Information Determination Method, Apparatus, Terminal and Readable Storage Medium

Abstract

The present application discloses an information determination method, apparatus, terminal, and readable storage medium, belonging to the field of communication technologies. The information determination method according to an embodiment of the present application includes: the terminal determines the PUCCH resources configured for it on a first initial uplink BWP, and when the PUCCH resources are de-enabled for frequency hopping, determines the PRB index of the PUCCH resources according to a first PRB offset.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This application belongs to the field of communication technologies, and particularly relates to a method, apparatus, terminal, and readable storage medium for information determination. Background Art

[0002] Currently, if a network device configures an initial uplink bandwidth part (BWP) for a terminal and configures a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource for the initial access / random access process of the terminal on the initial uplink BWP, the hopping of the PUCCH resource is usually enabled, and the physical resource block (PRB) index of the first hop / second hop of the PUCCH resource is determined. However, for the case of disabling the hopping of the PUCCH resource, it is not yet clear how to determine the PRB index of the PUCCH resource. Summary of the Invention

[0003] Embodiments of this application provide a method, apparatus, terminal, and readable storage medium for information determination, which can solve the problem of how to determine the PRB index of a PUCCH resource configured for a terminal when the hopping of the PUCCH resource is disabled.

[0004] In a first aspect, a method for information determination is provided, including:

[0005] The terminal determines the PUCCH resource configured for the terminal on a first initial uplink BWP;

[0006] When the hopping of the PUCCH resource is disabled, the terminal determines the PRB index of the PUCCH resource according to a first PRB offset.

[0007] In a second aspect, an apparatus for information determination is provided, including:

[0008] A first determination module, configured to determine the PUCCH resource configured for the terminal on a first initial uplink BWP;

[0009] A second determination module, configured to determine the PRB index of the PUCCH resource according to a first PRB offset when the hopping of the PUCCH resource is disabled.

[0010] In a third aspect, a terminal is provided, which includes a processor, a memory, and a program or instruction stored on the memory and executable on the processor. When the program or instruction is executed by the processor, the steps of the method described in the first aspect are implemented.

[0011] Fourthly, a terminal is provided, including a processor and a communication interface. The processor is configured to determine the PUCCH resources configured for the terminal on the first initial uplink BWP, and determine the PRB index of the PUCCH resources according to the first PRB offset when the frequency hopping of the PUCCH resources is disabled.

[0012] Fifthly, a readable storage medium is provided. Programs or instructions are stored on the readable storage medium, and when the programs or instructions are executed by a processor, the steps of the method described in the first aspect are implemented.

[0013] Sixthly, a chip is provided. The chip includes a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is configured to run programs or instructions to implement the steps of the method described in the first aspect.

[0014] Seventhly, a computer program / program product is provided. The computer program / program product is stored in a non-transitory storage medium, and the program / program product is executed by at least one processor to implement the steps of the method described in the first aspect.

[0015] In the embodiments of the present application, after the terminal determines the PUCCH resources configured for it on the first initial uplink BWP, it can determine the PRB index of the PUCCH resources according to the first PRB offset when the frequency hopping of the PUCCH resources is disabled. Thus, the terminal can determine the PRB index of the PUCCH resources with frequency hopping disabled during the initial access process, so as to successfully execute the access process. Description of the Drawings

[0016] Figure 1 is a block diagram of a wireless communication system to which the embodiments of the present application can be applied;

[0017] Figure 2 is a flowchart of an information processing method provided by the embodiments of the present application;

[0018] Figure 3 is one of the resource configuration diagrams in the embodiments of the present application;

[0019] Figure 4 is another resource configuration diagram in the embodiments of the present application;

[0020] Figure 5 is a structural diagram of an information processing device provided by the embodiments of the present application;

[0021] Figure 6 is one of the structural diagrams of a terminal provided by the embodiments of the present application;

[0022] Figure 7This is the second schematic structural diagram of a terminal provided by an embodiment of the present application. Detailed implementation manners

[0023] Next, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly described with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are some, but not all, of the embodiments of the present application. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art belong to the protection scope of the present application.

[0024] The terms "first", "second", etc. in the description and claims of the present application are used to distinguish similar objects, rather than to describe a specific order or sequence. It should be understood that such terms can be interchanged under appropriate circumstances so that the embodiments of the present application can be implemented in an order different from those illustrated or described herein, and the objects distinguished by "first" and "second" are usually of the same type, and the number of objects is not limited. For example, the first object can be one or multiple. In addition, the "and / or" in the description and claims means at least one of the connected objects, and the character " / " generally means an "or" relationship between the associated objects before and after.

[0025] It is worth pointing out that the technology described in the embodiments of the present application is not limited to the Long Term Evolution (LTE) / LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) system, and can also be used in other wireless communication systems, such as Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), Single-carrier Frequency-Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA), and other systems. The terms "system" and "network" in the embodiments of the present application are often used interchangeably. The described technology can be used not only in the systems and radio technologies mentioned above, but also in other systems and radio technologies. The following description describes the New Radio (NR) system for example purposes, and the NR term is used in most of the following descriptions, but these technologies can also be applied to applications other than NR system applications, such as the 6th Generation (6G) communication system. th Generation, 6G) communication system.

[0026] Figure 1 The block diagram of a wireless communication system to which the embodiments of the present application can be applied is shown. The wireless communication system includes a terminal 11 and a network-side device 12. Among them, the terminal 11 can also be referred to as a terminal device or a user terminal (User Equipment, UE). The terminal 11 can be a mobile phone, a tablet personal computer, a laptop computer or a notebook computer, a personal digital assistant (Personal Digital Assistant, PDA), a palm computer, a netbook, an ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC), a mobile Internet device (MID), an augmented reality (AR) / virtual reality (VR) device, a robot, a wearable device, a vehicle-mounted device (VUE), a pedestrian terminal (PUE), a smart home (home appliances with wireless communication functions, such as refrigerators, TVs, washing machines or furniture, etc.). The wearable device includes: smart watches, smart bracelets, smart earphones, smart glasses, smart jewelry (smart bracelets, smart bracelets, smart rings, smart necklaces, smart anklets, smart ankle chains, etc.), smart wristbands, smart clothing, game consoles, etc. It should be noted that the specific type of the terminal 11 is not limited in the embodiments of the present application. The network-side device 12 can be a base station or a core network. Among them, the base station can be referred to as Node B, evolved Node B, access point, base transceiver station (Base Transceiver Station, BTS), radio base station, radio transceiver, basic service set (Basic Service Set, BSS), extended service set (Extended Service Set, ESS), B node, evolved B node (eNB), home B node, home evolved B node, WLAN access point, WiFi node, transmitting and receiving point (Transmitting Receiving Point, TRP) or some other suitable term in the field. As long as the same technical effect is achieved, the base station is not limited to specific technical terms. It should be noted that in the embodiments of the present application, only the base station in the NR system is taken as an example, but the specific type of the base station is not limited.

[0027] To facilitate the understanding of the embodiments of the present application, the following content is first described.

[0028] A Reduced Capability terminal can be simply referred to as a RedCap device / UE or RedCap / redcap. To meet the requirements of vertical industries, in usage scenarios such as industrial wireless sensors, video surveillance, and / or wearable devices, the terminal needs to reduce complexity in aspects such as the number of receive / transmit antennas, supported bandwidth, the time and capabilities for the terminal to process data and signals. Such a terminal is called a Reduced Capability terminal. In terms of bandwidth, traditional / old / common terminals need to support 100 MHz on Frequency Range (FR) 1 and 200 MHz on FR2, while the maximum bandwidth capability that a redcap UE can support is 20 MHz on FR1 and 100 MHz on FR2. When a redcap UE and traditional / old / common terminals coexist in a network, to reduce the impact on traditional / old / common terminals, if the bandwidth of the initial BandwidthPart (initial BWP) exceeds the maximum bandwidth capability of the redcap UE or the number of redcap UEs is too large, in order to avoid congestion on the initial BWP, an additional or so-called separate initial downlink (DL) / uplink (UL) BWP can be configured for the redcap UE.

[0029] For a redcap (reduced capability) UE, since the supported bandwidth is less than or equal to that of a common UE, the bandwidth of the initial BWP configured by the network for traditional / old / common UEs may exceed the maximum bandwidth capability that the redcap UE can support. Therefore, the network can configure an additional or so-called separate initial BWP for the redcap UE so that the bandwidth of this initial BWP is within the capabilities of the redcap UE. In addition, compared with common UEs, the reduction of other capabilities of redcap UEs means that even if the bandwidth of the initial BWP configured by the network for common UEs is within the capabilities of the redcap UE, in order not to affect the performance of common UEs or the network can adopt different scheduling strategies for common UEs and redcap UEs, the network can configure an additional or so-called separate initial BWP for the redcap UE.

[0030] To avoid the fragmentation of uplink transmission resources of traditional / old / common UEs, the separate initial UL BWP configured for RedCap UEs can be placed near the edge of the carrier and the PUCCH frequency hopping can be disabled. That is, for RedCap UEs, the PUCCH frequency hopping can be disabled during the random access / initial access process on the separate initial UL BWP to avoid uplink resource fragmentation.

[0031] In the embodiments of the present application, the terminal can also be referred to as a device, UE, etc. A common device can also be referred to as a non-RedCap UE. Separate, independent, and additional have the same meaning and can be used interchangeably.

[0032] In the embodiments of the present application, the common PUCCH resource set can also be expressed as the PUCCH common resource set, and the two can be interchanged.

[0033] Next, in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, through some embodiments and their application scenarios, the information determination method, device, terminal, and readable storage medium provided by the embodiments of the present application will be described in detail.

[0034] Please refer to Figure 2 , Figure 2 which is a flowchart of an information determination method provided by the embodiments of the present application. This method is executed by a terminal. As Figure 2 shown, the method includes the following steps:

[0035] Step 21: The terminal determines the PUCCH resources configured for the terminal on the first initial uplink BWP.

[0036] In this embodiment, the terminal can optionally be a low-capability RedCap terminal, and the first initial uplink BWP is the separate initial UL BWP configured for the RedCap terminal.

[0037] Step 22: When the PUCCH resources are disabled from frequency hopping, the terminal determines the PRB index of the PUCCH resources according to the first PRB offset.

[0038] Among them, the PRB index of the PUCCH resources can be understood as: the PRB index where the PUCCH resources are located.

[0039] In some embodiments, for disabling frequency hopping in step 22, it may be that when the network side device does not configure a specific PUCCH resource for the terminal (i.e., If a UE does not have dedicated PUCCH resource configuration, provided by PUCCH-ResourceSet in PUCCH-Config), and the network side device configures a separate initial UL BWP for the terminal and configures a common PUCCH resource for hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback of the random access message (such as MSG4 or MSGB) for the initial access / random access process on the separate initial UL BWP, the frequency hopping of the PUCCH resource is disabled / not enabled.

[0040] In the information determination method according to the embodiments of the present application, after the terminal determines the PUCCH resource configured for it on the first initial uplink BWP, when the frequency hopping of the PUCCH resource is disabled, the PRB index of the PUCCH resource can be determined according to the first PRB offset. Thus, the terminal can determine the PRB index of the PUCCH resource with disabled frequency hopping during the initial access / random process, so as to smoothly execute the access process.

[0041] Optionally, the first PRB offset may be: an offset relative to the starting position of the first initial uplink BWP; or, an offset relative to the ending position of the first initial uplink BWP.

[0042] Optionally, for the first PRB offset being an offset relative to the starting position of the first initial uplink BWP, it may be configured by the network side device or may be default. Or, for the first PRB offset being an offset relative to the ending position of the first initial uplink BWP, it may be configured by the network side device or may be default.

[0043] Optionally, the first PRB offset may include any one of the following:

[0044] 1) A PRB offset corresponding to the PUCCH resource set index indicated by the network side device; wherein, the PUCCH resource set index is used to indicate the common PUCCH resource set configured for the terminal.

[0045] In some embodiments, for the PRB offset corresponding to the PUCCH resource set index indicated by the network-side device, it can be determined with the aid of a first table configured by higher-layer signaling. The row index of the first table is used to indicate the common PUCCH resource set configured for the terminal. The row index of the first table is the index of the PUCCH resource set indicated by the network through PUCCH resource common signaling such as pucch-ResourceCommon. When the terminal is not configured with dedicated PUCCH resources by the network, the terminal uses the common PUCCH resource set configured by the above-mentioned PUCCH resource common signaling.

[0046] For example, the first table can be seen as shown in Table 1 below:

[0047] Table 1

[0048]

[0049] In Table 1, represents the PRB offset, and N CS represents the total number of initial cyclic shift indices in the initial cyclic shift index set under the corresponding row index.

[0050] Taking the case where a RedCap terminal is configured with a separate initial UL BWP as an example, for the PRB offset (offset) column in Table 1, there can be the following three cases:

[0051] Case 1: The PRB offset is default relative to the starting position of the separate initial UL BWP;

[0052] Case 2: The PRB offset is default relative to the ending position of the separate initial UL BWP;

[0053] Case 3: Configured by the network-side device, whether the PRB offset is default relative to the starting position of the separate initial UL BWP or relative to the ending position of the separate initial UL BWP.

[0054] Among them, the starting position of the separate initial UL BWP can be expressed as the lower PRB index or PRBlower index. The ending position of the separate initial UL BWP can be expressed as the higher PRB index or PRBhigher index.

[0055] 2) The PRB offset configured by the network-side device through higher-layer signaling.

[0056] Since the PRB offset corresponding to the PUCCH resource set index in the above 1) is usually very limited. For example, the PRB offsets involved in the first table only include 0, 2, 3, and 4, which may not meet the requirements of the first initial uplink BWP, such as a separate initial ULBWP. Therefore, a new high-layer signaling can be introduced to configure the first PRB offset to distinguish it from the PRB offset corresponding to the PUCCH resource set index in the above 1). For example, the PRB offset configured by the high-layer signaling in this 2) can be denoted as: separatePRB offset.

[0057] Optionally, the PRB offset configured by the high-layer signaling in this 2) can be an offset relative to the starting position of the first initial uplink BWP or an offset relative to the ending position of the first initial uplink BWP.

[0058] In some embodiments, if the network side device configures a PRB offset for the terminal, the terminal will ignore the PRB offset corresponding to the PUCCH resource set index, such as ignoring the PRB offset in the first table; otherwise, if the network side device does not configure a PRB offset for the terminal, the terminal will use the PRB offset corresponding to the PUCCH resource set index, such as using the PRB offset in the first table.

[0059] In some embodiments, taking the RedCap terminal configured with a separate initial UL BWP as an example, the RedCap terminal can obtain the starting position and / or ending position of the separate initial UL BWP, as well as the size of the separate initial UL BWP according to the configuration information of the System Information Block (SIB).

[0060] In the embodiments of the present application, the methods for the terminal to determine the PRB index of the PUCCH resource for de-enabling frequency hopping may include but are not limited to the following three:

[0061] (1) The PRB index of the PUCCH resource is: Or, the PRB index of the PUCCH resource is:

[0062] Wherein, represents the first PRB offset, which can be determined by the above 1) or 2). represents the size of the first initial uplink BWP. r PUCCH represents the PUCCH resource index determined by the terminal, r PUCCH is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 15, that is, 0 ≤ r PUCCH ≤ 15. NCS Indicates the total number of initial cyclic shift indices in the initial cyclic shift index set. Indicates the floor symbol.

[0063] (2) When the PRB index of the PUCCH resource is: Or, when the PRB index of the PUCCH resource is:

[0064]

[0065] Where represents the first PRB offset, which can be determined by 1) or 2) above. represents the size of the first initial uplink BWP. r PUCCH represents the PUCCH resource index determined by the terminal, r PUCCH is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 15, i.e., 0 ≤ r PUCCH ≤ 15. N CS Indicates the total number of initial cyclic shift indices in the initial cyclic shift index set. X is greater than 0, and X can represent the PRB index where the latter 8 PUCCH common resources are located, i.e., 8 ≤ r PUCCH ≤ 15 relative to the PRB index where the first 8 PUCCH common resources are located, i.e., 0 ≤ r PUCCH ≤ 7 is the number of PRB offsets. Indicates the floor symbol.

[0066] Optionally, X can be equal to represents the number of PRBs occupied by 8 PUCCH common resources, represents the ceiling symbol. Or, X can be a value configured by the network side device, such as 1, etc., and there is no limitation on this.

[0067] (3) When the PRB index of the PUCCH resource is: Or, when the PRB index of the PUCCH resource is:

[0068] Where represents the first PRB offset, which can be determined by 1) or 2) above. represents the size of the first initial uplink BWP. r PUCCH represents the PUCCH resource index determined by the terminal, r PUCCH is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 15, i.e., 0 ≤ r PUCCH ≤ 15. N CSIndicates the total number of initial cyclic shift indices in the initial cyclic shift index set. X is greater than 0. Indicates the floor symbol.

[0069] Optionally, X can be equal to Indicates the ceiling symbol. Alternatively, X can be a value configured by the network side device, such as 1, etc., and there is no limitation on this.

[0070] In the embodiments of this application, if the PUCCH resource configured for the terminal is enabled for frequency hopping, the terminal can determine the first PRB index of the first hop of the PUCCH resource and the second PRB index of the second hop of the PUCCH resource according to the second PRB offset. Among them, when the first PRB index is the second PRB index is Alternatively, when the first PRB index is the second PRB index is Indicates the second PRB offset. Indicates the size of the first initial uplink BWP. r PUCCH Indicates the PUCCH resource index determined by the terminal, r PUCCH is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 15, that is, 0 ≤ r PUCCH ≤ 15. N CS Indicates the total number of initial cyclic shift indices in the initial cyclic shift index set; Indicates the floor symbol.

[0071] Optionally, the second PRB offset can be: an offset relative to the starting position of the first initial uplink BWP; or, an offset relative to the ending position of the first initial uplink BWP.

[0072] Optionally, for the second PRB offset being an offset relative to the starting position of the first initial uplink BWP, it can be configured by the network side device or be default. Or, for the second PRB offset being an offset relative to the ending position of the first initial uplink BWP, it can be configured by the network side device or be default.

[0073] Optionally, the second PRB offset can include any one of the following:

[0074] 1) The PRB offset corresponding to the PUCCH resource set index indicated by the network side device; among them, this PUCCH resource set index is used to indicate the common PUCCH resource set configured for the terminal.

[0075] In some embodiments, for the PRB offset corresponding to the PUCCH resource set index indicated by the network-side device, it can be determined with the aid of a first table configured by high-layer signaling. The row index of the first table is used to indicate the common PUCCH resource set configured for the terminal. The row index of the first table is the index of the PUCCH resource set indicated by the network through PUCCH resource common signaling such as pucch-ResourceCommon. When the terminal is not configured with dedicated PUCCH resources by the network, the terminal uses the common PUCCH resource set configured by the above-mentioned PUCCH resource common signaling. For example, the first table can be referred to as Table 1 above.

[0076] Taking the case where a RedCap terminal is configured with a separate initial UL BWP as an example, for the PRB offset (offset) column in Table 1, there can be the following three cases:

[0077] Case 1: The PRB offset is default relative to the starting position of the separate initial UL BWP;

[0078] Case 2: The PRB offset is default relative to the ending position of the separate initial UL BWP;

[0079] Case 3: Configured by the network-side device, whether the PRB offset is default relative to the starting position of the separate initial UL BWP or relative to the ending position of the separate initial UL BWP.

[0080] Among them, the starting position of the separate initial UL BWP can be expressed as the lower PRB index or PRBlower index. The ending position of the separate initial UL BWP can be expressed as the higher PRB index or PRBhigher index.

[0081] 2) The PRB offset configured by the network-side device through high-layer signaling.

[0082] Since the PRB offset corresponding to the PUCCH resource set index in the above 1) is usually very limited. For example, the PRB offsets involved in the first table only include 0, 2, 3, and 4, which may not be able to meet the requirements of the first initial uplink BWP such as the separate initial ULBWP. Therefore, a new high-layer signaling can be introduced to configure a second PRB offset to distinguish it from the PRB offset corresponding to the PUCCH resource set index in the above 1). For example, the PRB offset configured by high-layer signaling in this 2) can be denoted as: separatePRB offset.

[0083] Optionally, the PRB offset configured by the high-layer signaling in 2) may be an offset relative to the starting position of the first initial uplink BWP, or an offset relative to the ending position of the first initial uplink BWP.

[0084] The following combines Figure 3 and Figure 4 to illustrate the embodiments of the present application.

[0085] Embodiment 1

[0086] Taking the example that the RedCap UE configures a separate initial UL BWP, the separate initial UL BWP is configured near the carrier edge outside the initial UL BWP configured for non-RedCap UEs. Assume that the RedCap UE determines that the corresponding PUCCH resource set index is 1101 based on the received SIB1, corresponding to Index 9 in Table 1 above, then the corresponding PRB offset = 2, that is, for the random access message such as MSG2 or MSGB feedback HARQ-ACK, the PRB of the PUCCH is 2 PRBs offset relative to the higher edge of the separate initial UL BWP, as Figure 3 shown; N CS = 4; for the PUCCH for MSG4 / MSGB feedback, the number of PRBs it occupies is 1; then in the separate initial UL BWP,

[0087] 1) For 0 <= r PUCCH <= 3, the occupied PUCCH PRB index is

[0088] 2) For 4 <= r PUCCH <= 7, the occupied PUCCH PRB index is

[0089] 3) For 8 <= r PUCCH <= 11, the occupied PUCCH PRB index is Or,

[0090] 4) For 12 <= r PUCCH <= 15, the occupied PUCCH PRB index is Or,

[0091] Example 2

[0092] Taking the case where the RedCap UE is configured with a separate initial UL BWP as an example, the separate initial UL BWP is configured near the carrier edge outside the initial UL BWP configured for non-RedCap UEs. Assume that the RedCap UE determines that the corresponding PUCCH resource set index is 0011 based on the received SIB1, corresponding to Index 3 in Table 1 above, then the corresponding PRB offset = 0, that is, for the PUCCH where the random access message such as MSG2 or MSGB feedbacks HARQ-ACK, the PRB offset relative to the higher edge of the separate initial UL BWP is 0 PRB; N CS = 2; for the PUCCH fed back by MSG4 / MSGB, the number of PRBs it occupies is 1; then in the separate initial UL BWP,

[0093] 1) For 0 <= r PUCCH <= 1, the occupied PUCCH PRB index is

[0094] 2) For 2 <= r PUCCH <= 3, the occupied PUCCH PRB index is

[0095] 3) For 4 <= r PUCCH <= 5, the occupied PUCCH PRB index is

[0096] 4) For 6 <= r PUCCH <= 7, the occupied PUCCH PRB index is

[0097] 5) For 8 <= r PUCCH <= 9, the occupied PUCCH PRB index is Or,

[0098] 6) For 10 <= r PUCCH <= 11, the occupied PUCCH PRB index is Or

[0099] 7) For 12 <= r PUCCH <= 13, the occupied PUCCH PRB index is Or

[0100] 8) For 14 <= r PUCCH <= 15, the occupied PUCCH PRB index is Or

[0101] Embodiment 3

[0102] Taking the case where the RedCap terminal is configured with a separate initial UL BWP as an example, the separate initial UL BWP is configured near the carrier edge outside the initial UL BWP configured for non-RedCap UEs. Assume that the RedCap terminal determines that the corresponding PUCCH resource set index is 0001 based on the received SIB1, corresponding to Index 1 in Table 1 above, then the corresponding PRB offset = 0, that is, for the PUCCH where HARQ-ACK is fed back for random access messages such as MSG2 or MSGB, the PRB of the PUCCH is 0 PRB offset relative to the higher edge of the separate initial UL BWP; N CS = 3; for the PUCCH for MSG4 / MSGB feedback, the number of occupied PRBs is 1; then in the separate initial UL BWP,

[0103] 1) For 0 <= r PUCCH <= 2, the occupied PUCCH PRB index is

[0104] 2) For 3 <= r PUCCH <= 5, the occupied PUCCH PRB index is

[0105] 3) For 6 <= r PUCCH <= 8, the occupied PUCCH PRB index is Alternatively, for 6 <= r PUCCH <= 7, the occupied PUCCH PRB index is

[0106] 4) For 9 <= r PUCCH <= 11, the occupied PUCCH PRB index is Alternatively, for 8 <= r PUCCH <= 10, the occupied PUCCH PRB index is

[0107] 5) For 12 <= r PUCCH <= 14, the occupied PUCCH PRB index is Alternatively, for 11 <= r PUCCH <= 13, the occupied PUCCH PRB index is

[0108] 6) For r PUCCH = 15, the occupied PUCCH PRB index is Or for 14 <= r PUCCH <= 15, the occupied PUCCH PRB index is

[0109] Example 4

[0110] Taking the case where the RedCap terminal is configured with a separate initial UL BWP as an example, the separate initial UL BWP is configured near the carrier edge within the initial UL BWP configured for non-RedCap UEs. Assume that the non-RedCap terminal determines the corresponding to be 100, determines its corresponding PUCCH resource set index to be 1100, corresponding to Index 12 in Table 1 above, then the corresponding PRB offset = 0, N CS = 4; then for the non-RedCap UE, in the initial UL BWP,

[0111] 1) For 0 <= r PUCCH <= 3, the PRB index of the first hop of the PUCCH is The PRB index of the second hop of PUCCH is

[0112] 2) For 4 <= r PUCCH <= 7, the PRB index of the first hop of PUCCH is The PRB index of the second hop of PUCCH is

[0113] 3) For 8 <= r PUCCH <= 11, the PRB index of the first hop of PUCCH is The PRB index of the second hop of PUCCH is

[0114] 4) For 12 <= r PUCCH <= 15, the PRB index of the first hop of PUCCH is The PRB index of the second hop of PUCCH is

[0115] Meanwhile, assume that the RedCap terminal determines that its corresponding PUCCH resource set index is 1101 based on the received SIB1, corresponding to Index 13 in Table 1 above, then the corresponding PRB offset = 2, N CS = 4; then for non-RedCap UEs, in the initial UL BWP,

[0116] 1) For 0 <= r PUCCH <= 3, the occupied PUCCH PRB index is

[0117] 2) For 4 <= r PUCCH <= 7, the occupied PUCCH PRB index is

[0118] 3) For 8 <= r PUCCH <= 11, the occupied PUCCH PRB index is Or,

[0119] 4) For 12 <= r PUCCH <= 15, the occupied PUCCH PRB index is Or,

[0120] It should be noted that for the information determination method provided in the embodiments of the present application, the execution subject may be an information determination device, or a control module in the information determination device for executing the information determination method. In the embodiments of the present application, taking the information determination device as the execution subject of the information determination method as an example, the information determination device provided in the embodiments of the present application is described.

[0121] Please refer to Figure 5 , Figure 5 which is a schematic structural diagram of an information determination device provided in the embodiments of the present application. The device is applied to a terminal, such as Figure 5 shown. The information determination device 50 includes:

[0122] A first determination module 51, configured to determine the PUCCH resources configured for the terminal on the first initial uplink BWP;

[0123] A second determination module 52, configured to determine the PRB index of the PUCCH resources according to a first PRB offset when the PUCCH resources are de-enabled for frequency hopping.

[0124] Optionally, the first PRB offset includes any one of the following:

[0125] The PRB offset corresponding to the PUCCH resource set index indicated by the network side device; wherein the PUCCH resource set index is used to indicate the common PUCCH resource set configured for the terminal;

[0126] The PRB offset configured by the network side device through high-layer signaling.

[0127] Optionally, the first PRB offset is:

[0128] The offset relative to the starting position of the first initial uplink BWP; or,

[0129] The offset relative to the ending position of the first initial uplink BWP.

[0130] Optionally, the first PRB offset being the offset relative to the starting position of the first initial uplink BWP is configured by the network side device; or, the first PRB offset being the offset relative to the ending position of the first initial uplink BWP is configured by the network side device.

[0131] Optionally, the PRB index of the PUCCH resources is: Or, the PRB index of the PUCCH resources is:

[0132] wherein the represents the first PRB offset; the represents the size of the first initial uplink BWP; the r PUCCH represents the PUCCH resource index determined by the terminal, the r PUCCH is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 15; the N CS represents the total number of initial cyclic shift indices in the initial cyclic shift index set; represents the floor symbol.

[0133] Optionally, when the PRB index of the PUCCH resource is: Or, when the PRB index of the PUCCH resource is:

[0134] Or, when the PRB index of the PUCCH resource is: Or, when the PRB index of the PUCCH resource is:

[0135] wherein, the represents the first PRB offset; the represents the size of the first initial uplink BWP; the r PUCCH represents the PUCCH resource index determined by the terminal, the r PUCCH is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 15; the N CS represents the total number of initial cyclic shift indices in the initial cyclic shift index set; X is greater than 0; represents the floor symbol.

[0136] Optionally, X is equal to represents the ceiling symbol;

[0137] Or, X is a value configured by the network side device.

[0138] Optionally, the second determination module 52 is further configured to:

[0139] In the case where the PUCCH resource is enabled for frequency hopping, determine the first PRB index of the first hop of the PUCCH resource and determine the second PRB index of the second hop of the PUCCH resource according to the second PRB offset;

[0140] wherein, when the first PRB index is the second PRB index is Alternatively, when , the first PRB index is and the second PRB index is

[0141] wherein, the represents the second PRB offset; the represents the size of the first initial uplink BWP; the r PUCCH represents the PUCCH resource index determined by the terminal, and the r PUCCH is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 15; the N CS represents the total number of initial cyclic shift indices in the initial cyclic shift index set; represents the floor symbol.

[0142] Optionally, the second PRB offset is any one of the following:

[0143] The PRB offset corresponding to the PUCCH resource set index indicated by the network device; wherein, the PUCCH resource set index is used to indicate the common PUCCH resource set configured for the terminal;

[0144] The PRB offset configured by the network device through higher layer signaling.

[0145] Optionally, the second PRB offset is:

[0146] The offset relative to the start position of the first initial uplink BWP; or,

[0147] The offset relative to the end position of the first initial uplink BWP.

[0148] Optionally, the offset of the second PRB relative to the start position of the first initial uplink BWP is configured by the network device; or, the offset of the first PRB relative to the end position of the first initial uplink BWP is configured by the network device.

[0149] Optionally, the terminal is a low-capability RedCap terminal, and the first initial uplink BWP is an independent initial uplink BWP configured for the low-capability terminal.

[0150] The information determination device 50 in the embodiments of the present application may be a device, a device with an operating system, or an electronic device, or may be a component, an integrated circuit, or a chip in a terminal. The device or electronic device may be a mobile terminal or a non-mobile terminal. Exemplarily, the mobile terminal may include, but is not limited to, the types of the terminal 11 listed above, and the non-mobile terminal may be a server, a Network Attached Storage (NAS), a personal computer (PC), a television (TV), a teller machine, or a self-service machine, etc., which are not specifically limited in the embodiments of the present application.

[0151] The information determination device 50 provided in the embodiments of the present application can implement Figure 2 each process implemented by the method embodiments and achieve the same technical effects. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein again.

[0152] Optionally, as Figure 6 shown, the embodiments of the present application further provide a terminal 60, including a processor 61, a memory 62, a program or instruction stored on the memory 62 and executable on the processor 61. When the program or instruction is executed by the processor 61, each process of the above information determination method embodiments is implemented and the same technical effects can be achieved. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein again.

[0153] The embodiments of the present application further provide a terminal, including a processor and a communication interface. The processor is used to determine the PUCCH resources configured for the terminal on the first initial uplink BWP, and when the PUCCH resources are de-enabled for frequency hopping, determine the PRB index of the PUCCH resources according to the first PRB offset. This terminal embodiment can implement each process of the above information processing method embodiments and achieve the same technical effects. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein again.

[0154] Specifically, Figure 7 is a schematic diagram of the hardware structure of a terminal for implementing the embodiments of the present application.

[0155] The terminal 700 includes, but is not limited to, at least some components such as a radio frequency unit 701, a network module 702, an audio output unit 703, an input unit 704, a sensor 705, a display unit 706, a user input unit 707, an interface unit 708, a memory 709, and a processor 710.

[0156] Those skilled in the art can understand that the terminal 700 may further include a power supply (such as a battery) for supplying power to each component. The power supply may be logically connected to the processor 710 through a power management system, so as to implement functions such as management of charging, discharging, and power consumption management through the power management system.Figure 7 The terminal structure shown does not constitute a limitation on the terminal. The terminal may include more or fewer components than shown in the figure, or combine certain components, or have different component arrangements, which will not be elaborated here.

[0157] It should be understood that in the embodiments of the present application, the input unit 704 may include a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) 7041 and a microphone 7042. The GPU 7041 processes the image data of static pictures or videos obtained by an image capture device (such as a camera) in the video capture mode or the image capture mode. The display unit 706 may include a display panel 7061, and the display panel 7061 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode, etc. The user input unit 707 includes a touch panel 7071 and other input devices 7072. The touch panel 7071 is also called a touch screen. The touch panel 7071 may include two parts: a touch detection device and a touch controller. The other input devices 7072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (such as volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, a joystick, which will not be elaborated here.

[0158] In the embodiments of the present application, after receiving the downlink data from the network side device, the radio frequency unit 701 sends it to the processor 710 for processing; in addition, it sends the uplink data to the network side device. Generally, the radio frequency unit 701 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, etc.

[0159] The memory 709 can be used to store software programs or instructions and various data. The memory 709 mainly includes a program or instruction storage area and a data storage area. Among them, the program or instruction storage area can store an operating system, applications or instructions required for at least one function (such as a sound playback function, an image playback function, etc.). In addition, the memory 709 may include a high-speed random access memory, and may also include a non-volatile memory. Among them, the non-volatile memory may be a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Programmable ROM (PROM), an Erasable PROM (EPROM), an Electrically EPROM (EEPROM), or a flash memory. For example, at least one disk storage device, a flash memory device, or other non-volatile solid-state storage devices.

[0160] The processor 710 may include one or more processing units; optionally, the processor 710 may integrate an application processor and a modem processor, wherein the application processor mainly processes the operating system, user interface, application programs or instructions, etc., and the modem processor mainly processes wireless communication, such as a baseband processor. It can be understood that the above-mentioned modem processor may not be integrated into the processor 710 either.

[0161] Optionally, the processor 710 is configured to determine the PUCCH resources configured for the terminal on the first initial uplink BWP, and determine the PRB index of the PUCCH resources according to a first PRB offset when the PUCCH resources are de-enabled for frequency hopping.

[0162] Optionally, the first PRB offset includes any one of the following:

[0163] The PRB offset corresponding to the PUCCH resource set index indicated by the network side device; wherein the PUCCH resource set index is used to indicate the common PUCCH resource set configured for the terminal;

[0164] The PRB offset configured by the network side device through high-layer signaling.

[0165] Optionally, the first PRB offset is:

[0166] The offset relative to the starting position of the first initial uplink BWP; or,

[0167] The offset relative to the ending position of the first initial uplink BWP.

[0168] Optionally, the first PRB offset being the offset relative to the starting position of the first initial uplink BWP is configured by the network side device; or, the first PRB offset being the offset relative to the ending position of the first initial uplink BWP is configured by the network side device.

[0169] Optionally, the PRB index of the PUCCH resources is: Or, the PRB index of the PUCCH resources is:

[0170] Wherein, the represents the first PRB offset; the represents the size of the first initial uplink BWP; the r PUCCH represents the PUCCH resource index determined by the terminal, the r PUCCH is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 15; the N CS represents the total number of initial cyclic shift indices in the initial cyclic shift index set; Denotes the floor symbol.

[0171] Optionally, when the PRB index of the PUCCH resource is: Or, when the PRB index of the PUCCH resource is:

[0172] Or, when the PRB index of the PUCCH resource is: Or, when the PRB index of the PUCCH resource is:

[0173] Wherein, the represents the first PRB offset; the represents the size of the first initial uplink BWP; the r PUCCH represents the PUCCH resource index determined by the terminal, the r PUCCH is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 15; the N CS represents the total number of initial cyclic shift indices in the initial cyclic shift index set; X is greater than 0; Denotes the floor symbol.

[0174] Optionally, X is equal to Denotes the ceiling symbol;

[0175] Or, X is a value configured by the network side device.

[0176] Optionally, the processor 710 is further configured to, when the PUCCH resource is enabled for frequency hopping, determine the first PRB index of the first hop of the PUCCH resource and determine the second PRB index of the second hop of the PUCCH resource according to the second PRB offset;

[0177] Wherein, when the first PRB index is the second PRB index is Or, when the first PRB index is the second PRB index is

[0178] Wherein, the represents the second PRB offset; the represents the size of the first initial uplink BWP; the rPUCCH represents the PUCCH resource index determined by the terminal, where the r PUCCH is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 15; the N CS represents the total number of initial cyclic shift indices in the initial cyclic shift index set; represents the floor symbol.

[0179] Optionally, the second PRB offset is any one of the following:

[0180] the PRB offset corresponding to the PUCCH resource set index indicated by the network device; where the PUCCH resource set index is used to indicate the common PUCCH resource set configured for the terminal;

[0181] the PRB offset configured by the network device through higher layer signaling.

[0182] Optionally, the second PRB offset is:

[0183] the offset relative to the start position of the first initial uplink BWP; or,

[0184] the offset relative to the end position of the first initial uplink BWP.

[0185] Optionally, the second PRB offset being the offset relative to the start position of the first initial uplink BWP is configured by the network device; or, the first PRB offset being the offset relative to the end position of the first initial uplink BWP is configured by the network device.

[0186] Optionally, the terminal 700 is a low-capability RedCap terminal, and the first initial uplink BWP is an independent initial uplink BWP configured for the low-capability terminal.

[0187] The terminal 700 provided by the embodiments of the present application can implement Figure 2 each process implemented by the method embodiments and achieve the same technical effects. To avoid repetition, it will not be elaborated here.

[0188] The embodiments of the present application further provide a readable storage medium, on which a program or instruction is stored. When the program or instruction is executed by a processor, it implements each process of the above information determination method embodiments and can achieve the same technical effects. To avoid repetition, it will not be elaborated here.

[0189] Among them, the processor is the processor in the terminal described in the above embodiments. The readable storage medium includes computer-readable storage media, such as computer read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), magnetic disk, or optical disc, etc.

[0190] Another embodiment of the present application provides a chip, which includes a processor and a communication interface. The communication interface is coupled to the processor. The processor is used to run programs or instructions to implement each process of the above information determination method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effects. To avoid repetition, it will not be elaborated here.

[0191] It should be understood that the chip mentioned in the embodiments of the present application can also be referred to as a system-on-chip, system chip, chip system, or system-on-chip, etc.

[0192] It should be noted that in this article, the term "including", "comprising", or any other variant thereof is intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, article, or device including a series of elements not only includes those elements, but also includes other elements not explicitly listed, or further includes elements inherent to such process, method, article, or device. Without more limitations, the element defined by the statement "including one..." does not exclude the existence of another identical element in the process, method, article, or device including the element. In addition, it should be pointed out that the methods and devices in the embodiments of the present application are not limited to performing functions in the order shown or discussed, and may also include performing functions in a substantially simultaneous manner or in the reverse order according to the functions involved. For example, the described methods can be performed in an order different from that described, and various steps can also be added, omitted, or combined. In addition, the features described with reference to certain examples can be combined in other examples.

[0193] Through the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the above embodiment methods can be implemented by means of software plus a necessary general hardware platform. Of course, they can also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases the former is a better implementation method. Based on such an understanding, the technical solution of the present application, in essence, or the part that contributes to the prior art, can be embodied in the form of a computer software product. The computer software product is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM / RAM, magnetic disk, optical disc), and includes several instructions for causing a terminal (which can be a mobile phone, computer, server, air conditioner, or network-side device, etc.) to execute the methods described in the various embodiments of the present application.

[0194] The embodiments of the present application have been described above in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. However, the present application is not limited to the above specific implementation manners. The above specific implementation manners are merely illustrative rather than restrictive. Under the inspiration of the present application, those of ordinary skill in the art can also make many forms without departing from the purpose of the present application and the scope protected by the claims, and all of them fall within the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. An information determination method, characterized in that, including: The terminal determines the physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources configured for the terminal on the first initial uplink bandwidth part (BWP). The terminal is a low-capability RedCap terminal, and the first initial uplink BWP is an independent initial uplink BWP configured for the RedCap terminal. When the PUCCH resources are disabled from hopping, the terminal determines the PRB index of the PUCCH resources according to a first physical resource block (PRB) offset. Wherein, the first PRB offset is: an offset relative to the starting position of the first initial uplink BWP; or, an offset relative to the ending position of the first initial uplink BWP. Wherein, the first PRB offset being an offset relative to the starting position of the first initial uplink BWP is configured by the network-side device; or, the first PRB offset being an offset relative to the ending position of the first initial uplink BWP is configured by the network-side device.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein The first PRB offset includes any one of the following: A PRB offset corresponding to the PUCCH resource set index indicated by the network-side device; wherein, the PUCCH resource set index is used to indicate the common PUCCH resource set configured for the terminal. A PRB offset configured by the network-side device through higher-layer signaling.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that, When the terminal is not configured with a PRB offset by the network-side device, the first PRB offset is a PRB offset corresponding to the PUCCH resource set index indicated by the network-side device; wherein, the PUCCH resource set index is used to indicate the common PUCCH resource set configured for the terminal.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein The PRB index of the PUCCH resource is as follows: Alternatively, the PRB index of the PUCCH resource is as follows: Among them, the represents the first PRB offset; the represents the size of the first initial uplink BWP; the r PUCCH represents the PUCCH resource index determined by the terminal, and the r PUCCH is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 15; the N CS represents the total number of initial cyclic shift indices in the initial cyclic shift index set; represents the floor symbol.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein When the PRB index of the PUCCH resource is: Or, when the PRB index of the PUCCH resource is: Or, When the PRB index of the PUCCH resource is: Or, when the PRB index of the PUCCH resource is: Among them, the represents the first PRB offset; the represents the size of the first initial uplink BWP; the r PUCCH represents the PUCCH resource index determined by the terminal, and the r PUCCH is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 15; the N CS represents the total number of initial cyclic shift indices in the initial cyclic shift index set; X is greater than 0; represents the floor symbol.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein Said X is equal to denotes the ceiling symbol; Or, The X is a value configured by the network-side device.

7. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The method further includes: When the PUCCH resources are enabled for hopping, the terminal determines the first PRB index of the first hop of the PUCCH resources and determines the second PRB index of the second hop of the PUCCH resources according to a second PRB offset. Wherein, when the first PRB index is and the second PRB index is Or, when the first PRB index is and the second PRB index is Among them, the represents the second PRB offset; the represents the size of the first initial uplink BWP; the r PUCCH represents the PUCCH resource index determined by the terminal, and the r PUCCH is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 15; the N CS represents the total number of initial cyclic shift indices in the initial cyclic shift index set; represents the floor symbol.

8. The method according to claim 7, characterized in that The second PRB offset is any one of the following: A PRB offset corresponding to the PUCCH resource set index indicated by the network-side device; wherein, the PUCCH resource set index is used to indicate the common PUCCH resource set configured for the terminal. A PRB offset configured by the network-side device through higher-layer signaling.

9. The method according to claim 7, wherein The second PRB offset is: An offset relative to the starting position of the first initial uplink BWP; or, An offset relative to the ending position of the first initial uplink BWP.

10. An information determination device, characterized in that, including: A first determination module, configured to determine the PUCCH resources configured for the terminal on the first initial uplink BWP. The terminal is a RedCap terminal, and the first initial uplink BWP is an independent initial uplink BWP configured for the RedCap terminal. A second determination module, configured to determine the PRB index of the PUCCH resources according to the first PRB offset when the PUCCH resources are disabled from hopping. Wherein, the first PRB offset is: an offset relative to the starting position of the first initial uplink BWP; or, an offset relative to the ending position of the first initial uplink BWP. Wherein, the offset of the first PRB with respect to the starting position of the first initial uplink BWP is configured by the network device; or, the offset of the first PRB with respect to the ending position of the first initial uplink BWP is configured by the network device.

11. The device according to claim 10, characterized in that, The offset of the first PRB includes any one of the following: The PRB offset corresponding to the PUCCH resource set index indicated by the network device; wherein, the PUCCH resource set index is used to indicate the common PUCCH resource set configured for the terminal; The PRB offset configured by the network device through high-layer signaling.

12. The device according to claim 10 or 11, characterized in that, In the case where the terminal is not configured with a PRB offset by the network device, the offset of the first PRB is the PRB offset corresponding to the PUCCH resource set index indicated by the network device; wherein, the PUCCH resource set index is used to indicate the common PUCCH resource set configured for the terminal.

13. The device according to claim 10, wherein The PRB index of the PUCCH resource is as follows: Alternatively, the PRB index of the PUCCH resource is as follows: Among them, the represents the first PRB offset; the represents the size of the first initial uplink BWP; the r PUCCH represents the PUCCH resource index determined by the terminal, and the r PUCCH is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 15; the N CS represents the total number of initial cyclic shift indices in the initial cyclic shift index set; represents the floor symbol.

14. The device according to claim 10, characterized in that, When the PRB index of the PUCCH resource is: Or when the PRB index of the PUCCH resource is: Or, When the PRB index of the PUCCH resource is: Or, when the PRB index of the PUCCH resource is: Among them, the represents the first PRB offset; the represents the size of the first initial uplink BWP; the r PUCCH represents the PUCCH resource index determined by the terminal, and the r PUCCH is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 15; the N CS represents the total number of initial cyclic shift indices in the initial cyclic shift index set; X is greater than 0; represents the floor symbol.

15. The device according to claim 14, characterized in that, The X is equal to denotes the ceiling symbol; Or, X is a value configured by the network device.

16. The device according to claim 10, characterized in that, The second determination module is further configured to: In the case where the PUCCH resource is enabled for frequency hopping, determine the first PRB index of the first hop of the PUCCH resource and determine the second PRB index of the second hop of the PUCCH resource according to the second PRB offset; Wherein, when the first PRB index is and the second PRB index is Or, when the first PRB index is and the second PRB index is Among them, the represents the second PRB offset; the represents the size of the first initial uplink BWP; the r PUCCH represents the PUCCH resource index determined by the terminal, and the r PUCCH is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 15; the N CS represents the total number of initial cyclic shift indices in the initial cyclic shift index set; represents the floor symbol.

17. The device according to claim 16, wherein The second PRB offset is any one of the following: The PRB offset corresponding to the PUCCH resource set index indicated by the network device; wherein, the PUCCH resource set index is used to indicate the common PUCCH resource set configured for the terminal; The PRB offset configured by the network device through high-layer signaling.

18. A terminal, characterized in that, Comprising a processor, a memory, and a program or instruction stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the program or instruction, when executed by the processor, implements the steps of the information determination method according to any one of claims 1 to 9.

19. A readable storage medium, characterized in that, The program or instruction is stored on the readable storage medium, and the program or instruction, when executed by the processor, implements the steps of the information determination method according to any one of claims 1 - 9.

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