Resource determination method and apparatus, and storage medium

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to the technical field of communications, and particularly relates to a resource determination method and apparatus, and a storage medium. The resource determination method comprises: receiving downlink control information sent by a network device; and determining a resource of a subband on the basis of the downlink control information. On the basis of the present disclosure, a network device can send downlink control information to a terminal, and the terminal can receive the downlink control information sent by the network device and determine a resource of a subband on the basis of the downlink control information. Since the downlink control information is dynamic signaling, the resource of the subband can be dynamically configured for the terminal on the basis of the downlink control information, such that it is convenient to configure, for the terminal as needed, the resource of the subband required for communication, thereby being conducive to ensuring a communication effect of the network device performing communication with the terminal on the basis of the subband.

Description

Resource determination method, device, and storage medium Technical Field

[0001] The present disclosure relates to the field of communication technology, and in particular to a resource determination method, a resource determination apparatus, a terminal, a network device, a communication device, and a storage medium. Background Art

[0002] To improve communication efficiency, full-duplex solutions have been explored. For example, network equipment can configure an uplink subband for a terminal within a downlink time-domain unit, allowing the network equipment to perform both uplink and downlink communications within that downlink time-domain unit. However, subbands may not be well suited to current application environments.

[0003] Summary of the Invention

[0004] The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a resource determination method, device, and storage medium to solve technical problems in related technologies.

[0005] According to a first aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a resource determination method is proposed, which is executed by a terminal. The method includes: receiving downlink control information sent by a network device; and determining subband resources according to the downlink control information.

[0006] According to a second aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a resource determination method is proposed, which is executed by a network device. The method includes: sending downlink control information to a terminal, wherein the downlink control information is used by the terminal to determine subband resources.

[0007] According to a third aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a resource determination device is proposed, comprising: a transceiver module configured to receive downlink control information sent by a network device; and a processing module configured to determine subband resources based on the downlink control information.

[0008] According to a fourth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a resource determination device is proposed, which is executed by a network device. The device includes: a transceiver module, configured to send downlink control information to a terminal, wherein the downlink control information is used by the terminal to determine the resources of the subband.

[0009] According to a fifth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a resource determination method is proposed, including: a network device sends downlink control information to a terminal; and the terminal determines subband resources according to the downlink control information.

[0010] According to the sixth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a terminal is proposed, comprising: one or more processors; a memory coupled to the one or more processors, wherein the memory stores executable instructions, and when the executable instructions are executed by the one or more processors, the terminal executes the resource determination method described in the first aspect.

[0011] According to the seventh aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a network device is proposed, comprising: one or more processors; a memory coupled to the one or more processors, wherein the memory stores executable instructions, and when the executable instructions are executed by the one or more processors, the network device executes the resource determination method described in the second aspect.

[0012] According to an eighth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication system is proposed, comprising a terminal and a network device, wherein the terminal is configured to implement the resource determination method described in the first aspect, and the network device is configured to implement the resource determination method described in the second aspect.

[0013] According to a ninth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a storage medium is proposed, wherein the storage medium stores instructions. When the instructions are executed on a communication device, the communication device executes the resource determination method as described in any one of the first and second aspects.

[0014] According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a network device can send downlink control information to a terminal, and the terminal can receive the downlink control information sent by the network device and determine subband resources based on the downlink control information. Because the downlink control information is dynamic signaling, subband resources can be dynamically configured for the terminal based on the downlink control information. This facilitates flexible allocation of subband resources required for communication to the terminal as needed, which helps ensure effective communication between the network device and the terminal based on the subband. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0015] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the following briefly introduces the drawings required for use in the description of the embodiments. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present disclosure. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without any creative work.

[0016] FIG1 is a schematic diagram showing the architecture of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0017] FIG2 is an interactive schematic diagram illustrating a resource determination method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0018] FIG3 is a schematic flowchart showing a resource determination method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0019] 4A and 4B are schematic diagrams showing application scenarios of a resource determination method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0020] FIG5 is a schematic flowchart showing a resource determination method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0021] FIG6 is a schematic block diagram showing a resource determination device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0022] FIG7 is a schematic block diagram showing a resource determination device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0023] FIG8 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0024] FIG9 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a chip proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0025] The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a resource determination method, device, and storage medium.

[0026] In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a resource determination method, which is executed by a terminal. The method includes: receiving downlink control information sent by a network device; and determining subband resources according to the downlink control information.

[0027] In the above embodiment, the network device can send downlink control information to the terminal, and the terminal can receive the downlink control information sent by the network device and determine subband resources based on the downlink control information. Because the downlink control information is dynamic signaling, subband resources can be dynamically configured for the terminal based on the downlink control information. This facilitates flexible allocation of subband resources required for communication to the terminal based on needs (for example, dynamically changing information such as service status and interference status), which helps to ensure the communication effect between the network device and the terminal based on the subband.

[0028] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the downlink control information includes at least one of the following: group common downlink control information; downlink control information dedicated to indicating resources of the subband.

[0029] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the group common downlink control information includes: DCI format 2_0.

[0030] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the downlink control information includes a first information field, and the first information field is used to indicate resources of the subband.

[0031] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the downlink control information includes group common downlink control information, and the group common downlink control information further includes at least one of the following information fields: a time slot format indication information field; a channel occupancy time indication information field; and a search space switching indication information field.

[0032] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the position of the first information field in the downlink control information is determined based on radio resource control signaling.

[0033] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect. In some embodiments, the resource determination method further includes: determining a set of configuration information of the subband resources according to radio resource control signaling; wherein determining the subband resources according to the downlink control information includes: determining the subband resources according to the configuration information corresponding to the downlink control information in the set.

[0034] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, determining the resources of the subband according to the downlink control information includes: determining the resources of the subband according to radio resource control signaling; and determining the time domain unit in which the subband exists according to the time slot format indication information field in the downlink control information.

[0035] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, determining the time domain unit where the subband exists according to the time slot format indication information field in the downlink control information includes at least one of the following:

[0036] The transmission direction corresponding to the first time domain unit indicated by the time slot structure information field is the same as the transmission direction corresponding to the sub-band, and determining that the sub-band exists on the first time domain unit;

[0037] The transmission direction corresponding to the first time domain unit indicated by the time slot structure information field is opposite to the transmission direction corresponding to the sub-band, and determining that the sub-band does not exist in the first time domain unit;

[0038] The first time domain unit indicated by the time slot structure information field is a flexible time domain unit, and determining that the subband exists on the first time domain unit;

[0039] The first time domain unit indicated by the time slot structure information field is a flexible time domain unit, and it is determined that the subband does not exist on the first time domain unit.

[0040] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the downlink control information satisfies at least one of the following: indicating radio network temporary identifier scrambling through a time slot format; and being in a type 3 common search space.

[0041] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the resources of the subband are resources within a first time window.

[0042] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first time window is determined according to at least one of the following: indication information of the network device; information in the downlink control information; and a detection period of the downlink control information.

[0043] In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a resource determination method, which is executed by a network device. The method includes: sending downlink control information to a terminal, wherein the downlink control information is used by the terminal to determine subband resources.

[0044] In the above embodiment, the network device can send downlink control information to the terminal, and the terminal can receive the downlink control information sent by the network device and determine subband resources based on the downlink control information. Because the downlink control information is dynamic signaling, subband resources can be dynamically configured for the terminal based on the downlink control information. This facilitates flexible allocation of subband resources required for communication to the terminal based on needs (for example, dynamically changing information such as service status and interference status), which helps to ensure the communication effect between the network device and the terminal based on the subband.

[0045] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the downlink control information includes at least one of the following: group common downlink control information; downlink control information dedicated to indicating resources of the subband.

[0046] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the group common downlink control information includes: DCI format 2_0.

[0047] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the downlink control information includes a first information field, where the first information field is used to indicate resources of the subband.

[0048] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the downlink control information includes group common downlink control information, and the group common downlink control information further includes at least one of the following information fields: a time slot format indication information field; a channel occupancy time indication information field; and a search space switching indication information field.

[0049] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the position of the first information field in the downlink control information is determined based on radio resource control signaling.

[0050] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect. In some embodiments, the resource determination method further includes: sending radio resource control signaling to the terminal, wherein the radio resource control signaling is used by the terminal to determine a set of configuration information of resources of the subband, and the downlink control information is used by the terminal to determine the configuration information of the resources of the subband in the set.

[0051] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect. In some embodiments, the resource determination method further includes: sending radio resource control signaling to the terminal, wherein the radio resource control signaling is used by the terminal to determine the resources of the subband, and the time slot format indication information field in the downlink control information is used by the terminal to determine the time domain unit where the subband exists.

[0052] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the time slot format indication information field in the downlink control information is used by the terminal to determine the time domain unit in which the subband exists, and includes at least one of the following:

[0053] The transmission direction corresponding to the first time domain unit indicated by the time slot structure information field is the same as the transmission direction corresponding to the subband, and the time slot structure information field is used by the terminal to determine whether the subband exists on the first time domain unit;

[0054] The transmission direction corresponding to the first time domain unit indicated by the time slot structure information field is opposite to the transmission direction corresponding to the sub-band, and the time slot structure information field is used by the terminal to determine that the sub-band does not exist in the first time domain unit;

[0055] The first time domain unit indicated by the time slot structure information field is a flexible time domain unit, and the time slot structure information field is used by the terminal to determine whether the subband exists in the first time domain unit;

[0056] The first time domain unit indicated by the time slot structure information field is a flexible time domain unit, and the time slot structure information field is used by the terminal to determine whether the subband does not exist in the first time domain unit.

[0057] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the downlink control information satisfies at least one of the following: indicating radio network temporary identifier scrambling through a time slot format; and being in a type 3 common search space.

[0058] In conjunction with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the resources of the subband are resources within a first time window.

[0059] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first time window is determined according to at least one of the following: indication information of the network device; information in the downlink control information; and a detection period of the downlink control information.

[0060] In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a resource determination device, which includes: a transceiver module configured to receive downlink control information sent by a network device; and a processing module configured to determine the resources of a subband based on the downlink control information.

[0061] In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a resource determination device, which includes: a transceiver module configured to send downlink control information to a terminal, wherein the downlink control information is used by the terminal to determine subband resources.

[0062] In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a resource determination method, including: a network device sends downlink control information to a terminal; and the terminal determines subband resources according to the downlink control information.

[0063] In the sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a terminal, comprising: one or more processors; a memory coupled to the one or more processors, the memory storing executable instructions, which, when executed by the one or more processors, enables the terminal to execute the resource determination method described in the first aspect and the optional embodiment of the first aspect.

[0064] In the seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a network device, comprising: one or more processors; a memory coupled to the one or more processors, the memory storing executable instructions, which, when executed by the one or more processors, enables the network device to execute the resource determination method described in the second aspect and the optional embodiment of the second aspect.

[0065] In the eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a communication system, which includes: a terminal and a network device; wherein the terminal is configured to execute the method described in the first aspect and the optional embodiment of the first aspect, and the network device is configured to execute the method described in the second aspect and the optional embodiment of the second aspect.

[0066] In the ninth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a storage medium, which stores instructions. When the instructions are executed on a communication device, the communication device executes the method described in the first aspect, the optional embodiment of the first aspect, the second aspect, and the optional embodiment of the second aspect.

[0067] In the tenth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a program product. When the program product is executed by a communication device, the communication device executes the method described in the first aspect, the optional embodiment of the first aspect, the second aspect, and the optional embodiment of the second aspect.

[0068] In the eleventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a computer program, which, when executed on a computer, enables the computer to execute the method described in the first aspect, the optional embodiment of the first aspect, the second aspect, and the optional embodiment of the second aspect.

[0069] It is understandable that the above-mentioned resource determination device, communication device, communication system, storage medium, program product, and computer program are all used to execute the method proposed in the embodiment of the present disclosure. Therefore, the beneficial effects that can be achieved can refer to the beneficial effects of the corresponding method and will not be repeated here.

[0070] The present disclosure provides resource determination methods, devices, and storage media. In some embodiments, the terms resource determination method, information processing method, and communication method are interchangeable; the terms resource determination device, information processing device, and communication device are interchangeable; and the terms information processing system and communication system are interchangeable.

[0071] The embodiments of the present disclosure are not exhaustive and are merely illustrative of some embodiments, and are not intended to be a specific limitation on the scope of protection of the present disclosure. In the absence of contradiction, each step in a certain embodiment can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the steps can be arbitrarily combined. For example, a solution after removing some steps in a certain embodiment can also be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the order of the steps in a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily exchanged. In addition, the optional implementation methods in a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily combined; in addition, the embodiments can be arbitrarily combined. For example, some or all steps of different embodiments can be arbitrarily combined, and a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily combined with the optional implementation methods of other embodiments.

[0072] In each embodiment of the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified or provided for by logic, the terms and / or descriptions between the embodiments are consistent and can be referenced by each other. The technical features in different embodiments can be combined to form a new embodiment based on their inherent logical relationships.

[0073] The terms used in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the present disclosure.

[0074] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified, elements expressed in the singular form, such as "a", "an", "the", "above", "said", "aforementioned", "this", etc., may mean "one and only one", or "one or more", "at least one", etc.

[0075] For example, when using articles such as “a”, “an”, and “the” in English in translation, the noun following the article can be understood as a singular expression or a plural expression.

[0076] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, “plurality” refers to two or more.

[0077] In some embodiments, the terms "at least one," "one or more," "a plurality of," "multiple," etc. may be used interchangeably.

[0078] In some embodiments, descriptions such as "at least one of A and B," "A and / or B," "A in one case, B in another case," or "in response to one case A, in response to another case B" may include the following technical solutions depending on the situation: in some embodiments, A (A is executed independently of B); in some embodiments, B (B is executed independently of A); in some embodiments, execution is selected from A and B (A and B are selectively executed); and in some embodiments, A and B (both A and B are executed). The above is also applicable when there are more branches such as A, B, and C.

[0079] In some embodiments, "A or B" and other descriptions may include the following technical solutions depending on the situation: in some embodiments, A (A is executed independently of B); in some embodiments, B (B is executed independently of A); in some embodiments, execution is selected from A and B (A and B are selectively executed). The above is also applicable when there are more branches such as A, B, C, etc.

[0080] The prefixes such as "first" and "second" in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only used to distinguish different description objects and do not constitute any restrictions on the position, order, priority, quantity or content of the description objects. For the statement of the description objects, please refer to the description in the context of the claims or embodiments, and no unnecessary restrictions should be constituted due to the use of prefixes.

[0081] For example, if the description object is "field," the ordinal number preceding "field" in "first field" and "second field" does not restrict the position or order of the "fields." "First" and "second" do not restrict whether the modified "fields" are in the same message, nor do they restrict the order of the "first field" and "second field." For another example, if the description object is "level," the ordinal number preceding "level" in "first level" and "second level" does not restrict the priority of the "levels." For another example, the number of description objects is not restricted by the ordinal number and can be one or more. For example, in the case of "first device," the number of "devices" can be one or more. Furthermore, the objects modified by different prefixes can be the same or different. For example, if the description object is "device," "first device" and "second device" can be the same or different devices, and their types can be the same or different. For another example, if the description object is "information," "first information" and "second information" can be the same or different information, and their content can be the same or different.

[0082] In some embodiments, “including A,” “comprising A,” “used to indicate A,” and “carrying A” can be interpreted as directly carrying A or indirectly indicating A.

[0083] In some embodiments, terms such as "in response to...", "in response to determining...", "in the case of...", "at the time of...", "when...", "if...", "if...", etc. can be used interchangeably.

[0084] In some embodiments, terms such as "greater than", "greater than or equal to", "not less than", "more than", "more than or equal to", "not less than", "higher than", "higher than or equal to", "not less than", and "above" can be replaced with each other, and terms such as "less than", "less than or equal to", "not greater than", "less than", "less than or equal to", "not more than", "lower than", "lower than or equal to", "not higher than", and "below" can be replaced with each other.

[0085] In some embodiments, devices, etc. can be interpreted as physical or virtual, and their names are not limited to the names recorded in the embodiments. Terms such as "device", "equipment", "device", "circuit", "network element", "node", "function", "unit", "section", "system", "network", "chip", "chip system", "entity", and "subject" can be used interchangeably.

[0086] In some embodiments, "network" can be interpreted as devices included in the network (eg, access network equipment, core network equipment, etc.).

[0087] In some embodiments, the terms "access network device (AN device)", "radio access network device (RAN device)", "base station (BS)", "radio base station" "fixed station", "node", "access point", "transmission point (TP)", "reception point (RP)", "transmission / reception point (TRP)", "panel", "antenna panel", "antenna array", "cell", "macro cell", "small cell", "femto cell", "pico cell", "sector", "cell group", "serving cell", "carrier", "component carrier", "bandwidth part (BWP)" and the like may be used interchangeably.

[0088] In some embodiments, the terms "terminal", "terminal device", "user equipment (UE)", "user terminal", "mobile station (MS)", "mobile terminal (MT)", subscriber station, mobile unit, subscriber unit, wireless unit, remote unit, mobile device, wireless device, wireless communication device, remote device, mobile subscriber station, access terminal, mobile terminal, wireless terminal, remote terminal, handset, user agent, mobile client, client, etc. can be used interchangeably.

[0089] In some embodiments, the access network device, the core network device, or the network device can be replaced by a terminal. For example, the various embodiments of the present disclosure can also be applied to a structure in which the communication between the access network device, the core network device, or the network device and the terminal is replaced by communication between multiple terminals (for example, device-to-device (D2D), vehicle-to-everything (V2X), etc.). In this case, it is also possible to set the structure in which the terminal has all or part of the functions of the access network device. In addition, terms such as "uplink" and "downlink" can also be replaced by terms corresponding to communication between terminals (for example, "side"). For example, uplink channels, downlink channels, etc. can be replaced by side channels, and uplinks, downlinks, etc. can be replaced by side links.

[0090] In some embodiments, the terminal may be replaced by an access network device, a core network device, or a network device. In this case, the access network device, the core network device, or the network device may have a structure that has all or part of the functions of the terminal.

[0091] In some embodiments, obtaining data, information, etc. may comply with the laws and regulations of the country where the data is obtained.

[0092] In some embodiments, data, information, etc. may be obtained with the user's consent.

[0093] In addition, each element, each row, or each column in the table of the embodiment of the present disclosure can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the combination of any elements, any rows, and any columns can also be implemented as an independent embodiment.

[0094] FIG1 is a schematic diagram showing the architecture of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0095] As shown in FIG1 , a communication system 100 includes a terminal 101 and a network device 102 , wherein the network device includes at least one of the following: an access network device and a core network device.

[0096] In some embodiments, the terminal 101 includes, for example, a mobile phone, a wearable device, an Internet of Things device, a car with communication function, a smart car, a tablet computer, a computer with wireless transceiver function, a virtual reality (VR) terminal device, an augmented reality (AR) terminal device, a wireless terminal device in industrial control, a wireless terminal device in self-driving, a wireless terminal device in remote medical surgery, a wireless terminal device in a smart grid, a wireless terminal device in transportation safety, a wireless terminal device in a smart city, and at least one of a wireless terminal device in a smart home, but is not limited thereto.

[0097] In some embodiments, the access network device is, for example, a node or device that accesses a terminal to a wireless network. The access network device may include an evolved NodeB (eNB), a next generation evolved NodeB (ng-eNB), a next generation NodeB (gNB), a node B (NB), a home node B (HNB), a home evolved nodeB (HeNB), a wireless backhaul device, a radio network controller (RNC), a base station controller (BSC), a base transceiver station (BTS), a base band unit (BBU), a mobile switching center, a base station in a 6G communication system, an open base station (Open RAN), a cloud base station (Cloud RAN), a base station in other communication systems, and at least one of an access node in a Wi-Fi system, but is not limited thereto.

[0098] In some embodiments, a core network device may be a device including one or more network elements, or may be multiple devices or device groups, each including all or part of the one or more network elements. The network element may be virtual or physical. The core network may include, for example, at least one of an Evolved Packet Core (EPC), a 5G Core Network (5GCN), and a Next Generation Core (NGC).

[0099] In some embodiments, the technical solution of the present disclosure can be applied to the Open RAN architecture. In this case, the interfaces between or within the access network devices involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be transformed into internal interfaces of the Open RAN, and the processes and information interactions between these internal interfaces can be implemented through software or programs.

[0100] In some embodiments, the access network device can be composed of a centralized unit (CU) and a distributed unit (DU), where the CU can also be called a control unit. The CU-DU structure can be used to split the protocol layer of the access network device, with the functions of some protocol layers centrally controlled by the CU, and the functions of the remaining part or all of the protocol layers distributed in the DU, which is centrally controlled by the CU, but is not limited to this.

[0101] It can be understood that the communication system described in the embodiment of the present disclosure is for the purpose of more clearly illustrating the technical solution of the embodiment of the present disclosure, and does not constitute a limitation on the technical solution proposed in the embodiment of the present disclosure. Ordinary technicians in this field can know that with the evolution of the system architecture and the emergence of new business scenarios, the technical solution proposed in the embodiment of the present disclosure is also applicable to similar technical problems.

[0102] The following embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied to the communication system 100 shown in FIG1 , or a portion thereof, but are not limited thereto. The entities shown in FIG1 are illustrative only. The communication system may include all or part of the entities shown in FIG1 , or may include other entities outside of FIG1 . The number and form of the entities are arbitrary, and the entities may be physical or virtual. The connection relationships between the entities are illustrative only. The entities may be connected or disconnected, and the connection may be in any manner, including direct or indirect, wired or wireless.

[0103] The embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied to Long Term Evolution (LTE), LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), LTE-Beyond (LTE-B), SUPER 3G, IMT-Advanced, 4th generation mobile communication system (4G), 5th generation mobile communication system (5G), 5G new radio (NR), future radio access (FRA), new radio access technology (RAT), new radio (NR), new radio access (NX), future generation radio access (FX), Global System for Mobile communications (GSM (registered trademark)), CDMA2000, Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.20, Ultra-WideBand (UWB), Bluetooth (registered trademark), Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) networks, Device-to-Device (D2D) systems, Machine-to-Machine (M2M) systems, Internet of Things (IoT) systems, Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X), systems utilizing other communication methods, and next-generation systems based on and extending these methods. Furthermore, multiple systems may be combined (for example, a combination of LTE or LTE-A with 5G).

[0104] FIG2 is an interactive schematic diagram illustrating a resource determination method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0105] As shown in FIG2 , the resource determination method may include the following steps:

[0106] In step S201, the network device sends first information to the terminal.

[0107] In some embodiments, the terminal receives first information.

[0108] In step S202, the terminal determines subband resources according to the first information.

[0109] In some embodiments, the sub-band includes at least one of the following: an uplink sub-band and a downlink sub-band.

[0110] In some embodiments, the resources of the sub-band include at least one of the following: uplink resources of the sub-band, downlink resources of the sub-band.

[0111] In some embodiments, the first information includes downlink control information.

[0112] In some embodiments, the downlink control information includes at least one of the following: group common downlink control information; downlink control information dedicated to indicating resources of the subband.

[0113] In some embodiments, the group common downlink control information includes:

[0114] DCI format 2_0.

[0115] In some embodiments, the downlink control information includes a first information field, and the first information field is used to indicate the resources of the subband.

[0116] In some embodiments, the downlink control information includes group common downlink control information, and the group common downlink control information further includes at least one of the following information fields:

[0117] Time slot format indication information field;

[0118] Channel occupancy time indication information field;

[0119] Search space switching indication information field.

[0120] In some embodiments, the position of the first information field in the downlink control information is determined based on radio resource control signaling / message.

[0121] In some embodiments, the terminal determines a set of configuration information of resources of the sub-band according to radio resource control signaling / message.

[0122] In some embodiments, the terminal determines the resources of the subband according to the configuration information corresponding to the downlink control information in the set.

[0123] In some embodiments, the terminal determines the resources of the sub-band according to radio resource control signaling / message; and determines the time domain unit where the sub-band exists according to the time slot format indication information field in the downlink control information.

[0124] In some embodiments, the terminal determines, according to the time slot format indication information field in the downlink control information, the time domain unit in which the subband exists, including at least one of the following:

[0125] The transmission direction corresponding to the first time domain unit indicated by the time slot structure information field is the same as the transmission direction corresponding to the subband, and the terminal determines that the subband exists on the first time domain unit;

[0126] The transmission direction corresponding to the first time domain unit indicated by the time slot structure information field is opposite to the transmission direction corresponding to the subband, and the terminal determines that the subband does not exist in the first time domain unit;

[0127] The first time domain unit indicated by the time slot structure information field is a flexible time domain unit, and the terminal determines that the subband exists on the first time domain unit;

[0128] The first time domain unit indicated by the time slot structure information field is a flexible time domain unit, and the terminal determines that the subband does not exist on the first time domain unit.

[0129] In some embodiments, the downlink control information satisfies at least one of the following: indicating radio network temporary identifier scrambling through a time slot format; and being in a type 3 common search space.

[0130] In some embodiments, the resources of the sub-band are resources within a first time window.

[0131] In some embodiments, the first time window is determined according to at least one of the following: indication information of the network device; information in the downlink control information; and a detection period of the downlink control information.

[0132] The communication method involved in the embodiment of the present disclosure may include at least one of step S201 to step S202. For example, step S201 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and step S202 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

[0133] In some embodiments, steps S201 and S202 may be performed in an interchangeable order or simultaneously.

[0134] In some embodiments, step S201 is optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0135] In some embodiments, step S202 is optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0136] In some embodiments, reference may be made to other optional implementations described before or after the description corresponding to FIG. 2 .

[0137] In a first aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a resource determination method. Figure 3 is a schematic flow chart illustrating a resource determination method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The resource determination method illustrated in this embodiment can be executed by a terminal.

[0138] As shown in FIG3 , the resource determination method may include the following steps:

[0139] In step S301, downlink control information (DCI) sent by a network device is received;

[0140] In step S302, subband resources are determined according to downlink control information.

[0141] It should be noted that the embodiment shown in FIG. 3 can be implemented independently or in combination with at least one other embodiment in the present disclosure. The specific selection can be made as needed and the present disclosure does not limit it.

[0142] According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a network device can send downlink control information to a terminal, and the terminal can receive the downlink control information sent by the network device and determine subband resources based on the downlink control information. Because the downlink control information is dynamic signaling, subband resources can be dynamically configured for the terminal based on the downlink control information. This facilitates flexible allocation of subband resources required for communication to the terminal based on dynamic information such as service status and interference status, thereby ensuring effective subband-based communication between the network device and the terminal.

[0143] In some embodiments, the subband may include at least one of the following: an uplink subband (UL subband) and a downlink subband (DL subband), wherein UL stands for Uplink and DL stands for Downlink.

[0144] In some embodiments, the resources of the sub-band may include at least one of the following: frequency domain resources of the sub-band, and time domain resources of the sub-band.

[0145] In some embodiments, the downlink control information includes at least one of the following:

[0146] Group common downlink control information (group common DCI);

[0147] Downlink control information dedicated to indicating subband resources.

[0148] In some embodiments, the group common downlink control information includes: DCI format 2_0.

[0149] For example, the network device may send group common downlink control information to each terminal in the terminal group in a broadcast or multicast manner, and each terminal in the terminal group may determine subband resources according to the group common downlink control information.

[0150] In some embodiments, the downlink control information satisfies at least one of the following:

[0151] Scrambling by Slot Format Indicator Radio Network Temporary Identifier (SFI-RNTI);

[0152] In the Type-3 SS (Search Space).

[0153] In which, when the downlink control information is downlink control information dedicated to indicating subband resources, the downlink control information dedicated to indicating subband resources can be scrambled by a radio network temporary identifier related to the subband. For example, the radio network temporary identifier can be a newly defined radio network temporary identifier, for example, it can be called a subband slot format indication radio network temporary identifier (Subband SFI-RNTI).

[0154] For example, the downlink control information dedicated to indicating the resources of the subband may be newly defined downlink control information. For example, the format of the downlink control information may be different from the format of legacy downlink control information.

[0155] In some embodiments, the downlink control information includes a first information field, and the first information field is used to indicate resources of a subband.

[0156] The downlink control information may include at least one information field (also referred to as a field), wherein a first information field may be used to indicate subband resources. The first information field may reuse a conventional information field (for example, one or more reserved bits in conventional information may be used as the first information field) or may be a newly defined information field, which is not limited in this disclosure.

[0157] In some embodiments, the downlink control information includes group common downlink control information, and the group common downlink control information further includes at least one of the following information fields:

[0158] Slot Format Indicator (SFI) information field;

[0159] Channel Occupancy Time Indication (COT indication) information field;

[0160] Search space switching indication information field.

[0161] For example, if the line control information includes DCI format 2_0, DCI format 2_0 may include a first information field, where the first information field may include at least one of the following:

[0162] An information field used to indicate subband time domain resources (e.g., Subband time indication);

[0163] An information field used to indicate subband frequency domain resources (e.g., Subband frequency indication);

[0164] On this basis, DCI format 2_0 may further include, for example, a time slot format indication information field, for example, a channel occupancy time indication information field, for example, a search space switching indication information field, for example, a time slot format indication information field and a channel occupancy time indication information field, for example, a time slot format indication information field and a search space switching indication information field, for example, a channel occupancy time indication information field and a search space switching indication information field, for example, a time slot format indication information field, a channel occupancy time indication information field and a search space switching indication information field.

[0165] The position of the first information field in the downlink control information can be located after the above three information fields, before the above three information fields, or between any two of the above three information fields, which is not limited by the present disclosure.

[0166] It should be noted that, in addition to including the first information field, the downlink control information may also include information fields not limited to the above three, and may also include other information fields, which is not limited in the present disclosure.

[0167] In some embodiments, the position of the first information field in the downlink control information is determined based on radio resource control (RRC) signaling. The terminal can determine the starting position of the first information field in the received downlink control information based on the RRC signaling to accurately determine the information indicated by the first information field.

[0168] The radio resource control signaling may also indicate the size of the first information field in the downlink control information (e.g., the number of bits occupied). In some embodiments, the starting position, size, and other information of the first information field in the downlink control information are not limited to those indicated by the radio resource control signaling, but may also be agreed upon by the protocol. In some embodiments, part of the above-mentioned starting position, size, and other information may be agreed upon by the protocol, and the other part may be indicated by the radio resource control signaling.

[0169] In some embodiments, the downlink control information may indicate to the terminal the resources of subbands in one or more carriers (a carrier may correspond to a cell, and thus may also be written as a cell here).

[0170] Take the example where the downlink control information includes multiple indication information, each of which is used to indicate subband resources on multiple carriers.

[0171] For example, the downlink control information includes indication information #1 and indication information #2, wherein indication information #1 is used to indicate subband resources on carrier #1, and indication information #2 is used to indicate subband resources on carrier #2.

[0172] In some embodiments, the resources of the sub-band are resources within the first time window.

[0173] In some embodiments, the first time window is determined according to at least one of the following:

[0174] Indicative information for network devices;

[0175] Information in downlink control information;

[0176] Detection period of downlink control information.

[0177] For example, the network device can indicate the sub-band resources within the first time window to the terminal through downlink control information. The terminal can communicate with the network device based on the sub-band resources within the first time window, and stop communicating with the network device based on the sub-band resources outside the first time window.

[0178] The first time window may be indicated by the network device through indication information, or may be indicated by the network device through information in the downlink control information, or may be determined based on a monitoring period of the downlink control information. For example, the monitoring period of the downlink control information may be related to a period of a search space in which the downlink control information is located (for example, equal to the period of the search space). The search space in the embodiments of the present disclosure may be a common search space (CSS) or a terminal-specific search space (USS), which is not limited in the present disclosure.

[0179] In some embodiments, the resource determination method further comprises: determining a set of configuration information of resources of a subband according to radio resource control signaling;

[0180] The determining of the sub-band resources according to the downlink control information includes: determining the sub-band resources according to configuration information corresponding to the downlink control information in the set.

[0181] In some embodiments, a network device may indicate a set of subband resource configuration information to a terminal via radio resource control signaling, wherein the set may be represented in the form of a list or other form, which is not limited by the present disclosure. Furthermore, the network device may indicate a piece of configuration information in the above set via downlink control information (e.g., an uplink grant (UL grant) information field or a downlink assignment (DL assignment) information field in the downlink control information) for the terminal to determine the subband resource.

[0182] Correspondingly, the terminal may first determine a set of configuration information of sub-band resources according to radio resource control signaling, then determine configuration information one by one in the set according to downlink control information, and determine the sub-band resources according to the configuration information.

[0183] For example, a subband includes an uplink subband. The network device configures uplink subband candidates (UL subband candidates) for the terminal through radio resource control signaling. The radio resource control signaling configures M uplink subband candidates for the terminal. Different uplink subband candidates have different resource configuration information. The length of the uplink subband indication (UL subband indication) carried in the downlink control information can be log2(M) bits. For example, Table 1 below shows the association between the uplink subband indication and the uplink subband configuration index.

[0184] Table 1

[0185] As shown in Table 1, when M = 2, the uplink subband indication occupies 2 bits, and can thus indicate four situations: 00, 01, 10, and 11. The uplink subband configuration index (UL subband configuration index) can correspond one-to-one with the configuration information in the set. The terminal can determine the corresponding uplink subband configuration index based on the downlink subband indication in the downlink control information, and further determine the corresponding configuration information based on the uplink subband configuration index, and then determine the uplink subband resources based on the configuration information.

[0186] In some embodiments, the configuration information of the set may include an empty configuration. When the configuration information determined by the terminal in the set according to the downlink control information is an empty configuration, the terminal may determine that no subband exists in the first time window.

[0187] It should be noted that the configuration information of the sub-band resources can be entirely included in the wireless resource control signaling, or partially included in the wireless resource control signaling and partially included in the downlink control information. For example, one of the time domain resource configuration information and the frequency domain resource configuration information is included in the wireless resource control signaling, and the other is included in the downlink control information. This disclosure does not limit this.

[0188] In some embodiments, determining subband resources according to downlink control information includes:

[0189] Determining subband resources according to radio resource control signaling;

[0190] The time domain unit where the subband exists is determined according to the time slot format indication information field in the downlink control information.

[0191] In some embodiments, the network device can, on the one hand, configure sub-band resources for the terminal through wireless resource control signaling, and on the other hand, indicate to the terminal the transmission direction corresponding to the time domain unit (for example, uplink, downlink, flexible) through the time slot format indication information field in the downlink control information. The terminal can determine the time domain unit where the sub-band of resources indicated in the wireless resource control signaling is located based on the time slot format indication information field.

[0192] In some embodiments, determining the time domain unit in which the subband exists according to the time slot format indication information field in the downlink control information includes at least one of the following:

[0193] The transmission direction corresponding to the first time domain unit indicated by the time slot structure information field is the same as the transmission direction corresponding to the subband, and it is determined that the subband exists on the first time domain unit;

[0194] The transmission direction corresponding to the first time domain unit indicated by the time slot structure information field is opposite to the transmission direction corresponding to the subband, and it is determined that the subband does not exist in the first time domain unit;

[0195] The first time domain unit indicated by the time slot structure information field is a flexible time domain unit, and it is determined that a subband exists on the first time domain unit;

[0196] The first time domain unit indicated by the time slot structure information field is a flexible time domain unit, and it is determined that no subband exists on the first time domain unit.

[0197] It should be noted that the logic for determining the time domain unit in which the subband exists according to the time slot format indication information field in the downlink control information is not limited to the above, and may also include, for example, at least one of the following:

[0198] The transmission direction corresponding to the first time domain unit indicated by the time slot structure information field is the same as the transmission direction corresponding to the subband, and it is determined that no subband exists on the first time domain unit;

[0199] The transmission direction corresponding to the first time domain unit indicated by the time slot structure information field is opposite to the transmission direction corresponding to the sub-band, and it is determined that the sub-band exists on the first time domain unit.

[0200] In some embodiments, the downlink control information may indicate to the terminal the subband resources in one or more carriers. For multiple carriers, the logic of determining the time domain unit in which the subband exists based on the time slot format indication information field in the downlink control information may be determined for each carrier.

[0201] For example, the terminal may determine, based on instructions from the network device, on which carrier or carriers to determine the time domain units containing subbands based on the time slot format indication information field in the downlink control information. Taking carrier #1 and carrier #2 as an example, based on instructions from the network device, the terminal may determine, based on instructions from the network device, that the time domain units containing subbands on carrier #1 are determined based on the time slot format indication information field in the downlink control information, while not determining the time domain units containing subbands on carrier #2 based on the time slot format indication information field in the downlink control information.

[0202] For example, based on the subband configuration on the carrier, the terminal can determine on which carrier or carriers the time domain units containing the subbands are determined based on the time slot format indication information field in the downlink control information. Taking carrier #1 and carrier #2 as an example, the terminal can first determine the subband configuration on carrier #1 and carrier #2. If it is determined that subbands are configured on carrier #1 and not on carrier #2, the terminal can determine on carrier #1 the time domain units containing the subbands based on the time slot format indication information field in the downlink control information, while not determining on carrier #2 the time domain units containing the subbands based on the time slot format indication information field in the downlink control information.

[0203] In some embodiments, the terminals in the embodiments of the present disclosure may be full-duplex capable terminals or half-duplex capable terminals, and the present disclosure is not limiting. The network device may configure sub-bands for one or more terminals in a time-division duplex (TDD) frequency band and perform full-duplex communication on the time domain units configured with the sub-bands.

[0204] For example, a network device may configure an uplink subband on a downlink time domain unit or a flexible time domain unit. The network device may then perform uplink communications in the uplink subband and perform downlink communications on frequency domain resources other than the uplink subband corresponding to the downlink time domain unit or the flexible time domain unit. The downlink time domain unit or the flexible time domain unit may be semi-static or determined based on the slot format indication information field in the downlink control information.

[0205] For example, a network device may configure an uplink subband under an uplink time domain unit or a flexible time domain unit. The network device may then perform downlink communications in the downlink subband and perform uplink communications on frequency domain resources other than the downlink subband corresponding to the uplink time domain unit or the flexible time domain unit. The uplink time domain unit or the flexible time domain unit may be semi-static or determined based on the time slot format indication information field in the downlink control information.

[0206] Among them, the semi-static uplink time domain unit, downlink time domain unit, and flexible time domain unit can be configured to the terminal by the network device through the time division duplex uplink and downlink common configuration (tdd-UL-DL-ConfigurationCommon), or through the time division duplex uplink and downlink common configuration and the time division duplex uplink and downlink dedicated configuration (tdd-UL-DL-ConfigurationDedicated). The time domain unit includes at least one of the following: frame, subframe, time slot (slot), symbol (symbol), wherein the symbol can be an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, orthogonal frequency division multiplexing) symbol.

[0207] 4A and 4B are schematic diagrams showing application scenarios of a resource determination method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0208] As shown in Figure 4A, taking the time domain unit including time slots as an example, the network device configures a semi-static time slot structure of DDFFU for the terminal for the five time slots slot#0 to slot#4, where D indicates that the transmission direction corresponding to the time slot is downlink, U indicates that the transmission direction corresponding to the time slot is uplink, and F indicates that the transmission direction corresponding to the time slot is flexible, that is, the transmission direction corresponding to slot#0 to slot#1 is downlink, the transmission direction corresponding to slot#2 to slot#3 is flexible, and the transmission direction corresponding to slot#4 is uplink.

[0209] Since the DDFFU time slot structure shown in Figure 4A is a semi-static time slot structure, the network device can dynamically adjust the time slot structure through the time slot format in the downlink control information. For example, as shown in Figure 4B, the network device indicates the transmission direction of slot#2 in the above five time slots as uplink and the transmission direction of slot#3 as downlink through the time slot format indication information field in the downlink control information.

[0210] The network device also indicates the subband resources through radio resource control signaling, including the uplink subband resources on the above slot#2 and slot#3 (time domain resources include the 3rd to 4th time slots, and frequency domain resources are not limited in this disclosure).

[0211] For example, determining a time domain unit in which a subband exists according to the time slot format indication information field in the downlink control information includes: the transmission direction corresponding to the first time domain unit indicated by the time slot structure information field is the same as the transmission direction corresponding to the subband, and determining that a subband exists on the first time domain unit; and the transmission direction corresponding to the first time domain unit indicated by the time slot structure information field is opposite to the transmission direction corresponding to the subband, and determining that no subband exists on the first time domain unit.

[0212] Since the transmission direction for the subband is uplink, and the slot structure indication information field indicates the transmission direction for slot #2 as uplink, which is the same as the transmission direction for the subband, it can be determined that uplink subband resources configured by radio resource control signaling exist in slot #2. However, the transmission direction for slot #3 is also downlink, which is opposite to the transmission direction for the subband, so it can be determined that uplink subband resources configured by radio resource control signaling do not exist in slot #3. The terminal is in slot #2 and can conduct uplink communication with the network device in the uplink subband.

[0213] Based on this, the network device only needs to configure the sub-band resources for the terminal in the wireless resource control signaling, and the terminal can determine which specific sub-band is configured on which time domain units based on the transmission direction of the sub-band and the transmission direction indicated by the time slot structure indication information field in the downlink control information. Accordingly, the network device does not need to indicate the sub-band resources for each time domain unit separately, which is conducive to saving the overhead of the network device to configure sub-band resources for the terminal.

[0214] In a second aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a resource determination method. Figure 5 is a schematic flow chart illustrating a resource determination method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The resource determination method illustrated in this embodiment can be executed by a network device.

[0215] As shown in FIG5 , the resource determination method may include the following steps:

[0216] In step S501, downlink control information is sent to a terminal, wherein the downlink control information is used by the terminal to determine subband resources.

[0217] According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a network device can send downlink control information to a terminal, and the terminal can receive the downlink control information sent by the network device and determine subband resources based on the downlink control information. Because the downlink control information is dynamic signaling, subband resources can be dynamically configured for the terminal based on the downlink control information. This facilitates flexible allocation of subband resources required for communication to the terminal based on dynamic information such as service status and interference status, thereby ensuring effective subband-based communication between the network device and the terminal.

[0218] In some embodiments, the subband may include at least one of the following: an uplink subband (UL subband) and a downlink subband (DL subband).

[0219] In some embodiments, the resources of the sub-band may include at least one of the following: frequency domain resources of the sub-band, and time domain resources of the sub-band.

[0220] In some embodiments, the downlink control information includes at least one of the following:

[0221] Group public downlink control information;

[0222] Downlink control information dedicated to indicating subband resources.

[0223] In some embodiments, the group common downlink control information includes: DCI format 2_0.

[0224] For example, the network device may send group common downlink control information to each terminal in the terminal group in a broadcast or multicast manner, and each terminal in the terminal group may determine subband resources according to the group common downlink control information.

[0225] In some embodiments, the downlink control information satisfies at least one of the following:

[0226] Scrambling via Slot Format Indicator Radio Network Temporary Identity (SFI-RNTI);

[0227] In the Type-3 common search space (Type-3SS).

[0228] In which, when the downlink control information is downlink control information dedicated to indicating subband resources, the downlink control information dedicated to indicating subband resources can be scrambled by a radio network temporary identifier related to the subband. For example, the radio network temporary identifier can be a newly defined radio network temporary identifier, for example, it can be called a subband slot format indication radio network temporary identifier (Subband SFI-RNTI).

[0229] For example, the downlink control information dedicated to indicating the resources of the subband may be newly defined downlink control information. For example, the format of the downlink control information may be different from the format of legacy downlink control information.

[0230] In some embodiments, the downlink control information includes a first information field, and the first information field is used to indicate resources of a subband.

[0231] The downlink control information may include at least one information field (also referred to as a field), wherein a first information field may be used to indicate subband resources. The first information field may reuse a conventional information field (for example, one or more reserved bits in conventional information may be used as the first information field) or may be a newly defined information field, which is not limited in this disclosure.

[0232] In some embodiments, the downlink control information includes group common downlink control information, and the group common downlink control information further includes at least one of the following information fields:

[0233] Slot Format Indicator (SFI) information field;

[0234] Channel Occupancy Time Indication (COT indication) information field;

[0235] Search space switching indication information field.

[0236] For example, if the line control information includes DCI format 2_0, DCI format 2_0 may include a first information field, where the first information field may include at least one of the following:

[0237] An information field used to indicate subband time domain resources (e.g., Subband time indication);

[0238] An information field used to indicate subband frequency domain resources (e.g., Subband frequency indication);

[0239] On this basis, DCI format 2_0 may further include, for example, a time slot format indication information field, for example, a channel occupancy time indication information field, for example, a search space switching indication information field, for example, a time slot format indication information field and a channel occupancy time indication information field, for example, a time slot format indication information field and a search space switching indication information field, for example, a channel occupancy time indication information field and a search space switching indication information field, for example, a time slot format indication information field, a channel occupancy time indication information field and a search space switching indication information field.

[0240] The position of the first information field in the downlink control information can be located after the above three information fields, before the above three information fields, or between any two of the above three information fields, which is not limited by the present disclosure.

[0241] It should be noted that, in addition to including the first information field, the downlink control information may also include information fields not limited to the above three, and may also include other information fields, which is not limited in the present disclosure.

[0242] In some embodiments, the position of the first information field in the downlink control information is determined based on radio resource control (RRC) signaling. The terminal can determine the starting position of the first information field in the received downlink control information based on the radio resource control signaling to accurately determine the information indicated by the first information field.

[0243] The radio resource control signaling may also indicate the size of the first information field in the downlink control information (e.g., the number of bits occupied). In some embodiments, the starting position, size, and other information of the first information field in the downlink control information are not limited to those indicated by the radio resource control signaling, but may also be agreed upon by the protocol. In some embodiments, part of the above-mentioned starting position, size, and other information may be agreed upon by the protocol, and the other part may be indicated by the radio resource control signaling.

[0244] In some embodiments, the downlink control information may indicate to the terminal the resources of subbands in one or more carriers (a carrier may correspond to a cell, and thus may also be written as a cell here).

[0245] Take the example where the downlink control information includes multiple indication information, each of which is used to indicate subband resources on multiple carriers.

[0246] For example, the downlink control information includes indication information #1 and indication information #2, wherein indication information #1 is used to indicate subband resources on carrier #1, and indication information #2 is used to indicate subband resources on carrier #2.

[0247] In some embodiments, the resources of the sub-band are resources within the first time window.

[0248] In some embodiments, the first time window is determined according to at least one of the following:

[0249] Indicative information for network devices;

[0250] Information in downlink control information;

[0251] Detection period of downlink control information.

[0252] For example, the network device can indicate the sub-band resources within the first time window to the terminal through downlink control information. The terminal can communicate with the network device based on the sub-band resources within the first time window, and stop communicating with the network device based on the sub-band resources outside the first time window.

[0253] The first time window may be indicated by the network device through indication information, or may be indicated by the network device through information in the downlink control information, or may be determined based on a monitoring period of the downlink control information. For example, the monitoring period of the downlink control information may be related to a period of the search space in which the downlink control information is located (e.g., equal to the period of the search space). The search space in the embodiments of the present disclosure may be a common search space (CSS) or a terminal-specific search space (USS), and the present disclosure is not limited thereto.

[0254] In some embodiments, the resource determination method further includes: sending wireless resource control signaling to the terminal, wherein the wireless resource control signaling is used by the terminal to determine a set of configuration information of subband resources, and the downlink control information is used by the terminal to determine the configuration information of subband resources in the set.

[0255] In some embodiments, a network device may indicate a set of subband resource configuration information to a terminal via radio resource control signaling, wherein the set may be represented in the form of a list or other form, which is not limited by the present disclosure. Furthermore, the network device may indicate a piece of configuration information in the above set via downlink control information (e.g., an uplink grant (UL grant) information field or a downlink assignment (DL assignment) information field in the downlink control information) for the terminal to determine the subband resource.

[0256] Correspondingly, the terminal may first determine a set of configuration information of sub-band resources according to radio resource control signaling, then determine configuration information one by one in the set according to downlink control information, and determine the sub-band resources according to the configuration information.

[0257] For example, a subband includes an uplink subband. The network device configures uplink subband candidates (UL subband candidates) for the terminal through radio resource control signaling. The radio resource control signaling configures M uplink subband candidates for the terminal. Different uplink subband candidates have different resource configuration information. The length of the uplink subband indication (UL subband indication) carried in the downlink control information can be log2(M) bits. For example, Table 1 above shows the association between the uplink subband indication and the uplink subband configuration index.

[0258] As shown in Table 1, when M = 2, the uplink subband indication occupies 2 bits, and can thus indicate four situations: 00, 01, 10, and 11. The uplink subband configuration index (UL subband configuration index) can correspond one-to-one with the configuration information in the set. The network device can indicate the corresponding uplink subband configuration index to the terminal through the downlink subband indication in the downlink control information. The terminal can then determine the corresponding configuration information based on the uplink subband configuration index and determine the uplink subband resources based on the configuration information.

[0259] In some embodiments, the configuration information of the set may include an empty configuration. When the configuration information determined by the terminal in the set according to the downlink control information is an empty configuration, the terminal may determine that no subband exists in the first time window.

[0260] It should be noted that the configuration information of the sub-band resources can be entirely included in the wireless resource control signaling, or partially included in the wireless resource control signaling and partially included in the downlink control information. For example, one of the time domain resource configuration information and the frequency domain resource configuration information is included in the wireless resource control signaling, and the other is included in the downlink control information. This disclosure does not limit this.

[0261] In some embodiments, the resource determination method further includes: sending wireless resource control signaling to the terminal, wherein the wireless resource control signaling is used by the terminal to determine the resources of the subband, and the time slot format indication information field in the downlink control information is used by the terminal to determine the time domain unit where the subband exists.

[0262] In some embodiments, the network device can, on the one hand, configure sub-band resources for the terminal through wireless resource control signaling, and on the other hand, indicate to the terminal the transmission direction corresponding to the time domain unit (for example, uplink, downlink, flexible) through the time slot format indication information field in the downlink control information. The terminal can determine the time domain unit where the sub-band of resources indicated in the wireless resource control signaling is located based on the time slot format indication information field.

[0263] In some embodiments, the time slot format indication information field in the downlink control information is used by the terminal to determine the time domain unit in which the subband exists, and includes at least one of the following:

[0264] The transmission direction corresponding to the first time domain unit indicated by the time slot structure information field is the same as the transmission direction corresponding to the subband, and the time slot structure information field is used by the terminal to determine whether the subband exists on the first time domain unit;

[0265] The transmission direction corresponding to the first time domain unit indicated by the time slot structure information field is opposite to the transmission direction corresponding to the subband, and the time slot structure information field is used by the terminal to determine that no subband exists on the first time domain unit;

[0266] The first time domain unit indicated by the time slot structure information field is a flexible time domain unit, and the time slot structure information field is used by the terminal to determine whether a subband exists in the first time domain unit;

[0267] The first time domain unit indicated by the time slot structure information field is a flexible time domain unit, and the time slot structure information field is used by the terminal to determine whether a subband does not exist on the first time domain unit.

[0268] It should be noted that the time slot format indication information field in the downlink control information is used by the terminal to determine the logic of the time domain unit in which the subband exists, and is not limited to the above types. For example, it may also include at least one of the following:

[0269] The transmission direction corresponding to the first time domain unit indicated by the time slot structure information field is the same as the transmission direction corresponding to the subband, and it is determined that no subband exists on the first time domain unit;

[0270] The transmission direction corresponding to the first time domain unit indicated by the time slot structure information field is opposite to the transmission direction corresponding to the sub-band, and it is determined that the sub-band exists on the first time domain unit.

[0271] In some embodiments, the downlink control information may indicate to the terminal the subband resources in one or more carriers. For multiple carriers, the logic of determining the time domain unit in which the subband exists based on the time slot format indication information field in the downlink control information may be determined for each carrier.

[0272] For example, the network device may instruct the terminal to determine on which carrier or carriers the subband time domain units are present based on the slot format indication information field in the downlink control information. Taking carrier #1 and carrier #2 as an example, the terminal, based on the network device's instruction, may determine on carrier #1 the subband time domain units are present based on the slot format indication information field in the downlink control information, while not determining on carrier #2 the subband time domain units are present based on the slot format indication information field in the downlink control information.

[0273] For example, based on the subband configuration on the carrier, the terminal can determine on which carrier or carriers the time domain units containing the subbands are determined based on the time slot format indication information field in the downlink control information. Taking carrier #1 and carrier #2 as an example, the terminal can first determine the subband configuration on carrier #1 and carrier #2. If it is determined that subbands are configured on carrier #1 and not on carrier #2, the terminal can determine on carrier #1 the time domain units containing the subbands based on the time slot format indication information field in the downlink control information, while not determining on carrier #2 the time domain units containing the subbands based on the time slot format indication information field in the downlink control information.

[0274] In some embodiments, the terminals in the embodiments of the present disclosure may be full-duplex capable terminals or half-duplex capable terminals, and the present disclosure is not limiting. The network device may configure sub-bands for one or more terminals in a time division duplex (TDD) frequency band and perform full-duplex communication on the time domain units configured with the sub-bands.

[0275] For example, a network device may configure an uplink subband on a downlink time domain unit or a flexible time domain unit. The network device may then perform uplink communications in the uplink subband and perform downlink communications on frequency domain resources other than the uplink subband corresponding to the downlink time domain unit or the flexible time domain unit. The downlink time domain unit or the flexible time domain unit may be semi-static or determined based on the slot format indication information field in the downlink control information.

[0276] For example, a network device may configure an uplink subband under an uplink time domain unit or a flexible time domain unit. The network device may then perform downlink communications in the downlink subband and perform uplink communications on frequency domain resources other than the downlink subband corresponding to the uplink time domain unit or the flexible time domain unit. The uplink time domain unit or the flexible time domain unit may be semi-static or determined based on the time slot format indication information field in the downlink control information.

[0277] Among them, the semi-static uplink time domain unit, downlink time domain unit, and flexible time domain unit can be configured to the terminal by the network device through the time division duplex uplink and downlink common configuration (tdd-UL-DL-ConfigurationCommon), or through the time division duplex uplink and downlink common configuration and time division duplex uplink and downlink dedicated configuration (tdd-UL-DL-ConfigurationDedicated). The time domain unit includes at least one of the following: frame, subframe, time slot (slot), symbol (symbol), where the symbol can be an OFDM symbol.

[0278] As shown in Figure 4A, taking the time domain unit including time slots as an example, the network device configures a semi-static time slot structure of DDFFU for the terminal for 5 time slots, wherein D indicates that the transmission direction corresponding to the time slot is downlink, U indicates that the transmission direction corresponding to the time slot is uplink, and F indicates that the transmission direction corresponding to the time slot is flexible, that is, the transmission direction corresponding to the 1st to 2nd time slots is downlink, the transmission direction corresponding to the 3rd to 4th time slots is flexible, and the transmission direction corresponding to the 5th time slot is uplink.

[0279] Since the DDFFU time slot structure shown in Figure 4A is a semi-static time slot structure, the network device can dynamically adjust the time slot structure through the time slot format in the downlink control information. For example, as shown in Figure 4B, the network device indicates the transmission direction of the third time slot of the above five time slots as uplink and the transmission direction of the fourth time slot as downlink through the time slot format indication information field in the downlink control information.

[0280] The network device also indicates the subband resources through radio resource control signaling, including the uplink subband resources on the above-mentioned 3rd and 4th time slots (time domain resources include the 3rd to 4th time slots, and frequency domain resources are not limited in this disclosure).

[0281] For example, determining a time domain unit in which a subband exists according to the time slot format indication information field in the downlink control information includes: the transmission direction corresponding to the first time domain unit indicated by the time slot structure information field is the same as the transmission direction corresponding to the subband, and determining that a subband exists on the first time domain unit; and the transmission direction corresponding to the first time domain unit indicated by the time slot structure information field is opposite to the transmission direction corresponding to the subband, and determining that no subband exists on the first time domain unit.

[0282] Since the transmission direction corresponding to the subband is uplink, and the slot structure indication information field indicates the transmission direction for the third time slot is also uplink, which is the same as the transmission direction corresponding to the subband, it can be determined that the uplink subband resources configured by the radio resource control signaling exist in the third time slot. However, the transmission direction indicated by the slot structure indication information field for the fourth time slot is also downlink, which is opposite to the transmission direction corresponding to the subband. Therefore, it can be determined that the uplink subband resources configured by the radio resource control signaling do not exist in the third time slot. In the third time slot, the terminal can conduct uplink communication with the network device in the uplink subband.

[0283] Based on this, the network device only needs to configure the sub-band resources for the terminal in the wireless resource control signaling, and the terminal can determine which specific sub-band is configured on which time domain units based on the transmission direction of the sub-band and the transmission direction indicated by the time slot structure indication information field in the downlink control information. Accordingly, the network device does not need to indicate the sub-band resources for each time domain unit separately, which is conducive to saving the overhead of the network device to configure sub-band resources for the terminal.

[0284] In some embodiments, the names of information, etc. are not limited to the names described in the embodiments, and terms such as "information", "message", "signal", "signaling", "report", "configuration", "indication", "instruction", "command", "channel", "parameter", "domain", "field", "symbol", "symbol", "codeword", "codebook", "codeword", "codepoint", "bit", "data", "program", and "chip" can be used interchangeably.

[0285] In some embodiments, terms such as "uplink", "uplink", "physical uplink" can be interchangeable with each other, and terms such as "downlink", "downlink", "physical downlink" can be interchangeable with each other, and terms such as "side", "sidelink", "side communication", "sidelink communication", "direct connection", "direct link", "direct communication", "direct link communication" can be interchangeable with each other.

[0286] In some embodiments, the terms "downlink control information (DCI)", "downlink (DL) assignment", "DL DCI", "uplink (UL) grant", "UL DCI" and the like may be used interchangeably.

[0287] In some embodiments, the terms "search space", "search space set", "search space configuration", "search space set configuration", "control resource set (CORESET)", "CORESET configuration" and the like may be used interchangeably.

[0288] In some embodiments, terms such as "moment", "time point", "time", and "time position" can be replaced with each other, and terms such as "duration", "period", "time window", "window", and "time" can be replaced with each other.

[0289] In some embodiments, the terms "component carrier (CC)", "cell", "frequency carrier", "carrier frequency" and the like can be used interchangeably.

[0290] In some embodiments, terms such as "frame", "radio frame", "subframe", "slot", "sub-slot", "mini-slot", "symbol", "symbol", and "transmission time interval (TTI)" can be used interchangeably.

[0291] In some embodiments, "obtain", "get", "get", "receive", "transmit", "bidirectional transmission", "send and / or receive" can be interchangeable, and can be interpreted as receiving from other entities, obtaining from protocols, obtaining from higher layers, obtaining by self-processing, autonomous implementation, etc.

[0292] In some embodiments, terms such as "send", "transmit", "report", "download", "transmit", "bidirectional transmission", "send and / or receive" can be used interchangeably.

[0293] Corresponding to the aforementioned embodiments of the resource determination method, the present disclosure also provides embodiments of a resource determination device.

[0294] FIG6 is a schematic block diagram of a resource determination device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG6 , the resource determination device includes a transceiver module 601 and a processing module 602 .

[0295] In some embodiments, the transceiver module is configured to receive downlink control information sent by the network device; and the processing module is configured to determine subband resources according to the downlink control information.

[0296] In some embodiments, the downlink control information includes at least one of the following: group common downlink control information; downlink control information dedicated to indicating resources of the subband.

[0297] In some embodiments, the group common downlink control information includes: DCI format 2_0.

[0298] In some embodiments, the downlink control information includes a first information field, and the first information field is used to indicate the resources of the subband.

[0299] In some embodiments, the downlink control information includes group common downlink control information, and the group common downlink control information further includes at least one of the following information fields: a time slot format indication information field; a channel occupancy time indication information field; and a search space switching indication information field.

[0300] In some embodiments, the position of the first information field in the downlink control information is determined based on radio resource control signaling.

[0301] In some embodiments, the processing module is further configured to determine a set of configuration information of the sub-band resources based on wireless resource control signaling; and is configured to determine the sub-band resources based on the configuration information corresponding to the downlink control information in the set.

[0302] In some embodiments, the processing module is configured to determine the resources of the sub-band according to radio resource control signaling; and determine the time domain unit where the sub-band exists according to the time slot format indication information field in the downlink control information.

[0303] In some embodiments, determining the time domain unit in which the subband exists according to the time slot format indication information field in the downlink control information includes at least one of the following:

[0304] The transmission direction corresponding to the first time domain unit indicated by the time slot structure information field is the same as the transmission direction corresponding to the sub-band, and determining that the sub-band exists on the first time domain unit;

[0305] The transmission direction corresponding to the first time domain unit indicated by the time slot structure information field is opposite to the transmission direction corresponding to the sub-band, and determining that the sub-band does not exist in the first time domain unit;

[0306] The first time domain unit indicated by the time slot structure information field is a flexible time domain unit, and determining that the subband exists on the first time domain unit;

[0307] The first time domain unit indicated by the time slot structure information field is a flexible time domain unit, and it is determined that the subband does not exist on the first time domain unit.

[0308] In some embodiments, the downlink control information satisfies at least one of the following: indicating radio network temporary identifier scrambling through a time slot format; and being in a type 3 common search space.

[0309] In some embodiments, the resources of the sub-band are resources within a first time window.

[0310] In some embodiments, the first time window is determined according to at least one of the following: indication information of the network device; information in the downlink control information; and a detection period of the downlink control information.

[0311] It should be noted that the resource determination device shown in FIG6 is not limited to including the above-mentioned transceiver module and processing module, and may also include other modules, such as a storage module, a display module, etc., and this disclosure does not limit this.

[0312] FIG7 is a schematic block diagram of a resource determination device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG7 , the resource determination device includes a transceiver module 701 .

[0313] In some embodiments, the transceiver module is configured to send downlink control information to the terminal, wherein the downlink control information is used by the terminal to determine subband resources.

[0314] In some embodiments, the downlink control information includes at least one of the following: group common downlink control information; downlink control information dedicated to indicating resources of the subband.

[0315] In some embodiments, the group common downlink control information includes: DCI format 2_0.

[0316] In some embodiments, the downlink control information includes a first information field, and the first information field is used to indicate the resources of the subband.

[0317] In some embodiments, the downlink control information includes group common downlink control information, and the group common downlink control information further includes at least one of the following information fields: a time slot format indication information field; a channel occupancy time indication information field; and a search space switching indication information field.

[0318] In some embodiments, the position of the first information field in the downlink control information is determined based on radio resource control signaling.

[0319] In some embodiments, the transceiver module is further configured to send wireless resource control signaling to the terminal, wherein the wireless resource control signaling is used by the terminal to determine a set of configuration information of the resources of the subband, and the downlink control information is used by the terminal to determine the configuration information of the resources of the subband in the set.

[0320] In some embodiments, the transceiver module is further configured to send wireless resource control signaling to the terminal, wherein the wireless resource control signaling is used by the terminal to determine the resources of the subband, and the time slot format indication information field in the downlink control information is used by the terminal to determine the time domain unit where the subband exists.

[0321] In some embodiments, the time slot format indication information field in the downlink control information is used by the terminal to determine the time domain unit in which the subband exists, and includes at least one of the following:

[0322] The transmission direction corresponding to the first time domain unit indicated by the time slot structure information field is the same as the transmission direction corresponding to the subband, and the time slot structure information field is used by the terminal to determine whether the subband exists on the first time domain unit;

[0323] The transmission direction corresponding to the first time domain unit indicated by the time slot structure information field is opposite to the transmission direction corresponding to the sub-band, and the time slot structure information field is used by the terminal to determine that the sub-band does not exist in the first time domain unit;

[0324] The first time domain unit indicated by the time slot structure information field is a flexible time domain unit, and the time slot structure information field is used by the terminal to determine whether the subband exists in the first time domain unit;

[0325] The first time domain unit indicated by the time slot structure information field is a flexible time domain unit, and the time slot structure information field is used by the terminal to determine whether the subband does not exist in the first time domain unit.

[0326] In some embodiments, the downlink control information satisfies at least one of the following: indicating radio network temporary identifier scrambling through a time slot format; and being in a type 3 common search space.

[0327] In some embodiments, the resources of the sub-band are resources within a first time window.

[0328] In some embodiments, the first time window is determined according to at least one of the following: indication information of the network device; information in the downlink control information; and a detection period of the downlink control information.

[0329] It should be noted that the resource determination device shown in FIG. 7 is not limited to including the above-mentioned transceiver module, but may also include other modules, such as a storage module, a processing module, etc., and this disclosure does not limit this.

[0330] For the device embodiment, since it basically corresponds to the method embodiment, the relevant parts can be referred to the partial description of the method embodiment. The device embodiment described above is merely illustrative, wherein the modules described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and the components displayed as modules may or may not be physical modules, that is, they may be located in one place, or they may be distributed on multiple network modules. Some or all of the modules can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the scheme of this embodiment. Those of ordinary skill in the art can understand and implement it without paying any creative work.

[0331] An embodiment of the present disclosure further proposes a resource determination method, including: a network device sends downlink control information to a terminal; and the terminal determines subband resources according to the downlink control information.

[0332] An embodiment of the present disclosure also proposes a terminal, comprising: one or more processors; a memory coupled to the one or more processors, wherein the memory stores executable instructions, and when the executable instructions are executed by the one or more processors, the terminal executes the resource determination method described in the first aspect and the optional embodiment of the first aspect.

[0333] An embodiment of the present disclosure also proposes a network device, comprising: one or more processors; a memory coupled to the one or more processors, wherein the memory stores executable instructions, and when the executable instructions are executed by the one or more processors, the network device executes the resource determination method described in the second aspect and the optional embodiment of the second aspect.

[0334] An embodiment of the present disclosure also proposes a communication system, including a terminal and a network device, wherein the terminal is configured to implement the resource determination method described in the first aspect and the optional embodiment of the first aspect, and the network device is configured to implement the resource determination method described in the second aspect and the optional embodiment of the second aspect.

[0335] An embodiment of the present disclosure also proposes a storage medium storing instructions. When the instructions are executed on a communication device, the communication device executes a resource determination method as described in any one of the first aspect, the optional embodiment of the first aspect, the second aspect, and the optional embodiment of the second aspect.

[0336] The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide an apparatus for implementing any of the above methods. For example, an apparatus is provided, comprising units or modules for implementing each step performed by a terminal in any of the above methods. For another example, another apparatus is provided, comprising units or modules for implementing each step performed by a network device (e.g., an access network device, a core network function node, a core network device, etc.) in any of the above methods.

[0337] It should be understood that the division of the various units or modules in the above device is merely a division of logical functions. In actual implementation, they may be fully or partially integrated into a physical entity, or they may be physically separated. In addition, the units or modules in the device may be implemented in the form of a processor calling software: for example, the device includes a processor, the processor is connected to a memory, and the memory stores instructions. The processor calls the instructions stored in the memory to implement any of the above methods or implement the functions of the various units or modules of the above device, wherein the processor is, for example, a general-purpose processor, such as a central processing unit (CPU) or a microprocessor, and the memory is a memory within the device or a memory outside the device. Alternatively, the units or modules in the device can be implemented in the form of hardware circuits, and the functions of some or all of the units or modules can be realized by designing the hardware circuits. The above-mentioned hardware circuits can be understood as one or more processors; for example, in one implementation, the above-mentioned hardware circuit is an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), which realizes the functions of some or all of the above units or modules by designing the logical relationship of the components in the circuit; for example, in another implementation, the above-mentioned hardware circuit can be realized by a programmable logic device (PLD). Taking a field programmable gate array (FPGA) as an example, it can include a large number of logic gate circuits, and the connection relationship between the logic gate circuits is configured by configuring the configuration file, thereby realizing the functions of some or all of the above units or modules. All units or modules of the above devices can be realized in the form of software called by the processor, or in the form of hardware circuits, or in part by the form of software called by the processor, and the rest by hardware circuits.

[0338] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the processor is a circuit with signal processing capabilities. In one implementation, the processor can be a circuit with instruction reading and execution capabilities, such as a central processing unit (CPU), a microprocessor, a graphics processing unit (GPU) (which can be understood as a microprocessor), or a digital signal processor (DSP). In another implementation, the processor can implement certain functions through the logical relationship of the hardware circuit. The logical relationship of the above-mentioned hardware circuit is fixed or reconfigurable. For example, the processor is a hardware circuit implemented by an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or a programmable logic device (PLD), such as an FPGA. In a reconfigurable hardware circuit, the process of the processor loading a configuration document and implementing the hardware circuit configuration can be understood as the process of the processor loading instructions to implement the functions of some or all of the above units or modules. In addition, it can also be a hardware circuit designed for artificial intelligence, which can be understood as an ASIC, such as a neural network processing unit (NPU), a tensor processing unit (TPU), a deep learning processing unit (DPU), etc.

[0339] Figure 8 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a communication device 8100 proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure. Communication device 8100 can be a network device (e.g., an access network device, a core network device, etc.), a terminal (e.g., a user equipment, etc.), a chip, a chip system, or a processor that supports a network device to implement any of the above methods, or a chip, a chip system, or a processor that supports a terminal to implement any of the above methods. Communication device 8100 can be used to implement the methods described in the above method embodiments. For details, please refer to the description of the above method embodiments.

[0340] As shown in Figure 8, the communication device 8100 includes one or more processors 8101. The processor 8101 can be a general-purpose processor or a dedicated processor, for example, a baseband processor or a central processing unit. The baseband processor can be used to process communication protocols and communication data, and the central processing unit can be used to control the communication device (such as a base station, a baseband chip, a terminal device, a terminal device chip, a DU or a CU, etc.), execute programs, and process program data. The processor 8101 is used to call instructions to enable the communication device 8100 to perform any of the above methods.

[0341] In some embodiments, the communication device 8100 further includes one or more memories 8102 for storing instructions. Optionally, all or part of the memories 8102 may be located outside the communication device 8100.

[0342] In some embodiments, the communication device 8100 further includes one or more transceivers 8103. When the communication device 8100 includes one or more transceivers 8103, the communication steps such as sending and receiving in the above method are performed by the transceiver 8103, and the other steps are performed by the processor 8101.

[0343] In some embodiments, a transceiver may include a receiver and a transmitter, which may be separate or integrated. Optionally, the terms transceiver, transceiver unit, transceiver, and transceiver circuit may be used interchangeably; the terms transmitter, transmitting unit, transmitter, and transmitting circuit may be used interchangeably; and the terms receiver, receiving unit, receiver, and receiving circuit may be used interchangeably.

[0344] Optionally, the communication device 8100 further includes one or more interface circuits 8104, which are connected to the memory 8102. The interface circuits 8104 can be used to receive signals from the memory 8102 or other devices, and can be used to send signals to the memory 8102 or other devices. For example, the interface circuits 8104 can read instructions stored in the memory 8102 and send the instructions to the processor 8101.

[0345] The communication device 8100 described in the above embodiment may be a network device or a terminal, but the scope of the communication device 8100 described in the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the structure of the communication device 8100 may not be limited by FIG8 . The communication device may be an independent device or may be part of a larger device. For example, the communication device may be: 1) an independent integrated circuit IC, or a chip, or a chip system or subsystem; (2) a collection of one or more ICs, optionally, the above IC collection may also include a storage component for storing data and programs; (3) an ASIC, such as a modem; (4) a module that can be embedded in other devices; (5) a receiver, a terminal device, an intelligent terminal device, a cellular phone, a wireless device, a handheld device, a mobile unit, an in-vehicle device, a network device, a cloud device, an artificial intelligence device, etc.; (6) others, etc.

[0346] FIG9 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a chip 9200 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. If the communication device 8100 can be a chip or a chip system, reference can be made to the schematic diagram of the structure of the chip 9200 shown in FIG9 , but the present disclosure is not limited thereto.

[0347] The chip 9200 includes one or more processors 9201, and the processor 9201 is used to call instructions so that the chip 9200 executes any of the above methods.

[0348] In some embodiments, the chip 9200 further includes one or more interface circuits 9202, which are connected to the memory 9203. The interface circuit 9202 can be used to receive signals from the memory 9203 or other devices, and can be used to send signals to the memory.

[0349] 9203 or other devices to send signals. For example, the interface circuit 9202 can read the instructions stored in the memory 9203 and send the instructions to the processor 9201. Optionally, the terms interface circuit, interface, transceiver pin, transceiver, etc. can be used interchangeably.

[0350] In some embodiments, the chip 9200 further includes one or more memories 9203 for storing instructions. Alternatively, all or part of the memories 9203 may be located outside the chip 9200.

[0351] The present disclosure also proposes a storage medium having instructions stored thereon, which, when executed on the communication device 8100, causes the communication device 8100 to execute any of the above methods. Optionally, the storage medium is an electronic storage medium. Optionally, the storage medium is a computer-readable storage medium, but is not limited thereto, and may also be a storage medium readable by other devices. Optionally, the storage medium may be a non-transitory storage medium, but is not limited thereto, and may also be a temporary storage medium.

[0352] The present disclosure also provides a program product, which, when executed by the communication device 8100, enables the communication device 8100 to perform any of the above methods. Optionally, the program product is a computer program product.

[0353] The present disclosure also proposes a computer program, which, when executed on a computer, causes the computer to perform any one of the above methods.

Claims

1. A resource determination method, characterized in that: Executed by a terminal, the method includes: Receive downlink control information sent by network equipment; A subband resource is determined according to the downlink control information.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that: The downlink control information includes at least one of the following: Group common downlink control information; Downlink control information dedicated to indicating resources of the subband.

3. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that The group common downlink control information includes: DCI format 2_0.

4. The method according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that: The downlink control information includes a first information field, and the first information field is used to indicate the resources of the subband.

5. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that The downlink control information includes group common downlink control information, and the group common downlink control information further includes at least one of the following information fields: Time slot format indication information field; Channel occupancy time indication information field; Search space switching indication information field.

6. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that The position of the first information field in the downlink control information is determined based on radio resource control signaling.

7. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that The method further comprises: Determine a set of configuration information of resources of the subband according to radio resource control signaling; The determining of the subband resources according to the downlink control information includes: The resource of the subband is determined according to the configuration information corresponding to the downlink control information in the set.

8. The method according to any one of claims 2 to 5, characterized in that The determining the subband resources according to the downlink control information includes: Determining the resources of the subband according to radio resource control signaling; The time domain unit where the subband exists is determined according to the time slot format indication information field in the downlink control information.

9. The method according to claim 8, characterized in that The determining, according to the time slot format indication information field in the downlink control information, the time domain unit where the subband exists includes at least one of the following: The transmission direction corresponding to the first time domain unit indicated by the time slot structure information field is the same as the transmission direction corresponding to the sub-band, and it is determined that the sub-band exists on the first time domain unit; The transmission direction corresponding to the first time domain unit indicated by the time slot structure information field is opposite to the transmission direction corresponding to the sub-band, and determining that the sub-band does not exist on the first time domain unit; The first time domain unit indicated by the time slot structure information field is a flexible time domain unit, and determining that the subband exists on the first time domain unit; The first time domain unit indicated by the time slot structure information field is a flexible time domain unit, and it is determined that the subband does not exist on the first time domain unit.

10. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that The downlink control information satisfies at least one of the following: Indicating wireless network temporary identification scrambling through a time slot format; In the common search space of type 3.

11. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that The resources of the subband are resources within the first time window.

12. The method according to claim 11, characterized in that The first time window is determined according to at least one of the following: Indication information of the network device; Information in the downlink control information; The detection period of the downlink control information.

13. A resource determination method, characterized in that: Executed by a network device, the method includes: Sending downlink control information to a terminal, wherein the downlink control information is used by the terminal to determine a subband resource.

14. The method according to claim 13, characterized in that The downlink control information includes at least one of the following: Group common downlink control information; Downlink control information dedicated to indicating resources of the subband.

15. The method according to claim 14, characterized in that The group common downlink control information includes: DCI format 2_0.

16. The method according to claim 14 or 15, characterized in that The downlink control information includes a first information field, and the first information field is used to indicate the resources of the subband.

17. The method according to claim 16, characterized in that The downlink control information includes group common downlink control information, and the group common downlink control information further includes at least one of the following information fields: Time slot format indication information field; Channel occupancy time indication information field; Search space switching indication information field.

18. The method according to claim 16, characterized in that The position of the first information field in the downlink control information is determined based on radio resource control signaling.

19. The method according to any one of claims 13 to 18, characterized in that The method further comprises: A radio resource control signaling is sent to the terminal, wherein the radio resource control signaling is used by the terminal to determine a set of configuration information of the resources of the subband, and the downlink control information is used by the terminal to determine the configuration information of the resources of the subband in the set.

20. The method according to any one of claims 14 to 18, characterized in that The method further comprises: A radio resource control signaling is sent to the terminal, wherein the radio resource control signaling is used by the terminal to determine the resources of the subband, and the time slot format indication information field in the downlink control information is used by the terminal to determine the time domain unit where the subband exists.

21. The method according to claim 20, characterized in that The time slot format indication information field in the downlink control information is used by the terminal to determine the time domain unit where the subband exists, and includes at least one of the following: The transmission direction corresponding to the first time domain unit indicated by the time slot structure information field is the same as the transmission direction corresponding to the subband, and the time slot structure information field is used by the terminal to determine that the subband exists on the first time domain unit; The transmission direction corresponding to the first time domain unit indicated by the time slot structure information field is opposite to the transmission direction corresponding to the sub-band, and the time slot structure information field is used by the terminal to determine that the sub-band does not exist on the first time domain unit; The first time domain unit indicated by the time slot structure information field is a flexible time domain unit, and the time slot structure information field is used by the terminal to determine that the subband exists on the first time domain unit; The first time domain unit indicated by the time slot structure information field is a flexible time domain unit, and the time slot structure information field is used by the terminal to determine that the subband does not exist in the first time domain unit.

22. The method according to any one of claims 13 to 21, characterized in that The downlink control information satisfies at least one of the following: Indicating wireless network temporary identification scrambling through a time slot format; In the common search space of type 3.

23. The method according to any one of claims 13 to 22, characterized in that The resources of the subband are resources within the first time window.

24. The method according to claim 23, characterized in that The first time window is determined according to at least one of the following: Indication information of the network device; Information in the downlink control information; The detection period of the downlink control information.

25. A resource determination device, characterized in that: The device comprises: The transceiver module is configured to receive downlink control information sent by the network device; The processing module is configured to determine the resources of the subband according to the downlink control information.

26. A resource determination device, characterized in that: The device comprises: The transceiver module is configured to send downlink control information to the terminal, wherein the downlink control information is used by the terminal to determine subband resources.

27. A resource determination method, characterized in that: include: The network device sends downlink control information to the terminal; The terminal determines the subband resources according to the downlink control information.

28. A terminal, characterized in that: include: one or more processors; A memory coupled to the one or more processors, wherein executable instructions are stored in the memory, and when the one or more processors execute the executable instructions, the terminal executes the resource determination method according to any one of claims 1 to 12.

29. A network device, characterized in that: include: one or more processors; A memory coupled to the one or more processors, wherein executable instructions are stored in the memory, and when the one or more processors execute the executable instructions, the network device executes the resource determination method according to any one of claims 13 to 24.

30. A communication system, characterized in that: The invention comprises a terminal and a network device, wherein the terminal is configured to implement the resource determination method according to any one of claims 1 to 12, and the network device is configured to implement the resource determination method according to any one of claims 13 to 24.

31. A storage medium storing instructions, characterized in that: When the instruction is executed on a communication device, the communication device is caused to execute the resource determination method according to any one of claims 1 to 12 and 13 to 24.

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