# US 10,455,563 B2 · Method, device, and apparatus for determining downlink parameter > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,455,563 B2 - Document ID: US10455563B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/217,793 - Filed: 2016-07-22 - Published: 2016-11-17 - Granted: 2019-10-22 - Earliest claimed: 2014-01-24 - Assignees: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Liang Xia; Yuan Xia; Brian Classon; Vipul Desai - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10455563B2 ## CPC - H04W 72/23: in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal - H04L 1/0003: {by switching between different modulation schemes} - H04L 27/3494: {using non - square modulating pulses, e.g. using raised cosine pulses; Partial response QAM, i.e. with partial response pulse shaping (QAM over partial response channels H04L25/497)} - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract Embodiments disclose a method, a device, and an apparatus for determining a downlink parameter. The method may include: receiving category information and modulation information that are reported by UE, where the category information includes a UE category of the UE, and the modulation information includes a highest order modulation scheme supported by the UE; and determining, as a downlink parameter of the UE, a downlink parameter that corresponds to the UE category of the UE and the highest order modulation scheme supported by the UE, where the downlink parameter of the UE is determined according to a correspondence from a UE category of the UE and a highest order modulation scheme supported by the UE to a downlink parameter of the UE as well as the UE category of the UE and the highest order modulation scheme supported by the UE. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A base station comprising: a receiver, configured to receive category information and modulation information reported by a user equipment (UE), and further configured to receive a maximum number of RBs reported by the UE that can be received by the UE while a target modulation scheme is used in downlink transmission, wherein the category information comprises a UE category of the UE, and wherein the modulation information comprises a highest order modulation scheme that is supported by the UE; a transmitter; a processor; and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program for execution by the processor, the program including instructions to: determine a downlink parameter that corresponds to the UE category of the UE and the highest order modulation scheme supported by the UE, wherein the downlink parameter of the UE is determined according to a UE category of the UE and a highest order modulation scheme supported by the UE; and determine, according to the highest order modulation scheme supported by the UE and the received maximum number of RBs, a number of RBs allocated to the UE, wherein the number of RBs allocated to the UE is less than or equal to the received maximum number of RBs: wherein the downlink parameter comprises at least the maximum number of resource blocks (RBs) that can be received by the UE; and wherein the transmitter is configured to send first configuration information and second configuration information to the UE, wherein the first configuration information indicates a downlink transmission mode, wherein the second configuration information indicates whether a target modulation scheme is supported while downlink transmission is performed with the UE. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The base station according to claim 1, wherein the modulation information comprises at least one of the following: information used to represent whether the highest order modulation scheme supported by the UE is a target modulation scheme and a highest order modulation order of a downlink modulation scheme, wherein the target modulation scheme comprises 256 quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) or a modulation scheme having an order higher than 64QAM. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The base station according to claim 1: wherein the receiver is further configured to receive layer number information reported by the UE, wherein the layer number information represents a maximum number of layers for spatial multiplexing in downlink supported by the UE; and wherein the instructions further comprise instructions to determine, as a downlink parameter of the UE, a downlink parameter of the UE, wherein the downlink parameter corresponds to the UE category of the UE, the highest order modulation scheme supported by the UE, and the maximum number of layers for spatial multiplexing in downlink supported by the UE, and wherein the downlink parameter of the UE is determined according to the UE category of the UE, the highest order modulation scheme supported by the UE, and a maximum number of layers for spatial multiplexing in downlink supported by the UE. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The base station according to claim 1, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions to calculate a soft buffer size of the DL-SCH transport block according to the UE category of the UE, a downlink transmission mode, and a maximum number of bits of data transmitted on a soft channel, wherein the downlink transmission mode comprises a transmission mode in which downlink transmission with the UE is performed. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The base station according to claim 1, wherein the UE calculates a soft buffer size of the DL-SCH transport block according to the UE category of the UE, the downlink transmission mode, a maximum number of bits of data transmitted on a soft channel, and whether the target modulation scheme is supported while downlink transmission is performed with the UE. ### Claim 6 User equipment (UE) comprising: a receiver; a processor; and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program for execution by the processor, the program including instructions to: acquire category information and modulation information of the UE, wherein the category information comprises a UE category of the UE, and wherein the modulation information comprises a highest order modulation scheme that is supported by the UE; and determine, as a downlink parameter of the UE, a downlink parameter corresponding to the UE category of the UE and the highest order modulation scheme supported by the UE, wherein the downlink parameter of the UE is determined according to the UE category of the UE and the highest order modulation scheme supported by the UE; wherein the downlink parameter comprises at least a maximum number of resource blocks (RBs) that can be received by the UE while a target modulation scheme is used in downlink transmission; and wherein the receiver is configured to receive first configuration information and second configuration information sent by a base station, wherein the first configuration information indicates a downlink transmission mode for transmission from the base station to the UE according to a number of RB blocks allocated to the UE by the base station according to the highest order modulation scheme supported by the UE and the received maximum number of RBs, wherein the number of RBs allocated to the UE is less than or equal to the maximum number of RBs; and wherein the second configuration information indicates whether a target modulation scheme is supported when downlink transmission is performed with the UE. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The UE according to claim 6, wherein the UE further comprises a transmitter, wherein the instructions to report the category information and modulation information include instructions to cause the transmitter to report the category information and the modulation information to the base station, wherein the base station determines, as a downlink parameter of the UE, a downlink parameter corresponding to the UE category of the UE and the highest order modulation scheme supported by the UE, wherein the downlink parameter of the UE is determined according to the UE category of the UE and the highest order modulation scheme supported by the UE. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The UE according to claim 6, wherein the modulation information comprises at least one of the following: information representing whether the highest order modulation scheme supported by the UE is a target modulation scheme and a highest order modulation order of a downlink modulation scheme, wherein the target modulation scheme comprises 256 quadrature amplitude modulation QAM or a modulation scheme having an order higher than 64QAM. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The UE according to claim 6, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions to determine, as a downlink parameter of the UE, a downlink parameter of the UE corresponding to the UE category of the UE, the highest order modulation scheme supported by the UE, and a maximum number of layers for spatial multiplexing in downlink supported by the UE, wherein the downlink parameter of the UE is determined according to the UE category of the UE, the highest order modulation scheme supported by the UE, and the maximum number of layers for spatial multiplexing in downlink supported by the UE. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The UE according to claim 6, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions to calculate a soft buffer size of the DL-SCH transport block according to the UE category of the UE, the downlink transmission mode, a maximum number of bits of data transmitted on a soft channel, and whether the target modulation scheme is supported when downlink transmission is performed with the UE, wherein the downlink transmission mode is a transmission mode in which the base station and the UE perform downlink transmission, and wherein the target modulation scheme comprises 256 quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) or a modulation scheme having an order higher than 64QAM. ### Claim 11 A method comprising: receiving category information and modulation information reported by a user equipment (UE), wherein the category information comprises a UE category of the UE, and wherein the modulation information comprises a highest order modulation scheme that is supported by the UE; receiving a maximum number of RBs that can be received by the UE while a target modulation scheme is used in downlink transmission, reported by the UE; determining a downlink parameter of the UE corresponding to the UE category of the UE and the highest order modulation scheme supported by the UE, wherein the downlink parameter of the UE is determined according to the UE category of the UE and the highest order modulation scheme supported by the UE, wherein the downlink parameter comprises at least the maximum number of resource blocks (RBs) that can be received by the UE; determining, according to the highest order modulation scheme supported by the UE and the received maximum number of RBs, a number of RBs allocated to the UE, wherein the number of RBs allocated to the UE is less than or equal to the received maximum number of RBs; and sending first configuration information and second configuration information to the UE, wherein the first configuration information indicates a downlink transmission mode, wherein the second configuration information indicates whether a target modulation scheme is supported while downlink transmission is performed with the UE. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, wherein the modulation information comprises at least one of the following: information representing whether the highest order modulation scheme supported by the UE is a target modulation scheme and a highest order modulation order of a downlink modulation scheme, wherein the target modulation scheme comprises 256 quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) or a modulation scheme having an order higher than 64QAM. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, wherein before the determining, as a downlink parameter of the UE, a downlink parameter corresponding to the UE category of the UE and the highest order modulation scheme supported by the UE, wherein the downlink parameter of the UE is determined according to the UE category of the UE and the highest order modulation scheme supported by the UE, the method further comprising: receiving layer number information reported by the UE, wherein the layer number information represents a maximum number of layers for spatial multiplexing in downlink supported by the UE; and wherein determining the downlink parameter corresponding to the UE category of the UE and the highest order modulation scheme supported by the UE comprises determining the downlink parameter of the UE corresponding to the UE category of the UE and the highest order modulation scheme supported by the UE, and the maximum number of layers for spatial multiplexing in downlink supported by the UE. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, further comprising: calculating a soft buffer size of the DL-SCH transport block according to the UE category of the UE, a downlink transmission mode, and a maximum number of bits of data transmitted on a soft channel, after determining the downlink parameter corresponding to the UE category of the UE and the highest order modulation scheme supported by the UE, wherein the downlink transmission mode comprises a transmission mode in which downlink transmission with the UE is performed. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method according to claim 14, wherein calculating the soft buffer size of the DL-SCH transport block according to the UE category of the UE, the downlink transmission mode, and the maximum number of bits of data transmitted on the soft channel comprises: calculating the soft buffer size of the DL-SCH transport block by using the following formula: N IR = ⌊ N soft K C · K MIMO · min ⁡ ( M DL_HARQ , M limit ) ⌋ , wherein NIR is the soft buffer size of the DL-SCH transport block, Nsoft is a number of soft channel bits that is determined, according to the UE category of the UE and the downlink transmission mode, from the maximum number of bits of data transmitted on a soft channel, KC is a positive real number, KMIMO is a natural number in a value range from 1 to 2, MDL_HARQ is a maximum downlink hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process number, Mlimit is a predefined positive real number, and min(MDL_HARQ, Mlimit) denotes taking a smaller value of MDL_HARQ and Mlimit; or calculating the soft buffer size of the DL-SCH transport block by using the following formula: N IR = ⌊ N soft α · K C · K MIMO · min ⁡ ( M DL_HARQ , M limit ) ⌋ , wherein NIR is the soft buffer size of the DL-SCH transport block, Nsoft is a number of soft channel bits that is determined, according to the UE category of the UE and the downlink transmission mode, from the maximum number of bits of data transmitted on a soft channel, α is a predefined positive real number, KC is a positive real number, KMIMO is a natural number in a value range from 1 to 2, MDL_HARQ is a maximum downlink HARQ process number, Mlimit is a predefined positive real number, and min (MDL_HARQ, Mlimit) denotes taking a smaller value of MDL_HARQ and Mlimit.