Frame structure configuration

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention relates to resource allocation equipment, method and device for time division duplex communication or frequency division duplex communication and a computer readable storage medium. The method comprises: receiving, at a first device and from a second device, first configuration information indicating a set of resources for time division duplex communication or frequency division duplex communication between the first device and the second device, the set of resources comprising a first subset of resources for uplink transmission; and receiving second configuration information from the second device, the second configuration information indicating at least one second subset of resources for uplink transmission, the at least one second subset of resources including at least one resource other than the first subset of resources.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to the field of telecommunications, and in particular to enhanced devices, methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable storage media regarding frame structure configuration. Background Art

[0002] In communication systems, there are mainly two duplex modes for uplink (UL) and downlink (DL) transmission, namely, frequency division duplex (FDD) and time division duplex (TDD). In FDD, paired frequency bands are used for simultaneous DL and UL transmissions, and there is a guard band in between. In TDD, unpaired frequency bands are used, and resources are divided into different symbols or time slots for DL ​​and UL transmissions respectively in the time domain. The allocation of duration for UL in TDD will result in reduced coverage and capacity and increased latency.

[0003] Motivated by this, the evolution of duplex operation in 5G New Radio (NR) has been proposed to allow simultaneous DL and UL transmissions on different physical resource blocks (PRBs) within an unpaired frequency band of a cell. Summary of the invention

[0004] In general, example embodiments of the present disclosure provide a scheme for frame structure configuration.

[0005] In a first aspect, a first device is provided. The first device includes at least one processor; and at least one memory storing instructions, which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the first device to at least: receive first configuration information from a second device, the first configuration information indicating a set of resources for time division duplex communication or frequency division duplex communication between the first device and the second device, the set of resources including a first subset of resources for uplink transmission; and receive second configuration information from the second device, the second configuration information indicating at least one second subset of resources for uplink transmission, the at least one second subset of resources including at least one resource other than the first subset of resources.

[0006] In a second aspect, a second device is provided. The second device includes at least one processor; and at least one memory storing instructions, which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the second device to at least: send first configuration information to the first device, the first configuration information indicating a set of resources for time division duplex communication or frequency division duplex communication between the first device and the second device, the set of resources including a first subset of resources for uplink transmission; and send second configuration information to the first device, the second configuration information indicating at least one second subset of resources for uplink transmission, the at least one second subset of resources including at least one resource other than the first subset of resources.

[0007] In a third aspect, a method is provided. The method includes: receiving first configuration information at a first device and from a second device, the first configuration information indicating a set of resources for time division duplex communication or frequency division duplex communication between the first device and the second device, the set of resources including a first subset of resources for uplink transmission; and receiving second configuration information from the second device, the second configuration information indicating at least one second subset of resources for uplink transmission, the at least one second subset of resources including at least one resource other than the first subset of resources.

[0008] In a fourth aspect, a method is provided. The method includes: sending, at a second device, first configuration information to a first device, the first configuration information indicating a set of resources used for time division duplex communication or frequency division duplex communication between the first device and the second device, the set of resources including a first subset of resources used for uplink transmission; and sending second configuration information to the first device, the second configuration information indicating at least one second subset of resources used for uplink transmission, the at least one second subset of resources including at least one resource other than the first subset of resources.

[0009] In a fifth aspect, a first device is provided. The first device includes: a component for receiving first configuration information from a second device, the first configuration information indicating a set of resources used for time division duplex communication or frequency division duplex communication between the first device and the second device, the set of resources including a first subset of resources used for uplink transmission; and a component for receiving second configuration information from the second device, the second configuration information indicating at least one second subset of resources used for uplink transmission, the at least one second subset of resources including at least one resource other than the first subset of resources.

[0010] In a sixth aspect, a second device is provided. The second device includes: a component for sending first configuration information to the first device, the first configuration information indicating a set of resources used for time division duplex communication or frequency division duplex communication between the first device and the second device, the set of resources including a first subset of resources used for uplink transmission; and a component for sending second configuration information to the first device, the second configuration information indicating at least one second subset of resources used for uplink transmission, the at least one second subset of resources including at least one resource other than the first subset of resources.

[0011] In a seventh aspect, a computer-readable medium is provided, on which a computer program is stored, and when the computer program is executed by at least one processor of a device, the method of the third aspect is implemented.

[0012] In an eighth aspect, a computer-readable medium is provided, on which a computer program is stored, and when the computer program is executed by at least one processor of a device, the method of the fourth aspect is implemented.

[0013] Other features and advantages of embodiments of the present disclosure will also be apparent from the following description of the detailed description when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, which illustrate, by way of example, the principles of embodiments of the present disclosure. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0014] The embodiments of the present disclosure are presented in the form of examples and their advantages are explained in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which

[0015] Figure 1 An example network system is shown in which example embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented;

[0016] Figure 2A and Figure 2B An example configuration of a TDD mode suitable for an example embodiment of the present disclosure is shown;

[0017] Figure 3 A signaling diagram illustrating an example process for frequency time resource configuration according to some example embodiments of the present disclosure;

[0018] Figure 4A A schematic diagram showing an example configuration of UL subbands according to some example embodiments of the present disclosure;

[0019] Figure 4B A schematic diagram showing an example configuration of UL subbands according to some example embodiments of the present disclosure;

[0020] Figure 4C A schematic diagram showing an example configuration of UL subbands according to some example embodiments of the present disclosure;

[0021] Figure 5A A schematic diagram showing an example configuration of UL subbands according to some example embodiments of the present disclosure;

[0022] Figure 5B A schematic diagram showing another example configuration of a UL subband according to some example embodiments of the present disclosure;

[0023] Fig. 6A A schematic diagram showing an example allocation of UL subbands to TDD-UL-DL mode according to some example embodiments of the present disclosure;

[0024] Figure 6B A schematic diagram illustrating an example configuration of dynamic activation or deactivation of a UL subband according to some example embodiments of the present disclosure;

[0025] Figure 7 A flowchart illustrating an example method according to some example embodiments of the present disclosure;

[0026] Figure 8 A flowchart illustrating another example method according to some example embodiments of the present disclosure is shown;

[0027] Fig. 9 shows a simplified block diagram of a device suitable for implementing an example embodiment of the present disclosure; and

[0028] Fig.10 A block diagram of an example computer-readable medium is shown in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0029] Throughout the drawings, the same or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0030] The principles of the present disclosure will now be described with reference to some example embodiments. It should be understood that these embodiments are described only for illustrative purposes, and help those skilled in the art to understand and implement the present disclosure, without implying any limitation on the scope of the present disclosure. The disclosure described herein can be implemented in various ways except for the way described below.

[0031] In the following description and claims, unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this disclosure belongs.

[0032] References in this disclosure to "one embodiment," "an embodiment," "an example embodiment," etc. indicate that the described embodiment may include a particular feature, structure, or characteristic, but not necessarily every embodiment. Moreover, such phrases do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment. Furthermore, when a particular feature, structure, or characteristic is described in conjunction with an example embodiment, it is considered to be within the knowledge of those skilled in the art to affect such feature, structure, or characteristic in conjunction with other embodiments, whether or not explicitly described.

[0033] It should be understood that although the terms "first" and "second" etc. can be used to describe various elements herein, these elements should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish the functions of the various elements. As used herein, the term "and / or" includes any and all combinations of one or more listed terms.

[0034] The terms used herein are only used for the purpose of describing specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the exemplary embodiments. As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an", and "the" are also intended to include plural forms unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It should also be understood that the terms "include", "comprises", "has", "includes", and / or "comprising" are used herein to specify the presence of the described features, elements, and / or components, etc., but do not exclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, elements, components, and / or combinations thereof.

[0035] As used herein, “at least one of: ” and “at least one of ” and similar expressions mean at least any one of the elements, or at least any two or more of the elements, or at least all of the elements, where the list of two or more elements is connected by “and” or “or”.

[0036] As used in this application, the term "circuitry" may refer to one or more or all of the following: (a) a hardware circuit implementation only (such as an implementation in analog and / or digital circuitry only) and (b) a combination of hardware circuitry and software, for example, as applicable: (i) analog and / or analog combinations of digital hardware circuit(s) and software / firmware, and (ii) hardware processor(s) with software (including digital signal processor(s), software and memory(s) that work together to enable a device (such as a mobile phone or server) to perform any portion of various functions, and (c) hardware circuit(s) and / or processor(s), such as microprocessor(s) or portion(s) of microprocessor(s), which require software (e.g., firmware) for operation, but the software may not be present when not required for operation.

[0037] This definition of circuitry applies to all uses of the term in this application, including in any claims. As another example, as used in this application, the term circuitry also covers an implementation of only a hardware circuit or processor (or multiple processors) or portions of a hardware circuit or processor and its (or their) accompanying software and / or firmware. For example, if applicable to a particular claim element, the term circuitry also covers a baseband integrated circuit or processor integrated circuit for a mobile device, or a similar integrated circuit in a server, cellular network device, or other computing or network device.

[0038] As used herein, the term "communication network" refers to a network that follows any suitable communication standard, such as a fifth generation (5G) system, long term evolution (LTE), advanced LTE (LTE-A), wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA), high speed packet access (HSPA), narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT), etc. In addition, the communication between the terminal equipment and the network equipment in the communication network can be performed according to the communication protocol of any suitable generation, including but not limited to the first generation (1G), second generation (2G), 2.5G, 2.75G, third generation (3G), fourth generation (4G), 4.5G, fifth generation (5G) new radio (NR) communication protocol and / or any other protocol currently known or developed in the future. The embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied to various communication systems. In view of the rapid development of communication, there will certainly be communication technologies and systems of future types that can embody the present disclosure. The scope of the present disclosure should not be considered to be limited to the aforementioned system.

[0039] As used herein, the term "network device" refers to a node in a communication network via which a terminal device accesses the network and receives services from it. Depending on the terminology and technology applied, a network device may refer to a base station (BS) or an access point (AP), for example, a NodeB (NodeB or NB), an evolved NodeB (e NodeB or eNB), a next generation NodeB (NR NB), a remote radio unit (RRU), a radio head (RH), a remote radio head (RRH), an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node, a relay, a low power node (such as a femto, pico, etc.). A network device is allowed to be defined as part of a gNB, such as, for example, in a CU / DU split, in which case the network device is defined as a gNB-CU or a gNB-DU.

[0040] The term "terminal device" refers to any terminal device capable of wireless communication. As an example and not limitation, the terminal device may also be referred to as a communication device, a user equipment (UE), a subscriber station (SS), a portable subscriber station, a mobile station (MS), or an access terminal (AT). The terminal device may include, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, a cellular phone, a smart phone, a voice over IP (VoIP) phone, a wireless local ring phone, a tablet computer, a wearable terminal device, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a portable computer, a desktop computer, an image capture terminal device such as a digital camera, a game terminal device, a music storage and playback device, a vehicle-mounted wireless terminal device, a wireless endpoint, a mobile station, a laptop embedded device (LEE), a laptop device (LME), a USB dongle, a smart device, a wireless customer premises equipment (CPE), an Internet of Things (IoT) device, a watch or other wearable device, a head-mounted display (HMD), a vehicle, a drone, medical equipment and applications (e.g., remote surgery), industrial equipment and applications (e.g., robots and / or other wireless devices operating in the context of an industrial and / or automatic processing chain), consumer electronic devices, equipment operating on a commercial and / or industrial wireless network, etc. The terminal device may also correspond to the mobile terminal (MT) part of an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node (also known as a relay node). In the following description, the terms "terminal device", "communication device", "terminal", "user equipment" and "UE" may be used interchangeably.

[0041] Although the functionality described herein may be performed in fixed and / or wireless network nodes in various example embodiments, in other example embodiments, the functionality may be implemented in a user equipment device (such as a cellular phone or a tablet computer or a laptop computer or a desktop computer or a mobile IoT device or a fixed IoT device). This user equipment device may, for example, be appropriately equipped with corresponding capabilities, as described in conjunction with fixed and / or wireless network nodes. The user equipment device may be a user device and / or a control device, such as a chipset or a processor, which is configured to control the user device when installed therein. Examples of such functionality include boot server functionality and / or a home subscriber server, which may be implemented by providing software to the user equipment device, the software being configured to cause the user equipment device to perform from the perspective of these functions / nodes.

[0042] In order to allow simultaneous DL and UL transmission on PRBs within an unpaired wideband of an NR cell, a combination of TDD and FDD is proposed, which can be referred to as a subband non-overlapping full-duplex (SBFD) scheme. In SBFD, at least a portion of the resources configured for DL ​​transmission in the time domain can be dynamically or semi-statically assigned to UL transmission. In other words, the SBFD frame is a form of UL-DL PRB segmentation.

[0043] To implement SBFD frames, there are several challenges. First, the location and size of such UL-DL subbands may not be fixed, so the UE needs to know the time and frequency location of the subbands to be used for SBFD operation with the gNB. Therefore, signaling of SBFD frame configuration is required.

[0044] Backward compatibility with gNBs or UEs that only support normal TDD or FDD operation needs to be ensured. A gNB or corresponding cell supporting SBFD operation is expected to coexist with other gNBs or cells that only support normal TDD operation, both from a co-channel (i.e., cells deployed on the same carrier frequency, e.g., belonging to the same operator) and adjacent channel (i.e., cells deployed on adjacent carrier frequencies, e.g., belonging to different operators) perspective. In addition, existing 5G UEs that cannot be upgraded to support SBFD-specific features can be served on cells supporting SBFD without experiencing performance degradation, e.g., compared to the performance of normal TDD cells.

[0045] To address the above and other potential problems, embodiments of the present disclosure provide solutions for SBFD frame structures and related configurations. The configuration of UL-DL PRB splitting is flexible, i.e., the location and size of UL-DL resources or subbands can be configured, for example, at the cell level or operator level, or can even change over time in each individual cell. To this end, the gNB enables one or more signalings for configuring UL-DL PRB splitting, for example, by configuring, activating or deactivating one or more UL subbands. In addition, by allocating different subband configurations to TDD mode 1 and mode 2, asymmetric SBFD subframe configurations are possible. In some example embodiments of the present disclosure, the terms "UL-DL PRB splitting" and "UL subband" may be used interchangeably.

[0046] Figure 1 1 shows an example network system 100 in which example embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented. Figure 1 As shown, the communication network 100 may include a first device 110 and a second device 120. The first device 110 may be a terminal device (e.g., UE). The second device 120 may be a network device (e.g., gNB) serving terminal device, for example, the first device 110 located in the cell 102. Hereinafter, the first device 110 may also be referred to as UE 110, and the second device 120 may also be referred to as gNB 120.

[0047] The first device 110 and the second device 120 may communicate with each other based on a normal FDD scheme, a normal TDD scheme, or a SBFD scheme. In the context of the present disclosure, the SBFD scheme may be referred to as a cross-division duplex (xDD) scheme, a flexible duplex (FDU) scheme, etc. A link from the first device 110 to the second device 120 is referred to as UL, and a link from the second device 120 to the first device 110 is referred to as DL.

[0048] In TDD, the second device 120 may indicate the configuration of the TDD-UL-DL mode to the first device 110. Specifically, the second device 120 may configure or indicate a unit time resource (e.g., symbol or time slot) as "DL" or "UL" or "flexible" via RRC configuration. There is a common mode, which is broadcast as part of the system information in TDD-UL-DL-ConfigCommon and is received by all UEs in the cell 102 accordingly.

[0049] Figure 2A and Figure 2B An example configuration of a TDD mode suitable for an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown. Figure 2A As shown, TDD-UL-DL mode 200 is configured via TDD-UL-DL-ConfigCommon, which can be mode 1 or mode 2. Figure 2B As shown, TDD-UL-DL mode 202 is configured via TDD-UL-DL-ConfigCommon, which can be two cascaded modes, namely, both mode 1 and mode 2 repeated in the time domain. The PRBs of the symbols have the same characteristics, "D" for DL, "F" for flexible, and U for UL. The configured mode includes a DL phase at the beginning and a UL phase at the end, and the middle part is designated as "flexible". The flexible symbols are intended to be used for UL or DL ​​at the right time, which may depend on the gNB decision, by either Dynamically schedule a UE to send UL transmissions or receive DL transmissions using scheduling downlink control information (DCI) (e.g., DCI format 0_x for UL, DCI format 1_x for DL, where x represents 0, 1, or 2), ● Additional UE-specific configuration signaling is provided semi-statically via Radio Resource Control (RRC) in TDD-UL-DL-ConfigDedicated, which also specifies some or all flexible symbols of TDD-UL-DL-ConfigCommon as DL or UL, • Send DCI format 2_0 (ie, SFI), which specifies the "flexible" symbols left after the generic RRC configuration and the dedicated RRC configuration as DL or UL.

[0050] In some example embodiments, the second device 120 may indicate a UL-DL partition or subband configuration to the first device 110. This allows some resources that were originally allocated as DL or flexible to be converted to UL. In the context of the present disclosure, UL-DL partition refers to at least a set of UL resources or subbands (e.g., REs, PRBs) that are converted from a set of DL and flexible symbols to a set of resource elements that can be used for UL transmissions. In the SBFD scheme, SBFD UL subbands are created on DL (and possibly flexible) symbols within the full carrier or BWP bandwidth. In this way, dynamic adjustment of the subband configuration, for example according to business needs, can be supported.

[0051] It should be understood that, hereinafter, the embodiments may be described in conjunction with the TDD scheme, however, the SBFD frame configuration and UL-DL partitioning provided in the present disclosure are also applicable to the FDD scheme. Therefore, the present disclosure is not limited in this regard.

[0052] It should also be understood that Figure 1 The number of network devices and terminal devices shown in FIG. 1 is given for illustrative purposes and does not imply any limitation. Communication network 100 may include any suitable number of network devices and terminal devices.

[0053] Depending on the communication technology, the communication network 100 can be a code division multiple access (CDMA) network, a time division multiple access (TDMA) network, a frequency division multiple access (FDMA) network, an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) network, a single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) network, or any other network. The communication discussed in the network 100 may conform to any suitable standard, including but not limited to new radio (NR) access, long term evolution (LTE), LTE evolution, advanced LTE (LTE-A), wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA), code division multiple access (CDMA), cdma2000, and global system for mobile communications (GSM), etc. In addition, the communication can be performed according to any generation of communication protocols currently known or to be developed in the future. Examples of communication protocols include but are not limited to first generation (1G), second generation (2G), 2.5G, 2.75G, third generation (3G), fourth generation (4G), 4.5G, fifth generation (5G) communication protocols. The technology described herein can be used for the above-mentioned wireless networks and radio technologies as well as other wireless networks and radio technologies. For clarity, certain aspects of the techniques are described below for LTE, and LTE terminology is used in much of the description below.

[0054] The following will refer to Figures 3 to 8 The principles and embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail. Figure 3 FIG. 3 is a signaling diagram showing an example process 300 for frequency time resource configuration according to some example embodiments of the present disclosure. The process 300 may involve: Figure 1 The first device 110 and the second device 120 are shown. For discussion purposes, the process 300 will be referred to as Figure 1 describe.

[0055] As an example, the process 300 may be implemented in a scenario where the first device 110 and the second device 120 communicate in FDD or TDD mode. In the process 300, the second device 120 sends 305 first configuration information indicating a set of resources for TDD or FDD communication between the first device 110 and the second device 120. The set of resources may include a first subset of resources for uplink transmission.

[0056] For example, the first configuration information may be a TDD-UL-DL-mode indicated via TDD-UL-DL-ConfigCommon. TDD-UL-DL-ConfigCommon may be included in an RRC system information broadcast (SIB). In the case of TDD, the set of resources may be symbols or time slots allocated for DL ​​and UL transmission in the TDD-UL-DL-mode, and the first subset of resources may be UL symbols or time slots.

[0057] In some cases, the second device 120 may transmit TDD-UL-DL-ConfigDedicated (eg, DDDDU) in addition to TDD-UL-DL-ConfigCommon to maintain backward compatibility.

[0058] The second device 120 sends 310 indicating second configuration information indicating at least one second subset of resources for uplink transmission. In this case, the at least one second subset of resources is configured as UL-DL partitioning and includes at least one resource in addition to the first subset of resources. The second configuration information can be included in, for example, a SIB, an RRC message, etc.

[0059] In the context of the present disclosure, a first subset of resources may refer to at least one UL time slot or symbol in one or more TDD-UL-DL modes. A second subset of resources may refer to one or more subbands that are allocated for UL transmission in at least one DL (or flexible) time slot or symbol in one or more TDD-UL-DL modes. As an example, a total of 4 subbands (e.g., SBFD_UL_subband1, ..., SBFD_UL_subband4) may be configured, where SBFD_UL_subband1 is allocated to TDD mode 1, and SBFD_UL_subband1 and SBFD_UL_subband3 are allocated to TDD mode 2, i.e., the same subband may be allocated to one or more TDD modes, and not all subbands need to be allocated to one or more TDD modes.

[0060] In some example embodiments, the first subset of resources may not overlap with at least one second subset of resources. Alternatively, in some other embodiments, at least part of the first subset of resources may overlap with at least one second subset of resources. Therefore, the scope of the present disclosure is not limited in this regard.

[0061] Reference now FIG. 4A to FIG. 4C SBFD resource configuration according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is described. It should be understood that the resource units in the time domain and the frequency domain are given for the purpose of illustration and do not imply the classification method of the first type of classification model. Figure 4A In the example shown in FIG. 4E , the time resource unit may be a symbol or a time slot, and the frequency resource unit may be a subcarrier, however, any other resource unit or resolution may also be applicable to the implementation of SBFD resource configuration.

[0062] In some example embodiments, the second configuration information may include: - a first indication of a starting frequency resource and a starting time resource of one of at least one second subset of resources, and - A second indication of an ending frequency resource and an ending time resource for a second subset of resources.

[0063] To this end, the second configuration information may be in the form of a two-tuple, ie, [symbol, PRB], for respectively indicating the starting position and the ending position of each UL subband. Figure 4A A schematic diagram of an example configuration 400 of UL subbands according to some example embodiments of the present disclosure is shown. As indicated by a first configuration indication, time slots 401 to 404 are allocated for DL ​​transmission, while time slot 405 is allocated for UL transmission. A second configuration indication may indicate UL-DL partitions 406 and 407 corresponding to subband 1 and subband 2 for UL transmission, which are shown as RE / symbol rectangles.

[0064] The position and size of each of the UL-DL partitions 406 and 407 can be determined based on the start and end points of the corresponding subband in the time domain and the frequency domain (i.e., the two opposite vertices of the RE / symbol rectangle). Accordingly, the start position and the end position of UL subband 1 can be indicated by [first time index, first frequency index] and [second time index, second frequency index], respectively. The start position and the end position of UL subband 2 can be indicated in a similar manner.

[0065] In some example embodiments, the second configuration information may include a starting frequency resource and a starting time resource for one of at least one second subset of resources, a first number of frequency resources in the second subset, and a second number of time resources in the second subset. Figure 4B A schematic diagram of an example configuration 410 of UL subbands according to some example embodiments of the present disclosure is shown. Similar to configuration 400, as indicated by the first configuration information, time slots 401 to 404 are allocated for DL ​​transmission, while time slot 405 is allocated for UL transmission. The second configuration indication may indicate UL-DL partitions 406 and 407 corresponding to subband 1 and subband 2 for UL transmission, which are shown as RE / symbol rectangles.

[0066] The position and size of each of the UL-DL partitions 406 and 407 may be determined based on the starting point of the corresponding subband in the time domain and the frequency domain and the bandwidth and duration of the subband. Accordingly, the starting position of UL subband 1 may be indicated by [first time index, first frequency index]. The bandwidth may be indicated by the number of frequency resources (e.g., PRBs) in the frequency domain, and the duration may be indicated by the number of time resources (e.g., symbols, time slots, etc.) in the time domain.

[0067] In some example embodiments, the at least one second subset of resources may include a first target subset of resources and a second target subset of resources. In these embodiments, the second configuration information may include: ● a third indication of a starting frequency resource and a starting time resource for the first target subset of resources, and a first bandwidth of a first uplink subband corresponding to the first target subset of resources; - A fourth indication of a starting frequency resource and a starting time resource for a second target subset of resources, and a second bandwidth of a second uplink subband corresponding to the second target subset of resources.

[0068] In the above case, the start time resource of the second target resource subset may be before the first symbol after the end time resource of the first target resource subset in the time domain. Figure 4CA schematic diagram of an example configuration 420 of UL subbands according to some example embodiments of the present disclosure is shown. Similar to configurations 400 and 410, time slots 401 to 404 are allocated for DL ​​transmission, while time slot 405 is allocated for UL transmission, as indicated by the first configuration information. The second configuration indicates UL-DL partition 406 and partition 407 corresponding to subband 1 and subband 2 for UL transmission.

[0069] like Figure 4C As shown, each of subband 1 and subband 2 is indicated by a starting PRB and a starting symbol and a bandwidth. The starting PRB and the starting symbol can be indicated by [first time index, first frequency index]. Using the starting PRB and the bandwidth, the frequency domain allocation of each subband can be determined. For time domain allocation, it is assumed that the last symbol of the last subband (i.e., subband 2) is fixed in the time domain, for example, it can be designated as the last DL symbol in the S slot, or the last symbol in the S slot, etc. Therefore, the last symbol of any other subband (i.e., subband 1) is the starting symbol of the next subband (i.e., subband 2). In this way, the time domain allocation of each subband can be derived based on the configured starting symbol of each subband.

[0070] In some example embodiments, the second configuration information may include: - a first resource indicator value (RIV) indicating a starting frequency resource and a number of frequency resources in one of at least one second subset of resources; and - A second RIV indicating a starting time resource and a duration of the time resource in a second subset of resources.

[0071] In the above embodiments, the frequency-time grid corresponding to the UL-DL partition is indicated in a similar manner to provide physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) resource allocation. The RIV jointly provides the starting PRB and the number of PRBs within the active bandwidth part (BWP) or within the common RB (CRB) grid. In addition, the corresponding start and length indicator value (SLIV) jointly provides the starting position and duration within the TDD-UL-DL mode.

[0072] In some example embodiments, the first device 110 may determine 315 a third subset of resources based on the first configuration information and the second configuration information, the third subset of resources comprising the first subset of resources and the second subset of resources. Based on the received information, the UE is able to determine a corresponding UL or DL ​​direction or UL-DL partition for each resource in the time and frequency grid, which will be described later in conjunction with Fig. 6A was discussed.

[0073] Thus, the first device 110 may send a data transmission 320 to the second device 120 on the third subset of resources.

[0074] Semi-static signaling of SBFD configuration has been described above. In the following, dynamic signaling of SBFD configuration will be discussed in detail, which can be used together with semi-static signaling. In this case, the second configuration information may at least indicate the frequency domain allocation of at least one second subset of resources. The second device 120 may also send 325 to the first device 110 a configuration message for indicating activation or deactivation of at least one second subset of resources in the frequency domain. The configuration message may be sent via low-layer signaling (e.g., DCI, media access control (MAC) control element (CE)).

[0075] In some example embodiments, such a configuration message may be used to activate or deactivate each of the subbands corresponding to the at least one second subset of resources.

[0076] In the above embodiment, after receiving the configuration message, the first device 110 can determine 330 whether the configuration message includes a first indication to activate at least a first part of at least one second subset of resources, or a second indication to deactivate at least a second part of at least one second subset of resources.

[0077] If the configuration message includes the first indication, the first device 110 may determine a third subset of resources allocated for uplink transmission based on the first indication. In this case, the third subset of resources may include the first subset of resources and at least a first portion of at least one second subset of resources. Thus, the first device 110 may send a data transmission 335 to the second device 120 on the third subset of resources.

[0078] Otherwise, if the configuration message includes the second indication, the first device 110 may determine a fourth subset of resources allocated for uplink transmission based on the second indication. In this case, the fourth subset of resources may include the first subset of resources and the remaining portion of at least one second subset of resources except for at least the second portion. Therefore, the first device 110 may send 340 to the second device 120.

[0079] For frequency domain allocation, the second configuration information may include a starting frequency resource and a bandwidth of an uplink subband corresponding to one of at least one second subset of resources. Alternatively, the second configuration information may include a starting frequency resource and an ending frequency resource of an uplink subband corresponding to the second resource subset. For time domain allocation, the first configuration information may indicate a TDD-UL-DL mode for the first device 110. In addition, the configuration message may include an indication of an uplink subband applied to at least one time slot of the TDD-UL-DL mode.

[0080] In some example embodiments, the indication may be a bitmap indicating the D slots and / or S slots on which the TDD-UL-DL mode of the configured or active UL subbands is applied. In the case where multiple UL subbands are to be applied, an indication of the active subbands is required, which will be discussed later. In this case, it is assumed that the UL resources start from the first symbol of each indicated slot, or alternatively, the starting symbol of the first indicated slot may be configured and the indicated other slots convert all DL and / or flexible symbols to SBFD symbols.

[0081] In some example embodiments, the bitmap has a number of bits corresponding to the number of D slots and S slots in the TDD-UL-DL mode. For example, for the TDD-UL-DL mode "DDDSU", the bitmap for indicating the active subband applies to the second D slot and the third D slot, and the S slot may be 0111.

[0082] Figure 5A Schematic diagram showing an example configuration 500 of UL subbands according to some example embodiments of the present disclosure. Figure 5A As shown, time slots 501 to 504 are allocated for DL ​​transmission, while time slot 505 is allocated for UL transmission, as indicated by the first configuration information. The second configuration information indicates the frequency domain allocation of UL-DL partitions 506 to 508.

[0083] Taking UL-DL split 506 as a representative, the second configuration information may indicate the starting position and bandwidth of the corresponding subband 1. For example, the starting PRB may be indicated by a first time index. In addition, the bandwidth may be indicated by the number of frequency resources (e.g., PRBs) in the frequency domain. Additionally or alternatively, in some embodiments, the second configuration information may further indicate the starting symbol of the first time slot of UL-DL separation 506 to 508 (i.e., UL-DL separation 506), and full time slot allocation is assumed for the remaining UL-DL separations 506 to 508.

[0084] Alternatively, to reduce the number of bits required for the bitmap, a table may be specified or configured for each TDD mode to indicate only the relevant possibilities of using active UL subbands in the time domain. In this way, the gNB can change the SBFD configuration in the time domain in a dynamic and flexible manner.

[0085] For example, the mapping of a 2-bit bitmap with the TDD-UL-DL mode "DDDSU" is shown in Table 1. It should be understood that this method is also applicable to the case where more than one TDD-UL-DL mode is configured. Table 1: Example of a 2-bit bitmap for TDD-UL-DL mode "DDDSU"

[0086] Alternatively, in another example configuration of the UL subbands, at least two non-overlapping UL subbands may be configured for a SBFD frame having the same bandwidth and time domain allocation, such as a nominal time domain allocation. One of the UL subbands is separated from the other by an offset in the frequency domain. In this case, the second configuration information may indicate a starting time resource and a starting frequency resource (e.g., in the form of [first time index, first frequency index]) and a frequency offset for one of the UL subbands. Thus, the position of the other subband may be determined based on the frequency offset.

[0087] Figure 5B FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing another example configuration 510 of UL subbands according to some example embodiments of the present disclosure. Figure 5B As shown, as indicated by the first configuration information, time slots 511 to 514 are allocated for DL ​​transmission, while time slot 515 is allocated for UL transmission. Two non-overlapping UL subbands 1 and UL subband 2 with the same bandwidth and nominal time domain allocation are configured for the SBFD frame. UL subband 2 is separated from UL subband 1 by a frequency offset, which may be an offset for frequency hopping.

[0088] Additionally, in some example embodiments, for each time instance (e.g., time slot, symbol, etc.), only one of UL subband 1 and UL subband 2 may be used. This facilitates UL transmission and DL reception filtering at the UE side. The second device 120 may dynamically indicate which subband is active for the UL, and the reference point for frequency domain allocation is after the activated subband.

[0089] Additionally or alternatively, in the case where frequency hopping is enabled, the two subbands 1 and 2 may be used alternately in the time domain. The starting frequency hopping is on the activated subbands indicated independently. Furthermore, in the case where more than two UL subbands are configured, the indication of which two of the more than two subbands will be used for frequency hopping should also be indicated dynamically or semi-statically.

[0090] In some example embodiments, the TDD-UL-DL mode RRC configuration element may be extended to include one or more UL subbands for the corresponding TDD-UL-DL mode. This allows an "asymmetric" SBFD subframe configuration to be implemented by assigning different subband configurations (e.g., DXXXU-DDDXU) to TDD Mode 1 and TDD Mode 2. Fig. 6A A schematic diagram is shown of an example allocation 600 of UL sub-bands to a TDD-UL-DL mode according to some example embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0091] like Fig. 6AAs shown, TDD mode 1 "DDDSU" corresponding to time slots 601 to 605 is cascaded to TDD mode 2 "DDSUU" corresponding to time slots 606 to 610. At least one set of UL subbands 1 and 3 may overlap with DL, UL, or flexible symbols in the time domain. DL symbols / time slots overlapping with at least one UL subband set may be considered as SBFD symbols / time slots. This may be considered as an RRC or higher layer configured SBFD UL-DL mode, which may be used for the purpose of initial access (e.g., random access channel), as well as for determining the validity of certain semi-static signals (e.g., physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), etc.).

[0092] To allow dynamic adaptation of SBFD subband configuration, multiple UL subbands may be configured via high-layer indications (e.g., RRC signaling), and low-layer indications (e.g., MAC CE or new DCI format) may be used to dynamically activate or deactivate one or more UL subbands. For example, the DCI or MAC CE may provide a bitmap, e.g., 10011, to activate or deactivate each of the subbands.

[0093] Note that not all UL subbands need to be allocated to the TDD-UL-DL mode provided by RRC / SIB, as lower layer signaling (e.g., via MAC, DCI, etc.) may also be used to determine which UL subbands should be considered valid or activated by the UE at a certain time.

[0094] Figure 6B Schematic diagram showing an example configuration 610 for dynamic activation or deactivation of UL subbands according to some example embodiments of the present disclosure. Figure 6B As shown, the first device 110 receives a configuration message for changing the UL subband configuration via low-layer signaling (eg, MAC, DCI, etc.). Figure 6B In the example, the MAC or DCI includes a bitmap of “011”.

[0095] Accordingly, the first device 110 applies the received UL subband configuration after a predetermined time from receiving the configuration message. Therefore, in time slots 621 to 625, subbands 2 and 3 are deactivated and subband 1 is activated, and in time slots 626 to 630, the states of subbands 1 to subband 3 are switched, that is, subbands 2 and 3 are activated and subband 1 is deactivated.

[0096] In some example embodiments, a new MAC CE or DCI format may be used to activate or deactivate each of the subbands. For example, the DCI or MAC CE provides a bitmap, e.g., 0110, where each bit is mapped to a corresponding one of the four (pre)configured UL subbands. As an option, '1' and '0' may be used to indicate which UL subbands should be considered enabled and disabled, respectively. As another option, the switching of the '1' value corresponds to the activation / deactivation state of the subband, in other words, it is used to switch the state of the subband from enabled to disabled or from disabled to enabled.

[0097] It should be understood that other options with a mix of high-level signaling and low-level signaling may also be used to implement embodiments. For example, a table with multiple possible enabled or disabled states (e.g., 0101, 0111, 0000, 1010) may be provided via RRC signaling, and a 2-bit indication in a DCI or MAC CE points to one of the 4 entries in the table. Therefore, the present disclosure is not limited thereto.

[0098] In some example embodiments, a method similar to that used to dynamically signal the use of an SFI for DCI format 2_0 with dynamic TDD may be reused for SBFD operation. In this case, the frequency domain allocation for DU segmentation is configured via high-level signaling (e.g., RRC, MAC, etc.). The time granularity for indicating SBFD operation may be at the OFDM symbol level. One or more time slot format tables are configured at the first device 110, indicating multiple options for UL-DL resource segmentation with a time resolution of one OFDM symbol. For example, to this end, a table similar to Table 11.1.1-1 in TS38.213 may be used, in which the "F" symbol is replaced with the "SBFD" symbol.

[0099] Instead of using a new table, a subset of unused indices 66-254 of Table 11.1.1-1 in TS 38.213 may be used for signaling of SBFD symbols, e.g., indices 60-115 may be used to signal the same slot format as indices 0-55, but with "SBFD" symbols replacing "F" symbols. In some embodiments, the gNB may send one DCI 2_0 per cell. UEs that do not support SBFD operation interpret the 'F' symbol as a flexible symbol according to Table 11.1.1-1 in TS 38.213, while SBFD-aware UEs interpret the 'F' symbol as a SBFD symbol with frequency domain UL-DL partitioning configured by higher layers. In addition, in some cases, SBFD-aware UEs may also be configured via higher layer signaling to interpret the 'F' symbol as a flexible symbol or a SBFD symbol according to Table 11.1.1-1 in TS 38.213.

[0100] Alternatively, in some other embodiments, the gNB may configure UEs that do not support SBFD operation and UEs that support SBFD via two separate DCI 2_0. In this case, the SFI is signaled separately to UEs that do not support SBFD operation and UEs that are aware of SBFD. The index may point to two different tables, i.e., Table 11.1.1-1 in TS 38.213 for UEs that do not support SBFD operation and a new table for UEs that are aware of SBFD, or to the same extended table 11.1.1-1 in TS 38.213.

[0101] An example of a slot format that may be used for SBFD operation is shown in Table 2. For example, one entry may be defined as D, X2, X2, X2, U, U, X3, X3, X3, X3, X3, U, U, U, where Xn represents a SBFD symbol with UL-DL partitioning in the frequency domain as configured in SBFD_UL_subband_n. Table 2: Timeslot formats available for SBFD operations

[0102] It should be understood that some steps in process 200 are optional or can be omitted, and the order of the steps is given for illustrative purposes. Therefore, the embodiments of the present disclosure are not limited in this regard.

[0103] According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a scheme for SBFD frame structure and related configuration is provided. The configuration of UL-DL splitting and UL subband is flexible, that is, the location and size of UL-DL PRB splitting can be configured at, for example, cell level or operator level, or can even change over time in each individual cell. To this end, the gNB enables one or more signalings for configuring, activating or deactivating UL-DL PRB splitting. In addition, asymmetric SBFD subframe configuration is achieved by allocating TDD mode 1 and mode 2 with different subband configurations.

[0104] Figure 7 A flowchart of an example method 700 according to some example embodiments of the present disclosure is shown. The method 700 may be performed on a terminal device (e.g., referring to Figure 1 For the purpose of discussion, reference will be made to Figure 1 Method 700 is described.

[0105] At 710, the first device 110 receives first configuration information from the second device 120, the first configuration information indicating a set of resources for time division duplex communication or frequency division duplex communication between the first device 110 and the second device 120. The set of resources may include a first subset of resources for uplink transmission.

[0106] At 720, the first device 110 receives second configuration information indicating at least one second subset of resources for uplink transmission from the second device 120. The at least one second subset of resources may include at least one resource other than the first subset of resources.

[0107] In some example embodiments, the first subset of resources may not overlap with the at least one second subset of resources. Additionally or alternatively, at least a portion of the first subset of resources may overlap with the at least one second subset of resources.

[0108] In some example embodiments, the second configuration information may include: - a first indication of a starting frequency resource and a starting time resource of a second subset of at least one second subset of resources, and - A second indication of an ending frequency resource and an ending time resource for a second subset of resources.

[0109] In some example embodiments, the second configuration information may include a starting frequency resource and a starting time resource of a second subset of at least one second subset of resources, a first number of frequency resources in the second subset, and a second number of time resources in the second subset.

[0110] In some example embodiments, the at least one second subset of resources may include a first target subset of resources and a second target subset of resources. In this case, the second configuration information may include: - a third indication of a starting frequency resource and a starting time resource for a first target subset of resources and a first bandwidth of a first uplink subband corresponding to the first target subset of resources; - a fourth indication of a starting frequency resource and a starting time resource for a second target subset of resources and a second bandwidth of a second uplink subband corresponding to the second target subset of resources; Additionally, in these embodiments, the start time resource of the second target subset of resources may be the first symbol after the end time resource of the first target subset of resources in the time domain.

[0111] In some example embodiments, the second configuration information may include: - a first resource indicator value indicating a starting frequency resource and a number of frequency resources of a second subset of at least one second subset of resources; and - A second resource indicator value indicating a starting time resource and a duration of the time resource for a second subset of resources.

[0112] In some example embodiments, the second configuration information may be included in one of a system information block (SIB) or a radio resource control (RRC) message.

[0113] In some example embodiments, first device 110 may determine a third subset of resources based on the first configuration information and the second configuration information, the third subset including the first subset of resources and the second subset of resources. First device 110 may then send a data transmission to second device 120 on the third subset of resources.

[0114] In some example embodiments, the second configuration information may indicate at least one second subset of resources in the frequency domain.First device 110 may receive a configuration message from second device 120, the configuration message indicating at least one second subset of resources in the time domain.

[0115] Additionally or alternatively, in the above embodiment, the second configuration information includes one of the following: ● a starting frequency resource and a bandwidth of an uplink subband corresponding to one of at least one second subset of resources, or • The starting frequency resource and the ending frequency resource of the uplink subband corresponding to the second subset of resources.

[0116] In some example embodiments, the first configuration information may indicate a time division duplex mode for the first device 110. The configuration message may include an indication that at least one time slot of the time division duplex mode applies an uplink subband.

[0117] Additionally or alternatively, in the above embodiments, the indication may be a bitmap having a number of bits corresponding to a number of at least one of the following: ● Multiple downlink time slots or symbols in time division duplex mode, or ● At least one special time slot or symbol in time division duplex mode. In this case, the first value of the bit in the bitmap may indicate that the corresponding time slot or symbol applies an uplink subband corresponding to one of the at least one second subset of resources. Additionally or alternatively, the second value of the bit in the bitmap may indicate that the corresponding time slot or symbol does not apply an uplink subband.

[0118] In some example embodiments, the multiple values ​​of the bitmap may indicate multiple combinations of at least one of the following for which uplink subbands are applied: ● Multiple downlink time slots or symbols in time division duplex mode, or ● At least one special time slot or symbol in time division duplex mode. In this case, mapping of the plurality of values ​​to the plurality of combinations may be preconfigured or predetermined at the first device 110 and the second device 120 .

[0119] In some example embodiments, the starting time resource of the second subset of resources may be the first symbol of the corresponding time slot indicated by the bitmap.

[0120] In some example embodiments, the starting time resource of the first second subset in the second subset may be indicated by the second device 120. Further, the starting time resources of the remaining second subsets in the second subset may be the first symbol of the corresponding time slot indicated by the bitmap.

[0121] In some example embodiments, the second configuration information may indicate a first target subset and a frequency offset of resources in the time domain. The first device 110 may determine at least one second target subset of resources based on the first target subset and the frequency offset of resources in the time domain. In this case, the first target subset of resources may correspond to a first uplink subband. Additionally or alternatively, at least one second target subset of resources may correspond to at least one second uplink subband.

[0122] In some example embodiments, the frequency offset may correspond to frequency hopping associated with the first device 110. The first uplink sub-band and the at least one second uplink sub-band may also be applied alternately in the time domain.

[0123] In some example embodiments, the first configuration information may indicate a first time division duplex mode and a second time division duplex mode for first device 110. Additionally or alternatively, the second configuration message may include at least one first uplink subband allocated to the first time division duplex mode and at least one second uplink subband allocated to the second time division duplex mode.

[0124] In some example embodiments, the second configuration information may indicate at least one second subset of resources in the frequency domain. In this case, the first device 110 may receive a DCI from the second device 120, the DCI including an SFI corresponding to at least one second subset of resources in the time domain. The first device 110 may determine a third subset of resources allocated for uplink transmission based on the slot format indicator. In this case, the third subset of resources may include the first subset of resources and at least one second subset of resources. Therefore, the first device may send a data transmission to the second device 120 on the third subset of resources.

[0125] In some example embodiments, first device 110 may receive a configuration message from second device 120. If the configuration message includes a first indication of activating at least a first portion of at least one second subset of resources, first device 110 may determine a third subset of resources allocated for uplink transmission based on the first indication. The third subset of resources may include the first subset of resources and at least a first portion of at least one second subset of resources. First device 110 may then send a data transmission to second device 120 on the third subset of resources.

[0126] Otherwise, in some example embodiments, if the configuration message includes a second indication to deactivate at least a second portion of at least one second subset of resources, the first device 110 may determine a fourth subset of resources allocated for uplink transmission based on the second indication. The fourth subset of resources may include the first subset of resources and the remaining portion of at least one second subset of resources other than at least the second portion. The first device 110 may then send a data transmission to the second device 120 on the fourth subset of resources.

[0127] In some example embodiments, the configuration message may include a DCI, a MAC CE, or the like.

[0128] In some example embodiments, the first device 110 may include a terminal device, and the second device 120 may include a network device. Alternatively, in some other embodiments, the first device 110 may include a network device, and the second device 120 may include a terminal device.

[0129] Figure 8 A flowchart of an example method 800 according to some example embodiments of the present disclosure is shown. The method 800 may be performed on a network device (e.g., referring to Figure 1 For the purpose of discussion, reference will be made to Figure 1 Method 800 is described.

[0130] At 810, the second device 120 sends first configuration information to the first device 110, the first configuration information indicating a set of resources for time division duplex communication or frequency division duplex communication between the first device 110 and the second device 120. The set of resources may include a first subset of resources for uplink transmission.

[0131] At 820 , the second device 120 sends second configuration information to the first device 110 , the second configuration information indicating at least one second subset of resources for uplink transmission, the at least one second subset of resources including at least one resource other than the first subset of resources.

[0132] In some example embodiments, the first subset of resources may not overlap with the at least one second subset of resources. Additionally or alternatively, at least a portion of the first subset of resources may overlap with the at least one second subset of resources.

[0133] In some example embodiments, the second configuration information may include: - a first indication of a starting frequency resource and a starting time resource of a second subset of at least one second subset of resources, and - A second indication of an ending frequency resource and an ending time resource for a second subset of resources.

[0134] In some example embodiments, the second configuration information may include a starting frequency resource and a starting time resource of one of at least one second subset of resources, a first number of frequency resources of the second subset, and a second number of time resources of the second subset.

[0135] In some example embodiments, the at least one second subset of resources may include a first target subset of resources and a second target subset of resources. In this case, the second configuration information may include: ● a third indication of a first bandwidth of a first uplink subband corresponding to the first target subset of resources and a starting frequency resource and a starting time resource of the first target subset of resources; and ● a fourth indication of a second bandwidth of a second uplink subband corresponding to the second target subset of resources and a starting frequency resource and a starting time resource of the second target subset of resources; Additionally, in these embodiments, the start time resource of the second target subset of resources may be the first symbol after the end time resource of the first target subset of resources in the time domain.

[0136] In some example embodiments, the second configuration information may include: - a first resource indicator value indicating a starting frequency resource and a number of frequency resources of a second subset of at least one second subset of resources; and - A second resource indicator value indicating a starting time resource and a duration of the time resource in a second subset of resources.

[0137] In some example embodiments, the second configuration information may be included in one of a system information block (SIB) or a radio resource control (RRC) message.

[0138] In some example embodiments, the second device 120 may receive the data transmission from the first device 110 on a third subset of resources, the third subset of resources comprising the first subset of resources and the second subset of resources.

[0139] In some example embodiments, the second configuration information may indicate at least one second subset of resources in the frequency domain.The second device 120 may send a configuration message to the first device 110, the configuration message indicating at least one second subset of resources in the time domain.

[0140] In some example embodiments, the second configuration information may include one of the following: ● a starting frequency resource and a bandwidth of an uplink subband corresponding to one of at least one second subset of resources; or • The starting frequency resource and the ending frequency resource of the uplink subband corresponding to the second subset of resources.

[0141] In some example embodiments, the first configuration information may indicate a time division duplex mode for the first device 110, and the configuration message includes an indication that at least one time slot of the time division duplex mode applies an uplink subband.

[0142] In some example embodiments, the indication may be a bitmap having a number of bits corresponding to the number of at least one of: ● Multiple downlink time slots or symbols in time division duplex mode, or ● At least one special time slot or symbol in time division duplex mode. In this case, the first value of the bit in the bitmap may indicate that the time slot or symbol applies an uplink subband corresponding to one of the at least one second subset of resources. Additionally or alternatively, the second value of the bit in the bitmap may indicate that the corresponding time slot or symbol does not apply an uplink subband.

[0143] In some example embodiments, the multiple values ​​of the bitmap may indicate multiple combinations of at least one of the following for which uplink subbands are applied: ● Multiple downlink time slots or symbols in time division duplex mode, or ● At least one special time slot or symbol in time division duplex mode. In this case, mapping of the plurality of values ​​and the plurality of combinations may be preconfigured or predetermined at the first device 110 and the second device 120 .

[0144] In some example embodiments, the starting time resource of the second subset of resources may be the first symbol of the corresponding time slot indicated by the bitmap.

[0145] In some example embodiments, the starting time resource of the first second subset in the second subset may be indicated by the second device 120. Further, the starting time resources of the remaining second subsets in the second subset may be the first symbol of the corresponding time slot indicated by the bitmap.

[0146] In some example embodiments, the second configuration information may indicate a first target subset of resources in the time domain and a frequency offset between the first target subset of resources and at least one second target subset of resources in the time domain. The first target subset of resources may correspond to a first uplink subband, and the at least one second target subset of resources may correspond to at least one second uplink subband.

[0147] In some example embodiments, the frequency offset may correspond to frequency hopping associated with the first device 110. The first uplink subband and the at least one second uplink subband may also be applied alternately in the time domain.

[0148] In some example embodiments, the first configuration information may indicate a first time division duplex mode and a second time division duplex mode for first device 110. Additionally or alternatively, the second configuration message may include at least one first uplink subband allocated to the first time division duplex mode and at least one second uplink subband allocated to the second time division duplex mode.

[0149] In some example embodiments, the second configuration information may indicate at least one second subset of resources in the frequency domain. In this case, the second device 120 may send a DCI to the first device 110, the DCI including an SFI corresponding to the at least one second subset of resources in the time domain. Thus, the second device 120 may receive a data transmission from the first device 110 on a third subset of resources, the third subset of resources including the first subset of resources and the at least one second subset of resources.

[0150] In some example embodiments, second device 120 may send a configuration message including a first indication to activate at least a first portion of at least one second subset of resources to first device 110. Second device 120 may then receive a data transmission from first device 110 on a third subset of resources including the first subset of resources and at least a first portion of at least one second subset of resources.

[0151] In some example embodiments, second device 120 may send a configuration message including a second indication to deactivate at least a second portion of at least one second subset of resources to first device 110. Second device 120 may then receive a data transmission from first device 110 on a fourth subset of resources, the fourth subset of resources including the first subset of resources and the remaining portion of at least one second subset of resources except for at least the second portion.

[0152] In some example embodiments, the configuration message may include a DCI, a MAC CE, or the like.

[0153] In some example embodiments, the first device 110 may include a terminal device, and the second device 120 may include a network device. Alternatively, in some other embodiments, the first device 110 may include a network device, and the second device 120 may include a terminal device.

[0154] In some example embodiments, the first device (e.g., first device 110) capable of performing method 700 may include a component for performing the corresponding steps of method 700. The component may be implemented in any suitable form. For example, the component may be implemented in a circuit system or a software module. In some embodiments, the component may include at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to enable execution of the device together with the at least one processor.

[0155] In some example embodiments, the first device includes: a component for receiving first configuration information from a second device, the first configuration information indicating a set of resources for time division duplex communication or frequency division duplex communication between the first device and the second device, the set of resources including a first subset of resources for uplink transmission; and a component for receiving second configuration information from the second device, the second configuration information indicating at least one second subset of resources for uplink transmission, the at least one second subset of resources including at least one resource other than the first subset of resources.

[0156] In some example embodiments, the first subset of resources does not overlap with at least one second subset of resources.

[0157] In some example embodiments, at least a portion of the first subset of resources overlaps with at least one second subset of resources.

[0158] In some example embodiments, the second configuration information includes: a first indication of a starting frequency resource and a starting time resource of at least one second subset of resources, and a second indication of an ending frequency resource and an ending time resource of the second subset of resources.

[0159] In some example embodiments, the second configuration information includes a starting frequency resource and a starting time resource of a second subset of at least one second subset of resources, a first number of frequency resources in the second subset, and a second number of time resources in the second subset.

[0160] In some example embodiments, at least one second subset of resources includes a first target subset of resources and a second target subset of resources, and the second configuration information includes: a starting frequency resource and a starting time resource of the first target subset of resources and a third indication of a first bandwidth of a first uplink subband corresponding to the first target subset of resources, and a starting frequency resource and a starting time resource of the second target subset of resources and a fourth indication of a second bandwidth of a second uplink subband corresponding to the second target subset of resources, wherein the starting time resource of the second target subset of resources is the first symbol after the ending time resource of the first target subset of resources in the time domain.

[0161] In some example embodiments, the second configuration information includes: a first resource indicator value indicating a starting frequency resource and a number of frequency resources in one of at least one second subset of resources; and a second resource indicator value indicating a starting time resource and a duration of the time resource in the second subset of resources.

[0162] In some example embodiments, the second configuration information is included in one of a system information block or a radio resource control message.

[0163] In some example embodiments, the first device further includes: a component for determining a third subset of resources based on the first configuration information and the second configuration information, the third subset including the first subset of resources and the second subset of resources; and a component for sending a data transmission to the second device on the third subset of resources.

[0164] In some example embodiments, the second configuration information indicates at least one second subset of resources in the frequency domain.The first apparatus further comprises means for receiving a configuration message from the second apparatus, the configuration message indicating at least one second subset of resources in the time domain.

[0165] In some example embodiments, the second configuration information may include one of: a starting frequency resource and a bandwidth of an uplink subband corresponding to a second subset of at least one second subset of resources; or a starting frequency resource and an ending frequency resource of an uplink subband corresponding to a second subset of at least one second subset of resources.

[0166] In some example embodiments, the first configuration information indicates a time division duplex mode for the first apparatus, and the configuration message includes an indication that at least one time slot of the time division duplex mode applies an uplink subband.

[0167] In some example embodiments, the indication is a bitmap having a number of bits corresponding to the number of at least one of: a plurality of downlink time slots or symbols in a time division duplex mode, or at least one special time slot or symbol in a time division duplex mode, and wherein a first value of a bit in the bitmap indicates that the corresponding time slot or symbol applies an uplink subband corresponding to one of at least one second subset of resources, and a second value of a bit in the bitmap indicates that the corresponding time slot or symbol does not apply an uplink subband.

[0168] In some example embodiments, the plurality of values ​​of the bitmap indicate a plurality of combinations of at least one of the following to which uplink subbands are applied: a plurality of downlink time slots or symbols in a time division duplex mode, or at least one special time slot or symbol in a time division duplex mode, and wherein a mapping of the plurality of values ​​to the plurality of combinations is preconfigured or predetermined at the first device and the second device.

[0169] In some example embodiments, the starting time resource of the second subset of resources is the first symbol of the corresponding time slot indicated by the bitmap.

[0170] In some example embodiments, the starting time resource of a first one of the second subsets is indicated by the second device, and the starting time resources of the remaining one of the second subsets are the first symbols of the corresponding time slots indicated by the bitmap.

[0171] In some example embodiments, the second configuration information indicates a first target subset of resources and a frequency offset in the time domain. The first device also includes: a component for determining at least one second target subset of resources based on the first target subset of resources and the frequency offset in the time domain, wherein the first target subset of resources corresponds to a first uplink subband, and the at least one second target subset of resources corresponds to at least one second uplink subband.

[0172] In some example embodiments, the frequency offset corresponds to frequency hopping associated with the first device, and the first uplink sub-band and the at least one second uplink sub-band are alternately applied in the time domain.

[0173] In some example embodiments, the first configuration information indicates a first time division duplex mode and a second time division duplex mode for the first device, and the second configuration message includes at least one first uplink subband allocated to the first time division duplex mode and at least one second uplink subband allocated to the second time division duplex mode.

[0174] In some example embodiments, the second configuration information indicates at least one second subset of resources in the frequency domain, and the first device further includes: a component for receiving downlink control information from the second device, the downlink control information including a time slot format indicator corresponding to at least one second subset of resources in the time domain; a component for determining a third subset of resources allocated for uplink transmission based on the time slot format indicator, the third subset of resources including the first subset of resources and at least one second subset of resources; and a component for sending a data transmission to the second device on the third subset of resources.

[0175] In some example embodiments, the first device also includes: a component for receiving a configuration message from the second device; a component for determining, based on determining that the configuration message includes a first indication of activating at least a first portion of at least one second subset of resources, a third subset of resources allocated for uplink transmission based on the first indication, the third subset of resources including the first subset of resources and at least a first portion of at least one second subset of resources; and a component for sending a data transmission to the second device on the third subset of resources.

[0176] In some example embodiments, the first device further includes: a component for determining, based on determining that the configuration message includes a second indication of deactivating at least a second portion of at least one second subset of resources, a fourth subset of resources allocated for uplink transmission, the fourth subset of resources including the first subset of resources and the remainder of at least one second subset of resources except at least the second portion; and a component for sending a data transmission to the second device on the fourth subset of resources.

[0177] In some example embodiments, the configuration message comprises one of downlink control information or a medium access control control element.

[0178] Optionally, the first device includes a terminal device, and the second device includes a network device.

[0179] In some example embodiments, the second device (e.g., second device 120) capable of performing method 800 may include a component for performing the corresponding steps of method 800. The component may be implemented in any suitable form. For example, the component may be implemented in a circuit system or a software module. In some embodiments, the component may include at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to cause the device to execute together with the at least one processor.

[0180] In some example embodiments, the second device includes: a component for sending first configuration information to the first device, the first configuration information indicating a set of resources for time division duplex communication or frequency division duplex communication between the first device and the second device, the set of resources including a first subset of resources for uplink transmission; and a component for sending second configuration information to the first device, the second configuration information indicating at least one second subset of resources for uplink transmission, the at least one second subset of resources including at least one resource other than the first subset of resources.

[0181] In some example embodiments, the first subset of resources does not overlap with at least one second subset of resources.

[0182] In some example embodiments, at least a portion of the first subset of resources overlaps with at least one second subset of resources.

[0183] In some example embodiments, the second configuration information includes: a first indication of a starting frequency resource and a starting time resource of one of at least one second subset of resources, and a second indication of an ending frequency resource and an ending time resource of the second subset of resources.

[0184] In some example embodiments, the second configuration information includes a starting frequency resource and a starting time resource of one of the at least one second subset of resources, a first number of frequency resources in the second subset, and a second number of time resources in the second subset.

[0185] In some example embodiments, at least one second subset of resources includes a first target subset of resources and a second target subset of resources, and the second configuration information includes: a third indication of a first bandwidth of a first uplink subband corresponding to the first target subset of resources including a starting frequency resource and a starting time resource of the first target subset of resources, and a fourth indication of a second bandwidth of a second uplink subband corresponding to the second target subset of resources including a starting frequency resource and a starting time resource of the second target subset of resources, wherein the starting time resource of the second target subset of resources is the first symbol after the ending time resource of the first target subset of resources in the time domain.

[0186] In some example embodiments, the second configuration information includes: a first resource indicator value indicating a starting frequency resource and the number of frequency resources of one of at least one second subset of resources; and a second resource indicator value indicating a starting time resource and a duration of the time resource of the second subset of resources.

[0187] In some example embodiments, the second configuration information is included in one of a system information block or a radio resource control message.

[0188] In some example embodiments, the second apparatus further comprises means for receiving a data transmission from the first apparatus on a third subset comprising the first subset of resources and the second subset of resources.

[0189] In some example embodiments, the second configuration information indicates at least one second subset of resources in the frequency domain, and the second apparatus further comprises means for sending configuration information indicating at least one second subset of resources in the time domain to the first apparatus.

[0190] In some example embodiments, the second configuration information may include one of: starting frequency resources and bandwidth of an uplink subband corresponding to a second subset of at least one second subset of resources; starting frequency resources and ending frequency resources of an uplink subband corresponding to a second subset of at least one second subset of resources.

[0191] In some example embodiments, the first configuration information indicates a time division duplex mode for the first apparatus, and the configuration message includes an indication that at least one time slot of the time division duplex mode applies an uplink subband.

[0192] In some example embodiments, the indication is a bitmap having a number of bits corresponding to the number of at least one of: a plurality of downlink time slots or symbols in a time division duplex mode, or at least one special time slot or symbol in a time division duplex mode, and wherein a first value of a bit in the bitmap indicates a corresponding time slot or symbol for which an uplink subband corresponding to one of at least one second subset of resources is applied, and a second value of a bit in the bitmap indicates a corresponding time slot or symbol for which an uplink subband is not applied.

[0193] In some example embodiments, the multiple values ​​of the bitmap indicate multiple combinations of at least one of the following to which the uplink subband is applied: multiple downlink time slots or symbols in a time division duplex mode, or at least one special time slot or symbol in a time division duplex mode, and wherein the mapping of the multiple values ​​and the multiple combinations is preconfigured or predetermined at the first device and the second device.

[0194] In some example embodiments, the starting time resource of the second subset of resources is the first symbol of the corresponding time slot indicated by the bitmap.

[0195] In some example embodiments, the starting time resource of a first second subset among the second subsets is indicated by the second device, and the starting time resources of the remaining second subsets are first symbols of corresponding time slots indicated by the bitmap.

[0196] In some example embodiments, the second configuration information indicates a first target subset of resources in a time domain and a frequency offset in the time domain between the first target subset of resources and at least one second target subset of resources, the first target subset of resources corresponding to a first uplink subband, and the at least one second target subset of resources corresponding to at least one second uplink subband.

[0197] In some example embodiments, the frequency offset corresponds to frequency hopping associated with the first device, and the first uplink sub-band and the at least one second uplink sub-band are alternately applied in the time domain.

[0198] In some example embodiments, the first configuration information indicates a first time division duplex mode and a second time division duplex mode for the first device, and the second configuration message includes at least one first uplink subband allocated to the first time division duplex mode and at least one second uplink subband allocated to the second time division duplex mode.

[0199] In some example embodiments, the second configuration information indicates at least one second subset of resources in the frequency domain, and the second device further includes: a component for sending downlink information to the first device, the downlink information including a time slot format indicator corresponding to at least one second subset of resources in the time domain; and a component for receiving a data transmission from the first device on a third subset of resources, the third subset of resources including the first subset of resources and at least one second subset of resources.

[0200] In some example embodiments, the second device further includes: a component for sending a configuration message to the first device, the configuration message including a first indication to activate at least a first portion of at least one second subset of resources; and a component for receiving a data transmission from the first device on a third subset of resources, the third subset of resources including the first subset of resources and at least a first portion of at least one second subset of resources.

[0201] In some example embodiments, the second device further includes: a component for sending a configuration message to the first device, the configuration message including a second indication to deactivate at least a second portion of at least one second subset of resources; and a component for receiving a data transmission from the first device on a fourth subset of resources, the fourth subset including the first subset of resources and the remainder of at least one second subset of resources except at least the second portion.

[0202] In some example embodiments, the configuration message comprises one of downlink control information or a medium access control control element.

[0203] Optionally, the first device includes a terminal device, and the second device includes a network device.

[0204] Fig. 9is a simplified block diagram of a device 900 suitable for implementing an embodiment of the present disclosure. The device 900 may be provided to implement a communication device, such as Figure 1 The first device 110 or the second device 120 is shown. As shown, the device 900 includes one or more processors 910, one or more memories 920 coupled to the processor 910, and one or more transmitters and / or receivers (TX / RX) 940 (ie, communication module 940) coupled to the processor 910.

[0205] The TX / RX 940 is used for bidirectional communication. The TX / RX 940 has at least one antenna to facilitate communication. The communication interface may represent any interface necessary to communicate with other network elements.

[0206] As non-limiting examples, processor 910 can be any type suitable for use in a local technology network, and can include one or more of the following: a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, a microprocessor, a digital signal processor (DSP), and a processor based on a multi-core processor architecture. Device 900 can have multiple processors, such as application specific integrated circuit chips that are time-slaved to a clock of a synchronized main processor.

[0207] The memory 920 may include one or more non-volatile memories and one or more volatile memories. Examples of non-volatile memories include, but are not limited to, read-only memory (ROM) 924, electrically programmable read-only memory (EPROM), flash memory, hard disk, compact disk (CD), digital video disk (DVD), and other magnetic storage and / or optical storage. Examples of volatile memories include, but are not limited to, random access memory (RAM) 922 and other volatile memories that do not persist during a sustained power outage duration.

[0208] The computer program 930 includes computer executable instructions executed by the associated processor 910. The program 930 may be stored in the ROM 924. The processor 910 may perform any suitable actions and processes by loading the program 930 into the RAM 922.

[0209] The embodiments of the present disclosure can be implemented by means of program 930, so that the device 900 can execute the steps as shown in FIG. Figure 8 Any process of the present disclosure discussed. The embodiments of the present invention may also be implemented by hardware, or by a combination of software and hardware.

[0210] In some embodiments, the program 930 may be tangibly embodied in a computer-readable medium that may be included in the device 900 (e.g., memory 920) or other storage device accessible to the device 900. The device 900 may load the program 930 from the computer-readable medium to the RAM 922 for execution. The computer-readable medium may include any type of tangible non-volatile memory, such as ROM, EPROM, flash memory, hard disk, CD, DVD, etc. Fig.10 An example of a computer readable medium 1000 in the form of a CD or DVD is shown. The computer readable medium has a program 930 stored thereon.

[0211] Generally, various embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented by hardware or dedicated circuits, software, logic, or any combination thereof. Some aspects may be implemented in hardware, while other aspects may be implemented in firmware or software, which may be executed by a controller, microprocessor, or other computing device. Although various aspects of the embodiments of the present disclosure are shown and described as block diagrams, flow charts, or using some other graphical representations, it should be understood that, as non-limiting examples, the blocks, devices, systems, techniques, or methods described herein may be implemented in hardware, software, firmware, dedicated circuits or logic, general hardware or controllers or other computing devices, or some combination thereof.

[0212] The present disclosure also provides at least one computer program product tangibly stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium. The computer program product includes computer executable instructions (such as instructions included in a program module) that are executed in a device such as a target real or virtual processor to perform the above referenced Figure 7 and Figure 8 Method 700 or 800 described. Typically, program modules include routines, programs, libraries, objects, classes, components, data structures, etc. that perform specific tasks or implement specific abstract data types. The functions of program modules can be combined or split between program modules as needed in various embodiments. Machine executable instructions for program modules can be executed in local or distributed devices. In distributed devices, program modules can be located in both local and remote storage media.

[0213] The program code for executing the method of the present disclosure can be written in any combination of one or more programming languages. These program codes can be provided to a processor or controller of a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer or other programmable data processing device so that the program code enables the functions / operations specified in the flow chart and / or block diagram to be implemented when executed by the processor or controller. The program code can be executed entirely on the machine, partially on the machine, as an independent software package, partially on the machine and partially on a remote machine or entirely on a remote machine or server.

[0214] In the context of the present disclosure, computer program codes or related data may be carried by any suitable carrier to enable a device, apparatus or processor to perform various processes and operations as described above. Examples of carriers include signals, computer readable media, etc.

[0215] The computer readable medium may be a computer readable signal medium or a computer readable storage medium. The computer readable medium may include, but is not limited to, electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared or semiconductor systems, devices or devices, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. More specific examples of computer readable storage media would include an electrical connection with one or more wires, a portable computer disk, a hard disk, a random access memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), an optical fiber, a portable compact disk read-only memory (CD-ROM), an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing.

[0216] In addition, although the operations are depicted in a particular order, this should not be understood as requiring such operations to be performed in the particular order shown or in sequence, or performing all the operations shown to achieve the desired result. In some cases, multitasking and parallel processing may be advantageous. Similarly, although several specific implementation details are included in the above discussion, these details should not be interpreted as limitations on the scope of the present disclosure, but should be interpreted as descriptions of possible specific features of a particular embodiment. Certain features described in the context of a separate embodiment may also be implemented in combination in a single embodiment. On the contrary, the various features described in the context of a single embodiment may also be implemented in multiple embodiments individually or in any suitable sub-combination.

[0217] Although the disclosure has been described in language specific to structural features and / or methodological acts, it should be understood that the disclosure defined in the appended claims is not necessarily limited to the specific features or acts described above. Rather, the specific features and acts described above are disclosed as example forms of implementing the claims.

Claims

1. A first device, comprising: at least one processor; as well as at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the first device to at least: receiving first configuration information from a second device, the first configuration information indicating a set of resources used for time division duplex communication or frequency division duplex communication between the first device and the second device, the set of resources including a first subset of the resources used for uplink transmission; as well as Second configuration information is received from the second device, the second configuration information indicating at least one second subset of the resources used for the uplink transmission, the at least one second subset of the resources comprising at least one resource other than the first subset of the resources. 2 . The first device of claim 1 , wherein the first subset of the resources does not overlap with the at least one second subset of the resources. 3 . The first device of claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the first subset of the resources overlaps with the at least one second subset of the resources.

4. The first device according to claim 1, wherein the second configuration information comprises: a first indication of a starting frequency resource and a starting time resource of a second subset of the at least one second subset of the resources, and A second indication of an ending frequency resource and an ending time resource of the second subset of the resources.

5. The first device according to claim 1, wherein the second configuration information includes a starting frequency resource and a starting time resource of a second subset of the at least one second subset of the resources, a first number of frequency resources in the second subset, and a second number of time resources in the second subset.

6. The first device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one second subset of the resources comprises a first target subset of the resources and a second target subset of the resources, and the second configuration information comprises: a starting frequency resource and a starting time resource for the first target subset of resources and a third indication of a first bandwidth of a first uplink subband corresponding to the first target subset of resources; as well as a starting frequency resource and a starting time resource of said second target subset of resources and a fourth indication of a second bandwidth of a second uplink subband corresponding to said second target subset of resources, The start time resource of the second target subset of the resources is the first symbol after the end time resource of the first target subset of the resources in the time domain.

7. The first device according to claim 1, wherein the second configuration information comprises: a first resource indicator value indicating a starting frequency resource and a number of frequency resources of a second subset of the at least one second subset of the resources; as well as A second resource indicator value indicates a starting time resource and a duration of the time resource of the second subset of the resources.

8. The first device of claim 1, wherein the second configuration information is included in one of a system information block or a radio resource control message.

9. The first device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the at least one memory stores instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, further cause the first device to: Based on the first configuration information and the second configuration information, determining a third subset of the resources, the third subset including the first subset of the resources and the second subset of the resources; and A data transmission is sent to the second device on the third subset of the resources.

10. The first device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the second configuration information indicates the at least one second subset of the resources in the frequency domain, and wherein the at least one memory stores instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, further cause the first device to: A configuration message is received from the second device, the configuration message indicating the at least one second subset of the resources in the time domain.

11. The first device according to claim 10, wherein the second configuration information comprises one of the following: a starting frequency resource and a bandwidth of an uplink subband corresponding to at least one of said second subsets of said resources, or A starting frequency resource and an ending frequency resource of an uplink subband corresponding to the second subset of the resources. 12 . The first device according to claim 10 , wherein the first configuration information indicates a time division duplex mode for the first device, and the configuration message includes an indication that the uplink subband is applied to at least one time slot of the time division duplex mode.

13. The first device of claim 12, wherein the indication is a bitmap having a number of bits corresponding to a number of at least one of: a plurality of downlink time slots or symbols in said time division duplex mode, or at least one special time slot or symbol in the time division duplex mode, and The first value of the bit in the bitmap indicates that the corresponding time slot or symbol applies an uplink subband corresponding to one of the at least one second subsets of the resources, and the second value of the bit in the bitmap indicates that the corresponding time slot or symbol does not apply the uplink subband.

14. The first device of claim 12, wherein the plurality of values ​​of the bitmap indicate a plurality of combinations of applying at least one of the following for the uplink subband: a plurality of downlink time slots or symbols in said time division duplex mode, or at least one special time slot or symbol in the time division duplex mode, and The mapping of the plurality of values ​​to the plurality of combinations is preconfigured or predetermined at the first device and the second device.

15. The first device of claim 12, wherein a starting time resource of the second subset of resources is a first symbol of a corresponding time slot indicated by the bitmap.

16. The first device according to claim 12, wherein the starting time resource of the first second subset in the second subset is indicated by the second device, and the starting time resources of the remaining second subsets in the second subset are the first symbol of the corresponding time slot indicated by the bitmap.

17. The first device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the second configuration information indicates a first target subset of the resources in the time domain and a frequency offset, and wherein the at least one memory stores instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, further cause the first device to: Based on the first target subset of the resources in the time domain and the frequency offset, at least one second target subset of the resources is determined, wherein the first target subset of the resources corresponds to a first uplink subband and the at least one second target subset of the resources corresponds to at least one second uplink subband.

18. The first device of claim 17, wherein the frequency offset corresponds to frequency hopping associated with the first device, and the first uplink subband and the at least one second uplink subband are alternately applied in a time domain.

19. A first device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the first configuration information indicates a first time division duplex mode and a second time division duplex mode for the first device, and the second configuration information includes at least one first uplink subband allocated to the first time division duplex mode and at least one second uplink subband allocated to the second time division duplex mode.

20. The first device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the second configuration information indicates the at least one second subset of the resources in the frequency domain, and wherein the at least one memory stores instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, further cause the first device to: receiving downlink control information from the second device, the downlink control information comprising a slot format indicator corresponding to the at least one second subset of the resources in the time domain; determining, based on the slot format indicator, a third subset of the resources allocated for uplink transmission, the third subset of the resources comprising the first subset of the resources and the at least one second subset of the resources; as well as A data transmission is sent to the second device on the third subset of the resources.

21. The first device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the at least one memory stores instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, further cause the first device to: receiving a configuration message from the second device; In response to determining that the configuration message includes a first indication to activate at least a first portion of the at least one second subset of the resources, determining a third subset of the resources allocated for uplink transmission based on the first indication, the third subset of resources including the first subset of the resources and the at least first portion of the at least one second subset of the resources; and A data transmission is sent to the second device on the third subset of the resources.

22. The first device of claim 21, wherein the at least one memory stores instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, further cause the first device to: In response to determining that the configuration message includes a second indication to deactivate at least a second portion of the at least one second subset of the resources, determining a fourth subset of the resources allocated for uplink transmission based on the second indication, the fourth subset of resources including the first subset of the resources and a remaining portion of the at least one second subset of the resources except for the at least second portion; and A data transmission is sent to the second device on the fourth subset of the resources.

23. The first device of claim 21 or 22, wherein the configuration message comprises one of downlink control information or a medium access control control element.

24. The first device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the first device comprises a terminal device, and the second device comprises a network device.

25. A second device, comprising: at least one processor; as well as at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the second device to at least: Sending first configuration information to a first device, the first configuration information indicating a set of resources used for time division duplex communication or frequency division duplex communication between the first device and the second device, the set of resources including a first subset of the resources used for uplink transmission; as well as Second configuration information is sent to the first device, the second configuration information indicating at least one second subset of the resources used for the uplink transmission, the at least one second subset of the resources including at least one resource other than the first subset of the resources.

26. The second device of claim 25, wherein the first subset of the resources does not overlap with the at least one second subset of the resources.

27. The second device of claim 25, wherein at least a portion of the first subset of the resources overlaps with the at least one second subset of the resources.

28. The second device according to claim 25, wherein the second configuration information comprises: a first indication of a starting frequency resource and a starting time resource of a second subset of the at least one second subset of the resources, and A second indication of an ending frequency resource and an ending time resource of the second subset of the resources.

29. The second device according to claim 25, wherein the second configuration information includes a starting frequency resource and a starting time resource of a second subset of the at least one second subset of the resources, a first number of frequency resources in the second subset, and a second number of time resources in the second subset.

30. The second device of claim 25, wherein the at least one second subset of the resources comprises a first target subset of the resources and a second target subset of the resources, and the second configuration information comprises: a starting frequency resource and a starting time resource for the first target subset of resources and a third indication of a first bandwidth of a first uplink subband corresponding to the first target subset of resources; as well as a starting frequency resource and a starting time resource of said second target subset of resources and a fourth indication of a second bandwidth of a second uplink subband corresponding to said second target subset of resources, The start time resource of the second target subset of the resources is the first symbol after the end time resource of the first target subset of the resources in the time domain.

31. The second device according to claim 25, wherein the second configuration information comprises: a first resource indicator value indicating a starting frequency resource and a number of frequency resources of a second subset of the at least one second subset of the resources; as well as A second resource indicator value indicates a starting time resource and a duration of the time resource of the second subset of the resources.

32. The second device of claim 25, wherein the second configuration information is included in one of a system information block or a radio resource control message.

33. The second device according to any one of claims 25 to 32, wherein the at least one memory stores instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, further cause the second device to: A data transmission is received from the first device over a third subset of the resources, the third subset of the resources comprising the first subset of the resources and the second subset of the resources.

34. The second device according to any one of claims 25 to 32, wherein the second configuration information indicates the at least one second subset of the resources in the frequency domain, and wherein the at least one memory stores instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, further cause the second device to: A configuration message is sent to the first device, the configuration message indicating the at least one second subset of the resources in the time domain.

35. The second device according to claim 34, wherein the second configuration information comprises one of the following: a starting frequency resource and a bandwidth of an uplink subband corresponding to one of the at least one second subset of the resources, or A starting frequency resource and an ending frequency resource of an uplink subband corresponding to the second subset of the resources.

36. The second device according to claim 34, wherein the first configuration information indicates a time division duplex mode for the first device, and the configuration message includes an indication that at least one time slot of the time division duplex mode applies the uplink subband.

37. The second device of claim 36, wherein the indication is a bitmap having a number of bits corresponding to a number of at least one of: a plurality of downlink time slots or symbols in said time division duplex mode, or at least one special time slot or symbol in the time division duplex mode, and The first value of the bit in the bitmap indicates that the corresponding time slot or symbol applies an uplink subband corresponding to one of the at least one second subsets of the resources, and the second value of the bit in the bitmap indicates that the corresponding time slot or symbol does not apply the uplink subband.

38. The second device of claim 36, wherein the plurality of values ​​of the bitmap indicate a plurality of combinations of applying at least one of the following to the uplink subband: a plurality of downlink time slots or symbols in said time division duplex mode, or at least one special time slot or symbol in the time division duplex mode, and The mapping of the plurality of values ​​and the plurality of combinations is preconfigured or predetermined at the first device and the second device.

39. The second device of claim 36, wherein the starting time resource of the second subset of resources is the first symbol of the corresponding time slot indicated by the bitmap.

40. The second device according to claim 36, wherein the starting time resource of the first second subset in the second subset is indicated by the second device, and the starting time resources of the remaining second subsets in the second subset are the first symbol of the corresponding time slot indicated by the bitmap.

41. A second device according to any one of claims 25 to 32, wherein the second configuration information indicates a first target subset of the resources in the time domain and a frequency offset between the first target subset of the resources and at least one second target subset of the resources in the time domain, the first target subset of the resources corresponding to a first uplink subband, and the at least one second target subset of the resources corresponding to at least one second uplink subband.

42. The second device of claim 41, wherein the frequency offset corresponds to frequency hopping associated with the first device, and the first uplink subband and the at least one second uplink subband are applied alternately in a time domain.

43. A second device according to any one of claims 25 to 32, wherein the first configuration information indicates a first time division duplex mode and a second time division duplex mode for the first device, and the second configuration information includes at least one first uplink subband allocated to the first time division duplex mode and at least one second uplink subband allocated to the second time division duplex mode.

44. The second device according to any one of claims 25 to 32, wherein the second configuration information indicates the at least one second subset of the resources in the frequency domain, and wherein the at least one memory stores instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, further cause the second device to: sending downlink control information to the first device, the downlink control information comprising a slot format indicator corresponding to the at least one second subset of the resources in the time domain; and A data transmission is received from a first device on a third subset of the resources, the third subset of the resources comprising the first subset of the resources and the at least one second subset of the resources.

45. The second device of any one of claims 25 to 32, wherein the at least one memory stores instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, further cause the second device to: sending a configuration message to the first device, the configuration message comprising a first indication to activate at least a first portion of the at least one second subset of the resources; and A data transmission is received from the first device over a third subset of the resources, the third subset of resources comprising the first subset of the resources and the at least first portion of the at least one second subset of the resources.

46. ​​The second device of any one of claims 25 to 32, wherein the at least one memory stores instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, further cause the second device to: sending a configuration message to the first device, the configuration message comprising a second indication to deactivate at least a second portion of the at least one second subset of the resources; and A data transmission is received from the first device on a fourth subset of the resources, the fourth subset comprising the first subset of the resources and a remainder of the at least one second subset of the resources excluding the at least second portion.

47. The second device of claim 45 or 46, wherein the configuration message comprises one of downlink control information or a medium access control control element.

48. The second device according to any one of claims 25 to 32, wherein the first device comprises a terminal device, and the second device comprises a network device.

49. A method comprising: receiving, at a first device and from a second device, first configuration information indicating a set of resources for time division duplex communication or frequency division duplex communication between the first device and the second device, the set of resources including a first subset of the resources for uplink transmission; as well as Second configuration information is received from the second device, the second configuration information indicating at least one second subset of the resources used for the uplink transmission, the at least one second subset of the resources comprising at least one resource other than the first subset of the resources.

50. A method comprising: Sending, at a second device, first configuration information to a first device, the first configuration information indicating a set of resources used for time division duplex communication or frequency division duplex communication between the first device and the second device, the set of resources including a first subset of the resources used for uplink transmission; as well as Second configuration information is sent to the first device, the second configuration information indicating at least one second subset of the resources used for the uplink transmission, the at least one second subset of the resources including at least one resource other than the first subset of the resources.

51. A first device, comprising: means for receiving first configuration information from a second device, the first configuration information indicating a set of resources for time division duplex communication or frequency division duplex communication between the first device and the second device, the set of resources comprising a first subset of the resources for uplink transmission; as well as Means for receiving second configuration information from a second device, the second configuration information indicating at least one second subset of the resources used for the uplink transmission, the at least one second subset of the resources comprising at least one resource other than the first subset of the resources.

52. A second device, comprising: means for sending first configuration information to a first device, the first configuration information indicating a set of resources for time division duplex communication or frequency division duplex communication between the first device and the second device, the set of resources comprising a first subset of the resources for uplink transmission; as well as Means for sending second configuration information to the first apparatus, the second configuration information indicating the at least one second subset of the resources used for the uplink transmission, the at least one second subset of the resources comprising at least one resource other than the first subset of the resources.

53. A computer readable medium comprising program instructions for causing an apparatus to perform the method of claim 49 or 50.

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