# US 11,910,431 B2 · Transmission method and related devices

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- Number: US 11,910,431 B2
- Document ID: US11910431B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/205,817
- Filed: 2021-03-18
- Published: 2021-07-08
- Granted: 2024-02-20
- Earliest claimed: 2018-09-19
- Assignees: Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Yumin Wu
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11910431B2

## CPC

- H04L 5/0064: {Rate requirement of the data, e.g. scalable bandwidth, data priority}
- H04W 72/569: {of the traffic information}
- H04L 1/1812: Hybrid protocols; Hybrid automatic repeat request [HARQ]
- 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)}
- H04W 52/146: {Uplink power control}
- H04W 72/1268: of uplink data flows
- H04W 76/27: Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states
- H04L 1/1887: {Scheduling and prioritising arrangements}
- H04L 5/0094: {Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated}
- H04W 28/22: Negotiating communication rate
- H04W 52/367: {Power values between minimum and maximum limits, e.g. dynamic range}
- H04W 74/0833: Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access
- H04W 76/11: Allocation or use of connection identifiers
- H04W 76/15: Setup of multiple wireless link connections
- 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)

## Abstract

The present disclosure provides a transmission method and a related device. Said method comprises: when it is determined that N uplink channels to be sent cannot be sent simultaneously, sending at least part of the N uplink channels according to priority corresponding to each uplink channel among the N uplink channels, N being an integer greater than 1, the priorities corresponding to the uplink channels being determined on the basis of priority determination parameters corresponding to the uplink channels, and the priority determination parameters at least including service information corresponding to the uplink channels.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A transmission method, which is applied to a terminal device, comprising:
when it is determined that N uplink channels to be sent cannot be sent simultaneously, sending at least some of the N uplink channels based on a priority corresponding to each of the N uplink channels, wherein
N is an integer greater than 1, the priority corresponding to an uplink channel is determined based on a priority determining parameter corresponding to the uplink channel, and the priority determining parameter comprises at least service information corresponding to the uplink channel,
wherein the service information corresponding to the uplink channel comprises at least one of the following:
service type information corresponding to data comprised in the uplink channel; and
service type information corresponding to triggering of uplink channel sending,
wherein when the uplink channel comprises a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), service type information corresponding to data comprised in the PUSCH comprises at least one of the following: information corresponding to a logical channel of the data comprised in the PUSCH, a type of a media access control control element (MAC CE), and a priority of the MAC CE;
and/or
when the uplink channel comprises a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), service type information corresponding to data comprised in the PUCCH comprises service information corresponding to a data type;
and/or
when the uplink channel comprises a physical random access channel (PRACH), service type information corresponding to triggering of PRACH sending comprises information corresponding to a logical channel that triggers the PRACH sending;
and/or
when the uplink channel comprises a sounding reference signal (SRS) channel, service type information corresponding to triggering of SRS sending comprises: a type of a trigger event that triggers the SRS sending,
wherein when the data type comprises a scheduling request (SR), the service information corresponding to the data type comprises information corresponding to a logical channel that triggers SR sending;
and/or
when the data type comprises hybrid automatic repeat request (HARO) feedback, the service information corresponding to the data type comprises information corresponding to a logical channel that triggers HARQ sending;
and/or
when the data type comprises a channel state information (CSI) report, the service information corresponding to the data type comprises a trigger type that triggers the CSI report,
wherein the information corresponding to the logical channel comprises a priority of the logical channel.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, wherein the information corresponding to the logical channel comprises at least one of the following:
an identifier of the logical channel;
a cell corresponding to the logical channel;
a cell group corresponding to the logical channel;
a data type corresponding to the logical channel; and
a control signaling type corresponding to the logical channel.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

Method according to claim 1, wherein the service type information corresponding to triggering of PRACH sending comprises a type of a trigger event that triggers the PRACH sending, and the type of the trigger event that triggers the PRACH sending comprises at least one of the following:
initial access of radio resource control (RRC) in an idle state or an inactive state;
state transition of RRC in an inactive state;
connection re-establishment of RRC;
handover;
addition or change of primary and secondary cells;
downlink data arrival or uplink data arrival of RRC in a connected state, wherein an uplink synchronization state is out-of-synchronization;
establishment of uplink timing of a secondary cell; system information request; and
beam failure recovery.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, wherein when the uplink channel comprises at least two sets of data corresponding to different service type information, the service information corresponding to the uplink channel is determined based on priorities of the at least two sets of data from the service type information corresponding to the at least two sets of data.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, wherein the priority corresponding to the uplink channel is determined based on a first correspondence and the service information corresponding to the uplink channel, and the first correspondence is a correspondence between the service information corresponding to the uplink channel and the priority corresponding to the uplink channel.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, wherein the sending at least some of the N uplink channels based on the priority corresponding to each of the N uplink channels comprises: when the priority corresponding to each of the N uplink channels is the same, randomly selecting M uplink channels from the N uplink channels for sending, wherein M is a quantity of uplink channels that can be sent simultaneously.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, wherein the priority determining parameter further comprises first information, and the first information is used to indicate information about uplink channels that cannot be sent simultaneously.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The method according to claim 7, wherein the first information comprises at least one of the following:
identification information of a channel;
second information, wherein the second information is information used to indicate a reason why the N uplink channels cannot be sent simultaneously;
a channel sending priority determined by a physical layer; and
a quantity of uplink channels that can be sent simultaneously.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The method according to claim 8, wherein
the identification information of the channel comprises at least one of the following: a type of the channel;
a cell identifier to which the channel belongs;
a cell group identifier to which the channel belongs;
a cell type identifier to which the channel belongs; and an uplink carrier identifier to which the channel belongs; and/or
the second information comprises at least one of the following:
information used to indicate that sending power exceeds a maximum sending power allowed by the terminal device;
information used to indicate that simultaneous sending cannot be implemented due to sending condition restrictions; and
information used to indicate that physical resources of the uplink channel are occupied.

### Claim 10 (depends on 7)

The method according to claim 7, wherein before the sending at least some of the N uplink channels based on the priority corresponding to each of the N uplink channels, the method further comprises:
indicating, by a physical layer of the terminal device, the first information to a media access control (MAC) layer.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The method according to claim 10, wherein before the sending at least some of the N uplink channels based on the priority corresponding to each of the N uplink channels, the method further comprises:
determining, by the MAC layer based on the first information and the service information corresponding to each of the N uplink channels, the priority corresponding to each of the N uplink channels.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, wherein before the sending at least some of the N uplink channels based on the priority corresponding to each of the N uplink channels, the method further comprises:
indicating, by a media access control (MAC) layer of the terminal device to a physical layer, the service information corresponding to each of the N uplink channels; and
determining, by the physical layer based on the service information corresponding to each of the N uplink channels, the priority corresponding to each of the N uplink channels.

### Claim 13

A transmission method, which is applied to a network side device, comprising:
sending a first correspondence to a terminal device, wherein the first correspondence is a correspondence between service information corresponding to an uplink channel and a priority corresponding to the uplink channel,
wherein the service information corresponding to the uplink channel comprises at least one of the following:
service type information corresponding to data comprised in the uplink channel; and
service type information corresponding to triggering of uplink channel sending,
wherein when the uplink channel comprises a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), service type information corresponding to data comprised in the PUSCH comprises at least one of the following: information corresponding to a logical channel of the data comprised in the PUSCH, a type of a media access control control element (MAC CE), and a priority of the MAC CE;
and/or
when the uplink channel comprises a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), service type information corresponding to data comprised in the PUCCH comprises service information corresponding to a data type; and/or
when the uplink channel comprises a physical random access channel (PRACH), service type information corresponding to triggering of PRACH sending comprises information corresponding to a logical channel that triggers the PRACH sending;
and/or
when the uplink channel comprises a sounding reference signal (SRS) channel, service type information corresponding to triggering of SRS sending comprises: a type of a trigger event that triggers the SRS sending,
wherein when the data type comprises a scheduling request (SR), the service information corresponding to the data type comprises information corresponding to a logical channel that triggers SR sending;
and/or
when the data type comprises hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback, the service information corresponding to the data type comprises information corresponding to a logical channel that triggers HARQ sending;
and/or
when the data type comprises a channel state information (CSI) report, the service information corresponding to the data type comprises a trigger type that triggers the CSI report,
wherein the information corresponding to the logical channel comprises a priority of the logical channel.

### Claim 14

A terminal device, comprising a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored in the memory and capable of running on the processor, wherein when the computer program is executed by the processor, following steps are implemented:
when it is determined that N uplink channels to be sent cannot be sent simultaneously, sending at least some of the N uplink channels based on a priority corresponding to each of the N uplink channels, wherein
N is an integer greater than 1, the priority corresponding to an uplink channel is determined based on a priority determining parameter corresponding to the uplink channel, and the priority determining parameter comprises at least service information corresponding to the uplink channel,
wherein the service information corresponding to the uplink channel comprises at least one of the following:
service type information corresponding to data comprised in the uplink channel; and
service type information corresponding to triggering of uplink channel sending,
wherein when the uplink channel comprises a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), service type information corresponding to data comprised in the PUSCH comprises at least one of the following: information corresponding to a logical channel of the data comprised in the PUSCH, a type of a media access control control element (MAC CE), and a priority of the MAC CE;
and/or
when the uplink channel comprises a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), service type information corresponding to data comprised in the PUCCH comprises service information corresponding to a data type;
and/or
when the uplink channel comprises a physical random access channel (PRACH), service type information corresponding to triggering of PRACH sending comprises information corresponding to a logical channel that triggers the PRACH sending;
and/or
when the uplink channel comprises a sounding reference signal (SRS) channel, service type information corresponding to triggering of SRS sending comprises: a type of a trigger event that triggers the SRS sending,
wherein when the data type comprises a scheduling request (SR), the service information corresponding to the data type comprises information corresponding to a logical channel that triggers SR sending;
and/or
when the data type comprises hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback, the service information corresponding to the data type comprises information corresponding to a logical channel that triggers HARQ sending;
and/or
when the data type comprises a channel state information (CSI) report, the service information corresponding to the data type comprises a trigger type that triggers the CSI report,
wherein the information corresponding to the logical channel comprises a priority of the logical channel.

### Claim 15

A network side device, comprising a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored in the memory and capable of running on the processor, wherein when the computer program is executed by the processor, the step of the transmission method according to claim is implemented.

### Claim 16 (depends on 14)

The terminal device according to claim 14, wherein the information corresponding to the logical channel comprises at least one of the following:
an identifier of the logical channel;
a cell corresponding to the logical channel;
a cell group corresponding to the logical channel;
a data type corresponding to the logical channel; and
a control signaling type corresponding to the logical channel.

### Claim 17 (depends on 14)

The terminal device according to claim 14, wherein the service type information corresponding to triggering of PRACH sending comprises a type of a trigger event that triggers the PRACH sending, and the type of the trigger event that triggers the PRACH sending comprises at least one of the following:
initial access of radio resource control (RRC) in an idle state or an inactive state;
state transition of RRC in an inactive state;
connection re-establishment of RRC;
handover;
addition or change of primary and secondary cells;
downlink data arrival or uplink data arrival of RRC in a connected state, wherein an uplink synchronization state is out-of-synchronization;
establishment of uplink timing of a secondary cell;
system information request; and
beam failure recovery.

### Claim 18 (depends on 14)

The terminal device according to claim 14, wherein when the uplink channel comprises at least two sets of data corresponding to different service type information, the service information corresponding to the uplink channel is determined based on priorities of the at least two sets of data from the service type information corresponding to the at least two sets of data.

### Claim 19

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, wherein the computer readable storage medium stores a computer program, and when the computer program is executed by the processor, the step of the transmission method according to claim is implemented.

### Claim 20

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, wherein the computer readable storage medium stores a computer program, and when the computer program is executed by the processor, the step of the transmission method according to claim is implemented.