Systems and methods for slot offset information management
AssigneeZte Corporation
InventorsXiaoying Ma, Mengzhu Chen, Jun Xu, Hao Wu
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Abstract
This disclosure relates generally to wireless communications and, more particularly, to systems and methods for communication of slot offset information prior to communicating downlink control information. In one embodiment, a method performed by a communication node includes: determining slot offset indication information that classifies a slot offset information set as either a first kind or a second kind based on at least one of: high-layer configuration signaling and predefined information, and sending the slot offset indication information to a communication device.
Claims20
A method performed by a communication node, comprising:
- determining slot offset indication information that classifies a slot offset information set as either a first kind or a second kind,
- wherein the slot offset information set characterizes an offset from one of:
- a first offset between a downlink control information time slot and a physical downlink shared channel time slot, and
- a second offset between the downlink control information time slot and a physical uplink shared channel time slot, and
- wherein:
- in response to the slot offset information set being the first kind, the slot offset information set indicates that the offset is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to Nmax, wherein the Nmax is a positive integer greater than 10, and
- in response to the slot offset information set being the second kind, the slot offset information set indicates that the offset is greater than or equal to a minimum threshold value and less than or equal to the Nmax, wherein the minimum threshold value is indicated to a communication device via a radio resource control (RRC) message;
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- sending the slot offset indication information to the communication device.
A method performed by a communication device, comprising:
- receiving slot offset indication information from a communication node, wherein the slot offset indication information classifies a slot offset information set as either a first kind or a second kind based on high-layer configuration signaling,
- wherein the slot offset information set characterizes an offset from one of:
- a first offset between a downlink control information time slot and a physical downlink shared channel time slot, and
- a second offset between the downlink control information time slot and a physical uplink shared channel time slot, and
- wherein:
- in response to the slot offset information set being the first kind, the slot offset information set indicates that the offset is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to Nmax, wherein the Nmax is a positive integer greater than 10, and
- in response to the slot offset information set being the second kind, the slot offset information set indicates that the offset is greater than or equal to a minimum threshold value and less than or equal to the Nmax, wherein the minimum threshold value is indicated to the communication device via a radio resource control (RRC) message.
A communication node comprising a memory for storing computer instructions and a processor in communication with the memory, wherein, when the processor executes the computer instructions, the processor is configured to cause the communication node to:
- determine slot offset indication information that classifies a slot offset information set as either a first kind or a second kind based on high-layer configuration signaling,
- wherein the slot offset information set characterizes an offset from one of:
- a first offset between a downlink control information time slot and a physical downlink shared channel time slot, and
- a second offset between the downlink control information time slot and a physical uplink shared channel time slot, and
- wherein:
- in response to the slot offset information set being the first kind, the slot offset information set indicates that the offset is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to Nmax, wherein the Nmax is a positive integer greater than 10, and
- in response to the slot offset information set being the second kind, the slot offset information set indicates that the offset is greater than or equal to a minimum threshold value and less than or equal to the Nmax, wherein the minimum threshold value is indicated to a communication device via a radio resource control (RRC) message;
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- send the slot offset indication information to the communication device.
A communication device comprising a memory for storing computer instructions and a processor in communication with the memory, wherein, when the processor executes the computer instructions, the processor is configured to cause the communication device to:
- receive slot offset indication information from a communication node, wherein the slot offset indication information classifies a slot offset information set as either a first kind or a second kind based on high-layer configuration signaling,
- wherein the slot offset information set characterizes an offset from one of:
- a first offset between a downlink control information time slot and a physical downlink shared channel time slot, and
- a second offset between the downlink control information time slot and a physical uplink shared channel time slot, and
- wherein:
- in response to the slot offset information set being the first kind, the slot offset information set indicates that the offset is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to Nmax, wherein the Nmax is a positive integer greater than 10, and
- in response to the slot offset information set being the second kind, the slot offset information set indicates that the offset is greater than or equal to a minimum threshold value and less than or equal to the Nmax, wherein the minimum threshold value is indicated to the communication device via a radio resource control (RRC) message.
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