Method, apparatus and wireless communication terminal for wireless communication

Abstract

A wireless communication method is disclosed, the method including: determining, by a wireless communication terminal, that uplink UL resources for transmitting uplink control information (UCI) are invalid; and, in response to determining that the UL resources are invalid, transmitting, by the wireless communication terminal, the UCI on the valid UL resources to a wireless communication node.

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] This article relates generally to wireless communications, and more particularly to fifth generation (5G) or sixth generation (6G) communications. [Background technology]

[0002] Cross-reality (XR) technologies such as Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) are emerging in a variety of applications, including immersive gaming, intelligent transportation, collaboration, and concurrent engineering. From a wireless connectivity perspective, these must be supported by enhanced New Radio Access (NR) wireless networks, which require good performance characteristics of both high data rates and low network latency. Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0003] This document relates to a method, system and computer program product for wireless transmission and reception. [Means for solving the problem]

[0004] One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a wireless communication method, in an embodiment, the wireless communication method includes: determining, by a wireless communication terminal, that an uplink UL resource for transmitting uplink control information UCI is invalid; and, in response to determining that the UL resource is invalid, transmitting, by the wireless communication terminal, the UCI to a wireless communication node on the valid UL resource.

[0005] Another aspect of the present disclosure relates to a wireless communication method, in an embodiment, the wireless communication method includes: determining, by a wireless communication terminal, that an uplink UL resource for transmitting uplink data is invalid; and, in response to determining that the UL resource is invalid, avoiding, by the wireless communication terminal, transmitting uplink data to a wireless communication node on the uplink UL resource.

[0006] Another aspect of the present disclosure relates to a wireless communication method, in an embodiment, the wireless communication method includes, in response to determining, by the wireless communication terminal, that uplink UL resources for transmitting uplink control information UCI are invalid, receiving, by the wireless communication terminal, UCI from the wireless communication terminal on valid UL resources.

[0007] Another aspect of the present disclosure relates to a wireless communication method, in an embodiment, the wireless communication method including, in response to determining, by a wireless communication terminal, that an uplink UL resource for transmitting uplink UL data is invalid, preventing, by a wireless communication node, receiving UL data from the wireless communication terminal on the UL resource.

[0008] Another aspect of the present disclosure relates to a wireless communication terminal, in an embodiment, the wireless communication terminal includes a communication unit and a processor, the processor is configured to determine an uplink UL resource for transmitting uplink control information (UCI) as invalid, and in response to determining the UL resource as invalid, transmit the UCI to a wireless communication node on a valid UL resource.

[0009] Another aspect of the present disclosure relates to a wireless communication terminal, in an embodiment, the wireless communication terminal includes a communication unit and a processor, the processor is configured to determine an uplink UL resource for transmitting uplink data as invalid, and in response to determining the UL resource as invalid, transmit the uplink data to a wireless communication node on the uplink UL resource.

[0010] Another aspect of the present disclosure relates to a wireless communication node, in an embodiment, comprising: a communication unit; and a processor, the processor configured to, in response to determining by the wireless communication terminal that uplink UL resources for transmitting uplink control information (UCI) are invalid, receive UCI from the wireless communication terminal on valid UL resources.

[0011] Another aspect of the present disclosure relates to a wireless communication node, in an embodiment, comprising: a communication unit; and a processor, the processor configured to, in response to determining by a wireless communication terminal that an uplink UL resource for transmitting uplink UL data is invalid, avoid receiving UL data from the wireless communication terminal on the UL resource.

[0012] Each embodiment can preferably implement the following features.

[0013] Preferably, the UL resources determined to be invalid include one or more symbols in the configured UL resources, and the one or more symbols collide with one or more configured downlink DL resources in the DL configuration.

[0014] Preferably, the UL resource determined to be invalid is: symbols in the configured UL resources indicated as downlink symbols; Symbols in configured UL resources indicated as resources of the Synchronization Signal Physical Broadcast Channel SS / PBCH block, or The reference cell includes at least one of a physical downlink control channel PDCCH, a physical downlink shared channel PDSCH, or a channel state information reference signal CSI-RS, and a symbol in a configured UL resource configured to receive the physical downlink control channel PDCCH, a physical downlink shared channel PDSCH, or a channel state information reference signal CSI-RS in the reference cell.

[0015] Preferably, the UL resource determined to be invalid is: The dynamic scheduling includes at least one symbol in the configured UL resource having a time gap with the DL resource that is smaller than a predetermined time threshold.

[0016] Preferably, the wireless communication terminal transmits UCI in the first UL symbol of a valid UL resource, and the valid UL resource is the closest available UL resource to the UL resource determined to be invalid.

[0017] Preferably, the UL resource determined to be invalid is a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource, and the UCI is transmitted in the first UL symbol of the PUCCH resource that is closest to the UL resource determined to be invalid; or the UL resource determined to be invalid is a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) resource, and the UCI is transmitted in the first UL symbol of the PUSCH resource that is closest to the UL resource determined to be invalid; or the UL resource determined to be invalid is a PUCCH resource, and the UCI is transmitted in the first UL symbol of the PUSCH resource that is closest to the UL resource determined to be invalid.

[0018] Preferably, the wireless communication terminal the condition that there are one or more redundantly configured Grant CG UL occasions; The condition that the DL resource is in place before or during one or more redundant CG UL occasions, or The UCI is transmitted in response to one of the following conditions being met: a time gap between a DL resource and an available UL resource for transmitting the UCI during one or more redundant CG UL occasions is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold.

[0019] Preferably, the first UL symbol of the available UL resource is a symbol used only for transmitting UCI or a symbol for transmitting UCI and UL data.

[0020] Preferably, the first UL symbol of the available UL resource is a dedicated PUCCH symbol used only to transmit UCI or the first symbol of a PUSCH occasion operable to transmit both UCI and UL data.

[0021] Preferably, the UCI indicates the release of a certain number of CG UL occasions.

[0022] Preferably, the UCI indicates the index of the CG UL occasion.

[0023] Preferably, the wireless communication terminal The wireless communication terminal is not provided with the parameter tdd-UL-DL-ConfigurationCommon and there is no SS / PBCH block before the UCI resource in the PUSCH; the parameter tdd-UL-DL-ConfigurationCommon is not provided in the wireless communication terminal, and the gap between the UCI resource and the nearest SS / PBCH block before the UCI resource is greater than a predetermined threshold; The radio communication terminal is provided with the parameter tdd-UL-DL-ConfigurationCommon and the UCI resource is located within one or more UL symbols, or a parameter tdd-UL-DL-ConfigurationCommon is provided to the wireless communication terminal, and a gap between the UCI resource and the nearest SS / PBCH block before the UCI resource and a gap between the UCI resource and the nearest DL symbol are both greater than a predetermined threshold; In response to the UCI resource satisfying at least one of the above, the UCI resource is determined to be valid.

[0024] Preferably, the UL resource determined to be invalid is: one or more configured Grant CG Occasions that have been indicated as invalid by a deactivation signal within the activation period; CG resources scheduled by UL grant, CG resources that have been indicated as invalid by common signaling, or The downlink control information DCI includes at least one of the following: a CG resource indicated as invalid by the downlink control information DCI;

[0025] Preferably, in response to determining that the UL resource for transmitting the uplink data is invalid, the wireless communication terminal transmits the aiding information to the wireless communication node.

[0026] Preferably, in response to a UL resource colliding with a dynamic downlink DL symbol or a flexible symbol, the UL resource for transmitting uplink data is determined to be valid or invalid.

[0027] Preferably, the auxiliary information includes resource request information for requesting new UL resources.

[0028] The present disclosure provides: a computer-readable program medium having stored thereon code that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform a wireless communication method as set forth in any of the preceding methods; Related to computer program products. [Effects of the Invention]

[0029] The exemplary embodiments disclosed herein are intended to provide features that will become apparent from the following description when taken in conjunction with the drawings. According to the embodiments, the present disclosure discloses exemplary systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products. However, these embodiments are presented by way of example and not limitation, and it should be apparent to those skilled in the art upon reading this disclosure that various modifications can be made to the disclosed embodiments while remaining within the scope of the present disclosure.

[0030] Therefore, the present disclosure is not limited to the exemplary embodiments and applications described and illustrated herein. Additionally, the specific order and / or hierarchy of steps in the methods disclosed herein is merely exemplary. Based on design preferences, the specific order or hierarchy of steps in a disclosed method or process can be rearranged while remaining within the scope of the present disclosure. Thus, those skilled in the art will understand that the methods and techniques disclosed herein present each step or operation in an exemplary order, and that unless otherwise specified, the present disclosure is not limited to the specific order or hierarchy shown.

[0031] These and other aspects and embodiments thereof are described in more detail in the drawings, specification and claims. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0032] [Figure 1] 1 shows a schematic diagram of a wireless communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure; [Figure 2] 1 shows a schematic diagram of a wireless communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure; [Figure 3] 1 shows a schematic diagram of a wireless communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure; [Figure 4] 1 shows a schematic diagram of a wireless communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure; [Figure 5] 1 illustrates an example of a schematic diagram of a wireless terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. [Figure 6] 1 illustrates an example schematic diagram of a radio network node according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. [Figure 7] 1 illustrates a flowchart of a wireless communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. [Figure 8] 1 illustrates a flowchart of a wireless communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. [Figure 9] 1 illustrates a flowchart of a wireless communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. [Figure 10] 1 illustrates a flowchart of a wireless communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0033] When a time division multiplexing (TDD) configuration of a wireless communication system is configured for use by both a gNodeB (gNB) and a user equipment (UE), configured grant (CG) occasion configurations can be adopted and conflicts between CG occasions and downlink (DL) slots or symbols can be avoided. However, configurations from multiple functions or models (e.g., TDD configuration, CG configuration, SFI (Slot Format Indication) configuration, SSB (SS / PBCH block) configuration, etc.) may not match.

[0034] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, a processing mechanism is discussed when a collision occurs between an uplink control information (UCI) resource or CG occasion and a downlink slot or symbol, and according to such a mechanism, the wireless communication system can become more robust.

[0035] For example, for a CG occasion for PUSCH (Physical Uplink Shared Channel) transmission, if the resource is determined to be invalid based on a certain rule, the transmission may be canceled or postponed. Also, for an UCI (Uplink Control Information) resource for UCI transmission, if the resource is determined to be invalid based on a predetermined standard, the UCI transmission may not be canceled because UCI transmission is essential for releasing over-configured CG resources.

[0036] FIG. 1 shows an example, in which "D" represents a downlink (DL) subframe, "U" represents an uplink (UL) subframe, and "O" represents a CG occasion.

[0037] In Figure 1, the third CG occasion (shown in bold) is considered an invalid CG resource because the third CG occasion conflicts with the downlink subframe. Hereinafter, such an invalid CG resource may be referred to as a conflicting resource, a contention resource, or an overlapping resource.

[0038] In response, the UE may cancel transmission on this occasion. The UE may begin transmission on the next valid CG occasion.

[0039] FIG. 2 shows another example, in which "D" represents a downlink (DL) subframe, "U" represents an uplink (UL) subframe, and "O" represents a CG occasion for transmitting UCI.

[0040] In FIG. 2, the UCI resource (shown in bold) is considered invalid because it collides with a downlink subframe.

[0041] In response, the UE may not cancel the UCI transmission. The UE may transmit the UCI in the first UL symbol of the nearest available UL resource.

[0042] In some embodiments, for configured grant (CG) configurations, periodic UL resources can be pre-configured via RRC signaling, and once an activation DCI activates the CG configuration, UL resource allocation does not require another DCI (UL grant).

[0043] In an embodiment, if a CG PUSCH collides with a DCI grant or a semi-static DL symbol, the UE may not transmit the CG PUSCH.

[0044] In an embodiment, for a CG PUSCH, if a dynamic SFI is not configured and a repetition collides with a semi-static DL symbol, the UE may not send the repetition.

[0045] In an embodiment, for a CG PUSCH, if a dynamic SFI is configured and received and a repeated transmission collides with a dynamic DL / flexible symbol, the UE may not send the repeated transmission.

[0046] In an embodiment, for a CG PUSCH, if a dynamic SFI is not configured and received and a repeated transmission collides with a semi-static DL / flexible symbol, the UE may not send the repeated transmission.

[0047] In some examples, the UCI resource for transmitting UCI is located on a reserved or pre-configured resource (e.g., a PUSCH) to release over-configured resources, as shown in Figure 3. In some examples, the UCI resource is located on a control channel (e.g., a PUCCH) to release over-configured resources, as shown in Figure 4.

[0048] In an embodiment, to avoid potential collisions between UCI resources / CG occasions and downlink slots / symbols, a mechanism for determining invalid UCI resources / CG occasions is provided, and corresponding UE behavior is provided. In an embodiment, the UE transmits UCI in the first UL symbol of the nearest valid UL resource.

[0049] [Example 1] There may be multiple CG occasions in a single CG configuration period. UCI can be transmitted on UCI resources (e.g., UL resources such as PUCCH resources or CG PUSCH resources) and is used to release unused or over-configured resources within the period. For example, the following resource collision cases may exist:

[0050] Case 1: In an embodiment, if a collision occurs between a UCI resource and a semi-statically configured resource, the UE can determine that the UCI resource is invalid (e.g., one or more invalid symbols) and cannot transmit UCI.

[0051] For example, the UE may determine a symbol designated as a downlink resource as an invalid resource (e.g., an invalid symbol), and the symbol designated as a downlink resource may be symbols indicated as downlink symbols by the parameters tdd-UL-DL-ConfigurationCommon or tdd-UL-DL-ConfigurationDedicated, Symbols designated as SS / PBCH block resources, or The reference cell may include at least one of a symbol configured to receive a PDCCH, a PDSCH, or a CSI-RS in a reference cell (e.g., a serving cell of the UE).

[0052] Case 2: In an embodiment, if a collision occurs between a resource carrying UCI and a downlink resource / channel of dynamic scheduling (e.g., a PDSCH or RS (Reference Signal)), the UE may determine an invalid resource (e.g., one or more symbols) as follows:

[0053] If a symbol in a configured UL resource has a time gap after a dynamically scheduled DL symbol (e.g., PDSCH), and the time gap is smaller than a predetermined time threshold (e.g., N_gap symbols, where N_gap is an integer), such a symbol can be determined as an invalid symbol. In an embodiment, the predetermined time threshold can be determined according to the UE processing capability (e.g., determining N_gap symbols (with a predetermined subcarrier spacing) for a normal XR UE device). In an embodiment, when the subcarrier spacing is 30 kHz, N_gap=2.

[0054] Do not transmit UCI on invalid symbols.

[0055] Case 3: The following paragraphs provide the UE's behavior when it is determined that the UCI resource is invalid.

[0056] In an embodiment, if a UCI resource is determined to be invalid, the UE may not cancel UCI transmission, and may transmit UCI in the first UL symbol of the nearest valid UL resource after the overlapping resource.

[0057] In an embodiment, the UCI is transmitted on a PUCCH or PUSCH resource.

[0058] For example, in an embodiment, the UE may first select a dedicated PUCCH resource to transmit UCI, and then, if the UE determines that the selected PUCCH resource is invalid, the UE may select the next dedicated PUCCH resource after the overlapping resource to use for UCI transmission.

[0059] As another example, in an embodiment, the UE may first select a PUSCH resource to transmit UCI, and then, if the UE determines that the selected PUSCH resource is invalid, the UE may select the next PUSCH resource after the overlapping resource (e.g., the next PUSCH occasion) to use for UCI transmission.

[0060] As another example, in an embodiment, the UE may first select a PUCCH resource to transmit UCI, and then, if the UE determines that the selected PUCCH resource is invalid, the UE may select the closest PUSCH resource (e.g., the closest PUSCH occasion) after the overlapping resource to use for UCI transmission.

[0061] In the examples, the condition that there are one or more redundant CG UL occasions; The condition that the DL resource is in place before or during one or more redundant CG UL occasions, or The time gap between the available UCI resources for transmitting UCI and the first CG UL occasion of one or more redundant CG UL occasions is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold (e.g., N*2 u slots, where N and u are integers), the UE transmits UCI.

[0062] In the embodiment, N*2 u includes processing time and UL scheduling delay. In an embodiment, N=(1,2,3,4), where u=0 if subcarrier spacing=15 kHz, u=1 if subcarrier spacing=30 kHz, u=2 if subcarrier spacing=60 kHz, u=3 if subcarrier spacing=120 kHz, etc. In an embodiment, the predetermined threshold is N2 milliseconds, where N2 is an integer.

[0063] In an embodiment, if the UCI resource is invalid, the UE may not send a UCI transmission.

[0064] In an embodiment, the UE can determine the first UL symbol of the nearest valid UL resource after the overlapping resource, where the first UL symbol has no or minimal collision with other UEs or UL transmissions.

[0065] Step 1: The UE can identify the valid UL symbol closest to the invalid UCI resource (ie, overlap resource).

[0066] Step 2: In an embodiment, the UE determines that the first UL symbol may be a UL symbol having a predetermined frequency resource and available only for UCI transmission (e.g., the first UL symbol is the first dedicated PUCCH symbol after the overlap resource), and can determine the first UL symbol among the valid UL symbols identified in step 1.

[0067] In an embodiment, the UE may determine that the first UL symbol may be an UL symbol having a predetermined frequency resource and available for UCI transmission (e.g., UCI may be multiplexed with data, and the first UL symbol may be the first symbol of a CG PUSCH occasion after the overlapping resource), and may determine the first UL symbol among the valid UL symbols identified in step 1.

[0068] In an embodiment, for a UE's bandwidth in a UL symbol, the resource may be a UE-specific resource, and the resource must not be occupied by another UL signal transmission.

[0069] In an embodiment, the UCI indicates the release of N CG occasions, where the N CG occasions do not include one or more CG occasions counted as invalid. In an embodiment, the UCI indicates the index of a CG UL occasion, and is to be released one or more occasions after the indicated CG occasion.

[0070] In an embodiment, the UCI indicates that a CG occasion is to be released regardless of whether the CG occasion is valid or invalid. In an embodiment, the UCI indicates that there are no released CG PUSCH occasions. In an embodiment, the UCI is composed of X bits (X is an integer), and X represents the number of unused CG PUSCH occasions. In this sense, if the number of CG PUSCH occasions in a period is 2, (X-1) +1~2 X Assume that:

[0071] Case 4: In an embodiment, the UE may determine that the UCI resource is valid based on the following rules:

[0072] If the UE is not provided with tdd-UL-DL-ConfigurationCommon, the UCI resource is valid if the occasion does not collide with the SS / PBCH block in the PUSCH slot, and the UCI resource is at least N symbols after the nearest SS / PBCH block. gap It starts with the symbol.

[0073] If the UE is provided with tdd-UL-DL-ConfigurationCommon, the UCI resource is valid if the occasion is within the duration of a UL symbol, and the UCI resource is at least N symbols after the nearest downlink symbol. gap symbols and at least N symbols after the nearest SS / PBCH block symbol gap It starts with the symbol.

[0074] [Example 2] Case 1: In an embodiment, if there are multiple CG occasions during a single CG configuration, the UE may determine one or more invalid symbols for CG PUSCH transmission as follows:

[0075] In an embodiment, the UE may determine one or more symbols designated as downlink resources as one or more invalid symbols, for example, Symbols designated as downlink by tdd-UL-DL-ConfigurationCommon or tdd-UL-DL-ConfigurationDedicated shall be considered invalid symbols, The symbols indicated as resources of the SS / PBCH block are considered invalid symbols, and / or Symbols configured to receive PDCCH, PDSCH or CSI-RS in the reference cell are considered invalid symbols.

[0076] In an embodiment, the time gap between a UL symbol and a previous DL symbol (e.g., an SSB symbol) may be less than N_gap symbols, where N_gap can be determined by UE processing capabilities (e.g., by determining N_gap symbols (with a predetermined subcarrier spacing) for a normal XR UE device).

[0077] Case 2: In an embodiment, for XR-specific scenarios, the signaling indicates that certain CG occasions are invalid. Some examples are provided below.

[0078] In some embodiments, the deactivation signaling indicates that multiple CG occasions during an activation period (e.g., a PDCCH monitoring period) are disabled. In some embodiments, the deactivation signaling reconfigures CG PUSCH occasions during the activation period. In some embodiments, the deactivation signaling may not be activated outside of a certain time period.

[0079] In an embodiment, a CG occasion may not be deactivated by deactivation signaling, but some or all of the CG resources may be considered invalid when the UE receives an UL grant, where the UL grant is configured to be used for scheduling resources.

[0080] In one embodiment, for a plurality of UEs, the UEs can receive common signaling indicating that the CG occasion is disabled. The common signaling is sent to the plurality of UEs, instructing each UE whether the CG occasion is disabled. In another embodiment, the common signaling reconfigures the CG PUSCH occasion for the plurality of UEs.

[0081] In an embodiment, the DCI may indicate that the corresponding symbol is an invalid symbol.

[0082] Case 3: In an embodiment, for a CG PUSCH in a period, if a dynamic SFI is not configured and UL data in a CG UL resource collides with a semi-static DL symbol, the UL data is not transmitted.

[0083] In an embodiment, for a CG PUSCH within a period, if a dynamic SFI is configured and received and UL data in the CG UL resource collides with a dynamic DL or flexible symbol, the UL data may not be transmitted. In an embodiment, if UL data in the CG UL resource collides with a dynamic DL and / or flexible symbol, the UE may feed back assistance information (e.g., resource request information requesting new resources) to the gNB.

[0084] In an embodiment, for a CG PUSCH in a period, if a dynamic SFI is not configured and received, and UL data in a CG UL resource collides with semi-static DL and / or flexible symbols, no UL data is transmitted.

[0085] FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a wireless terminal 50 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The wireless terminal 50 may be, but is not limited to, a user equipment (UE), a mobile phone, a laptop computer, a tablet computer, an e-reader, or a portable computer system. The wireless terminal 50 may include a processor 500 (e.g., a microprocessor or an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC)), a storage unit 510, and a communication unit 520. The storage unit 510 may be any data storage device that stores program code 512 that is accessed and executed by the processor 500. Examples of the storage unit 512 include, but are not limited to, a subscriber identity module (SIM), a read-only memory (ROM), a flash memory, a random-access memory (RAM), a hard disk, and an optical data storage device. The communication unit 520 may be a transceiver used to transmit and receive signals (e.g., messages or packets) according to the processing results of the processor 500. In an embodiment, the communication unit 520 transmits and receives signals via at least one antenna 522 shown in FIG.

[0086] In an embodiment, the storage unit 510 and the program code 512 may be omitted, and the processor 500 may include a storage unit having the program code stored therein.

[0087] Processor 500 may, for example, execute program code 512 to perform any of the steps in the exemplary embodiment at wireless terminal 50 .

[0088] The communication unit 520 may be a transceiver. Alternatively or additionally, the communication unit 520 may combine a transmitting unit and a receiving unit configured to correspondingly transmit signals to and receive signals from a radio network node (e.g., a base station).

[0089] 6 relates to a schematic diagram of a radio network node 60 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The radio network node 60 may be, but is not limited to, a satellite, a base station (BS), a network entity, a Mobility Management Entity (MME), a Serving Gateway (S-GW), a Packet Data Network (PDN) Gateway (P-GW), a radio access network (RAN) node, a next generation RAN (NG-RAN) node, a gNB, an eNB, a gNB central unit (gNB-CU), a gNB distributed unit (gNB-DU), a data network, a core network, or a Radio Network Controller (RNC). Furthermore, the radio network node 60 may include (or execute) at least one network function, such as, for example, an access and mobility management function (AMF), a session management function (SMF), a user plane function (UPF), a policy control function (PCF), or an application function (AF). The radio network node 60 may include a processor 600 (e.g., a microprocessor or an ASIC), a storage unit 610, and a communication unit 620. The storage unit 610 may be any data storage device that stores program code 612 that is accessed and executed by the processor 600. Examples of the storage unit 612 include, but are not limited to, a SIM, a ROM, a flash memory, a RAM, a hard disk, and an optical data storage device.The communication unit 620 may be a transceiver and is used to transmit and receive signals (e.g., messages or packets) according to the processing results of the processor 600. In an example, the communication unit 620 transmits and receives signals via at least one antenna 622 shown in FIG.

[0090] In some embodiments, the memory unit 610 and the program code 612 may be omitted. The processor 600 may include a memory unit having the program code stored therein.

[0091] The processor 600 may, for example, execute the program code 612 to perform any of the steps described in the exemplary embodiment in the radio network node 60 .

[0092] The communication unit 620 may be a transceiver. Alternatively or additionally, the communication unit 620 may combine a transmitting unit and a receiving unit configured to transmit signals to and receive signals from a wireless terminal (e.g., user equipment or another radio network node), respectively.

[0093] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is further provided a wireless communication method. In the embodiment, the wireless communication method can be performed by using a wireless communication terminal (e.g., UE). In the embodiment, the wireless communication terminal can be, but is not limited to, the wireless communication terminal 50.

[0094] Referring to FIG. 7, in an embodiment, a wireless communication method includes: determining, by a wireless communication terminal, that an uplink UL resource for transmitting uplink control information UCI is invalid; and, in response to determining that the UL resource is invalid, transmitting, by the wireless communication terminal, the UCI to a wireless communication node on the valid UL resource.

[0095] Details in this regard can be determined by referring to the preceding paragraphs, and will not be described here.

[0096] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is further provided another wireless communication method. In the embodiment, the wireless communication method can be performed by using a wireless communication terminal (e.g., UE). In the embodiment, the wireless communication terminal can be implemented by using, but is not limited to, the wireless communication terminal 50.

[0097] Referring to FIG. 8, in an embodiment, a wireless communication method includes: determining, by a wireless communication terminal, that an uplink UL resource for transmitting uplink data is invalid; and, in response to determining that the UL resource is invalid, avoiding, by the wireless communication terminal, transmitting uplink data to a wireless communication node on the uplink UL resource.

[0098] Details in this regard can be determined by referring to the preceding paragraphs, and will not be described here.

[0099] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, another wireless communication method is further provided. In the embodiment, the wireless communication method can be performed by using a wireless communication node (e.g., a gNB or a BS). In the embodiment, the wireless communication node can be implemented by using, but is not limited to, the wireless communication node 60.

[0100] Referring to FIG. 9 , in an embodiment, the wireless communication method includes, in response to the wireless communication terminal determining that an uplink UL resource for transmitting uplink control information UCI is invalid, receiving UCI from the wireless communication terminal by the wireless communication node on a valid UL resource.

[0101] Details in this regard can be determined by referring to the preceding paragraphs, and will not be described here.

[0102] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, another wireless communication method is further provided. In the embodiment, the wireless communication method can be performed by using a wireless communication node (e.g., a gNB or a BS). In the embodiment, the wireless communication node can be implemented by using, but is not limited to, the wireless communication node 60.

[0103] Referring to FIG. 10 , in an embodiment, the wireless communication method includes, in response to the wireless communication terminal determining that an uplink UL resource for transmitting uplink UL data is invalid, preventing the wireless communication node from receiving UL data from the wireless communication terminal on the UL resource.

[0104] Details in this regard can be determined by referring to the preceding paragraphs, and will not be described here.

[0105] While the above describes various exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, it should be understood that they are merely illustrative and not limiting. Similarly, the figures may depict exemplary architectures or configurations and are provided to enable those skilled in the art to understand exemplary features and functionality of the present disclosure. However, those skilled in the art will understand that the present disclosure is not limited to the exemplary architectures or configurations shown, but can be implemented using a variety of alternative architectures and configurations. Furthermore, as will be understood by those skilled in the art, one or more features of one embodiment can be combined with one or more features of another embodiment described herein. Thus, the breadth and scope of the present disclosure should not be limited by any of the exemplary embodiments described above.

[0106] It will also be understood that any reference herein to elements by designations such as "first," "second," etc., does not generally limit the number or order of those elements. Rather, these designations may be used herein as a convenient means of distinguishing between two or more elements or instances of an element. Thus, reference to a first element and a second element does not imply that only two elements may be employed, nor does it imply that the first element must necessarily precede the second element in any manner.

[0107] Those skilled in the art will also understand that information and signals may be represented by any of a variety of different technologies and techniques. For example, the data, instructions, commands, information, signals, bits, and symbols that may be referred to in the above description may be represented by voltages, currents, electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or particles, optical fields or particles, or any combination thereof.

[0108] Those skilled in the art will further appreciate that any of the various illustrative logical blocks, units, processors, devices, circuits, methods, and functions described in connection with the aspects disclosed herein may be implemented by electronic hardware (e.g., digital implementations, analog implementations, or a combination of both), firmware, various forms of programs including instructions, or design code (which for convenience may be referred to herein as "software" or "software units"), or any combination of these technologies.

[0109] To clearly illustrate this interchangeability of hardware, firmware, and software, the above description generally describes various exemplary components, blocks, units, circuits, and steps based on their functionality. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware, firmware, software, or a combination of these technologies depends on the particular application and design constraints imposed on the overall system. Those skilled in the art may implement the described functionality in various ways for each particular application, and such implementation decisions do not depart from the scope of the present disclosure. According to various embodiments, a processor, device, component, circuit, structure, equipment, unit, etc., can be configured to perform one or more functions described herein. The terms "configured to" or "configured for use with," as used herein with respect to a particular operation or function, refer to physical structure, programming, and / or a processor, device, component, circuit, structure, equipment, unit, etc., configured to perform the particular operation or function.

[0110] Those skilled in the art will also understand that the various illustrative logical blocks, units, devices, components, and circuits described herein may be implemented in or performed by an integrated circuit (IC), which may include a general-purpose processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field programmable gate array (FPGA), or other programmable logic device, or any combination thereof. The logical blocks, units, and circuits may include an antenna and / or a transceiver to communicate with various components within a network or device. A general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor, but alternatively, the processor may be any conventional processor, controller, or state machine. A processor may also be implemented as a combination of computing devices, such as a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, multiple microprocessors, one or more microprocessors coupled with a DSP core, or any other suitable configuration that performs the functions described herein. If implemented in software, the functions may be stored as one or more instructions or code on a computer-readable medium. Thus, the steps of a method or algorithm disclosed herein may be embodied as software stored on a computer-readable medium.

[0111] Computer-readable media includes computer storage media and communication media, including any medium that can transmit a computer program or code from one place to another. Storage media may be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer. By way of example, and not limitation, such computer-readable media may include RAM, ROM, EEPROM, CD-ROM or other optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium that can be used to store necessary program code in the form of instructions or data structures and that can be accessed by a computer.

[0112] In this document, the term "unit" as used herein refers to software, firmware, hardware, and any combination of these elements for performing the relevant functions described herein. Also, for purposes of discussion, each unit is described as a separate unit, however, it will be apparent to one skilled in the art that two or more units may be combined to form a single unit that performs the relevant functions according to embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0113] Additionally, memory or other storage and communication components may be employed in embodiments of the present disclosure. For clarity, it should be understood that the above description has already described embodiments of the present disclosure with reference to different functional units and processors. However, it should be clear that any suitable distribution of functionality between different functional units, processing logic elements, or domains may be used without detracting from the present disclosure. For example, functions shown to be performed by a single processing logic element or controller may be performed by the same processing logic element or controller. Thus, reference to specific functional units is merely a reference to suitable means for providing the described functionality, and is not intended to be indicative of a strict logical or physical structure or organization.

[0114] Various modifications to the embodiments described in this disclosure will be apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the scope of the claims. Thus, the present disclosure is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the novel features and principles disclosed herein, as set forth in the following claims.

Claims

1. determining by the wireless communication terminal that uplink UL resources for transmitting uplink control information UCI are invalid; In response to determining that the UL resource is invalid, transmitting the UCI by the wireless communication terminal to a wireless communication node on a valid UL resource. Wireless communication method.

2. The UL resources determined to be invalid include one or more symbols in configured UL resources, and the one or more symbols collide with one or more configured downlink DL resources in a DL configuration. The wireless communication method according to claim 1 .

3. The UL resource determined to be invalid is symbols in the configured UL resources indicated as downlink symbols; symbols in configured UL resources indicated as resources of the Synchronization Signal Physical Broadcast Channel SS / PBCH block, or symbols in configured UL resources configured to receive a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), or a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) in the reference cell; 3. The wireless communication method according to claim 1 or 2.

4. The UL resource determined to be invalid is at least one of the symbols in the configured UL resource having a time gap with the DL resource of the dynamic scheduling that is smaller than a predetermined time threshold; The wireless communication method according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

5. The wireless communication terminal transmits the UCI in a first UL symbol of the valid UL resource, and the valid UL resource is an available UL resource closest to the UL resource determined to be invalid. The wireless communication method according to any one of claims 1 to 4.

6. The UL resource determined to be invalid is a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource, and the UCI is transmitted in the first UL symbol in a PUCCH resource that is closest to the UL resource determined to be invalid; or The UL resource determined to be invalid is a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) resource, and the UCI is transmitted in the first UL symbol in a PUSCH resource that is closest to the UL resource determined to be invalid; or The UL resource determined to be invalid is a PUCCH resource, and the UCI is transmitted in the first UL symbol in a PUSCH resource closest to the UL resource determined to be invalid. The wireless communication method according to claim 5.

7. The wireless communication terminal the condition that there are one or more redundantly configured grant CG UL occasions; the condition that the DL resource is before or during one or more redundant CG UL occasions; or transmitting the UCI in response to at least one of the following conditions being satisfied: a time gap between a DL resource during one or more redundant CG UL occasions and the available UL resource for transmitting the UCI is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold; 7. The wireless communication method according to claim 5 or 6.

8. the first UL symbol of the available UL resource is a symbol used only for transmitting the UCI or a symbol for transmitting the UCI and UL data; The wireless communication method according to any one of claims 5 to 7.

9. the first UL symbol of the available UL resources is a dedicated PUCCH symbol used only to transmit the UCI or the first symbol of a PUSCH occasion operable to transmit both the UCI and UL data. The wireless communication method according to any one of claims 5 to 8.

10. The UCI indicates the release of a certain number of CG UL occasions. A wireless communication method according to any one of claims 1 to 9.

11. The UCI indicates an index of a CG UL occasion. A wireless communication method according to any one of claims 1 to 10.

12. The wireless communication terminal The parameter tdd-UL-DL-ConfigurationCommon is not provided to the wireless communication terminal, and there is no SS / PBCH block before the UCI resource in the PUSCH; The wireless communication terminal is not provided with a parameter tdd-UL-DL-ConfigurationCommon, and a gap between the UCI resource and the nearest SS / PBCH block before the UCI resource is greater than a predetermined threshold; the wireless communication terminal is provided with a parameter tdd-UL-DL-ConfigurationCommon, and the UCI resource is within one or more UL symbols; or The wireless communication terminal is provided with a parameter tdd-UL-DL-ConfigurationCommon, and a gap between the UCI resource and the nearest SS / PBCH block before the UCI resource and a gap between the UCI resource and the nearest DL symbol are both greater than a predetermined threshold; determining that the UCI resource is valid in response to the UCI resource satisfying at least one of the following: A wireless communication method according to any one of claims 1 to 11.

13. determining, by the wireless communication terminal, that uplink UL resources for transmitting uplink data are invalid; and in response to determining that the UL resource is invalid, preventing the wireless communication terminal from transmitting the uplink data to a wireless communication node on the uplink UL resource. Wireless communication method.

14. The UL resource determined to be invalid is one or more configured grant CG occasions that are indicated as invalid by a deactivation signal within the activation period; CG resources scheduled by UL grants; CG resources that have been indicated as invalid by common signaling, or CG resources indicated as invalid by the downlink control information DCI; The wireless communication method according to claim 13.

15. In response to determining that the UL resource for transmitting the uplink data is invalid, the wireless communication terminal transmits auxiliary information to the wireless communication node.

15. A wireless communication method according to claim 13 or 14.

16. In response to the UL resource colliding with a dynamic downlink DL symbol or a flexible symbol, the UL resource for transmitting the uplink data is determined to be valid or invalid.

16. The wireless communication method according to claim 15.

17. the auxiliary information includes resource request information requesting new UL resources.

17. A wireless communication method according to claim 15 or 16.

18. receiving, by the wireless communication node, the uplink control information UCI from the wireless communication terminal on the valid UL resource in response to the wireless communication terminal determining that the uplink UL resource for transmitting the UCI is invalid; Wireless communication method.

19. The UL resources determined to be invalid include one or more symbols in configured UL resources, and the one or more symbols collide with one or more configured downlink DL resources in a DL configuration.

20. The wireless communication method of claim 18.

20. The UL resource determined to be invalid is symbols in the configured UL resources indicated as downlink symbols; symbols in configured UL resources indicated as resources of the Synchronization Signal Physical Broadcast Channel SS / PBCH block, or symbols in configured UL resources configured to receive a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), or a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) in the reference cell; 20. A wireless communication method according to claim 18 or 19.

21. The UL resource determined to be invalid is at least one of the symbols in the configured UL resource having a time gap with the DL resource of the dynamic scheduling that is smaller than a predetermined time threshold; 21. A wireless communication method according to any one of claims 18 to 20.

22. The wireless communication terminal transmits the UCI in a first UL symbol of the valid UL resource, and the valid UL resource is an available UL resource closest to the UL resource determined to be invalid. A wireless communication method according to any one of claims 1 to 21.

23. The UL resource determined to be invalid is a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource, and the UCI is transmitted in the first UL symbol in a PUCCH resource that is closest to the UL resource determined to be invalid; or The UL resource determined to be invalid is a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) resource, and the UCI is transmitted in the first UL symbol in a PUSCH resource that is closest to the UL resource determined to be invalid; or The UL resource determined to be invalid is a PUCCH resource, and the UCI is transmitted in the first UL symbol in a PUSCH resource closest to the UL resource determined to be invalid.

23. The wireless communication method of claim 22.

24. The wireless communication terminal the condition that there are one or more redundantly configured grant CG UL occasions; the condition that the DL resource is before or during one or more redundant CG UL occasions; or transmitting the UCI in response to at least one of the following conditions being satisfied: a time gap between a DL resource during one or more redundant CG UL occasions and the available UL resource for transmitting the UCI is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold; 24. A wireless communication method according to claim 22 or 23.

25. the first UL symbol of the available UL resource is a symbol used only for transmitting the UCI or a symbol for transmitting the UCI and UL data; 25. A wireless communication method according to any one of claims 22 to 24.

26. the first UL symbol of the available UL resources is a dedicated PUCCH symbol used only to transmit the UCI or the first symbol of a PUSCH occasion operable to transmit both the UCI and UL data.

26. A wireless communication method according to any one of claims 22 to 25.

27. The UCI indicates the release of a certain number of CG UL occasions.

27. A wireless communication method according to any one of claims 18 to 26.

28. The UCI indicates an index of a CG UL occasion.

28. A wireless communication method according to any one of claims 18 to 27.

29. The wireless communication terminal The parameter tdd-UL-DL-ConfigurationCommon is not provided to the wireless communication terminal, and there is no SS / PBCH block before the UCI resource in the PUSCH; The wireless communication terminal is not provided with a parameter tdd-UL-DL-ConfigurationCommon, and a gap between the UCI resource and the nearest SS / PBCH block before the UCI resource is greater than a predetermined threshold; the wireless communication terminal is provided with a parameter tdd-UL-DL-ConfigurationCommon, and the UCI resource is within one or more UL symbols; or The wireless communication terminal is provided with a parameter tdd-UL-DL-ConfigurationCommon, and a gap between the UCI resource and the nearest SS / PBCH block before the UCI resource and a gap between the UCI resource and the nearest DL symbol are both greater than a predetermined threshold; The UL resource of the scheduling is determined to be invalid, and the UCI is in a valid UL resource; determining by the wireless communication node that uplink UL resources for transmitting uplink data are invalid; determining that an UL resource for scheduling is invalid, and transmitting the UCI by the wireless communication terminal to the wireless communication node on a valid UL resource; determining that the UCI resource is valid in response to the UCI resource satisfying at least one of the following:

29. A wireless communication method according to any one of claims 18 to 28.

30. in response to determining, by the wireless communication terminal, that an uplink UL resource for transmitting uplink UL data is invalid, avoiding, by the wireless communication node, receiving the UL data from the wireless communication terminal on the UL resource. Wireless communication method.

31. The UL resource determined to be invalid is one or more configured grant CG occasions that are indicated as invalid by a deactivation signal within the activation period; CG resources scheduled by UL grants; CG resources that have been indicated as invalid by common signaling, or CG resources indicated as invalid by the downlink control information DCI; 31. The wireless communication method of claim 30.

32. In response to determining that the UL resource for transmitting the uplink data is invalid, the wireless communication terminal transmits auxiliary information to the wireless communication node.

32. A wireless communication method according to claim 30 or 31.

33. In response to the UL resource colliding with a dynamic downlink DL symbol or a flexible symbol, the UL resource for transmitting the uplink data is determined to be valid or invalid.

33. The wireless communication method of claim 32.

34. the auxiliary information includes resource request information requesting new UL resources.

34. A wireless communication method according to claim 32 or 33.

35. A communication unit; a processor configured to determine that an uplink UL resource for transmitting uplink control information UCI is invalid, and in response to the UL resource being determined to be invalid, to transmit the UCI to a wireless communication node on a valid UL resource; Wireless communication terminal.

36. The processor is further configured to perform the wireless communication method of any one of claims 2 to 12.

36. The wireless communication terminal of claim 35.

37. A communication unit; a processor configured to determine an uplink UL resource for transmitting uplink data as invalid, and in response to the UL resource being determined as invalid, to avoid transmitting the uplink data to a wireless communication node on the uplink UL resource, Wireless communication terminal.

38. The processor is further configured to perform a wireless communication method according to any one of claims 14 to 17.

38. The wireless communication terminal of claim 37.

39. A communication unit; a processor configured to receive uplink control information UCI from the wireless communication terminal on valid UL resources in response to the wireless communication terminal determining that uplink UL resources for transmitting the UCI are invalid, Wireless communication node.

40. The processor is further configured to perform a wireless communication method according to any one of claims 19 to 29.

40. A wireless communication node according to claim 39.

41. A communication unit; a processor configured to, in response to determining by a wireless communication terminal that an uplink UL resource for transmitting uplink UL data is invalid, avoid receiving the UL data from the wireless communication terminal on the UL resource. Wireless communication node.

42. The processor is further configured to perform a wireless communication method according to any one of claims 31 to 34.

42. A wireless communication node according to claim 41.

43. a computer readable program medium including code stored thereon, said code, when executed by a processor, causing said processor to perform the wireless communication method of any one of claims 1 to 34; Computer program products.

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