmission on the activated at least one uplink BP and at least one downlink BP.
  • the first embodiment of the present application provides a communication method for solving the problem that the uplink BP and the downlink BP are related to each other.
  • the method includes: the network device sends the indication information to the terminal, where the indication information is used to indicate the at least one second BP associated with the first BP, and correspondingly, the terminal receives the indication information sent by the network device, and the network device is in the Signal transmission is performed with the terminal on the first BP and the at least one second BP.
  • the network device can send the indication information to the terminal in multiple manners, for example, the indication information is carried by the signaling or the message, for example, the network device can use Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling or downlink control information (Downlink). Control Information (DCI) or Media Access Control Control Element (MAC CE) sends indication information.
  • RRC Radio Resource Control
  • DCI Downlink Control Information
  • MAC CE Media Access Control Control Element
  • the indication information may include information that uniquely identifies the uplink BP.
  • the indication information may be used to indicate the correspondence between the uplink BP and the downlink BP and/or the activation of the uplink and downlink BP.
  • the uplink BP and the downlink BP involved in the present application correspond to each other, that is, the uplink BP and the downlink BP are associated with each other or cooperate with each other.
  • the first BP is a downlink BP
  • the second BP is an uplink BP
  • the first BP is an uplink BP
  • the second BP is a downlink.
  • the network device may send the indication information to the terminal on the common bandwidth part (common BP).
  • the indication information is used to indicate the correspondence between the uplink BP and the downlink BP and/or the activation of the uplink and downlink BP.
  • the first BP is a downlink BP
  • the second BP is an uplink BP
  • the network device may send indication information to the terminal in the first BP.
  • the indication information is used.
  • the uplink BP is indicated, and the uplink BP indicated in the indication information is the uplink BP associated with the first BP.
  • Step 201 Send indication information to the terminal on the first downlink bandwidth part BP, where the indication information is used to indicate the uplink BP.
  • the first downlink BP is any downlink BP in the downlink BP activated by the network device.
  • the uplink BP indicated by the indication information is any uplink BP in the uplink BP activated by the terminal device, and the uplink BP is the uplink BP associated with the first downlink BP.
  • the terminal device receives the indication information sent by the network device on the first downlink BP.
  • the terminal device After the terminal device receives the indication information, by analyzing the indication information, the uplink BP indicated by the indication information may be determined.
  • Step 202 Send an uplink signal on the uplink BP according to the indication information.
  • the terminal device determines the uplink BP indicated by the indication information, and may send an uplink signal on the uplink BP, where the uplink signal may be a Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) signal, or may also be a physical uplink shared channel (Physical). Any of the uplink scheduling data transmitted in the Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) and the Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Acknowledge (HARQ ACK) transmitted in the Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) or random combination.
  • SRS Sounding Reference Signal
  • Physical Physical Uplink shared channel
  • the network device side receives the uplink signal sent by the terminal on the uplink BP.
  • step 201 may be implemented by a network device or a chip inside the network device.
  • Step 202 may be implemented by a communication device, which may be a terminal or a chip inside the terminal. It can be understood that, when the communication device is a chip inside the terminal, before receiving or transmitting the information, the communication device may also be processed by other modules in the terminal, for example, the frequency conversion processing of the radio frequency module, and the like.
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the overall flow of a communication method provided by the present application.
  • the communication method in the present application is specifically described below with reference to FIG. 3, as shown in FIG. 3, including:
  • Step 301 The network device acquires the maximum bandwidth capability supported by the terminal, and configures at least one uplink BP and at least one downlink BP for the terminal according to the maximum bandwidth capability supported by the terminal.
  • the network device can obtain the maximum bandwidth capability supported by the terminal in multiple manners. For example, the network device can obtain the maximum bandwidth capability supported by the terminal according to the information reported by the terminal.
  • the network device configures the uplink BP and the downlink BP for the terminal according to the maximum bandwidth capability supported by the terminal.
  • the bandwidth of the uplink BP and the downlink BP configured by the network device for the terminal is usually less than or equal to the terminal support.
  • Maximum bandwidth capability For example, the maximum bandwidth capability supported by the terminal may be 100 MHz, and the bandwidth of the uplink BP and the downlink BP configured by the network device for the terminal is less than or equal to 100 MHz, for example, may be 10 MHz or 20 MHz.
  • the bandwidth of each uplink BP in the at least one uplink BP configured by the network device may be the same or different.
  • the bandwidth of each downlink BP in the at least one downlink BP configured by the network device may be the same.
  • the bandwidth relationship between the uplink BP and the downlink BP configured for the terminal on the network device side is not limited.
  • Step 302 The network device sends information about the uplink BP and the downlink BP configured for the terminal to the terminal.
  • the network device may send the information of the uplink BP and the downlink BP configured for the terminal to the terminal by using signaling, such as RRC.
  • the information of the uplink BP and the downlink BP includes the bandwidth of the uplink BP and the downlink BP, the frequency domain location, and the subcarrier spacing.
  • BP's bandwidth, frequency domain location, and subcarrier spacing can uniquely determine BP.
  • the frequency domain location of BP can be the lowest frequency domain position of BP, or the central frequency domain location, or the highest frequency domain location. limited.
  • the network device configures the uplink BP and the downlink BP for the terminal, and the uplink BP and the downlink BP may be numbered.
  • the uplink BP and downlink BP information sent by the network device to the terminal is performed. It may include the bandwidth of the uplink BP and the downlink BP, the frequency domain location, the subcarrier spacing and the number, and the like.
  • the uplink BP and the downlink BP there are multiple specific numbering methods for the uplink BP and the downlink BP.
  • three uplink BPs and three downlink BPs are configured with the network device as the terminal (the subcarrier spacing of two uplink BPs among the three uplink BPs is 15 kHz, the subcarrier spacing of one uplink BP is 30 kHz; the subcarrier spacing of two downlink BPs in two downlink BPs is 15 kHz, and the subcarrier spacing of one downlink BP is 30 kHz), for example, the possible number The way to explain.
  • Manner 1 The uplink BP and the downlink BP are uniformly numbered. In this mode, the uplink BP and the downlink BP are not distinguished.
  • FIG. 4a is a first possible numbering diagram corresponding to the first mode.
  • the uplink BP and downlink BP numbers configured by the network device for the terminal are 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, respectively.
  • the information of the uplink BP and the downlink BP sent by the network device to the terminal may include the bandwidth, frequency domain location, subcarrier spacing, and number of the uplink BP and the downlink BP.
  • BPs may be numbered according to the subcarrier spacing of the BP, for example, having the same sub-carrier.
  • the BP interval of the carrier spacing is uniformly numbered, and the BP of different subcarrier spacings is numbered independently.
  • FIG. 4b is a second possible numbering diagram corresponding to the first mode.
  • the network device is configured with the uplink BP and the downlink BP.
  • the sub-carrier spacing of the sub-carrier is 15 kHz.
  • the BP number is 0, 1, 2, and 4.
  • the BP unified number with a subcarrier spacing of 30 kHz is 0, 1.
  • the information of the uplink BP and the downlink BP sent by the network device to the terminal may include the bandwidth, the frequency domain location, the number, and the subcarrier spacing of the uplink BP and the downlink BP.
  • Manner 2 The uplink BP and the downlink BP are independently numbered. In this manner, the uplink BP and the downlink BP are distinguished.
  • Figure 4c is a first possible numbering diagram corresponding to the second mode.
  • the uplink BP numbers configured by the network device for the terminal are 0, 1, and 2, respectively.
  • the downlink BP numbers are 0, 1, and 2, respectively. .
  • the information of the uplink BP and the downlink BP sent by the network device to the terminal may include the bandwidth of the uplink BP and the downlink BP, the frequency domain location, the number, the subcarrier spacing, and the uplink and downlink identifiers.
  • the uplink and downlink identifiers are used to identify that the BP is an uplink BP or a downlink BP, and the uplink and downlink identifiers may have multiple representations, for example, may be represented by bits 0 and 1, where 0 represents uplink and 1 represents downlink.
  • FIG. 4d is a second possible numbering diagram corresponding to the second mode.
  • the network device is configured with the uplink BP in the uplink BP with a sub-carrier spacing of 15 kHz, the BP unified number is 0, 1, and the sub-carrier spacing is 30 kHz.
  • the BP unified number is 0; the BP device with the sub-carrier spacing of 15 kHz in the downlink BP configured by the network is 0, 1 and the BP unified number with the sub-carrier spacing of 30 kHz is 0.
  • the information of the uplink BP and the downlink BP sent by the network device to the terminal may include the bandwidth of the uplink BP and the downlink BP, the frequency domain location, the number, the uplink and downlink identifier, and the subcarrier spacing.
  • the network device configures the uplink BP and the downlink BP for the terminal, and may number the resource blocks (Resource Blocks, RBs) of the uplink BP and the downlink BP, and, in step 302, the network device sends
  • the information of the uplink BP and the downlink BP for the terminal may include the frequency domain location, the subcarrier spacing, and the number of RBs of the uplink BP and the downlink BP.
  • Step 303 The network device activates the uplink BP and the downlink BP for the terminal, and the number of the activated uplink BP and the downlink BP is one or more.
  • the triggering condition for the network device to activate the uplink BP and the downlink BP for the terminal may determine that the network device needs to perform data transmission with the terminal, or may be other situations, which are not limited.
  • the activated uplink BP and the activated downlink BP RB there are multiple ways to number the activated uplink BP and the activated downlink BP RB.
  • the following uses the network device as the terminal to activate two uplink BPs and two downlink BPs (the RBs in each uplink BP are all 180) As an example, explain the possible numbering methods.
  • Method 1 RB unified number of uplink BP and downlink BP
  • the number of RBs in the two uplink BPs and the two downlink BPs that the network device activates for the terminal is 0 to 719.
  • the number of RBs of each of the two uplink BPs and the two downlink BPs that the network device activates for the terminal is 0 to 179.
  • the network device is the two uplink BPs activated by the terminal, and the number of the RBs of each of the two downlink BPs is 0 to 359.
  • Step 304 The network device notifies the terminal of the activated uplink BP and downlink BP.
  • the network device may send the number of the activated uplink BP and downlink BP to the terminal, and the terminal may determine according to the number of the BP.
  • the activated BP If the network device adopts the numbering manner shown in FIG. 4b, in step 304, the network device may send the number of the activated uplink BP and the downlink BP and the subcarrier interval to the terminal, and the terminal according to the number of the BP and the subcarrier spacing.
  • the activated BP can be determined. Other ways are similar and will not be repeated one by one.
  • Step 305 The network device sends indication information to the terminal on the first downlink BP, where the indication information is used to indicate the uplink BP.
  • the uplink BP indicated by the indication information is the uplink BP corresponding to the first downlink BP, and specifically includes the first uplink BP and/or the first downlink BP corresponding to the uplink scheduling grant (UL grant) in the first downlink BP.
  • the second uplink BP corresponding to the HARQ ACK of the downlink data.
  • the first uplink BP and the second uplink BP may be the same uplink BP, or may be different uplink BPs.
  • the network device activates one uplink BP (for example, uplink BP1) in the uplink BP configured by the terminal, and activates one downlink BP (for example, downlink BP1) in the downlink BP configured for the terminal, In this way, the uplink BP1 and the downlink BP1 can be associated with each other to implement data transmission.
  • uplink BP for example, uplink BP1
  • downlink BP for example, downlink BP1
  • a possible implementation manner is that the network device indicates, by using the indication information, that the uplink BP corresponding to the downlink BP1 of the terminal is the uplink BP1.
  • the terminal BP1 and the downlink BP1 are respectively associated with the uplink BP1 and the downlink BP1. Therefore, the network device does not need to indicate the uplink of the downlink BP1 by using the indication information. BP, thus saving signaling overhead.
  • the network device activates multiple uplink BPs (eg, uplink BP1, uplink BP2) in the uplink BP configured by the terminal, and activates one downlink BP in the downlink BP configured for the terminal (for example: Downstream BP1).
  • uplink BPs eg, uplink BP1, uplink BP2
  • downlink BP in the downlink BP configured for the terminal (for example: Downstream BP1).
  • a possible implementation manner is that the network device indicates, by using the indication information, the uplink BP corresponding to the uplink scheduling grant in the downlink BP1 of the terminal (for example, the uplink BP1) and the uplink corresponding to the HARQ of the downlink data in the downlink BP1.
  • BP for example: Upstream BP2.
  • the network device passes the indication information.
  • the uplink BP corresponding to the uplink scheduling grant in the downlink BP1 is not indicated, and the uplink BP corresponding to the downlink data in the downlink BP1 is not required, that is, the uplink BP indicated by the indication information includes only the uplink scheduling grant in the downlink BP1.
  • the network device activates one uplink BP (for example, uplink BP1) in the uplink BP configured by the terminal, and activates multiple downlink BPs in the downlink BP configured for the terminal (for example, downlink BP1). Downstream BP2).
  • uplink BP1 for example, uplink BP1
  • downlink BP2 for example, downlink BP1.
  • the following line BP1 is taken as an example, and the network device indicates, by using the indication information, that the uplink BP corresponding to the uplink scheduling grant in the downlink BP1 of the terminal is the uplink BP corresponding to the HARQ ACK of the downlink data in the uplink BP1 and the downlink BP1, and is the uplink BP1.
  • the terminal may send the uplink scheduling data on the uplink BP1 by default. Therefore, the network device may not indicate the uplink BP corresponding to the uplink scheduling grant in the downlink BP1 by using the indication information.
  • the HARQ ACKs of the activated multiple downlink BPs can all be fed back on the same uplink BP.
  • the network device activates multiple uplink BPs (eg, uplink BP1, uplink BP2) in the uplink BP configured by the terminal, and activates multiple downlink BPs in the downlink BP configured for the terminal (eg, : Downstream BP1, Downstream BP2).
  • uplink BPs eg, uplink BP1, uplink BP2
  • downlink BPs eg, : Downstream BP1, Downstream BP2
  • the following line BP1 is taken as an example.
  • the network device needs to indicate the uplink BP corresponding to the uplink scheduling grant in the downlink BP1 by the indication information (for example, the uplink BP1).
  • the uplink BP corresponding to the HARQ ACK of the downlink data in the downlink BP1 (for example, the uplink BP2), that is, the uplink BP indicated by the indication information includes the uplink BP corresponding to the uplink scheduling grant in the downlink BP1 and the downlink data in the downlink BP1.
  • the uplink BP corresponding to HARQ since there are multiple active uplink BPs and downlink BPs, the following line BP1 is taken as an example.
  • the network device needs to indicate the uplink BP corresponding to the uplink scheduling grant in the downlink BP1 by the indication information (for example, the uplink BP1).
  • the uplink BP corresponding to the HARQ ACK of the downlink data in the downlink BP1 (for example
  • the uplink BP corresponding to the uplink scheduling grant in the downlink BP and the uplink BP corresponding to the HARQ ACK of the downlink data may be defined as the same uplink BP.
  • the indication information may include information that uniquely identifies the uplink BP. Specifically, if the network device adopts the numbering manner shown in FIG. 4a, the indication information may include the number of the BP, and the terminal may determine the uplink BP corresponding to the number according to the number of the BP. If the network device adopts the numbering manner shown in FIG. 4b, the indication information may include the number of the BP and the subcarrier spacing, and the terminal may determine the uplink BP corresponding to the number and the subcarrier spacing according to the number of the BP and the subcarrier spacing. Other ways are similar and will not be repeated one by one.
  • the network device may also indicate the uplink BP corresponding to the uplink scheduling grant in the downlink BP by using an implicit method.
  • the terminal device may determine the uplink BP corresponding to the uplink scheduling grant according to the number of the uplink resource allocated in the uplink scheduling grant. For example, the network device activates two uplink BPs, which are uplink BP1 and uplink BP2, where the RB number in the uplink BP1 is 0-20, and the RB number in the uplink BP2 is 21-50, which is allocated in the uplink scheduling grant.
  • the uplink resource number is 2-12, and the terminal may determine, according to the number of the uplink resource allocated in the uplink scheduling grant, that the uplink BP corresponding to the uplink scheduling grant is the uplink BP1.
  • the indication information may include a time mode, and the time mode indicates a correspondence between the activated downlink BP and the uplink BP in the set time period.
  • the time length of the set time period may be set as needed, for example, may be 5 ms;
  • the correspondence between the downlink BP and the uplink BP may include a correspondence between one or more downlink BPs and one or more uplink BPs, for example,
  • the downlink BP1 and the uplink BP1 and the uplink BP2 correspond to each other.
  • the terminal After receiving the time mode, the terminal can determine that in the next set time period (5ms), the uplink BP corresponding to the downlink BP1 is the uplink BP1 and the uplink BP2, and after more than 5ms, between the downlink BP1 and the uplink BP1 and the uplink BP2. The corresponding relationship is invalid.
  • Step 306 The terminal receives the indication information sent by the network device on the first downlink BP.
  • Step 307 The terminal sends an uplink signal according to the indication information, in the uplink BP indicated by the indication information.
  • Step 308 The network device receives an uplink signal sent by the terminal on the uplink BP.
  • the terminal receives the indication information, and if the uplink BP indicated by the indication information includes the first uplink BP corresponding to the uplink scheduling grant in the first downlink BP, the uplink is sent on the first uplink BP. Scheduling data; correspondingly, the network device receives uplink scheduling data on the first uplink BP. If the terminal determines that the uplink BP indicated by the indication information includes the second uplink BP corresponding to the HARQ ACK of the downlink data in the first downlink BP, the terminal sends the HARQ ACK of the downlink data on the second uplink BP; correspondingly, the network device is in the The HARQ ACK of the downlink data received on the uplink BP.
  • the terminal determines that the uplink BP indicated by the indication information includes the first uplink BP corresponding to the uplink scheduling grant in the first downlink BP and the second uplink BP corresponding to the HARQ ACK of the downlink data in the first downlink BP, the terminal is in the first And transmitting, by the uplink BP, the uplink scheduling data, and the HARQ ACK for transmitting the downlink data on the second uplink BP; correspondingly, the network device receives the uplink scheduling data on the first uplink BP, and receives the HARQ of the downlink data on the second uplink BP. ACK.
  • the uplink signal sent by the terminal in the uplink BP indicated by the indication information may also be an SRS.
  • the network device may be based on the terminal on the uplink BP according to the channel reciprocity.
  • the transmitted SRS obtains the channel quality of the first downlink BP.
  • the network device configures the terminal with at least one downlink BP and at least one uplink BP
  • the first downlink BP corresponds to the uplink BP1
  • the bandwidth and the frequency domain location of the uplink BP1 and the first downlink BP are likely to be different, for example,
  • the bandwidth of a downlink BP is greater than the bandwidth of the uplink BP1, so that the network device cannot accurately obtain the channel quality of the first downlink BP according to the SRS received on the uplink BP1.
  • step 307 when there is only one uplink BP, for example, uplink BP1, if the terminal determines that the bandwidth of the uplink BP1 is smaller than the bandwidth of the first downlink BP, the uplink BP1 may be extended to enable the uplink to be extended.
  • the frequency domain range of BP and the frequency domain range of the first downlink BP reach the maximum overlap, and the extended uplink BP is the uplink measurement BP.
  • the uplink BP may be extended if the lowest frequency domain position of the uplink BP is less than or equal to the lowest frequency domain position of the downlink BP, so that the highest frequency domain position of the uplink BP is increased; if the uplink BP is the highest If the frequency domain location is greater than or equal to the highest frequency domain location of the downlink BP, the lowest frequency domain location of the uplink BP is made smaller; the maximum bandwidth of the uplink measurement BP is the maximum uplink bandwidth capability of the terminal device.
  • FIG. 5a is a schematic diagram of extending the uplink BP in the first case
  • FIG. 5b is a schematic diagram of extending the uplink BP in the second case.
  • uplink BP1 and uplink BP2 When there are two or more uplink BPs, for example, uplink BP1 and uplink BP2, if the terminal determines that the frequency domain ranges of two or more uplink BPs do not cover the frequency domain range of the first downlink BP, An uplink BP that overlaps most of the frequency domain range of the first downlink BP or a plurality of frequency domain ranges that overlap with the first downlink BP frequency domain range may be selected from two or more uplink BPs. Uplink BP, and extending the one or more uplink BPs, so that the frequency domain range of the extended measured uplink BP and the frequency domain range of the first downlink BP reach the maximum overlap, and the extended uplink measurement BP is the largest.
  • the bandwidth is the maximum upstream bandwidth capability of the terminal device.
  • the SRS is sent on the uplink measurement BP.
  • the network device can obtain the channel quality of the uplink measurement BP by receiving the SRS. For channel reciprocity, the network device can obtain the channel quality of the first downlink BP approximation.
  • the terminal device determines that the difference between the frequency domain range of the first downlink BP and the frequency domain range of the uplink BP corresponding to the first downlink BP is less than a preset threshold, the first device may not be the first The uplink BP corresponding to the downlink BP is extended, and the SRS is directly transmitted in the uplink BP corresponding to the first downlink BP.
  • the frequency domain range of the first downlink BP and the uplink BP frequency corresponding to the first downlink BP The difference between the domain ranges is small, so the network device can obtain the channel quality of the first downlink BP approximation based on the channel reciprocity.
  • the uplink measurement BP may have frequency domain resources that coincide with other uplink BPs. As shown in FIG. 6, the uplink measurement BP and the uplink BP3 have overlapping frequency domain resources.
  • the uplink BP3 may be an uplink BP activated by the network device for the terminal, or may be an uplink BP activated by the network device for other terminals. Therefore, if the terminal transmits the SRS in the uplink measurement BP, the terminal or other terminal is in the uplink.
  • the uplink data information and the uplink control information are transmitted on the frequency domain resource in which the BP3 and the uplink measurement BP coincide, the interference between the signals may occur.
  • the SRS, the uplink control information, and the uplink data information may be set to occupy the uplink BP3 and Uplinking the priority of the frequency domain resources in which the BPs are coincident, so as to avoid interference between the signals.
  • the priority of the uplink control information is higher than the priority of the SRS, and the priority of the SRS is higher than the priority of the uplink data information.
  • the priority of the SRS transmitted on the uplink BP3 is higher than the priority of the SRS transmitted on the uplink measurement BP. Therefore, the network device can adjust the timing at which the terminal transmits the SRS, the uplink control information, and the uplink data information based on the set priority.
  • FIG. 7 is a communication method according to another embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 7, the method includes:
  • Step 701 The network device configures, by the terminal, at least one uplink BP and at least one downlink BP.
  • the network device configures three uplink BPs (upstream BP1, uplink BP2, and uplink BP3) and three downlink BPs (downstream BP1, downlink BP2, and downlink BP3, respectively).
  • the network device configures one or more uplink BPs and one or more downlink BPs for the terminal.
  • a possible implementation manner is that the network device configures the correspondence between the uplink BP and the downlink BP at the same time.
  • Step 702. For example, configuring at least one first uplink bandwidth portion BP associated with the first downlink bandwidth portion BP; and/or configuring at least one second downlink BP associated with the second uplink BP; thus, the base station is at the first And performing downlink data transmission on the downlink BP and the at least one first uplink bandwidth portion BP associated with the first downlink BP; and/or the base station in the second uplink BP and at least one second associated with the second uplink BP
  • the downlink BP performs data transmission.
  • a possible implementation manner is that the network device does not configure the mapping between the uplink BP and the downlink BP. In this case, step 711 is performed.
  • Step 702 Configure a correspondence between the uplink BP and the downlink BP.
  • the mapping between the uplink BP and the downlink BP may include any one or any combination of the following: one uplink BP corresponds to one downlink BP, one uplink BP corresponds to multiple downlink BPs, and multiple uplink BPs correspond to one downlink BP, and multiple uplink BPs. Corresponding to multiple downlink BPs, the specifics are not limited.
  • uplink BP1 corresponds to downlink BP1
  • BP2 uplink BP2
  • uplink BP3 corresponds to downlink BP3.
  • Step 703 The network device sends, to the terminal, the bandwidth, the frequency domain location, and the subcarrier spacing of the uplink BP and the downlink BP configured by the terminal device, and the correspondence between the uplink BP and the downlink BP.
  • the network device may send the correspondence between the uplink BP and the downlink BP to the terminal on the common bandwidth part.
  • the network device determines that the data needs to be transmitted with the terminal, and the uplink BP and the downlink BP may be activated for the terminal.
  • the network device configures the correspondence between the uplink BP and the downlink BP.
  • the network device may activate the uplink BP and the downlink BP in pairs according to the correspondence between the uplink BP and the downlink BP. For example, if the uplink BP1 is associated with the downlink BP2, the uplink BP1 and the downlink BP1 are activated at the same time. In this case, step 704 is performed correspondingly.
  • the uplink BP and the downlink BP activated by the network device may not be paired.
  • the uplink BP1 is associated with the downlink BP2, the uplink BP1 and the downlink BP2 are activated, and the uplink BP1 is activated. In this case, step 707 is performed correspondingly.
  • Step 704 The network device activates the uplink BP and the downlink BP according to the correspondence between the uplink BP and the downlink BP.
  • a scheduling grant can be sent in the downlink BP.
  • the scheduling grant is shared for two uplink BPs, and the two uplink BPs are jointly numbered, and one uplink data block. It can be mapped to two uplink BPs.
  • Two scheduling grants can also be included in the downlink BP. Two scheduling grants correspond to different uplink BPs, and one uplink data block is mapped to one uplink BP.
  • the HARQ feedback information corresponds to at least one HARQ of the second downlink BP associated with the second uplink BP. For example, if one uplink BP is associated with two downlink BPs, and one downlink data block is mapped on one downlink BP, the HARQ information of the two downlink BPs may be fed back on the uplink BP, or one database of the downlink may be mapped to two. On the downlink BP, the HARQ information transmitted by the data block is sent on the uplink BP.
  • the first downlink BP and the first uplink BP associated with the first downlink belong to the same serving cell.
  • Step 705 The network device notifies the terminal of the activated uplink BP and the downlink BP. For example, the network device notifies the terminal of the activated uplink BP1 and downlink BP1.
  • step 706 the network device and the terminal perform data transmission on the uplink BP1 and the downlink BP1.
  • step 707 the network device activates the uplink BP and the downlink BP, and the activated uplink BP and downlink BP are not paired.
  • Step 708 The network device notifies the terminal of the activated uplink BP and downlink BP. For example, the network device notifies the terminal of the activated uplink BP1, uplink BP2, and downlink BP3.
  • Step 709 The network device sends the indication information to the terminal, where the indication information indicates the correspondence between the activated uplink BP and the downlink BP.
  • the indication information indicates that the uplink BP1 and the downlink BP3 correspond to each other.
  • step 710 the network device and the terminal perform data transmission on the uplink BP1 and the downlink BP3.
  • Step 711 The network device sends the bandwidth, the frequency domain location, and the subcarrier spacing of the uplink BP and the downlink BP configured for the terminal to the terminal.
  • the network device activates the uplink BP and the downlink BP, for example, activates the uplink BP1, the uplink BP2, and the downlink BP3.
  • step 713 the network device notifies the terminal of the activated uplink BP and downlink BP.
  • Step 714 The network device sends the indication information to the terminal, where the indication information indicates the correspondence between the activated uplink BP and the downlink BP.
  • the indication information indicates that the uplink BP1 and the downlink BP3 correspond to each other.
  • step 715 the network device and the terminal perform data transmission on the uplink BP1 and the downlink BP3.
  • the network device involved in the foregoing steps 509 and 514 sends the indication information to the terminal.
  • the network device may send the indication information to the terminal on the activated downlink BP.
  • the network device activates the uplink BP1, the uplink BP2, and the downlink BP3, and sends the indication information to the terminal on the downlink BP3.
  • the indication information is used to indicate the uplink BP
  • the uplink BP indicated in the indication information is the downlink BP3.
  • Associated upstream BP For the specific implementation, refer to the descriptions in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 above.
  • the network device may send the indication information to the terminal on the common bandwidth part, where the indication information may be RRC information, and may be downlink control information.
  • the indication information is used to indicate Correspondence between uplink BP and downlink BP.
  • the network device may indicate that the terminal switches between multiple bandwidth parts by means of activation/deactivation, that is, the terminal may transmit data on the bandwidth part in the activated state, and correspondingly, the bandwidth in the deactivated state. In part, the terminal cannot transmit data.
  • the network device configures the uplink bandwidth part and the downlink bandwidth part for the terminal, the network device is independently configured. Accordingly, when the network device activates/deactivates the uplink bandwidth part and the downlink bandwidth part, the network device is also independently activated/deactivated.
  • the network device activates/deactivates the uplink bandwidth part and the downlink bandwidth part independently for the terminal, so when the network device activates different center frequency points for the terminal respectively.
  • the terminal receives the data and transmits the data, the terminal needs to adjust the transceiver module in the terminal to switch between different central frequency points, thereby causing the terminal to switch between receiving data and transmitting data. It takes a lot of time and reduces the efficiency of the terminal.
  • the second embodiment of the present application provides a communication method for solving the problem that a terminal needs to switch between different central frequency points of uplink and downlink.
  • the method includes: the network device sends the configuration information to the terminal, where the configuration information is used to configure the first frequency domain resource and the frequency domain resource associated with the first frequency domain resource, and correspondingly, the terminal receives the configuration information from the network device, and configures the first frequency.
  • the frequency domain resource associated with the first frequency domain resource; and the frequency domain resource associated with the first frequency domain resource has the same center frequency point, and the first frequency domain resource and the The frequency domain resources associated with the first frequency domain resource are in different transmission directions, so that the terminal can subsequently use the first frequency domain resource and the frequency domain resource associated with the first frequency domain resource to perform data transmission with the network device, without Switch between different center frequency points.
  • the frequency domain resource may specifically refer to a bandwidth part, that is, BP or BWP.
  • the transmission direction includes the uplink transmission direction and the downlink transmission direction.
  • the frequency domain resource used for downlink transmission is a downlink frequency domain resource
  • the frequency domain resource used for uplink transmission is an uplink frequency domain resource.
  • the terminal can support multiple frequency domain resources in one transmission direction at the same time, or can only activate one frequency domain resource at the same time. The following is an example in which the terminal only supports simultaneous activation of one frequency domain resource in one transmission direction. .
  • the network device can send configuration information to the terminal in various manners.
  • the configuration information is carried by using signaling or a message.
  • the network device can send configuration information through RRC signaling or DCI.
  • the configuration information may include an association relationship between multiple uplink frequency domain resources and multiple downlink frequency domain resources, where one uplink frequency domain resource may be associated with one downlink frequency domain resource, or may be associated with multiple downlink frequency domain resources; A downlink frequency domain resource may be associated with one uplink frequency domain resource, or may be associated with multiple downlink frequency domain resources.
  • the association can be expressed in a variety of forms, for example, in the form of a data table, see Table 1.
  • the uplink frequency domain resource 1 and the downlink frequency domain resource 1 are a group of mutually associated frequency domain resources; the uplink frequency domain resource 2, the uplink frequency domain resource 3, and the downlink frequency domain resource 3 are associated with each other.
  • the frequency domain resource; the uplink frequency domain resource N and the downlink frequency domain resource M1, ..., and the downlink frequency domain resource Mk are a group of mutually associated frequency domain resources.
  • Each set of interrelated frequency domain resources has the same center frequency point.
  • the first frequency domain resource may be any uplink frequency domain resource in Table 1; if the first frequency domain resource is a downlink frequency domain resource, the first frequency domain resource may be Is any downlink frequency domain resource in Table 1.
  • the first frequency domain resource is the downlink frequency domain resource 1, and correspondingly, the frequency domain resource associated with the first frequency domain resource is the uplink frequency domain resource 1. Since the frequency domain resource associated with the first frequency domain resource may be one frequency domain resource or multiple frequency domain resources, the following two possible scenarios are specifically introduced.
  • the frequency domain resource associated with the first frequency domain resource is a frequency domain resource, that is, the second frequency domain resource.
  • FIG. 8 is a schematic flowchart of the corresponding situation, as shown in FIG. 8 , including:
  • Step 801 The network device generates configuration information, where the configuration information is used to configure the first frequency domain resource and the second frequency domain resource.
  • Step 802 The network device sends configuration information to the terminal.
  • Step 803 The terminal receives configuration information from the network device.
  • Step 804 The network device sends first indication information to the terminal, where the first indication information is used to indicate that the first frequency domain resource is activated.
  • Step 805 The terminal receives the first indication information from the network device.
  • Step 806 if the terminal determines that the third frequency domain resource and the fourth frequency domain resource are activated, it is determined whether the third frequency domain resource has the same center frequency point as the first frequency domain resource, and if yes, step 807 is performed. If no, step 808 is performed.
  • the third frequency domain resource and the first frequency domain resource are in the same transmission direction, and the third frequency domain resource and the fourth frequency domain resource are in different transmission directions, and the third The frequency domain resource and the fourth frequency domain resource have the same center frequency point.
  • Step 807 The terminal activates the first frequency domain resource, and deactivates the third frequency domain resource.
  • the terminal may perform data transmission with the network device by using the activated first frequency domain resource and the fourth frequency domain resource.
  • Step 808 The terminal activates the first frequency domain resource and the second frequency domain resource, and deactivates the third frequency domain resource and the fourth frequency domain resource.
  • the terminal may perform data transmission with the network device by using the activated first frequency domain resource and the second frequency domain resource.
  • Case 2 The frequency domain resource associated with the first frequency domain resource is multiple frequency domain resources.
  • FIG. 9 is a schematic flowchart of the second scenario, as shown in FIG. 9 , including:
  • Step 901 The network device generates configuration information, where the configuration information is used to configure the first frequency domain resource and the frequency domain resource associated with the first frequency domain resource.
  • Step 902 The network device sends configuration information to the terminal.
  • Step 903 The terminal receives configuration information from the network device.
  • Step 904 The network device sends first indication information to the terminal, where the first indication information is used to indicate that the first frequency domain resource is activated.
  • Step 905 The terminal receives the first indication information from the network device.
  • Step 906 If the terminal determines that there is an activated third frequency domain resource and a fourth frequency domain resource, it is determined whether the third frequency domain resource has the same center frequency point as the first frequency domain resource, and if yes, step 907 is performed. If no, step 910 is performed.
  • the third frequency domain resource and the first frequency domain resource are in the same transmission direction, and the third frequency domain resource and the fourth frequency domain resource are in different transmission directions, and the third The frequency domain resource and the fourth frequency domain resource have the same center frequency point.
  • step 907 the terminal activates the first frequency domain resource and deactivates the third frequency domain resource.
  • the terminal may perform data transmission with the network device by using the activated first frequency domain resource and the fourth frequency domain resource.
  • Step 908 The network device sends second indication information to the terminal, where the second indication information is used to indicate that the second frequency domain resource is activated.
  • Step 909 The terminal receives the second indication information from the network device.
  • Step 910 The terminal activates the first frequency domain resource and the second frequency domain resource, and deactivates the third frequency domain resource and the fourth frequency domain resource.
  • the terminal may perform data transmission with the network device by using the activated first frequency domain resource and the second frequency domain resource.
  • the base station needs to use the second indication information to indicate, and the base station can perform indication according to its own scheduling needs. This further increases the flexibility of scheduling and helps to improve the spectral efficiency of the system.
  • step 908 and step 909 may also be performed before step 907.
  • the terminal determines that the frequency domain resource associated with the first frequency domain resource does not need to be activated, so the second indication information can be ignored.
  • the identifier of the frequency domain resource may be the number of the frequency domain resource.
  • the terminal may directly activate the frequency domain resource with the smallest number according to the number of the frequency domain resource associated with the first frequency domain resource ( For example, the second frequency domain resource), in this case, the network device does not need to send the second indication information to the terminal.
  • the first indication information (and the second indication information) needs to be sent to the terminal to instruct the terminal to activate the corresponding frequency domain resource.
  • the frequency domain resource that is activated by default may be defined in the configuration information.
  • the frequency domain resource that is activated by default is the frequency domain resource associated with the first frequency domain resource and the first frequency domain resource, if the first frequency domain If there are multiple frequency domain resources associated with the resource, one of the multiple frequency domain resources may be predefined as the default activated frequency domain resource. In this manner, after receiving the configuration information, the terminal directly activates the first frequency domain resource and the frequency domain resource associated with the first frequency domain resource.
  • the terminal may activate the first frequency domain resource and the frequency domain resource associated with the first frequency domain resource immediately after receiving the configuration information, or the terminal may also activate the first time after receiving the configuration information and waiting for the set time.
  • the frequency domain resource and the frequency domain resource associated with the first frequency domain resource, or the terminal may also activate the frequency domain resource associated with the first frequency domain resource and the first frequency domain resource according to a set period.
  • the third embodiment of the present application provides a communication method, where the method includes: receiving, by the terminal, third indication information, where the third indication information is used to indicate that the first frequency domain resource pair is activated; and the terminal is configured according to the third The indication information activates the first frequency domain resource pair.
  • the first frequency domain resource pair includes the uplink frequency domain resources and the downlink frequency domain resources, so that the uplink frequency domain resources and the downlink frequency domain resources can be jointly activated, which effectively simplifies the signaling design.
  • the frequency domain resource may specifically refer to a bandwidth part, that is, BP or BWP.
  • the transmission direction includes an uplink transmission direction and a downlink transmission direction.
  • the frequency domain resource used for downlink transmission is a downlink frequency domain resource
  • the frequency domain resource used for uplink transmission is an uplink frequency domain resource.
  • the interconnected uplink frequency domain resource and the downlink frequency domain resource form a frequency domain resource pair.
  • a frequency domain resource pair may include one uplink frequency domain resource and multiple downlink frequency domain resources, or may include multiple The uplink frequency domain resource and one downlink frequency domain resource, or may also include multiple uplink frequency domain resources and multiple downlink frequency domain resources, or may also include one uplink frequency domain resource and one downlink frequency domain resource.
  • the specifics are not limited.
  • the terminal can support multiple frequency domain resource pairs at the same time, or can only activate one frequency domain resource pair at the same time. In the following, the terminal only supports the simultaneous activation of one frequency domain resource pair as an example.
  • FIG. 10 is a schematic flowchart of a communication method provided by the present application. As shown in FIG. 10, the method includes:
  • Step 1001 The network device generates third indication information, where the third indication information is used to indicate that the first frequency domain resource pair is activated, and the first frequency domain resource pair includes an uplink frequency domain resource and a downlink frequency domain resource that are associated with each other.
  • the third indication information may include an identifier of the first frequency domain resource pair, where the identifier of the first frequency domain resource pair may be a number of the first frequency domain resource pair or other information used to uniquely identify the first frequency domain resource pair.
  • the specifics are not limited.
  • Step 1002 The network device sends the third indication information to the terminal.
  • the network device may send the third indication information in multiple manners, for example, sending the third indication information by using downlink control information (DCI), where the DCI may be DCI for scheduling downlink data, or may be scheduled uplink.
  • DCI downlink control information
  • the DCI may be DCI for scheduling downlink data, or may be scheduled uplink.
  • the DCI of the data may be sent in multiple manners, for example, sending the third indication information by using downlink control information (DCI), where the DCI may be DCI for scheduling downlink data, or may be scheduled uplink.
  • DCI downlink control information
  • Step 1003 The terminal receives third indication information from the network device.
  • the terminal after receiving the third indication information, the terminal obtains the identifier of the first frequency domain resource pair by parsing.
  • Step 1004 The terminal activates the first frequency domain resource pair according to the third indication information.
  • the terminal activates the uplink frequency domain resource and the downlink frequency domain resource in the first frequency domain resource pair, and uses the activated uplink frequency domain resource and the downlink frequency domain resource to perform data transmission with the network device.
  • the network device and the terminal involved in the foregoing step process store the identifier of at least one frequency domain resource pair and the identifier of the frequency domain resource in the at least one frequency domain resource pair; the first frequency domain resource pair is at least one frequency Any one of the domain resource pairs or any number of frequency domain resource pairs.
  • the first possible implementation manner is that the network device configures at least one frequency domain resource pair, and sends configuration information to the terminal, where the configuration information is used to configure at least one frequency domain resource pair; accordingly, the terminal according to the configuration The information is used to determine the at least one frequency domain resource pair.
  • the second possible implementation manner may be that at least one frequency domain resource pair is configured in advance in the network device and the terminal by using a protocol. Further, the frequency domain resources in each frequency domain resource pair may have the same center frequency point, thereby effectively avoiding the terminal switching between different center frequency points of the uplink and the downlink.
  • the method further includes: the terminal deactivating the second frequency domain resource pair; the second frequency domain resource pair is the at least one frequency domain resource pair except the first frequency domain resource pair Activated frequency domain resource pair. That is, since the terminal only supports the activation of one frequency domain resource pair at the same time, before the activation of the first frequency domain resource pair, if it is determined that there is an activated second frequency domain resource pair, the terminal needs to deactivate the second frequency domain. Resource pair.
  • the method includes:
  • Step 1101 The network device configures multiple frequency domain resource pairs, and sends configuration information to the terminal, where the configuration information is used to configure multiple frequency domain resource pairs.
  • the network device can send configuration information to the terminal in multiple manners.
  • the configuration information is carried by using a signaling or a message.
  • the network device can send configuration information through RRC signaling or DCI.
  • the configuration information may include identifiers of multiple frequency domain resource pairs and identifiers of frequency domain resources in multiple frequency domain resource pairs.
  • Table 2 is an example of configuration information.
  • the uplink frequency domain resource 1 and the downlink frequency domain resource 1 are a set of mutually associated frequency domain resources, forming a frequency domain resource pair; the uplink frequency domain resource 2, the uplink frequency domain resource 3, and the downlink frequency domain.
  • Resource 3 is a set of mutually associated frequency domain resources, forming a pair of frequency domain resources; uplink frequency domain resource N and downlink frequency domain resources M1, ..., and downlink frequency domain resource Mk are a group of interconnected frequency domain resources, and constitute A frequency domain resource pair.
  • Step 1102 The terminal receives the configuration information, and determines the multiple frequency domain resource pairs according to the configuration information.
  • Step 1103 The network device generates third indication information, and sends the third indication information to the terminal.
  • the third indication information is used to indicate that the first frequency domain resource pair is activated, and the first frequency domain resource pair is multiple frequency domains. Any pair of frequency domain resources in the resource pair.
  • the identifier of the first frequency domain resource pair may be included in the third indication information.
  • Step 1104 The network device generates fourth indication information, and sends the fourth indication information to the terminal.
  • the fourth indication information is used to indicate that the second frequency domain resource pair is deactivated, and the second frequency domain resource pair is multiple frequencies.
  • the fourth indication information may include an identifier of the second frequency domain resource pair.
  • Step 1105 The terminal receives the third indication information and the fourth indication information from the network device, and deactivates the second frequency domain resource pair according to the fourth indication information, and activates the first frequency domain according to the third indication information. Resource pair.
  • step 1104 may be performed before step 1103, or step 1104 and step 1103 may be performed simultaneously, specifically Make a limit.
  • the terminal may deactivate the second frequency domain resource pair by receiving the fourth indication information sent by the network device, or It is also possible to directly activate the second frequency domain resource pair, which is not limited.
  • the network device may also send the deactivated indication information to the terminal to instruct the terminal to deactivate the corresponding frequency domain resource pair, thereby implementing the uplink frequency domain resource and the downlink frequency domain resource. Joint deactivation.
  • the present application provides a first type of communication device, which may be a network device, or a chip inside the network device, for implementing the method embodiments shown in FIG. 2, FIG. 3 and FIG. The corresponding process or step.
  • the communication device 1200 may include: a sending module 1201, a receiving module 1202, and a processing module 1203.
  • the processing module 1203 is implemented by combining the sending module 1201 and the receiving module 1202:
  • the indication information being used to indicate at least one second BP associated with the first BP
  • the present application provides a second type of communication device, which may be a terminal or a chip inside the terminal, for implementing the corresponding processes in the method embodiments shown in FIG. 2, FIG. 3 and FIG. Or steps.
  • the communication device 1300 may include: a sending module 1301, a receiving module 1302, and a processing module 1303.
  • the processing module 1303 performs the following in combination with the sending module 1301 and the receiving module 1302:
  • the present application provides a communication device, which may be a network device or a terminal, for implementing the corresponding processes or steps in the method embodiments shown in FIG. 8 and FIG.
  • the communication device may include a corresponding function module for performing the method flow described in the second embodiment, and may include, for example, a sending module, a receiving module, and a processing module.
  • the present application provides a communication device, which may be a network device or a terminal, for implementing corresponding processes or steps in the method embodiments shown in FIG. 10 and FIG.
  • the communication device may include a corresponding function module for executing the method flow described in the third embodiment, and may include, for example, a sending module, a receiving module, and a processing module.
  • the division of the module in the embodiment of the present application is schematic, and is only a logical function division, and the actual implementation may have another division manner.
  • the functional modules in the embodiments of the present application may be integrated into one processing module, or each module may exist physically separately, or two or more modules may be integrated into one module.
  • the above integrated modules can be implemented in the form of hardware or in the form of software functional modules.
  • the integrated modules if implemented in the form of software functional modules and sold or used as separate products, may be stored in a computer readable storage medium.
  • a computer readable storage medium A number of instructions are included to cause a computer device (which may be a personal computer, server, or network device, etc.) or a processor to perform all or part of the steps of the methods described in various embodiments of the present application.
  • the foregoing storage medium includes: a U disk, a mobile hard disk, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk, and the like, which can store program codes. .
  • the embodiment of the present application provides a third type of communication device, which may be a network device or a chip inside the network device, and is used to implement the method embodiments shown in FIG. 2, FIG. 3, and FIG. The corresponding process or step in .
  • the communication device has the function of the communication device 1200 as shown in FIG. Referring to FIG. 14, the communication device 1400 includes: a communication module 1401, a processor 1402, a bus 1403, and a memory 1404.
  • the communication module 1401 is configured to perform communication interaction with other devices, specifically, to send indication information to the terminal, where the indication information is used to indicate at least one second BP associated with the first BP; Signal transmission with the terminal on the first BP and the at least one second BP.
  • the communication module 1401 may be an RF circuit, a WiFi module, a communication interface, a Bluetooth module, or the like.
  • the processor 1402 is configured to implement the function of the processing module 1203 in FIG. 12, for example, and may include: determining the indication information.
  • the communication device 1400 may further include: the memory 1404, configured to store a program or the like.
  • the program can include program code, the program code including instructions.
  • Memory 1404 may include RAM and may also include non-volatile memory, such as at least one disk storage.
  • the processor 1402 executes the application stored in the memory 1404 to implement the above functions.
  • the embodiment of the present application provides a fourth type of communication device, which may be a terminal or a chip inside the terminal, for implementing the method embodiments shown in FIG. 2, FIG. 3 and FIG. The corresponding process or step.
  • the communication device has the function of the communication device 1300 as shown in FIG. Referring to FIG. 15, the communication device 1500 includes: a communication module 1501, a processor 1502, a bus 1503, and a memory 1504.
  • the communication module 1501 is configured to perform communication interaction with another device, specifically, to receive indication information sent by the network device, where the indication information is used to indicate at least one second BP associated with the first BP; Signaling with the network device on the first BP and the at least one second BP.
  • the communication module 1501 may be an RF circuit, a WiFi module, a communication interface, a Bluetooth module, or the like.
  • the processor 1502 is configured to implement the function of the processing module 1303 in FIG. 13, for example, may include: parsing the indication information.
  • the communication device 1500 may further include: the memory 1504, configured to store a program or the like.
  • the program can include program code, the program code including instructions.
  • the memory 1504 may include RAM, and may also include non-volatile memory, such as at least one disk storage.
  • the processor 1502 executes the application stored in the memory 1504 to implement the above functions.
  • the embodiment of the present application provides a communication device, which may be a terminal or a network device, for implementing the method embodiment shown in FIG. 8, FIG. 9, FIG. 10 or FIG. The corresponding process or step.
  • the communication device includes: a communication module and a processor;
  • the communication module is configured to perform communication interaction with other devices.
  • the communication module may be an RF circuit, a WiFi module, a communication interface, a Bluetooth module, or the like.
  • the processor is configured to implement a function of a processing module.
  • the communication device may further include: the memory, for storing a program or the like.
  • the program can include program code, the program code including instructions.
  • the memory may contain RAM and may also include non-volatile memory, such as at least one disk storage.
  • the processor executes the application stored in the memory to implement the above functions.
  • the above embodiments it may be implemented in whole or in part by software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof.
  • software it may be implemented in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product.
  • the computer program product includes one or more computer instructions.
  • the computer program instructions When the computer program instructions are loaded and executed on a computer, the processes or functions described in accordance with embodiments of the present invention are generated in whole or in part.
  • the computer can be a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable device.
  • the computer instructions can be stored in a computer readable storage medium or transferred from one computer readable storage medium to another computer readable storage medium, for example, the computer instructions can be from a website site, computer, server or data center Transfer to another website site, computer, server, or data center by wire (eg, coaxial cable, fiber optic, digital subscriber line (DSL), or wireless (eg, infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.).
  • the computer readable storage medium can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer or a data storage device such as a server, data center, or the like that includes one or more available media.
  • the usable medium may be a magnetic medium (eg, a floppy disk, a hard disk, a magnetic tape), an optical medium (eg, a DVD), or a semiconductor medium (such as a solid state disk (SSD)).
  • Embodiments of the invention are described with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (systems), and computer program products according to embodiments of the invention. It will be understood that each flow and/or block of the flowchart illustrations and/or FIG.
  • These computer program instructions can be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, embedded processor or other programmable data processing device to produce a machine such that instructions are executed by a processor of a computer or other programmable data processing device Means for implementing the functions specified in one or more flows of the flowchart or in a block or blocks of the flowchart.
  • the computer program instructions can also be stored in a computer readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing device to operate in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer readable memory produce an article of manufacture comprising the instruction device.
  • the apparatus implements the functions specified in one or more blocks of a flow or a flow and/or block diagram of the flowchart.
  • These computer program instructions can also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing device such that a series of operational steps are performed on a computer or other programmable device to produce computer-implemented processing for execution on a computer or other programmable device.
  • the instructions provide steps for implementing the functions specified in one or more of the flow or in a block or blocks of a flow diagram.

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一种通信方法及装置。该方法包括:网络设备向终端发送指示信息,指示信息用于指示与第一BP相关联的至少一个第二BP;网络设备在第一BP和至少一个第二BP上与终端进行信号传输。由此可知,网络设备通过指示信息指示终端与第一BP相关联的至少一个第二BP,使得网络设备和终端可以在相互关联的BP上进行信号传输,且与第一BP相关联第二BP可以为多个,从而能够有效提高频谱资源利用率。

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一种通信方法及装置
本申请要求在2017年6月16日提交中华人民共和国知识产权局、申请号为201710459464.2、发明名称为“一种载波分组方法及设备”的中国专利申请的优先权、在2017年8月11日提交中华人民共和国知识产权局、申请号为201710687281.6、发明名称为“一种通信方法及装置”的中国专利申请的优先权、以及在2017年9月29日提交中华人民共和国知识产权局、申请号为201710911571.4、发明名称为“一种通信方法及装置”的中国专利申请的优先权,其全部内容通过引用结合在本申请中。
技术领域
本申请涉及无线通信技术领域,特别涉及一种通信方法及装置。
背景技术
无线通信系统中,终端和网络基于无线电(radio)通信技术相互传输数据。但是,在传输数据之前,终端通常需要先接入网络,与网络建立连接(connection)。
不失一般性,终端与网络间的连接,可简记链路(link)。一段链路的两个端点分别用于表征收发数据的两个设备。一个端点表示享用网络服务的设备,例如终端;另一个表示提供网络服务的设备,例如基站。这两个端点之间的连线用于表征数据传输的路径。按照数据传输的方向,链路又分为上行链路(uplink,UL)和下行链路(downlink,DL)。
为了相互传输数据,终端与网络间的上行链路和下行链路缺一不可。并且,为了保证数据传输的有效性和可靠性,上行链路和下行链路还需要相互配合。以数据重传为例,终端在下行链路中接收数据,若检测到数据传输失败,终端需要在与该下行链路配合的上行链路中,反馈该数据的传输状态为失败,以触发基站重新传输该数据。相应地,基站在该下行链路中发送数据后,也需要在与该下行链路配合的上行链路中监测终端的反馈。这种上行链路和下行链路间的配合,通常是长期和固定的,也被称为是配对的(paired)或耦合的(coupled)。此时,终端和网络间的连接,可理解为相互配对的上行链路和下行链路。
在正在讨论的5G的新无线(New Radio,NR)系统中,一个载波的最大带宽可以到400MHz,但是终端支持的最大带宽能力可能达不到如此大的带宽。当终端不支持一个载波的带宽能力的时候,基站无法像长期演进(Long Term Evolution,LTE)系统那样,直接在载波带宽的范围内为终端分配资源,而是先在载波内为终端配置一个或多个带宽部分(Bandwidth Part,BP),然后在该BP的范围内向该终端分配资源。在NR中,基站可能会为终端配置多个上行BP和多个下行BP,需要进行数据传输时,基站会激活为终端配置的上行BP的部分或全部上行BP,以及激活为终端配置的下行BP中的部分或全部下行BP,进而在激活的上行BP和下行BP上进行数据传输。
发明内容
本申请提供一种通信方法,用于解决上行BP和下行BP相互关联的问题。
第一方面,本申请提供一种通信方法,包括:
网络设备向终端发送指示信息,所述指示信息用于指示与第一BP相关联的至少一个 第二BP;
所述网络设备在所述第一BP和所述至少一个第二BP上与所述终端进行信号传输。
如此,网络设备通过指示信息指示终端与第一BP相关联的至少一个第二BP,使得网络设备和终端可以在相互关联的BP上进行信号传输,且与第一BP相关联第二BP可以为多个,从而能够有效提高频谱资源利用率。
在一种可能的设计中,所述第一BP为下行BP,所述第二BP为上行BP;
所述网络设备向终端发送所述指示信息,包括:
所述网络设备在所述第一BP上向所述终端发送所述指示信息。
在一种可能的设计中,所述第一BP为下行BP,所述第二BP为上行BP;
所述网络设备在所述第一BP和所述至少一个第二BP上与所述终端进行信号传输,包括:
所述网络设备接收所述终端在所述第一BP中的上行调度授权对应的所述至少一个第二BP上发送的上行数据。
在一种可能的设计中,所述第一BP为上行BP,所述第二BP为下行BP;
所述网络设备在所述第一BP和所述至少一个第二BP上与所述终端进行信号传输,包括:
所述网络设备在所述第一BP上接收所述终端发送的至少一个HARQ反馈信息,所述HARQ反馈信息对应至少一个所述第二BP的HARQ。
在一种可能的设计中,所述第一BP为下行BP,所述第二BP为上行BP;或者,所述第一BP为上行BP,所述第二BP为下行BP。
在一种可能的设计中,所述第一BP和所述至少一个第二BP属于同一个小区。
在一种可能的设计中,所述方法至少应用于TDD系统和FDD系统中。
在一种可能的设计中,所述第一BP为下行BP,所述第二BP为上行BP;
所述方法还包括:
所述网络设备接收所述终端在上行测量BP上发送的SRS;所述上行测量BP为根据所述至少一个第二BP得到的;
所述网络设备根据所述SRS得到所述第一BP的信道质量。
第二方面,本申请提供一种通信方法,包括:
终端接收网络设备发送的指示信息,所述指示信息用于指示与第一BP相关联的至少一个第二BP;
所述终端在所述第一BP和所述至少一个第二BP上与所述网络设备进行信号传输。
在一种可能的设计中,所述第一BP为下行BP,所述第二BP为上行BP;
所述终端接收网络设备发送的指示信息,包括:
所述终端在所述第一BP上接收所述网络设备发送的所述指示信息。
在一种可能的设计中,所述第一BP为下行BP,所述第二BP为上行BP;
所述终端在所述第一BP和所述至少一个第二BP上与所述网络设备进行信号传输,包括:
所述终端在所述第一BP中的上行调度授权对应的所述至少一个第二BP上向所述网络设备发送上行数据。
在一种可能的设计中,所述第一BP为上行BP,所述第二BP为下行BP;
所述终端在所述第一BP和所述至少一个第二BP上与所述网络设备进行信号传输,包括:
所述终端在所述第一BP上向所述网络设备发送至少一个HARQ反馈信息,所述HARQ反馈信息对应至少一个所述第二BP的HARQ。
在一种可能的设计中,所述第一BP为下行BP,所述第二BP为上行BP;或者,所述第一BP为上行BP,所述第二BP为下行BP。
在一种可能的设计中,所述第一BP和所述至少一个第二BP属于同一个小区。
在一种可能的设计中,所述方法至少应用于时分双工TDD系统和频分双工FDD系统中。
在一种可能的设计中,所述第一BP为下行BP,所述第二BP为上行BP;
所述方法还包括:
所述终端在上行测量BP上发送SRS;所述上行测量BP为根据所述至少一个第二BP得到的。
本申请还提供一种通信方法,该通信方法包括:
终端从网络设备接收配置信息,所述配置信息用于配置第一频域资源和所述第一频域资源关联的频域资源;其中,所述第一频域资源和所述第一频域资源关联的频域资源具有相同的中心频点,所述第一频域资源和所述第一频域资源关联的频域资源在不同的传输方向上;
所述终端根据所述配置信息,确定所述第一频域资源和所述第一频域资源关联的频域资源。
在一个可能的设计中,所述方法还包括:
所述终端从所述网络设备接收第一指示信息,所述第一指示信息用于指示激活所述第一频域资源;
所述终端根据所述第一指示信息,激活所述第一频域资源。
在一个可能的设计中,所述终端从所述网络设备接收第一指示信息之后,还包括:
所述终端去激活第三频域资源;
所述第三频域资源和所述第一频域资源在同一个传输方向上,所述第三频域资源和所述第一频域资源具有相同的中心频点。
在一个可能的设计中,所述终端从所述网络设备接收第一指示信息之后,还包括:
所述终端激活所述第一频域资源关联的频域资源,以及去激活第三频域资源和第四频域资源;
所述第三频域资源和所述第一频域资源在同一个传输方向上,所述第三频域资源和所述第一频域资源具有不同的中心频点;
所述第三频域资源和所述第四频域资源在不同的传输方向上,所述第三频域资源和所述第四频域资源具有相同的中心频点。
在一个可能的设计中,所述第一频域资源关联的频域资源为多个频域资源;
所述终端激活所述第一频域资源关联的频域资源,包括:
所述终端接收所述网络设备发送的第二指示信息,所述第二指示信息用于指示激活第二频域资源,所述第二频域资源为所述第一频域资源关联的频域资源中任一频域资源;
所述终端根据所述第二指示信息,激活所述第二频域资源。
在一个可能的设计中,所述方法还包括:
所述终端根据所述配置信息,激活所述第一频域资源和所述第一频域资源关联的频域资源。
本申请还提供一种通信方法,所述方法包括:
网络设备生成配置信息;
所述网络设备向终端发送所述配置信息,所述配置信息用于配置第一频域资源和所述第一频域资源关联的频域资源;其中,所述第一频域资源和所述第一频域资源关联的频域资源具有相同的中心频点,所述第一频域资源和所述第一频域资源关联的频域资源在不同的传输方向上。
在一个可能的设计中,所述方法还包括:
所述网络设备向所述终端发送第一指示信息,所述第一指示信息用于指示激活所述第一频域资源。
在一个可能的设计中,所述第一频域资源关联的频域资源为多个频域资源;
所述方法还包括:
所述网络设备向所述终端发送第二指示信息,所述第二指示信息用于指示激活第二频域资源,所述第二频域资源为所述第一频域资源关联的频域资源中任一频域资源。
本申请还提供一种通信方法,该通信方法包括:
终端从网络设备接收配置信息,所述配置信息用于配置至少一个频域资源和所述至少一个频域资源中任一频域资源关联的频域资源;其中,所述任一频域资源和所述任一频域资源关联的频域资源具有相同的中心频点,所述任一频域资源和所述任一频域资源关联的频域资源在不同的传输方向上;
所述终端根据所述配置信息,确定所述至少一个频域资源和所述至少一个频域资源中任一频域资源关联的频域资源。
在一个可能的设计中,所述方法还包括:
所述终端从所述网络设备接收第一指示信息,所述第一指示信息用于指示激活第一频域资源;所述第一频域资源为所述至少一个频域资源中任一频域资源;
所述终端根据所述第一指示信息,激活所述第一频域资源。
在一个可能的设计中,所述终端从所述网络设备接收第一指示信息之后,还包括:
所述终端去激活第三频域资源;
所述第三频域资源和所述第一频域资源在同一个传输方向上,所述第三频域资源和所述第一频域资源具有相同的中心频点。
在一个可能的设计中,所述终端从所述网络设备接收第一指示信息之后,还包括:
所述终端激活所述第一频域资源关联的频域资源,以及去激活第三频域资源和第四频域资源;
所述第三频域资源和所述第一频域资源在同一个传输方向上,所述第三频域资源和所述第一频域资源具有不同的中心频点;
所述第三频域资源和所述第四频域资源在不同的传输方向上,所述第三频域资源和所述第四频域资源具有相同的中心频点。
在一个可能的设计中,所述第一频域资源关联的频域资源为多个频域资源;
所述终端激活所述第一频域资源关联的频域资源,包括:
所述终端接收所述网络设备发送的第二指示信息,所述第二指示信息用于指示激活第二频域资源,所述第二频域资源为所述第一频域资源关联的频域资源中任一频域资源;
所述终端根据所述第二指示信息,激活所述第二频域资源。
在一个可能的设计中,所述方法还包括:
所述终端根据所述配置信息,激活所述第一频域资源和所述第一频域资源关联的频域资源;所述第一频域资源为所述至少一个频域资源中任一频域资源。
本申请还提供一种通信方法,所述方法包括:
网络设备生成配置信息;
所述网络设备向终端发送所述配置信息,所述配置信息用于配置至少一个频域资源和所述至少一个频域资源中任一频域资源关联的频域资源;其中,所述任一频域资源和所述任一频域资源关联的频域资源具有相同的中心频点,所述任一频域资源和所述任一频域资源关联的频域资源在不同的传输方向上。
在一个可能的设计中,所述方法还包括:
所述网络设备向所述终端发送第一指示信息,所述第一指示信息用于指示激活所述第一频域资源;所述第一频域资源为所述至少一个频域资源中任一频域资源。
在一个可能的设计中,所述第一频域资源关联的频域资源为多个频域资源;
所述方法还包括:
所述网络设备向所述终端发送第二指示信息,所述第二指示信息用于指示激活第二频域资源,所述第二频域资源为所述第一频域资源关联的频域资源中任一频域资源;
本申请还提供一种通信方法,所述方法包括:
终端从网络设备接收第三指示信息,所述第三指示信息用于指示激活第一频域资源对,所述第一频域资源对包括相互关联的上行频域资源和下行频域资源;
所述终端根据所述第三指示信息激活所述第一频域资源对。
在一个可能的设计中,所述终端从网络设备接收第三指示信息之前,还包括:
所述终端从所述网络设备接收配置信息,所述配置信息用于配置至少一个频域资源对;所述第一频域资源对为所述至少一个频域资源对中的任一个或任意多个频域资源对;
所述终端根据所述配置信息,确定所述至少一个频域资源对。
在一个可能的设计中,所述终端从网络设备接收第三指示信息之后,还包括:
所述终端去激活第二频域资源对;所述第二频域资源对为所述至少一个频域资源对中除所述第一频域资源对以外的已激活的频域资源对。
在一个可能的设计中,所述第三指示信息包括所述第一频域资源对的标识。
在一个可能的设计中,所述第一频域资源对中的频域资源具有相同的中心频点。
本申请还提供一种通信方法,所述方法包括:
网络设备生成第三指示信息,所述第三指示信息用于指示激活第一频域资源对,所述第一频域资源对包括相互关联的上行频域资源和下行频域资源;
所述网络设备向终端发送所述第三指示信息。
在一个可能的设计中,所述方法还包括:
所述网络设备向终端发送配置信息,所述配置信息用于配置至少一个频域资源对;所述第一频域资源对为所述至少一个频域资源对中的任一个或任意多个频域资源对。
在一个可能的设计中,所述第三指示信息包括所述第一频域资源对的标识。
在一个可能的设计中,所述第一频域资源对中的频域资源具有相同的中心频点。
第三方面,本申请提供一种通信装置,该通信装置可以为网络设备,也可以是网络设备内部的芯片,该通信装置具有实现上述第一方面方法示例中的功能。所述功能可以通过硬件实现,也可以通过硬件执行相应的软件实现。所述硬件或所述软件包括一个或多个与上述功能相对应的模块。
在一个可能的设计中,所述通信装置的结构中包括发送模块、接收模块和处理模块,这些模块可以执行上述第一方面示例中的相应功能,具体来说:
向终端发送指示信息,所述指示信息用于指示与第一BP相关联的至少一个第二BP;
在所述第一BP和所述至少一个第二BP上与所述终端进行信号传输。
第四方面,本申请提供一种通信装置,该通信装置可以为终端,也可以是终端内部的芯片,该通信装置具有实现上述第二方面方法示例中的功能。所述功能可以通过硬件实现,也可以通过硬件执行相应的软件实现。所述硬件或所述软件包括一个或多个与上述功能相对应的模块。
在一个可能的设计中,所述通信装置的结构中包括发送模块、接收模块和处理模块,这些模块可以执行上述第一方面示例中的相应功能,具体来说:
接收网络设备发送的指示信息,所述指示信息用于指示与第一BP相关联的至少一个第二BP;
在所述第一BP和所述至少一个第二BP上与所述网络设备进行信号传输。
本申请提供一种通信装置,该通信装置可以为终端,也可以是终端内部的芯片,该通信装置具有实现上述方法示例中的功能。所述功能可以通过硬件实现,也可以通过硬件执行相应的软件实现。所述硬件或所述软件包括一个或多个与上述功能相对应的模块。
在一个可能的设计中,所述通信装置的结构中包括发送模块、接收模块和处理模块,这些模块可以执行上述方法示例中的相应功能,具体来说:
从网络设备接收第三指示信息,所述第三指示信息用于指示激活第一频域资源对,所述第一频域资源对包括相互关联的上行频域资源和下行频域资源;以及,根据所述第三指示信息激活所述第一频域资源对。
本申请还提供一种通信装置,该通信装置可以为网络设备,也可以是网络设备内部的芯片,该通信装置具有实现上述方法示例中的功能。所述功能可以通过硬件实现,也可以通过硬件执行相应的软件实现。所述硬件或所述软件包括一个或多个与上述功能相对应的模块。
在一个可能的设计中,所述通信装置的结构中包括发送模块、接收模块和处理模块,这些模块可以执行上述方法示例中的相应功能,具体来说:生成第三指示信息,所述第三指示信息用于指示激活第一频域资源对,所述第一频域资源对包括相互关联的上行频域资源和下行频域资源;以及向终端发送所述第三指示信息。
第五方面,本申请提供一种通信装置,该通信装置可以为网络设备,也可以是网络设备内部的芯片,该通信装置具有实现上述第一方面方法示例中的功能;该通信装置包括:通信模块、处理器;
所述通信模块,用于与其他设备进行通信交互,具体来说,用于向终端发送指示信息,所述指示信息用于指示与第一BP相关联的至少一个第二BP;以及在所述第一BP和所述至少一个第二BP上与所述终端进行信号传输。
所述通信模块可以为RF电路、WiFi模块、通信接口、蓝牙模块等。
所述处理器,用于实现第三方面中处理模块的功能,例如,可包括:确定所述指示信息。
可选的,通信装置还可以包括:所述存储器,用于存放程序等。具体地,程序可以包括程序代码,该程序代码包括指令。存储器可能包含RAM,也可能还包括非易失性存储器(non-volatile memory),例如至少一个磁盘存储器。处理器执行存储器所存放的应用程序,实现上述功能。
一种可能的方式中,通信模块、处理器和存储器可以通过所述总线相互连接;总线可以是外设部件互连标准(peripheral component interconnect,PCI)总线或扩展工业标准结构(extended industry standard architecture,EISA)总线等。所述总线可以分为地址总线、数据总线、控制总线等。
第六方面,本申请提供一种通信装置,该通信装置可以为网络设备,也可以是网络设备内部的芯片,该通信装置具有实现上述第二方面方法示例中的功能;该通信装置包括:通信模块;
所述通信模块,用于与其他设备进行通信交互,具体来说,用于接收网络设备发送的指示信息,所述指示信息用于指示与第一BP相关联的至少一个第二BP;以及,在所述第一BP和所述至少一个第二BP上与所述网络设备进行信号传输。
所述通信模块可以为RF电路、WiFi模块、通信接口、蓝牙模块等。
所述处理器,用于实现第四方面中处理模块的功能,例如,可包括:解析所述指示信息。
可选的,通信装置还可以包括:所述存储器,用于存放程序等。具体地,程序可以包括程序代码,该程序代码包括指令。存储器可能包含RAM,也可能还包括非易失性存储器(non-volatile memory),例如至少一个磁盘存储器。处理器执行存储器所存放的应用程序,实现上述功能。
一种可能的方式中,通信模块、处理器和存储器可以通过所述总线相互连接;总线可以是外设部件互连标准(peripheral component interconnect,PCI)总线或扩展工业标准结构(extended industry standard architecture,EISA)总线等。所述总线可以分为地址总线、数据总线、控制总线等。
本申请还提供了一种计算机可读存储介质,所述存储介质存储有指令,当所述指令在计算机上运行时,使得计算机实现执行上述任意一种设计提供的通信方法。
本申请还提供了一种包含指令的计算机程序产品,当其在计算机上运行时,使得计算机执行上述任意一种设计提供的通信方法。
本申请还提供了一种计算机程序,当其在计算机上运行时,使得计算机执行上述任意一种设计提供的通信方法。
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图1为本申请适用的一种系统架构示意图;
图2为本申请实施例一提供的一种通信方法所对应的流程示意图;
图3为本申请提供的一种通信方法的整体流程示意图;
图4a为方式一对应的第一种可能的编号示意图;
图4b为方式一对应的第二种可能的编号示意图;
图4c为方式二对应的第一种可能的编号示意图;
图4d为方式二对应的第二种可能的编号示意图;
图5a为第一种情形下扩展上行BP示意图;
图5b为第二种情形下扩展上行BP示意图;
图6为上行测量BP与上行BP3具有重合的频域资源示意图;
图7为本申请提供的一种通信方法的整体流程示意图;
图8为本申请情形一所对应的流程示意图;
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图10为本申请实施例三提供的一种通信方法对应的流程示意图;
图11为本申请实施例三提供的通信方法的一种可能的完整流程示意图;
图12为本申请提供的第一种通信装置的结构示意图;
图13为本申请提供的第二种通信装置的结构示意图;
图14为本申请提供的第三种通信装置的结构示意图;
图15为本申请提供的第四种通信装置的结构示意图。
具体实施方式
下面结合说明书附图对本申请进行具体说明。
本申请中的通信方法可适用于多种系统架构。图1为本申请适用的一种系统架构示意图。如图1所示,该系统架构中包括网络设备101和一个或多个终端,比如图1所示的第一终端1021、第二终端1022、第三终端1023。网络设备101可以通过网络与第一终端1021、第二终端1022、第三终端1023中的任一终端进行通信。
本申请中,网络设备可以为基站设备(base station,BS)。基站设备也可称为基站,是指接入网中在空中接口上通过一个或多个扇区与无线终端通信的设备。例如,在长期演进(Long Term Evolution,LTE)系统中提供基站功能的设备为演进型基站;在NR系统中提供基站功能的设备包括以下一种或者多种:新无线节点B(New Radio NodeB,gNB),集中单元(Centralized Unit,CU),分布式单元(Distributed Unit);在无线局域网络(Wireless Local Area Networks,WLAN)中,提供基站功能的设备为接入点(Access Point,AP)。
终端可以是无线终端,也可以是有线终端。无线终端可以是指向用户提供语音和/或数据连通性的设备,具有无线连接功能的手持式设备、或连接到无线调制解调器的其他处理设备。无线终端可以经无线接入网(Radio Access Network,RAN)与一个或多个核心网进行通信,无线终端可以是移动终端,如移动电话(或称为“蜂窝”电话)和具有移动终端的计算机,例如,可以是便携式、袖珍式、手持式、计算机内置的或者车载的移动装置,它们与无线接入网交换语言和/或数据。例如,个人通信业务(Personal Communication Service,PCS)电话、无绳电话、会话发起协议(Session Initiation Protocol,SIP)话机、无线本地环路(Wireless Local Loop,WLL)站、个人数字助理(Personal Digital Assistant,PDA)等设备。无线终端也可以称为系统、订户单元(Subscriber Unit,SU)、订户站(Subscriber Station,SS),移动站(Mobile Station,MB)、移动台(Mobile)、远程站(Remote Station,RS)、接入点(Access Point,AP)、远程终端(Remote Terminal,RT)、接入终端(Access Terminal,AT)、用户终端(User Terminal,UT)、用户代理(User Agent,UA)、终端设备 (User Device,UD)、或用户装备(User Equipment,UE)。
现有技术中多载波聚合时,终端把接入的下行载波作为主载波,再通过无线资源控制(Radio Resource Control,RRC)信令增加辅载波。对于TDD来说,在添加一个下行载波时,对应的上行载波的频域位置跟下行载波的频域位置相同;对于FDD来说,在添加一个下行载波时,同时会通过信令配置一个对应的上行载波。由此可知,现有技术中,每一个上行载波配对一个下行载波,从而在进行数据传输时,相互配对的上行载波和下行载波可以相互关联。
而在NR系统,网络设备为终端配置上行BP和下行BP,需要进行数据传输时,基站会激活为终端配置的上行BP的部分或全部上行BP,以及激活为终端配置的下行BP中的部分或全部下行BP,进而在激活的至少一个上行BP和至少一个下行BP上进行数据传输。
实施例一
本申请实施例一提供一种通信方法,用于解决上行BP和下行BP相互关联的问题。该方法包括:网络设备向终端发送指示信息,所述指示信息用于指示与第一BP相关联的至少一个第二BP,对应地,终端接收网络设备发送的指示信息,进而网络设备在所述第一BP和所述至少一个第二BP上与终端进行信号传输。
网络设备向终端发送指示信息的实现方式可以有多种,例如,通过信令或者消息携带该指示信息,比如网络设备可以通过无线资源控制(Radio Resource Control,RRC)信令或下行控制信息(Downlink Control Information,DCI)或媒体访问控制层控制单元(Media Access Control Control Element,MAC CE)发送指示信息。其中,指示信息可以包括唯一标识上行BP的信息。
本申请中,指示信息可以用于指示上行BP和下行BP的对应关系和/或上下行BP的激活。
本申请中所涉及的上行BP和下行BP相互对应即等同于上行BP和下行BP相互关联或相互配合。
本申请中,在第一种可能的实现方式中,所述第一BP为下行BP,所述第二BP为上行BP;或者,所述第一BP为上行BP,所述第二BP为下行BP。网络设备可以在公共带宽部分(common BP)上向终端发送指示信息,此种情况下,指示信息用于指示上行BP和下行BP的对应关系和/或上下行BP的激活。
在第二种可能的实现方式中,所述第一BP为下行BP,所述第二BP为上行BP,网络设备可以在第一BP向终端发送指示信息,此种情况下,指示信息用于指示上行BP,指示信息中指示的上行BP即为与第一BP相关联的上行BP。
下面结合图2对第二种可能的实现方式进行具体说明,如图2所示,包括:
步骤201,在第一下行带宽部分BP上向终端发送指示信息,所述指示信息用于指示上行BP。
此处,第一下行BP为网络设备为终端激活的下行BP中的任一下行BP。
指示信息指示的上行BP为终端设备激活的上行BP中的任一上行BP,所述上行BP为第一下行BP关联的上行BP。
对应地,终端设备在第一下行BP上接收网络设备发送的指示信息。
当终端设备接收到指示信息后,通过解析指示信息,可以确定出指示信息指示的上行 BP。
步骤202,根据所述指示信息,在所述上行BP发送上行信号。
此处,终端设备确定出指示信息指示的上行BP,可在该上行BP上发送上行信号,上行信号可以为监听参考信号(Sounding Reference Signal,SRS)信号,或者也可以为物理上行共享信道(Physical Uplink Shared Channel,PUSCH)中传输的上行调度数据、物理上行控制信道(Physical Uplink Control Channel,PUCCH)中传输的混合自动重传请求确认(Hybrid Automatic Repeat request Acknowledge,HARQ ACK)中的任一项或任意组合。
对应地,网络设备侧接收终端在上行BP上发送的上行信号。
需要说明的是,步骤201可以由网络设备或者网络设备内部的芯片实现,步骤202可以一通信装置实现,该通信装置可以是终端,也可以是终端内部的芯片。可以理解的是,通信装置为终端内部的芯片时,其接收或者发送信息之前,还可能会经过终端内部其它模块的处理,例如射频模块的变频处理等,本申请实施例对此不做限定。
图3为本申请提供的一种通信方法的整体流程示意图,下面结合图3对本申请中的通信方法进行具体说明,如图3所示,包括:
步骤301,网络设备获取终端支持的最大带宽能力,并根据终端支持的最大带宽能力,为终端配置至少一个上行BP和至少一个下行BP。
具体来说,网络设备可以通过多种方式获取终端支持的最大带宽能力,例如,网络设备可根据终端上报的信息,得到终端支持的最大带宽能力。
网络设备根据终端支持的最大带宽能力,为终端配置上行BP和下行BP时,为使得节能,支持多子载波间隔等,网络设备为终端配置的上行BP和下行BP的带宽通常小于或等于终端支持的最大带宽能力。例如,终端支持的最大带宽能力可以为100MHz,则网络设备为终端配置的上行BP和下行BP的带宽小于或等于100MHz,例如,可以为10MHz、20MHz。
其中,网络设备为终端配置的至少一个上行BP中各个上行BP的带宽可以相同,也可以不相同;同样地,网络设备为终端配置的至少一个下行BP中各个下行BP的带宽可以相同,也可以不相同;进一步地,本申请中对网络设备侧为终端配置的上行BP和下行BP之间的带宽关系也不做限定。
步骤302,网络设备将为终端配置的上行BP和下行BP的信息发送给终端。
具体来说,网络设备可通过信令,比如RRC,将为终端配置的上行BP和下行BP的信息发送给终端。其中,上行BP和下行BP的信息包括上行BP和下行BP的带宽、频域位置和子载波间隔。本申请中,BP的带宽、频域位置和子载波间隔可唯一确定出BP,BP的频域位置可以为BP的频域最低位置,或中心频域位置,或最高频域位置,具体不做限定。
在一种可能的实现方式中,网络设备为终端配置好上行BP和下行BP,可对上行BP和下行BP进行编号,如此,步骤302中,网络设备发送给终端的上行BP和下行BP的信息可包括上行BP和下行BP的带宽、频域位置、子载波间隔和编号等。
本申请中,对上行BP和下行BP的具体编号方式有多种,下面以网络设备为终端配置3个上行BP和3个下行BP(3个上行BP中有2个上行BP的子载波间隔为15kHz,有1个上行BP的子载波间隔为30kHz;3个下行BP中有2个下行BP的子载波间隔为15kHz,有1个下行BP的子载波间隔为30kHz)为例,对可能的编号方式进行说明。
方式一:上行BP和下行BP统一编号,此种方式中,不区分上行BP和下行BP。
图4a为方式一对应的第一种可能的编号示意图,如图4a所示,网络设备为终端配置的 上行BP和下行BP的编号分别为0、1、2、3、4、5。
采用图4a中的编号方式,网络设备发送给终端的上行BP和下行BP的信息可包括上行BP和下行BP的带宽、频域位置、子载波间隔和编号。
考虑到网络设备为终端配置的上行BP和下行BP具有不同的子载波间隔,为便于相同子载波间隔带宽部分之间的对应,可依据BP的子载波间隔对BP进行编号,例如:具有相同子载波间隔的BP统一编号,不同子载波间隔的BP独立编号。图4b为方式一对应的第二种可能的编号示意图,如图4b所示,网络设备为终端配置的上行BP和下行BP中子载波间隔为15kHz的BP统一编号为0、1、2、4,子载波间隔为30kHz的BP统一编号为0、1。
采用图4b中的编号方式,网络设备发送给终端的上行BP和下行BP的信息可包括上行BP和下行BP的带宽、频域位置、编号、子载波间隔。
方式二:上行BP和下行BP独立编号,此种方式中,区分上行BP和下行BP。
图4c为方式二对应的第一种可能的编号示意图,如图4c所示,网络设备为终端配置的上行BP的编号分别为0、1、2;下行BP的编号分别为0、1、2。
采用图4c中的编号方式,网络设备发送给终端的上行BP和下行BP的信息可包括上行BP和下行BP的带宽、频域位置、编号、子载波间隔、上下行标识。其中,上下行标识用于标识该BP为上行BP或下行BP,上下行标识可以有多种表示形式,例如,可通过比特位0和1来表示,其中,0代表上行,1代表下行。
图4d为方式二对应的第二种可能的编号示意图,如图4d所示,网络设备为终端配置的上行BP中子载波间隔为15kHz的BP统一编号为0、1,子载波间隔为30kHz的BP统一编号为0;网络设备为终端配置的下行BP中子载波间隔为15kHz的BP统一编号为0、1,子载波间隔为30kHz的BP统一编号为0。
采用图4d中的编号方式,网络设备发送给终端的上行BP和下行BP的信息可包括上行BP和下行BP的带宽、频域位置、编号、上下行标识、子载波间隔。
在另一种可能的实现方式中,网络设备为终端配置好上行BP和下行BP,可对上行BP和下行BP的资源块(Resource Block,RB)进行编号,如此,步骤302中,网络设备发送给终端的上行BP和下行BP的信息可包括上行BP和下行BP的频域位置、子载波间隔和RB的个数。
步骤303,网络设备为终端激活上行BP和下行BP,激活的上行BP和下行BP的个数分别为一个或一个以上。
此处,网络设备为终端激活上行BP和下行BP的触发条件可以为网络设备确定需要与终端进行数据传输,或者,也可以为其它情况,具体不做限定。
本申请中,对激活的上行BP和激活的下行BP的RB进行编号的方式有多种,下面以网络设备为终端激活2个上行BP和2个下行BP(每个上行BP中的RB均为180个)为例,对可能的编号方式进行说明。
方式一:上行BP和下行BP的RB统一编号
此种情况下,网络设备为终端激活的2个上行BP和2个下行BP中的RB的编号为0至719。
方式二:每个BP的RB独立编号
此种情况下,网络设备为终端激活的2个上行BP和2个下行BP中的每个BP的RB的编号均为0至179。
方式三:上行BP的RB统一编号,下行BP的RB统一编号
此种情况下,网络设备为终端激活的2个上行BP,2个下行BP中的每个BP的RB的编号均为0至359。
步骤304,网络设备将激活的上行BP和下行BP通知给终端。
具体来说,若网络设备采用上述图4a中所示出的编号方式,则在步骤304中,网络设备可将激活的上行BP和下行BP的编号发送给终端,终端根据BP的编号即可确定出激活的BP。若网络设备采用上述图4b中所示出的编号方式,则在步骤304中,网络设备可将激活的上行BP和下行BP的编号、子载波间隔发送给终端,终端根据BP的编号和子载波间隔可确定出激活的BP。其它方式类似,不再一一赘述。
步骤305,网络设备在第一下行BP上向终端发送指示信息,所述指示信息用于指示上行BP。
指示信息指示的上行BP为第一下行BP对应的上行BP,具体可包括第一下行BP中的上行调度授权(UL grant)对应的第一上行BP和/或第一下行BP中的下行数据的HARQ ACK对应的第二上行BP。其中,第一上行BP和第二上行BP可以为同一上行BP,或者,也可以为不同的上行BP。
在第一种可能的场景中,网络设备激活为终端配置的上行BP中的一个上行BP(例如:上行BP1),以及激活为终端配置的下行BP中的一个下行BP(例如:下行BP1),如此,上行BP1和下行BP1可以相互关联实现数据传输。
针对于该种场景,一种可能的实现方式为,网络设备通过指示信息指示终端下行BP1对应的上行BP为上行BP1。在该场景中,由于仅激活了上行BP1和下行BP1,终端可默认上行BP1和下行BP1相互对应,因此,另一种可能的实现方式为,网络设备无需通过指示信息指示终端下行BP1对应的上行BP,从而节省信令开销。
在第二种可能的场景中,网络设备激活为终端配置的上行BP中的多个上行BP(例如:上行BP1、上行BP2),以及激活为终端配置的下行BP中的一个下行BP(例如:下行BP1)。
针对于该种场景,一种可能的实现方式为,网络设备通过指示信息指示终端下行BP1中的上行调度授权对应的上行BP(例如:上行BP1)和下行BP1中的下行数据的HARQ对应的上行BP(例如:上行BP2)。在该种场景中,由于仅激活下行BP1,网络设备接收到的下行数据的HARQ ACK均为下行BP1中的下行数据的HARQ ACK,因此,另一种可能的实现方式为,网络设备通过指示信息仅指示终端下行BP1中的上行调度授权对应的上行BP,而无需指示下行BP1中的下行数据的HARQ对应的上行BP,即指示信息指示的上行BP中仅包括下行BP1中的上行调度授权对应的上行BP。
在第三种可能的场景中,网络设备激活为终端配置的上行BP中的一个上行BP(例如:上行BP1),以及激活为终端配置的下行BP中的多个下行BP(例如:下行BP1、下行BP2)。
针对于该种场景,以下行BP1为例,网络设备通过指示信息指示终端下行BP1中的上行调度授权对应的上行BP为上行BP1和下行BP1中的下行数据的HARQ ACK对应的上行BP为上行BP1。在该种场景中,由于仅激活下行BP1,终端可默认在上行BP1上发送上行调度数据,因此,网络设备可无需通过指示信息指示终端下行BP1中的上行调度授权对应的上行BP。激活的多个下行BP的HARQ ACK可以都在一个相同的上行BP上反馈。
在第四种可能的场景中,网络设备激活为终端配置的上行BP中的多个上行BP(例如:上行BP1、上行BP2),以及激活为终端配置的下行BP中的多个下行BP(例如:下行BP1、下行BP2)。
针对于该种场景,由于激活的上行BP和下行BP均有多个,以下行BP1为例,网络设备需通过指示信息指示终端下行BP1中的上行调度授权对应的上行BP(例如:上行BP1)和以及下行BP1中的下行数据的HARQ ACK对应的上行BP(例如:上行BP2),即指示信息指示的上行BP中包括下行BP1中的上行调度授权对应的上行BP和下行BP1中的下行数据的HARQ对应的上行BP。
可选地,本申请中,可以预先定义下行BP中的上行调度授权对应的上行BP和下行数据的HARQ ACK对应的上行BP为同一上行BP。
本申请中,在一种可能的实现方式中,指示信息可以包括唯一标识上行BP的信息。具体来说,若网络设备采用上述图4a中所示出的编号方式,则指示信息中可包括BP的编号,终端根据BP的编号即可确定出该编号对应的上行BP。若网络设备采用上述图4b中所示出的编号方式,则指示信息中可包括BP的编号和子载波间隔,终端根据BP的编号和子载波间隔可确定出该编号和子载波间隔对应的上行BP。其它方式类似,不再一一赘述。
可选地,本申请中,网络设备也可以通过隐式的方法来指示下行BP中的上行调度授权对应的上行BP。具体来说,相同子载波间隔的多个上行BP中的RB统一编号时,终端设备可以根据上行调度授权中分配的上行资源的编号,确定上行调度授权对应的上行BP。举个例子,网络设备激活两个上行BP,分别为上行BP1和上行BP2,其中,上行BP1中的RB编号为0-20,上行BP2中的RB编号为21-50,上行调度授权中分配的上行资源的编号为2-12,那么终端可根据上行调度授权中分配的上行资源的编号,确定出上行调度授权对应的上行BP为上行BP1。
在一种可能的实现方式中,指示信息可以包括时间模式,时间模式表示设定时间段内激活下行BP和上行BP的对应关系。其中,设定时间段的时间长度可根据需要进行设置,例如可以为5ms;下行BP和上行BP的对应关系可以包括一个或一个以上的下行BP和一个或一个以上的上行BP的对应关系,例如,下行BP1和上行BP1、上行BP2相互对应。终端接收到时间模式后,可确定在接下来的设定时间段内(5ms),下行BP1对应的上行BP为上行BP1和上行BP2,当超过5ms后,下行BP1和上行BP1、上行BP2之间的对应关系失效。
步骤306,终端在第一下行BP上接收网络设备发送的指示信息。
步骤307,终端根据指示信息,在指示信息指示的上行BP发送上行信号。
步骤308,网络设备接收终端在所述上行BP上发送的上行信号。
针对于上述步骤306至步骤308,终端接收到指示信息,若确定指示信息指示的上行BP包括第一下行BP中的上行调度授权对应的第一上行BP,则在第一上行BP上发送上行调度数据;对应地,网络设备在第一上行BP上接收上行调度数据。终端若确定指示信息指示的上行BP包括第一下行BP中的下行数据的HARQ ACK对应的第二上行BP,则在第二上行BP上发送下行数据的HARQ ACK;对应地,网络设备在第二上行BP上接收下行数据的HARQ ACK。终端若确定指示信息指示的上行BP包括第一下行BP中的上行调度授权对应的第一上行BP和第一下行BP中的下行数据的HARQ ACK对应的第二上行BP,则在第一上行BP上发送上行调度数据,以及在第二上行BP上发送下行数据的HARQ ACK;对应地,网络设备在第一上行BP上接收上行调度数据,以及在第二上行BP上接收下行数据的HARQ ACK。
本申请中,终端在指示信息指示的上行BP发送的上行信号还可以为SRS。在时分双工(Time Division Duplexing,TDD)系统中,若该上行BP与第一下行BP的带宽和频域位置均相同,则基于信道互易性,网络设备可根据终端在该上行BP上发送的SRS,得到第一下 行BP的信道质量。然而,网络设备为终端配置至少一个下行BP和至少一个上行BP时,例如第一下行BP对应上行BP1,上行BP1和第一下行BP的带宽和频域位置很有可能不同,比如,第一下行BP的带宽大于上行BP1的带宽,从而导致网络设备根据在上行BP1上接收到的SRS,无法准确地得到第一下行BP的信道质量。
基于此,在步骤307中,当上行BP仅有一个时,例如为上行BP1,终端若确定上行BP1的带宽小于第一下行BP的带宽,则可对上行BP1进行扩展,使得扩展后的上行BP的频域范围与第一下行BP的频域范围达到最大的重叠,扩展后的上行BP即为上行测量BP。可选的,上行BP的扩展方式可以为,如果上行BP的最低频域位置小于或等于下行BP的最低频域位置,那么使上行BP的最高频域位置变大;如果上行BP的最高频域位置大于或等于下行BP的最高频域位置,那么使上行BP的最低频域位置变小;上行测量BP的最大带宽为该终端设备的最大上行带宽能力。如图5a和图5b所示,其中,图5a为第一种情形下扩展上行BP示意图,图5b为第二种情形下扩展上行BP示意图。
当上行BP有两个或两个以上时,例如为上行BP1、上行BP2,终端若确定两个或两个以上的上行BP的频域范围均没有覆盖第一下行BP的频域范围,则可从两个或两个以上的上行BP中选择出与第一下行BP的频域范围重叠最多的一个上行BP或选择与第一下行BP频域范围重叠最多的多个频域范围联合的上行BP,并对该一个或多个上行BP进行扩展,使得扩展后的测量上行BP的频域范围与第一下行BP的频域范围达到最大的重叠,扩展后的上行测量BP的最大带宽为该终端设备的最大上行带宽能力。
终端得到上行测量BP后,在上行测量BP上发送SRS,步骤308中,网络设备接收到终端在上行测量BP上发送的SRS后,通过对SRS进行接收,可得到上行测量BP的信道质量,基于信道互易性,网络设备可得到第一下行BP近似的信道质量。
需要说明的是:本申请中,若终端设备确定第一下行BP的频域范围和第一下行BP对应的上行BP的频域范围之间的差异小于预设阈值,也可以不对第一下行BP对应的上行BP进行扩展,而直接在第一下行BP对应的上行BP发送SRS,此时,由于第一下行BP的频域范围和第一下行BP对应的上行BP的频域范围之间的差异较小,因此,网络设备可基于信道互易性,得到第一下行BP近似的信道质量。
进一步地,考虑到上行测量BP可能会与其它上行BP具有重合的频域资源。如图6所示,上行测量BP与上行BP3具有重合的频域资源。其中,上行BP3可以为网络设备为终端激活的上行BP,或者,也可以为网络设备为其它终端激活的上行BP,由此,若终端在上行测量BP发送SRS,同时该终端或其它终端在上行BP3与上行测量BP重合的频域资源上发送上行数据信息和上行控制信息,则会导致信号之间产生干扰,因此,本申请中,可设置SRS、上行控制信息和上行数据信息占用上行BP3与上行测量BP重合的频域资源的优先级,从而避免信号之间产生干扰,具体来说,上行控制信息的优先级高于SRS的优先级,SRS的优先级高于上行数据信息的优先级,进一步地,上行BP3上发送的SRS的优先级高于上行测量BP上发送的SRS的优先级。因此,网络设备可基于设置的优先级来调整终端发送SRS、上行控制信息和上行数据信息的时机。
图7为本申请的又一实施例提供的一种通信方法,如图7所示,该方法包括:
步骤701,网络设备为终端配置至少一个上行BP和至少一个下行BP。
例如,网络设备为终端配置了3个上行BP(分别为上行BP1、上行BP2、上行BP3)和3个下行BP(分别为下行BP1、下行BP2、下行BP3)。
本申请中,网络设备为终端配置一个或多个上行BP和一个或多个下行BP,一种可能的实现方式为,网络设备同时会配置上行BP和下行BP的对应关系,此种情况对应执行步骤702。比如配置与第一下行带宽部分BP相关联的至少一个第一上行带宽部分BP;和/或,配置与第二上行BP相关联的至少一个第二下行BP;如此,基站在所述第一下行BP和与第一下行BP相关联的至少一个第一上行带宽部分BP上进行数据传输;和/或基站在所述第二上行BP和与第二上行BP相关联的至少一个第二下行BP进行数据传输。
一种可能的实现方式为,网络设备不配置上行BP和下行BP的对应关系,此种情况对应执行步骤711。
步骤702,配置上行BP和下行BP的对应关系。其中,上行BP和下行BP的对应关系可以包括以下任一种或任意组合:一个上行BP对应一个下行BP,一个上行BP对应多个下行BP,多个上行BP对应一个下行BP,多个上行BP对应多个下行BP,具体不做限定。
例如,网络设备配置的上行BP和下行BP的对应关系为:上行BP1对应下行BP1、BP2,上行BP2、上行BP3对应下行BP3。
步骤703,网络设备将为终端设备配置的上行BP和下行BP的带宽、频域位置和子载波间隔,以及上行BP和下行BP的对应关系发送给终端。可选地,网络设备可以在公共带宽部分上将上行BP和下行BP的对应关系发送给终端。
本申请中,网络设备确定需要与终端进行数据传输,则可为终端激活上行BP和下行BP,具体来说,由于在步骤702中,网络设备配置了上行BP和下行BP的对应关系,因此,网络设备可依据上行BP和下行BP的对应关系,成对激活上行BP和下行BP,例如,上行BP1与下行BP2相关联,则同时激活上行BP1和下行BP1,此种情况下,对应执行步骤704;或者,网络设备激活的上行BP和下行BP也可以不是成对的,例如,上行BP1与下行BP2相关联,激活上行BP1和下行BP2,激活上行BP1,此种情况,对应执行步骤707。
步骤704,网络设备依据上行BP和下行BP的对应关系,激活上行BP和下行BP。
在第一下行BP上发送至少一个上行调度授权,所述上行授权指示至少一个与第一下行BP相关联的第一上行BP的调度信息,基站在所述第一上行BP接收上行数据。比如一个下行BP关联了两个上行BP,那么可以在下行BP中发送一个调度授权,该调度授权是对对于两个上行BP是共用的,两个上行BP是联合编号的,上行的一个数据块可以映射到两个上行BP上;也可以在下行BP中包括两个调度授权,两个调度授权对应不同的上行BP,上行的一个数据块映射到一个上行BP中。
在第二上行BP上接收至少一个HARQ反馈信息,所述HARQ反馈信息对应至少一个与第二上行BP相关联的第二下行BP的HARQ。比如一个上行BP关联了两个下行的BP,下行的一个数据块在一个下行BP上映射,那么两个下行BP的HARQ信息可以联合在上行BP上反馈,也可以下行的一个数据库映射到两个下行BP上,该数据块传输的HARQ信息在上行BP上发送。
所述第一下行BP和所述与第一下行关联的第一上行BP属于同一个服务小区。
步骤705,网络设备将激活的上行BP和下行BP通知给终端。例如,网络设备将激活的上行BP1和下行BP1通知给终端。
步骤706,网络设备和终端在上行BP1和下行BP1上进行数据传输。
步骤707,网络设备激活上行BP和下行BP,激活的上行BP和下行BP不是成对的。
步骤708,网络设备将激活的上行BP和下行BP通知给终端。例如,网络设备将激活的 上行BP1、上行BP2和下行BP3通知给终端。
步骤709,网络设备向终端发送指示信息,指示信息中指示激活的上行BP和下行BP的对应关系,例如,指示信息中指示上行BP1和下行BP3对应。
步骤710,网络设备和终端在上行BP1和下行BP3上进行数据传输。
步骤711,网络设备将为终端配置的上行BP和下行BP的带宽、频域位置和子载波间隔发送给终端。
步骤712,网络设备激活上行BP和下行BP,例如,激活上行BP1、上行BP2和下行BP3。
步骤713,网络设备将激活的上行BP和下行BP通知给终端。
步骤714,网络设备向终端发送指示信息,指示信息中指示激活的上行BP和下行BP的对应关系,例如,指示信息中指示上行BP1和下行BP3对应。
步骤715,网络设备和终端在上行BP1和下行BP3上进行数据传输。
需要说明的是,上述步骤509和步骤514中所涉及到的网络设备向终端发送指示信息,在一种可能的实现方式中,可以是指网络设备在激活的下行BP上向终端发送指示信息,例如,网络设备激活上行BP1、上行BP2和下行BP3,可在下行BP3上向终端发送指示信息,此种情况下,指示信息用于指示上行BP,指示信息中指示的上行BP即为与下行BP3相关联的上行BP。具体实现方式参见上述图2和图3中的描述。
在另一种可能的实现方式中,可以是指网络设备在公共带宽部分上向终端发送指示信息,该指示信息可以是RRC信息,可以是下行控制信息,此种情况下,指示信息用于指示上行BP和下行BP的对应关系。
需要说明的是,本申请所描述的上述方法至少可以应用于TDD和频分双工(Frequency Division Duplexing,FDD)系统中。
实施例二
现有技术中,网络设备可以通过激活/去激活的方式指示终端在多个带宽部分之间的切换,即终端可以在处于激活状态的带宽部分上传输数据,相应的,处于去激活状态的带宽部分,终端不可以传输数据。网络设备为终端配置上行带宽部分和下行带宽部分时,分别独立配置,相应的,网络设备为终端激活/去激活上行带宽部分和下行带宽部分时,也分别独立激活/去激活。终端若采用时分双工(Time Division Duplexing,TDD)方式进行通信,由于网络设备分别独立为终端激活/去激活上行带宽部分和下行带宽部分,因此当网络设备为该终端分别激活了不同中心频点的上行带宽部分和下行带宽部分时,终端在接收数据和发送数据时,需要调整终端中的收发模块在不同中心频点之间进行切换,从而导致终端在接收数据和发送数据之间转换时,需要浪费大量时间,降低了终端的工作效率。
基于此,本申请实施例二提供一种通信方法,用于解决终端需要在上下行不同中心频点之间进行切换的问题。该方法包括:网络设备向终端发送配置信息,配置信息用于配置第一频域资源和第一频域资源关联的频域资源,对应地,终端从网络设备接收配置信息,并配置第一频域资源和第一频域资源关联的频域资源;如此,由于第一频域资源和第一频域资源关联的频域资源具有相同的中心频点,且所述第一频域资源和所述第一频域资源关联的频域资源在不同的传输方向上,从而使得终端后续能够使用第一频域资源和第一频域资源关联的频域资源与网络设备进行数据传输,而无需在不同中心频点之间进行切换。
本申请中,频域资源具体可以是指带宽部分,即BP或BWP。传输方向包括上行传输方 向和下行传输方向。其中,用于进行下行传输的频域资源为下行频域资源,用于进行上行传输的频域资源为上行频域资源。终端在一个传输方向上可以支持同时激活多个频域资源,或者,也可以仅支持同时激活一个频域资源,下文中均以终端在一个传输方向仅支持同时激活一个频域资源为例进行说明。
网络设备向终端发送配置信息的实现方式可以有多种,例如,通过信令或者消息携带该配置信息,比如网络设备可以通过RRC信令或DCI发送配置信息。配置信息中可以包括多个上行频域资源和多个下行频域资源之间的关联关系,其中,一个上行频域资源可以关联一个下行频域资源,也可以关联多个下行频域资源;同样地,一个下行频域资源可以关联一个上行频域资源,也可以关联多个下行频域资源。关联关系可以采用多种形式来表示,例如,采用数据表的形式,参见表1。
表1:关联关系示例
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由表1可以看出,上行频域资源1和下行频域资源1为一组相互关联的频域资源;上行频域资源2、上行频域资源3和下行频域资源3为一组相互关联的频域资源;上行频域资源N和下行频域资源M1、……、下行频域资源Mk为一组相互关联的频域资源。每组相互关联的频域资源具有相同的中心频点。
若第一频域资源为上行频域资源,则第一频域资源可以为表1中的任一上行频域资源;若第一频域资源为下行频域资源,则第一频域资源可以为表1中的任一下行频域资源。例如,第一频域资源为下行频域资源1,相应地,第一频域资源关联的频域资源为上行频域资源1。由于第一频域资源关联的频域资源可能为一个频域资源,也可能为多个频域资源,下面分别针对这两种可能的情形进行具体介绍。
情形一:第一频域资源关联的频域资源为一个频域资源,即第二频域资源。
图8为情形一所对应的流程示意图,如图8所示,包括:
步骤801,网络设备生成配置信息,配置信息用于配置第一频域资源和第二频域资源。
步骤802,网络设备向终端发送配置信息。
步骤803,终端从网络设备接收配置信息。
步骤804,网络设备向终端发送第一指示信息,第一指示信息用于指示激活第一频域资源。
步骤805,终端从网络设备接收第一指示信息。
步骤806,终端若确定存在已经激活的第三频域资源和第四频域资源,则判断第三频域资源是否和第一频域资源具有相同的中心频点,若是,则执行步骤807,若否,则执行步骤808。
其中,所述第三频域资源和所述第一频域资源在同一个传输方向上,所述第三频域资源和所述第四频域资源在不同的传输方向上,所述第三频域资源和所述第四频域资源具有相同的中心频点。
步骤807,终端激活第一频域资源,以及去激活第三频域资源。
此处,终端可使用激活的第一频域资源和第四频域资源与网络设备进行数据传输。
步骤808,终端激活第一频域资源和第二频域资源,以及去激活第三频域资源和第四频域资源。
此处,终端可使用激活的第一频域资源和第二频域资源与网络设备进行数据传输。
需要说明的是,上述描述和步骤编号仅为本申请执行流程的一种示例性表示,具体不做限定。
情形二:第一频域资源关联的频域资源为多个频域资源。
图9为情形二所对应的流程示意图,如图9所示,包括:
步骤901,网络设备生成配置信息,配置信息用于配置第一频域资源和第一频域资源关联的频域资源。
步骤902,网络设备向终端发送配置信息。
步骤903,终端从网络设备接收配置信息。
步骤904,网络设备向终端发送第一指示信息,第一指示信息用于指示激活第一频域资源。
步骤905,终端从网络设备接收第一指示信息。
步骤906,终端若确定存在已经激活的第三频域资源和第四频域资源,则判断第三频域资源是否和第一频域资源具有相同的中心频点,若是,则执行步骤907,若否,则执行步骤910。
其中,所述第三频域资源和所述第一频域资源在同一个传输方向上,所述第三频域资源和所述第四频域资源在不同的传输方向上,所述第三频域资源和所述第四频域资源具有相同的中心频点。
步骤907,终端激活第一频域资源,以及去激活第三频域资源。
此处,终端可使用激活的第一频域资源和第四频域资源与网络设备进行数据传输。
步骤908,网络设备向终端发送第二指示信息,第二指示信息用于指示激活第二频域资源;
步骤909,终端从网络设备接收第二指示信息;
步骤910,终端激活第一频域资源和第二频域资源,以及去激活第三频域资源和第四频域资源。
此处,终端可使用激活的第一频域资源和第二频域资源与网络设备进行数据传输。
此种情形下,由于第一频域资源关联的频域资源为多个,需要基站采用第二指示信息进行指示,基站可以根据自己的调度需要进行指示。这进一步提高了调度的灵活性,有助于提高系统的频谱效率。
需要说明的是:(1)上述描述和步骤编号仅为本申请执行流程的一种示例性表示,具体不做限定,例如,步骤908和步骤909也可以在步骤907之前执行,此时,由于终端确定不需要激活第一频域资源关联的频域资源,因此可忽略第二指示信息。(2)本申请中,频 域资源的标识可以为频域资源的编号,在步骤910中,终端也可以直接根据第一频域资源关联的频域资源的编号激活编号最小的频域资源(例如为第二频域资源),此种情形下,网络设备无需向终端发送第二指示信息。
上述图8和图9所描述的流程中,网络设备将配置信息发送给终端后,需要向终端发送第一指示信息(和第二指示信息)来指示终端激活相应的频域资源。本申请中,也可以在配置信息中预先定义默认激活的频域资源,例如,默认激活的频域资源为第一频域资源和第一频域资源关联的频域资源,若第一频域资源关联的频域资源为多个,则可以预先定义多个频域资源中的一个为默认激活的频域资源。如此,终端在接收到配置信息后,直接激活第一频域资源和第一频域资源关联的频域资源。具体来说,终端可以在接收到配置信息后,立即激活第一频域资源和第一频域资源关联的频域资源,或者,终端也可以在接收到配置信息等待设定时长后激活第一频域资源和第一频域资源关联的频域资源,又或者,终端也可以按照设定周期激活第一频域资源和第一频域资源关联的频域资源。
实施例三
本申请实施例三提供一种通信方法,该方法包括:终端从网络设备接收第三指示信息,所述第三指示信息用于指示激活第一频域资源对;以及,终端根据所述第三指示信息激活所述第一频域资源对。由于第一频域资源对包括相互关联的上行频域资源和下行频域资源,从而使得上行频域资源和下行频域资源能够联合激活,有效简化信令的设计。
本申请中,频域资源具体可以是指带宽部分,即BP或BWP。传输方向包括上行传输方向和下行传输方向。其中,用于进行下行传输的频域资源为下行频域资源,用于进行上行传输的频域资源为上行频域资源。相互关联的上行频域资源和下行频域资源组成一个频域资源对,具体来说,一个频域资源对中可以包括一个上行频域资源和多个下行频域资源,或者,也可以包括多个上行频域资源和一个下行频域资源,又或者,也可以包括多个上行频域资源和多个下行频域资源,又或者,也可以包括一个上行频域资源和一个下行频域资源,具体不做限定。终端可以支持同时激活多个频域资源对,或者,也可以仅支持同时激活一个频域资源对,下文中均以终端仅支持同时激活一个频域资源对为例进行说明。
图10为本申请提供的一种通信方法所对应的流程示意图,如图10所示,该方法包括:
步骤1001,网络设备生成第三指示信息,所述第三指示信息用于指示激活第一频域资源对,所述第一频域资源对包括相互关联的上行频域资源和下行频域资源。
其中,第三指示信息可以包括第一频域资源对的标识,第一频域资源对的标识可以为第一频域资源对的编号或者其它用于唯一标识第一频域资源对的信息,具体不做限定。
步骤1002,网络设备向终端发送所述第三指示信息。
此处,网络设备可以通过多种方式发送第三指示信息,例如,通过下行控制信息(downlink control information,DCI)发送第三指示信息,该DCI可以是调度下行数据的DCI,也可以是调度上行数据的DCI。
步骤1003,终端从网络设备接收第三指示信息。
此处,终端接收到第三指示信息后,通过解析得到第一频域资源对的标识。
步骤1004,终端根据所述第三指示信息激活所述第一频域资源对。
此处,终端激活第一频域资源对中的上行频域资源和下行频域资源,并使用激活的上 行频域资源和下行频域资源与网络设备进行数据传输。
本申请中,上述步骤流程所涉及的网络设备和终端中存储有至少一个频域资源对的标识以及至少一个频域资源对中的频域资源的标识;第一频域资源对为至少一个频域资源对中的任一个或任意多个频域资源对。第一种可能的实现方式,可以是由网络设备配置至少一个频域资源对,并向终端发送配置信息,所述配置信息用于配置至少一个频域资源对;相应地,终端根据所述配置信息,确定所述至少一个频域资源对;第二种可能的实现方式,可以是通过协议预先在网络设备和终端中配置至少一个频域资源对。进一步地,每个频域资源对中的频域资源可以具有相同的中心频点,从而有效避免终端在上下行不同中心频点之间进行切换。
进一步地,在上述步骤1003之后,还包括:终端去激活第二频域资源对;所述第二频域资源对为所述至少一个频域资源对中除所述第一频域资源对以外的已激活的频域资源对。也就是说,由于终端仅支持同时激活一个频域资源对,因此,在激活第一频域资源对之前,若确定存在已激活的第二频域资源对,则终端需要去激活第二频域资源对。
下面结合图11描述本申请提供的通信方法的一种可能的完整流程。如图11所示,该方法包括:
步骤1101,网络设备配置多个频域资源对,并向终端发送配置信息,所述配置信息用于配置多个频域资源对。
其中,网络设备向终端发送配置信息的实现方式可以有多种,例如,通过信令或者消息携带该配置信息,比如网络设备可以通过RRC信令或DCI发送配置信息。配置信息中可以包括多个频域资源对的标识和多个频域资源对中的频域资源的标识,参见表2,为配置信息的一种示例。
表2:配置信息示例
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由表2可以看出,上行频域资源1和下行频域资源1为一组相互关联的频域资源,构成一个频域资源对;上行频域资源2、上行频域资源3和下行频域资源3为一组相互关联的频域资源,构成一个频域资源对;上行频域资源N和下行频域资源M1、……、下行频域资源Mk为一组相互关联的频域资源,构成一个频域资源对。
步骤1102,终端接收配置信息,并根据所述配置信息,确定所述多个频域资源对。
步骤1103,网络设备生成第三指示信息,并向终端发送所述第三指示信息;所述第三指示信息用于指示激活第一频域资源对,第一频域资源对为多个频域资源对中的任一频域资源对。第三指示信息中可以包括第一频域资源对的标识。
步骤1104,网络设备生成第四指示信息,并向终端发送所述第四指示信息;所述第四 指示信息用于指示去激活第二频域资源对,第二频域资源对为多个频域资源对中除所述第一频域资源对以外的已激活的频域资源对。第四指示信息中可以包括第二频域资源对的标识。
步骤1105,终端从网络设备接收第三指示信息和第四指示信息,并根据所述第四指示信息去激活所述第二频域资源对,以及根据所述第三指示信息激活第一频域资源对。
需要说明的是,上述步骤编号仅为执行流程的一种示例性表示,例如,在其它的实施方式中,步骤1104也可以先于步骤1103执行,或者,步骤1104和步骤1103同时执行,具体不做限定。
根据上述图10和图11所描述的流程可知,终端根据第三指示信息激活第一频域资源对之前,可以通过接收网络设备发送的第四指示信息来去激活第二频域资源对,或者,也可以直接去激活第二频域资源对,具体不做限定。
需要说明的是,在其它可能的实现方式中,网络设备也可以仅向终端发送去激活的指示信息来指示终端去激活相应的频域资源对,从而实现上行频域资源和下行频域资源的联合去激活。
基于以上实施例一,本申请提供第一种通信装置,该通信装置可以为网络设备,也可以是网络设备内部的芯片,用于实现图2、图3和图7所示方法实施例中的相应流程或者步骤。参阅图12所示,通信装置1200可以包括:发送模块1201、接收模块1202和处理模块1203,具体来说,处理模块1203结合发送模块1201、接收模块1202执行:
向终端发送指示信息,所述指示信息用于指示与第一BP相关联的至少一个第二BP;
在所述第一BP和所述至少一个第二BP上与所述终端进行信号传输。
基于以上实施例一,本申请提供第二种通信装置,该通信装置可以为终端,也可以是终端内部的芯片,用于实现图2、图3和图7所示方法实施例中的相应流程或者步骤。参阅图13所示,通信装置1300可以包括:发送模块1301、接收模块1302和处理模块1303,具体来说,处理模块1303结合发送模块1301、接收模块1302执行:
接收网络设备发送的指示信息,所述指示信息用于指示与第一BP相关联的至少一个第二BP;
在所述第一BP和所述至少一个第二BP上与所述网络设备进行信号传输。
基于以上实施例二,本申请提供一种通信装置,该通信装置可以为网络设备,也可以为终端,用于实现图8和图9所示方法实施例中的相应流程或者步骤。该通信装置中可以包括相应的功能模块,用于执行实施例二中所描述的方法流程,例如可以包括发送模块、接收模块和处理模块。
基于以上实施例三,本申请提供一种通信装置,该通信装置可以为网络设备,也可以为终端,用于实现图10和图11所示方法实施例中的相应流程或者步骤。该通信装置中可以包括相应的功能模块,用于执行实施例三中所描述的方法流程,例如可以包括发送模块、接收模块和处理模块。
需要说明的是,本申请实施例中对模块的划分是示意性的,仅仅为一种逻辑功能划分,实际实现时可以有另外的划分方式。在本申请的实施例中的各功能模块可以集成在一个处理模块中,也可以是各个模块单独物理存在,也可以两个或两个以上模块集成在 一个模块中。上述集成的模块既可以采用硬件的形式实现,也可以采用软件功能模块的形式实现。
所述集成的模块如果以软件功能模块的形式实现并作为独立的产品销售或使用时,可以存储在一个计算机可读取存储介质中。基于这样的理解,本申请的技术方案本质上或者说对现有技术做出贡献的部分或者该技术方案的全部或部分可以以软件产品的形式体现出来,该计算机软件产品存储在一个存储介质中,包括若干指令用以使得一台计算机设备(可以是个人计算机,服务器,或者网络设备等)或处理器(processor)执行本申请各个实施例所述方法的全部或部分步骤。而前述的存储介质包括:U盘、移动硬盘、只读存储器(Read-Only Memory,ROM)、随机存取存储器(Random Access Memory,RAM)、磁碟或者光盘等各种可以存储程序代码的介质。
基于以上实施例一,本申请实施例提供第三种通信装置,该通信装置可以为网络设备,也可以为网络设备内部的芯片,用于实现图2、图3和图7所示方法实施例中的相应流程或者步骤。该通信装置具有如图12所示的通信装置1200的功能。参阅图14所示,所述通信装置1400包括:通信模块1401、处理器1402、总线1403、存储器1404;
所述通信模块1401,用于与其他设备进行通信交互,具体来说,用于向终端发送指示信息,所述指示信息用于指示与第一BP相关联的至少一个第二BP;以及在所述第一BP和所述至少一个第二BP上与所述终端进行信号传输。
所述通信模块1401可以为RF电路、WiFi模块、通信接口、蓝牙模块等。
所述处理器1402,用于实现如图12中处理模块1203的功能,例如,可包括:确定所述指示信息。
可选的,通信装置1400还可以包括:所述存储器1404,用于存放程序等。具体地,程序可以包括程序代码,该程序代码包括指令。存储器1404可能包含RAM,也可能还包括非易失性存储器(non-volatile memory),例如至少一个磁盘存储器。处理器1402执行存储器1404所存放的应用程序,实现上述功能。
基于以上实施例一,本申请实施例提供第四种通信装置,该通信装置可以为终端,也可以为终端内部的芯片,用于实现图2、图3和图7所示方法实施例中的相应流程或者步骤。该通信装置具有如图13所示的通信装置1300的功能。参阅图15所示,所述通信装置1500包括:通信模块1501、处理器1502、总线1503、存储器1504;
所述通信模块1501,用于与其他设备进行通信交互,具体来说,用于接收网络设备发送的指示信息,所述指示信息用于指示与第一BP相关联的至少一个第二BP;以及,在所述第一BP和所述至少一个第二BP上与所述网络设备进行信号传输。
所述通信模块1501可以为RF电路、WiFi模块、通信接口、蓝牙模块等。
所述处理器1502,用于实现如图13中处理模块1303的功能,例如,可包括:解析所述指示信息。
可选的,通信装置1500还可以包括:所述存储器1504,用于存放程序等。具体地,程序可以包括程序代码,该程序代码包括指令。存储器1504可能包含RAM,也可能还包括非易失性存储器(non-volatile memory),例如至少一个磁盘存储器。处理器1502执行存储器1504所存放的应用程序,实现上述功能。
基于以上实施例二、实施例三,本申请实施例提供一种通信装置,该通信装置可以为终端或网络设备,用于实现图8、图9、图10或图11所示方法实施例中的相应流程或者步 骤。该通信装置包括:通信模块、处理器;
所述通信模块,用于与其他设备进行通信交互。所述通信模块可以为RF电路、WiFi模块、通信接口、蓝牙模块等。
所述处理器,用于实现处理模块的功能。
可选的,通信装置还可以包括:所述存储器,用于存放程序等。具体地,程序可以包括程序代码,该程序代码包括指令。存储器可能包含RAM,也可能还包括非易失性存储器(non-volatile memory),例如至少一个磁盘存储器。处理器执行存储器所存放的应用程序,实现上述功能。
在上述实施例中,可以全部或部分地通过软件、硬件、固件或者其任意组合来实现。当使用软件实现时,可以全部或部分地以计算机程序产品的形式实现。所述计算机程序产品包括一个或多个计算机指令。在计算机上加载和执行所述计算机程序指令时,全部或部分地产生按照本发明实施例所述的流程或功能。所述计算机可以是通用计算机、专用计算机、计算机网络、或者其他可编程装置。所述计算机指令可以存储在计算机可读存储介质中,或者从一个计算机可读存储介质向另一个计算机可读存储介质传输,例如,所述计算机指令可以从一个网站站点、计算机、服务器或数据中心通过有线(例如同轴电缆、光纤、数字用户线(DSL))或无线(例如红外、无线、微波等)方式向另一个网站站点、计算机、服务器或数据中心进行传输。所述计算机可读存储介质可以是计算机能够存取的任何可用介质或者是包含一个或多个可用介质集成的服务器、数据中心等数据存储设备。所述可用介质可以是磁性介质,(例如,软盘、硬盘、磁带)、光介质(例如,DVD)、或者半导体介质(例如固态硬盘Solid State Disk(SSD))等。
本发明实施例是参照根据本发明实施例的方法、设备(系统)、和计算机程序产品的流程图和/或方框图来描述的。应理解可由计算机程序指令实现流程图和/或方框图中的每一流程和/或方框、以及流程图和/或方框图中的流程和/或方框的结合。可提供这些计算机程序指令到通用计算机、专用计机、嵌入式处理机或其他可编程数据处理设备的处理器以产生一个机器,使得通过计算机或其他可编程数据处理设备的处理器执行的指令产生用于实现在流程图一个流程或多个流程和/或方框图一个方框或多个方框中指定的功能的装置。
这些计算机程序指令也可存储在能引导计算机或其他可编程数据处理设备以特定方式工作的计算机可读存储器中,使得存储在该计算机可读存储器中的指令产生包括指令装置的制造品,该指令装置实现在流程图一个流程或多个流程和/或方框图一个方框或多个方框中指定的功能。
这些计算机程序指令也可装载到计算机或其他可编程数据处理设备上,使得在计算机或其他可编程设备上执行一系列操作步骤以产生计算机实现的处理,从而在计算机或其他可编程设备上执行的指令提供用于实现在流程图一个流程或多个流程和/或方框图一个方框或多个方框中指定的功能的步骤。
显然,本领域的技术人员可以对本发明实施例进行各种改动和变型而不脱离本申请的精神和范围。这样,倘若本发明实施例的这些修改和变型属于本申请权利要求及其等同技术的范围之内,则本申请也意图包含这些改动和变型在内。

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  1. 一种通信方法,其特征在于,所述方法包括:
    网络设备向终端发送指示信息,所述指示信息用于指示与第一带宽部分BP相关联的至少一个第二BP;
    所述网络设备在所述第一BP和所述至少一个第二BP上与所述终端进行信号传输。
  2. 根据权利要求1所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一BP为下行BP,所述第二BP为上行BP;
    所述网络设备向终端发送所述指示信息,包括:
    所述网络设备在所述第一BP上向所述终端发送所述指示信息。
  3. 根据权利要求1所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一BP为下行BP,所述第二BP为上行BP;
    所述网络设备在所述第一BP和所述至少一个第二BP上与所述终端进行信号传输,包括:
    所述网络设备接收所述终端在所述第一BP中的上行调度授权对应的所述至少一个第二BP上发送的上行数据。
  4. 根据权利要求1所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一BP为上行BP,所述第二BP为下行BP;
    所述网络设备在所述第一BP和所述至少一个第二BP上与所述终端进行信号传输,包括:
    所述网络设备在所述第一BP上接收所述终端发送的至少一个HARQ反馈信息,所述HARQ反馈信息对应至少一个所述第二BP的HARQ。
  5. 根据权利要求1所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一BP为下行BP,所述第二BP为上行BP;或者,所述第一BP为上行BP,所述第二BP为下行BP。
  6. 根据权利要求1至5中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一BP和所述至少一个第二BP属于同一个小区。
  7. 根据权利要求1至5中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述方法至少应用于TDD系统和FDD系统中。
  8. 根据权利要求1所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一BP为下行BP,所述第二BP为上行BP;
    所述方法还包括:
    所述网络设备接收所述终端在上行测量BP上发送的SRS;所述上行测量BP为根据所述至少一个第二BP得到的;
    所述网络设备根据所述SRS得到所述第一BP的信道质量。
  9. 一种通信方法,其特征在于,所述方法包括:
    终端接收网络设备发送的指示信息,所述指示信息用于指示与第一BP相关联的至少一个第二BP;
    所述终端在所述第一BP和所述至少一个第二BP上与所述网络设备进行信号传输。
  10. 根据权利要求9所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一BP为下行BP,所述第二BP为上行BP;
    所述终端接收网络设备发送的指示信息,包括:
    所述终端在所述第一BP上接收所述网络设备发送的所述指示信息。
  11. 根据权利要求9所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一BP为下行BP,所述第二BP为上行BP;
    所述终端在所述第一BP和所述至少一个第二BP上与所述网络设备进行信号传输,包括:
    所述终端在所述第一BP中的上行调度授权对应的所述至少一个第二BP上向所述网络设备发送上行数据。
  12. 根据权利要求9所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一BP为上行BP,所述第二BP为下行BP;
    所述终端在所述第一BP和所述至少一个第二BP上与所述网络设备进行信号传输,包括:
    所述终端在所述第一BP上向所述网络设备发送至少一个HARQ反馈信息,所述HARQ反馈信息对应至少一个所述第二BP的HARQ。
  13. 根据权利要求9所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一BP为下行BP,所述第二BP为上行BP;或者,所述第一BP为上行BP,所述第二BP为下行BP。
  14. 根据权利要求9至13中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一BP和所述至少一个第二BP属于同一个小区。
  15. 根据权利要求9至13中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述方法至少应用于时分双工TDD系统和频分双工FDD系统中。
  16. 根据权利要求9所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一BP为下行BP,所述第二BP为上行BP;
    所述方法还包括:
    所述终端在上行测量BP上发送SRS;所述上行测量BP为根据所述至少一个第二BP得到的。
  17. 一种通信方法,其特征在于,所述方法包括:
    终端从网络设备接收配置信息,所述配置信息用于配置第一频域资源和所述第一频域资源关联的频域资源;其中,所述第一频域资源和所述第一频域资源关联的频域资源具有相同的中心频点,所述第一频域资源和所述第一频域资源关联的频域资源在不同的传输方向上;
    所述终端根据所述配置信息,确定所述第一频域资源和所述第一频域资源关联的频域资源。
  18. 根据权利要求17所述的方法,其特征在于,所述方法还包括:
    所述终端从所述网络设备接收第一指示信息,所述第一指示信息用于指示激活所述第一频域资源;
    所述终端根据所述第一指示信息,激活所述第一频域资源。
  19. 根据权利要求18所述的方法,其特征在于,所述终端从所述网络设备接收第一指示信息之后,还包括:
    所述终端去激活第三频域资源;
    所述第三频域资源和所述第一频域资源在同一个传输方向上,所述第三频域资源和所 述第一频域资源具有相同的中心频点。
  20. 根据权利要求18所述的方法,其特征在于,所述终端从所述网络设备接收第一指示信息之后,还包括:
    所述终端激活所述第一频域资源关联的频域资源,以及去激活第三频域资源和第四频域资源;
    所述第三频域资源和所述第一频域资源在同一个传输方向上,所述第三频域资源和所述第一频域资源具有不同的中心频点;
    所述第三频域资源和所述第四频域资源在不同的传输方向上,所述第三频域资源和所述第四频域资源具有相同的中心频点。
  21. 根据权利要求20所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一频域资源关联的频域资源为多个频域资源;
    所述终端激活所述第一频域资源关联的频域资源,包括:
    所述终端接收所述网络设备发送的第二指示信息,所述第二指示信息用于指示激活第二频域资源,所述第二频域资源为所述第一频域资源关联的频域资源中任一频域资源;
    所述终端根据所述第二指示信息,激活所述第二频域资源。
  22. 根据权利要求17所述的方法,其特征在于,所述方法还包括:
    所述终端根据所述配置信息,激活所述第一频域资源和所述第一频域资源关联的频域资源。
  23. 一种通信方法,其特征在于,所述方法包括:
    网络设备生成配置信息;
    所述网络设备向终端发送所述配置信息,所述配置信息用于配置第一频域资源和所述第一频域资源关联的频域资源;其中,所述第一频域资源和所述第一频域资源关联的频域资源具有相同的中心频点,所述第一频域资源和所述第一频域资源关联的频域资源在不同的传输方向上。
  24. 根据权利要求23所述的方法,其特征在于,所述方法还包括:
    所述网络设备向所述终端发送第一指示信息,所述第一指示信息用于指示激活所述第一频域资源。
  25. 根据权利要求23所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一频域资源关联的频域资源为多个频域资源;
    所述方法还包括:
    所述网络设备向所述终端发送第二指示信息,所述第二指示信息用于指示激活第二频域资源,所述第二频域资源为所述第一频域资源关联的频域资源中任一频域资源。
  26. 一种通信方法,其特征在于,所述方法包括:
    终端从网络设备接收第三指示信息,所述第三指示信息用于指示激活第一频域资源对,所述第一频域资源对包括相互关联的上行频域资源和下行频域资源;
    所述终端根据所述第三指示信息激活所述第一频域资源对。
  27. 根据权利要求26所述的方法,其特征在于,所述终端从网络设备接收第三指示信息之前,还包括:
    所述终端从所述网络设备接收配置信息,所述配置信息用于配置至少一个频域资源对;所述第一频域资源对为所述至少一个频域资源对中的任一个或任意多个频域资源对;
    所述终端根据所述配置信息,确定所述至少一个频域资源对。
  28. 根据权利要求27所述的方法,其特征在于,所述终端从网络设备接收第三指示信息之后,还包括:
    所述终端去激活第二频域资源对;所述第二频域资源对为所述至少一个频域资源对中除所述第一频域资源对以外的已激活的频域资源对。
  29. 根据权利要求26至28中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第三指示信息包括所述第一频域资源对的标识。
  30. 根据权利要求26至29中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一频域资源对中的频域资源具有相同的中心频点。
  31. 一种通信方法,其特征在于,所述方法包括:
    网络设备生成第三指示信息,所述第三指示信息用于指示激活第一频域资源对,所述第一频域资源对包括相互关联的上行频域资源和下行频域资源;
    所述网络设备向终端发送所述第三指示信息。
  32. 根据权利要求31所述的方法,其特征在于,所述方法还包括:
    所述网络设备向终端发送配置信息,所述配置信息用于配置至少一个频域资源对;所述第一频域资源对为所述至少一个频域资源对中的任一个或任意多个频域资源对。
  33. 根据权利要求31或32所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第三指示信息包括所述第一频域资源对的标识。
  34. 根据权利要求31至33中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一频域资源对中的频域资源具有相同的中心频点。
  35. 一种通信装置,其特征在于,所述通信装置包括:发送模块、接收模块和处理模块;所述发送模块、所述接收模块和所述处理模块用于执行上述权利要求1至34中任意一项所述的方法。
  36. 一种计算机可读存储介质,其特征在于,所述存储介质存储有指令,当所述指令在计算机上运行时,使得计算机实现执行权利要求1至34任意一项所述的方法所述的方法。
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