# US 11,451,336 B2 · Repetition transmission method and apparatus, network device, and computer readable storage medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,451,336 B2 - Document ID: US11451336B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/114,734 - Filed: 2020-12-08 - Published: 2021-03-25 - Granted: 2022-09-20 - Earliest claimed: 2018-08-10 - Assignees: Zte Corporation - Applicants: Zte Corporation - Inventors: Min Ren; Peng Hao; Shuqiang Xia; Jing Shi; Xianghui Han; Chunli Liang; Wei Lin - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11451336B2 ## CPC - H04L 1/0003: {by switching between different modulation schemes} - H04L 1/08: by repeating transmission, e.g. Verdan system {(H04L1/1858 and H04L1/189 take precedence)} - H04L 1/0009: {by adapting the channel coding (H04L1/1812 takes precedence)} - H04L 1/1819: {with retransmission of additional or different redundancy} - H04L 1/189: {Transmission or retransmission of more than one copy of a message} - H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals} - H04L 5/0094: {Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated} - H04W 72/23: in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal - H04W 72/0446: Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames - H04W 84/042: {Public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems} - Y02D 30/70: in wireless communication networks - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - Y02D: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE ## Abstract Provided are a repeated transmission method and apparatus, a network device, and a storage medium. The method includes: determining a plurality of transmission occasions (TOs) for uplink data to be repeatedly transmitted; and in condition that at least one TO, among the plurality of TOs for the uplink data to be repeatedly transmitted, does not conflict with a transmission direction of a slot configuration, repeatedly transmitting the uplink data on the at least one TO. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of repeated transmission, comprising: determining a plurality of transmission occasions (TOs), for uplink data to be repeatedly transmitted; and in response to at least one TO, among the plurality of TOs for the uplink data to be repeatedly transmitted, being not conflicted with a transmission direction of a slot configuration, repeatedly transmitting the uplink data on the at least one TO, wherein if the transmission direction of the slot configuration indicates N consecutive flexible (F) symbols, and an adjacent symbol before the N consecutive F symbols is a downlink (D) symbol, the uplink data is repeatedly transmitted from a time domain symbol corresponding to an M-th F symbol among the N consecutive F symbols, wherein M≤N, and first (M−1) F symbols among the N consecutive F symbols serve as a guard period, wherein N is a first number and M is a second number. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the repeatedly transmitting the uplink data on the at least one TO comprises: in response to the plurality of TOs being not conflicted with the transmission direction of the slot configuration, transmitting the uplink data to be repeatedly transmitted from an earliest TO in a time domain that does not conflict with the transmission direction of the slot configuration. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein each of the F symbols comprises a symbol that is flexibly configured in transmission direction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) A device for repeated transmission, comprising at least one processor configured to implement the method of claim 3. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein N is 1, 2 or 8. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) A device for repeated transmission, comprising at least one processor configured to implement the method of claim 5. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the slot configuration is obtained in at least one of following manners: detecting a slot format indicator field in downlink control information (DCI); or detecting a slot format indication command configured via radio resource control (RRC). ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the repeatedly transmitting the uplink data on the at least one TO comprises: if at least one time domain symbol in each of the at least one TO does not conflict with the transmission direction of the slot configuration, performing rate matching on a non-conflicting time domain symbol in the each of the at least one TO. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein repeatedly transmitting the uplink data on the at least one TO comprises: detecting DCI to indicate a usage situation of the at least one TO. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the repeatedly transmitting the uplink data on the at least one TO further comprises at least one of: not counting a TO in which a time domain symbol conflicts with the transmission direction of the slot configuration into a number of repeated transmissions of the uplink data, and continuing the repeated transmissions of the uplink data on a TO configured later; repeatedly transmitting uplink data corresponding to a TO in which a time domain symbol conflicts with the transmission direction of the slot configuration on a preconfigured redundant TO; or repeatedly transmitting the uplink data on a preconfigured TO which does not conflict with the transmission direction of the slot configuration. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the slot configuration comprises at least the D symbol, at least one uplink (U) symbol, and at least the N consecutive F symbols. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) A device for repeated transmission, comprising at least one processor configured to implement the method of claim 11. ### Claim 13 A method for receiving repeated transmission, comprising: determining a plurality of transmission occasions (TOs) for uplink data to be repeatedly transmitted; and in response to at least one TO, among the plurality of TOs for the uplink data to be repeatedly transmitted, being not conflicted with a transmission direction of a slot configuration, receiving repeatedly transmitted uplink data on the at least one TO, wherein if the transmission direction of the slot configuration indicates N consecutive flexible (F) symbols, and an adjacent symbol before the N consecutive F symbols is a downlink (D) symbol, the uplink data is repeatedly transmitted from a time domain symbol corresponding to an M-th F symbol among the N consecutive F symbols, wherein M