Set determination method, device, communication device and storage medium

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a set determination method, apparatus, communication device, and storage medium, wherein the set determination method includes: determining a cell set to which a first cell belongs, wherein downlink control information used to schedule multiple cells in the cell set has the same size. According to the present disclosure, a terminal can determine the cell set to which the first cell belongs, and for MC-DCIs that schedule multiple cells in the same cell set, the terminal can determine that they have the same size, thereby performing blind detection according to the same size, thereby reducing the number of DCI sizes that need to be considered during the blind detection process, which is conducive to reducing the complexity of the blind detection.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present disclosure relates to the field of communication technology, and in particular to a set determination method, a set determination device, a communication device, and a computer-readable storage medium. Background Art

[0002] In related technologies, one downlink control information (DCI) is only used to schedule data of one cell, for example, scheduling the physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) and physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) of one cell.

[0003] With the fragmentation of frequency resources, the demand for simultaneously scheduling data for multiple cells is gradually increasing. To reduce control message overhead, a single DCI can be used to schedule data for multiple cells. However, there are also some technical problems in the scenario where a single DCI is used to schedule data for multiple cells. Summary of the Invention

[0004] In view of this, embodiments of the present disclosure propose a set determination method, a set determination device, a communication device, and a computer-readable storage medium to solve technical problems in related technologies.

[0005] According to a first aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a set determination method is proposed, which is executed by a terminal, and the method includes: determining a cell set to which a first cell belongs, wherein the size of downlink control information used to schedule multiple cells in the cell set is the same.

[0006] According to a second aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a set determination method is proposed, which is executed by a network device. The method includes: determining a cell set to which a first cell belongs, wherein the size of downlink control information used to schedule multiple cells in the cell set is the same.

[0007] According to a third aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a set determination device is proposed, comprising: a processing module configured to determine a cell set to which a first cell belongs, wherein the size of downlink control information used to schedule multiple cells in the cell set is the same.

[0008] According to a fourth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a set determination device is proposed, comprising: a processing module configured to determine a cell set to which a first cell belongs, wherein the size of downlink control information used to schedule multiple cells in the cell set is the same.

[0009] According to a fifth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication device is proposed, comprising: a processor; and a memory for storing a computer program; wherein, when the computer program is executed by the processor, the above-mentioned set determination method executed by the terminal is implemented.

[0010] According to a sixth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication device is proposed, comprising: a processor; a memory for storing a computer program; wherein, when the computer program is executed by the processor, the above-mentioned set determination method executed by the network device is implemented.

[0011] According to a seventh aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a computer-readable storage medium is proposed for storing a computer program. When the computer program is executed by a processor, the above-mentioned set determination method executed by the terminal is implemented.

[0012] According to an eighth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a computer-readable storage medium is proposed for storing a computer program. When the computer program is executed by a processor, the above-mentioned set determination method performed by the network device is implemented.

[0013] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the terminal can determine the cell set to which the first cell belongs. For the MC-DCI that schedules multiple cells in the same cell set, the terminal can determine that they have the same size, thereby performing blind detection according to the same size, thereby reducing the number of DCI sizes that need to be considered during the blind detection process, which is conducive to reducing the complexity of blind detection. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0014] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the following briefly introduces the drawings required for use in the description of the embodiments. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present disclosure. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without any creative work.

[0015] Figure 1 It is a schematic flowchart of a set determination method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0016] Figure 2 is a schematic flowchart of another set determination method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0017] Figure 3 is a schematic flowchart of another set determination method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0018] Figure 4 It is a schematic diagram of an application scenario according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0019] Figure 5is a schematic flowchart of another set determination method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0020] Figure 6 It is a schematic diagram of another application scenario according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0021] Figure 7 is a schematic flowchart of another set determination method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0022] Figure 8 is a schematic flowchart of another set determination method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0023] Figure 9 This is another schematic diagram of an application scenario according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0024] Figure 10 It is a schematic flowchart of a set determination method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0025] Figure 11 is a schematic flowchart of another set determination method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0026] Figure 12 is a schematic flowchart of another set determination method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0027] Figure 13 is a schematic flowchart of another set determination method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0028] Figure 14 is a schematic flowchart of another set determination method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0029] Figure 15 is a schematic flowchart of another set determination method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0030] Figure 16 This is a schematic block diagram of a set determination device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0031] Figure 17 This is a schematic block diagram of a set determination device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0032] Figure 18 It is a schematic block diagram of an apparatus for set determination according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0033] Figure 19 It is a schematic block diagram of an apparatus for set determination according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0034] The following will be combined with the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Obviously, the embodiments described are only part of the embodiments of the present disclosure, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present disclosure, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without making any creative efforts are within the scope of protection of the present disclosure.

[0035] The terms used in the embodiments of the present disclosure are for the purpose of describing specific embodiments only and are not intended to limit the embodiments of the present disclosure. The singular forms "a," "an," and "the" used in the embodiments of the present disclosure and the appended claims are also intended to include plural forms unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It should also be understood that the term "and / or" as used herein refers to and includes any or all possible combinations of one or more associated listed items.

[0036] It should be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used to describe various information in the embodiments of the present disclosure, such information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish information of the same type from each other. For example, without departing from the scope of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the first information may also be referred to as the second information, and similarly, the second information may also be referred to as the first information. Depending on the context, the word "if" as used herein may be interpreted as "at the time of" or "when" or "in response to determining".

[0037] For the purpose of brevity and ease of understanding, the terms "greater than," "less than," "higher than," and "lower than" are used herein to describe size relationships. However, those skilled in the art will understand that the term "greater than" also encompasses the meaning of "greater than or equal to," and "less than" also encompasses the meaning of "less than or equal to," and the term "higher than" also encompasses the meaning of "higher than or equal to," and "lower than" also encompasses the meaning of "lower than or equal to."

[0038] Figure 1 This is a schematic flow chart illustrating a method for determining a set according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The method for determining a set illustrated in this embodiment can be executed by a terminal, including but not limited to a mobile phone, tablet computer, wearable device, sensor, IoT device, or other communication device. The terminal can communicate with network devices, including but not limited to network devices in 4G, 5G, and 6G communication systems, such as base stations and core networks.

[0039] like Figure 1 As shown, the set determination method may include the following steps:

[0040] In step S101, a cell set to which a first cell belongs is determined, wherein downlink control information (DCI) used for scheduling multiple cells in the cell set (specifically, data of the scheduled cells, such as PUSCH and PDSCH) has the same size.

[0041] In one embodiment, the DCI used to schedule multiple cells may include DCI used to schedule uplink data of multiple cells, for example, it may be called DCI format 0_3, which can be used to schedule uplink data of multiple cells in the cell set; it may also include DCI used to schedule downlink data of multiple cells, for example, it may be called DCI format 1_3, which can be used to schedule downlink data of multiple cells in the cell set.

[0042] In one embodiment, downlink control information used to schedule multiple cells may be referred to as MC-DCI, where MC can represent either multi-carrier or multi-cell. Since MC-DCI is a newly introduced DCI compared to legacy DCI, its size (also translated as "size" refers to the number of occupied bits) may differ from that of legacy DCI. This leads to an increase in the number of sizes, and the excessive number of DCI sizes increases the complexity of terminal blind DCI detection.

[0043] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the terminal can determine the cell set to which the first cell (not a specific cell, but any service cell) belongs. For MC-DCI of the same format that schedules multiple cells in the same cell set, the terminal can determine that they have the same size, thereby performing blind detection according to the same size, thereby reducing the number of DCI sizes that need to be considered during the blind detection process, which is conducive to reducing the complexity of blind detection.

[0044] That is, for cells belonging to the same set, when the terminal receives MC-DCI for scheduling the cell, for MC-DCI corresponding to the same format, the terminal expects to perform blind detection according to the same size, or it can be described as for cells belonging to the same set, when the terminal receives MC-DCI for scheduling the cell, for MC-DCI corresponding to the same format, the terminal does not expect to perform blind detection according to different sizes.

[0045] In one embodiment, different cell sets include different cells, that is, the same cell does not belong to different cell sets, and different cell sets include different cells.

[0046] Taking two cell sets as an example, cell set #1 includes Cell#1, Cell#2, and Cell#3, and cell set #2 includes Cell#4, Cell#5, Cell#6, and Cell#7.

[0047] According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, for MC-DCI format 1_3 used for scheduling Cell#1 and Cell#2, and MC-DCI format 1_3 used for scheduling Cell#2 and Cell#3, since Cell#1, Cell#2, and Cell#3 all belong to cell set #1, blind detection can be performed according to the same size when receiving MC-DCI.

[0048] Similarly, for MC-DCI format 1_3 used to schedule Cell#4 and Cell#5, and MC-DCI format 1_3 used to schedule Cell#5 and Cell#6, since Cell#4, Cell#5, and Cell#6 all belong to cell set #2, when receiving MC-DCI, blind detection can be performed according to the same size.

[0049] For different cell sets, the MC-DCI sizes of the cells in the scheduled cell set may be the same or different, and this disclosure does not impose any restrictions on this. For example, the MC-DCI sizes of multiple cells in scheduled cell set #1 and multiple cells in scheduled cell set #2 may be the same or different, and the specific size can be determined based on actual conditions.

[0050] It can be seen that according to the embodiments of the present disclosure, for cells in the same cell set, no matter which cells are in the MC-DCI scheduling set, the terminal can blindly detect MC-DCI according to the same size, without having to blindly detect according to different sizes each time MC-DCI is received.

[0051] In one embodiment, the downlink control information of the same format used for scheduling multiple cells in the cell set has the same size.

[0052] Taking the above-mentioned cell set #1 as an example, for DCIs of the same format of multiple cells in the scheduling cell set #1, the terminal can perform blind detection according to the same size.

[0053] For example, a terminal receives DCI format 0_3 once for scheduling uplink data for Cell#1 and Cell#2 in cell set #1, and then receives DCI format 0_3 again for scheduling uplink data for Cell#2 and Cell#3 in cell set #1. Since Cell#1, Cell#2, and Cell#3 all belong to cell set #1, blind detection of DCI format 0_3 can be performed using the same size for the two DCI format 0_3 receptions.

[0054] Based on this, for MC-DCI of the same format that schedules multiple cells in the same cell set, the terminal can determine that they have the same size, and thus perform blind detection according to the same size, thereby reducing the number of DCI sizes that need to be considered for DCI of the same format during the blind detection process, which is conducive to reducing the complexity of blind detection.

[0055] Figure 2 FIG. 1 is a schematic flow chart of another set determination method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Figure 2 As shown, determining the cell set to which the first cell belongs includes:

[0056] In step S201, the correspondence between the cell and the cell set is determined according to the indication information sent by the network device;

[0057] In step S202, the cell set to which the first cell belongs is determined according to the corresponding relationship.

[0058] In one embodiment, the correspondence between cells and cell sets can be indicated by a network device. For example, the network device can indicate the correspondence between cells and cell sets to the terminal through indication information, and then the terminal can determine the cell set to which the first cell belongs based on the correspondence between the cells and cell sets.

[0059] It should be noted that the cell in the corresponding relationship indicated by the network device can be selected by the network device as needed, or determined by the network device according to predefined rules. For example, the cell specified by the predefined rule can be any cell, or a cell supported by the network device, or a cell supported by the terminal, or a cell currently providing services to the terminal (including a primary cell, a secondary cell, etc.), or a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) group or a cell in a physical uplink control channel cell.

[0060] In one embodiment, the cells in the cell set belong to the same physical uplink control channel group or physical uplink control channel cell.

[0061] In one embodiment, the number of cells in the cell set is less than or equal to the maximum number of cells that can be scheduled by the downlink control information for scheduling multiple cells; or

[0062] The number of cells in the cell set is greater than the maximum number, or less than the maximum number, or equal to the maximum number; or,

[0063] The number of cells in the cell set is the same as the number of cells included in the physical uplink control channel group or physical uplink control channel cell corresponding to the downlink control information for scheduling multiple cells.

[0064] For example, the number of cells in the cell set is n c , the maximum number of cells that MC-DCI can schedule is n max , you can limit n c Less than n max ; or no limit on n c The size of n c Can be greater than n max , can also be less than n max , can also be equal to n max ; or you can limit n c The amount of data contained in the PUCCH group or PUCCH cell corresponding to the MC-DCI is the same as that of the cell.

[0065] In one embodiment, the maximum number is the maximum number of cells that can be scheduled by the downlink control information (e.g., DCI 0_X, where X can be 0, 1, 2, 3, etc.) used to schedule the physical uplink shared channels (Physical Uplink Shared Channel, PUSCH) of multiple cells; or, the maximum number is the maximum number of cells that can be scheduled by the downlink control information (e.g., DCI 1_X, where X can be 0, 1, 2, 3, etc.) used to schedule the physical downlink shared channels (Physical Downlink Shared Channel, PDSCH) of multiple cells.

[0066] In one embodiment, the method further includes: when the first cell receives the downlink control information, determining that the downlink control information is used to schedule one or more cells in the cell set to which the first cell belongs. That is, when the terminal receives MC-DCI in the first cell, if it is determined that the first cell belongs to the first cell set, then the MC-DCI can be determined to be used only for scheduling one or more cells in the first cell set. Accordingly, the range of cells considered when determining the cells scheduled by the MC-DCI can be reduced, which helps simplify the process of determining the cells scheduled by the MC-DCI.

[0067] In one embodiment, the indication information includes but is not limited to a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message, a Media Access Control Control Element (MAC CE), a DCI, etc. The following mainly illustrates the technical solution of the present disclosure in the case where the indication information is an RRC message.

[0068] Figure 3 FIG. 1 is a schematic flow chart of another set determination method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Figure 3 As shown, determining the correspondence between the cell and the cell set according to the indication information sent by the network device includes:

[0069] In step S301, indication information sent by a network device is received in the first cell;

[0070] In step S302, the identifier of the cell set to which the first cell belongs is determined according to the indication information.

[0071] In one embodiment, the terminal may determine the identifier of the set to which the first cell belongs based on the indication information received in the first cell, that is, the indication information sent by the network device to the terminal in the first cell may indicate the identifier of the cell set to which the first cell belongs.

[0072] For example, the network device includes the cell set identifier 1 in the indication information sent to the terminal in the first cell, and includes the cell set identifier 2 in the indication information sent to the terminal in the second cell. Then the terminal can determine that the first cell belongs to the cell set identified as 1, and determine that the second cell belongs to the cell set identified as 2.

[0073] Figure 4 It is a schematic diagram of an application scenario according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0074] like Figure 4 As shown, taking 8 cells as an example, they are Cell#1, Cell#2, Cell#3, Cell#4, Cell#5, Cell#6, Cell#7, and Cell#8.

[0075] The indication information received by the terminal in Cell#1, Cell#2, Cell#3, and Cell#4 includes the cell set identifier of 1, and the indication information received in Cell#5, Cell#6, Cell#7, and Cell#8 includes the cell set identifier of 2. Then the terminal can determine that Cell#1, Cell#2, Cell#3, and Cell#4 belong to the cell set identified as 1 (cell set id=1), and determine that Cell#5, Cell#6, Cell#7, and Cell#8 belong to the cell set identified as 2 (cell set id=2).

[0076] Figure 5 FIG. 1 is a schematic flow chart of another set determination method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Figure 5 As shown, determining the correspondence between the cell and the cell set according to the indication information sent by the network device includes:

[0077] In step S501, indication information sent by a network device is received in the first cell;

[0078] In step S502, multiple cell groups are determined according to the indication information received from multiple first cells;

[0079] In step S503, determining a target cell group to which the first cell belongs among the multiple cell groups, and a cell group set to which the target cell group belongs;

[0080] In step S504, a cell set corresponding to the cell group set is determined as the cell set to which the first cell belongs.

[0081] In one embodiment, a terminal may receive indication information sent by a network device in multiple first cells, wherein the indication information may indicate an association relationship between a value of a carrier indicator field (CIF) corresponding to the first cell in which the indication information is received and a scheduling cell identifier, and the terminal may determine multiple cell groups based on the association relationship corresponding to each first cell. The association relationship may specifically be an association relationship between a value of a carrier indicator field (cif-InScheduingCell) in a scheduling cell and a scheduling cell identifier.

[0082] The terminal may determine whether the first cell is the cell scheduled by the MC-DCI received in the second cell based on the following manner:

[0083] Determine the serving cell configuration (ServingCellConfig) of the information element (IE) in the RRC message, then determine the cross-carrier scheduling configuration (CrossCarrierSchedulingConfig) in the serving cell configuration, and then determine the scheduling cell information (schedulingCellInfo) in the cross-carrier scheduling configuration. When the schedulingCellInfo indication value is other (other), further determine the scheduling cell identifier (schedulingCellId) and cif-InScheduingCell in schedulingCellInfo.

[0084] When the scheduling cell identifier configured in the RRC message is the same as the identifier of the second cell, and the value of cif-InScheduingCell configured in the RRC message is the same as the value of CIF in the MC-DCI received in the second cell, it can be determined that the MC-DCI received in the second cell is used to schedule the first cell.

[0085] The association relationship can define a correspondence between the values ​​of multiple carrier indicator fields and multiple scheduling cell identifiers, and is not limited to the association of one carrier indicator field value with one scheduling cell identifier. Therefore, when the network device sends MC-DCI to the terminal based on the association relationship, it is beneficial to improve the scheduling flexibility of MC-DCI for the first cell. For example, the network device can set the CIF value in the sent MC-DCI based on the association relationship corresponding to the first cell to be scheduled, thereby dynamically adjusting the multiple cells (cell groups) to be scheduled.

[0086] Figure 6 It is a schematic diagram of another application scenario according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0087] like Figure 6 As shown, taking three cells, Cell#0 (cell ID is 0), Cell#1 (cell ID is 1) and Cell#2 (cell ID is 2), as an example, the network device carries indication information through an RRC message.

[0088] The association relationship carried in the RRC message sent by the network device in Cell#0 to the terminal is table1-0, the association relationship carried in the RRC message sent by Cell#1 to the terminal is table1-1, and the association relationship carried in the RRC message sent by Cell#2 to the terminal is table1-2.

[0089] The association relationship contained in table 1-0 is: the value of the carrier indicator field is 0 and the corresponding scheduling cell identifier is 2;

[0090] Table 1-1 contains the following association: a carrier indicator field value of 1 corresponds to a scheduling cell ID of 0, and a carrier indicator field value of 2 corresponds to a scheduling cell ID of 0. Therefore, when the CIF value in the MC-DCI sent by the network device to the terminal in the second cell with cell ID 0 is 1, scheduling can be performed on the first cell (e.g., Cell#1). When the CIF value in the MC-DCI sent to the terminal in the second cell with cell ID 0 is 2, scheduling can also be performed on the first cell (e.g., Cell#1). The CIF value can range from 0 to 7 and can, of course, be adjusted as needed.

[0091] The association relationship contained in table 1-2 is: the value of the carrier indication field is 1 corresponding to the scheduling cell identifier 0, and the value of the carrier indication field is 3 corresponding to the scheduling cell identifier 0. Therefore, when the CIF value in the MC-DCI sent by the network device to the terminal in the second cell with the cell identifier 0 is 1, the first cell (for example, Cell#2) can be scheduled. When the CIF value in the MC-DCI sent to the terminal in the second cell with the cell identifier 2 is 3, the first cell (for example, Cell#2) can also be scheduled.

[0092] Among them, since table1-0 is the association relationship received in the scheduling cell Cell#0, and the MC-DCI received in the scheduling cell can be used for self-scheduling, that is, the MC-DCI received in Cell#0 can be used to schedule Cell#0 itself, the association relationship corresponding to Cell#0, in addition to the correspondence contained in table1-0, can also additionally include: the value of the carrier indication field is 0 corresponding to the scheduling cell identifier of 0, the value of the carrier indication field is 1 corresponding to the scheduling cell identifier of 0, the value of the carrier indication field is 2 corresponding to the scheduling cell identifier of 0, and the value of the carrier indication field is 3 corresponding to the scheduling cell identifier of 0.

[0093] It should be noted that Figure 6 The blank portion of the table shown can also be used to set the value of the carrier indicator field and the scheduling cell identifier, but this is not used in the example process of this embodiment and is therefore not shown. In addition, the number of rows in the table is not limited to the four rows shown in the figure, and the number of rows can be reduced or increased as needed.

[0094] Based on the above association relationship, it can be determined that when the value of the carrier indication field is 0 (00), MC-DCI can schedule Cell#0; when the value of the carrier indication field is 1 (01), MC-DCI can schedule Cell#0, Cell#1, and Cell#2; when the value of the carrier indication field is 2 (10), MC-DCI can schedule Cell#0 and Cell#1; when the value of the carrier indication field is 3 (11), MC-DCI can schedule Cell#0 and Cell#2. Based on this, the relationship between the value of the carrier indication field and the scheduled cell that can be determined by the terminal is shown in Table 1 below:

[0095] CIF Cell Group 00 {0} 01 {0,1,2} 10 {0,1} 11 {0,2}

[0096] Table 1

[0097] Among them, the cell group can be a cell group composed of cells corresponding to the value of each carrier indication field in the association relationship indicated by the indication information received by each first cell. As shown in representation 1, the multiple cell groups are {0}, {0,1,2}, {0,1}, {0,2}.

[0098] It is understood that each element in the tables shown in all embodiments of the present disclosure exists independently. These elements are illustratively listed in the same table, but this does not mean that all elements in the table must exist simultaneously as shown in the table. The value of each element is independent of the value of any other element in the table. Therefore, those skilled in the art will understand that the value of each element in the table represents an independent embodiment.

[0099] Since the cell group also has a cell group set to which it belongs, and the cell group set can correspond to the cell set, after determining multiple cell groups, the terminal can further determine the target cell group to which the first cell belongs among the multiple cell groups, and then determine the cell group set to which the target cell group belongs, as well as the cell set corresponding to the cell group set. Then, it can be determined that the first cell belongs to the determined cell set.

[0100] Among them, the cells included in the cell groups in different cell group sets are different. For example, cell group set #1 includes cell group #1 and cell group #2, and cell group set #2 includes cell group #3 and cell group #4. Then the cells included in cell group #1 and cell group #2 are different from the cells included in cell group #3 and cell group #4.

[0101] Figure 7 FIG. 1 is a schematic flow chart of another set determination method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Figure 7 As shown, the method further includes:

[0102] In step S701, at least one cell group set is determined based on the multiple cell groups, wherein a first cell group in a first cell group set includes at least the same cells as a second cell group in the first cell group set.

[0103] In one embodiment, after determining multiple cell groups, the terminal can determine a cell group set based on the multiple cell groups, wherein the cell groups containing the same cells can be divided into the same cell group set. For example, if the first cell group and the second cell group contain the same cells, then the first cell group and the second cell group can be divided into the same cell group set, for example, in the first cell group set.

[0104] Then, a cell group containing the same cell as any cell group in the first cell group set can be determined from the other cell groups, and the determined cell group can also be included in the first cell group set. Similarly, the determination of the first cell group set can be completed. Further cell group sets can then be determined based on the method used to determine the first cell group set.

[0105] It should be noted that the first cell group and the second cell group in the same cell group set are different. The first cell group and the second cell group do not specifically refer to a certain cell, but are any cell group in a cell group set.

[0106] For example, take the following cell groups as examples to determine the cell group set:

[0107] {0,1,2,3},{3},{5,6,7},{3,4,5,6},{8,9},{8};

[0108] First, we can consider any one of the cell groups. For example, we can first consider the cell group {0,1,2,3}. We can determine that the cell group {3} and the cell group {3,4,5,6} contain the same cell Cell#3 as the cell group {0,1,2,3}. Then, the three cell groups {3}, {3,4,5,6}, and {0,1,2,3} can be divided into the same cell group set, for example, called the first cell group set.

[0109] Then, we can determine the cell groups in other cell groups that contain the same cells as any cell group in the first cell group set. It can be determined that the cell group {5, 6, 7} and the cell group {3, 4, 5, 6} in the first cell group contain the same cells Cell#5 and Cell#6, so the cell group {5, 6, 7} can also be divided into the first cell group set.

[0110] Since the cell groups {8, 9} and {8} do not contain the same cells as any of the cell groups in the first cell group set, the first cell group set is determined, and the second cell group set can be determined. For example, according to the above method, the second cell group set can be determined to include the cell groups {8, 9} and {8}.

[0111] For cell groups, Figure 4 In the case of the illustrated embodiment, for example, the indication information received in Cell#1, Cell#2, Cell#3, and Cell#4 includes a cell set identifier of 1, and the indication information received in Cell#5, Cell#6, Cell#7, and Cell#8 includes a cell set identifier of 2. The terminal determines that Cell#1, Cell#2, Cell#3, and Cell#4 belong to the cell set identified as 1 (cell set id=1), and determines that Cell#5, Cell#6, Cell#7, and Cell#8 belong to the cell set identified as 2 (cell set id=2).

[0112] Subsequently, the MC-DCI received by the terminal in the scheduling cell is used to schedule multiple cells (Cell#1, Cell#2, Cell#3, and Cell#4), and can also be used to schedule multiple cells (Cell#2 and Cell#3). Another MC-DCI received in the scheduling cell can be used to schedule multiple cells (Cell#5, Cell#6, Cell#7, and Cell#8), and can also be used to schedule multiple cells (Cell#6 and Cell#7). Thus, four cell groups {1,2,3,4}, {2,3}, {5,6,7,8}, and {6,7}} can be determined, as well as two cell group sets {{1,2,3,4}, {2,3}}, {{5,6,7,8}, and {6,7}}. Different cell group sets can be determined by the cells scheduled by MC-DCI sent by different cells.

[0113] Figure 8 FIG. 1 is a schematic flow chart of another set determination method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Figure 8 As shown, determining the cell set corresponding to the cell group set includes:

[0114] In step S801, a cell set consisting of cells included in the cell group in the cell group set is determined.

[0115] In one embodiment, the method of determining the cell set corresponding to the cell group set may be to determine the cells included in the cell groups in the cell group set, and then use the set composed of the determined cells as the cell set corresponding to the cell group set.

[0116] Figure 9This is another schematic diagram of an application scenario according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0117] Taking the first cell group set and the second cell group set determined in the above embodiment as an example, the first cell group set is {{0,1,2,3},{3},{3,4,5,6},{5,6,7}}, and the second cell group set is {{8,9},{8}}.

[0118] Then according to this embodiment, it can be determined that the cells included in the cell group in the first cell group set are Cell#0, Cell#1, Cell#2, Cell#3, Cell#4, Cell#5, Cell#6, and Cell#7, then it can be determined that the cell set constituted by these cells is {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7}, that is, the cell set corresponding to the first cell group set is {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7}. Similarly, it can be determined that the cell set corresponding to the second cell group set is {8,9}.

[0119] The above embodiments mainly consider that the sizes of DCIs used for scheduling multiple cells in a cell set are the same. In fact, the embodiments of the present disclosure can also be applied to scheduling cell groups, that is, the sizes of DCIs used for scheduling multiple cell groups in a cell group set are the same.

[0120] The present disclosure also proposes a set determination method, which is executed by a terminal, and the method includes: determining a first cell group to which a first cell belongs; determining a first cell group set to which the first cell group belongs, wherein the size of the downlink control information used to schedule multiple cell groups in the first cell group set is the same.

[0121] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the terminal can determine the first cell group set to which the first cell group (not specifically referring to a certain cell group, but can be a cell group composed of any service cells) belongs. For the MC-DCI for scheduling multiple cell groups in the same cell group set, the terminal can determine that they have the same size, thereby performing blind detection according to the same size, thereby reducing the number of DCI sizes that need to be considered during the blind detection process, which is conducive to reducing the complexity of blind detection.

[0122] In one embodiment, different cell group sets include different cell groups, that is, the same cell group does not belong to different cell group sets, and different cell group sets include different cell groups.

[0123] In one embodiment, downlink control information of the same format used to schedule multiple cell groups in the first cell group set has the same size. That is, for MC-DCI of the same format used to schedule multiple cell groups in the same cell group set, the terminal can determine that they have the same size, and thus perform blind detection based on the same size, thereby reducing the number of DCI sizes that need to be considered for DCI of the same format during the blind detection process, which is conducive to reducing the complexity of blind detection.

[0124] In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

[0125] receiving, in the first cell, indication information sent by the network device;

[0126] determining, according to the indication information, a plurality of cell groups and a first cell set to which the first cell belongs;

[0127] The first cell group set is determined based on the cell groups in the multiple cell groups that include the cells in the first cell set.

[0128] In one embodiment, a terminal may receive indication information sent by a network device in multiple first cells, wherein the indication information may indicate an association relationship between a value of a carrier indication field corresponding to the first cell in which the indication information is received and a scheduling cell identifier. The terminal may determine multiple cell groups based on the association relationship corresponding to each first cell. The association relationship may specifically be an association relationship between a value of cif-InScheduingCell and a scheduling cell identifier.

[0129] The method for determining multiple cell groups based on the indication information is similar to the embodiment described above and will not be repeated here. Regarding determining the first cell set to which the first cell belongs based on the indication information, the identifier of the cell set to which the first cell belongs can be determined based on the indication information, thereby determining that the first cell belongs to the cell set corresponding to the identifier. The specific example method is also described in the embodiment described above and will not be repeated here. This section mainly describes how to determine the first cell group set.

[0130] For example, based on the embodiment shown above, the cell group includes:

[0131] {0,1,2,3},{3},{5,6,7},{3,4,5,6},{8,9},{8};

[0132] For example, if the indication information includes a cell set identifier of 1, it can be determined that the first cell belongs to the cell set identified as 1. For example, the first cell set identified as 1 is {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}.

[0133] It can be further determined that the multiple cell groups include the cell groups in the first cell set {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7}, and 4 cell groups {0,1,2,3}, {3}, {5,6,7}, and {3,4,5,6} in the multiple cell groups include cells in the first cell set, and then these cell groups including the cells in the first cell set {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7} can be divided into a cell group set, that is, {{0,1,2,3},{3},{3,4,5,6},{5,6,7}}.

[0134] For example, if the indication information includes a cell set identifier of 2, it can be determined that the first cell belongs to the cell set identified as 2, for example, the first cell set identified as 2 is {8, 9}.

[0135] It can be further determined that the cell groups in the multiple cell groups include the cells in the first cell set {8,9}, and two cell groups {8,9} and {8} in the multiple cell groups include the cells in the first cell set {8,9}. These cell groups including the cells in the first cell set {8,9} can then be divided into a cell group set, namely {{8,9}, {8}}.

[0136] Figure 10 This is a schematic flow chart illustrating a method for determining a set according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The method for determining a set illustrated in this embodiment can be executed by a network device that can communicate with a terminal. The network device includes, but is not limited to, a base station in a communication system such as a 4G base station, a 5G base station, and a 6G base station. The terminal includes, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a wearable device, a sensor, an IoT device, and other communication devices.

[0137] like Figure 10 As shown, the set determination method may include the following steps:

[0138] In step S1001, a cell set to which a first cell belongs is determined, wherein downlink control information used for scheduling multiple cells in the cell set has the same size.

[0139] In one embodiment, the DCI used to schedule multiple cells may include DCI used to schedule uplink data of multiple cells, for example, it may be called DCI format 0_3, which can be used to schedule uplink data of multiple cells in the cell set; it may also include DCI used to schedule downlink data of multiple cells, for example, it may be called DCI format 1_3, which can be used to schedule downlink data of multiple cells in the cell set.

[0140] In one embodiment, downlink control information used to schedule multiple cells may be referred to as MC-DCI, where MC can represent either multi-carrier or multi-cell. Since MC-DCI is a newly introduced DCI compared to legacy DCI, its size (also translated as "size" refers to the number of occupied bits) may differ from that of legacy DCI. This leads to an increase in the number of sizes, and the excessive number of DCI sizes increases the complexity of terminal blind DCI detection.

[0141] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the network device can determine the cell set to which the first cell (not a specific cell, but any service cell) belongs. For the MC-DCI format for scheduling multiple cells in the same cell set, the network device can set the same size, so that the terminal performs blind detection on the MC-DCI for scheduling multiple cells in the same cell set according to the same size, so as to reduce the number of DCI sizes that need to be considered during the blind detection process, which is conducive to reducing the complexity of blind detection.

[0142] That is, for cells belonging to the same set, when the network device sends MC-DCI to schedule multiple cells in the set, the same size can be set for each MC-DCI sent that corresponds to the same format. Therefore, for cells belonging to the same set, when the terminal receives MC-DCI for scheduling cells, for MC-DCI corresponding to the same format, the terminal expects to perform blind detection based on the same size. Alternatively, it can be described as follows: for cells belonging to the same set, when the terminal receives MC-DCI for scheduling cells, for MC-DCI corresponding to the same format, the terminal does not expect to perform blind detection based on different sizes.

[0143] In one embodiment, different cell sets include different cells, that is, the same cell does not belong to different cell sets, and different cell sets include different cells.

[0144] Taking two cell sets as an example, cell set #1 includes Cell#1, Cell#2, and Cell#3, and cell set #2 includes Cell#4, Cell#5, Cell#6, and Cell#7.

[0145] According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, for MC-DCI format 1_3 used for scheduling Cell#1 and Cell#2, and MC-DCI format 1_3 used for scheduling Cell#2 and Cell#3, since Cell#1, Cell#2, and Cell#3 all belong to cell set #1, the same size can be set when sending MC-DCI;

[0146] Similarly, for MC-DCI format 1_3 used to schedule Cell#4 and Cell#5, and MC-DCI format 1_3 used to schedule Cell#5 and Cell#6, since Cell#4, Cell#5, and Cell#6 all belong to cell set #2, the same size can be set when sending MC-DCI.

[0147] For different cell sets, the MC-DCI sizes of the cells in the scheduled cell set may be the same or different, and this disclosure does not impose any restrictions on this. For example, the MC-DCI sizes of multiple cells in scheduled cell set #1 and multiple cells in scheduled cell set #2 may be the same or different, and the specific size can be determined based on actual conditions.

[0148] It can be seen that according to the embodiments of the present disclosure, for cells in the same cell set, no matter which cells are in the MC-DCI scheduling set, the network device can set the size of the MC-DCI to be the same, so that the terminal can blindly detect the MC-DCI according to the same size without having to blindly detect according to different sizes each time the MC-DCI is received.

[0149] In one embodiment, the downlink control information of the same format used for scheduling multiple cells in the cell set has the same size.

[0150] Taking the above-mentioned cell set #1 as an example, for DCIs of the same format of multiple cells in the scheduling cell set #1, the terminal can perform blind detection according to the same size.

[0151] For example, the network sends DCI format 0_3 once to schedule uplink data for Cell#1 and Cell#2 in cell set #1, and then sends DCI format 0_3 again to schedule uplink data for Cell#2 and Cell#3 in cell set #1. Since Cell#1, Cell#2, and Cell#3 all belong to cell set #1, the same size can be set for the two DCI format 0_3 transmissions, allowing the terminal to blindly detect DCI format 0_3 based on the same size.

[0152] Based on this, for MC-DCI of the same format scheduling multiple cells in the same cell set, the network equipment can set the same size, so that the terminal can perform blind detection according to the same size, thereby reducing the number of DCI sizes that need to be considered for DCI of the same format during the blind detection process, which is conducive to reducing the complexity of blind detection.

[0153] Figure 11FIG. 1 is a schematic flow chart of another set determination method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Figure 11 As shown, the method further includes:

[0154] In step S1101, indication information is sent to a terminal, where the indication information is used to indicate a correspondence between a cell and a cell set.

[0155] In one embodiment, the correspondence between cells and cell sets can be indicated by a network device. For example, the network device can indicate the correspondence between cells and cell sets to the terminal through indication information, and then the terminal can determine the cell set to which the first cell belongs based on the correspondence between the cells and cell sets.

[0156] It should be noted that the cell in the corresponding relationship indicated by the network device can be selected by the network device as needed, or determined by the network device according to predefined rules. For example, the cell specified by the predefined rule can be any cell, or a cell supported by the network device, or a cell supported by the terminal, or a cell currently providing services to the terminal (including a primary cell, a secondary cell, etc.), or a cell in a physical uplink control channel group (PUCCH group) or a physical uplink control channel cell (PUCCH Cell).

[0157] In one embodiment, the cells in the cell set belong to the same physical uplink control channel group or physical uplink control channel cell.

[0158] In one embodiment, the number of cells in the cell set is less than or equal to the maximum number of cells that can be scheduled by the downlink control information for scheduling multiple cells; or

[0159] The number of cells in the cell set is greater than the maximum number, or less than the maximum number, or equal to the maximum number; or,

[0160] The number of cells in the cell set is the same as the number of cells included in the physical uplink control channel group or physical uplink control channel cell corresponding to the downlink control information for scheduling multiple cells.

[0161] For example, the number of cells in the cell set is n c , the maximum number of cells that MC-DCI can schedule is n max , you can limit n c Less than n max ; or no limit on n c The size of n c Can be greater than n max , can also be less than n max , can also be equal to n max; or you can limit n c The amount of data contained in the PUCCH group or PUCCH cell corresponding to the MC-DCI is the same as that of the cell.

[0162] In one embodiment, the maximum number is the maximum number of cells that can be scheduled by the downlink control information (e.g., DCI 0_X, where X can be 0, 1, 2, 3, etc.) used to schedule the physical uplink shared channel PUSCH of multiple cells; or, the maximum number is the maximum number of cells that can be scheduled by the downlink control information (e.g., DCI 1_X, where X can be 0, 1, 2, 3, etc.) used to schedule the physical downlink shared channel PDSCH of multiple cells.

[0163] In one embodiment, the method further includes: sending downlink control information to the terminal in the first cell, wherein the downlink control information is used to schedule one or more cells in a cell set to which the first cell belongs.

[0164] That is, when the network device sends MC-DCI to the terminal in the first cell, if it is determined that the first cell belongs to the first cell set, then the MC-DCI sent is only used to schedule one or more cells in the first cell set. Accordingly, the range of cells considered when determining the cells scheduled by the MC-DCI can be reduced, which is conducive to simplifying the process of determining the cells scheduled by the MC-DCI.

[0165] In one embodiment, the indication information includes but is not limited to a radio resource control (RRC) message, a media access control layer control element (MAC CE), a DCI, etc. The following mainly describes the technical solution of the present disclosure in the case where the indication information is an RRC message.

[0166] Figure 12 FIG. 1 is a schematic flow chart of another set determination method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Figure 12 As shown, the sending of instruction information to the terminal includes:

[0167] In step S1201, indication information is sent to the terminal in the first cell, where the indication information is used to indicate an identifier of a cell set to which the first cell belongs.

[0168] In one embodiment, the network device may send indication information to the terminal in the first cell to indicate the identifier of the cell set to which the first cell belongs.

[0169] For example, the network device includes the cell set identifier 1 in the indication information sent to the terminal in the first cell, and includes the cell set identifier 2 in the indication information sent to the terminal in the second cell. This can indicate that the first cell belongs to the cell set identified as 1, and that the second cell belongs to the cell set identified as 2.

[0170] Figure 13 FIG. 1 is a schematic flow chart of another set determination method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Figure 13 As shown, the sending of instruction information to the terminal includes:

[0171] In step S1301, indication information is sent to the terminal in multiple first cells, where the indication information sent in the multiple first cells is used to indicate multiple cell groups;

[0172] Determining the cell set to which the first cell belongs includes:

[0173] In step S1302, determining a target cell group to which the first cell belongs among the multiple cell groups, and a cell group set to which the target cell group belongs;

[0174] In step S1303, a cell set corresponding to the cell group set is determined as the cell set to which the first cell belongs.

[0175] In one embodiment, the network device may send indication information to the terminal in multiple first cells, wherein the indication information may indicate an association relationship between a value of a carrier indication field CIF corresponding to the first cell where the indication information is sent and a scheduling cell identifier, and the network device may determine multiple cell groups based on the association relationship corresponding to each first cell. The association relationship may specifically be an association relationship between a value of a carrier indication field (cif-InScheduingCell) in a scheduling cell and a scheduling cell identifier.

[0176] The role of the association relationship has been described in the previous embodiment corresponding to the terminal side and will not be repeated here. The way in which the network device determines multiple cell groups is opposite to the way in which the terminal determines multiple cells. The network device can determine multiple cell groups before sending the indication information and indicate it to the terminal through the indication information, while the terminal can only determine multiple cells after receiving the indication information. This will not be repeated here.

[0177] Figure 14 FIG. 1 is a schematic flow chart of another set determination method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Figure 14 As shown, the method further includes:

[0178] In step S1401, at least one cell group set is determined based on the multiple cell groups, wherein a first cell group in a first cell group set includes at least the same cells as a second cell group in the first cell group set.

[0179] In one embodiment, when the network device indicates multiple cell groups through indication information, a cell group set can be determined based on the multiple cell groups, wherein the cell groups containing the same cells can be divided into the same cell group set. For example, if the first cell group and the second cell group contain the same cells, then the first cell group and the second cell group can be divided into the same cell group set, for example, in the first cell group set.

[0180] Then, a cell group containing the same cell as any cell group in the first cell group set can be determined from the other cell groups, and the determined cell group can also be included in the first cell group set. Similarly, the determination of the first cell group set can be completed. Further cell group sets can then be determined based on the method used to determine the first cell group set.

[0181] It should be noted that the first cell group and the second cell group in the same cell group set are different. The first cell group and the second cell group do not specifically refer to a certain cell, but are any cell group in a cell group set.

[0182] For example, take the following cell groups as examples to determine the cell group set:

[0183] {0,1,2,3},{3},{5,6,7},{3,4,5,6},{8,9},{8};

[0184] First, we can consider any one of the cell groups. For example, we can first consider the cell group {0,1,2,3}. We can determine that the cell group {3} and the cell group {3,4,5,6} contain the same cell Cell#3 as the cell group {0,1,2,3}. Then, the three cell groups {3}, {3,4,5,6}, and {0,1,2,3} can be divided into the same cell group set, for example, called the first cell group set.

[0185] Then, we can determine the cell groups in other cell groups that contain the same cells as any cell group in the first cell group set. It can be determined that the cell group {5, 6, 7} and the cell group {3, 4, 5, 6} in the first cell group contain the same cells Cell#5 and Cell#6, so the cell group {5, 6, 7} can also be divided into the first cell group set.

[0186] Since the cell groups {8, 9} and {8} do not contain the same cells as any of the cell groups in the first cell group set, the first cell group set is determined, and the second cell group set can be determined. For example, according to the above method, the second cell group set can be determined to include the cell groups {8, 9} and {8}.

[0187] For cell groups, Figure 4In the case of the illustrated embodiment, for example, the network device determines that Cell#1, Cell#2, Cell#3, and Cell#4 belong to a cell set identified as 1 (cell set id=1), and determines that Cell#5, Cell#6, Cell#7, and Cell#8 belong to a cell set identified as 2 (cell set id=2). Then, the indication information sent by Cell#1, Cell#2, Cell#3, and Cell#4 includes the identification of the cell set as 1, and the indication information sent by Cell#5, Cell#6, Cell#7, and Cell#8 includes the identification of the cell set as 2.

[0188] Subsequently, the network device can send MC-DCI to the terminal in the scheduling cell for scheduling multiple cells (Cell#1, Cell#2, Cell#3, and Cell#4), or for scheduling multiple cells (Cell#2 and Cell#3). Another MC-DCI sent in the scheduling cell can be used to schedule multiple cells (Cell#5, Cell#6, Cell#7, and Cell#8), or for scheduling multiple cells (Cell#6 and Cell#7). Thus, four cell groups ({1,2,3,4}, {2,3}, {5,6,7,8}, and {6,7}) can be determined, as well as two cell group sets ({1,2,3,4}, {2,3}}, {{5,6,7,8}, and {6,7}}). Different cell group sets can be determined by the cells scheduled by MC-DCI sent by different cells.

[0189] Figure 15 FIG. 1 is a schematic flow chart of another set determination method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Figure 15 As shown, determining the cell set corresponding to the cell group set includes:

[0190] In step S1501, a cell set consisting of cells included in the cell group in the cell group set is determined.

[0191] In one embodiment, the method of determining the cell set corresponding to the cell group set may be to determine the cells included in the cell groups in the cell group set, and then use the set composed of the determined cells as the cell set corresponding to the cell group set.

[0192] Taking the first cell group set and the second cell group set determined in the above embodiment as an example, the first cell group set is {{0,1,2,3},{3},{3,4,5,6},{5,6,7}}, and the second cell group set is {{8,9},{8}}.

[0193] Then according to this embodiment, it can be determined that the cells included in the cell group in the first cell group set are Cell#0, Cell#1, Cell#2, Cell#3, Cell#4, Cell#5, Cell#6, and Cell#7, then it can be determined that the cell set constituted by these cells is {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7}, that is, the cell set corresponding to the first cell group set is {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7}. Similarly, it can be determined that the cell set corresponding to the second cell group set is {8,9}.

[0194] The present disclosure also proposes a set determination method, which is executed by a network device, and the method includes: determining a first cell group to which a first cell belongs; determining a first cell group set to which the first cell group belongs, wherein the size of the downlink control information used to schedule multiple cell groups in the first cell group set is the same.

[0195] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the network device can determine the first cell group set to which the first cell group (not specifically referring to a certain cell group, but can be a cell group composed of any service cells) belongs. For the MC-DCI for scheduling multiple cell groups in the same cell group set, the network can set the same size, and the terminal can perform blind detection according to the same size, thereby reducing the number of DCI sizes that need to be considered during the blind detection process, which is conducive to reducing the complexity of blind detection.

[0196] In one embodiment, different cell group sets include different cell groups, that is, the same cell group does not belong to different cell group sets, and different cell group sets include different cell groups.

[0197] In one embodiment, downlink control information of the same format used to schedule multiple cell groups in the first cell group set has the same size. That is, for MC-DCI of the same format used to schedule multiple cell groups in the same cell group set, the terminal can determine that they have the same size, and thus perform blind detection based on the same size, thereby reducing the number of DCI sizes that need to be considered for DCI of the same format during the blind detection process, which is conducive to reducing the complexity of the blind detection.

[0198] In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

[0199] receiving, in a first cell, indication information sent to a terminal, where the indication information is used to indicate a plurality of cell groups and a first cell set to which the first cell belongs;

[0200] The first cell group set is determined based on the cell groups in the multiple cell groups that include the cells in the first cell set.

[0201] In one embodiment, a network device may send indication information to a terminal in multiple first cells, wherein the indication information may indicate that the received indication information is an association relationship between a value of a carrier indication field corresponding to the first cell and a scheduling cell identifier, and the terminal may determine multiple cell groups based on the association relationship corresponding to each first cell. The association relationship may specifically be an association relationship between a value of cif-InScheduingCell and a scheduling cell identifier.

[0202] The method for determining multiple cell groups based on the indication information is similar to the embodiment described above and will not be repeated here. Regarding determining the first cell set to which the first cell belongs based on the indication information, the identifier of the cell set to which the first cell belongs can be determined based on the indication information, thereby determining that the first cell belongs to the cell set corresponding to the identifier. The specific example method is also described in the embodiment described above and will not be repeated here. This section mainly describes how to determine the first cell group set.

[0203] For example, based on the embodiment shown above, the cell group includes:

[0204] {0,1,2,3},{3},{5,6,7},{3,4,5,6},{8,9},{8};

[0205] For example, if the indication information includes a cell set identifier of 1, it can be determined that the first cell belongs to the cell set identified as 1. For example, the first cell set identified as 1 is {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}.

[0206] It can be further determined that the multiple cell groups include the cell groups in the first cell set {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7}, and 4 cell groups {0,1,2,3}, {3}, {5,6,7}, and {3,4,5,6} in the multiple cell groups include cells in the first cell set, and then these cell groups including the cells in the first cell set {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7} can be divided into a cell group set, that is, {{0,1,2,3},{3},{3,4,5,6},{5,6,7}}.

[0207] For example, if the indication information includes a cell set identifier of 2, it can be determined that the first cell belongs to the cell set identified as 2, for example, the first cell set identified as 2 is {8, 9}.

[0208] It can be further determined that the cell groups in the multiple cell groups include the cells in the first cell set {8,9}, and two cell groups {8,9} and {8} in the multiple cell groups include the cells in the first cell set {8,9}. These cell groups including the cells in the first cell set {8,9} can then be divided into a cell group set, namely {{8,9}, {8}}.

[0209] Corresponding to the aforementioned embodiments of the set determination method, the present disclosure also provides embodiments of a set determination device.

[0210] Figure 16 This is a schematic block diagram of a set determination apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The set determination apparatus shown in this embodiment can be a terminal, or a device composed of modules within a terminal. The terminal includes, but is not limited to, communication devices such as mobile phones, tablets, wearable devices, sensors, and IoT devices. The terminal can communicate with network devices, including, but not limited to, network devices in 4G, 5G, and 6G communication systems, such as base stations and core networks.

[0211] like Figure 16 As shown, the set determination device includes:

[0212] The processing module 1601 is configured to determine a cell set to which a first cell belongs, wherein downlink control information used for scheduling multiple cells in the cell set has the same size.

[0213] In one embodiment, the downlink control information of the same format used for scheduling multiple cells in the cell set has the same size.

[0214] In one embodiment, different cell sets include different cells.

[0215] In one embodiment, the processing module determines a correspondence between cells and cell sets according to indication information sent by a network device; and determines the cell set to which the first cell belongs according to the correspondence.

[0216] In one embodiment, the processing module receives indication information sent by a network device in the first cell; and determines an identifier of a cell set to which the first cell belongs based on the indication information.

[0217] In one embodiment, the processing module receives indication information sent by a network device in the first cell; determines multiple cell groups based on the indication information received in multiple first cells; determines the target cell group to which the first cell belongs among the multiple cell groups, and the cell group set to which the target cell group belongs; and determines the cell set corresponding to the cell group set as the cell set to which the first cell belongs.

[0218] In one embodiment, the processing module is further configured to determine at least one cell group set based on the multiple cell groups, wherein a first cell group in a first cell group set includes at least the same cells as a second cell group in the first cell group set.

[0219] In one embodiment, the processing module determines a cell set consisting of cells included in the cell groups in the cell group set.

[0220] In an embodiment, the processing module is further configured to, when the first cell receives the downlink control information, determine that the downlink control information is used to schedule one or more cells in the cell set to which the first cell belongs.

[0221] In one embodiment, the cells in the cell set belong to the same physical uplink control channel group or physical uplink control channel cell.

[0222] In one embodiment, the number of cells in the cell set is less than or equal to the maximum number of cells that can be scheduled by the downlink control information used to schedule multiple cells; or, the number of cells in the cell set is greater than the maximum number, or less than the maximum number, or equal to the maximum number; or, the number of cells in the cell set is the same as the number of cells included in the physical uplink control channel group or physical uplink control channel cell corresponding to the downlink control information used to schedule multiple cells.

[0223] In one embodiment, the maximum number is the maximum number of cells that can be scheduled by the downlink control information for scheduling physical uplink shared channels of multiple cells; or, the maximum number is the maximum number of cells that can be scheduled by the downlink control information for scheduling physical downlink shared channels of multiple cells.

[0224] Figure 17 This is a schematic block diagram of a set determination apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The set determination apparatus shown in this embodiment can be a network device, or a device composed of modules within a network device, capable of communicating with a terminal. The terminal includes, but is not limited to, mobile phones, tablets, wearable devices, sensors, IoT devices, and other communication devices. The network device includes, but is not limited to, network devices in 4G, 5G, and 6G communication systems, such as base stations and core networks.

[0225] like Figure 17 As shown, the set determination device includes:

[0226] The processing module 1701 is configured to determine a cell set to which a first cell belongs, wherein downlink control information used for scheduling multiple cells in the cell set has the same size.

[0227] In one embodiment, the downlink control information of the same format used for scheduling multiple cells in the cell set has the same size.

[0228] In one embodiment, different cell sets include different cells.

[0229] In one embodiment, the apparatus further includes: a sending module configured to send indication information to the terminal, wherein the indication information is used to indicate a correspondence between a cell and a cell set.

[0230] In one embodiment, the sending module is configured to send indication information to the terminal in the first cell, wherein the indication information is used to indicate an identifier of a cell set to which the first cell belongs.

[0231] In one embodiment, the sending module is configured to send indication information to the terminal in multiple first cells, wherein the indication information sent in multiple first cells is used to indicate multiple cell groups; the processing module is configured to determine the target cell group to which the first cell belongs among the multiple cell groups, and the cell group set to which the target cell group belongs; and determine the cell set corresponding to the cell group set as the cell set to which the first cell belongs.

[0232] In one embodiment, the processing module is further configured to determine at least one cell group set based on the multiple cell groups, wherein the first cell group in the first cell group set contains at least the same cells as the second cell group in the first cell group set.

[0233] In one embodiment, the processing module is configured to determine a cell set consisting of cells included in the cell groups in the cell group set.

[0234] In one embodiment, the apparatus further includes: a sending module configured to send downlink control information to the terminal in the first cell, wherein the downlink control information is used to schedule one or more cells in the cell set to which the first cell belongs.

[0235] In one embodiment, the cells in the cell set belong to the same physical uplink control channel group or physical uplink control channel cell.

[0236] In one embodiment, the number of cells in the cell set is less than or equal to the maximum number of cells that can be scheduled by the downlink control information used to schedule multiple cells; or, the number of cells in the cell set is greater than the maximum number, or less than the maximum number, or equal to the maximum number; or, the number of cells in the cell set is the same as the number of cells included in the physical uplink control channel group or physical uplink control channel cell corresponding to the downlink control information used to schedule multiple cells.

[0237] In one embodiment, the maximum number is the maximum number of cells that can be scheduled by the downlink control information for scheduling physical uplink shared channels of multiple cells; or, the maximum number is the maximum number of cells that can be scheduled by the downlink control information for scheduling physical downlink shared channels of multiple cells.

[0238] Regarding the apparatus in the above embodiments, the specific manner in which each module performs operations has been described in detail in the embodiments of the relevant methods and will not be elaborated on here.

[0239] For the device embodiment, since it basically corresponds to the method embodiment, the relevant parts can be referred to the partial description of the method embodiment. The device embodiment described above is merely illustrative, wherein the modules described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and the components displayed as modules may or may not be physical modules, that is, they may be located in one place, or they may be distributed on multiple network modules. Some or all of the modules may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the scheme of this embodiment. Those of ordinary skill in the art can understand and implement it without paying any creative work.

[0240] An embodiment of the present disclosure further proposes a communication device, comprising: a processor; and a memory for storing a computer program; wherein, when the computer program is executed by the processor, the set determination method executed by the terminal as described in any of the above embodiments is implemented.

[0241] An embodiment of the present disclosure further proposes a communication device, comprising: a processor; and a memory for storing a computer program; wherein, when the computer program is executed by the processor, the set determination method performed by the network device as described in any of the above embodiments is implemented.

[0242] An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a computer-readable storage medium for storing a computer program. When the computer program is executed by a processor, the set determination method performed by the terminal as described in any of the above embodiments is implemented.

[0243] An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a computer-readable storage medium for storing a computer program. When the computer program is executed by a processor, the set determination method performed by the network device as described in any of the above embodiments is implemented.

[0244] like Figure 18 As shown, Figure 18 1 is a schematic block diagram of an apparatus 1800 for set determination according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The apparatus 1800 may be provided as a base station. Figure 18Apparatus 1800 includes a processing component 1822, a wireless transmit / receive component 1824, an antenna component 1826, and a signal processing portion specific to a wireless interface. Processing component 1822 may further include one or more processors. One of the processors in processing component 1822 may be configured to implement the set determination method performed by a network device as described in any of the above embodiments.

[0245] Figure 19 1 is a schematic block diagram of an apparatus 1900 for determining a set according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. For example, apparatus 1900 may be a mobile phone, a computer, a digital broadcast terminal, a messaging device, a game console, a tablet device, a medical device, a fitness device, a personal digital assistant, etc.

[0246] Reference Figure 19 , device 1900 may include one or more of the following components: a processing component 1902 , a memory 1904 , a power component 1906 , a multimedia component 1908 , an audio component 1910 , an input / output (I / O) interface 1912 , a sensor component 1914 , and a communication component 1916 .

[0247] Processing component 1902 generally controls the overall operation of device 1900, such as operations associated with display, phone calls, data communications, camera operation, and recording. Processing component 1902 may include one or more processors 1920 to execute instructions to perform all or part of the steps of the set determination method performed by the terminal as described in any of the above embodiments. Furthermore, processing component 1902 may include one or more modules to facilitate interaction between processing component 1902 and other components. For example, processing component 1902 may include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between multimedia component 1908 and processing component 1902.

[0248] The memory 1904 is configured to store various types of data to support the operations of the device 1900. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on the device 1900, contact data, phone book data, messages, pictures, videos, etc. The memory 1904 can be implemented by any type of volatile or non-volatile storage device, or a combination thereof, such as static random access memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, magnetic disk, or optical disk.

[0249] The power supply component 1906 provides power to the various components of the device 1900. The power supply component 1906 may include a power management system, one or more power supplies, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power to the device 1900.

[0250] The multimedia component 1908 includes a screen that provides an output interface between the device 1900 and the user. In some embodiments, the screen may include a liquid crystal display (LCD) and a touch panel (TP). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen may be implemented as a touch screen to receive input signals from the user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touches, slides, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensor can not only sense the boundaries of the touch or slide action, but also detect the duration and pressure associated with the touch or slide operation. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 1908 includes a front camera and / or a rear camera. When the device 1900 is in an operating mode, such as a shooting mode or a video mode, the front camera and / or the rear camera can receive external multimedia data. Each front camera and rear camera can be a fixed optical lens system or have focal length and optical zoom capabilities.

[0251] The audio component 1910 is configured to output and / or input audio signals. For example, the audio component 1910 includes a microphone (MIC) that is configured to receive external audio signals when the device 1900 is in an operating mode, such as a call mode, a recording mode, and a voice recognition mode. The received audio signals may be further stored in the memory 1904 or transmitted via the communication component 1916. In some embodiments, the audio component 1910 further includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

[0252] I / O interface 1912 provides an interface between processing component 1902 and peripheral interface modules, such as a keyboard, click wheel, buttons, etc. These buttons may include, but are not limited to, a home button, volume buttons, a start button, and a lock button.

[0253] Sensor assembly 1914 includes one or more sensors for providing various aspects of the status assessment of device 1900. For example, sensor assembly 1914 can detect the open / closed state of device 1900, the relative positioning of components, such as the display and keypad of device 1900. Sensor assembly 1914 can also detect changes in the position of device 1900 or a component of device 1900, the presence or absence of user contact with device 1900, the orientation or acceleration / deceleration of device 1900, and changes in the temperature of device 1900. Sensor assembly 1914 can include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of nearby objects without any physical contact. Sensor assembly 1914 can also include an optical sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, sensor assembly 1914 can also include an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

[0254] The communication component 1916 is configured to facilitate wired or wireless communication between the device 1900 and other devices. The device 1900 can access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as WiFi, 2G, 3G, 4G LTE, 5G NR, or a combination thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 1916 receives a broadcast signal or broadcast-related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 1916 also includes a near field communication (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communication. For example, the NFC module can be implemented based on radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, ultra-wideband (UWB) technology, Bluetooth (BT) technology, and other technologies.

[0255] In an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus 1900 may be implemented by one or more application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), controllers, microcontrollers, microprocessors, or other electronic components to execute the set determination method performed by the terminal as described in any of the above embodiments.

[0256] In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions is further provided, such as a memory 1904 including instructions. The instructions may be executed by the processor 1920 of the apparatus 1900 to perform the set determination method performed by the terminal as described in any of the above embodiments. For example, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium may be a ROM, a random access memory (RAM), a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, or the like.

[0257] Other embodiments of the present disclosure will readily occur to those skilled in the art after considering the specification and practicing the disclosure herein. This disclosure is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the present disclosure that follow the general principles of the present disclosure and include common knowledge or customary techniques in the art not disclosed herein. The description and examples are to be considered as exemplary only, with the true scope and spirit of the present disclosure being indicated by the following claims.

[0258] It should be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the exact structures that have been described above and shown in the drawings, and that various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the present disclosure is limited only by the appended claims.

[0259] It should be noted that, in this article, relational terms such as first and second, etc. are only used to distinguish one entity or operation from another entity or operation, and do not necessarily require or imply any such actual relationship or order between these entities or operations. The terms "comprise", "include" or any other variants thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, article or device that includes a series of elements includes not only those elements, but also other elements that are not explicitly listed, or also includes elements that are inherent to such process, method, article or device. In the absence of further restrictions, an element defined by the sentence "comprises a..." does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in the process, method, article or device that includes the element.

[0260] The above is a detailed introduction to the methods and devices provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Specific examples are used herein to illustrate the principles and implementation methods of the present disclosure. The description of the above embodiments is only used to help understand the methods and core ideas of the present disclosure. At the same time, for those skilled in the art, according to the ideas of the present disclosure, there may be changes in the specific implementation methods and application scopes. In summary, the contents of this specification should not be understood as limiting the present disclosure.

Claims

1. A set determination method, characterized in that: Executed by a terminal, the method includes: determining a cell set to which the first cell belongs, wherein a correspondence between a cell and a cell set is determined based on indication information sent by a network device, and the cell set to which the first cell belongs is determined based on the correspondence, the number of cells in the cell set being less than or equal to a maximum number of cells that can be scheduled by downlink control information used for scheduling multiple cells, and downlink control information of the same format in the downlink control information used for scheduling multiple cells in the cell set having the same size; First downlink control information for scheduling multiple cells in the cell set is received.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that Different cell sets contain different cells.

3. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The determining the correspondence between the cell and the cell set according to the indication information sent by the network device includes: receiving, in the first cell, indication information sent by a network device; Determine an identifier of the cell set to which the first cell belongs according to the indication information.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein The determining the correspondence between the cell and the cell set according to the indication information sent by the network device includes: receiving, in the first cell, indication information sent by a network device; determining a plurality of cell groups according to indication information received in a plurality of the first cells; determining a target cell group to which the first cell belongs among the multiple cell groups, and a cell group set to which the target cell group belongs; A cell set corresponding to the cell group set is determined as the cell set to which the first cell belongs.

5. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that The method further comprises: At least one cell group set is determined based on the multiple cell groups, wherein a first cell group in a first cell group set includes at least the same cells as a second cell group in the first cell group set.

6. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that Determining the cell set corresponding to the cell group set includes: Determine a cell set consisting of cells included in the cell groups in the cell group set.

7. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that The method further comprises: When the first cell receives the downlink control information, it is determined that the downlink control information is used to schedule one or more cells in the cell set to which the first cell belongs.

8. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that The cells in the cell set belong to the same physical uplink control channel group or physical uplink control channel cell.

9. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The maximum number is the maximum number of cells that can be scheduled by the downlink control information for scheduling physical uplink shared channels of multiple cells; or, The maximum number is the maximum number of cells that can be scheduled by the downlink control information used to schedule physical downlink shared channels of multiple cells.

10. A method for determining a set, characterized in that: Executed by a network device, the method includes: determining a cell set to which the first cell belongs, and sending indication information to the terminal, where the indication information is used to indicate a correspondence between the cell and the cell set, the number of cells in the cell set is less than or equal to a maximum number of cells that can be scheduled by downlink control information used for scheduling multiple cells, and downlink control information of the same format in the downlink control information used for scheduling multiple cells in the cell set has the same size; First downlink control information for scheduling multiple cells in the cell set is sent to the terminal.

11. The method according to claim 10, characterized in that Different cell sets contain different cells.

12. The method according to claim 10, characterized in that The sending of instruction information to the terminal includes: Indication information is sent to the terminal in the first cell, where the indication information is used to indicate an identifier of a cell set to which the first cell belongs.

13. The method according to claim 10, characterized in that The sending of instruction information to the terminal includes: Sending indication information to the terminal in multiple first cells, wherein the indication information sent in the multiple first cells is used to indicate multiple cell groups; Determining the cell set to which the first cell belongs includes: determining a target cell group to which the first cell belongs among the multiple cell groups, and a cell group set to which the target cell group belongs; A cell set corresponding to the cell group set is determined as the cell set to which the first cell belongs.

14. The method according to claim 13, characterized in that The method further comprises: At least one cell group set is determined based on the multiple cell groups, wherein a first cell group in a first cell group set includes at least the same cells as a second cell group in the first cell group set.

15. The method according to claim 13, characterized in that Determining the cell set corresponding to the cell group set includes: Determine a cell set consisting of cells included in the cell groups in the cell group set.

16. The method according to any one of claims 10 to 15, characterized in that The method further comprises: Downlink control information is sent to the terminal in the first cell, where the downlink control information is used to schedule one or more cells in a cell set to which the first cell belongs.

17. The method according to any one of claims 10 to 15, characterized in that The cells in the cell set belong to the same physical uplink control channel group or physical uplink control channel cell.

18. The method according to claim 10, wherein: The maximum number is the maximum number of cells that can be scheduled by the downlink control information for scheduling physical uplink shared channels of multiple cells; or, The maximum number is the maximum number of cells that can be scheduled by the downlink control information used to schedule physical downlink shared channels of multiple cells.

19. A set determination device, characterized in that: The device comprises: a processing module configured to determine a cell set to which the first cell belongs, wherein a correspondence between a cell and a cell set is determined based on indication information sent by a network device, and the cell set to which the first cell belongs is determined based on the correspondence, the number of cells in the cell set is less than or equal to a maximum number of cells that can be scheduled by downlink control information used for scheduling multiple cells, and downlink control information of the same format in the downlink control information used for scheduling multiple cells in the cell set has the same size; The receiving module is configured to receive first downlink control information for scheduling multiple cells in the cell set, wherein the first downlink control information is downlink control information of the same format.

20. A set determination device, characterized in that: The device comprises: a processing module configured to determine a cell set to which the first cell belongs, wherein the number of cells in the cell set is less than or equal to a maximum number of cells that can be scheduled by downlink control information used for scheduling multiple cells, and downlink control information of the same format in the downlink control information used for scheduling multiple cells in the cell set has the same size; The sending module is configured to send indication information to the terminal and send first downlink control information for scheduling multiple cells in the cell set to the terminal. The indication information is used to indicate the correspondence between the cell and the cell set.

21. A communication device, characterized in that: include: processor; memory for storing computer programs; Wherein, when the computer program is executed by a processor, the set determination method according to any one of claims 1 to 9 is implemented.

22. A communication device, characterized in that: include: processor; memory for storing computer programs; Wherein, when the computer program is executed by a processor, the set determination method according to any one of claims 10 to 18 is implemented.

23. A computer-readable storage medium for storing a computer program, characterized in that: When the computer program is executed by a processor, the set determination method according to any one of claims 1 to 9 is implemented.

24. A computer-readable storage medium for storing a computer program, characterized in that: When the computer program is executed by a processor, the set determination method according to any one of claims 10 to 18 is implemented.

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