WO2022077404A1 - 一种通信方法及装置 - Google Patents

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WO2022077404A1
WO2022077404A1 PCT/CN2020/121329 CN2020121329W WO2022077404A1 WO 2022077404 A1 WO2022077404 A1 WO 2022077404A1 CN 2020121329 W CN2020121329 W CN 2020121329W WO 2022077404 A1 WO2022077404 A1 WO 2022077404A1
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  • the present application relates to the field of wireless communication technologies, and in particular, to a communication method and apparatus.
  • the base station can configure the pattern 1 and pattern 2 of the time slot through the radio resource control (RRC) common signaling.
  • RRC radio resource control
  • the period of pattern 1 and the positions of downlink time slots, downlink symbols, uplink time slots, and uplink symbols in pattern 1 can be configured through RRC common signaling.
  • Symbols not arranged in pattern 1 are flexible (F) symbols.
  • the base station may also configure the F symbols as uplink or downlink symbols through RRC dedicated (dedicate) signaling.
  • the base station can also dynamically indicate the time slot configured as "F symbol" through downlink control information (DCI).
  • DCI downlink control information
  • Symbol format The slot format is predefined in the protocol, and 256 slot formats are currently defined. Since the base station indicates the index value of the time slot format through the DCI, the terminal equipment needs to store all possible time slot formats, so that the corresponding time slot format can be determined according to the index value indicated by the DCI.
  • time slot formats may continue to increase. If the terminal device stores all possible time slot formats, the implementation complexity is relatively large for the terminal device. Especially for low-capacity (reduced capacity, REDCAP) terminal equipment, many timeslot formats are not suitable for REDCAP terminal equipment, and the base station does not configure timeslot formats that are not suitable for REDCAP terminal equipment, so REDCAP terminal equipment does not So many slot formats need to be stored. As for the base station, the base station needs to configure a suitable time slot format for the terminal device from all possible time slot formats, which leads to a great complexity in configuring the time slot format.
  • REDCAP reduced capacity
  • the purpose of the present application is to provide a communication method and apparatus for reducing the complexity of time slot format configuration.
  • an embodiment of the present application provides a communication method, which is suitable for a scenario where a network device configures a time slot format for a terminal device.
  • the execution body of the method is a network device or a module in the network device, and the description is made by taking the network device as the execution body as an example.
  • the method includes: the network device determines first time slot format combination information according to one or more of the service type of the terminal device, the capability information of the terminal device and the threshold information; the service type is associated with at least one time slot format, and the terminal device's
  • the capability information indicates the quantity information of the time slot formats supported by the terminal device, and the threshold value information indicates at least one time slot format that satisfies the threshold value information; the network device sends the first information to the terminal device, and the first information indicates the time slot of one or more time slots
  • the format is the slot format corresponding to the first slot format combination information.
  • the network device determines the first time slot format combination information according to the service type, taking into account the different requirements for the number of uplink and downlink time slots and the number of uplink and downlink symbols for different service types, which is more suitable for the transmission of different service types of terminal equipment. requirements, improve the spectrum utilization efficiency of terminal equipment, and improve transmission throughput.
  • the network device determines the first time slot format combination information according to the capability information of the terminal device, and considers the processing capabilities of different terminal devices, which is more suitable for the processing capability and transmission requirements of the terminal device, improves the spectrum utilization efficiency of the terminal device, and improves the transmission throughput. quantity.
  • the network device determines the first time slot format combination information according to the threshold information, and can consider the transmission requirements of different terminal devices, which can better meet the transmission of the terminal device, improve the spectrum utilization efficiency of the terminal device, and improve the transmission throughput.
  • the network device determines the first time slot format combination information according to at least two of the service type of the terminal device, the capability information of the terminal device, and the threshold information, which also has the above beneficial effects.
  • the method can configure the time slot format for the terminal device under the condition that the number of time slot formats supported by the terminal device is less than the number of time slot formats specified in the standard, thereby reducing the complexity of configuring the time slot format.
  • the first slot format combination information includes at least one of the following: a slot format corresponding to the slot format index, the maximum number of slot formats, or the number of slot format indices. A collection of values.
  • the first information further indicates a configuration of a time slot format of one or more time slots.
  • the configuration of the time slot format of one or more time slots is indicated by the first information, which is beneficial for the terminal device to obtain the time slot format and perform uplink or downlink transmission.
  • the threshold information includes one or more of a first threshold, a second threshold, and a third threshold; any one of the at least one slot format that satisfies the threshold information One or more of the following are satisfied: the number of uplink symbols is greater than or equal to the first threshold; the number of downlink symbols is greater than or equal to the second threshold; the number of flexible symbols is greater than or equal to the third threshold.
  • the first threshold is used to indicate the minimum value of the number of uplink symbols, which is more conducive to ensuring the transmission requirement of the uplink service and improving the uplink rate and throughput.
  • the second threshold is used to indicate the minimum value of the number of downlink symbols, which is more conducive to ensuring the receiving requirements of downlink services, improving the downlink rate, and improving the efficiency of spectrum utilization.
  • the third threshold is used to indicate the minimum value of the number of flexible symbols, and the third threshold can avoid affecting uplink transmission and downlink reception.
  • the threshold information is determined according to a first parameter; the first parameter includes at least one of the following: subcarrier spacing SCS, radio frequency adjustment duration, timing advance TA or bandwidth part BWP switching duration.
  • the threshold information is used to indicate the minimum value of the number of flexible symbols, so that uplink transmission and downlink reception will not be performed on the symbols indicated by the threshold information, which can avoid Affects uplink transmission and downlink reception.
  • the present application further provides a communication device, the communication device having any of the methods provided in the above-mentioned first aspect.
  • the communication device may be implemented by hardware, or by executing corresponding software by hardware.
  • the hardware or software includes one or more units or modules corresponding to the above functions.
  • the communication apparatus includes: a processor configured to support the communication apparatus to perform the corresponding functions of the network device in the method shown above.
  • the communication device may also include a memory, which may be coupled to the processor, which holds program instructions and data necessary for the communication device.
  • the communication apparatus further includes an interface circuit, and the interface circuit is used to support communication between the communication apparatus and equipment such as terminal equipment.
  • the communication device includes corresponding functional modules, which are respectively used to implement the steps in the above method.
  • the functions can be implemented by hardware, or by executing corresponding software by hardware.
  • the hardware or software includes one or more modules corresponding to the above functions.
  • the structure of the communication apparatus includes a processing module and a communication module, and these units can perform the corresponding functions in the above method examples.
  • these units can perform the corresponding functions in the above method examples. For details, refer to the description in the method provided in the first aspect, which will not be repeated here.
  • an embodiment of the present application provides a communication method, which is suitable for a scenario where a network device configures a time slot format for a terminal device.
  • the execution body of the method is a terminal device or a module in the terminal device, and the description is made by taking the terminal device as the execution body as an example.
  • the method includes: the terminal device determines first time slot format combination information according to one or more of the service type of the terminal device, the capability information of the terminal device and the threshold information; the service type is associated with at least one time slot format, and the terminal device's
  • the capability information indicates the quantity information of the time slot formats supported by the terminal device, and the threshold value information indicates at least one time slot format that satisfies the threshold value information; the terminal device receives the first information from the network device, and the first information indicates the time of one or more time slots
  • the slot format is the slot format corresponding to the first slot format combination information.
  • the first slot format combination information includes at least one of the following: a slot format corresponding to a slot format index, a maximum number of slot formats, a slot format index of A collection of values.
  • the first information further indicates a configuration of a time slot format of one or more time slots.
  • the threshold information includes one or more of a first threshold, a second threshold, and a third threshold
  • any one of the at least one slot format that satisfies the threshold information satisfies one or more of the following:
  • the number of uplink symbols is greater than or equal to the first threshold; the number of downlink symbols is greater than or equal to the second threshold; and the number of flexible symbols is greater than or equal to the third threshold.
  • the threshold information is determined according to a first parameter; the first parameter includes at least one of the following: subcarrier spacing SCS, radio frequency adjustment duration, timing advance TA or bandwidth part BWP switching duration.
  • the present application further provides a communication device, the communication device having any of the methods provided in the third aspect above.
  • the communication device may be implemented by hardware, or by executing corresponding software by hardware.
  • the hardware or software includes one or more units or modules corresponding to the above functions.
  • the communication apparatus includes: a processor, and the processor is configured to support the communication apparatus to perform the corresponding functions of the terminal device in the above-described method.
  • the communication device may also include a memory, which may be coupled to the processor, which holds program instructions and data necessary for the communication device.
  • the communication apparatus further includes an interface circuit, and the interface circuit is used to support communication between the communication apparatus and equipment such as network equipment.
  • the communication device includes corresponding functional modules, which are respectively used to implement the steps in the above method.
  • the functions can be implemented by hardware, or by executing corresponding software by hardware.
  • the hardware or software includes one or more modules corresponding to the above functions.
  • the structure of the communication apparatus includes a processing module and a communication module, and these units can perform the corresponding functions in the above method examples.
  • these units can perform the corresponding functions in the above method examples.
  • the description of the method provided in the third aspect which will not be repeated here.
  • an embodiment of the present application provides a communication method, which is suitable for a scenario where a network device configures a time slot format for a terminal device.
  • the execution body of the method is a terminal device or a module in the terminal device, and the description is made by taking the terminal device as the execution body as an example.
  • the method includes: a terminal device receives configuration information from a network device, the configuration information indicates a first time slot format; the terminal device determines at least one of the time unit between two adjacent time slots and the transmission direction switching information according to the first time slot format One, the time unit is not used for uplink transmission or downlink reception.
  • the terminal device receives the configuration information from the network device and determines the format of the first time slot, which is beneficial for the terminal device to determine the configuration of uplink symbols, downlink symbols and flexible symbols in a time slot.
  • the time unit between two adjacent time slots can be determined according to the first time slot format, and the time unit is not used for uplink transmission or downlink reception, and is used to ensure that the terminal equipment can complete the conversion of uplink symbols and downlink symbols.
  • the transmission direction switching information can be determined according to the first time slot format, and the implementation complexity of the REDCAP UE can be reduced by constraining the transmission direction switching information, and the switching times of the sending side and the receiving side can be reduced.
  • the duration of the time unit is greater than or equal to the radio frequency adjustment duration of the terminal device, or the timing advance TA, or the bandwidth part switching duration; or the duration of the time unit is greater than or equal to the radio frequency of the terminal device.
  • the terminal device uses the first manner or the second manner to determine the positional relationship of the time unit in two adjacent time slots, and the duration of the time unit.
  • the first manner is: when two adjacent time slots include a first time slot and a second time slot located after the first time slot, and two adjacent time slots When there is a downlink symbol between time slots that is converted into an uplink symbol, the last M symbols of the first time slot are used as a time unit, and M is a positive integer.
  • the second manner is: when two adjacent time slots include a first time slot and a third time slot located before the first time slot, and two adjacent time slots When there is a transition from uplink to downlink or from downlink to uplink between time slots, the first M symbols of the first time slot are used as time units, and M is a positive integer.
  • the transmission direction switching information indicates the number of uplink and downlink switching, and the transmission direction switching information is 0 or 1.
  • the transmission direction switching information includes: the transmission symbol directions are the same, and the transmission direction switching information is 0 or 1; or, the transmission symbol directions are different, the transmission direction switching information is 0, and 0 is greater than or equal to 1.
  • the present application further provides a communication device, the communication device having any of the methods provided in the fifth aspect.
  • the communication device may be implemented by hardware, or by executing corresponding software by hardware.
  • the hardware or software includes one or more units or modules corresponding to the above functions.
  • the communication apparatus includes: a processor, and the processor is configured to support the communication apparatus to perform the corresponding functions of the terminal device in the above-described method.
  • the communication device may also include a memory, which may be coupled to the processor, which holds program instructions and data necessary for the communication device.
  • the communication apparatus further includes an interface circuit, and the interface circuit is used to support communication between the communication apparatus and equipment such as network equipment.
  • the communication device includes corresponding functional modules, which are respectively used to implement the steps in the above method.
  • the functions can be implemented by hardware, or by executing corresponding software by hardware.
  • the hardware or software includes one or more modules corresponding to the above functions.
  • the structure of the communication apparatus includes a processing module and a communication module, and these units can perform the corresponding functions in the above method examples.
  • these units can perform the corresponding functions in the above method examples.
  • an embodiment of the present application provides a communication method, which is applicable to a scenario where a network device configures a time slot format for a terminal device.
  • the execution body of the method is a network device or a module in the network device, and the description is made by taking the network device as the execution body as an example.
  • the method includes: the network device determines configuration information, and the configuration information indicates a first time slot format; the first time slot format can determine at least one of a time unit between two adjacent time slots and transmission direction switching information, and the time unit is not used. For uplink transmission or downlink reception; the network device sends configuration information to the terminal device.
  • the duration of the time unit is greater than or equal to the radio frequency adjustment duration of the terminal device, or the timing advance TA, or the bandwidth part switching duration; or the duration of the time unit is greater than or equal to the radio frequency of the terminal device.
  • the duration of the time unit is determined according to the first manner or the second manner.
  • the first manner is: when two adjacent time slots include a first time slot and a second time slot located after the first time slot, and two adjacent time slots When there is a downlink symbol between time slots that is converted into an uplink symbol, the last M symbols of the first time slot are used as a time unit, and M is a positive integer.
  • the second manner is: when two adjacent time slots include a first time slot and a third time slot located before the first time slot, and two adjacent time slots When there is a transition from uplink to downlink or from downlink to uplink between time slots, the first M symbols of the first time slot are used as time units, and M is a positive integer.
  • the transmission direction switching information indicates the number of uplink and downlink switching, and the transmission direction switching information is 0 or 1.
  • the present application further provides a communication device, the communication device having any of the methods provided in the seventh aspect.
  • the communication device may be implemented by hardware, or by executing corresponding software by hardware.
  • the hardware or software includes one or more units or modules corresponding to the above functions.
  • the communication apparatus includes: a processor configured to support the communication apparatus to perform the corresponding functions of the network device in the method shown above.
  • the communication device may also include a memory, which may be coupled to the processor, which holds program instructions and data necessary for the communication device.
  • the communication apparatus further includes an interface circuit, and the interface circuit is used to support communication between the communication apparatus and equipment such as terminal equipment.
  • the communication device includes corresponding functional modules, which are respectively used to implement the steps in the above method.
  • the functions can be implemented by hardware, or by executing corresponding software by hardware.
  • the hardware or software includes one or more modules corresponding to the above functions.
  • the structure of the communication device includes a processing module and a communication module, and these units can perform corresponding functions in the above method examples.
  • these units can perform corresponding functions in the above method examples. For details, refer to the description of the method provided in the seventh aspect, which will not be repeated here.
  • a communication device comprising a processor and an interface circuit, the interface circuit is configured to receive signals from other communication devices other than the communication device and transmit to the processor or send signals from the processor
  • the processor is used to implement the method in the first aspect or any possible implementation manner of any of the foregoing aspects through logic circuits or executing code instructions.
  • a tenth aspect provides a communication device, comprising a processor and an interface circuit, the interface circuit is configured to receive signals from other communication devices other than the communication device and transmit to the processor or send signals from the processor
  • the processor is used to implement the functional modules of the third aspect and the method in any possible implementation manner of the third aspect through logic circuits or executing code instructions.
  • a communication device comprising a processor and an interface circuit
  • the interface circuit is configured to receive signals from other communication devices other than the communication device and transmit to the processor or transfer signals from the processor Sent to other communication devices other than the communication device
  • the processor is used to implement the functional modules of the methods in the fifth aspect and any possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect through logic circuits or executing code instructions.
  • a twelfth aspect provides a communication device, comprising a processor and an interface circuit, the interface circuit is configured to receive signals from other communication devices other than the communication device and transmit to the processor or transfer signals from the processor Sent to other communication devices other than the communication device, the processor is used to implement the functional modules of the methods in the seventh aspect and any possible implementation manner of the seventh aspect through logic circuits or executing code instructions.
  • a thirteenth aspect provides a computer-readable storage medium, where a computer program or instruction is stored, and when the computer program or instruction is executed by a processor, the aforementioned first aspect or the third aspect is implemented or the method in any of the fifth aspect or the seventh aspect, and any possible implementation of any of the aspects.
  • a fourteenth aspect provides a computer program product comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, implement any of the foregoing first or third or fifth or seventh aspects, and any A method in any possible implementation of an aspect.
  • a fifteenth aspect provides a chip system, the chip system includes a processor, and may further include a memory, for implementing any one of the foregoing first aspect or the third aspect or the fifth aspect or the seventh aspect, and any A method in any possible implementation of an aspect.
  • the chip system can be composed of chips, and can also include chips and other discrete devices.
  • a sixteenth aspect provides a communication system, where the system includes the device (eg, network device) described in the second aspect and the device (eg, terminal device) described in the fourth aspect.
  • a seventeenth aspect provides a communication system, where the system includes the apparatus (eg, terminal equipment) described in the sixth aspect and the apparatus (eg, network equipment) described in the eighth aspect.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a network architecture applicable to an embodiment of the present application
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a pattern provided in an embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart of a communication method provided by an embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a transmission direction switching provided by an embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a transmission direction switching provided by an embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 6 is a schematic flowchart of a communication method provided by an embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a time slot structure provided by an embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a time slot structure provided by an embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a time slot structure provided by an embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of a transmission direction switching provided by an embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of a transmission direction switching provided by an embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of a transmission direction switching provided by an embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 14 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application.
  • LTE long term evolution
  • FDD frequency division duplex
  • TDD time division duplex
  • NR NR system
  • the method in the embodiment of the present application is not only applicable to a TDD system, but also to a half duplex-frequency division duplex (HD-FDD), so that the HD-FDD works according to the time slot configuration method of the embodiment of the present application .
  • HD-FDD half duplex-frequency division duplex
  • the terminal device may be a device with a wireless transceiver function or a chip that can be installed in any device, and may also be referred to as user equipment (UE), an access terminal, a user unit, or a remote terminal.
  • UE user equipment
  • mobile device user terminal, wireless communication device, user agent or user equipment.
  • the terminal device in this embodiment of the present application may be a mobile phone (mobile phone), a tablet computer (Pad), a virtual reality (VR) terminal, an augmented reality (AR) terminal, or a terminal in an industrial control (industrial control).
  • Wireless terminals wireless terminals in self-driving, wireless terminals in remote medical, wireless terminals in smart grid, wireless terminals in transportation safety, etc.
  • the terminal device may be a REDCAP terminal device in the NR system, or may be a terminal device with traditional capabilities.
  • REDCAP terminal equipment may also be referred to as low-capacity terminal equipment, reduced-capacity terminal equipment, REDCAP UE, Reduced Capacity UE, mMTC UE, etc.
  • Legacy-capable or normal-capability or high-capability terminal equipment may also be referred to as legacy (legacy) terminal equipment or normal (normal) terminal equipment.
  • low-capacity terminal equipment is different in one or more of the following characteristic parameters:
  • the bandwidth (channel bandwidth), that is, the bandwidth supported or configured by the terminal device, the bandwidth of the low-capability terminal device and the traditional terminal device in this application may be different.
  • the bandwidth of low-capacity terminal equipment is 20M
  • the bandwidth of traditional terminal equipment is 100M.
  • the number of resource units supported or configured varies.
  • the number of resources supported by a low-capability terminal device is 48RB
  • the number of resources supported by a traditional terminal device is 96RB.
  • the number of transmit antenna ports and/or the number of receive antenna ports are different.
  • a low-capacity terminal device has 1 transmit antenna port and 2 receive antenna ports
  • a traditional terminal device has 2 transmit antenna ports and 4 receive antenna ports.
  • the number of RF channels varies.
  • the number of radio frequency channels of low-capacity terminal equipment is one
  • the number of radio frequency channels of traditional terminal equipment is two.
  • the number of HARQ processes is different.
  • the number of HARQ processes of a low-capability terminal device is 8, and the number of HARQ processes of a traditional terminal device is 16.
  • Supported peak rates vary. For example, the maximum peak rate supported by low-capacity terminal equipment is 100 Mbps, and the peak rate supported by traditional terminal equipment is 200 Mbps.
  • low-capacity terminal equipment is used in industrial wireless sensing, video surveillance, wearable devices, etc.
  • traditional terminal equipment is used in mobile communication, video Internet access, etc.
  • Latency requirements are different.
  • the delay requirement of low-capability terminal equipment is 500 milliseconds
  • the delay requirement of traditional terminal equipment is 100 milliseconds.
  • Processing power is different.
  • low-capacity terminal devices do not support complex operations (complex operations include: artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality (virtual reality, VR) rendering), while traditional terminal devices support complex operations; such as: low-capacity terminals
  • complex operations include: artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality (virtual reality, VR) rendering
  • traditional terminal devices support complex operations; such as: low-capacity terminals
  • the processing power of the device is lower than that of traditional terminal equipment.
  • the protocol version is different.
  • the protocol version supported by low-capacity terminal equipment is Release 17
  • the protocol version supported by traditional terminal equipment is Release 15.
  • the duplex mode (half duplex, full duplex) is different.
  • low-capacity terminal equipment works in a half-duplex mode
  • traditional terminal equipment works in a full-duplex mode.
  • Businesses such as video surveillance, MBB, etc.
  • the service supported by low-capacity terminal equipment is video surveillance
  • the service supported by traditional terminal equipment is MBB.
  • Network equipment is mainly responsible for providing wireless connections for terminal equipment and ensuring reliable transmission of uplink and downlink data of terminal equipment.
  • the network device may be a next-generation base station (next Generation node B, gNB) in an NR system, an evolutional node (evolutional node B, eNB) in an LTE system, or the like.
  • gNB next-generation base station
  • evolutional node B, eNB evolutional node
  • LTE Long Term Evolutional node
  • the network device is a gNB, it can be composed of a centralized unit (centralized unit, CU) and a distributed unit (distributed unit, DU).
  • the method provided in this embodiment of the present application can be applied to the communication system shown in FIG. 1 , where a network device and three terminal devices (represented by UE1 to UE3 respectively) form a single-cell communication system, and UE1 to UE3 form a single-cell communication system.
  • the uplink data can be sent to the network device separately or simultaneously, and the network device can send the downlink data to the UE1 to UE3 separately or simultaneously.
  • FIG. 1 is only an exemplary illustration, and does not specifically limit the number of terminal devices included in the communication system, the number of network devices, and the number of cells covered by the network devices.
  • the network device can configure the time slot pattern (pattern) for all terminal devices in the cell through RRC public signaling.
  • the patterns that can be configured by the device are divided into pattern 1 and pattern 2, and the configuration rules of these two patterns are the same.
  • pattern 1 as an example, the configuration rules are as follows:
  • the transmission period P1 can be 0.5ms, 0.625ms, 1ms, 1.25ms, 2ms, 2.5ms, 5ms or 10ms, etc. It is configured according to the actual situation:
  • D represents downlink time slot or downlink symbol
  • U represents uplink time slot or uplink symbol
  • F represents F symbol
  • F symbol can also be called as Flexible symbol.
  • the network device can also configure the F symbol as an uplink or downlink symbol through RRC dedicated signaling. Further, if the F symbol still exists after the configuration of the RRC public signaling and the RRC dedicated signaling, the network device may also indicate the symbol format configured as the F symbol through the DCI. For example, DCI does not directly indicate the symbol format of the F symbol, but indicates the time slot format including the time slot where the F symbol is located. Each time slot format specifies the number and position of uplink symbols in a time slot, and the number of downlink symbols. and location.
  • the network architecture and service scenarios described in the embodiments of the present application are for the purpose of illustrating the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application more clearly, and do not constitute a limitation on the technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present application.
  • the evolution of the architecture and the emergence of new business scenarios, the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present application are also applicable to similar technical problems.
  • the interaction between a terminal device and a network device is used as an example for description.
  • the methods provided in the embodiments of the present application can also be applied to the interaction between other execution subjects, for example, a chip or module of a terminal device, and a
  • a chip or module of a terminal device for example, a chip or module of a terminal device
  • a for the interaction between chips or modules in the network device when the execution body is a chip or a module, reference may be made to the descriptions in the embodiments of this application, and details are not repeated here.
  • FIG. 3 a schematic flowchart of a communication method provided by an embodiment of the present application is shown. Referring to Figure 3, the method includes:
  • Step 301 The network device determines the first time slot format combination information according to one or more of the service type of the terminal device, the capability information of the terminal device, and the threshold information.
  • the service type is associated with at least one slot format, the capability information of the terminal device indicates quantity information of slot formats supported by the terminal device, and the threshold information indicates at least one slot format that satisfies the threshold information;
  • Step 302 The network device sends first information to the terminal device, where the first information indicates that the time slot format of one or more time slots is the time slot format corresponding to the first time slot format combination information.
  • the network device may send the first information through DCI, or may send the first information through other methods, which is not limited in this application.
  • Step 303 The terminal device determines the first time slot format combination information according to one or more of the service type of the terminal device, the capability information of the terminal device, and the threshold information.
  • the service type is associated with at least one slot format
  • the capability information of the terminal device indicates quantity information of slot formats supported by the terminal device
  • the threshold information indicates at least one slot format that satisfies the threshold information
  • Step 304 The terminal device receives first information from the network device, where the first information indicates that the time slot format of one or more time slots is the time slot format corresponding to the first time slot format combination information.
  • the same time slot may also exist
  • the format of the slots that is, there are at least two slots with the same format.
  • the first time slot format combination information may include at least one of the following:
  • the slot format corresponding to the slot format index is the complete set of slot formats supported by the terminal device.
  • the slot format may indicate one or more of the following information in a slot: Downstream symbols and symbol positions, flexible symbols and symbol positions, upstream symbols and symbol positions.
  • the time slot format of the time slot is format A, and format A can indicate that 0 to 3 in the time slot are downlink symbols, and 4 to 5 are flexible symbols. 5 to 13 are uplink symbols.
  • the slot format corresponding to the slot format index is a subset of the 256 slot formats defined in the existing standard, or a part of the 256 slot formats defined in the existing standard.
  • the number of time slot formats corresponding to the time slot format index is less than 256, and the specific number is determined according to the actual situation.
  • the maximum number of slot formats may be included in the first slot format parameter, such as the RRC parameter slotFormats.
  • the maximum number of slot formats is the RRC parameter maxNrofSlotFormatsPerCombination
  • n is a positive integer greater than 1
  • the value of N1 can be 8, 16 , 32, 64 or 128.
  • the length of the sequence of slotFormats (slotFormats sequence size) and the slot format corresponding to each element in the sequence are determined, and the slot format of each element in the sequence is determined.
  • the format is the slot format corresponding to the slot format index.
  • the value set of slot format index may be included in the first slot format parameter, for example, the RRC parameter slotFormats.
  • an association relationship between the service type and the first time slot format combination information may be established, and one service type may be associated with at least one time slot format.
  • the time slot format associated with a service type may be determined according to the data transmission requirements of the service type. For example, if the service type needs to transmit more uplink data and needs to transmit less downlink data, the number of uplink symbols in the time slot format associated with the service type is greater than the number of downlink symbols. If the service type requires more downlink data to be transmitted and less uplink data needs to be transmitted, the number of downlink symbols in the time slot format associated with the service type is larger than the number of uplink symbols.
  • the number of uplink symbols in the time slot format associated with the service type is equal to or similar to the number of downlink symbols, and both are greater than the preset value , for example, are greater than 3. If the service type requires less uplink data to be transmitted and less downlink data needs to be transmitted, the number of uplink symbols in the time slot format associated with the service type is equal to or similar to the number of downlink symbols.
  • the symbols may refer to symbols such as orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (orthogonal frequency division multiplexing, OFDM) symbols.
  • IWSN industrial wireless sensor network
  • video surveillance service video surveillance service
  • wearable service the data transmission requirements of the above services can be shown in Table 1.
  • the IWSN service needs to transmit more downlink data and less uplink data, so the number of downlink symbols that need to be included in the time slot format associated with the IWSN service is large.
  • the slot format can be one or more of those in Table 2. When there are multiple associations, all the slot formats in the association table 2 may be included.
  • D represents downlink symbols
  • U represents uplink symbols
  • F represents flexible symbols.
  • the first row represents the symbol index in a slot
  • the first column represents the index of the slot format
  • a slot includes 14 symbols, except the first row, each row represents a slot format
  • Each slot format can indicate the distribution of uplink symbols, downlink symbols and flexible symbols in a slot, that is, the number of symbols and the position of symbols.
  • the slot format in row 2 indicates that all symbols in a slot are downlink symbols;
  • the slot format in row 9 indicates that in a slot, the 0th to 5th symbols are downlink symbols, and the 6th to 5th symbols are downlink symbols.
  • the seventh symbol is a flexible symbol, and the eighth to thirteenth symbols are uplink symbols.
  • the video surveillance service needs to transmit less downlink data and more uplink data, so the number of uplink symbols that need to be included in the time slot format associated with the video surveillance service is large.
  • the time slot format associated with the monitoring service may be one or more of those in Table 3. When there are multiple associations, all the slot formats in the association table 3 may be included.
  • D represents a downlink symbol
  • U represents an uplink symbol
  • F represents a flexible symbol
  • the first row represents a symbol index in a slot
  • the first column represents an index of a slot format
  • the wearable service needs to transmit more uplink data and downlink data, so the number of uplink symbols and downlink symbols that need to be included in the time slot format associated with the wearable service is similar.
  • the wearable service association The slot format of can be one or more of those in Table 4. When there are multiple associations, all the slot formats in the association table 4 may be included.
  • D represents downlink symbols
  • U represents uplink symbols
  • F represents flexible symbols
  • time slot formats associated with different service types may be the same or different.
  • wearable services can be associated with 8 time slot formats
  • video surveillance services can be associated with 16 time slot formats.
  • the number of time slot formats associated with different service types may be predefined or determined in other ways, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.
  • the format of at least one time slot associated with a service type may be determined by the terminal device and reported to the network device, or may be predefined, or may be configured by the network device.
  • the first slot format combination information includes a value set of slot format indexes
  • Table 3 and Table 4 are also applicable and will not be repeated here.
  • Table 2 is taken as an example, and the slot format corresponding to the slot format index corresponds to the slot format of each row in Table 2.
  • the terminal device may also report capability information to the network device, where the capability information may indicate quantity information of the time slot formats supported by the terminal device.
  • the capability information may also indicate one or more slot formats supported by the terminal device.
  • the network device acquires the capability information, the number of time slot formats configured for the terminal device is less than or equal to the maximum number of time slot formats supported by the terminal device.
  • the quantity information of the slot format may directly indicate the slot format corresponding to the slot format index.
  • the service executed by the terminal device is a video surveillance service
  • the time slot format corresponding to the time slot format index associated with the video surveillance service may be reported to the network device through capability information.
  • the terminal device may indicate the time slot format corresponding to the time slot format index supported by the terminal device through the capability information.
  • the capability information may indicate all or part of the 20 slot formats.
  • the M timeslot formats can be divided into different sets by a predefined method.
  • the M timeslot formats are any number of timeslot formats, and the M timeslot formats can be the existing 256 types.
  • Time slot format M time slot formats are divided into M1 sets (M is greater than M1), the division method can be continuous according to the index, or divided according to a predefined rule, the index can be discontinuous, divided into set 0 , ..., set M1-1, the terminal device can report one or more sets in (set 0, ..., set M1-1) through capability information.
  • the capability information may indirectly indicate at least one time slot format, for example, the capability information may be at least one of the following: the terminal device supports a time slot format with the number of uplink symbols greater than the first threshold, and the terminal device supports The time slot format with the number of downlink symbols greater than the second threshold, the terminal device supports the time slot format with the number of flexible symbols greater than the third threshold.
  • the first threshold, the second threshold and the third threshold can be determined according to actual conditions. For example, if the capability information is that the number of uplink symbols is greater than 5, it means that the terminal device supports the time slot format with the number of uplink symbols greater than 5.
  • the network device does not consider the time slot format with the number of uplink symbols less than or equal to 5.
  • the capability information is that the number of uplink symbols is greater than 5 and the number of downlink symbols is greater than 3, indicating that the terminal device supports a time slot format in which the number of uplink symbols is greater than 5 and the number of downlink symbols is greater than 3.
  • At least one slot format may also be indicated by threshold information.
  • the threshold information may be reported by the terminal device to the network device, may also be configured by the network device, or may be predefined by a protocol, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.
  • the threshold information may include one or more of a first threshold, a second threshold, and a third threshold.
  • the first threshold represents the minimum number of uplink symbols included in the time slot format supported by the terminal device;
  • the second threshold represents the minimum number of downlink symbols included in the time slot format supported by the terminal device;
  • the third threshold represents the minimum number of downlink symbols included in the time slot format supported by the terminal device The minimum number of flexible symbols included in the supported slot formats.
  • the threshold information indicates that any one of the at least one slot format (or at least one slot format satisfying the threshold information) satisfies one or more of the following:
  • the number of uplink symbols is greater than or equal to the first threshold; the number of downlink symbols is greater than or equal to the second threshold; and the number of flexible symbols is greater than or equal to the third threshold.
  • the threshold information indicates that any slot format in the at least one slot format includes a number of uplink symbols greater than or equal to 6.
  • the first threshold is 6 and the second threshold is 4, then the threshold information indicates that any slot format in the at least one slot format includes the number of uplink symbols greater than or equal to 6, and the number of included downlink symbols is greater than or equal to 4.
  • the first threshold and the second threshold may be determined according to the service type. For example, if the service type needs to transmit more uplink data, the value of the first threshold may be greater than 5. For example, the service type needs to transmit more downlink data, so the value of the second threshold may be greater than 5.
  • the first threshold and the second threshold may also be determined in other manners, which will not be repeated here.
  • the third threshold may be determined according to a first parameter, and the first parameter may include one or more of the following determinations:
  • Subcarrier spacing SCS
  • radio frequency adjustment duration is the time required for the radio frequency transmission channel of the terminal device to adjust accordingly when converting from uplink to downlink, or from downlink to uplink.
  • Uplink transmission and downlink transmission are in different bandwidth parts, and the terminal device also needs to perform bandwidth part switching, and the time required for bandwidth part switching can be called bandwidth part switching delay.
  • the network device determines the first time slot format combination information.
  • the network device may determine at least one time slot format among the one or more time slot formats associated with the service type as the first time slot format The slot format included in the slot format combination information.
  • the network device may configure the at least one time slot format to the one or more time slots, and the specific configuration is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.
  • the same time slot format can be selected for different time slots, and different time slot formats can also be selected.
  • the network device may determine the one or more time slot formats indicated by the capability information as the one or more time slot formats included in the first time slot format combination information slot format.
  • the network device may configure the at least one slot format to the one or more slots.
  • time slot formats in Table 5 may be allocated to these three time slots, for example, the time slot formats with indices of 1, 3 and 5 are allocated to these three time slots.
  • the time slot format with index 5 in Table 5 may be configured with time slot 1 and time slot 3
  • the time slot format with index 8 in Table 5 may be configured with time slot 2.
  • the network device may determine the one or more time slot formats indicated by the threshold information as the time slot formats included in the first time slot format combination information .
  • the network device may configure the at least one slot format to the one or more slots.
  • the first threshold included in the threshold information is 6, the time slot format indicated by the threshold information is a time slot format with the number of uplink symbols included is greater than or equal to 6, and the network device may set the number of included uplink symbols greater than or equal to 6 at least one slot format, configured for the one or more slots.
  • the first threshold value included in the threshold value information is 6, the third threshold value is 2, the time slot format indicated by the threshold value information is when the number of uplink symbols included is greater than or equal to 6, and the number of flexible symbols is greater than or greater than 2 slot format, the network device may configure at least one slot format including the number of uplink symbols greater than or equal to 6 and the number of flexible symbols greater than or greater than 2 to the one or more slots.
  • the threshold value information indicates any one of the at least one slot format, and the number of uplink symbols included is greater than or equal to 6.
  • the first threshold is 6 and the second threshold is 4, then the threshold information indicates that any slot format in the at least one slot format includes the number of uplink symbols greater than or equal to 6, and the number of included downlink symbols is greater than or equal to 4.
  • the network device determines the time slot format of the one or more time slots according to at least two of the service type, capability information, and threshold information. Specifically, the network device may determine the time slot format included in the first time slot format combination information according to at least two items of service type, capability information, and threshold information.
  • the time slot format included in the first time slot format combination information may be the intersection of at least the following two items:
  • At least one slot format associated with the service type at least one slot format indicated by the capability information; at least one slot format indicated by the threshold information.
  • the service type is IWSN service
  • the associated at least one time slot format may be as shown in Table 2.
  • the at least one slot format indicated by the capability information may be the slot format in Table 5.
  • the first threshold value included in the threshold value information is 7, and the third threshold value is 1.
  • the network device determines the first time slot format combination information according to the service type and capability information, and the first time slot format combination information may include the time slot format corresponding to the time slot format index, the maximum number of time slot formats, and the time slot format index.
  • At least one item in the value set that is, the network device determines one of the value sets of the slot format index corresponding to the slot format index, the maximum number of slot formats, and the slot format index according to the service type and capability information. Item or multiple items, as shown in Table 6.
  • the network device determines the first time slot format combination information according to the service type and the threshold information.
  • the first time slot format combination information may include the time slot format corresponding to the time slot format index, the maximum number of time slot formats, and the time slot format index.
  • One or more items in the value set that is, the network device determines the slot format corresponding to the slot format index, the maximum number of slot formats, and the slot format index value set according to the service type and threshold information.
  • One or more of them can be as shown in Table 7.
  • the network device determines the first time slot format combination information according to the capability information and the threshold information, and the first time slot format combination information may include the time slot format corresponding to the time slot format index, the maximum number of time slot formats, and the time slot format index.
  • One or more items in the value set that is, the network device determines the slot format corresponding to the slot format index, the maximum number of slot formats, and the slot format index value set according to the capability information and threshold information.
  • One or more of can be as shown in Table 8.
  • the network device determines the first slot format combination information according to the service type, capability information, and threshold information.
  • the first slot format combination information may include the slot format corresponding to the slot format index, the maximum number of slot formats, and the slot format.
  • One or more items in the value set of the format index that is, the network device determines the slot format corresponding to the slot format index, the maximum number of slot formats, and the slot format according to the service type, capability information, and threshold information.
  • One or more items in the value set of the index may be as shown in Table 9.
  • the present application can also be applied to a pattern configuration.
  • the pattern is hereinafter referred to as a time division multiplexing uplink and downlink configuration.
  • the time division multiplexing uplink and downlink configuration includes the configuration of the RRC parameter TDD-UL-DL-ConfigCommon, or the RRC parameter TDD-UL-DL-ConfigDedicated.
  • it may include at least one of the following: uplink time slot number and slot position; uplink symbol number and symbol position; downlink time slot number and slot position; downlink symbol number and symbol position; flexible time slot number and slot position; flexible symbol number and Symbol location.
  • the parameters in the time division multiplexing uplink and downlink configuration include at least one of the number of uplink time slots, the position of the uplink time slot, the number of uplink symbols, the position of the uplink symbol, the number of flexible symbols, the flexible symbol position, and the period of the time division multiplexing uplink and downlink configuration.
  • the number of uplink time slots is the number of uplink time slots in the configuration;
  • the position of the uplink time slot is the start position or end position of the uplink time slot or the position determined according to a certain rule;
  • the number of downlink time slots is the downlink time slot in the configuration.
  • the number of slots; the position of the downlink time slot is the start or end position of the downlink time slot or the position determined according to certain rules;
  • the period of the time division multiplexing uplink and downlink configuration is the duration of the configuration, that is, the duration of the UE in the configuration During the time, it will work according to the time division multiplexing uplink and downlink configuration.
  • the time division multiplexing uplink and downlink configuration corresponds to the configuration of the RRC parameter TDD-UL-DL-ConfigCommon, or the configuration of the RRC parameter TDD-UL-DL-ConfigDedicated.
  • the number of uplink slots and slot positions, and/or, the number of uplink symbols and symbol positions, and/or, the number of downlink slots and slot positions, and/or, the number of downlink symbols and symbol positions, and/or, when flexible The slot number and slot position, and/or the flexible symbol number and symbol position, and/or the time division multiplexing uplink and downlink configuration period.
  • the time division multiplexing uplink and downlink configuration includes only one cycle or only one cycle for the characteristic service type, and the value of the cycle is an integer multiple of 5 milliseconds (ms), for example, 5ms, 10ms , or 20ms; the configuration of the period value is related to the service type of the terminal device.
  • the service type is IWSN service. Since the channel environment and the amount of data to be transmitted are relatively stable, the configuration value of the period value is larger.
  • the parameters in the time division multiplexing uplink and downlink configuration may be determined according to one or more of the service type of the terminal device, the capability information of the terminal device, and the threshold information.
  • the service type is associated with the parameters in the time division multiplexing uplink and downlink configuration
  • the capability information of the terminal device indicates the parameters in the time division multiplexing uplink and downlink configuration supported by the terminal device
  • the threshold information indicates the time division multiplexing that satisfies the threshold information.
  • the service type is associated with the parameters in the time division multiplexing uplink and downlink configuration. If the service type needs to transmit more uplink data and needs to transmit less downlink data, the number of uplink time slots in the time slot format associated with the service type greater than the number of downlink time slots.
  • the number of downlink time slots in the time slot format associated with this service type is larger than the number of uplink time slots. If the service type needs to transmit more uplink data and more downlink data needs to be transmitted, the number of uplink time slots in the time slot format associated with this service type is equal to or similar to the number of downlink time slots, and both are greater than the expected number of time slots. Set the value, for example, are greater than 3. If the service type needs to transmit less uplink data and needs to transmit less downlink data, the number of uplink symbols in the time slot format associated with the service type is equal to or similar to the number of downlink symbols.
  • the time slot can be replaced with any one of subframes, radio frames, mini-slots, and symbols.
  • the service type can be associated with the period of the time division multiplexing uplink and downlink configuration. For example, if the service type needs to transmit more uplink data and needs to transmit less downlink data, the number of uplink time slots associated with the service type is greater than the number of downlink time slots. For example, if the service type is a video surveillance service, the number of associated uplink time slots is 5, and the number of downlink time slots is 2. If the service type needs to transmit more downlink data and needs to transmit less uplink data, the number of uplink time slots associated with the service type is smaller than the number of downlink time slots. For example, if the service type is an IWSN service, the number of associated uplink time slots is 1, and the number of downlink time slots is 6.
  • the capability information of the terminal device indicates the parameters in the time division multiplexing uplink and downlink configuration supported by the terminal device.
  • the capability information of the terminal device is reported by the terminal device to the network device, and the capability information of the terminal device is reported. At least one of the following:
  • the capability information reporting of the terminal equipment supports at least one of the following: the number of uplink time slots, the number of uplink symbols, the number of downlink time slots, the number of downlink symbols, the number of flexible time slots, and the number of flexible symbols.
  • the capability information reporting of the terminal equipment supports the proportional relationship between at least one of the following: the number of uplink time slots, the number of uplink symbols, the number of downlink time slots, the number of downlink symbols, the number of flexible time slots, and the number of flexible symbols.
  • the ratio of the number of uplink time slots to the number of downlink time slots is 2 to 1.
  • the capability information of the terminal equipment reports the index of the supported time division multiplexing uplink and downlink configurations. At this time, it is assumed that the time division multiplexing uplink and downlink configurations have multiple predefined configurations, and the terminal equipment reports one of the corresponding indexes.
  • the threshold information includes a first threshold, and/or a second threshold, and/or a third threshold, wherein the first threshold represents the minimum value of the number of uplink time slots or the number of uplink symbols in the time division multiplexing uplink and downlink configuration, wherein the second threshold The threshold represents the minimum value of the number of downlink time slots or the number of downlink symbols in the time division multiplexing uplink and downlink configuration, wherein the third threshold represents the minimum value of the number of flexible time slots or the number of flexible symbols in the time division multiplexing uplink and downlink configuration.
  • the parameters in the time division multiplexing uplink and downlink configuration may be determined according to at least two of the service type of the terminal device, the capability information of the terminal device, and the threshold information.
  • Embodiment 2 is a diagrammatic representation of Embodiment 1:
  • the terminal equipment needs to switch the transmission direction.
  • the transmission direction switching includes uplink switching to downlink, and downlink switching to uplink.
  • D represents a downlink symbol
  • U represents an uplink symbol
  • F represents a flexible symbol.
  • (a) of FIG. 4 if two consecutive symbols are uplink symbols and downlink symbols, respectively, the terminal equipment needs to switch from uplink to downlink.
  • At least one flexible symbol may also be included between the uplink symbol and the downlink symbol.
  • FIG. 4 it is a schematic diagram of another transmission direction switching.
  • FIG. 5 it is a schematic diagram of another transmission direction switching.
  • the embodiments of the present application provide a method that can reduce the number of transmission direction switching and improve transmission efficiency, which are described below.
  • FIG. 6 a schematic flowchart of a communication method provided by an embodiment of the present application is shown. Referring to Figure 6, the method includes:
  • Step 601 the network device determines the first slot format of the first slot
  • the method for determining the first slot format can be determined by using the method in the process shown in FIG. 3 , that is, one or more of the service type of the terminal device, the capability information of the terminal device, and the threshold information determine the first slot format. . It can also be understood that the network device may indicate the first time slot format through the first information in the process shown in FIG. 3 .
  • Step 602 The network device sends configuration information to the terminal device, where the configuration information indicates the format of the first time slot.
  • Step 603 The terminal device receives configuration information from the network device.
  • Step 604 The terminal device determines at least one item of time unit between two adjacent time slots and transmission direction switching information according to the first time slot format indicated by the configuration information.
  • the time unit is not used for uplink transmission or downlink reception.
  • the first slot format is a slot format of one slot.
  • the network device may determine the first time slot format combination information according to one or more of the service type of the terminal device, the capability information of the terminal device, and the threshold information, and the first time slot format is the first time slot format combination.
  • the slot format corresponding to a slot in the message.
  • the two adjacent time slots refer to the first time slot and the second time slot located after the first time slot, or refer to the first time slot and the third time slot located before the first time slot.
  • the transmission direction switching includes switching of uplink symbols to downlink symbols, switching of uplink symbols to downlink symbols, switching of uplink transmission to downlink transmission, and switching of downlink transmission to any one or more of uplink transmission.
  • the transmission direction switching information may indicate the number of transmission direction switching times, and the transmission direction switching information may be any of the following situations:
  • All symbols in a time slot are uplink symbols, and the transmission direction switching information is 0;
  • All symbols in a time slot are downlink symbols, and the transmission direction switching information is 0;
  • the transmission direction switching information is 0;
  • a time slot includes both downlink symbols and flexible symbols, and the transmission direction switching information is 0;
  • a time slot includes uplink symbols and downlink symbols, and the transmission direction switching information is 1;
  • a time slot includes uplink symbols, flexible symbols, and downlink symbols, and the transmission direction switching information is 1;
  • a time slot includes configurations of downlink symbols, flexible symbols, and uplink symbols, and includes N configurations. For example, if the direction of 14 symbols in a time slot is DDDFUUUDDDFUUU in sequence, the transmission direction switching information is 2 or 3 ; In this case, flexible symbols may not be configured; D represents downlink symbols, F represents flexible symbols, and U represents uplink symbols.
  • the symbols in the first time slot are uplink symbols, or uplink symbols and flexible symbols, and the symbols in the second time slot are downlink symbols, or downlink symbols and flexible symbols, and the transmission direction switching information is 1;
  • the symbols in the first time slot are uplink symbols, or uplink symbols and flexible symbols
  • the symbols in the third time slot are downlink symbols, or downlink symbols and flexible symbols
  • the transmission direction switching information is 1;
  • the positional relationship of the time unit in two adjacent time slots may be as follows, the unit of the time unit may be any one of a subframe, a radio frame, a time slot, a mini-slot, and a symbol.
  • the following description takes the positional relationship between two time slots as an example.
  • the two time slots can be replaced by two adjacent symbols in one time slot:
  • a time slot includes both uplink symbols and downlink symbols
  • the positional relationship of the time unit in two adjacent time slots is within one time slot, that is, the time of adjacent symbols; or it can be It is understood that it is necessary to switch the transmission direction between adjacent symbols in a time slot, and the positional relationship of the time unit in two adjacent time slots is the positional relationship between the adjacent uplink symbols and downlink symbols of one time slot. , and the transmission direction switch occurs at this position.
  • a time slot only includes uplink symbols, or only includes downlink symbols, or includes uplink symbols and flexible symbols, or includes downlink symbols and flexible symbols, then, the positional relationship of the time unit in two adjacent time slots , is between adjacent time slots, that is, the end of a time slot or the beginning of a time slot.
  • the positional relationship of the time unit in two adjacent time slots may be replaced by the positional relationship of the time unit in one time slot. And switching from uplink symbols to downlink symbols, or switching from downlink symbols to uplink symbols, or switching from uplink transmission to downlink transmission, or switching from downlink transmission to uplink transmission occurs in the one time slot.
  • the duration of the time unit may be one or more of the following understandings: the duration of the time unit is greater than or equal to the radio frequency adjustment duration of the terminal device, the duration of the time unit is greater than or equal to the timing advance TA of the terminal device, and the duration of the time unit is greater than or equal to The bandwidth part switching duration of the terminal device, the duration of the time unit is greater than or equal to the sum of at least two of the terminal device’s radio frequency adjustment duration, timing advance, and bandwidth part switching duration, and the time unit duration is greater than or equal to the terminal device’s radio frequency adjustment duration , the timing advance, and the maximum of the switching duration of the bandwidth part.
  • the terminal device may use the first manner or the second manner to determine the positional relationship of the time unit in two adjacent time slots, and the duration of the time unit.
  • the duration of the time unit is greater than or equal to the radio frequency adjustment duration of the terminal device, or the timing advance TA, or the bandwidth partial switching (BWP switching) duration; or the duration of the time unit is greater than or equal to the radio frequency adjustment duration, timing advance, and bandwidth of the terminal device.
  • the RF adjustment duration can be understood as the time for the terminal equipment to adjust the radio frequency (RF retuning), it can also be understood as the time required for the terminal equipment to switch from the sender to the receiver, and it can also be understood as the time required for the terminal equipment to switch from the receiver to the sender. The time can also be understood as the time when the hardware of the terminal device is adjusted.
  • the first method is: when two adjacent time slots include a first time slot and a second time slot located after the first time slot, and there is a downlink to uplink conversion between the two adjacent time slots, the first time slot
  • the last M symbols of a slot are used as time units. M is a positive integer.
  • a time unit may occupy all symbols of the first slot.
  • the second method is: when two adjacent time slots include a first time slot and a third time slot located before the first time slot, and there is an uplink to downlink conversion or a downlink conversion between the two adjacent time slots
  • the first M symbols of the first time slot are used as time units.
  • M is a positive integer.
  • a time unit may occupy all symbols of the first slot.
  • the transmission direction switching information is less than 2. By limiting the transmission direction switching information, it is beneficial to reduce the implementation complexity of the terminal device, reduce the switching times of the sending side and the receiving side, and improve the communication efficiency.
  • the symbols included in the first time slot are either uplink symbols or downlink symbols. Taking one slot including 14 symbols as an example, the first time slot may be as shown in FIG. 7 .
  • the first time slot includes uplink symbols and downlink symbols, and the first time slot may be as shown in FIG. 8 .
  • the symbols included in the first time slot are downlink symbols and flexible symbols, or the symbols included in the first time slot are uplink symbols and flexible symbols.
  • the transmission direction switching information is recorded as 1
  • the transmission direction switching information is recorded as 0; if the first time slot is configuration 2, and a time slot/symbol before the first time slot or a time slot/symbol after the first time slot is the downlink main time slot/downlink symbol, the transmission direction switching information is denoted as 1, and the transmission direction switching information is denoted as 0.
  • the network device may indicate the transmission direction switching information through signaling, or may not indicate the transmission direction switching information.
  • the first mode or the second mode may be determined according to the transmission direction switching information, that is, the terminal device determines the transmission direction switching information and the terminal device determines to use the The first manner or the second manner will be described below, respectively.
  • the positional relationship of the time unit in two adjacent time slots and the duration of the time unit may be determined in the first manner.
  • the first mode can be defined as follows: As shown in FIG. 10 , in FIG. 10 , when two consecutive time slots are downlink time slots and uplink time slots, the downlink time slot and the uplink time slot overlap, and the time unit Located in a downlink slot, the time unit may include the last M symbols of the downlink slot. In this case, the terminal equipment does not perform downlink reception at the transition point, that is, the last M symbols of the downlink time slot, that is, M symbols are dropped, and the M symbols include the area of the downlink time slot that overlaps the uplink time slot. M is a positive integer, and M may be determined according to at least one of SCS, radio frequency adjustment duration, TA, and bandwidth part switching duration.
  • the terminal device when the transmission direction switching information is 1, as shown in (a) of FIG. 11 , when the terminal device switches from downlink to uplink in the first time slot, the terminal The uplink transmission is not performed within the first duration, and the uplink transmission is started at a position away from the end position of the downlink symbol for the first duration.
  • the first duration may be greater than or equal to the TA or the bandwidth part switching duration or the radio frequency adjustment duration; or the first duration may be greater than or equal to the sum of at least two of the TA, the bandwidth part switching duration, and the radio frequency adjustment duration.
  • the terminal equipment when the terminal equipment switches from uplink to downlink in the first time slot, the terminal equipment does not perform downlink reception within the second time period after the end position of the uplink symbol, but instead performs downlink reception in the distance
  • the end position of the uplink symbol is the position of the second duration to start downlink reception.
  • the second duration may be greater than or equal to the TA or the bandwidth part switching duration or the radio frequency adjustment duration; or the second duration may be greater than or equal to the sum of at least two of the TA, the bandwidth part switching duration, and the radio frequency adjustment duration.
  • the network device can use physical layer signaling or radio resource control (RRC) signaling or medium access control (MAC) control element (control element, CE) signaling or downlink
  • RRC radio resource control
  • MAC medium access control
  • CE control element
  • DCI downlink
  • the network device may not instruct. If the network device does not instruct, it uses a predefined method to determine the first mode or the second mode, the transmission direction switching information is 0, and the terminal device adopts the first mode; the transmission direction switching information is 1, and the terminal device adopts the second mode. Or, the terminal device reports that it supports the first mode or the second mode according to at least one item of service type, terminal device capability information, and threshold information.
  • the terminal equipment has more uplink transmissions, that is, the service type of the terminal equipment is uplink-based service, so there may be fewer downlink transmission opportunities, so the downlink transmission is prioritized, the time unit is located in the uplink time slot or N consecutive Up symbol.
  • the terminal equipment has more uplink transmissions, that is, the service type of the terminal equipment is uplink-based service, so there may be fewer downlink transmission opportunities, so the downlink transmission is prioritized, the time unit is located in the uplink time slot or N consecutive Up symbol.
  • a third method may also be used to determine the positional relationship of the time unit in two adjacent time slots, and the duration of the time unit.
  • the terminal equipment performs transmission direction switching at a fixed position, and the required duration for transmission direction switching is the first Q symbols of a time slot, or the last Q symbols of a time slot.
  • Q is a number greater than 0.
  • Q may be determined according to at least one of SCS, radio frequency adjustment duration, TA, and bandwidth part switching delay.
  • the first time slot is before the second time slot, and the symbols in the first time slot are all downlink symbols, that is, the number of transitions included in the first time slot is 0.
  • the symbols in the second time slot are all uplink symbols.
  • the first time slot may be referred to as a downlink time slot, and the second time slot may be referred to as an uplink time slot.
  • downlink symbols or flexible symbols may also exist in the second time slot, which are only illustrated in FIG. 12 , and other situations will not be repeated.
  • the terminal equipment needs to switch from downlink to uplink.
  • the transmission direction switching position is located in the first time slot, and the transmission direction switching duration is the last Q symbols of the first time slot. In this case, the last Q symbols of the first slot are not used for downlink transmission.
  • the transmission direction switching position is located in the second time slot, and the transmission direction switching duration is the first Q symbols of the second time slot. In this case, the last Q symbols of the second slot are not used for uplink transmission.
  • the network device may send third indication information, and the third indication information may indicate the time slot where the location relationship is located.
  • the third indication information includes 1 bit. When the status of this bit is 1, it indicates that the transmission direction switching position is located in the first Q symbols of the uplink time slot; when the status of this bit is 0, it indicates that the transmission direction switching position is located in the downlink. The last Q symbols of the slot.
  • the third indication information can also be larger than 1 bit, such as 2 bits.
  • the transmission direction switching position When the status of the bit is 00, it indicates that the transmission direction switching position is located in the first Q symbols of the uplink time slot; when the status of this bit is 01, it indicates the transmission direction The switching position is located in the last Q symbols of the downlink time slot; when the state of this bit is 10, it indicates that the transmission direction switching position is located in the Q symbols in the middle of a time slot.
  • Step 604 The terminal device determines at least one item of time unit between two adjacent time slots and transmission direction switching information according to the first time slot format indicated by the configuration information, and the time unit is not used for uplink transmission or downlink reception. It can also be replaced with the following steps:
  • the terminal device determines at least one of the time unit in the first time slot and the transmission direction switching information according to the first time slot format indicated by the configuration information, and the time unit is not used for uplink transmission or downlink reception.
  • the transmission direction switching information in the first time slot is not 0, and the method is the same as the above method, which is not repeated here.
  • the network device or the terminal device may include a hardware structure and/or a software module, and implement the above functions in the form of a hardware structure, a software module, or a hardware structure plus a software module . Whether one of the above functions is performed in the form of a hardware structure, a software module, or a hardware structure plus a software module depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution.
  • each functional module in each embodiment of the present application may be integrated into one processor, or may exist physically alone, or two or more modules may be integrated into one module.
  • the above-mentioned integrated modules can be implemented in the form of hardware, and can also be implemented in the form of software function modules.
  • an embodiment of the present application further provides an apparatus 1300 for implementing the functions of the network device or the terminal device in the above method.
  • the apparatus may be a software module or a system-on-chip.
  • the chip system may be composed of chips, or may include chips and other discrete devices.
  • the apparatus 1300 may include: a processing module 1301 and a communication module 1302 .
  • the communication module may also be called a transceiver unit, and may include a sending unit and/or a receiving unit, respectively configured to perform the sending and receiving steps of the network device or the terminal device in the above method embodiments.
  • a communication module may also be referred to as a transceiver, transceiver, transceiver, or the like.
  • the processing module may also be referred to as a processor, a processing single board, a processing module, a processing device, and the like.
  • the device for implementing the receiving function in the communication module 1302 may be regarded as a receiving unit, and the device for implementing the transmitting function in the communication module 1302 may be regarded as a transmitting unit, that is, the communication module 1302 includes a receiving unit and a transmitting unit.
  • a communication module may also sometimes be referred to as a transceiver, a transceiver, or a transceiver circuit, or the like.
  • the receiving unit may also sometimes be referred to as a receiver, receiver, or receiving circuit, or the like.
  • the transmitting unit may also sometimes be referred to as a transmitter, a transmitter, or a transmitting circuit, or the like.
  • a processing module configured to determine the first time slot format combination information according to one or more of the service type of the terminal device, the capability information of the terminal device and the threshold information; the service type is associated with at least one time slot format, The capability information of the terminal device indicates quantity information of time slot formats supported by the terminal device, and the threshold value information indicates at least one slot format that satisfies the threshold value information;
  • a transceiver module configured to send the first information determined by the processing module to the terminal device, where the first information indicates that the time slot format of one or more time slots is the time corresponding to the first time slot format combination information slot format.
  • the first slot format combination information includes at least one of the following: the slot format corresponding to the slot format index, the maximum number of slot formats, and the value of the slot format index. collection of values.
  • the first information further indicates the configuration of the time slot format of the one or more time slots.
  • the threshold information includes one or more of a first threshold, a second threshold, and a third threshold
  • any one of the at least one slot format that satisfies the threshold information satisfies one or more of the following:
  • the number of uplink symbols is greater than or equal to the first threshold; the number of downlink symbols is greater than or equal to the second threshold; and the number of flexible symbols is greater than or equal to the third threshold.
  • the threshold information is determined according to the first parameter
  • the first parameter includes at least one of the following:
  • Subcarrier spacing SCS radio frequency adjustment duration
  • timing advance TA timing advance TA
  • a processing module configured to determine the first time slot format combination information according to one or more of the service type of the terminal device, the capability information of the terminal device and the threshold information; the service type is associated with at least one time slot format association, the capability information of the terminal device indicates the quantity information of the time slot formats supported by the terminal device, and the threshold value information indicates at least one time slot format that satisfies the threshold value information;
  • a transceiver module configured to receive first information from a network device, the first information indicating that the time slot format of one or more time slots is the time corresponding to the first time slot format combination information determined by the processing module slot format.
  • the first slot format combination information includes at least one of the following: the slot format corresponding to the slot format index, the maximum number of slot formats, and the value of the slot format index. collection of values.
  • the first information further indicates the configuration of the time slot format of the one or more time slots.
  • the threshold information includes one or more of a first threshold, a second threshold, and a third threshold
  • any one of the at least one slot format that satisfies the threshold information satisfies one or more of the following:
  • the number of uplink symbols is greater than or equal to the first threshold; the number of downlink symbols is greater than or equal to the second threshold; and the number of flexible symbols is greater than or equal to the third threshold.
  • a transceiver module configured to receive configuration information from a network device, where the configuration information indicates a first time slot format
  • a processing module configured to determine at least one of a time unit between two adjacent time slots and transmission direction switching information according to the first time slot format received by the transceiver module, where the time unit is not used for uplink transmission or Downstream reception.
  • the duration of the time unit is greater than or equal to the radio frequency adjustment duration of the terminal device, or the timing advance TA, or the bandwidth part switching duration;
  • the duration of the time unit is greater than or equal to the sum of at least two of the radio frequency adjustment duration, timing advance and bandwidth part switching duration of the terminal device.
  • the processing module is specifically configured to use the first manner or the second manner to determine the positional relationship of the time unit in the two adjacent time slots, and the location of the time unit. duration.
  • the first manner is: when the first time slot and the second time slot located after the first time slot are included between the two adjacent time slots, and the When a downlink symbol is converted into an uplink symbol between two adjacent time slots, the last M symbols of the first time slot are used as the time unit, and the M is a positive integer;
  • the second manner is: when the first time slot and the third time slot located before the first time slot are included between the two adjacent time slots, and the interval between the two adjacent time slots is When there is a transition from uplink to downlink, or from downlink to uplink, the first M symbols of the first time slot are used as the time unit, and M is a positive integer.
  • the transmission direction switching information includes:
  • the transmission direction switching information is 0 or 1; or, if the transmission symbol directions are different, the transmission direction switching information is 0, and O is greater than or equal to 1.
  • the processing module is used to determine configuration information, where the configuration information indicates a first time slot format; the first time slot format can determine at least one of a time unit between two adjacent time slots and transmission direction switching information, and the time unit is not used for Uplink transmission or downlink reception; communication module, used to send configuration information to terminal equipment.
  • the duration of the time unit is greater than or equal to the radio frequency adjustment duration of the terminal device, or the timing advance TA, or the bandwidth part switching duration; or the duration of the time unit is greater than or equal to the radio frequency adjustment duration and timing advance of the terminal device. and the sum of at least two items in the switching duration of the bandwidth part.
  • the duration of the time unit is determined according to the first manner or the second manner.
  • the first manner is: when two adjacent time slots include a first time slot and a second time slot located after the first time slot, and there is a
  • the downlink symbols are converted into uplink symbols, the last M symbols of the first time slot are used as time units, and M is a positive integer.
  • the second manner is: when two adjacent time slots include a first time slot and a third time slot located before the first time slot, and there is a
  • the uplink is converted to the downlink, or the downlink is converted to the uplink, the first M symbols of the first time slot are used as a time unit, and M is a positive integer.
  • the transmission direction switching information indicates the number of uplink and downlink switching, and the transmission direction switching information is 0 or 1.
  • FIG. 14 shows an apparatus 1400 provided in this embodiment of the present application.
  • the apparatus shown in FIG. 14 may be a hardware circuit implementation of the apparatus shown in FIG. 13 .
  • the communication apparatus can be applied to the flow chart shown above to perform the functions of the terminal device or the network device in the above method embodiments.
  • FIG. 14 only shows the main components of the communication device.
  • the communication device 1400 includes a processor 1410 and an interface circuit 1420 .
  • the processor 1410 and the interface circuit 1420 are coupled to each other.
  • the interface circuit 1420 can be a transceiver or an input-output interface.
  • the communication apparatus 1400 may further include a memory 1430 for storing instructions executed by the processor 1410 or input data required by the processor 1410 to execute the instructions or data generated after the processor 1410 executes the instructions.
  • the processor 1410 is used to implement the functions of the above-mentioned processing module 1301
  • the interface circuit 1420 is used to implement the functions of the above-mentioned communication module 1302 .
  • the terminal device chip When the above communication device is a chip applied to a terminal device, the terminal device chip implements the functions of the terminal device in the above method embodiments.
  • the terminal device chip receives information from other modules in the terminal device (such as a radio frequency module or an antenna), and the information is sent by the network device to the terminal device; or, the terminal device chip sends information to other modules in the terminal device (such as a radio frequency module or an antenna). antenna) to send information, the information is sent by the terminal equipment to the network equipment.
  • the network device chip When the above communication device is a chip applied to a network device, the network device chip implements the functions of the network device in the above method embodiments.
  • the network device chip receives information from other modules in the network device (such as a radio frequency module or an antenna), and the information is sent by the terminal device to the network device; or, the network device chip sends information to other modules in the network device (such as a radio frequency module or an antenna). antenna) to send information, the information is sent by the network equipment to the terminal equipment.
  • the processor in the embodiments of the present application may be a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU), and may also be other general-purpose processors, digital signal processors (Digital Signal Processor, DSP), application-specific integrated circuits (Application Specific Integrated Circuit, ASIC), Field Programmable Gate Array (Field Programmable Gate Array, FPGA) or other programmable logic devices, transistor logic devices, hardware components or any combination thereof.
  • a general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor or any conventional processor.
  • the processor may be a random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), a flash memory, a read-only memory (Read-Only Memory, ROM), a programmable read-only memory (Programmable ROM, PROM), an erasable memory
  • RAM Random Access Memory
  • ROM read-only memory
  • PROM programmable read-only memory
  • PROM Programmable ROM
  • EEPROM Electrically erasable programmable read-only memory
  • registers hard disk, removable hard disk, CD-ROM or any other form of storage medium known in the art middle.
  • An exemplary storage medium is coupled to the processor, such that the processor can read information from, and write information to, the storage medium.
  • the storage medium can also be an integral part of the processor.
  • the processor and storage medium may reside in an ASIC.
  • the ASIC may be located in a network device or in an end device.
  • the processor and the storage medium may also exist in the network device or the terminal device as discrete components.
  • the embodiments of the present application may be provided as a method, a system, or a computer program product. Accordingly, the present application may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment, or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects. Furthermore, the present application may take the form of a computer program product embodied on one or more computer-usable storage media (including, but not limited to, disk storage, optical storage, etc.) having computer-usable program code embodied therein.
  • These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable memory capable of directing a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory result in an article of manufacture comprising instruction means, the instructions
  • the apparatus implements the functions specified in the flow or flow of the flowcharts and/or the block or blocks of the block diagrams.

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一种通信方法及装置,其中方法包括:网络设备根据终端设备的业务类型、所述终端设备的能力信息以及阈值信息中的一项或多项确定第一时隙格式组合信息;所述业务类型与至少一个时隙格式关联,所述终端设备的能力信息指示所述终端设备支持的时隙格式的数量信息,所述阈值信息指示满足所述阈值信息的至少一个时隙格式;所述网络设备向所述终端设备发送第一信息,所述第一信息指示一个或多个时隙的时隙格式为所述第一时隙格式组合信息对应的时隙格式。

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一种通信方法及装置 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
新无线(new radio,NR)系统中,对于小区中的所有终端设备,基站可以通过无线资源控制(radio resource control,RRC)公共(common)信令配置时隙的图案(pattern)1和图案2。以图案1为例,通过RRC公共信令,可以配置图案1的周期,以及图案1中下行时隙、下行符号、上行时隙以及上行符号的位置。图案1中未配置的符号为可变(flexible,F)符号。基站还可以通过RRC专用(dedicate)信令将F符号配置为上行或下行符号。
为了灵活配置小区时隙格式,提高资源的利用率,针对包括F符号的时隙,基站还可以通过下行控制信息(downlink control information,DCI)动态指示该时隙中被配置为“F符号”的符号格式。时隙格式是协议中预定义的,目前定义了256种时隙格式。由于基站通过DCI指示的是时隙格式的索引值,终端设备需要存储所有可能的时隙格式,这样才能根据DCI指示的索引值,确定对应的时隙格式。
随着协议的演进,时隙格式的种类还可能继续增加,如果终端设备存储所有可能的时隙格式,对于终端设备来说,实现的复杂度比较大。特别是对于低能力(reduced capacity,REDCAP)终端设备来说,很多时隙格式并不适用于REDCAP终端设备,基站并不会配置不适用于REDCAP终端设备的时隙格式,因此REDCAP终端设备并不需要存储这么多时隙格式。而对于基站来说,基站需要从所有可能的时隙格式中,为终端设备配置一个适合的时隙格式,导致配置时隙格式的复杂度较大。
发明内容
本申请的目的在于提供一种通信方法及装置,用以降低时隙格式配置的复杂度。
第一方面,本申请实施例提供一种通信方法,该方法适用于网络设备为终端设备配置时隙格式的场景。该方法的执行主体为网络设备或网络设备中的一个模块,这里以网络设备为执行主体为例进行描述。该方法包括:网络设备根据终端设备的业务类型、终端设备的能力信息以及阈值信息中的一项或多项确定第一时隙格式组合信息;业务类型与至少一个时隙格式关联,终端设备的能力信息指示终端设备支持的时隙格式的数量信息,阈值信息指示满足阈值信息的至少一个时隙格式;网络设备向终端设备发送第一信息,第一信息指示一个或多个时隙的时隙格式为第一时隙格式组合信息对应的时隙格式。
通过上面的方法,网络设备根据业务类型确定第一时隙格式组合信息,考虑了不同业务类型对上行下行时隙数、上行下行符号数需求的不同,更加适用于终端设备的不同业务类型的传输需求,提高终端设备对频谱的利用效率,提高传输吞吐量。网络设备根据终端设备的能力信息确定第一时隙格式组合信息,考虑了不同终端设备的处理能力,更加适用于终端设备的处理能力和传输需求,提高终端设备对频谱的利用效率,提高传输吞吐量。网络设备根据阈值信息确定第一时隙格式组合信息,可以考虑不同终端设备的传输需求,可以更加满足终端设备的传输,提高终端设备对频谱的利用效率,提高传输吞吐量。网络 设备根据终端设备的业务类型、所述终端设备的能力信息以及阈值信息中的至少两项确定第一时隙格式组合信息,同样有上述有益效果。同时,该方法可以在终端设备支持的时隙格式的数量小于标准中规定的时隙格式的数量的情况下,为终端设备配置时隙格式,降低时隙格式配置的复杂度。
在第一方面的一种可能的实现方式中,第一时隙格式组合信息包括以下至少一项:时隙格式索引对应的时隙格式、最大的时隙格式的个数或时隙格式索引的取值集合。
在第一方面的一种可能的实现方式中,第一信息还指示一个或多个时隙的时隙格式的配置。通过该方法,通过第一信息指示一个或多个时隙的时隙格式的配置,有利于终端设备获取时隙格式,并进行上行或下行的传输。
在第一方面的一种可能的实现方式中,阈值信息包括第一阈值、第二阈值以及第三阈值中的一项或多项;满足阈值信息的至少一个时隙格式中的任一时隙格式满足以下一项或多项:上行符号数大于或等于第一阈值;下行符号数大于或等于第二阈值;灵活符号数大于或等于第三阈值。
该方法中,第一阈值用来指示上行符号数的最小值,更加有利于保证上行业务的传输需求,有利于提高上行速率和吞吐量。第二阈值用来指示下行符号数的最小值,更加有利于保证下行业务的接收需求,有利于提高下行速率,提高频谱利用效率。第三阈值用来指示灵活符号数的最小值,第三阈值可以避免对上行传输和下行接收带来影响。
在第一方面的一种可能的实现方式中,阈值信息根据第一参数确定的;第一参数包括以下至少一项:子载波间隔SCS、射频调整时长、定时提前TA或带宽部分BWP切换时长。
该方法中,在第一参数带来终端设备的切换时间的情况下,阈值信息用来指示灵活符号数的最小值,这样在阈值信息指示的符号上不会进行上行传输和下行接收,可以避免对上行传输和下行接收带来影响。
第二方面,本申请还提供一种通信装置,该通信装置具有实现上述第一方面提供的任一方法。该通信装置可以通过硬件实现,也可以通过硬件执行相应的软件实现。该硬件或软件包括一个或多个与上述功能相对应的单元或模块。
在一种可能的实现方式中,该通信装置包括:处理器,该处理器被配置为支持该通信装置执行以上所示方法中网络设备的相应功能。该通信装置还可以包括存储器,该存储可以与处理器耦合,其保存该通信装置必要的程序指令和数据。可选地,该通信装置还包括接口电路,该接口电路用于支持该通信装置与终端设备等设备之间的通信。
在一种可能的实现方式中,该通信装置包括相应的功能模块,分别用于实现以上方法中的步骤。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。硬件或软件包括一个或多个与上述功能相对应的模块。
在一种可能的实施方式中,通信装置的结构中包括处理模块和通信模块,这些单元可以执行上述方法示例中相应功能,具体参见第一方面提供的方法中的描述,此处不做赘述。
第三方面,本申请实施例提供一种通信方法,该方法适用于网络设备为终端设备配置时隙格式的场景。该方法的执行主体为终端设备或终端设备中的一个模块,这里以终端设备为执行主体为例进行描述。该方法包括:终端设备根据终端设备的业务类型、终端设备的能力信息以及阈值信息中的一项或多项确定第一时隙格式组合信息;业务类型与至少一个时隙格式关联,终端设备的能力信息指示终端设备支持的时隙格式的数量信息,阈值信息指示满足阈值信息的至少一个时隙格式;终端设备接收来自网络设备的第一信息,第一 信息指示一个或多个时隙的时隙格式为第一时隙格式组合信息所对应的时隙格式。
在第三方面的一种可能的实现方式中,第一时隙格式组合信息包括以下至少一项:时隙格式索引对应的时隙格式、最大的时隙格式的个数、时隙格式索引的取值集合。
在第三方面的一种可能的实现方式中,第一信息还指示一个或多个时隙的时隙格式的配置。
在第三方面的一种可能的实现方式中,阈值信息包括第一阈值、第二阈值以及第三阈值中的一项或多项;
满足阈值信息的至少一个时隙格式中的任一时隙格式满足以下一项或多项:
上行符号数大于或等于第一阈值;下行符号数大于或等于第二阈值;灵活符号数大于或等于第三阈值。
在第三方面的一种可能的实现方式中,阈值信息根据第一参数确定的;第一参数包括以下至少一项:子载波间隔SCS、射频调整时长、定时提前TA或带宽部分BWP切换时长。
第四方面,本申请还提供一种通信装置,该通信装置具有实现上述第三方面提供的任一方法。该通信装置可以通过硬件实现,也可以通过硬件执行相应的软件实现。该硬件或软件包括一个或多个与上述功能相对应的单元或模块。
在一种可能的实现方式中,该通信装置包括:处理器,该处理器被配置为支持该通信装置执行以上所示方法中终端设备的相应功能。该通信装置还可以包括存储器,该存储可以与处理器耦合,其保存该通信装置必要的程序指令和数据。可选地,该通信装置还包括接口电路,该接口电路用于支持该通信装置与网络设备等设备之间的通信。
在一种可能的实现方式中,该通信装置包括相应的功能模块,分别用于实现以上方法中的步骤。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。硬件或软件包括一个或多个与上述功能相对应的模块。
在一种可能的实施方式中,通信装置的结构中包括处理模块和通信模块,这些单元可以执行上述方法示例中相应功能,具体参见第三方面提供的方法中的描述,此处不做赘述。
第五方面,本申请实施例提供一种通信方法,该方法适用于网络设备为终端设备配置时隙格式的场景。该方法的执行主体为终端设备或终端设备中的一个模块,这里以终端设备为执行主体为例进行描述。该方法包括:终端设备接收来自网络设备的配置信息,配置信息指示第一时隙格式;终端设备根据第一时隙格式确定相邻两个时隙间的时间单元和传输方向切换信息中的至少一项,时间单元不用于上行传输或下行接收。
通过该方法,终端设备接收来自网络设备的配置信息,并确定第一时隙格式,有利于终端设备确定一个时隙中上行符号,下行符号,灵活符号的配置。根据第一时隙格式能够确定相邻两个时隙间的时间单元,时间单元不用于上行传输或下行接收,用于保证终端设备能够完成上行符号和下行符号的转换。根据第一时隙格式能够确定传输方向切换信息,通过约束传输方向切换信息可以降低REDCAP UE的实现复杂度,减少发送侧和接收侧的切换次数。
在第五方面的一种可能的实现方式中,时间单元的时长大于或等于终端设备的射频调整时长,或者定时提前TA,或者带宽部分切换时长;或者时间单元的时长大于或等于终端设备的射频调整时长、定时提前以及带宽部分切换时长中的至少两项之和。
通过该方法,可以在不同场景下,满足不同切换时间的需求。
在第五方面的一种可能的实现方式中,终端设备采用第一方式或第二方式确定时间单 元在相邻两个时隙中所处的位置关系,以及时间单元的时长。
在第五方面的一种可能的实现方式中,第一方式为:当相邻两个时隙间包括第一时隙和位于第一时隙之后的第二时隙,且相邻的两个时隙之间存在下行符号转换为上行符号时,第一时隙的最后M个符号作为时间单元,M为正整数。
在第五方面的一种可能的实现方式中,第二方式为:当相邻两个时隙间包括第一时隙和位于第一时隙之前的第三时隙,且相邻的两个时隙之间存在上行转换为下行,或者下行转换为上行时,第一时隙的最前M个符号作为时间单元,M为正整数。
在第五方面的一种可能的实现方式中,传输方向切换信息指示上下行切换次数,传输方向切换信息为0或1。
在第五方面的一种可能的实现方式中,传输方向切换信息包括:传输符号方向相同,传输方向切换信息为0或1;或者,传输符号方向不同,传输方向切换信息为O,O大于等于1。
第六方面,本申请还提供一种通信装置,该通信装置具有实现上述第五方面提供的任一方法。该通信装置可以通过硬件实现,也可以通过硬件执行相应的软件实现。该硬件或软件包括一个或多个与上述功能相对应的单元或模块。
在一种可能的实现方式中,该通信装置包括:处理器,该处理器被配置为支持该通信装置执行以上所示方法中终端设备的相应功能。该通信装置还可以包括存储器,该存储可以与处理器耦合,其保存该通信装置必要的程序指令和数据。可选地,该通信装置还包括接口电路,该接口电路用于支持该通信装置与网络设备等设备之间的通信。
在一种可能的实现方式中,该通信装置包括相应的功能模块,分别用于实现以上方法中的步骤。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。硬件或软件包括一个或多个与上述功能相对应的模块。
在一种可能的实施方式中,通信装置的结构中包括处理模块和通信模块,这些单元可以执行上述方法示例中相应功能,具体参见第五方面提供的方法中的描述,此处不做赘述。
第七方面,本申请实施例提供一种通信方法,该方法适用于网络设备为终端设备配置时隙格式的场景。该方法的执行主体为网络设备或网络设备中的一个模块,这里以网络设备为执行主体为例进行描述。该方法包括:网络设备确定配置信息,配置信息指示第一时隙格式;第一时隙格式可以确定相邻两个时隙间的时间单元和传输方向切换信息中的至少一项,时间单元不用于上行传输或下行接收;网络设备向终端设备发送配置信息。
在第七方面的一种可能的实现方式中,时间单元的时长大于或等于终端设备的射频调整时长,或者定时提前TA,或者带宽部分切换时长;或者时间单元的时长大于或等于终端设备的射频调整时长、定时提前以及带宽部分切换时长中的至少两项之和。
在第七方面的一种可能的实现方式中,时间单元的时长根据第一方式或第二方式确定。
在第七方面的一种可能的实现方式中,第一方式为:当相邻两个时隙间包括第一时隙和位于第一时隙之后的第二时隙,且相邻的两个时隙之间存在下行符号转换为上行符号时,第一时隙的最后M个符号作为时间单元,M为正整数。
在第七方面的一种可能的实现方式中,第二方式为:当相邻两个时隙间包括第一时隙和位于第一时隙之前的第三时隙,且相邻的两个时隙之间存在上行转换为下行,或者下行转换为上行时,第一时隙的最前M个符号作为时间单元,M为正整数。
在第七方面的一种可能的实现方式中,传输方向切换信息指示上下行切换次数,传输 方向切换信息为0或1。
第八方面,本申请还提供一种通信装置,该通信装置具有实现上述第七方面提供的任一方法。该通信装置可以通过硬件实现,也可以通过硬件执行相应的软件实现。该硬件或软件包括一个或多个与上述功能相对应的单元或模块。
在一种可能的实现方式中,该通信装置包括:处理器,该处理器被配置为支持该通信装置执行以上所示方法中网络设备的相应功能。该通信装置还可以包括存储器,该存储可以与处理器耦合,其保存该通信装置必要的程序指令和数据。可选地,该通信装置还包括接口电路,该接口电路用于支持该通信装置与终端设备等设备之间的通信。
在一种可能的实现方式中,该通信装置包括相应的功能模块,分别用于实现以上方法中的步骤。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。硬件或软件包括一个或多个与上述功能相对应的模块。
在一种可能的实施方式中,通信装置的结构中包括处理模块和通信模块,这些单元可以执行上述方法示例中相应功能,具体参见第七方面提供的方法中的描述,此处不做赘述。
第九方面,提供了一种通信装置,包括处理器和接口电路,接口电路用于接收来自该通信装置之外的其它通信装置的信号并传输至该处理器或将来自该处理器的信号发送给该通信装置之外的其它通信装置,该处理器通过逻辑电路或执行代码指令用于实现前述第一方面、任一方面的任意可能的实现方式中的方法。
第十方面,提供了一种通信装置,包括处理器和接口电路,接口电路用于接收来自该通信装置之外的其它通信装置的信号并传输至该处理器或将来自该处理器的信号发送给该通信装置之外的其它通信装置,该处理器通过逻辑电路或执行代码指令用于实现前述第三方面、第三方面的任意可能的实现方式中的方法的功能模块。
第十一方面,提供了一种通信装置,包括处理器和接口电路,接口电路用于接收来自该通信装置之外的其它通信装置的信号并传输至该处理器或将来自该处理器的信号发送给该通信装置之外的其它通信装置,该处理器通过逻辑电路或执行代码指令用于实现前述第五方面、第五方面的任意可能的实现方式中的方法的功能模块。
第十二方面,提供了一种通信装置,包括处理器和接口电路,接口电路用于接收来自该通信装置之外的其它通信装置的信号并传输至该处理器或将来自该处理器的信号发送给该通信装置之外的其它通信装置,该处理器通过逻辑电路或执行代码指令用于实现前述第七方面、第七方面的任意可能的实现方式中的方法的功能模块。
第十三方面,提供了一种计算机可读存储介质,该计算机可读存储介质中存储有计算机程序或指令,当该计算机程序或指令被处理器执行时,实现前述第一方面或第三方面或第五方面或第七方面中任一方面、以及任一方面的任意可能的实现方式中的方法。
第十四方面,提供了一种包含指令的计算机程序产品,当该指令被处理器运行时,实现前述第一方面或第三方面或第五方面或第七方面中任一方面、以及任一方面的任意可能的实现方式中的方法。
第十五方面,提供一种芯片系统,该芯片系统包括处理器,还可以包括存储器,用于实现前述第一方面或第三方面或第五方面或第七方面中任一方面、以及任一方面的任意可能的实现方式中的方法。该芯片系统可以由芯片构成,也可以包含芯片和其他分立器件。
第十六方面,提供一种通信系统,所述系统包括第二方面所述的装置(如网络设备) 以及第四方面所述的装置(如终端设备)。
第十七方面,提供一种通信系统,所述系统包括第六方面所述的装置(如终端设备)以及第八方面所述的装置(如网络设备)。
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本申请实施例的技术方案可以应用于各种通信系统,例如:长期演进(long term evolution,LTE)系统、LTE频分双工(frequency division duplex,FDD)系统、LTE时分双工(time division duplex,TDD)、NR系统等,在此不做限制。本申请实施例中的方法不仅适用于TDD系统,也适用于半双工频分双工(half duplex-frequency division duplex,HD-FDD),使得HD-FDD按照本申请实施例的时隙配置方法工作。
本申请实施例中,终端设备,可以为具有无线收发功能的设备或可设置于任一设备中的芯片,也可以称为用户设备(user equipment,UE)、接入终端、用户单元、远程终端、移动设备、用户终端、无线通信设备、用户代理或用户装置。本申请实施例中的终端设备可以是手机(mobile phone)、平板电脑(Pad)、虚拟现实(virtual reality,VR)终端、增强现实(augmented reality,AR)终端、工业控制(industrial control)中的无线终端、无人驾驶(self driving)中的无线终端、远程医疗(remote medical)中的无线终端、智能电网(smart grid)中的无线终端、运输安全(transportation safety)中的无线终端等。
在本申请实施例中,终端设备可以是NR系统中的REDCAP终端设备,还可以是传统能力的终端设备。REDCAP终端设备还可以称为低能力终端设备、降低能力终端设备、REDCAP UE、Reduced Capacity UE、mMTC UE等。传统能力或正常能力或高能力的终端设备,也可以称为传统(legacy)终端设备或者常规(normal)终端设备。低能力终端设备与传统终端设备相比,如下特征参数的一项或多项是不同的:
带宽(信道带宽),也即终端设备的支持或配置的带宽,本申请中低能力终端设备和传统终端设备的带宽可能不同。例如低能力终端设备的带宽为20M,传统终端设备的带宽为100M。
支持或配置的资源单元数不同。例如:低能力终端设备支持的资源数为48RB,传统终端设备支持的资源数为96RB。
发射天线端口数和/或接收天线端口数不同。例如低能力终端设备的发射天线端口数为1,接收天线的端口数为2,传统终端设备的发射天线端口数为2,接收天线的端口数为4。
射频通道数不同。例如低能力终端设备的射频通道数为1个,传统终端设备的射频通道数为2个。
HARQ进程数不同。例如低能力终端设备的HARQ进程数为8,传统终端设备的HARQ进程数为16。
支持的峰值速率不同。例如低能力终端设备支持的最大峰值速率为100Mbps,传统终端设备支持的峰值速率为200Mbps。
应用场景不同。例如低能力终端设备应用于工业无线传感,视频监控,可穿戴设备等,传统终端设备应用于移动通信,视频上网等。
时延要求不同。例如低能力终端设备的时延要求为500毫秒,传统终端设备的时延要求为100毫秒。
处理能力不同。例如低能力终端设备的不支持复杂的运算(复杂的运算包括:人工智能(artificial intelligence,AI)、虚拟现实(virtual reality,VR)渲染),传统终端设备支持复杂的运算;如:低能力终端设备的处理能力低于传统终端设备。
协议版本不同。例如低能力终端设备支持的协议版本为Release 17,传统终端设备支持的协议版本为Release 15。
双工方式(半双工,全双工)不同。例如低能力终端设备采用的半双工的模式工作,传统终端设备采用全双工的方式工作。
业务(物联应用如视频监控,MBB等)不同。例如低能力终端设备支持的业务为时视频监控,传统终端设备支持的业务为MBB。
网络设备,主要负责为终端设备提供无线连接,保证终端设备的上下行数据的可靠传输等。网络设备可以是NR系统中的下一代基站(next Generation node B,gNB),可以是LTE系统中的演进型节点(evolutional node B,eNB)等。网络设备为gNB时,可以由集中式单元(centralized unit,CU)和分布式单元(distributed unit,DU)构成。
举例来说,本申请实施例提供的方法可以应用于图1所示的通信系统中,其中,网络设备和3个终端设备(分别用UE1~UE3表示)组成一个单小区通信系统,UE1~UE3可以分别或同时发送上行数据给网络设备,网络设备可以分别或同时发送下行数据给UE1~UE3。应理解,图1仅是一种示例性说明,并不对通信系统中包括的终端设备、网络设备的数量、网络设备覆盖的小区数量进行具体限定。
以图1所示的通信系统为NR TDD系统为例,终端设备与网络设备通信之前,网络设备可以通过RRC公共信令为小区中的所有终端设备,配置时隙的图案(pattern),目前网络设备可以配置的图案分为图案1和图案2,这两种图案的配置规则相同。以图案1为例,配置规则如下:
· 确定图案1的传输周期,传输周期P1可以为0.5ms,0.625ms,1ms,1.25ms,2ms, 2.5ms,5ms或10ms等,具体根据实际情况配置:
· 将图案1起始的连续x个时隙配置为下行时隙,x为正整数,具体取值根据实际情况确定;
· 将x个下行时隙的结束位置开始的连续y个符号配置为下行符号,y为正整数,具体取值根据实际情况确定;
· 将图案1结束位置向前的连续x个时隙配置为上行时隙;
· 将x个上行时隙的起始位置向前的连续y个符号配置为上行符号;
· 将图案1内剩余的符号配置为F符号。
结合上面的描述,图案1的配置结果可以参考图2所示,图2中,D表示下行时隙或下行符号,U表示上行时隙或上行符号,F代表F符号,F符号也可以称为灵活符号。
在RRC公共信令的基础上,网络设备还可以通过RRC专用信令将F符号配置为上行或下行符号。进一步的,如果经过RRC公共信令和RRC专用信令配置后,还存在F符号,网络设备还可以通过DCI指示被配置为F符号的符号格式。例如,DCI并不是直接指示F符号的符号格式,而是指示包括F符号所在时隙的时隙格式,每种时隙格式中规定了一个时隙中上行符号的数量以及位置,下行符号的数量以及位置。
目前的时隙格式存在256种,网络设备通过DCI进行指示时,需要在256种时隙格式中选择合适的时隙格式指示给终端设备,实现起来复杂度较高,为此本申请提供一种方法,可以降低配置时隙格式的复杂度,下面将详细描述。
本申请实施例描述的网络架构以及业务场景是为了更加清楚的说明本申请实施例的技术方案,并不构成对于本申请实施例提供的技术方案的限定,本领域普通技术人员可知,随着网络架构的演变和新业务场景的出现,本申请实施例提供的技术方案对于类似的技术问题,同样适用。
本申请实施例中,以终端设备和网络设备之间的交互为例进行说明,本申请实施例提供的方法还可以适用于其他执行主体之间的交互,例如可以是终端设备芯片或模块,与网络设备中的芯片或模块之间的交互,当执行主体为芯片或模块时,可以参考本申请实施例中的描述,在此不再赘述。
实施例一:
结合前面的描述,如图3所示,为本申请实施例提供的一种通信方法流程示意图。参见图3,该方法包括:
步骤301:网络设备根据终端设备的业务类型、所述终端设备的能力信息以及阈值信息中的一项或多项确定第一时隙格式组合信息。
所述业务类型与至少一个时隙格式关联,所述终端设备的能力信息指示所述终端设备支持的时隙格式的数量信息,所述阈值信息指示满足所述阈值信息的至少一个时隙格式;
步骤302:网络设备向所述终端设备发送第一信息,所述第一信息指示一个或多个时隙的时隙格式为所述第一时隙格式组合信息对应的时隙格式。
本申请实施例中,网络设备可以通过DCI发送第一信息,也可以通过其他方式发送第一信息,本申请并不限定。
步骤303:终端设备根据所述终端设备的业务类型、所述终端设备的能力信息以及阈值信息中的一项或多项确定第一时隙格式组合信息。
所述业务类型与至少一个时隙格式关联,所述终端设备的能力信息指示所述终端设备 支持的时隙格式的数量信息,所述阈值信息指示满足所述阈值信息的至少一个时隙格式。
步骤304:终端设备接收来自网络设备的第一信息,所述第一信息指示一个或多个时隙的时隙格式为所述第一时隙格式组合信息所对应的时隙格式。
其中,所述一个或多个时隙中,不存在相同时隙格式的时隙,即每个时隙的时隙格式不同;或者所述一个或多个时隙中,也可以存在相同时隙格式的时隙,即存在至少两个时隙的时隙格式相同。
本申请实施例中,第一时隙格式组合信息,可以包括以下至少一项:
时隙格式索引对应的时隙格式:时隙格式索引对应的时隙格式为终端设备支持的时隙格式的全集,例如,时隙格式可以指示一个时隙中的以下一项或多项信息:下行符号数及符号位置,灵活符号数及符号位置,上行符号数及符号位置。例如一个时隙中有14个符号,编号为0~13,假设该时隙的时隙格式为格式A,格式A可以表示该时隙中0~3为下行符号,4~5为灵活符号,5~13为上行符号。时隙格式索引对应的时隙格式,为现有标准中定义的256种时隙格式的子集,或者为现有标准中定义的256种时隙格式的一部分。其中,时隙格式索引对应的时隙格式的数量小于256,具体数量根据实际情况确定。
最大的时隙格式的个数:最大的时隙格式的个数可以是包含在第一时隙格式参数中,例如RRC参数slotFormats。例如,最大的时隙格式的个数为RRC参数maxNrofSlotFormatsPerCombination,最大的时隙格式的个数小于256,例如可以是N1=2n,n为大于1的正整数,N1的取值可以为8、16、32、64或128。在另一种可能的情况中,根据最大的时隙格式的个数,确定slotFormats的序列(slotFormats sequence size)的长度和序列中每个元素对应的时隙格式,序列中每个元素的时隙格式为时隙格式索引对应的时隙格式。
时隙格式索引的取值集合:时隙格式索引的取值集合可以是包含在第一时隙格式参数中,例如RRC参数slotFormats。时隙格式索引的取值集合的表示方式为(0,…,N2),其中N2=2 n-1,n为大于1的正整数,且N2的值小于255,例如,N2可以为7、15、31、63或127。最大的时隙格式的个数和时隙格式索引的取值集合的值可以是有对应关系的,例如N2=N1-1。
本申请实施例中,可以建立业务类型与第一时隙格式组合信息的关联关系,一个业务类型可以与至少一个时隙格式关联。一个业务类型关联的时隙格式,可以是根据该业务类型的数据传输要求确定的。例如,若该业务类型需要传输的上行数据较多,且需要传输的下行数据较少,则该业务类型关联的时隙格式中的上行符号数量大于下行符号数量。若该业务类型需要传输的下行数据较多,且需要传输的上行数据较少,则该业务类型关联的时隙格式中的下行符号数量大上行符号数量。若该业务类型需要传输的上行数据较多,且需要传输的下行数据也较多,则该业务类型关联的时隙格式中的上行符号数量与下行符号数量相等或相近,且均大于预设值,例如均大于3。若该业务类型需要传输的上行数据较少,且需要传输的下行数据较少,则该业务类型关联的时隙格式中的上行符号数量与下行符号数量相等或相近。其中符号可以是指正交频分复用(orthogonal frequency division multiplexing,OFDM)符号等符号。
举例来说,以业务类型分别为工业无线传感器网络(industrial wireless sensor network,IWSN)业务、视频监控业务以及可穿戴业务为例进行说明,上述业务的数据传输要求可以如表1所示。
表1
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结合表1,IWSN业务需要传输的下行数据较多,且需要传输的上行数据较少,因此IWSN业务关联的时隙格式中需要包括的下行符号的数量较多,举例来说,IWSN业务关联的时隙格式可以为表2中的一个或多个。关联多个时,可以包括关联表2中的全部时隙格式的情况。
表2
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
0 D D D D D D D D D D D D D D
1 D D D D D D D D D D D D D F
2 D D D D D D D D D D D D F F
3 D D D D D D D D D D D F F F
4 D D D D D D D D D D F F F F
5 D D D D D D D D D F F F U U
6 D D D D D D D D F F U U U U
7 D D D D D D F F U U U U U U
表2中,D表示下行符号,U表示上行符号,F代表灵活符号。表2中,第1行表示一个时隙中的符号索引,第1列表示时隙格式的索引,一个时隙包括14个符号,除第1行之外,每一行表示一种时隙格式,每种时隙格式可以表示出一个时隙中上行符号、下行符号以及灵活符号的分布情况,即符号数及符号位置。例如,第2行的时隙格式,表示一个时隙中的所有符号均为下行符号;第9行的时隙格式,表示一个时隙中,第0至第5符号为下行符号,第6至第7符号为灵活符号,第8至第13符号为上行符号。
再举例来说,视频监控业务需要传输的下行数据较少,且需要传输的上行数据较多,因此视频监控业务关联的时隙格式中需要包括的上行符号的数量较多,举例来说,视频监控业务关联的时隙格式可以为表3中的一个或多个。关联多个时,可以包括关联表3中的全部时隙格式的情况。
表3
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
0 U U U U U U U U U U U U U U
1 F U U U U U U U U U U U U U
2 F F U U U U U U U U U U U U
3 F F F U U U U U U U U U U U
4 F F F F U U U U U U U U U U
5 D D F F U U U U U U U U U U
6 D D D F F U U U U U U U U U
7 D D D D F F U U U U U U U U
表3中,D表示下行符号,U表示上行符号,F代表灵活符号,其中,第1行表示一个时隙中的符号索引,第1列表示时隙格式的索引。
再举例来说,可穿戴业务需要传输的上行数据与下行数据均较多,因此可穿戴业务关联的时隙格式中需要包括的上行符号和下行符号的数量相近,举例来说,可穿戴业务关联的时隙格式可以为表4中的一个或多个。关联多个时,可以包括关联表4中的全部时隙格式的情况。
表4
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
0 D D D D D D D F U U U U U U
1 D D D D D D F F U U U U U U
2 D D D D D D D F F U U U U U
3 D D D D D D F F F U U U U U
4 D D D D D F U U U U U U U U
表4中,D表示下行符号,U表示上行符号,F代表灵活符号。
需要说明的是,不同业务类型关联的时隙格式的数量可以相同,也可以不同。例如可穿戴业务可以关联8个时隙格式,视频监控业务可以关联16个时隙格式。不同业务类型关联的时隙格式的数量,可以是预定义的,也可以通过其他方式确定,本申请实施例对此并不限定。进一步的,一个业务类型关联的至少一个时隙格式,可以是终端设备确定之后上报给网络设备的,也可以是预定义的,还可以是由网络设备配置的。
需要说明的是,第一时隙格式组合信息包括时隙格式索引的取值集合时,为以表2为例,表2中的第一列的索引的最大值可以为N2=2 n-1(2的n次方-1),n为大于1的正整数,且索引的最大值小于255,例如,索引的最大值为7、15、31、63或127。表3和表4同样适用,在此不再赘述。第一时隙格式组合信息包括时隙格式索引对应的时隙格式时,以表2为例,时隙格式索引对应的时隙格式对应表2中的每一行的时隙格式。
本申请实施例中,终端设备还可以向网络设备上报能力信息,该能力信息可以指示终端设备支持的时隙格式的数量信息。该能力信息还可以指示终端设备支持的一个或多个时隙格式。网络设备获取该能力信息时,为终端设备配置的时隙格式的数量,所述时隙格式的数量小于或等于终端设备支持的最大的时隙格式的个数。
一种可能的实现方式中,时隙格式的数量信息可以为终端设备支持的最大的时隙格式的个数,例如,终端设备支持的最大的时隙格式的个数等于N1,N1=2n,n为大于1的正整数,N1可以为8、16、32、64或128。
另一种可能的实现方式中,时隙格式的数量信息可以直接指示时隙格式索引对应的时隙格式。例如,终端设备执行的业务为视频监控业务,则可以将视频监控业务关联的时隙格式索引对应的时隙格式通过能力信息上报给网络设备。再例如,终端设备可以通过能力 信息指示终端设备支持的时隙格式索引对应的时隙格式,例如,目前存在256个时隙格式,终端设备支持其中的一部分时隙格式,例如支持如表5所示的20个时隙格式,能力信息可以指示这20个时隙格式中的全部或部分。再例如,可以通过预定义的方法,将M个时隙格式划分为不同的集合,应理解M个时隙格式为任意个数的时隙格式,M个时隙格式可以为现有的256种时隙格式,M个时隙格式划分为M1个集合(M大于M1),划分方法可以是按照索引连续的,或者是按照预定义的规则划分的,索引可以是不连续的,划分为集合0,…,集合M1-1,终端设备可以通过能力信息上报(集合0,…,集合M1-1)中的一个或多个集合。
表5
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
0 D D D D D D D D D D D D D D
1 D D D D D D D D D D D D D F
2 D D D D D D D D D D D D F F
3 D D D D D D D D D D D F F F
4 D D D D D D D D D D F F F F
5 D D D D D D D D D F F F U U
6 D D D D D D D D F F U U U U
7 D D D D D D F F U U U U U U
8 U U U U U U U U U U U U U U
9 F U U U U U U U U U U U U U
10 F F U U U U U U U U U U U U
11 F F F U U U U U U U U U U U
12 F F F F U U U U U U U U U U
13 D D F F U U U U U U U U U U
14 D D D F F U U U U U U U U U
15 D D D D F F U U U U U U U U
16 D D D D D D D F U U U U U U
17 D D D D D D F F U U U U U U
18 D D D D D D D F F U U U U U
19 D D D D D D F F F U U U U U
20 D D D D D F U U U U U U U U
另一种可能的实现方式中,能力信息可以间接指示至少一个时隙格式,例如能力信息可以为以下至少一项:终端设备支持大于第一阈值的上行符号的数量的时隙格式,终端设备支持大于第二阈值的下行符号的数量的时隙格式,终端设备支持大于第三阈值的灵活符号的数量的时隙格式。第一阈值,第二阈值以及第三阈值可以根据实际情况确定。例如能力信息为上行符号的数量大于5,表示终端设备支持上行符号的数量大于5的时隙格式,网络设备在配置时隙格式时,不考虑上行符号的数量小于或等于5的时隙格式。例如能力信息为上行符号的数量大于5,下行符号的数量大于3,表示终端设备支持上行符号的数量大于5,且下行符号的数量大于3的时隙格式。
本申请实施例中,还可以通过阈值信息指示至少一个时隙格式。阈值信息可以为终端设备上报给网络设备的,也可以为网络设备配置的,还可以为协议预定义的,本申请实施例并不限定。
阈值信息可以包括第一阈值、第二阈值以及第三阈值中的一项或多项。其中,第一阈值表示终端设备支持的时隙格式中包括的上行符号数的最小值;第二阈值表示终端设备支持的时隙格式中包括的下行符号数的最小值;第三阈值表示终端设备支持的时隙格式中包括的灵活符号数的最小值。
在该情况下,阈值信息指示至少一个时隙格式(或者称为满足阈值信息的至少一个时隙格式)中的任一时隙格式满足以下一项或多项:
上行符号数大于或等于所述第一阈值;下行符号数大于或等于所述第二阈值;灵活符号数大于或等于所述第三阈值。
举例来说,第一阈值为6,那么阈值信息指示至少一个时隙格式中的任一时隙格式,包括的上行符号数大于或等于6。第一阈值为6,第二阈值为4,那么阈值信息指示至少一个时隙格式中的任一时隙格式,包括的上行符号数大于或等于6,且包括的下行符号数大于或等于4。
本申请实施例中,第一阈值和第二阈值可以根据业务类型确定。例如,业务类型所需传输的上行数据较多,那么第一阈值的取值可以大于5。例如业务类型所需传输的下行数据较多,那么第二阈值的取值可以大于5。当然,以上只是示例,还可能根据其他方式确定第一阈值和第二阈值,在此不再赘述。
本申请实施例中,第三阈值可以根据第一参数确定的,所述第一参数可以包括以下一项或多项确定:
子载波间隔(subcarrier spacing,SCS);射频调整时长;定时提前(timing advance,TA);带宽部分切换时延。其中,射频调整时长,是从上行转换为下行,或者下行转换为上行时,终端设备的射频发射通道进行相应调整所需的时间。上行传输和下行传输在不同的带宽部分,终端设备还需要进行带宽部分切换,带宽部分切换所需的时长可以称为带宽部分切换时延。
例如,SCS为15KHz时,射频调整时长为13微秒,若不考虑TA及带宽部分切换时延,则需要第二阈值可以设为1个符号。若考虑带宽部分切换时延,若带宽部分切换时延为140微秒,则第二阈值对应的时长应该大于13+140=153微秒,即第二阈值可以设为3个符号(SCS为15KHz时,1个符号的长度为77微秒)。
结合前面的描述,下面分别描述网络设备如何确定第一时隙格式组合信息。
实现方式一:
当网络设备根据终端设备的业务类型确定一个或多个时隙的时隙格式时,网络设备可以将该业务类型关联的一个或多个时隙格式中的至少一个时隙格式,确定为第一时隙格式组合信息中包括的时隙格式。网络设备可以将该至少一个时隙格式配置给所述一个或多个时隙,具体如何配置,本申请实施例对此并不限定。其中不同时隙可以选择相同的时隙格式,也可以选择不同的时隙格式。
举例来说,业务类型为IWSN业务,网络设备需要为P个时隙确定时隙格式,P为正整数,假设P个时隙中不存在相同时隙格式的时隙,网络设备可以将IWSN业务关联的至少一个时隙格式中的任意P个时隙格式,确定为该P个时隙的时隙格式,其中每个时隙格 式和时隙的对应关系,可以根据实际情况确定,本申请实施例并不限定。以表2为例,例如P=2,可以将表2中索引为1和3的时隙格式,配置给这两个时隙。再例如,假设P个时隙中存在相同时隙格式的时隙,以表2为例,P=2,可以将表2中索引为5的时隙格式,配置给这两个时隙。其他情况可以以此类推,在此不再赘述。
实现方式二:
当网络设备根据终端设备的能力信息确定一个或多个时隙的时隙格式时,网络设备可以将该能力信息指示的一个或多个时隙格式确定为第一时隙格式组合信息中包括的时隙格式。网络设备可以将该至少一个时隙格式配置给所述一个或多个时隙。
举例来说,假如存在3个时隙,分别为时隙1,时隙2和时隙3。以表5为例,可以将表5中3个时隙格式,配置给这三个时隙,例如将索引为1、3和5的时隙格式,配置给这三个时隙。再例如,可以将表5中索引为5的时隙格式,配置时隙1和时隙3,将表5中索引为8的时隙格式,配置时隙2。其他情况可以以此类推,在此不再赘述。
实现方式三:
当网络设备根据阈值信息确定一个或多个时隙的时隙格式时,网络设备可以将该阈值信息指示的一个或多个时隙格式确定为第一时隙格式组合信息中包括的时隙格式。网络设备可以将该至少一个时隙格式配置给所述一个或多个时隙。
举例来说,阈值信息中包括的第一阈值为6,该阈值信息指示的时隙格式为包括的上行符号数大于或等于6的时隙格式,网络设备可以将包括的上行符号数大于或等于6的至少一个时隙格式,配置给所述一个或多个时隙。
举例来说,阈值信息中包括的第一阈值为6,第三阈值为2,该阈值信息指示的时隙格式为包括的上行符号数大于或等于6,且灵活符号数大于或大于2的时隙格式,网络设备可以将包括的上行符号数大于或等于6,且灵活符号数大于或大于2的至少一个时隙格式,配置给所述一个或多个时隙。
那么阈值信息指示至少一个时隙格式中的任一时隙格式,包括的上行符号数大于或等于6。第一阈值为6,第二阈值为4,那么阈值信息指示至少一个时隙格式中的任一时隙格式,包括的上行符号数大于或等于6,且包括的下行符号数大于或等于4。
实现方式四:
网络设备根据业务类型、能力信息以及阈值信息中的至少两项确定所述一个或多个时隙的时隙格式。具体的,网络设备可以根据业务类型、能力信息以及阈值信息中的至少两项确定第一时隙格式组合信息中包括的时隙格式。
其中,第一时隙格式组合信息中包括的时隙格式,可以是以下至少两项的交集:
业务类型关联的至少一个时隙格式;能力信息指示的至少一个时隙格式;阈值信息指示的至少一个时隙格式。
举例来说,业务类型为IWSN业务,关联的至少一个时隙格式可以如表2所示。能力信息指示的至少一个时隙格式可以为表5中的时隙格式。阈值信息中包括的第一阈值为7,第三阈值为1。网络设备根据业务类型、能力信息确定第一时隙格式组合信息,第一时隙格式组合信息可以包括时隙格式索引对应的时隙格式、最大的时隙格式的个数、时隙格式索引的取值集合中的至少一项,即网络设备根据业务类型、能力信息确定时隙格式索引对应的时隙格式、最大的时隙格式的个数的、时隙格式索引的取值集合中的一项或多项,可以如表6所示。
表6
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
0 D D D D D D D D D D D D D D
1 D D D D D D D D D D D D D F
2 D D D D D D D D D D D D F F
3 D D D D D D D D D D D F F F
4 D D D D D D D D D D F F F F
5 D D D D D D D D D F F F U U
6 D D D D D D D D F F U U U U
通过表6可知,表6所示的时隙格式的取值集合,同时满足业务类型和能力信息,就是表2和表5中前6行的交集。
网络设备根据业务类型、阈值信息确定第一时隙格式组合信息,第一时隙格式组合信息可以包括时隙格式索引对应的时隙格式、最大的时隙格式的个数、时隙格式索引的取值集合中的一项或多项,即网络设备根据业务类型、阈值信息确定时隙格式索引对应的时隙格式、最大的时隙格式的个数的、时隙格式索引的取值集合中的一项或多项,可以如表7所示。
表7
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
1 D D D D D D D D D D D D D F
2 D D D D D D D D D D D D F F
3 D D D D D D D D D D D F F F
4 D D D D D D D D D D F F F F
5 D D D D D D D D D F F F U U
6 D D D D D D D D F F U U U U
网络设备根据能力信息、阈值信息确定第一时隙格式组合信息,第一时隙格式组合信息可以包括时隙格式索引对应的时隙格式、最大的时隙格式的个数、时隙格式索引的取值集合中的一项或多项,即网络设备根据能力信息、阈值信息确定时隙格式索引对应的时隙格式、最大的时隙格式的个数的、时隙格式索引的取值集合中的一项或多项,可以如表8所示。
表8
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
1 D D D D D D D D D D D D D F
2 D D D D D D D D D D D D F F
3 D D D D D D D D D D D F F F
4 D D D D D D D D D D F F F F
5 D D D D D D D D D F F F U U
6 D D D D D D D D F F U U U U
16 D D D D D D D F U U U U U U
18 D D D D D D D F F U U U U U
网络设备根据业务类型、能力信息、阈值信息确定第一时隙格式组合信息,第一时隙格式组合信息可以包括时隙格式索引对应的时隙格式、最大的时隙格式的个数、时隙格式索引的取值集合中的一项或多项,即网络设备根据业务类型、能力信息、阈值信息确定时隙格式索引对应的时隙格式、最大的时隙格式的个数的、时隙格式索引的取值集合中的一项或多项,可以如表9所示。
表9
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
1 D D D D D D D D D D D D D F
2 D D D D D D D D D D D D F F
3 D D D D D D D D D D D F F F
4 D D D D D D D D D D F F F F
5 D D D D D D D D D F F F U U
6 D D D D D D D D F F U U U U
以上只是示例,其他情况可以以此类推,不再逐一举例说明。
本申请还可以应用于图案配置,为了描述方便,以下将图案称为时分复用上行下行配置。时分复用上行下行配置包括RRC参数TDD-UL-DL-ConfigCommon,或RRC参数TDD-UL-DL-ConfigDedicated的配置。例如可以包括以下至少一项:上行时隙数及时隙位置;上行符号数及符号位置;下行时隙数及时隙位置;下行符号数及符号位置;灵活时隙数及时隙位置;灵活符号数及符号位置。时分复用上行下行配置中的参数包括上行时隙数,上行时隙位置,上行符号数,上行符号位置,灵活符号数,灵活符号位置,时分复用上行下行配置的周期中的至少一种。其中,上行时隙数为该配置中上行时隙的数量;上行时隙位置为上行时隙的起始位置或结束位置或按某种规则确定的位置;下行时隙数为该配置中下行时隙的数量;下行时隙位置为下行时隙的起始位置或结束位置或按某种规则确定的位置;时分复用上行下行配置的周期为该配置的持续时间,即UE在该配置的持续时间内会按照时分复用上行下行配置工作。
例如,时分复用上行下行配置对应RRC参数TDD-UL-DL-ConfigCommon,或RRC参数TDD-UL-DL-ConfigDedicated的配置。例如,上行时隙数及时隙位置,和/或,上行符号数及符号位置,和/或,下行时隙数及时隙位置,和/或,下行符号数及符号位置,和/或,灵活时隙数及时隙位置,和/或,灵活符号数及符号位置,和/或,时分复用上下行配置的周期。再例如,为了简化终端设备的处理,时分复用上行下行配置只包括一个周期或者对于特性业务类型只包括一个周期,并且该周期的值为5毫秒(ms)的整数倍,例如,5ms,10ms,或20ms;周期值的配置与终端设备的业务类型,例如业务类型为IWSN业务,由于信道环境及待传输的数据量比较稳定,因此周期的配置值为较大值。
本申请实施例中,时分复用上行下行配置中的参数可以根据终端设备的业务类型、所述终端设备的能力信息以及阈值信息中的一项或多项确定。
具体的,业务类型与时分复用上行下行配置中的参数关联,终端设备的能力信息指示所述终端设备支持的时分复用上行下行配置中的参数,阈值信息指示满足所述阈值信息的时分复用上行下行配置中的参数。业务类型与时分复用上行下行配置中的参数关联,若该业务类型需要传输的上行数据较多,且需要传输的下行数据较少,则该业务类型关联的时隙格式中的上行时隙数量大于下行时隙数量。若该业务类型需要传输的下行数据较多,且 需要传输的上行数据较少,则该业务类型关联的时隙格式中的下行时隙数量大上行时隙数量。若该业务类型需要传输的上行数据较多,且需要传输的下行数据也较多,则该业务类型关联的时隙格式中的上行时隙数量与下行时隙数量相等或相近,且均大于预设值,例如均大于3。若该业务类型需要传输的上行数据较少,且需要传输的下行数据较少,则该业务类型关联的时隙格式中的上行符号数量与下行符号数量相等或相近。其中时隙可以替换为子帧,无线帧,迷你时隙,符号中的任一种。业务类型可以和时分复用上行下行配置的周期关联。例如,若该业务类型需要传输的上行数据较多,且需要传输的下行数据较少,则该业务类型关联的上行时隙的数量大于下行时隙的数量。例如该业务类型为视频监控业务,则关联的上行时隙的数量为5,下行时隙的数量为2。若该业务类型需要传输的下行数据较多,且需要传输的上行数据较少,则该业务类型关联的上行时隙的数量小于下行时隙的数量。例如该业务类型为IWSN业务,则关联的上行时隙的数量为1,下行时隙的数量为6。
终端设备的能力信息指示所述终端设备支持的时分复用上行下行配置中的参数,一种可能的实现方式中,终端设备的能力信息为终端设备上报给网络设备的,终端设备的能力信息上报一下的至少一项:
1)时分复用上行下行配置的周期。
2)终端设备的能力信息上报支持以下中的至少一项:上行时隙数,上行符号数,下行时隙数,下行符号数,灵活时隙数,灵活符号数。
3)终端设备的能力信息上报支持以下中的至少一项之间的比例关系:上行时隙数,上行符号数,下行时隙数,下行符号数,灵活时隙数,灵活符号数。例如上行时隙数与下行时隙数的比例为2比1。
4)终端设备的能力信息上报支持的时分复用上行下行配置的索引,此时假设时分复用上行下行配置有多种预定义的配置,终端设备上报其中一种对应的索引。
阈值信息包括第一阈值,和/或,第二阈值,和/或,第三阈值,其中第一阈值表示时分复用上行下行配置中上行时隙数或上行符号数的最小值,其中第二阈值表示时分复用上行下行配置中下行时隙数或下行符号数的最小值,其中第三阈值表示时分复用上行下行配置中灵活时隙数或灵活符号数的最小值。
具体的,时分复用上行下行配置中的参数可以根据终端设备的业务类型、所述终端设备的能力信息以及阈值信息中的至少两项来确定。
实施例二:
目前,在TDD中,终端设备需要进行传输方向切换。本申请中,传输方向切换包括上行转换到下行,和下行转换到上行。下面结合附图进行描述,图4至图5中,D表示下行符号,U表示上行符号,F代表灵活符号。如图4中的(a)所示,如果连续两个符号分别为上行符号和下行符号,那么终端设备需要从上行转换到下行。上行符号和下行符号之间也可以包括至少一个灵活符号,例如,如图4中的(b)所示,为另一种传输方向切换的示意图。
如图5中的(a)所示,如果连续两个符号分别为下行符号和上行符号,那么终端设备需要在下行转换到上行。下行符号和上行符号之间也可以包括至少一个灵活符号,例如,如图5中的(b)所示,为另一种传输方向切换的示意图。本申请实施例提供一种方法可以降低传输方向切换次数,提高传输效率,下面分别进行描述。
结合前面的描述,如图6所示,为本申请实施例提供的一种通信方法流程示意图。参见图6,该方法包括:
步骤601:网络设备确定第一时隙的第一时隙格式;
第一时隙格式的确定方法,可以采用图3所示的流程中的方法确定,即终端设备的业务类型、终端设备的能力信息以及阈值信息中的一项或多项确定第一时隙格式。也可以理解为,网络设备可以通过图3所示的流程中的第一信息指示第一时隙格式。
步骤602:网络设备向终端设备发送配置信息,配置信息指示该第一时隙格式。
步骤603:终端设备接收来自网络设备的配置信息。
步骤604:终端设备根据配置信息指示的第一时隙格式确定相邻两个时隙间的时间单元和传输方向切换信息中的至少一项。
其中时间单元不用于上行传输或下行接收。
第一时隙格式为一个时隙的时隙格式。步骤601中,网络设备可以根据终端设备的业务类型、终端设备的能力信息以及阈值信息中的一项或多项确定第一时隙格式组合信息,第一时隙格式为第一时隙格式组合信息中对应一个时隙的时隙格式。
其中,相邻两个时隙是指第一时隙与位于第一时隙之后的第二时隙,或者是指第一时隙与位于第一时隙之前的第三时隙。
传输方向切换包括上行符号切换为下行符号,上行符号切换为下行符号,上行传输切换为下行传输,下行传输切换为上行传输中的任一项或多项。传输方向切换信息可以指示传输方向切换次数,传输方向切换信息可以是如下情况的任意一种:
1,一个时隙中所有符号都为上行符号,则传输方向切换信息为0;
2,一个时隙中所有符号都为下行符号,则传输方向切换信息为0;
3,一个时隙中即包括上行符号,也包括灵活符号,则传输方向切换信息为0;
4,一个时隙中即包括下行符号,也包括灵活符号,则传输方向切换信息为0;
5,一个时隙中即包括上行符号,和下行符号,则传输方向切换信息为1;
6,一个时隙中即包括上行符号,灵活符号,和下行符号,则传输方向切换信息为1;
7,一个时隙中包括下行符号,灵活符号,和上行符号的配置,且包括N个配置,例如,按顺序一个时隙内14个符号的方向为DDDFUUUDDDFUUU,则传输方向切换信息为2或3;此情况下可以不配置灵活符号;其中D表示下行符号,F表示灵活符号,U表示上行符号。
8,第一时隙中的符号为上行符号,或上行符号和灵活符号,第二时隙中的符号为下行符号,或下行符号和灵活符号,则传输方向切换信息为1;
9,第一时隙中的符号为上行符号,或上行符号和灵活符号,第三时隙中的符号为下行符号,或下行符号和灵活符号,则传输方向切换信息为1;
时间单元在相邻两个时隙中所处的位置关系可以是以下情况,时间单元的单位:可以是子帧,无线帧,时隙,迷你时隙,符号中的任一种。后文的描述以两个时隙之间的位置关系为例,两个时隙可以替换为一个时隙内相邻的两个符号:
1)若一个时隙既包括上行符号,也包括下行符号,则,时间单元在相邻两个时隙中所处的位置关系,是在一个时隙内,即相邻符号时间的;或者可以理解为,需要在一个时隙相邻符号之间做传输方向切换,则时间单元在相邻两个时隙中所处的位置关系为一个时隙相邻上行符号和下行符号之间的位置关系,并在该位置发生 传输方向切换。
2)若一个时隙只包括上行符号,或只包括下行符号,或包括上行符号和灵活符号,或包括下行符号和灵活符号,则,时间单元在相邻两个时隙中所处的位置关系,是在相邻时隙之间的,即时隙的末尾或时隙的起始。
3)时间单元在相邻两个时隙中所处的位置关系可以替换为时间单元在一个时隙内的位置关系。并且在该一个时隙内发生上行符号到下行符号的切换,或下行符号到上行符号的切换,或上行传输到下行传输的切换,或下行传输到上行传输的切换。
时间单元的时长可以是如下理解的一种或多种:时间单元的时长大于或等于终端设备的射频调整时长,时间单元的时长大于或等于终端设备的定时提前TA,时间单元的时长大于或等于终端设备的带宽部分切换时长,时间单元的时长大于或等于终端设备的射频调整时长、定时提前以及带宽部分切换时长中的至少两项之和,时间单元的时长大于或等于终端设备的射频调整时长、定时提前以及带宽部分切换时长中的最大值。
本申请实施例中,终端设备可以采用第一方式或第二方式确定时间单元在相邻两个时隙中的位置关系,以及时间单元的时长。其中,时间单元的时长大于或等于终端设备的射频调整时长,或者定时提前TA,或者带宽部分切换(BWP switching)时长;或者时间单元的时长大于或等于终端设备的射频调整时长、定时提前以及带宽部分切换时长中的至少两项之和。射频调整时长可以理解为终端设备调整射频的时间(RF retuning),也可以理解为终端设备从发送端切换到接收端所需要的时间,也可以理解为终端设备从接收端切换到发送端所需要的时间,也可以理解为终端设备硬件调整的时间。
其中第一方式为:当相邻两个时隙间包括第一时隙和位于第一时隙之后的第二时隙,且相邻的两个时隙之间存在下行转换为上行时,第一时隙的最后M个符号作为时间单元。M为正整数。时间单元可以占用第一时隙的所有符号。
第二方式为:当相邻两个时隙间包括第一时隙和位于第一时隙之前的第三时隙,且相邻的两个时隙之间存在上行转换为下行,或者下行转换为上行时,第一时隙的最前M个符号作为时间单元。M为正整数。时间单元可以占用第一时隙的所有符号。
其中,传输方向切换信息小于2。通过限制传输方向切换信息,有利于降低终端设备的实现复杂度,减少发送侧和接收侧的切换次数,提高通信效率。
其中,传输方向切换信息为0时,第一时隙中包括的符号均为上行符号或下行符号,以一个时隙中包括14个符号为例,第一时隙可以如图7所示。
传输方向切换信息为1时,一种情况下,第一时隙中包括上行符号和下行符号,第一时隙可以如图8所示。
在另一种情况下,如图9所示的两种时隙配置,第一时隙中包括的符号为下行符号和灵活符号,或第一时隙中包括的符号为上行符号和灵活符号。此时,若第一时隙为配置1,且第一时隙之前的一个时隙/符号或之后的一个时隙/符号为上行为主时隙/上行符号,传输方向切换信息记为1,除此之外,传输方向切换信息记为0;若第一时隙为配置2,且第一时隙之前的一个时隙/符号或之后的一个时隙/符号为下行为主时隙/下行符号,传输方向切换信息记为1,除此之外,传输方向切换信息记为0。
本申请实施例中,网络设备可以通过信令指示传输方向切换信息,也可以不指示传输方向切换信息。
本申请实施例中,为避免在传输方向切换处,下行传输和上行传输发生碰撞,可以根 据传输方向切换信息确定第一方式或第二方式,即终端设备确定传输方向切换信息和终端设备确定采用第一方式或第二方式,下面分别进行描述。
举例来说,当传输方向切换信息为0时,可以按照第一方式确定时间单元在相邻两个时隙中所处的位置关系,以及时间单元的时长。具体的,第一方式可以定义如下:如图10所示,图10中,当连续的两个时隙分别为下行时隙和上行时隙时,下行时隙和上行时隙存在重叠,时间单元位于下行时隙中,时间单元可以包括下行时隙的最后M个符号。该情况中,终端设备在转换处,即在下行时隙的最后M个符号,不进行下行接收,即打掉M个符号,M个符号包括下行时隙中与上行时隙重叠的区域。M为正整数,M可以根据SCS、射频调整时长、TA以及带宽部分切换时长中的至少一项确定。
例如,SCS为15KHz时,1个符号的长度为77微秒,射频调整时长为13微秒,若不考虑TA及带宽部分切换时延,则需要预留的切换时间至少为13微妙,此时需要预留1个符号,即M等于1。若带宽部分切换时长为100微秒,则需要预留的切换时间至少13+100=113微秒,即需要预留2个符号,即M等于2。
M的取值还可以根据其他方式确定,在此不再赘述。
举例来说,当传输方向切换信息为1时,如图11中的(a)所示,当终端设备在第一时隙中从下行转换到上行时,终端设备在下行符号的结束位置后的第一时长内不进行上行传输,而是在距离下行符号的结束位置为第一时长的位置开始进行上行传输。其中第一时长可以大于或等于TA或带宽部分切换时长或射频调整时长;或者第一时长可以大于或等于TA、带宽部分切换时长、射频调整时长的至少两项之和。
如图11中的(b)所示,当终端设备在第一时隙中从上行转换到下行时,终端设备在上行符号的结束位置后的第二时长内不进行下行接收,而是在距离上行符号的结束位置为第二时长的位置开始进行下行接收。其中第二时长可以大于或等于TA或带宽部分切换时长或射频调整时长;或者第二时长可以大于或等于TA、带宽部分切换时长、射频调整时长的至少两项之和。
需要说明的是,网络设备可以通过物理层信令或无线资源控制(radio resource control,RRC)信令或者媒体接入控制(medium access control,MAC)控制元素(control element,CE)信令或者下行控制信息(DCI)指示终端设备采用第一方式或者第二方式,网络设备也可以不进行指示。网络设备如果不进行指示,采用预定义的方式确定第一方式或第二方式,传输方向切换信息为0,终端设备采用第一方式;传输方向切换信息为1,终端设备采用第二方式。或者,终端设备根据业务类型,终端设备能力信息,阈值信息的至少一项,上报支持第一方式或第二方式。例如:若终端设备的上行传输较多,即终端设备的业务类型为上行为主的业务,因此下行传输机会可能比较少,因此优先下行的传输,则时间单元位于上行时隙或N个连续的上行符号。再例如:若终端设备的下行传输较多,即终端设备的业务类型为下行为主的业务,因此上行传输机会可能比较少,因此优先上行的传输,则时间单元位于下行时隙或N个连续的下行符号。
可选地,本申请实施例中,当传输方向切换信息为0时,还可以采用第三方式确定时间单元在相邻两个时隙中所处的位置关系,以及时间单元的时长。第三方式中,终端设备进行传输方向切换位置是固定的,传输方向切换所需时长为一个时隙最开始的Q个符号,或为一个时隙的最后Q个符号。Q为大于0的数。
Q可以根据SCS、射频调整时长、TA以及带宽部分切换时延中的至少一项确定。
例如,SCS为15KHz时,1个符号的长度为77微秒,射频调整时长为13微秒,若不考虑TA及带宽部分切换时延,则需要预留的切换时间至少为13微妙,此时需要预留1个符号,即Q等于1。若带宽部分切换时延为100微秒,则需要预留的切换时间至少13+100=113微秒,即需要预留2个符号,即Q等于2。
举例来说,如图12所示,第一时隙在第二时隙之前,第一时隙中的符号均为下行符号,即第一时隙包括的转换数量为0。第二时隙中的符号均为上行符号。第一时隙可以称为下行时隙,第二时隙可以称为上行时隙。当然第二时隙中也可以存在下行符号或者灵活符号,图12中只是举例说明,其他情况不再赘述。
由于第一时隙的最后一个符号和第二时隙的第一个符号的类型不同,终端设备需要从下行转换到上行。一种情况中,如图12中的(a)所示,传输方向切换位置位于第一时隙中,传输方向切换时长为第一时隙的最后Q个符号。在该情况下,第一时隙的最后Q个符号不用于下行传输。
另一种情况中,如图12中的(b)所示,传输方向切换位置位于第二时隙中,传输方向切换时长为第二时隙的最开始的Q个符号。在该情况下,第二时隙的最后Q个符号不用于上行传输。
需要说明的是,当传输方向切换方式为第三方式时,网络设备可以发送第三指示信息,第三指示信息可以指示位置关系所在的时隙。例如第三指示信息包括1个比特,该比特的状态为1时,表示传输方向切换位置位于上行时隙最开始的Q个符号;该比特的状态为0时,表示传输方向切换位置位于下行时隙的最后Q个符号。通过这种方法,网络设备可以确定传输方向切换位置所处的时隙,从而便于后续的调度。第三指示信息也可以大于1个比特,例如2比特,该比特的状态为00时,表示传输方向切换位置位于上行时隙最开始的Q个符号;该比特的状态为01时,表示传输方向切换位置位于下行时隙的最后Q个符号;该比特的状态为10时,表示传输方向切换位置位于一个时隙内中间位置的Q个符号。
步骤604终端设备根据配置信息指示的第一时隙格式确定相邻两个时隙间的时间单元和传输方向切换信息中的至少一项,时间单元不用于上行传输或下行接收。也可以替换为以下步骤:
终端设备根据配置信息指示的第一时隙格式确定第一时隙内的时间单元和传输方向切换信息中的至少一项,时间单元不用于上行传输或下行接收。该第一时隙内传输方向切换信息不为0,方法与上述方法相同,在此不再赘述。
上述本申请提供的实施例中,分别从各个设备之间交互的角度对本申请实施例提供的方法进行了介绍。为了实现上述本申请实施例提供的方法中的各功能,网络设备或终端设备可以包括硬件结构和/或软件模块,以硬件结构、软件模块、或硬件结构加软件模块的形式来实现上述各功能。上述各功能中的某个功能以硬件结构、软件模块、还是硬件结构加软件模块的方式来执行,取决于技术方案的特定应用和设计约束条件。
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。另外,在本申请各个实施例中的各功能模块可以集成在一个处理器中,也可以是单独物理存在,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。
与上述构思相同,如图13所示,本申请实施例还提供一种装置1300用于实现上述方 法中网络设备或终端设备的功能。例如,该装置可以为软件模块或者芯片系统。本申请实施例中,芯片系统可以由芯片构成,也可以包含芯片和其他分立器件。该装置1300可以包括:处理模块1301和通信模块1302。
本申请实施例中,通信模块也可以称为收发单元,可以包括发送单元和/或接收单元,分别用于执行上文方法实施例中网络设备或终端设备发送和接收的步骤。
以下,结合图13至图14详细说明本申请实施例提供的通信装置。应理解,装置实施例的描述与方法实施例的描述相互对应,因此,未详细描述的内容可以参见上文方法实施例,为了简洁,这里不再赘述。
通信模块也可以称为收发器、收发机、收发装置等。处理模块也可以称为处理器,处理单板,处理模块、处理装置等。可选的,可以将通信模块1302中用于实现接收功能的器件视为接收单元,将通信模块1302中用于实现发送功能的器件视为发送单元,即通信模块1302包括接收单元和发送单元。通信模块有时也可以称为收发机、收发器、或收发电路等。接收单元有时也可以称为接收机、接收器、或接收电路等。发送单元有时也可以称为发射机、发射器或者发射电路等。
通信装置1300执行上面实施例中图3所示的流程中网络设备的功能时:
处理模块,用于根据终端设备的业务类型、所述终端设备的能力信息以及阈值信息中的一项或多项确定第一时隙格式组合信息;所述业务类型与至少一个时隙格式关联,所述终端设备的能力信息指示所述终端设备支持的时隙格式的数量信息,所述阈值信息指示满足所述阈值信息的至少一个时隙格式;
收发模块,用于向所述终端设备发送所述处理模块确定的第一信息,所述第一信息指示一个或多个时隙的时隙格式为所述第一时隙格式组合信息对应的时隙格式。
一种可能的实现方式中,所述第一时隙格式组合信息包括以下至少一项:时隙格式索引对应的时隙格式、最大的时隙格式的个数、所述时隙格式索引的取值集合。
一种可能的实现方式中,所述第一信息还指示所述一个或多个时隙的时隙格式的配置。
一种可能的实现方式中,所述阈值信息包括第一阈值、第二阈值以及第三阈值中的一项或多项;
所述满足所述阈值信息的至少一个时隙格式中的任一时隙格式满足以下一项或多项:
上行符号数大于或等于所述第一阈值;下行符号数大于或等于所述第二阈值;灵活符号数大于或等于所述第三阈值。
一种可能的实现方式中,所述阈值信息根据第一参数确定的;
所述第一参数包括以下至少一项:
子载波间隔SCS、射频调整时长、定时提前TA或带宽部分BWP切换时长。
通信装置1300执行上面实施例中图3所示的流程中终端设备的功能时:
处理模块,用于根据所述终端设备的业务类型、所述终端设备的能力信息以及阈值信息中的一项或多项确定第一时隙格式组合信息;所述业务类型与至少一个时隙格式关联,所述终端设备的能力信息指示所述终端设备支持的时隙格式的数量信息,所述阈值信息指示满足所述阈值信息的至少一个时隙格式;
收发模块,用于接收来自网络设备的第一信息,所述第一信息指示一个或多个时隙的时隙格式为所述处理模块确定的所述第一时隙格式组合信息所对应的时隙格式。
一种可能的实现方式中,所述第一时隙格式组合信息包括以下至少一项:时隙格式索 引对应的时隙格式、最大的时隙格式的个数、所述时隙格式索引的取值集合。
一种可能的实现方式中,所述第一信息还指示所述一个或多个时隙的时隙格式的配置。
一种可能的实现方式中,所述阈值信息包括第一阈值、第二阈值以及第三阈值中的一项或多项;
所述满足所述阈值信息的至少一个时隙格式中的任一时隙格式满足以下一项或多项:
上行符号数大于或等于所述第一阈值;下行符号数大于或等于所述第二阈值;灵活符号数大于或等于所述第三阈值。
通信装置1300执行上面实施例中图6所示的流程中终端设备的功能时:
收发模块,用于接收来自网络设备的配置信息,所述配置信息指示第一时隙格式;
处理模块,用于根据所述收发模块接收的所述第一时隙格式确定相邻两个时隙间的时间单元和传输方向切换信息中的至少一项,所述时间单元不用于上行传输或下行接收。
一种可能的实现方式中,所述时间单元的时长大于或等于所述终端设备的射频调整时长,或者定时提前TA,或者带宽部分切换时长;
或者所述时间单元的时长大于或等于所述终端设备的射频调整时长、定时提前以及带宽部分切换时长中的至少两项之和。
一种可能的实现方式中,所述处理模块具体用于采用第一方式或第二方式确定所述时间单元在所述相邻两个时隙中所处的位置关系,以及所述时间单元的时长。
一种可能的实现方式中,所述第一方式为:当所述相邻两个时隙间包括所述第一时隙和位于所述第一时隙之后的第二时隙,且所述相邻的两个时隙之间存在下行符号转换为上行符号时,所述第一时隙的最后M个符号作为所述时间单元,所述M为正整数;
所述第二方式为:当所述相邻两个时隙间包括所述第一时隙和位于所述第一时隙之前的第三时隙,且所述相邻的两个时隙之间存在上行转换为下行,或者下行转换为上行时,所述第一时隙的最前M个符号作为所述时间单元,所述M为正整数。
一种可能的实现方式中,所述传输方向切换信息包括:
传输符号方向相同,传输方向切换信息为0或1;或者,传输符号方向不同,传输方向切换信息为O,O大于等于1。
通信装置1300执行上面实施例中图6所示的流程中网络设备的功能时:
处理模块,用于确定配置信息,配置信息指示第一时隙格式;第一时隙格式可以确定相邻两个时隙间的时间单元和传输方向切换信息中的至少一项,时间单元不用于上行传输或下行接收;通信模块,用于向终端设备发送配置信息。
一种可能的实现方式中,时间单元的时长大于或等于终端设备的射频调整时长,或者定时提前TA,或者带宽部分切换时长;或者时间单元的时长大于或等于终端设备的射频调整时长、定时提前以及带宽部分切换时长中的至少两项之和。
一种可能的实现方式中,时间单元的时长根据第一方式或第二方式确定。
一种可能的实现方式中,第一方式为:当相邻两个时隙间包括第一时隙和位于第一时隙之后的第二时隙,且相邻的两个时隙之间存在下行符号转换为上行符号时,第一时隙的最后M个符号作为时间单元,M为正整数。
一种可能的实现方式中,第二方式为:当相邻两个时隙间包括第一时隙和位于第一时隙之前的第三时隙,且相邻的两个时隙之间存在上行转换为下行,或者下行转换为上行时,第一时隙的最前M个符号作为时间单元,M为正整数。
一种可能的实现方式中,传输方向切换信息指示上下行切换次数,传输方向切换信息为0或1。
如图14所示为本申请实施例提供的装置1400,图14所示的装置可以为图13所示的装置的一种硬件电路的实现方式。该通信装置可适用于前面所示出的流程图中,执行上述方法实施例中终端设备或者网络设备的功能。为了便于说明,图14仅示出了该通信装置的主要部件。
如图14所示,通信装置1400包括处理器1410和接口电路1420。处理器1410和接口电路1420之间相互耦合。可以理解的是,接口电路1420可以为收发器或输入输出接口。可选的,通信装置1400还可以包括存储器1430,用于存储处理器1410执行的指令或存储处理器1410运行指令所需要的输入数据或存储处理器1410运行指令后产生的数据。
当通信装置1400用于实现图3至6所示的方法时,处理器1410用于实现上述处理模块1301的功能,接口电路1420用于实现上述通信模块1302的功能。
当上述通信装置为应用于终端设备的芯片时,该终端设备芯片实现上述方法实施例中终端设备的功能。该终端设备芯片从终端设备中的其它模块(如射频模块或天线)接收信息,该信息是网络设备发送给终端设备的;或者,该终端设备芯片向终端设备中的其它模块(如射频模块或天线)发送信息,该信息是终端设备发送给网络设备的。
当上述通信装置为应用于网络设备的芯片时,该网络设备芯片实现上述方法实施例中网络设备的功能。该网络设备芯片从网络设备中的其它模块(如射频模块或天线)接收信息,该信息是终端设备发送给网络设备的;或者,该网络设备芯片向网络设备中的其它模块(如射频模块或天线)发送信息,该信息是网络设备发送给终端设备的。
可以理解的是,本申请的实施例中的处理器可以是中央处理模块(Central Processing Unit,CPU),还可以是其它通用处理器、数字信号处理器(Digital Signal Processor,DSP)、专用集成电路(Application Specific Integrated Circuit,ASIC)、现场可编程门阵列(Field Programmable Gate Array,FPGA)或者其它可编程逻辑器件、晶体管逻辑器件,硬件部件或者其任意组合。通用处理器可以是微处理器,也可以是任何常规的处理器。
本申请的实施例中处理器可以是随机存取存储器(Random Access Memory,RAM)、闪存、只读存储器(Read-Only Memory,ROM)、可编程只读存储器(Programmable ROM,PROM)、可擦除可编程只读存储器(Erasable PROM,EPROM)、电可擦除可编程只读存储器(Electrically EPROM,EEPROM)、寄存器、硬盘、移动硬盘、CD-ROM或者本领域熟知的任何其它形式的存储介质中。一种示例性的存储介质耦合至处理器,从而使处理器能够从该存储介质读取信息,且可向该存储介质写入信息。当然,存储介质也可以是处理器的组成部分。处理器和存储介质可以位于ASIC中。另外,该ASIC可以位于网络设备或终端设备中。当然,处理器和存储介质也可以作为分立组件存在于网络设备或终端设备中。
本领域内的技术人员应明白,本申请的实施例可提供为方法、系统、或计算机程序产品。因此,本申请可采用完全硬件实施例、完全软件实施例、或结合软件和硬件方面的实施例的形式。而且,本申请可采用在一个或多个其中包含有计算机可用程序代码的计算机可用存储介质(包括但不限于磁盘存储器、光学存储器等)上实施的计算机程序产品的形式。
本申请是参照根据本申请的方法、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、专用计算机、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。
显然,本领域的技术人员可以对本申请进行各种改动和变型而不脱离本申请的范围。这样,倘若本申请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,包括:
    网络设备根据终端设备的业务类型、所述终端设备的能力信息以及阈值信息中的一项或多项确定第一时隙格式组合信息;所述业务类型与至少一个时隙格式关联,所述终端设备的能力信息指示所述终端设备支持的时隙格式的数量信息,所述阈值信息指示满足所述阈值信息的至少一个时隙格式;
    所述网络设备向所述终端设备发送第一信息,所述第一信息指示一个或多个时隙的时隙格式为所述第一时隙格式组合信息对应的时隙格式。
  2. 根据权利要求1所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一时隙格式组合信息包括以下至少一项:时隙格式索引对应的时隙格式、最大的时隙格式的个数、所述时隙格式索引的取值集合。
  3. 根据权利要求1所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一信息还指示所述一个或多个时隙的时隙格式的配置。
  4. 根据权利要求1-3任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述阈值信息包括第一阈值、第二阈值以及第三阈值中的一项或多项;
    所述满足所述阈值信息的至少一个时隙格式中的任一时隙格式满足以下一项或多项:
    上行符号数大于或等于所述第一阈值;下行符号数大于或等于所述第二阈值;灵活符号数大于或等于所述第三阈值。
  5. 根据权利要求1至4任一所述的方法,其特征在于,所述阈值信息根据第一参数确定的;
    所述第一参数包括以下至少一项:
    子载波间隔SCS、射频调整时长、定时提前TA或带宽部分BWP切换时长。
  6. 一种通信方法,其特征在于,包括:
    终端设备根据所述终端设备的业务类型、所述终端设备的能力信息以及阈值信息中的一项或多项确定第一时隙格式组合信息;所述业务类型与至少一个时隙格式关联,所述终端设备的能力信息指示所述终端设备支持的时隙格式的数量信息,所述阈值信息指示满足所述阈值信息的至少一个时隙格式;
    终端设备接收来自网络设备的第一信息,所述第一信息指示一个或多个时隙的时隙格式为所述第一时隙格式组合信息所对应的时隙格式。
  7. 根据权利要求6所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一时隙格式组合信息包括以下至少一项:时隙格式索引对应的时隙格式、最大的时隙格式的个数、所述时隙格式索引的取值集合。
  8. 根据权利要求6所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一信息还指示所述一个或多个时隙的时隙格式的配置。
  9. 根据权利要求6-8任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述阈值信息包括第一阈值、第二阈值以及第三阈值中的一项或多项;
    所述满足所述阈值信息的至少一个时隙格式中的任一时隙格式满足以下一项或多项:
    上行符号数大于或等于所述第一阈值;下行符号数大于或等于所述第二阈值;灵活符号数大于或等于所述第三阈值。
  10. 根据权利要求6至9任一所述的方法,其特征在于,所述阈值信息根据第一参数确定的;
    所述第一参数包括以下至少一项:
    子载波间隔SCS、射频调整时长、定时提前TA或带宽部分BWP切换时长。
  11. 一种通信方法,其特征在于,包括:
    终端设备接收来自网络设备的配置信息,所述配置信息指示第一时隙格式;
    所述终端设备根据所述第一时隙格式确定相邻两个时隙间的时间单元和传输方向切换信息中的至少一项,所述时间单元不用于上行传输或下行接收。
  12. 根据权利要求11所述的方法,其特征在于,所述时间单元的时长大于或等于所述终端设备的射频调整时长,或者定时提前TA,或者带宽部分切换时长;
    或者所述时间单元的时长大于或等于所述终端设备的射频调整时长、定时提前以及带宽部分切换时长中的至少两项之和。
  13. 根据权利要求11所述的方法,其特征在于,所述终端设备采用第一方式或第二方式确定所述时间单元在所述相邻两个时隙中所处的位置关系,以及所述时间单元的时长。
  14. 根据权利要求13所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一方式为:
    当所述相邻两个时隙间包括所述第一时隙和位于所述第一时隙之后的第二时隙,且所述相邻的两个时隙之间存在下行符号转换为上行符号时,所述第一时隙的最后M个符号作为所述时间单元,所述M为正整数。
  15. 根据权利要求13所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第二方式为:当所述相邻两个时隙间包括所述第一时隙和位于所述第一时隙之前的第三时隙,且所述相邻的两个时隙之间存在上行转换为下行,或者下行转换为上行时,所述第一时隙的最前M个符号作为所述时间单元,所述M为正整数。
  16. 根据权利要求11至15任一所述的方法,其特征在于,所述传输方向切换信息包括:
    传输符号方向相同,传输方向切换信息为0或1;或者,
    传输符号方向不同,传输方向切换信息为O,O大于等于1。
  17. 一种通信装置,其特征在于,包括:
    处理模块,用于根据终端设备的业务类型、所述终端设备的能力信息以及阈值信息中的一项或多项确定第一时隙格式组合信息;所述业务类型与至少一个时隙格式关联,所述终端设备的能力信息指示所述终端设备支持的时隙格式的数量信息,所述阈值信息指示满足所述阈值信息的至少一个时隙格式;
    收发模块,用于向所述终端设备发送所述处理模块确定的第一信息,所述第一信息指示一个或多个时隙的时隙格式为所述第一时隙格式组合信息对应的时隙格式。
  18. 根据权利要求17所述的装置,其特征在于,所述第一时隙格式组合信息包括以下至少一项:时隙格式索引对应的时隙格式、最大的时隙格式的个数、所述时隙格式索引的取值集合。
  19. 根据权利要求17所述的装置,其特征在于,所述第一信息还指示所述一个或多个时隙的时隙格式的配置。
  20. 根据权利要求17-19任一项所述的装置,其特征在于,所述阈值信息包括第一阈值、第二阈值以及第三阈值中的一项或多项;
    所述满足所述阈值信息的至少一个时隙格式中的任一时隙格式满足以下一项或多项:
    上行符号数大于或等于所述第一阈值;下行符号数大于或等于所述第二阈值;灵活符号数大于或等于所述第三阈值。
  21. 根据权利要求17至20任一所述的装置,其特征在于,所述阈值信息根据第一参数确定的;
    所述第一参数包括以下至少一项:
    子载波间隔SCS、射频调整时长、定时提前TA或带宽部分BWP切换时长。
  22. 一种通信装置,其特征在于,包括:
    处理模块,用于根据所述终端设备的业务类型、所述终端设备的能力信息以及阈值信息中的一项或多项确定第一时隙格式组合信息;所述业务类型与至少一个时隙格式关联,所述终端设备的能力信息指示所述终端设备支持的时隙格式的数量信息,所述阈值信息指示满足所述阈值信息的至少一个时隙格式;
    收发模块,用于接收来自网络设备的第一信息,所述第一信息指示一个或多个时隙的时隙格式为所述处理模块确定的所述第一时隙格式组合信息所对应的时隙格式。
  23. 根据权利要求22所述的装置,其特征在于,所述第一时隙格式组合信息包括以下至少一项:时隙格式索引对应的时隙格式、最大的时隙格式的个数、所述时隙格式索引的取值集合。
  24. 根据权利要求22所述的装置,其特征在于,所述第一信息还指示所述一个或多个时隙的时隙格式的配置。
  25. 根据权利要求22-24任一项所述的装置,其特征在于,所述阈值信息包括第一阈值、第二阈值以及第三阈值中的一项或多项;
    所述满足所述阈值信息的至少一个时隙格式中的任一时隙格式满足以下一项或多项:
    上行符号数大于或等于所述第一阈值;下行符号数大于或等于所述第二阈值;灵活符号数大于或等于所述第三阈值。
  26. 一种通信装置,其特征在于,包括:
    收发模块,用于接收来自网络设备的配置信息,所述配置信息指示第一时隙格式;
    处理模块,用于根据所述收发模块接收的所述第一时隙格式确定相邻两个时隙间的时间单元和传输方向切换信息中的至少一项,所述时间单元不用于上行传输或下行接收。
  27. 根据权利要求26所述的装置,其特征在于,所述时间单元的时长大于或等于所述终端设备的射频调整时长,或者定时提前TA,或者带宽部分切换时长;
    或者所述时间单元的时长大于或等于所述终端设备的射频调整时长、定时提前以及带宽部分切换时长中的至少两项之和。
  28. 根据权利要求26所述的装置,其特征在于,所述处理模块具体用于采用第一方式或第二方式确定所述时间单元在所述相邻两个时隙中所处的位置关系,以及所述时间单元的时长。
  29. 根据权利要求28所述的装置,其特征在于,所述第一方式为:当所述相邻两个时隙间包括所述第一时隙和位于所述第一时隙之后的第二时隙,且所述相邻的两个时隙之间存在下行符号转换为上行符号时,所述第一时隙的最后M个符号作为所述时间单元,所述M为正整数;
    所述第二方式为:当所述相邻两个时隙间包括所述第一时隙和位于所述第一时隙之前 的第三时隙,且所述相邻的两个时隙之间存在上行转换为下行,或者下行转换为上行时,所述第一时隙的最前M个符号作为所述时间单元,所述M为正整数。
  30. 根据权利要求26至29任一所述的装置,其特征在于,所述传输方向切换信息包括:
    传输符号方向相同,传输方向切换信息为0或1;或者,
    传输符号方向不同,传输方向切换信息为O,O大于等于1。
  31. 一种通信装置,其特征在于,包括处理器和存储器:
    所述处理器,用于执行所述存储器中存储的计算机程序或指令,当所述处理器执行所述计算机程序或指令时,如权利要求1至5、6至10或11至16中任意一项所述的方法被执行。
  32. 一种可读存储介质,其特征在于,包括计算机程序或指令,当通信装置执行所述计算机程序或指令时,如权利要求1至5、6至10或11至16中任意一项所述的方法被执行。
  33. 一种芯片,其特征在于,包括处理器,所述处理器与存储器耦合,用于执行所述存储器中存储的计算机程序或指令,当所述处理器执行所述计算机程序或指令时,如权利要求1至5、6至10或11至16中任意一项所述的方法被执行。
  34. 一种计算机程序产品,其特征在于,包括计算机可读指令,当通信装置读取并执行所述计算机可读指令,使得所述通信装置执行如权利要求1至5、6至10或11至16中任一项所述的方法。
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