# US 11,310,785 B2 · Channel transmission method, terminal device, and network device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,310,785 B2 - Document ID: US11310785B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/626,110 - Filed: 2018-09-21 - Published: 2020-07-09 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2017-09-30 - Assignees: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd. - Applicants: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd. - Inventors: Hai Tang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11310785B2 ## CPC - H04W 72/23: in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal - H04L 1/1819: {with retransmission of additional or different redundancy} - H04L 5/0044: {Allocation of payload; Allocation of data channels, e.g. PDSCH or PUSCH} - H04L 5/0048: {Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver (allocation of control signalling H04L5/0053; use of control signalling H04L5/0091)} - H04L 5/0051: {of dedicated pilots, i.e. pilots destined for a single user or terminal} - H04L 5/0055: {Physical resource allocation for ACK/NACK (for physical mapping arrangements in ARQ protocols H04L1/1861)} - H04L 5/0094: {Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated} - H04L 5/10: with dynamo-electric generation of carriers; with mechanical filters or demodulators - H04L 25/02: Details {; arrangements for supplying electrical power along data transmission lines (systems for transmitting signals via power distribution lines H04B3/54)} - H04W 72/02: Selection of wireless resources by user or terminal - H04W 72/12: Wireless traffic scheduling - H04W 72/1273: of downlink data flows - H04W 80/02: Data link layer protocols - 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 of the present invention provide a channel transmission method, a terminal device and a network device, which can reduce overheads in resource scheduling while the flexibility is improved. The method comprises: a terminal device transmits a first channel based on a first resource in a resource set in at least two resource sets, different resource sets in the at least two resource sets respectively corresponding to different demodulation reference signal (DMRS) mapping types, the DMRS mapping types comprising a type A and a type B; the first channel being transmitted based on a DMRS mapping type corresponding to a resource set to which the first resource belongs, or the transmission of the first channel being for hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ ACK) information of a second channel and the second channel being transmitted based on a DMRS mapping type corresponding to a resource set to which the first resource belongs. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for channel transmission, comprising: determining, by a terminal device, at least two resource sets, wherein the at least two resource sets are different in a value range of a position of a starting symbol; determining, by the terminal device, a first resource from one of the at least two resource sets according to first control information transmitted by a network side, wherein the first control information comprises sequence number information of the first resource in the one of the at least two resource sets; and transmitting, by the terminal device, a first channel based on the first resource in the one of the at least two resource sets; wherein each of the at least two resource sets corresponds to a respective one of Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) mapping types; and wherein the first channel is transmitted based on the DMRS mapping type corresponding to the resource set to which the first resource belongs. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein a parameter charactering a resource in the resource set comprises at least one of: the position of the starting symbol, a number of symbols, a number of slots, a frequency-domain resource, or a code-domain resource. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the at least two resource sets are different in a number of positions of starting symbols. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein determining, by the terminal device, the at least two resource sets comprises: determining, by the terminal device, configurations of the at least two resource sets based on preset information. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the at least two resource sets comprise a first resource set, the DMRS mapping type corresponding to the first resource set is a first type, and a time-domain resource in the first resource set is in units of at least one of slots or symbols. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the at least two resource sets comprise a second resource set, the DMRS mapping type corresponding to the second resource set is a second type, and a time-domain resource in the second resource set is in units of symbols. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein each of the at least two resource sets comprises at least one of: a time-domain resource, a frequency-domain resource, or a code-domain resource. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first control information comprises at least one of Downlink Control Information (DCI) or a Media Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE). ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: when the DMRS mapping type is a first type, determine a position of at least one DMRS symbol according to a starting symbol of a slot in which the first channel or the second channel is transmitted; or, when the DMRS mapping type is a second type, determine a position of at least one DMRS symbol according to a starting symbol of a group of symbols, wherein the group of symbols comprises symbols in which the first channel and a DMRS are transmitted or symbols in which the second channel and a DMRS are transmitted. ### Claim 10 A terminal device, comprising a network interface and a processor coupled with the network interface; wherein the processor is configured to: determine at least two resource sets, wherein the at least two resource sets are different in a value range of a position of a starting symbol; and determine a first resource from one of the at least two resource sets according to first control information transmitted by a network side, wherein the first control information comprises sequence number information of the first resource in the one of the at least two resource sets; and the network interface is configured to transmit a first channel based on the first resource in the one of the at least two resource sets; wherein each of the at least two resource sets corresponds to a respective one of Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) mapping types; and wherein the first channel is transmitted based on the DMRS mapping type corresponding to the resource set to which the first resource belongs. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The terminal device of claim 10, wherein each of the at least two resource sets comprises at least one of: a time-domain resource, a frequency-domain resource, or a code-domain resource. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The terminal device of claim 10, wherein the at least two resource sets are different in at least one of: a type of a parameter characterizing a resource in the resource set, a value range of a parameter of a same type, or a number of values available for a parameter of a same type. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The terminal device of claim 10, wherein the at least two resource sets are different in a value range of a granularity of resources. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The terminal device of claim 10, wherein the first control information comprises at least one of Downlink Control Information (DCI) or a Media Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE). ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The terminal device of claim 10, wherein the processor is configured to: when the DMRS mapping type is a first type, determine a position of at least one DMRS symbol according to a starting symbol of a slot in which the first channel or the second channel is transmitted. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) The terminal device of claim 10, wherein the processor is configured to: when the DMRS mapping type is a second type, determine a position of at least one DMRS symbol according to a starting symbol of a group of symbols, wherein the group of symbols comprises symbols in which the first channel and a DMRS are transmitted or symbols in which the second channel and a DMRS are transmitted. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The terminal device of claim 16, wherein the at least one DMRS symbol comprises at least one of: a first symbol of the group of symbols; a symbol of the group of symbols that is within a central range; an odd symbol of the group of symbols; or an even symbol of the group of symbols. ### Claim 18 (depends on 10) The terminal device of claim 10, wherein the at least two resource sets comprise a first resource set, the DMRS mapping type corresponding to the first resource set is a first type, and a time-domain resource in the first resource set is in units of at least one of slots or symbols. ### Claim 19 (depends on 10) The terminal device of claim 10, wherein the at least two resource sets comprise a second resource set, the DMRS mapping type corresponding to the second resource set is a second type, and a time-domain resource in the second resource set is in units of symbols. ### Claim 20 A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, having stored thereon computer program instructions that, when executed by a processor of a terminal device, cause the processor to perform a method for channel transmission, comprising: determining at least two resource sets, wherein the at least two resource sets are different in a value range of a position of a starting symbol; determining a first resource from one of the at least two resource sets according to first control information transmitted by a network side, wherein the first control information comprises sequence number information of the first resource in the one of the at least two resource sets; and transmitting a first channel based on the first resource in the one of the at least two resource sets; wherein each of the at least two resource sets corresponds to a respective one of Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) mapping types; and wherein the first channel is transmitted based on the DMRS mapping type corresponding to the resource set to which the first resource belongs.