Methods for configuring resources, methods for structuring resources, terminals, and network devices.

Abstract

A resource determination method, a resource configuration method, a terminal, and a network device. The resource determination method comprises: determining a sub-slot where first information is located; and determining, according to starting symbol information of and the number of symbols of a PUCCH resource corresponding to the first information, a resource location of the PUCCH resource in the sub-slot.

Description

Resource determination, resource configuration method, terminal and network device

[0001] Cross-reference to Related Applications

[0002] This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201911114661.6, filed on November 14, 2019 in China, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. TECHNICAL FIELD

[0003] The present disclosure relates to the field of communication technology, and in particular, to a resource determination method, a resource configuration method, a terminal and a network device. BACKGROUND

[0004] In related technologies, when a terminal such as a user equipment (UE) transmits information such as channel state information (CSI), the terminal can determine a slot for transmitting the CSI according to a period and an offset of the CSI, and determine a transmission position in the slot according to a starting symbol of a corresponding physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource, wherein the configuration of the PUCCH resource is at a slot level. However, if the UE is configured with a PUCCH resource based on a sub-slot, how to determine the transmission position of the UE is a problem to be solved.

[0005] SUMMARY

[0006] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a resource determination method, a resource configuration method, a terminal and a network device to solve the problem of how to determine the transmission position of a terminal when a PUCCH resource based on a sub-slot is configured.

[0007] To solve the above technical problem, embodiments of the present disclosure are implemented as follows:

[0008] In a first aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a resource determination method applied to a terminal, comprising:

[0009] determining a sub-slot in which first information is located;

[0010] determining a resource position of a PUCCH resource in the sub-slot according to starting symbol information and a number of symbols of the PUCCH resource corresponding to the first information.

[0011] In a second aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a resource configuration method applied to a network device, comprising:

[0012] sending sub-slot configuration information of the first information to a terminal;

[0013] The sub-slot configuration information indicates an offset of the sub-slot in which the first information is located in a slot in which the first information is located.

[0014] Alternatively, in a case where a period of the first information is greater than a symbol length of the sub-slot in which the first information is located and less than 1 slot, the sub-slot configuration information indicates an offset of the sub-slot in which the first information is located in the period of the first information.

[0015] In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a terminal, comprising:

[0016] A first determination module configured to determine a sub-slot in which first information is located.

[0017] A second determination module configured to determine, according to starting symbol information and a number of symbols of a PUCCH resource corresponding to the first information, a resource position of the PUCCH resource in the sub-slot.

[0018] In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a network device, comprising:

[0019] A sending module configured to send, to a terminal, sub-slot configuration information of first information.

[0020] The sub-slot configuration information indicates an offset of the sub-slot in which the first information is located in a slot in which the first information is located.

[0021] Alternatively, in a case where a period of the first information is greater than a symbol length of the sub-slot in which the first information is located and less than 1 slot, the sub-slot configuration information indicates an offset of the sub-slot in which the first information is located in the period of the first information.

[0022] In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication device, comprising a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the computer program is executed by the processor to implement steps of the above resource determination method, or implement steps of the above resource configuration method.

[0023] In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a computer readable storage medium, having a computer program stored thereon, wherein the computer program is executed by a processor to implement steps of the above resource determination method, or implement steps of the above resource configuration method.

[0024] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, for the first information such as SR or CSI, the sub-slot where the first information is located can be determined, and according to the starting symbol information and the number of symbols of the corresponding PUCCH resource, the resource position of the PUCCH resource in the sub-slot can be determined. Thus, when the terminal is configured with the sub-slot-based PUCCH resource, the determination of the transmission position can be realized, thereby improving the effectiveness of the communication system. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0025] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments of the present disclosure will be briefly introduced as follows. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present disclosure, and other drawings can also be obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor.

[0026] FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a resource determination method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0027] FIG. 2A is a time slot diagram of a transmission position according to an example 1 of the present disclosure;

[0028] FIG. 2B is a time slot diagram of a transmission position according to an example 1 of the present disclosure;

[0029] FIG. 2C is a time slot diagram of a transmission position according to an example 1 of the present disclosure;

[0030] FIG. 3 is a time slot diagram of a transmission position according to an example 2 of the present disclosure;

[0031] FIG. 4 is a time slot diagram of a transmission position according to an example 3 of the present disclosure;

[0032] FIG. 5 is a time slot diagram of a transmission position according to an example 4 of the present disclosure;

[0033] FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a resource configuration method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0034] FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0035] FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0036] FIG. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0037] FIG. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0038] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the following will briefly introduce the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present disclosure, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can also be obtained from these drawings without creative labor.

[0039] The wireless communication system in the embodiments of the present disclosure includes a terminal and a network device. The terminal can also be referred to as a terminal device or a user equipment (UE). The terminal can be a mobile phone, a tablet personal computer, a laptop computer, a personal digital assistant, a mobile internet device, a wearable device, or a vehicle-mounted device. It should be noted that the specific type of the terminal is not limited in the embodiments of the present disclosure. The network device can be a base station or a core network. The base station can be a base station of the fifth generation (5G) and later versions (for example, a next generation node base station (gNB), a 5G new radio (NR) base station (node base station, NB), etc.), or a base station in other communication systems (for example, an evolved node base station (eNB), a wireless local area network (WLAN) access point, or other access points, etc.). The base station can be referred to as a node B, an evolved node B, an access point, a base transceiver station, a radio base station, a radio transceiver, a basic service set, an extended service set, a node B, an evolved node B (eNB), a home node B, a home evolved node B, a WLAN access point, a wireless fidelity (WiFi) node, or some other appropriate term in the field, as long as the same technical effect is achieved, and is not limited to a specific technical term. th Generation,5G) and later versions (for example, a next generation node base station (gNB), a 5G new radio (NR) base station (node base station, NB), etc.), or a base station in other communication systems (for example, an evolved node base station (eNB), a wireless local area network (WLAN) access point, or other access points, etc.). The base station can be referred to as a node B, an evolved node B, an access point, a base transceiver station, a radio base station, a radio transceiver, a basic service set, an extended service set, a node B, an evolved node B (eNB), a home node B, a home evolved node B, a WLAN access point, a wireless fidelity (WiFi) node, or some other appropriate term in the field, as long as the same technical effect is achieved, and is not limited to a specific technical term.

[0040] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, 1 frame is equal to 10 ms, 1 frame is equal to 10 subframes, 1 subframe is equal to 2 μslots, where μ denotes the subcarrier spacing. Each slot can contain 14 Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols (normal Cyclic Prefix (CP)) or 12 OFDM symbols (extended CP).

[0041] For PUCCH resource configuration and transmission, the PUCCH symbol length is configurable. Different formats of PUCCH support different OFDM symbol lengths. Among them, PUCCH format 0 and format 2 are short formats, and the corresponding symbol number can be 1 or 2. PUCCH format 1, format 3 and format 4 are long formats, and the corresponding symbol number can be 4-14. But all PUCCH resources are usually configured in one slot, and the PUCCH resource time domain is configured by the starting symbol and the symbol number. The starting symbol index is the offset symbol number relative to the starting position of the first OFDM symbol of the slot. The UE can determine the time domain resource position of the PUCCH according to the PUCCH starting symbol and the symbol number.

[0042] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, one time slot (slot) can be divided into multiple sub-slots (sub-slot). PUCCH can be transmitted in each sub-slot. In an embodiment, the number of symbols included in each sub-slot can be configured by RRC, such as by configuring the parameter SubslotLength-ForPUCCH. For example, each sub-slot can include 2 or 7 symbols.

[0043] The embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0044] Please refer to FIG. 1, which is a flow chart of a resource determination method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure, the method is applied to a terminal. As shown in FIG. 1, the method includes the following steps:

[0045] Step 101: Determine the sub-slot where the first information is located.

[0046] In the embodiment, the sub-slot where the first information is located can represent the sub-slot where the transmission resource of the first information is located, or the sub-slot used for transmitting the first information.

[0047] Optionally, the first information can be a scheduling request (SR) or a CSI. The SR is one of uplink control information (UCI), and is mainly used for a terminal to request an uplink data transmission resource from a base station when the terminal has uplink data transmission and does not have an uplink data transmission resource. The transmission resource of the SR is configured by radio resource control (RRC) and is periodic. For example, the period of the SR can be 2 or 7 symbols (such as OFDM symbols), that is, less than 1 slot; or can be 1 or n (n is an integer greater than 1) slots. When the period of the SR is greater than 1 slot, the slot offset of the SR in the period is also configured by means of an offset when the RRC is configured. The period of the CSI is n slots, for example, the minimum is 4 slots. When the CSI is configured, the slot offset of the CSI in the period is configured. The base station configures a PUCCH resource for each SR or CSI.

[0048] Step 102: determining the resource position of the PUCCH resource in the sub-slot according to the starting symbol information and the number of symbols of the PUCCH resource corresponding to the first information.

[0049] It should be noted that the terminal in the embodiment is configured with a sub-slot-based PUCCH resource, that is, the configuration of the PUCCH resource is at the sub-slot level. For the CSI, the CSI is transmitted in each period, that is, the CSI is transmitted after the PUCCH resource position is determined (except for special cases such as UCI multiplexing or collision with other channels, and the CSI is discarded in the process). For the SR, only the SR PUCCH transmission opportunity is determined, and if the terminal wants to send the SR, that is, the positive SR is transmitted on the PUCCH, and the negative SR is not transmitted on the PUCCH.

[0050] Optionally, the starting symbol (such as an OFDM symbol) of the PUCCH resource can be defined with respect to the first symbol of the corresponding slot, or can be defined with respect to the first symbol of the corresponding sub-slot. The starting symbol information can be a starting symbol index (startingSymbolIndex), a starting symbol position, and the like.

[0051] In an implementation, the starting symbol index of the PUCCH resource can be an offset symbol number of a starting symbol (e.g., an OFDM symbol) of the PUCCH resource relative to a first symbol (e.g., an OFDM symbol) of a slot in which the PUCCH resource is located.

[0052] In another implementation, the starting symbol index of the PUCCH resource can be an offset symbol number of a starting symbol (e.g., an OFDM symbol) of the PUCCH resource relative to a first symbol (e.g., an OFDM symbol) of a sub-slot in which the PUCCH resource is located. It can be understood that the starting symbol index is smaller than a symbol length of the sub-slot.

[0053] The resource determination method of the embodiments of the present disclosure can determine a sub-slot in which the first information (e.g., SR or CSI) is located, and determine a resource position of the PUCCH resource in the sub-slot according to the starting symbol information and the symbol number of the PUCCH resource corresponding to the first information. In this way, the terminal can determine the transmission position when the PUCCH resource based on the sub-slot is configured, thereby improving the effectiveness of the communication system.

[0054] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the terminal can first receive configuration information of the first information from the network device before determining the sub-slot in which the first information is located, to determine the sub-slot according to the configuration information. In a specific implementation, for the first information, the slot in which the first information is located can be determined first, and then the sub-slot in which the first information is located can be determined, or the sub-slot in which the first information is located can be determined first, and then the slot in which the first information is located can be determined.

[0055] Optionally, when the first information is CSI, or the first information is SR and a period (i.e., a transmission period) of the SR is greater than 1 slot, the process of determining the sub-slot in step 101 can include: determining a slot in which the first information is located according to configuration information of the first information, wherein the configuration information indicates a period of the first information and an offset, the period is in units of slots, and the offset is in units of slots; and determining the sub-slot in which the first information is located according to any one of the following:

[0056] 1) a pre-agreed relationship between the sub-slot and the slot.

[0057] Optionally, the pre-agreement in 1) can be a protocol agreement.

[0058] In an implementation, the pre-agreed relationship in 1) can include any one of the following:

[0059] the sub-slot is a first sub-slot in the slot;

[0060] the sub-slot is a last sub-slot in the slot.

[0061] In this way, by means of the pre-agreement, i.e., the agreement that the first sub-slot or the last sub-slot, the terminal can determine the required sub-slot, thereby enhancing the transmission performance.

[0062] It can be understood that, in addition to the above-mentioned case, the pre-agreed relationship in 1) can also be other possible cases, such as pre-agreeing that the sub-slot is the one with the longest symbol length in the slot, and the present embodiment does not limit this.

[0063] 2) Start symbol information of the PUCCH resource.

[0064] Optionally, the start symbol information in 2) can be a start symbol index.

[0065] In an implementation manner, the start symbol index can be an offset symbol number relative to the first symbol of the corresponding slot. At this time, the sub-slot where the corresponding information is located can be determined based on the start symbol index and the number of symbols contained in the sub-slot. For example, if a slot contains 14 symbols, the slot is divided into 2 sub-slots, each sub-slot contains 7 symbols, and the start symbol index of the PUCCH resource corresponding to the CSI is 2, then the sub-slot where the CSI is located is the first sub-slot.

[0066] In an implementation manner, the start symbol index can be an offset symbol number relative to the first symbol of the corresponding sub-slot. At this time, the corresponding sub-slot can be determined based on a preset rule, for example, a value obtained by using a remainder formula l0 mod N; wherein l0 represents the start symbol index of the PUCCH resource, N represents the number of sub-slots included in a slot, mod represents the remainder symbol, and the preset rule is, for example, a corresponding relationship between the value obtained by taking the remainder and the sub-slot, such as 0 corresponding to the first sub-slot and 1 corresponding to the second sub-slot.

[0067] 3) A pre-configured offset of the sub-slot in the slot.

[0068] Optionally, the offset in 3) can be in units of sub-slots or in units of symbols. The offset can be used to indicate that the sub-slot is the first sub-slot in the corresponding slot, i.e., the sub-slot offset relative to the first sub-slot of the corresponding slot; or can be used to indicate the symbol offset of the start symbol of the sub-slot relative to the start symbol of the corresponding slot.

[0069] In an implementation manner, the terminal can receive, from the network device, sub-slot configuration information of the first information, and the sub-slot configuration information indicates an offset of the sub-slot where the first information is located in the slot where the first information is located.

[0070] Further, the sub-slot configuration information can be sent through a new RRC parameter. For example, for CSI configuration, the new RRC parameter can be CSI-ReportSub-slotOffset INTEGER (0…N-1), where N represents the number of sub-slots in a slot.

[0071] It should be noted that when the first information is CSI, or the first information is SR and the period (i.e., transmission period) of the SR is greater than 1 slot, and the starting symbol of the corresponding PUCCH resource is defined with respect to the first symbol of the slot in which the PUCCH resource is located, if the first information further includes hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback information, the starting symbol of the PUCCH resource corresponding to the HARQ-ACK feedback information is defined with respect to the first symbol of the sub-slot in which the PUCCH resource is located, i.e., the starting symbol index of the PUCCH resource can be: the offset symbol number of the starting symbol of the PUCCH resource with respect to the first symbol of the sub-slot in which the PUCCH resource is located.

[0072] Optionally, when the first information is SR and the period of the SR is 1 slot, the process of determining the sub-slot in step 101 can include:

[0073] According to any one of the following, the sub-slot in which the SR is located is determined in each slot:

[0074] 1) the pre-agreed relationship between the sub-slot and each slot.

[0075] Optionally, the pre-agreement in 1) can be a protocol agreement.

[0076] In an embodiment, the pre-agreed relationship in 1) can include any one of the following:

[0077] The sub-slot is the first sub-slot in each slot;

[0078] The sub-slot is the last sub-slot in each slot.

[0079] In this way, by means of the pre-agreement, i.e., the agreement that the sub-slot is the first sub-slot or the last sub-slot, the terminal can determine the required sub-slot, thereby enhancing the transmission performance.

[0080] It can be understood that, in addition to the above cases, the pre-agreed relationship in 1) can also be other possible cases, such as the pre-agreement that the sub-slot is the one with the longest symbol length in the slot, and the present embodiment does not limit this.

[0081] 2) starting symbol information of the PUCCH resource.

[0082] Optionally, the starting symbol information in 2) can be a starting symbol index.

[0083] In an embodiment, the starting symbol index can be an offset symbol number relative to the first symbol of the corresponding slot or sub-slot. In this case, the manner of determining the sub-slot can refer to the above description.

[0084] 3) a pre-configured offset of the sub-slot within each slot.

[0085] Optionally, the offset in 3) can be in units of sub-slot or in units of symbol. The offset can be used to indicate the sub-slot is the xth sub-slot within each slot, i.e., the sub-slot offset relative to the first sub-slot of the slot; or, can be used to indicate the starting symbol of the sub-slot relative to the starting symbol of the corresponding slot.

[0086] In an embodiment, the terminal can receive sub-slot configuration information of the first information from the network device, the sub-slot configuration information indicating the offset of the sub-slot where the first information is located within each slot.

[0087] Further, the sub-slot configuration information can be sent through a new RRC parameter. For example, for SR configuration, the new RRC parameter can be SR-ReportSub-slotOffset INTERGER (0…N-1), where N represents the number of sub-slots within a slot.

[0088] Optionally, when the first information is SR and the period of the SR is less than 1 slot (e.g., 2 symbols or 7 symbols), the process of determining the sub-slot in step 101 can include:

[0089] According to any one of the following, the sub-slot where the SR is located within each slot is determined:

[0090] 1) starting symbol information of the PUCCH resource.

[0091] Optionally, the starting symbol information in 1) can be a starting symbol index.

[0092] In an embodiment, the starting symbol index can be an offset symbol number relative to the first symbol of the corresponding slot. In this case, the sub-slot where the SR is located can be determined based on the following process: first, use the formula (l0 mod N) mod SR PERIODICITY= 0 determines a PUCCH transmission opportunity resource in a slot; wherein the PUCCH transmission opportunity resource can be multiple, l0 represents the starting symbol index (such as the starting symbol index of the PUCCH corresponding to the SR configured by RRC), and l represents the starting symbol index of the SR PUCCH transmission opportunity resource (the offset symbol number relative to the first symbol of the slot), such as 0, 1, …, 13, SR PERIODICITY represents the periodic symbol number of the SR; for the starting symbol position l (such as 2, etc.) satisfying the above formula, the SR PUCCH transmission opportunity resource position can be determined based on the starting symbol position l and the symbol number of the PUCCH; then, the sub-slot where the SR is located is determined according to the determined SR PUCCH transmission opportunity resource position and the configuration of the sub-slot. It should be noted that if a certain SR PUCCH transmission opportunity resource determined is across the sub-slot boundary, that is, the starting symbol of the PUCCH is in one sub-slot and the ending symbol is in another sub-slot, the PUCCH transmission opportunity resource is unavailable; or when the PUCCH transmission opportunity resource overlaps with other channels (such as HARQ-ACK PUCCH), the PUCCH transmission opportunity resource cannot cross the sub-slot boundary (the resource across the sub-slot boundary is unavailable), otherwise it can cross the sub-slot boundary (the resource across the sub-slot boundary is available).

[0093] In another implementation, the starting symbol index can be the offset symbol number relative to the first symbol of the corresponding sub-slot. At this time, if the period of the SR is less than or equal to the symbol length of the sub-slot where the SR is located, there is an SR PUCCH transmission opportunity in each sub-slot, which can be determined by the formula (l0mod N)mod SR PERIODICITY = 0 determines a PUCCH transmission opportunity resource in a slot; wherein the PUCCH transmission opportunity resource can be multiple, l0 represents the starting symbol index (such as the starting symbol index of the PUCCH corresponding to the SR configured by RRC), and l represents the starting symbol index of the SR PUCCH transmission opportunity resource (the offset symbol number relative to the first symbol of the slot), such as 0, 1, …, 13, SR PERIODICITY represents the periodic symbol number of the SR; for the starting symbol position l (such as 2, etc.) satisfying the above formula, the SR PUCCH transmission opportunity resource position can be determined based on the starting symbol position l and the symbol number of the PUCCH.

[0094] 2) In the case where the period of the SR (such as 7 symbols) is greater than the symbol length of the sub-slot (such as 2 symbols), the offset of the pre-configured sub-slot in the period of the SR.

[0095] Optionally, the offset in 2) can be in units of sub-slots or in units of symbols. The offset can be used to indicate the sub-slot in which the SR is located is the xth sub-slot in the corresponding SR period, i.e., the sub-slot offset relative to the first sub-slot in the SR period; or can be used to indicate the starting symbol of the sub-slot in which the SR is located relative to the starting symbol of the corresponding SR period.

[0096] In an implementation, the terminal can receive sub-slot configuration information of the first information from the network device, and the sub-slot configuration information indicates an offset of a sub-slot in which the SR is located in a period of the SR, in a case where the period of the SR is greater than a symbol length of the sub-slot in which the SR is located and less than 1 slot. At this time, based on the offset and the period of the SR, the sub-slot in which the SR is located can be determined.

[0097] Next, the resource determination process of the present disclosure is described in combination with specific examples and the accompanying drawings.

[0098] Example 1

[0099] In Example 1, taking CSI as an example, the configuration (CSI-ReportPeriodicityAndOffset) of the period and offset of the CSI is {slots 4, INTEGER(0..3) value 1}, i.e., the period of the CSI is 4 slots and the offset is 1 slot.

[0100] If the PUCCH resource corresponding to the CSI is configured with a PUCCH configuration (PUCCH-Config) of SubslotLength-ForPUCCH as 7, i.e., the number of symbols of the sub-slot is 7, and the starting symbol index (startingSymbolIndex) of the PUCCH resource is 2 and the number of symbols (nrofSymbols) is 4, wherein the starting symbol index is the offset symbol number relative to the first symbol of the slot in which the PUCCH resource is located, then according to the above configuration content, it can be determined that the slot in which the CSI is located is the 2nd slot in the period (4 slots), the sub-slot in which the CSI is located is the 1st sub-slot in the 2nd slot, and the resource position of the PUCCH resource corresponding to the CSI in the 1st sub-slot is from the 3rd symbol to the 6th symbol, as shown in FIG. 2A.

[0101] If the starting symbol index of the configured PUCCH resource is 8 and the number of symbols is 4, and other configurations are the same, according to the configuration content, the slot where the CSI is located is the 2nd slot in the period (4 slots), the sub-slot where the CSI is located is the 2nd sub-slot in the 2nd slot, and the resource position of the PUCCH resource corresponding to the CSI in the 2nd sub-slot is from the 3rd symbol to the 6th symbol, as shown in FIG. 2B.

[0102] Similarly, if the PUCCH resource of the HARQ-ACK at this time is configured with SubslotLength-ForPUCCH as 7 in the PUCCH-Config, the starting symbol index of the corresponding PUCCH resource is 2, and the number of symbols is 4, the starting symbol index is the offset symbol number (less than the length of the sub-slot) relative to the first symbol of the sub-slot where the PUCCH resource is located. Then, according to the PDSCH-to-HARQ_feedback timing indicator or the RRC parameter dl-DataToUL-ACK, the timing of the HARQ-ACK feedback of the physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), the sub-slot of the HARQ-ACK feedback can be determined, which can be the second sub-slot of the corresponding slot, and the resource position of the PUCCH in the sub-slot can be determined according to the starting symbol and the number of symbols of the PUCCH, as shown in FIG. 2C.

[0103] It should be noted that in this configuration, in one embodiment, although the starting symbol index of the CSI PUCCH (or SR PUCCH) is relative to the starting symbol of the corresponding slot, the starting symbol index can be greater than or equal to the length of the sub-slot, but the base station should ensure that the CSI PUCCH (or SR PUCCH) is located in only one sub-slot when configuring the CSI PUCCH (or SR PUCCH). In another embodiment, the starting symbol index of the CSI PUCCH (or SR PUCCH) is relative to the starting symbol of the corresponding slot, and the starting symbol index can be greater than or equal to the length of the sub-slot, and the base station can locate the CSI PUCCH (or SR PUCCH) in different sub-slots when configuring the CSI PUCCH (or SR PUCCH), i.e., across the sub-slot boundary. Or when the PUCCH resource does not conflict with other channels (such as HARQ-ACK PUCCH), the PUCCH can cross the sub-slot boundary, otherwise it cannot cross the sub-slot boundary.

[0104] Example 2

[0105] In Example 2, taking CSI as an example, the configuration (CSI-ReportPeriodicityAndOffset) about the period and offset of the CSI is {slots 4, INTEGER(0..3) with a value of 1}, that is, the period of the CSI is 4 slots and the offset is 1 slot.

[0106] If the PUCCH resource corresponding to the CSI is configured with a PUCCH configuration (PUCCH-Config) with SubslotLength-ForPUCCH as 7, that is, the number of symbols of a sub-slot is 7, and the starting symbol index (startingSymbolIndex) of the PUCCH resource is 2 and the number of symbols (nrofSymbols) is 4, where the starting symbol index is the offset symbol number relative to the first symbol of the sub-slot where the PUCCH resource is located, and the starting symbol index must be less than the symbol length (7) of the sub-slot, according to the above configuration, it can be determined that the slot where the CSI is located is the second slot in the period (4 slots), as shown in FIG. 3; and for the determination of the sub-slot, it can be determined according to a predetermined, for example, the required sub-slot is the first sub-slot in the slot, that the sub-slot where the CSI is located is the first sub-slot in the second slot, as shown in FIG. 3.

[0107] Example 3

[0108] In Example 3, taking CSI as an example, the configuration (CSI-ReportPeriodicityAndOffset) about the period and offset of the CSI is {slots 4, INTEGER(0..3) with a value of 1}, that is, the period of the CSI is 4 slots and the offset is 1 slot.

[0109] If the PUCCH configuration (PUCCH-Config) of the PUCCH resource corresponding to the CSI is configured with SubslotLength-ForPUCCH as 7, i.e., the number of symbols of a sub-slot is 7, and the starting symbol index (startingSymbolIndex) of the PUCCH resource is 1 and the number of symbols (nrofSymbols) is 4, wherein the starting symbol index is the offset symbol number relative to the first symbol of the sub-slot in which the PUCCH resource is located, the starting symbol index must be less than the symbol length (7) of the sub-slot, and in addition, the offset of the sub-slot within a slot is configured through RRC, for example, the CSI-ReportSub-slotOffset INTEGER (0…N-1) is included in the RRC configuration information, wherein N represents the number of sub-slots in a slot. For example, N = 2, and the value of CSI-ReportSub-slotOffset is 1, indicating the second sub-slot in a slot. According to the above configuration, it can be determined that the slot in which the CSI is located is the second slot in the period (4 slots), the sub-slot in which the CSI is located is the second sub-slot in the second slot, and the resource position of the PUCCH resource corresponding to the CSI in the second sub-slot is from the second symbol to the fifth symbol, as shown in FIG. 4.

[0110] It should be noted that the above examples 1 to 3 are described by taking the CSI as an example, but if the above CSI is replaced by SR (the period of the SR is greater than or equal to 1 slot), the above resource determination process is also applicable, and will not be described here.

[0111] Example 4

[0112] In example 4, the SR is taken as an example, and the period of the SR is less than 1 slot, for example, the period is 2 symbols or 7 symbols. If the configuration of the period and the offset of the SR is slot level, the starting symbol index of the PUCCH resource corresponding to the SR is the offset symbol number relative to the first symbol of the slot in which the PUCCH resource is located, then the starting symbol position l of the transmission opportunity resource of the SR PUCCH can be determined by the formula (l0 mod N) mod SR PERIODICITY = 0 in the related art, wherein l0 represents the starting symbol index, and SR PERIODICITY represents the period symbol number of the SR. At this time, the multiple SR PUCCH transmission opportunity resources in a slot are determined, and each SR PUCCH transmission opportunity resource should not cross the boundary of a sub-slot. If the PUCCH transmission opportunity resource crosses the boundary of a sub-slot (as shown in FIG. 5), the resource is not available.

[0113] Please refer to FIG. 6, which is a flow chart of a resource configuration method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure, the method is applied to a network device, as shown in FIG. 6, the method includes the following steps:

[0114] Step 601: sending, to a terminal, sub-slot configuration information of first information.

[0115] The sub-slot configuration information indicates an offset of a sub-slot where the first information is located in a slot where the first information is located.

[0116] Alternatively, in a case where a period of the first information is greater than a symbol length of a sub-slot where the first information is located and less than 1 slot, the sub-slot configuration information indicates an offset of the sub-slot where the first information is located in the period of the first information.

[0117] Optionally, the sub-slot configuration information is sent through a new RRC parameter.

[0118] In an implementation form, the new RRC parameter can be CSI-ReportSub-slotOffset INTERGER(0…N-1) or SR-ReportSub-slotOffset INTERGER(0…N-1), where N represents a number of sub-slots in a slot. For example, if N=2 and the value of CSI-ReportSub-slotOffset is 1, it indicates the second sub-slot in a slot.

[0119] Optionally, the offset is in units of sub-slots, or the offset is in units of symbols.

[0120] Optionally, the first information includes any of the following: SR, CSI.

[0121] In this way, by sending the above sub-slot configuration information to the terminal, the terminal can be assisted to determine a sub-slot where transmission information such as SR or CSI is located.

[0122] The above embodiments describe the resource determination and resource configuration method of the present disclosure, and the terminal and network device of the present disclosure will be described below in combination with embodiments and drawings.

[0123] Please refer to FIG. 7, which is a structural schematic diagram of a terminal provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in FIG. 7, the terminal 70 includes:

[0124] A first determination module 71 is configured to determine a sub-slot where first information is located.

[0125] The second determining module 72 is configured to determine a resource position of the PUCCH resource in the sub-slot according to starting symbol information and a symbol number of the PUCCH resource corresponding to the first information.

[0126] Optionally, the first determining module 71 includes:

[0127] The first determining unit is configured to determine a slot in which the first information is located according to configuration information of the first information, wherein the configuration information indicates a period and an offset of the first information, the period is in units of slots, and the offset is in units of slots.

[0128] The second determining unit is configured to determine a sub-slot in which the first information is located according to any one of the following:

[0129] A pre-agreed relationship between the sub-slot and the slot;

[0130] Starting symbol information of the PUCCH resource;

[0131] A pre-configured offset of the sub-slot in the slot.

[0132] Optionally, the pre-agreed relationship between the sub-slot and the slot includes any one of the following:

[0133] The sub-slot is a first sub-slot in the slot;

[0134] The sub-slot is a last sub-slot in the slot.

[0135] Optionally, the starting symbol information of the PUCCH resource includes a starting symbol index of the PUCCH resource.

[0136] Optionally, the starting symbol index of the PUCCH resource is an offset symbol number of a starting symbol of the PUCCH resource relative to a first symbol of a slot in which the PUCCH resource is located.

[0137] Alternatively, the starting symbol index of the PUCCH resource is an offset symbol number of a starting symbol of the PUCCH resource relative to a first symbol of a sub-slot in which the PUCCH resource is located.

[0138] Optionally, the first information includes any one of the following:

[0139] A scheduling request (SR) and channel state information (CSI);

[0140] When the first information is the SR, the period of the SR is greater than 1 slot.

[0141] Further, when the first information further comprises HARQ-ACK feedback information, a starting symbol of a PUCCH resource corresponding to the HARQ-ACK feedback information is defined relative to a first symbol of a sub-slot in which the PUCCH resource is located.

[0142] Optionally, when the first information is SR, and a period of the SR is 1 slot, the first determining module 71 is specifically configured to:

[0143] determine a sub-slot in which the SR is located in each slot according to any one of the following:

[0144] a pre-agreed relationship between the sub-slot and each slot;

[0145] starting symbol information of the PUCCH resource;

[0146] a pre-configured offset of the sub-slot in a period of the SR.

[0147] Optionally, when the first information is SR, and a period of the SR is less than 1 slot, the first determining module 71 is specifically configured to:

[0148] determine a sub-slot in which the SR is located in each slot according to any one of the following:

[0149] starting symbol information of the PUCCH resource;

[0150] a pre-configured offset of the sub-slot in a period of the SR, in a case where the period of the SR is greater than a symbol length of the sub-slot.

[0151] The terminal 70 of the embodiments of the present disclosure can implement each process implemented in the method embodiments shown in FIG. 1, and achieve the same beneficial effects. To avoid repetition, details are not described here.

[0152] Please refer to FIG. 7, which is a structural schematic diagram of a network device provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 8, the network device 80 comprises:

[0153] a sending module 81 configured to send sub-slot configuration information of first information to a terminal;

[0154] The sub-slot configuration information indicates an offset of a sub-slot in which the first information is located in a slot in which the first information is located.

[0155] Alternatively, in a case where a period of the first information is greater than a symbol length of a sub-slot in which the first information is located, and less than 1 slot, the sub-slot configuration information indicates an offset of the sub-slot in which the first information is located in the period of the first information.

[0156] Optionally, the sub-slot configuration information is sent through a new RRC parameter.

[0157] In an implementation, the new RRC parameter can be CSI-ReportSub-slotOffset INTERGER(0…N-1) or SR-ReportSub-slotOffset INTERGER(0…N-1), where N represents the number of sub-slots in a slot. For example, if N = 2, and the value of CSI-ReportSub-slotOffset is 1, it indicates the second sub-slot in a slot.

[0158] Optionally, the offset is in units of sub-slots, or the offset is in units of symbols.

[0159] Optionally, the first information includes any of the following: SR, CSI.

[0160] In this way, by sending the above sub-slot configuration information to the terminal, the terminal can be assisted to determine the sub-slot in which the transmission information such as SR or CSI is located.

[0161] The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a communication device, including a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the computer program, when executed by the processor, implements each process of the method embodiments of FIG. 1, or implements each process of the method embodiments of FIG. 6, and can achieve the same technical effects. To avoid repetition, details are not described here. The communication device can be a terminal or a network device.

[0162] Please refer to FIG. 9, which is a schematic diagram of the hardware structure of a terminal for implementing various embodiments of the present disclosure. The terminal 900 includes, but is not limited to, a radio frequency unit 901, a network module 902, an audio output unit 903, an input unit 904, a sensor 905, a display unit 906, a user input unit 907, an interface unit 908, a memory 909, a processor 910, and a power supply 911, etc. Those skilled in the art can understand that the terminal structure shown in FIG. 9 does not constitute a limitation on the terminal, and the terminal can include more or fewer components than shown, or combine certain components, or different component arrangements. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the terminal includes, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palm computer, a vehicle-mounted terminal, a wearable device, and a pedometer, etc.

[0163] The processor 910 is configured to determine a sub-slot in which first information is located, and determine a resource position of a PUCCH resource corresponding to the first information in the sub-slot according to starting symbol information and a symbol number of the PUCCH resource. The first information can be selected from an SR or CSI.

[0164] The terminal 900 in the embodiments of the present disclosure can implement each process in the method embodiments shown in FIG. 1, and achieve the same beneficial effects. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein.

[0165] It should be understood that, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the radio frequency unit 901 can be used for receiving and sending signals in the process of information transmission or conversation. Specifically, the radio frequency unit 901 receives downlink data from a base station and sends uplink data to the base station. Generally, the radio frequency unit 901 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, and the like. In addition, the radio frequency unit 901 can also communicate with a network and other devices through a wireless communication system.

[0166] The terminal provides wireless broadband Internet access for users through the network module 902, such as helping users to send and receive emails, browse web pages, and access streaming media.

[0167] The audio output unit 903 can convert audio data received by the radio frequency unit 901 or the network module 902 or stored in the memory 909 into an audio signal and output as a sound. Moreover, the audio output unit 903 can also provide audio output related to a specific function performed by the terminal 900 (for example, a call signal reception sound, a message reception sound, and the like). The audio output unit 903 includes a speaker, a buzzer, a receiver, and the like.

[0168] The input unit 904 is configured to receive audio or video signals. The input unit 904 can include a graphics processor (GPU) 9041 and a microphone 9042. The graphics processor 9041 processes image data of a still picture or a video obtained by an image capture device (such as a camera) in a video capture mode or an image capture mode. The processed image frame can be displayed on the display unit 906. The image frame processed by the graphics processor 9041 can be stored in the memory 909 (or other storage medium) or transmitted via the radio frequency unit 901 or the network module 902. The microphone 9042 can receive sound and can process such sound into audio data. The processed audio data can be converted into a format that can be transmitted to a mobile communication base station via the radio frequency unit 901 in the case of a telephone conversation mode.

[0169] The terminal 900 further includes at least one sensor 905, such as an optical sensor, a motion sensor, and other sensors. Specifically, the optical sensor includes an ambient light sensor and a proximity sensor, wherein the ambient light sensor can adjust the brightness of the display panel 9061 according to the brightness of ambient light, and the proximity sensor can turn off the display panel 9061 and / or the backlight when the terminal 900 is moved to the ear. As one of the motion sensors, the accelerometer sensor can detect the magnitude of acceleration in each direction (generally three axes), and when at rest, can detect the magnitude and direction of gravity, and can be used to identify the terminal posture (such as screen switching, related games, magnetometer posture calibration), vibration recognition related functions (such as pedometer, tapping), and the like. The sensor 905 can also include a fingerprint sensor, a pressure sensor, an iris sensor, a molecular sensor, a gyroscope, a barometer, a hygrometer, a thermometer, an infrared sensor, and the like, which will not be described here.

[0170] The display unit 906 is used to display information input by the user or information provided to the user. The display unit 906 can include a display panel 9061, which can be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display (LCD), an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), or the like.

[0171] The user input unit 907 can be used to receive input digital or character information, and to generate key signal inputs related to user settings and function control of the terminal. Specifically, the user input unit 907 includes a touch panel 9071 and other input devices 9072. The touch panel 9071, also known as a touch screen, can collect user touch operations (such as user operations using a finger, a stylus, or any suitable object or accessory on or near the touch panel 9071) on or near it. The touch panel 9071 can include two parts, a touch detection device and a touch controller. The touch detection device detects the user's touch position and detects the signals generated by the touch operation, and transmits the signals to the touch controller; the touch controller receives touch information from the touch detection device, and converts it into touch coordinates, and sends it to the processor 910, receives commands from the processor 910 and executes them. In addition, the touch panel 9071 can be implemented in various types such as resistive, capacitive, infrared, and surface acoustic wave. In addition to the touch panel 9071, the user input unit 907 can also include other input devices 9072. Specifically, the other input devices 9072 can include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (such as volume control buttons, on-off buttons, etc.), trackballs, mice, joysticks, and the like, which will not be described here.

[0172] Further, the touch panel 9071 can be overlaid on the display panel 9061, and when the touch panel 9071 detects a touch operation thereon or in the vicinity thereof, transmits the touch event to the processor 910 to determine the type of the touch event, and then the processor 910 provides corresponding visual output on the display panel 9061 according to the type of the touch event. Although in FIG. 9, the touch panel 9071 and the display panel 9061 are implemented as two independent components to realize the input and output functions of the terminal, in some embodiments, the touch panel 9071 and the display panel 9061 can be integrated to realize the input and output functions of the terminal, which is not limited here.

[0173] The interface unit 908 is an interface for connecting external devices with the terminal 900. For example, the external devices can include a wired or wireless headset port, an external power supply (or battery charger) port, a wired or wireless data port, a memory card port, a port for connecting a device having an identification module, an audio input / output (I / O) port, a video I / O port, a headphone port, and the like. The interface unit 908 can be used to receive input (e.g., data information, power, and the like) from external devices and transmit the received input to one or more elements within the terminal 900, or can be used to transmit data between the terminal 900 and external devices.

[0174] The memory 909 can be used to store software programs and various data. The memory 909 can mainly include a storage program area and a storage data area, wherein the storage program area can store operating systems, application programs (such as sound playing functions, image playing functions, and the like) required by at least one function, and the like; the storage data area can store data (such as audio data, phone books, and the like) created according to the use of the mobile phone, and the like. In addition, the memory 909 can include a high-speed random access memory, and can also include a non-volatile memory, such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, a flash memory device, or other volatile solid-state memory device.

[0175] The processor 910 is the control center of the terminal, connects all parts of the terminal through various interfaces and lines, executes various functions of the terminal and processes data by running or executing software programs and / or modules stored in the memory 909 and calling data stored in the memory 909, and thus monitors the terminal as a whole. The processor 910 can include one or more processing units; optionally, the processor 910 can integrate an application processor and a modem processor, wherein the application processor mainly processes operating systems, user interfaces, and application programs, and the modem processor mainly processes wireless communication. It can be understood that the above-mentioned modem processor can also not be integrated into the processor 910.

[0176] The terminal 900 can further include a power supply 911 (such as a battery) for supplying power to each component. Optionally, the power supply 911 can be logically connected with the processor 910 through a power management system, so that the power management system can realize functions such as management of charging, discharging, and power consumption management.

[0177] In addition, the terminal 900 can further include some unshown functional modules, which will not be described here.

[0178] Please refer to FIG. 10, which is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a network device for implementing various embodiments of the present disclosure. The network device 100 includes but is not limited to a bus 101, a transceiver 102, an antenna 103, a bus interface 104, a processor 105, and a memory 106.

[0179] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the network device 100 further includes a computer program stored on the memory 106 and executable on the processor 105, and the computer program is executed by the processor 105 to implement the following steps:

[0180] sending sub-slot configuration information of the first information to the terminal;

[0181] The sub-slot configuration information indicates an offset of the sub-slot where the first information is located in the time slot where the first information is located.

[0182] Alternatively, in the case that the period of the first information is greater than the symbol length of the sub-slot where the first information is located and less than 1 time slot, the sub-slot configuration information indicates an offset of the sub-slot where the first information is located in the period of the first information.

[0183] Optionally, the first information includes any one of the following: SR, CSI.

[0184] The transceiver 102 is configured to receive and send data under the control of the processor 105.

[0185] The network device 100 of the embodiments of the present disclosure can implement various processes implemented in the method embodiments shown in FIG. 6 above and achieve the same beneficial effects. To avoid repetition, details will not be described here.

[0186] In FIG. 10, a bus architecture (represented by bus 101) can include any number of interconnecting buses and bridges, the bus 101 linking together various circuits including one or more processors represented by processor 105, and memory represented by memory 106. The bus 101 can also link together various other circuits, such as peripheral devices, voltage regulators, and power management circuits, which are well known in the art, and therefore, will not be described any further. Bus interface 104 provides an interface between the bus 101 and transceiver 102. The transceiver 102 can be a single component, or multiple components such as a plurality of receivers and transmitters, providing a means for communicating with various other apparatus over a transmission medium. Data processed by the processor 105 is transmitted over a wireless medium via antenna 103, and further, the antenna 103 receives data and communicates the data to the processor 105.

[0187] The processor 105 is responsible for managing the bus 101 and general processing, and can also provide various functions including timing, peripheral interfaces, voltage regulation, power management, and other control functions. The memory 106 can be used for storing data used by the processor 105 in executing operational processes.

[0188] Optionally, the processor 105 can be a central processing unit (CPU), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field-programmable gate array (FPGA), or a complex programmable logic device (CPLD).

[0189] The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a computer readable storage medium, and the computer readable storage medium stores a computer program. The computer program is executed by a processor to implement each process of the method embodiments of FIG. 1, or to implement each process of the method embodiments of FIG. 6, and can achieve the same technical effects. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein. The computer readable storage medium, for example, is a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk, and the like.

[0190] It should be noted that, in the present document, the terms "comprising" or "comprises", "include" or "including" or any other variant thereof are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but can also include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element preceded by "comprises a" does not, without more constraints, foreclose the existence of additional identical elements in the process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.

[0191] In the embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed apparatus and method can be implemented in other manners. For example, the described apparatus embodiments are merely schematic. For example, the division of the units is only a logical function division. There can be another division manner for the actual implementation. For example, a plurality of units or components can be combined or integrated into another system, or some features can be ignored or not executed. In addition, the displayed or discussed mutual couplings or direct couplings or communication connections between the units can be indirect couplings or communication connections through some interfaces, devices, or units, and can be electrical, mechanical, or in other forms.

[0192] The units described as separate components can or can not be physically separate, and the components displayed as units can or can not be physical units, i.e., can be located in one place, or can be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purposes of the embodiments.

[0193] In addition, each functional unit in the various embodiments of the present disclosure can be integrated in one processing unit, or each unit can exist physically as a separate unit, or two or more units can be integrated in one unit.

[0194] From the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the above-mentioned embodiment methods can be implemented by means of software plus necessary general hardware platforms, of course, also can be implemented by hardware, but in many cases the former is a better embodiment. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions of the present disclosure can be embodied in the form of a software product in essence or in the part that contributes to the related art. The computer software product is stored in a storage medium (such as a ROM / RAM, magnetic disk, or optical disk) and includes a number of instructions for causing a terminal (which can be a mobile phone, computer, server, air conditioner, or network device, etc.) to execute the methods described in various embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0195] It can be understood that the embodiments described by the embodiments of the present disclosure can be implemented by hardware, software, firmware, middleware, microcode or a combination thereof. For hardware implementation, the modules, units, sub-units can be implemented in one or more application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), general purpose processors, controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors, other electronic units for performing the functions described in the present disclosure, or a combination thereof.

[0196] For software implementation, the technologies described in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be implemented by modules (for example, processes, functions, etc.) for performing the functions described in the embodiments of the present disclosure. The software code can be stored in a memory and executed by a processor. The memory can be implemented in the processor or outside the processor.

[0197] The embodiments of the present disclosure are described above in combination with the accompanying drawings, but the present disclosure is not limited to the specific embodiments described above, and the specific embodiments described above are only illustrative, not limiting, and those of ordinary skill in the art can make many forms under the inspiration of the present disclosure without departing from the purpose of the present disclosure and the scope protected by the claims.

Claims

1. The method of resource configuration, which applies to the terminal and which includes: the configuration of the sub-slot where the first information resides; and the configuration, which is based on the initial symbol information and the symbol number of the PUCCH resource, the physical uplink control slot corresponding to the first information, the resource position of the PUCCH resource in the sub-slot.

2. The method according to claim 1, which in configuring the sub-slot where the first information resides, includes: the configuration, which is based on the structuring information of the first information, the slot where the first information resides, in which the structuring information indicates the duration and offset of the first information, the duration measured in slots and the offset measured in slots; and the configuration of the sub-slot where the first information resides, which is based on one of the following: the predefined relationship between the sub-slot and the slot; the initial symbol information of the PUCCH resource, and the offset of the sub-slot pre-structured in the slot. 3.The method under Claim 2, in which the predefined relationship between a sub-slot and a slot is comprised of one of the following: the sub-slot being the first sub-slot of a slot; and the sub-slot being the last sub-slot of slot 4. The method under Claim 1 or 2, in which the PUCCH resource's starting symbol information is comprised of: the PUCCH resource's starting symbol index 5. The method under Claim 4, in which the PUCCH resource's starting symbol index is offset, by the number of symbols, of the PUCCH resource's starting symbol relative to the first symbol of the slot in which the PUCCH resource is located, or the PUCCH resource's starting symbol index is offset, by the number of symbols, of the PUCCH resource's starting symbol relative to the first symbol of the sub-slot in which the PUCCH resource is located 6. The method under any one of Claim 1 through 5, in which the first information is comprised of one of the following: the SR scheduling request and the CSI slot condition information, in which case, where the first information is an SR, the duration of the SR is longer than one slot 7.

8. The method under Claim 1, whereby the PUCCH resource corresponding to Information I is located in only one sub-slot; 9. The method under Claim 1, whereby the information I is an SR and the duration of the SR is one slot, the configuration of the sub-slot in which Information I is located includes: the configuration of the sub-slot in which the SR is located in each slot, which is based on one of the following: the defined weighting relationship between the sub-slot and each slot; the initial symbol information of the PUCCH resource; and the offset of the sub-slot pre-structured in each slot; 10. The method under Claim 1, whereby the information I is an SR and the duration of the SR is shorter than one slot, the configuration of the sub-slot in which Information I is located includes: the configuration of the sub-slot in which the SR is located in each slot, which is based on one of the following: the initial symbol information of the PUCCH resource; and, where the duration of the SR is longer than the symbol length of the sub-slot, the offset of the sub-slot pre-structured in the duration of the SR; 11.The method according to claim 6, whereby when the first information is incorporated with a hybrid automatic repetition requesting HARQ-ACK feedback information, the initial symbol index of the PUCCH resource corresponding to the HARQ-ACK feedback information is offset, in symbol number, of the initial symbol of the PUCCH resource relative to the first symbol of the sub-slot in which the PUCCH resource is located.

11. The resource structuring method, which applies to the network machine and which comprises: the transmission of the structuring information of the first information and the sub-slot structuring information of this to the terminal machine, whereby the structuring information indicates the duration and offset of the first information, the duration measured in slots and the offset measured in slots, and the sub-slot structuring information indicates the symbol number in the sub-slot in which the PUCCH resource corresponding to the first information is located in only one sub-slot.

12. The method according to claim 11, whereby the number of symbols in the sub-slot is 2 or 7.13.The method under Claim 11, in which sub-slot structuring information is transmitted by using the Radio Resource Control (RRC) parameter.

14. The method under any one of Claim 11 through 13, in which the information I comprises one of the following: SR scheduling request and CSI channel condition information.

15. The resource structuring method, which applies to the network machine and which comprises: transmission of the sub-slot structuring information of information I to the terminal machine, in which the sub-slot structuring information indicates the offset of the sub-slot to which information I resides in the slot to which information I resides; or in the case where the duration of information I is longer than the symbol length of the sub-slot to which information I resides and shorter than one slot, the sub-slot structuring information indicates the offset of the sub-slot to which information I resides in the duration of information I resides.

16. The method under Claim 15, in which sub-slot structuring information is transmitted by using the new Radio Resource Control (RRC) parameter.17.Method according to claim 15, in which the offset is measured in the sub-slot, or the offset is measured in the signal 18. Method according to one of claims 15 through 17, in which Information I comprises one of the following: SR scheduling request and CSI channel condition information 19. Terminal, in which comprises: Configuration Module I, which is structured to configure the sub-slot in which Information I resides; and Configuration Module II, which is structured to configure, based on the initial symbol information and symbol number of the PUCCH resource physical uplink control channel corresponding to Information I, the resource location of the PUCCH resource in sub-slot 20.A terminal under claim 19, in which the first configuration module contains: the first configuration unit, which is structured to configure, which is based on the structured information of the first information; the slot in which the first information resides, in which the structured information indicates the duration and offset of the first information; the duration measured in slots and the offset measured in slots; and the second configuration unit, which is structured to configure the sub-slot in which the first information resides, which is based on one of the following: the predefined relationship between the sub-slot and the PUCCH resource initial symbol information slot; and the predefined offset of the sub-slot in slot 21. A terminal under claim 19 or 20, in which the PUCCH resource initial symbol information contains: the PUCCH resource initial symbol index 22.A terminal pursuant to claim 21, where the initial symbol index of the PUCCH resource is offset, by the number of symbols, of the initial symbol of the PUCCH resource relative to the first symbol of the slot in which the PUCCH resource is located; or the initial symbol index of the PUCCH resource is offset, by the number of symbols, of the initial symbol of the PUCCH resource relative to the first symbol of the sub-slot in which the PUCCH resource is located.

23. A terminal pursuant to any of claims 19 through 22, where the first information comprises one of the following: SR, scheduling request, and CSI slot condition information, where in the case where the first information is an SR, the duration of the SR is longer than one slot.

24. A terminal pursuant to any of claims 19 through 23, in which the PUCCH resource corresponding to the first information is located in only one sub-slot. 25.A network machine comprising: a transmission module, structured to transmit the structured information of the first information and the sub-slot structured information of this to a terminal, in which the structured information indicates the duration and offset of the first information; the duration is measured in slots and the offset is measured in slots, and the sub-slot structured information indicates the number of symbols in the sub-slot, in which the PUCCH resource corresponding to the first information resides in only one sub-slot.

26. A network machine pursuant to claim 25, in which the number of symbols in the sub-slot is 2 or 7.

27. A network machine pursuant to claim 25, in which the sub-slot structured information is transmitted using the Radio Resource Control (RRC) parameters.

28. A network machine pursuant to any one of claims 25 through 27, in which the first information comprises one of the following: SR scheduling request and CSI channel condition information.29.The network machine, which includes: a transmission module, which is structured to transmit the sub-slot structured information of information one to the terminal, where the sub-slot structured information indicates the offset of the sub-slot to which information one is located in the slot to which information one is located; or where the duration of information one is longer than the symbol length of the sub-slot to which information one is located and shorter than one slot, the sub-slot structured information indicates the offset of the sub-slot to which information one is located in the duration of information one.

30. The communication machine, which includes memory, a processor, and computer programs stored in memory and executable on the processor, where, when the computer program is executed by the processor, the procedure of the resource allocation method according to any of Claims 1 through 10 is used, or the procedure of the resource structuring method according to any of Claims 11 through 14 is used, or the procedure of the resource structuring method according to any of Claims 15 through 18 is used.31.Computer-readable storage media, which stores computer programs, where, when the computer program is executed by the processor, the procedure of the resource configuration method according to any of Claims 1 through 10 is used, or the procedure of the resource structuring method according to any of Claims 11 through 14 is used, or the procedure of the resource structuring method according to any of Claims 15 through 18 is used;

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