Uplink control information transmission method and apparatus

Abstract

The application provides an uplink control information transmission method and device, wherein the uplink control information transmission method comprises the following steps: determining a candidate transmission region set corresponding to to-be-sent uplink control information, wherein the candidate transmission region set comprises at least M transmission regions, and M is an integer greater than 1; selecting N transmission regions from the transmission configuration set, wherein 1 is greater than or equal to N and less than or equal to M, and N is an integer; and performing transmission of the to-be-sent uplink control information according to the selected N transmission regions, so that the problem that information transmission cannot guarantee high transmission efficiency while guaranteeing robustness in the prior art is solved, and high transmission efficiency while guaranteeing robustness is guaranteed.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This application relates to the field of communications, and more specifically, to a method and apparatus for transmitting uplink control information. Background Technology

[0002] In a communication system, the UE needs to send necessary uplink L1 (PHY Layer) and L2 (MAC Layer) control information to support uplink and downlink data transmission. Taking the LTE / LTE-A system as an example, the uplink L1 / L2 control information (UCI) includes the following:

[0003] SR (Scheduling Request): Used to request uplink UL-SCH resources from the eNodeB.

[0004] HARQ acknowledgment or negative acknowledgment (ACK / NACK): HARQ acknowledgment is performed on downlink data transmitted on the Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH).

[0005] CSI: Channel State Information, including Channel Quality Indication (CQI), Precoding Matrix Indicator / Index (PMI), Rank Indicator (RI), and CSI-RS Resource Indicator / Index (CRI). It is used to inform the eNodeB about downlink channel quality, thus assisting the eNodeB in downlink scheduling.

[0006] In LTE, control information is transmitted in two ways: If the UE is not allocated uplink resources for uplink data transmission in the current subframe, it uses the Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) to transmit uplink L1 / L2 control information. If the UE is allocated uplink resources for uplink data transmission in the current subframe, it uses a portion of the resources allocated by the Physical Uplink Share Channel (PUSCH) to transmit uplink L1 / L2 control information. If the UE has already been allocated uplink data resources, there is no need to transmit SR (Static Signal). If carrier aggregation exists, control information from multiple carriers can be aggregated and transmitted together.

[0007] For control transmission on PUCCH, there are several formats (uplink control channel formats), as shown in Table 1. Each format corresponds to different control information.

[0008] Table 1

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[0011] As shown in the table above, different control information types can be transmitted individually or combined with other control information types, forming different formats. Transmission of the same format under the same antenna configuration follows a relatively fixed design and cannot be flexibly changed. This is because the primary consideration in LTE is the robustness of the transmitted content. Control information requires a very low bit error rate, and errors in control information can lead to more serious consequences than errors in data information; therefore, it is designed in the most robust manner. The uplink control channel typically distinguishes different users through code division. Code division can achieve orthogonality by using different orthogonal sequences or cyclic shifts of the same sequence.

[0012] LTE / LTE-A primarily targets lower frequency communication frequencies, where path loss is not particularly significant. However, with the gradual development and utilization of higher frequencies, the communication frequency of the system is increasing, expanding to 4GHz, 30GHz, and 70GHz, at which point path loss will increase significantly. To combat high-frequency path loss, beamforming gain based on beam transmission is adopted to ensure control channel coverage, which has become a trend. However, beam transmission requires real-time and accurate channel state information (CSI). In actual systems, transmission path congestion, terminal movement, and terminal rotation can affect beam accuracy, thus challenging the robustness of the control channel.

[0013] The current problem with control information feedback is that if the most robust method is used to send uplink control information, it is necessary to send it in all beam directions, and each direction requires resources. The number of beams is generally twice the number of antennas, which requires a lot of resources. On the other hand, if the method with the highest transmission efficiency is used to send uplink control information, it will face robustness issues. Beams always have problems with measurement accuracy and real-time performance. Therefore, there is a lack of a control information transmission method that can guarantee both robustness and high transmission efficiency.

[0014] Therefore, no solution has yet been proposed for the problem that information transmission cannot guarantee both robustness and high transmission efficiency in related technologies. Summary of the Invention

[0015] This application provides an uplink control information transmission method and apparatus to at least solve the problem in related technologies that the transmission of information cannot guarantee both robustness and high transmission efficiency.

[0016] According to another aspect of the present invention, an uplink control information transmission method is also provided, comprising:

[0017] Determine a set of candidate transmission areas corresponding to the uplink control information to be sent, wherein the set of candidate transmission areas includes at least M transmission areas, where M is an integer greater than 1;

[0018] Select N transmission regions from the transmission configuration set, where 1 is greater than or equal to N and less than or equal to M, and N is an integer;

[0019] The uplink control information to be sent is transmitted according to the selected N transmission areas.

[0020] According to another aspect of the present invention, an uplink control information transmission method is also provided, comprising:

[0021] The group to which the uplink control information to be sent belongs is determined according to the pre-defined groups of uplink control information. Each group of information corresponds to a set of transmission configurations, and the set of transmission configurations contains one or more transmission configurations.

[0022] Select a transmission configuration from the transmission configuration set corresponding to the group to which the uplink control information to be sent belongs;

[0023] The uplink control information to be sent is transmitted according to the selected transmission configuration.

[0024] According to another aspect of the present invention, an uplink control information transmission device is also provided, comprising:

[0025] The second determining module is used to determine the candidate transmission area set corresponding to the uplink control information to be sent, wherein the candidate transmission area set includes at least M transmission areas, where M is an integer greater than 1;

[0026] The second selection module is used to select N transmission areas from the transmission configuration set, where 1 is greater than or equal to N and less than or equal to M, and N is an integer.

[0027] The second transmission module is used to transmit the uplink control information to be sent according to the selected N transmission areas.

[0028] According to another aspect of the present invention, an uplink control information transmission device is also provided, comprising:

[0029] The third determining module is used to determine the group to which the uplink control information to be sent belongs based on the pre-divided groups of uplink control information. Each group of information corresponds to a set of transmission configurations, and the transmission configuration set contains one or more transmission configurations.

[0030] The third selection module is used to select a transmission configuration from the transmission configuration set corresponding to the group to which the uplink control information to be sent belongs;

[0031] The third transmission module is used to transmit the uplink control information to be sent according to the selected transmission configuration.

[0032] This application determines the transmission configuration set corresponding to the uplink control information to be sent, selects a transmission configuration from the transmission configuration set, and transmits the uplink control information to be sent according to the selected transmission configuration. This solves the problem in related technologies that the transmission of information cannot guarantee both robustness and high transmission efficiency at the same time, thus ensuring both robustness and high transmission efficiency. Attached Figure Description

[0033] The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of this application and form part of this application, illustrate exemplary embodiments and are used to explain this application, but do not constitute an undue limitation of this application. In the drawings:

[0034] Figure 1 This is a flowchart of the uplink control information transmission method according to an embodiment of this application. Figure 1 ;

[0035] Figure 2 This is a flowchart of the uplink control information transmission method according to an embodiment of this application. Figure 2 ;

[0036] Figure 3 This is a flowchart of the uplink control information transmission method according to an embodiment of this application. Figure 3 ;

[0037] Figure 4 This is a flowchart of the configuration instruction method for uplink control information transmission according to an embodiment of this application. Figure 1 ;

[0038] Figure 5 This is a flowchart of the configuration instruction method for uplink control information transmission according to an embodiment of this application. Figure 2 ;

[0039] Figure 6 This is a block diagram of an uplink control information transmission device according to an embodiment of this application. Figure 1 ;

[0040] Figure 7 This is a block diagram of an uplink control information transmission device according to a preferred embodiment of the present application. Figure 1 ;

[0041] Figure 8 This is a block diagram of an uplink control information transmission device according to a preferred embodiment of the present application. Figure 2 ;

[0042] Figure 9 This is a block diagram of an uplink control information transmission device according to an embodiment of this application. Figure 2 ;

[0043] Figure 10 This is a block diagram of an uplink control information transmission device according to an embodiment of this application. Figure 3 ;

[0044] Figure 11 This is a block diagram of an uplink control information transmission device according to a preferred embodiment of the present application. Figure 3 ;

[0045] Figure 12 This is a block diagram of the configuration indication device for uplink control information transmission according to embodiments of this application. Figure 1 ;

[0046] Figure 13 This is a block diagram of the configuration indication device for uplink control information transmission according to embodiments of this application. Figure 2 ;

[0047] Figure 14 This is a schematic diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of this application;

[0048] Figure 15 This is a schematic diagram of a base station according to an embodiment of this application. Detailed Implementation

[0049] The present application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be noted that, unless otherwise specified, the embodiments and features described in the embodiments of the present application can be combined with each other.

[0050] It should be noted that the terms "first," "second," etc., in the specification, claims, and drawings of this application are used to distinguish similar objects and are not necessarily used to describe a specific order or sequence.

[0051] Example 1

[0052] This embodiment provides an uplink control information transmission method. Figure 1 This is a flowchart of the uplink control information transmission method according to an embodiment of this application. Figure 1 ,like Figure 1 As shown, the process includes the following steps:

[0053] Step S102: Determine the transmission configuration set corresponding to the uplink control information to be sent;

[0054] Step S104: Select a transmission configuration from the transmission configuration set;

[0055] Step S106: Transmit the uplink control information to be sent according to the selected transmission configuration.

[0056] By taking the above steps, the transmission configuration set corresponding to the uplink control information to be sent is determined, a transmission configuration is selected from the transmission configuration set, and the uplink control information to be sent is transmitted according to the selected transmission configuration. This solves the problem in related technologies that the transmission of information cannot guarantee both robustness and high transmission efficiency at the same time, thus ensuring both robustness and high transmission efficiency.

[0057] Preferably, determining the transmission configuration set corresponding to the uplink control information to be transmitted includes: determining the transmission configuration set according to the information type of the uplink control information to be transmitted; determining the transmission configuration set according to the indication of the downlink control signaling; or determining the transmission configuration set according to the uplink or downlink transmission mode.

[0058] Preferably, when multiple transmission configurations exist in the transmission configuration set, selecting a transmission configuration from the transmission configuration set includes: selecting a transmission configuration from the transmission configuration set according to the information type of the uplink control information to be transmitted; selecting a transmission configuration from the transmission configuration set according to the indication of downlink control signaling; or selecting a transmission configuration from the transmission configuration set according to the uplink or downlink transmission mode. Wherein, the downlink control signaling is physical layer signaling.

[0059] Preferably, when the uplink control information to be sent contains acknowledgment information, determining the transmission configuration set corresponding to the uplink control information to be sent includes: determining the transmission configuration set according to the object of the acknowledgment, or selecting the transmission configuration according to the number of corresponding retransmissions; or when the uplink control information to be sent contains CSI, determining the transmission configuration set corresponding to the uplink control information to be sent includes: determining the transmission configuration set according to the type of CSI information.

[0060] Preferably, when the set of transmission configurations is determined based on the object of the response, selecting a transmission configuration from the set of transmission configurations includes: selecting a transmission configuration based on the object of the response; or when the set of transmission configurations is determined based on the type of CSI information, selecting a transmission configuration from the set of transmission configurations includes: selecting a transmission configuration based on the type of CSI information.

[0061] Preferably, the uplink control information includes at least one of the following: an acknowledgment message, a scheduling request message, CSI information, a transmission mode switching request message, a reception mode switching feedback message, and an information reporting mode indication message.

[0062] Preferably, the configuration in the transmission configuration set includes at least one of the following: configuration of one or more numerologies, configuration of one or more sets of transmission code sequences, configuration of one or more transmission powers, configuration of one or more transmission times, configuration of one or more transmission resource numbers, configuration of one or more transmission resource granularities, configuration of one or more modulation schemes, configuration of one or more coding schemes, configuration of one or more transmission methods, configuration of one or more reception methods, and configuration of one or more transmission areas.

[0063] Preferably, the configuration of the Numerology includes at least one of the following: time-domain symbol length, subcarrier spacing, FFT point count, subcarrier density, CP length, frequency-domain guard band, guard interval GP; and / or

[0064] The configuration of this transmission area includes: a time-domain transmission area configuration and / or a frequency-domain transmission area configuration; and / or

[0065] The encoding scheme configuration includes at least one of the following: bitrate, encoding type, aggregation level; and / or

[0066] The configuration of this transmission method includes at least one of the following: configuration of the transmission beam, configuration of the transmission antenna, configuration of the transmission sector, configuration of the transmission technology or mode; and / or

[0067] The configuration of this receiving method includes at least one of the following: receiving beam configuration, receiving antenna configuration, and receiving sector configuration.

[0068] This application also provides an uplink control information transmission method. Figure 2 This is a flowchart of the uplink control information transmission method according to an embodiment of this application. Figure 2 ,like Figure 2 As shown, the process includes the following steps:

[0069] Step S202: Determine the candidate transmission area set corresponding to the uplink control information to be sent, wherein the candidate transmission area set includes at least M transmission areas, where M is an integer greater than 1;

[0070] Step S204: Select N transmission areas from the transmission configuration set, where 1 is greater than or equal to N and less than or equal to M, and N is an integer;

[0071] Step S206: Transmit the uplink control information to be sent according to the selected N transmission areas.

[0072] Through the above steps, a set of candidate transmission areas corresponding to the uplink control information to be sent is determined, wherein the set of candidate transmission areas includes at least M transmission areas, where M is an integer greater than 1; N transmission areas are selected from the transmission configuration set, where 1 is greater than or equal to N and less than or equal to M, and N is an integer; the uplink control information to be sent is transmitted according to the selected N transmission areas, which solves the problem in related technologies that the transmission of information cannot guarantee both robustness and high transmission efficiency, thus ensuring both robustness and high transmission efficiency.

[0073] Preferably, at least two regions i and j exist among the M regions, and when transmission occurs in region i and region j, a transmit power offset P exists between the two regions, wherein P is configured by the base station; and / or

[0074] Among the M regions, there exist at least two regions i and j, where, when transmission occurs in region i and region j, the transmission beam used by region i is a subset of that used by region j; and / or

[0075] Among the M regions, there exist at least two regions i and j such that, when transmission occurs in region i and region j, the transmitting antenna used in region i is a subset of that used in region j; and / or

[0076] Among the M regions, there exist at least two regions i and j, where, when transmission occurs on regions i and j, the sending sectors used by region i are a subset of those used by region j; and / or

[0077] Among the M regions, there exist at least two regions i and j, where, when transmission occurs in region i and region j, the receiving beam used in region i is a subset of that used in region j; and / or

[0078] Among the M regions, there exist at least two regions i and j, where, when transmission occurs in region i and region j, the receiving antenna used in region i is a subset of that used in region j; and / or

[0079] Among the M regions, there exist at least two regions i and j, where, when transmission occurs on region i and region j, the receiving sector used by region i is a subset of that of region j; and / or

[0080] Among the M regions, there are at least two regions i and j, where, during transmission in region i and region j, the CP length of the OFDM symbol used in region i is less than the CP length of the OFDM symbol used in region j; and / or

[0081] Among the M regions, there are at least two regions i and j, where, when transmission occurs in region i and region j, the subcarrier spacing used in region i is less than the subcarrier spacing length used in region j; and / or

[0082] Among the M regions, there exist at least two regions i and j such that, when transmission occurs in region i and region j, the bandwidth of region i is less than the bandwidth of region j; and / or

[0083] Among the M regions, there exist at least two regions i and j, where, during transmission over regions i and j, the number of OFDM symbols in region i is less than the number of OFDM symbols in region j; and / or

[0084] Among the M regions, there exist at least two regions i and j, where the time-domain symbol corresponding to region i is a subset of the time-domain symbol corresponding to region j; and / or

[0085] Among the M regions, there exist at least two regions i and j, where the resource blocks occupied by region i are a subset of the resource blocks occupied by region j; and / or

[0086] Among the M regions, there exist at least two regions i and j, where region i and region j employ different numerical parameters; and / or

[0087] These M regions correspond to the M subframe groups configured by the base station; and / or

[0088] These M regions correspond to the M resource block groups configured in the base station.

[0089] Preferably, the different numberology parameters include at least one of the following: different time-domain symbol lengths, different subcarrier spacings, different subcarrier densities, different CP lengths, different frequency-domain guard bands, and different guard intervals (GP).

[0090] Preferably, the uplink control information includes one or more of the following: acknowledgment message, scheduling request message, CSI information, transmission mode switching request information, reception mode switching feedback information, and information reporting mode indication information.

[0091] This application also provides an uplink control information transmission method. Figure 3 This is a flowchart of the uplink control information transmission method according to an embodiment of this application. Figure 3 ,like Figure 3 As shown, the process includes the following steps:

[0092] Step S302: Determine the group to which the uplink control information to be sent belongs based on the pre-divided groups of uplink control information. Each group of information corresponds to a set of transmission configurations, which contains one or more transmission configurations.

[0093] Step S304: Select a transmission configuration from the transmission configuration set corresponding to the group to which the uplink control information to be sent belongs;

[0094] Step S306: Transmit the uplink control information to be sent according to the selected transmission configuration.

[0095] Through the above steps, the group to which the uplink control information to be sent belongs is determined according to the pre-defined groups of the uplink control information. Each group of information corresponds to a set of transmission configurations, which contains one or more transmission configurations. A transmission configuration is selected from the set of transmission configurations corresponding to the group to which the uplink control information to be sent belongs. The uplink control information to be sent is transmitted according to the selected transmission configuration. This solves the problem in related technologies that the transmission of information cannot guarantee both robustness and high transmission efficiency, thus ensuring both robustness and high transmission efficiency.

[0096] Preferably, the method further includes: dividing the uplink control information into X groups according to the type of the uplink control information, where X is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

[0097] Preferably, the uplink control information includes one or more of the following: acknowledgment message, scheduling request message, CSI information, transmission mode switching request information, reception mode switching feedback information, and information reporting mode indication information.

[0098] Preferably, the CSI information includes at least: Channel Quality Information (CQI), Precoding Indication Information (PMI), Channel Rank Information (RI), Measurement Pilot Selection Information (CRI), Port Selection Information, and Beam Indication / Index (BI).

[0099] Preferably, when X is 2, the uplink control information is divided into two groups, wherein,

[0100] The first group includes one or more of the following: scheduling request message, response message, BI, CRI, RI, transmission mode switch request information, reception mode switch feedback information, and information reporting mode indication information; the second group includes one or more of the following: CQI and PMI; or

[0101] The first group includes one or more of the following: scheduling request message, response message, BI, CRI, RI, transmission mode switching request information, reception mode switching feedback information, information reporting mode indication information, and first PMI; the second group includes one or more of the following: CQI and second PMI; or

[0102] The first group includes one or more of the following: scheduling request message, response message, transmission mode switch request information, reception mode switch feedback information, and information reporting mode indication information; the second group includes one or more of the following: CSI information; or

[0103] The first group includes one or more of the following: scheduling request message, sending mode switching request information, receiving mode switching feedback information, and information reporting mode indication information. The second group includes one or more of the following: response message and CSI information.

[0104] Preferably, the transmission power corresponding to the second group is less than or equal to the transmission power corresponding to the first group; and / or

[0105] The number of transmit sectors corresponding to the second group is less than or equal to the number of transmit sectors corresponding to the first group; and / or

[0106] The number of transmitting antennas corresponding to the second group is less than or equal to the number of transmitting antennas corresponding to the first group; and / or

[0107] The number of transmit beams corresponding to the second group is less than or equal to the number of transmit beams corresponding to the first group; and / or

[0108] The transmission bandwidth of the second group is less than or equal to the transmission bandwidth of the first group; and / or

[0109] The number of symbols transmitted in the second group is less than or equal to the number of symbols transmitted in the first group; and / or

[0110] The second group of transmit resource blocks is less than or equal to the first group of transmit resource blocks; and / or

[0111] The second set of candidate transmission technologies is a subset of the first set of candidate transmission technologies.

[0112] Preferably, the second set of transmitting sectors is a subset of the first set of transmitting sectors; and / or

[0113] The second set of transmitting antennas is a subset of the first set of transmitting antennas; and / or

[0114] The second set of transmitted beams is a subset of the first set of transmitted beams; and / or

[0115] The second set of transmitted symbols is a subset of the first set of transmitted symbols; and / or

[0116] The second set of sent resource blocks is a subset of the first set of sent resource blocks.

[0117] This application also provides a configuration indication method for uplink control information transmission. Figure 4 This is a flowchart of the configuration instruction method for uplink control information transmission according to an embodiment of this application. Figure 1 ,like Figure 4 As shown, the process includes the following steps:

[0118] Step S402: Determine the transmission configuration of the uplink control information to be sent;

[0119] Step S404: Send downlink physical layer control information; wherein the downlink control information is used to indicate the transmission configuration of the uplink control information to be sent within a predetermined time period.

[0120] Preferably, the transmission configuration includes at least one of the following: configuration of numberology, configuration of transmission code sequence set, configuration of transmission power, configuration of transmission number, configuration of transmission resource number, configuration of transmission resource granularity, configuration of modulation method, configuration of coding method, configuration of transmission method, configuration of reception method, and configuration of transmission area.

[0121] Preferably, the configuration of the Numerology includes at least one of the following: time-domain symbol length, subcarrier spacing, FFT point count, subcarrier density, CP length, frequency-domain guard band, and guard interval GP.

[0122] The configuration of this transmission area includes: time-domain transmission area configuration and / or frequency-domain transmission area configuration;

[0123] The encoding configuration includes at least one of the following: bitrate, encoding type, and aggregation level;

[0124] The configuration of this transmission method includes at least one of the following: transmission beam configuration; transmission antenna configuration; transmission sector configuration; transmission technology / mode configuration;

[0125] The configuration of this receiving method includes at least one of the following: receiving beam configuration, receiving antenna configuration, and receiving sector configuration.

[0126] Preferably, the uplink control information includes one or more of the following: acknowledgment message, scheduling request message, CSI information, transmission mode switching request information, reception mode switching feedback information, and information reporting mode indication information.

[0127] This application also provides a configuration indication method for uplink control information transmission. Figure 5 This is a flowchart of the configuration instruction method for uplink control information transmission according to an embodiment of this application. Figure 2 ,like Figure 5 As shown, the process includes the following steps:

[0128] Step S502: Determine the transmission configuration of the uplink control information to be sent;

[0129] Step S504: Send uplink control information, wherein the uplink control information is used to indicate the transmission configuration of the uplink control information to be sent within a predetermined time period.

[0130] Preferably, the transmission configuration includes at least one of the following: configuration of numberology, configuration of transmission code sequence set, configuration of transmission power, configuration of transmission number, configuration of transmission resource number, configuration of transmission resource granularity, configuration of modulation method, configuration of coding method, configuration of transmission method, configuration of reception method, and configuration of transmission area.

[0131] Preferably, the configuration of the Numerology includes at least one of the following: time-domain symbol length, subcarrier spacing, FFT point count, subcarrier density, CP length, frequency-domain guard band, and guard interval GP.

[0132] The configuration of this transmission area includes: time-domain transmission area configuration and / or frequency-domain transmission area configuration;

[0133] The encoding configuration includes at least one of the following: bitrate, encoding type, and aggregation level;

[0134] The configuration of this transmission method includes at least one of the following: configuration of the transmission beam, configuration of the transmission antenna, configuration of the transmission sector, and configuration of the transmission technology / mode;

[0135] The configuration of this receiving method includes at least one of the following: receiving beam configuration, receiving antenna configuration, and receiving sector configuration.

[0136] Preferably, the uplink control information includes one or more of the following: acknowledgment message, scheduling request message, CSI information, transmission mode switching request information, reception mode switching feedback information, and information reporting mode indication information.

[0137] For uplink, the terminal needs to send back some information that the base station does not know, as well as some request messages initiated by the terminal, such as the following types of information:

[0138] Response messages: mainly have several states, ACK and NACK, used to respond to previously sent control messages or data blocks. For data blocks, generally, ACK is sent if the data is received and decoded correctly, NACK is sent if the data is received but not decoded correctly, and no response is sent if the data is not received. For control information, there are three cases: one is the same as the data channel, ACK is sent if the data is received and decoded correctly, and NACK is sent if the data is received but not decoded correctly; the second is to send ACK only if the data is received and decoded correctly, and no response is sent otherwise; the third is to send NACK only if the data is received and not decoded correctly, and no response is sent otherwise.

[0139] Scheduling request message: mainly used by the UE to initiate a scheduling request to the base station;

[0140] CSI information: CSI is a general term that includes many types of CSI, such as the quantization information of the channel matrix, the quantization information of the channel eigenvector, the channel quality CQI, interference measurement results, etc., as well as the precoding indication information PMI, the channel rank information RI, the precoding layer number feedback information, the measurement pilot selection information CRI, the port selection information, the measurement resource location indication information, the beam feedback information, etc.

[0141] In addition to traditional control information reporting, this application also considers new reporting information to improve transmission robustness and performance, mainly including the following categories:

[0142] Transmission mode switching request information: This is mainly used by the terminal to request the base station to switch the transmission mode. The transmission mode includes the transmitting node, transmitting beam, transmission technology, transmitting antenna, transmitting sector, etc.

[0143] Receive mode switching feedback information: This is mainly used by the terminal to inform the base station to switch the receive mode. The transmit mode includes transmit / receive beams, receive antennas, receive sectors, etc.

[0144] Information reporting mode indication information: mainly used to indicate the content of subsequent information reporting;

[0145] In subsequent embodiments, we will mainly explain how to use some more flexible and efficient transmission technologies to report the above information.

[0146] Example 2

[0147] This application also provides an uplink control information transmission device. Figure 6 This is a block diagram of an uplink control information transmission device according to an embodiment of this application. Figure 1 ,like Figure 6 As shown, it includes:

[0148] The first determining module 62 is used to determine the transmission configuration set corresponding to the uplink control information to be sent;

[0149] The first selection module 64 is used to select a transmission configuration from the set of transmission configurations;

[0150] The first transmission module 66 is used to transmit the uplink control information to be sent according to the selected transmission configuration.

[0151] Figure 7 This is a block diagram of an uplink control information transmission device according to a preferred embodiment of the present application. Figure 1 ,like Figure 7 As shown, the first determining module 62 includes:

[0152] The first determining unit 72 is configured to determine the transmission configuration set based on the information type of the uplink control information to be transmitted; or, based on the indication of the downlink control signaling; or, based on the uplink or downlink transmission mode.

[0153] Preferably, the first selection module 64 is further configured to select a transmission configuration from the transmission configuration set according to the information type of the uplink control information to be sent when there are multiple transmission configurations in the transmission configuration set; select a transmission configuration from the transmission configuration set according to the indication of the downlink control signaling; or select a transmission configuration from the transmission configuration set according to the uplink or downlink transmission mode.

[0154] Figure 8 This is a block diagram of an uplink control information transmission device according to a preferred embodiment of the present application. Figure 2 ,like Figure 8 As shown, the first determining module 62 includes:

[0155] The second determining unit 82 is configured to, when the uplink control information to be transmitted contains acknowledgment information, determine a transmission configuration set based on the object of the acknowledgment; or, select a transmission configuration based on the number of corresponding retransmissions; or...

[0156] When the uplink control information to be transmitted contains Channel State Information (CSI), the transmission configuration set is determined based on the type of CSI information.

[0157] Preferably, the first selection module 64 is further configured to select a transmission configuration based on the object of the response when the transmission configuration set is determined based on the object of the response; or to select a transmission configuration from the transmission configuration set based on the type of CSI information when the transmission configuration set is determined based on the type of CSI information, including selecting a transmission configuration based on the type of CSI information.

[0158] This application also provides an uplink control information transmission device. Figure 9 This is a block diagram of an uplink control information transmission device according to an embodiment of this application. Figure 2 ,like Figure 7 As shown, it includes:

[0159] The second determining module 92 is used to determine the candidate transmission area set corresponding to the uplink control information to be sent, wherein the candidate transmission area set includes at least M transmission areas, where M is an integer greater than 1;

[0160] The second selection module 94 is used to select N transmission areas from the transmission configuration set, where 1 is greater than or equal to N and less than or equal to M, and N is an integer.

[0161] The second transmission module 96 is used to transmit the uplink control information to be sent according to the selected N transmission areas.

[0162] Preferably, at least two regions i and j exist among the M regions, and when transmission occurs in region i and region j, a transmit power offset P exists between the two regions, wherein P is configured by the base station; and / or

[0163] Among the M regions, there exist at least two regions i and j, where, when transmission occurs in region i and region j, the transmission beam used by region i is a subset of that used by region j; and / or

[0164] Among the M regions, there exist at least two regions i and j such that, when transmission occurs in region i and region j, the transmitting antenna used in region i is a subset of that used in region j; and / or

[0165] Among the M regions, there exist at least two regions i and j, where, when transmission occurs on regions i and j, the sending sectors used by region i are a subset of those used by region j; and / or

[0166] Among the M regions, there exist at least two regions i and j, where, when transmission occurs in region i and region j, the receiving beam used in region i is a subset of that used in region j; and / or

[0167] Among the M regions, there exist at least two regions i and j, where, when transmission occurs in region i and region j, the receiving antenna used in region i is a subset of that used in region j; and / or

[0168] Among the M regions, there exist at least two regions i and j, where, when transmission occurs on region i and region j, the receiving sector used by region i is a subset of that of region j; and / or

[0169] Among the M regions, there are at least two regions i and j, where, during transmission in region i and region j, the CP length of the OFDM symbol used in region i is less than the CP length of the OFDM symbol used in region j; and / or

[0170] Among the M regions, there are at least two regions i and j, where, when transmission occurs in region i and region j, the subcarrier spacing used in region i is less than the subcarrier spacing length used in region j; and / or

[0171] Among the M regions, there exist at least two regions i and j such that, when transmission occurs in region i and region j, the bandwidth of region i is less than the bandwidth of region j; and / or

[0172] Among the M regions, there exist at least two regions i and j, where, during transmission over regions i and j, the number of OFDM symbols in region i is less than the number of OFDM symbols in region j; and / or

[0173] Among the M regions, there exist at least two regions i and j, where the time-domain symbol corresponding to region i is a subset of the time-domain symbol corresponding to region j; and / or

[0174] Among the M regions, there exist at least two regions i and j, where the resource blocks occupied by region i are a subset of the resource blocks occupied by region j; and / or

[0175] Among the M regions, there exist at least two regions i and j, where region i and region j employ different numerical parameters; and / or

[0176] These M regions correspond to the M subframe groups configured by the base station; and / or

[0177] These M regions correspond to the M resource block groups configured in the base station.

[0178] This application also provides an uplink control information transmission device. Figure 10 This is a block diagram of an uplink control information transmission device according to an embodiment of this application. Figure 3 ,like Figure 10 As shown, it includes:

[0179] The third determining module 102 is used to determine the group to which the uplink control information to be sent belongs based on the pre-divided groups of uplink control information. Each group of information corresponds to a set of transmission configurations, which contains one or more transmission configurations.

[0180] The third selection module 104 is used to select a transmission configuration from the transmission configuration set corresponding to the group to which the uplink control information to be sent belongs;

[0181] The third transmission module 106 is used to transmit the uplink control information to be sent according to the selected transmission configuration.

[0182] Figure 11 This is a block diagram of an uplink control information transmission device according to a preferred embodiment of the present application. Figure 3 ,like Figure 11 As shown, the device also includes:

[0183] Grouping module 112 is used to divide the uplink control information into two groups, wherein,

[0184] The first group includes one or more of the following: scheduling request message, response message, BI, CRI, RI, transmission mode switch request information, reception mode switch feedback information, and information reporting mode indication information; the second group includes one or more of the following: CQI and PMI; or

[0185] The first group includes one or more of the following: scheduling request message, response message, BI, CRI, RI, transmission mode switching request information, reception mode switching feedback information, information reporting mode indication information, and first PMI; the second group includes one or more of the following: CQI and second PMI; or

[0186] The first group includes one or more of the following: scheduling request messages, response messages, transmission mode switching request information, reception mode switching feedback information, and information reporting mode indication information; the second group includes one or more of the following: CSI information; or

[0187] The first group includes one or more of the following: scheduling request message, sending mode switching request information, receiving mode switching feedback information, and information reporting mode indication information. The second group includes one or more of the following: response message and CSI information.

[0188] This application embodiment also provides a configuration indication device for uplink control information transmission. Figure 12 This is a block diagram of the configuration indication device for uplink control information transmission according to embodiments of this application. Figure 1 ,like Figure 12 As shown, it includes:

[0189] The fourth determining module 122 is used to determine the transmission configuration of the uplink control information to be sent;

[0190] The first transmitting module 124 is used to transmit downlink physical layer control information; wherein the downlink control information is used to indicate the transmission configuration of the uplink control information to be transmitted within a predetermined time period.

[0191] Preferably, the transmission configuration includes at least one of the following: configuration of numberology, configuration of transmission code sequence set, configuration of transmission power, configuration of transmission number, configuration of transmission resource number, configuration of transmission resource granularity, configuration of modulation method, configuration of coding method, configuration of transmission method, configuration of reception method, and configuration of transmission area.

[0192] This application embodiment also provides a configuration indication device for uplink control information transmission. Figure 13 This is a block diagram of the configuration indication device for uplink control information transmission according to embodiments of this application. Figure 2 ,like Figure 13 As shown, it includes:

[0193] The fifth determining module 132 is used to determine the transmission configuration of the uplink control information to be sent;

[0194] The second sending module 134 is used to send uplink control information, wherein the uplink control information is used to indicate the transmission configuration of the uplink control information to be sent within a predetermined time period.

[0195] Preferably, the transmission configuration includes at least one of the following: configuration of numberology, configuration of transmission code sequence set, configuration of transmission power, configuration of transmission number, configuration of transmission resource number, configuration of transmission resource granularity, configuration of modulation method, configuration of coding method, configuration of transmission method, configuration of reception method, and configuration of transmission area.

[0196] This application also provides a terminal. Figure 14 This is a terminal schematic diagram according to an embodiment of this application, such as... Figure 14 As shown, the terminal includes a processor 1402 and a memory 1404 storing processor-executable instructions. When the instructions are executed by the processor, the following operations are performed:

[0197] Determine the set of transmission configurations corresponding to the uplink control information to be sent, select a transmission configuration from the set, and transmit the uplink control information according to the selected transmission configuration; or,

[0198] Determine a set of candidate transmission areas corresponding to the uplink control information to be transmitted, wherein the set of candidate transmission areas includes at least M transmission areas, where M is an integer greater than 1; select N transmission areas from the transmission configuration set, where 1 is greater than or equal to N and less than or equal to M, and N is an integer; transmit the uplink control information to be transmitted according to the selected N transmission areas; or,

[0199] The group to which the uplink control information to be sent belongs is determined based on the pre-defined groups of uplink control information, wherein each group of information corresponds to a set of transmission configurations, and the set of transmission configurations contains one or more transmission configurations; a transmission configuration is selected from the set of transmission configurations corresponding to the group to which the uplink control information to be sent belongs; and the uplink control information to be sent is transmitted according to the selected transmission configuration.

[0200] Preferably, the processor is further configured to perform the following operations: determine the transmission configuration set according to the information type of the uplink control information to be transmitted; or, determine the transmission configuration set according to the indication of the downlink control signaling; or, determine the transmission configuration set according to the uplink or downlink transmission mode.

[0201] This application also provides a base station. Figure 15 This is a schematic diagram of a base station according to an embodiment of this application, such as... Figure 15 As shown, the base station includes a processor 1502 and a memory 1504 storing processor-executable instructions. When the instructions are executed by the processor, the following operations are performed:

[0202] Determine the transmission configuration for the uplink control information to be sent;

[0203] Send downlink physical layer control information; wherein the downlink control information is used to indicate the transmission configuration of the uplink control information to be sent within a predetermined time period.

[0204] Preferably, the transmission configuration includes at least one of the following: configuration of numberology, configuration of transmission code sequence set, configuration of transmission power, configuration of transmission number, configuration of transmission resource number, configuration of transmission resource granularity, configuration of modulation method, configuration of coding method, configuration of transmission method, configuration of reception method, and configuration of transmission area.

[0205] This application embodiment also provides a terminal, including a processor and a memory storing processor-executable instructions. When the instructions are executed by the processor, the following operations are performed:

[0206] Determine the transmission configuration for the uplink control information to be sent;

[0207] Send uplink control information, wherein the uplink control information is used to indicate the transmission configuration of the uplink control information to be sent within a predetermined time period.

[0208] Preferably, the transmission configuration includes at least one of the following: configuration of numberology, configuration of transmission code sequence set, configuration of transmission power, configuration of transmission number, configuration of transmission resource number, configuration of transmission resource granularity, configuration of modulation method, configuration of coding method, configuration of transmission method, configuration of reception method, and configuration of transmission area.

[0209] Example 3

[0210] Embodiments of this application also provide a storage medium. Optionally, in this embodiment, the storage medium may be configured to store program code for performing the following steps:

[0211] Step S11: Determine the transmission configuration set corresponding to the uplink control information to be sent;

[0212] Step S12: Select a transmission configuration from the transmission configuration set;

[0213] Step S13: Transmit the uplink control information to be sent according to the selected transmission configuration; or,

[0214] Step S21: Determine the candidate transmission area set corresponding to the uplink control information to be sent, wherein the candidate transmission area set includes at least M transmission areas, where M is an integer greater than 1;

[0215] Step S22: Select N transmission regions from the transmission configuration set, where 1 is greater than or equal to N and less than or equal to M, and N is an integer;

[0216] Step S23: Transmit the uplink control information to be sent according to the selected N transmission areas; or,

[0217] Step S31: Determine the group to which the uplink control information to be sent belongs based on the pre-divided groups of uplink control information, wherein each group of information corresponds to a set of transmission configurations, and the set of transmission configurations contains one or more transmission configurations.

[0218] Step S32: Select a transmission configuration from the transmission configuration set corresponding to the group to which the uplink control information to be sent belongs;

[0219] Step S33: Transmit the uplink control information to be sent according to the selected transmission configuration.

[0220] Optionally, in this embodiment, the storage medium may include, but is not limited to, various media capable of storing program code, such as USB flash drives, read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), portable hard drives, magnetic disks, or optical disks.

[0221] Optionally, specific examples in this embodiment can refer to the examples described in the above embodiments and optional implementations, and will not be repeated here.

[0222] Example 4

[0223] Step 101: Determine the first type of information; the first type of information includes the previously mentioned response message; scheduling request message; CSI information; transmission mode switching request information; reception mode switching feedback information; information reporting mode indication information;

[0224] At any given moment, the terminal needs to determine the content of the information to be reported based on the current feedback mode, the base station's triggering signaling, and some agreements with the base station. At the same time, there may be only one type of first-class information that needs to be reported, or there may be multiple types of first-class information that need to be reported. When multiple types of information need to be reported, they can be merged and reported, or they can be reported separately.

[0225] Step 102: Determine the transmission configuration set corresponding to the first type of information;

[0226] The first type of information can correspond to different sets of transmission configurations, and the transmission configurations in these sets are used for the transmission of the first type of information; the specific transmission configurations include some parameter types, which will be described in the following embodiments.

[0227] There are several ways to determine the transmission configuration set corresponding to the first type of information: one way is to pre-agree on what the transmission configuration set corresponding to the first type of information is; another way is to require the base station to configure the transmission configuration set through configuration signaling; if the base station sends a configuration set indication signaling, the terminal needs to determine what this set is according to the indication of the configuration signaling, and different terminals can configure different transmission configuration sets; different uplink or downlink transmission modes can correspond to different agreements or configurations of transmission configuration sets, so regardless of whether it is pre-agreement or requires base station signaling indication, the terminal needs to determine the transmission configuration set by combining the uplink or downlink transmission mode; different information types contained in the first type of information may correspond to different agreements or configurations of transmission configuration sets, so regardless of whether it is pre-agreement or requires base station signaling indication, the terminal needs to determine the transmission configuration set by combining the information types contained in the first type of information.

[0228] It should be noted that when the first information type is a response message, different response objects should also be considered as different types. For example, data response messages and control response messages may correspond to different transmission configuration sets.

[0229] It should be noted that when the first information type is CSI, different CSI information subtypes should also be considered as different types. For example, CRI, RI, PMI, and CQI may correspond to different sets of transmission configurations.

[0230] For response messages, if the response is for the first transmission of data, the transmission configuration set may differ from that when the response data is for retransmission. Therefore, regardless of whether it is pre-agreed or requires base station signaling indication, the terminal needs to determine the transmission configuration set by considering whether the response data is the first transmission or a retransmission, and if it is a retransmission, how many times it has been retransmitted.

[0231] The optimal set of different transmission configurations is different, so different sets can be pre-selected according to the characteristics of the first type of information. Generally speaking, very important information and information with a very low transmission frequency can consider a highly robust transmission configuration; information of moderate importance can consider a moderately robust transmission configuration and a transmission configuration with higher transmission efficiency. It should be noted that the more robust it is, the more resources are required, including resources in the time domain, frequency domain, spatial domain, code domain, and power, while high transmission efficiency means successfully transmitting information with fewer resources.

[0232] Step 103: Select a transmission configuration from the set of transmission configurations;

[0233] If the base station sends a configuration selection indication signaling, the terminal needs to select from the set according to the indication in the signaling. Preferably, this signaling is physical layer control signaling, which allows for rapid configuration switching and flexible selection from the configuration set. Another scenario is the absence of indication signaling. In this case, the terminal can flexibly select on its own, with different terminals choosing different transmission configurations from the set. Alternatively, the terminal can select based on the transmission mode, the type of information contained in the first type of information, the object of the acknowledgment, the number of retransmissions of the acknowledgment information, etc. Different uplink or downlink transmission modes can select different transmission configurations from the set, as can different types of information contained in the first type of information.

[0234] It should be noted that when the first information type is a response message, different response objects should also be considered as different types. For example, data response messages and control response messages may correspond to different transmission configuration selections.

[0235] It should be noted that when the first information type is CSI, different CSI information subtypes should also be considered as different types. For example, CRI, RI, PMI, and CQI may correspond to different transmission configuration options.

[0236] For response messages, the transmission configuration selection may differ if the response is for first-transmission data and if the response data is for retransmission data. Therefore, regardless of whether it is pre-agreed or requires base station signaling indication, the terminal needs to determine the transmission configuration selection based on whether the response data is the first-transmission or a retransmission, and if it is a retransmission, how many times it has been retransmitted. If the corresponding transmission configuration set contains only one configuration, then that configuration is used directly.

[0237] Step 104: Transmit the first type of information according to the selected transmission configuration;

[0238] Example 5

[0239] The terminal can determine the transmission configuration set based on the information type contained in the first type of information. The specific transmission configuration type will be described in the following embodiments. The specific method for determining this set can be referred to the method mentioned in Embodiment 1.

[0240] One scenario is that a type of first-class information corresponds to a set of transmission configurations, as shown in Table 2.

[0241] Table 2

[0242] "Scheduling Request Message" Transmission Configuration 11, Transmission Configuration 12 "Response message" for control information Transmission Configuration 21, Transmission Configuration 22 "Response message" for data information Transmission configuration 31, transmission configuration 32 "Request to switch sending method" Transmission configuration 41, transmission configuration 42 "Request to switch receiving method" Transmission configuration 51, transmission configuration 52 "Information Reporting Mode Instruction Information" Transmission configuration 61, transmission configuration 62

[0243] This only lists the cases that correspond to multiple configurations. It is also possible that one type of information corresponds to only one configuration; or that some types of information correspond to only one configuration and some types of information correspond to multiple configurations.

[0244] Another approach is to group the first type of information, with each group corresponding to a transmission configuration set; there are several ways to group the transmission configuration sets.

[0245] The first preferred grouping method is as follows: the first group includes one or more of the following: "Scheduling Request Message", "Response Message", "BI", "CRI", "RI", "Send Mode Switching Request Message", "Receive Mode Switching Request Message", and "Information Reporting Mode Indication Message"; the second group includes one or more of the following: "CQI" and "PMI", as shown in Table 3.

[0246] Table 3

[0247]

[0248] If there are multiple PMI feedbacks, including a long-cycle, broadband first PMI and a short-cycle subband feedback second PMI, the grouping method is shown in Table 4.

[0249] Table 4

[0250]

[0251] The second preferred grouping method is as follows: the first group includes one or more of the following: "scheduling request message", "response message", "send mode switching request information", "receive mode switching request information" and "information reporting mode indication information", and the other group includes one or more of the following CSI information, as shown in Table 5.

[0252] Table 5

[0253]

[0254] The third preferred grouping method is as follows: the first group includes one or more of the following: "scheduling request message", "sending mode switching request information", "receiving mode switching request information" and "information reporting mode indication information"; the other group includes one or more of the following: "response message" and "CSI information", as shown in Table 6.

[0255] Table 6

[0256]

[0257] Besides the two-group method mentioned above, it can be easily extended to dividing into more groups. Information with similar importance and transmission frequency can be grouped together. Each group can correspond to a transmission configuration set, and a transmission configuration contains one or more transmission configurations; different groups may have different transmission configuration sets due to their different characteristics.

[0258] Example 6

[0259] This embodiment mainly illustrates some configuration types included in the transport configuration set, which mainly include:

[0260] Configuration of one or more Numerology:

[0261] In typical OFDM-based wireless communication systems, the basic transmission parameters mainly include the following categories:

[0262] Time-domain symbol length: refers to the length of an OFDM symbol. A modulation symbol is carried on M OFDM subcarriers. These subcarriers, when transformed to the time domain, constitute a time-domain sample. Adding a guard interval results in a time-domain OFDM symbol. Generally, the length of an OFDM symbol is related to the number and spacing of the subcarriers in the frequency domain. For the same bandwidth, more subcarriers and smaller spacing result in a longer OFDM symbol. Alternatively, it can be described as follows: with the same subcarrier spacing, more subcarriers result in a longer OFDM symbol; and vice versa.

[0263] Subcarrier number: refers to the number of subcarriers that carry modulation symbols in the frequency domain corresponding to the same OFDM symbol;

[0264] Subcarrier spacing: The interval between the center frequencies of subcarriers. Generally speaking, in order to maintain orthogonality, the smaller the subcarrier spacing, the higher the waveform requirements and the longer the window in the time domain, and therefore the longer the time domain symbol, and vice versa.

[0265] Frequency domain guard band: When transmitting information, some bandwidth is usually reserved on both sides as a guard band. For example, if the current LTE system uses only 100 RBs (resource blocks) under a 20MHz bandwidth, it only occupies 1200 subcarriers with a total bandwidth of 18MHz. This means that a 2MHz guard band is reserved. It is usually placed on both sides of the bandwidth, mainly to prevent the out-of-band leakage of information transmitted by other wireless communication systems from affecting the performance.

[0266] Cyclic prefix (CP) typically refers to adding a prefix to the time-domain samples formed after a frequency-domain signal is converted to the time domain. This prefix is ​​usually a copy of the later part of a sequence of time-domain samples. For example, adding a cyclic prefix of length 4 to the sequence 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 results in 6,7,8,9,0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9.

[0267] Time-domain guard interval (GP): When RF precoding is present, switching from one precoding to another requires a certain processing time, so a similar guard interval is also needed. Similar guard interval concepts exist in other places as well. In this application, all kinds of guard intervals are considered to be a kind of basic transmission parameter.

[0268] FFT points: Generally related to the number of baseband subcarriers and bandwidth, but not exactly equal to the number of effective subcarriers. For example, for a 20MHz / 10MHz LTE system, we use 2048 points and 1024 points respectively, but the number of effective subcarriers is only 1200 and 600.

[0269] In this application, one or more sets of numberology parameters may be used, and each set of basic parameter configurations may include one or more of the types mentioned above;

[0270] Configuration of one or more transmission zones;

[0271] The configuration of transmission areas here includes: time-domain transmission area configuration, such as which subframe group, which time slot group, and which OFDM symbol group it is on. It also includes frequency-domain transmission area configuration, such as which subcarrier groups it is on; or a combination of the two, such as which RB groups in which subframes it is on; if there are multiple transmission areas, it is a set of multiple time-frequency resource areas defined; these areas can be pre-configured.

[0272] Configuration of one or more sets of transmit code sequences;

[0273] Code sequences are also a resource, so which code sequences are available is also a configuration of candidate transmission resources, which can be considered a transmission configuration.

[0274] Configuration of one or more transmission powers;

[0275] Configuration of one or more sending counts;

[0276] Some information can be repeatedly sent continuously for greater robustness; the number of times it is sent is a transmission configuration.

[0277] One or more send resource number configurations;

[0278] Different numbers of resources sent result in different levels of robustness. Sending a larger number of resources results in higher robustness. The number of resources sent is a type of transmission configuration.

[0279] One or more send resource granularity configurations;

[0280] One or more modulation schemes can be configured, including BPSK, QPSK, and some other modulation schemes;

[0281] One or more encoding methods can be configured, including: bitrate, encoding type, and aggregation level of control information;

[0282] Configuration of one or more transmission methods, including: configuration of the transmission beam; configuration of the transmission antenna; configuration of the transmission sector; configuration of the transmission technology / mode;

[0283] The configuration of one or more receiving methods includes: receiving beam configuration; receiving antenna configuration; receiving sector configuration.

[0284] Example 7

[0285] Step 201: Determine the first type of information

[0286] The first category of information includes the previously mentioned response messages; scheduling request messages; CSI information; transmission mode switching request information; reception mode switching feedback information; and information reporting mode indication information.

[0287] At any given moment, the terminal needs to determine the content of the information to be reported based on the current feedback mode, the base station's triggering signaling, and some agreements with the base station. At the same time, there may be only one type of first-class information that needs to be reported, or there may be multiple types of first-class information that need to be reported. When multiple types of information need to be reported, they can be merged and reported, or they can be reported separately.

[0288] Step 202: Determine the set of candidate transmission regions corresponding to the first type of information;

[0289] The candidate transmission area set contains at least M transmission areas; M>1, and is an integer.

[0290] This set of transmission areas can be pre-agreed or configured; since the set of transmission areas is also a form of transmission configuration set, please refer to Example 1.

[0291] Step 203: Select a transmission region from the set of transmission regions; 1 <= N <= M, where N is an integer;

[0292] Since the transmission area is also a type of transmission configuration, please refer to Example 1;

[0293] Step 204: Transmit the first type of information over the selected N regions;

[0294] Preferably, in order to provide multiple transmission powers to adapt to the transmission requirements of different first information, different terminals, and different link quality conditions, at least two regions i and j exist among the M regions. When transmission is performed on regions i and j, there is a transmission power offset P between the two regions; wherein, P can be configured by the base station.

[0295] Preferably, in order to provide multiple transmission powers to adapt to the transmission requirements of different first information, different terminals, and different link quality conditions, at least two regions i and j exist among the M regions. When transmission is performed in regions i and j, the transmission beam used by region i is a subset of that of region j, the transmission antenna used by region i is a subset of that of region j, the transmission sector used by region i is a subset of that of region j, the reception beam used by region i is a subset of that of region j, the reception antenna used by region i is a subset of that of region j, the reception sector used by region i is a subset of that of region j, the CP length of the OFDM symbol used by region i is less than the CP length of the OFDM symbol used by region j, the subcarrier spacing used by region i is less than the subcarrier spacing length of region j, the bandwidth of region i is less than the bandwidth of region j, or the number of OFDM symbols in region i is less than the number of OFDM symbols in region j.

[0296] Preferably, in order to provide multiple transmission powers to adapt to the transmission requirements of different first information, different terminals, and different link quality conditions, at least two regions i and j exist among the M regions, where the time-domain symbols corresponding to region i are a subset of the time-domain symbols corresponding to region j, and the resource blocks occupied by region i are a subset of the resource blocks occupied by region j. Alternatively, regions i and j employ different numberology parameters, wherein the different numberology parameters include: different time-domain symbol lengths; different subcarrier spacings; different subcarrier densities; different CP lengths; different frequency domain guard bands; and different guard intervals (GP).

[0297] Preferably, the M regions correspond to the M subframe groups configured by the base station or the M resource block groups configured by the base station.

[0298] Example 8

[0299] Step 301: Divide the first type of information into M groups according to the information type; each group of the first type of information corresponds to a set of transmission configurations; the set of transmission configurations contains one or more transmission configurations; M>=1, which is an integer.

[0300] Step 302: Determine the group to which the first type of information to be sent belongs; and select a transmission configuration from the set of transmission configurations corresponding to that group;

[0301] Step 303: Send the first type of information according to the selected transmission configuration;

[0302] The previous embodiment 2 has already introduced some grouping methods. Different information can be grouped into different sets to correspond to different transmissions, or the transmission configuration can be selected to achieve the following grouping effects:

[0303] The first PMI is in the first group, and the second PMI is in the second group;

[0304] "BI" is in the first group, and PMI and / or CQI are in the second group;

[0305] “RI” is in the first group, and PMI and / or CQI are in the second group;

[0306] “CRI” is in the first group, and PMI and / or CQI are in the second group;

[0307] "Response messages" are in the first group, and PMI and / or CQI are in the second group;

[0308] The “Response Message” is in the first group, and the CSI is in the second group;

[0309] "Dispatch request messages" are placed in the first group, and CSI and / or response messages are placed in the second group;

[0310] "Send mode switching request information" is in the first group, and CSI / or response message is in the second group;

[0311] "Receive mode switching request information" is in the first group, and CSI / or response message is in the second group;

[0312] "Information reporting mode indication information" is in the first group, and CSI / or response messages are in the second group;

[0313] Response messages for control are grouped in the first group, and response messages for data are grouped in the second group.

[0314] Different groups can use different sets of configurations or configuration options to suit the characteristics of the types of information they contain, such as importance and frequency of transmission. Preferably, for some grouping methods mentioned in Embodiment 2 above and this embodiment, the transmission power corresponding to the second group is less than or equal to the transmission power corresponding to the first group; the number of transmission sectors corresponding to the second group is less than or equal to the number of transmission sectors corresponding to the first group; the transmission sectors of the second group are a subset of the transmission sectors of the first group; the number of transmission antennas corresponding to the second group is less than or equal to the number of transmission antennas corresponding to the first group; the transmission antennas of the second group are a subset of the transmission antennas of the first group; the number of transmission beams corresponding to the second group is less than or equal to the number of transmission beams corresponding to the first group; the transmission beams of the second group are a subset of the transmission beams of the first group; the transmission bandwidth of the second group is less than or equal to the transmission bandwidth of the first group; the number of transmission symbols of the second group is less than or equal to the number of transmission symbols of the first group; the set of transmission symbols of the second group is a subset of the set of transmission symbols of the first group; the transmission resource blocks of the second group are less than or equal to the transmission resource blocks of the first group; the set of transmission resource blocks of the second group is a subset of the set of transmission resource blocks of the first group; or, the set of candidate transmission technologies of the second group is a subset of the set of candidate transmission technologies of the first group.

[0315] Example 9

[0316] This embodiment describes a base station configuration method for transmitting the first type of information. The first type of information includes one or more of the following: response message, scheduling request message, CSI information, transmission mode switching request information, reception mode switching feedback information, and information reporting mode indication information. The base station determines the transmission configuration of the first type of information based on the current link transmission quality or based on the importance of the first type of information and robustness requirements. The base station can send downlink physical layer control information. This downlink physical layer control information is used to indicate the selection of uplink first type of information transmission configuration for a period of time. The type of transmission configuration has been described in previous embodiments and will not be repeated here.

[0317] Example 10

[0318] This embodiment describes a configuration method for the terminal to select the transmission of the first type of information and notify the base station. The first type of information includes one or more of the following: response message, scheduling request message, CSI information, transmission mode switching request information, reception mode switching feedback information, and information reporting mode indication information. The terminal determines the transmission configuration of the first type of information based on the current link transmission quality or based on the importance of the first type of information and the robustness requirements. The terminal can send uplink physical layer control information. This uplink control information is used to indicate the selection of the uplink first type of information transmission configuration within a certain period of time.

[0319] Generally, the transmission of this uplink control information differs somewhat from other uplink control information. It can be transmitted using a different transmission configuration than other uplink control information, and this transmission configuration can be agreed upon in advance. Some types of transmission configurations mentioned here have been described in previous embodiments and will not be repeated here.

[0320] Obviously, those skilled in the art should understand that the modules or steps of this application described above can be implemented using general-purpose computing devices. They can be centralized on a single computing device or distributed across a network of multiple computing devices. They can be implemented using computer-executable program code, and thus can be stored in a storage device for execution by a computing device. In some cases, the steps shown or described can be performed in a different order than those presented here, or they can be fabricated as separate integrated circuit modules, or multiple modules or steps can be fabricated as a single integrated circuit module. Thus, this application is not limited to any particular combination of hardware and software.

[0321] The above description is merely a preferred embodiment of this application and is not intended to limit this application. Various modifications and variations can be made to this application by those skilled in the art. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc., made within the principles of this application should be included within the protection scope of this application.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting uplink control information, characterized in that, include: The group to which the uplink control information to be sent belongs is determined according to the pre-defined groups of uplink control information. Each group of information corresponds to a set of transmission configurations, and the set of transmission configurations contains one or more transmission configurations. Select a transmission configuration from the transmission configuration set corresponding to the group to which the uplink control information to be sent belongs; The uplink control information to be sent is transmitted according to the selected transmission configuration; The uplink control information includes channel state information (CSI), which includes at least: channel quality (CQI), precoding indication information (PMI), channel rank information (RI), measurement pilot selection information (CRI), port selection information, and beam indication / index (BI). When the uplink control information to be sent contains acknowledgment information, determining the transmission configuration set corresponding to the uplink control information to be sent includes: determining the transmission configuration set based on the object of the acknowledgment, or selecting the transmission configuration based on the number of corresponding retransmissions; or when the uplink control information to be sent contains CSI, determining the transmission configuration set corresponding to the uplink control information to be sent includes: determining the transmission configuration set based on the type of CSI information.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The method further includes: The information is divided into X groups according to the type of the uplink control information, where X is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that, The uplink control information also includes one or more of the following: acknowledgment messages, scheduling request messages, transmission mode switching request information, reception mode switching feedback information, and information reporting mode indication information.

4. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The method further includes: dividing the uplink control information into two groups, wherein, The first group includes one or more of the following: scheduling request message, response message, BI, CRI, RI, transmission mode switch request information, reception mode switch feedback information, and information reporting mode indication information; the second group includes one or more of the following: CQI and PMI; or The first group includes one or more of the following: scheduling request message, response message, BI, CRI, RI, transmission mode switch request information, reception mode switch feedback information, information reporting mode indication information, and first PMI; the second group includes one or more of the following: CQI and second PMI; or The first group includes one or more of the following: scheduling request messages, response messages, transmission mode switching request information, reception mode switching feedback information, and information reporting mode indication information; the second group includes one or more of the following: CSI information; or The first group includes one or more of the following: scheduling request message, sending mode switching request information, receiving mode switching feedback information, and information reporting mode indication information. The second group includes one or more of the following: response message and CSI information.

5. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that, The transmission power of the second group is less than or equal to the transmission power of the first group; and / or The number of transmit sectors corresponding to the second group is less than or equal to the number of transmit sectors corresponding to the first group; and / or The number of transmitting antennas in the second group is less than or equal to the number of transmitting antennas in the first group; and / or The number of transmission beams corresponding to the second group is less than or equal to the number of transmission beams corresponding to the first group; and / or The transmission bandwidth of the second group is less than or equal to the transmission bandwidth of the first group; and / or The number of symbols transmitted in the second group is less than or equal to the number of symbols transmitted in the first group; and / or The second group of transmit resource blocks is less than or equal to the first group of transmit resource blocks; and / or The second set of candidate transmission technologies is a subset of the first set of candidate transmission technologies.

6. The method according to claim 5, characterized in that, The second set of transmit sectors is a subset of the first set of transmit sectors; and / or The second set of transmitting antennas is a subset of the first set of transmitting antennas; and / or The second set of transmission beams is a subset of the first set of transmission beams; and / or The second set of transmitted symbols is a subset of the first set of transmitted symbols; and / or The second set of transmitted resource blocks is a subset of the first set of transmitted resource blocks.

7. An uplink control information transmission device, characterized in that, include: The third determining module is used to determine the group to which the uplink control information to be sent belongs based on the pre-divided groups of uplink control information. Each group of information corresponds to a set of transmission configurations, and the transmission configuration set contains one or more transmission configurations. The third selection module is used to select a transmission configuration from the transmission configuration set corresponding to the group to which the uplink control information to be sent belongs; The third transmission module is used to transmit the uplink control information to be sent according to the selected transmission configuration; The uplink control information includes channel state information (CSI), which includes at least: channel quality (CQI), precoding indication information (PMI), channel rank information (RI), measurement pilot selection information (CRI), port selection information, and beam indication / index (BI). When the uplink control information to be sent contains acknowledgment information, the third determining module is specifically used to determine the transmission configuration set based on the object of the acknowledgment, or to select the transmission configuration based on the number of corresponding retransmissions; or when the uplink control information to be sent contains CSI, the third determining module is specifically used to determine the transmission configuration set based on the type of CSI information.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7, characterized in that, The device further includes: The grouping module is used to divide the uplink control information into two groups, wherein, The first group includes one or more of the following: scheduling request message, response message, BI, CRI, RI, transmission mode switch request information, reception mode switch feedback information, and information reporting mode indication information; the second group includes one or more of the following: CQI and PMI; or The first group includes one or more of the following: scheduling request message, response message, BI, CRI, RI, transmission mode switch request information, reception mode switch feedback information, information reporting mode indication information, and first PMI; the second group includes one or more of the following: CQI and second PMI; or The first group includes one or more of the following: scheduling request messages, response messages, transmission mode switching request information, reception mode switching feedback information, and information reporting mode indication information; the second group includes one or more of the following: CSI information; or The first group includes one or more of the following: scheduling request message, sending mode switching request information, receiving mode switching feedback information, and information reporting mode indication information. The second group includes one or more of the following: response message and CSI information.

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