# US 12,003,287 B2 · Uplink channel configuration method, uplink channel transmission method, network-side device, and terminal > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,003,287 B2 - Document ID: US12003287B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/368,919 - Filed: 2021-07-07 - Published: 2021-10-28 - Granted: 2024-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2019-01-11 - Assignees: Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Yu Yang; Peng Sun; Zhi Lu; Xiaodong Sun - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12003287B2 ## CPC - H04B 7/0456: Selection of precoding matrices or codebooks, e.g. using matrices antenna weighting - H04L 5/0092: {Indication of how the channel is divided} - H04B 7/022: Site diversity; Macro-diversity (using two or more spaced independent antennas H04B7/04) - H04B 7/0404: the mobile station comprising multiple antennas, e.g. to provide uplink diversity - H04B 7/0689: {using different transmission schemes, at least one of them being a diversity transmission scheme} - H04L 5/0035: {Resource allocation in a cooperative multipoint environment} - 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 72/21: in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network - H04W 72/23: in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal - H04L 5/0023: {Time-frequency-space} - H04L 5/0044: {Allocation of payload; Allocation of data channels, e.g. PDSCH or PUSCH} - H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals} - H04B: TRANSMISSION - 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 This disclosure provides an uplink channel configuration method, an uplink channel transmission method, a network-side device, and a terminal. The uplink channel configuration method is applied to a network-side device and includes: sending indication information to a terminal, where the indication information is used to indicate an uplink channel related transmission parameter, the transmission parameter corresponds to N uplink channels and/or at least two target transmissions of a target uplink channel, and N is an integer greater than 1. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An uplink channel transmission method, comprising: performing, by a terminal, transmission of an uplink channel according to an uplink channel related transmission parameter, wherein the transmission parameter corresponds to at least two target transmissions of a target uplink channel, and N is an integer greater than 1; wherein before the performing transmission of an uplink channel according to an uplink channel related transmission parameter, the method further comprises: receiving, by the terminal, indication information sent by a network-side device, wherein the indication information is used to indicate the uplink channel related transmission parameter; wherein in a case that the transmission parameter corresponds to at least two target transmissions of a target uplink channel, the indication information comprises third sub indication information, and the third sub indication information is used to indicate spatial relation information of at least two target transmissions of the target uplink channel, wherein the number of pieces of spatial relation information is equal to or not equal to the number of target transmissions of the target uplink channel. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the transmission parameter comprises a predefined number of layers of an uplink channel, and the number of layers is 1. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein in a case that the transmission parameter corresponds to at least two target transmissions of a target uplink channel, the transmission parameter comprises: a predefined first association between the number of target transmissions of a target uplink channel and precoding information, and/or a predefined second association between the number of target transmissions of a target uplink channel and spatial relation information. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein in a case that the uplink channel is a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), the indication information is transmitted through downlink control information (DCI). ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method according to claim 4, wherein the DCI comprises a first signaling field, and the first signaling field is used to indicate an uplink transmission scheme for the PUSCH, wherein the uplink transmission scheme comprises at least one of the following: diversity based PUSCH, codebook based PUSCH, and non-codebook based PUSCH; or, wherein the DCI comprises a second signaling field, and the second signaling field is used to indicate precoding information of the PUSCH. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method according to claim 5, wherein the first signaling field is a precoding information and number of layers signaling field, and the precoding information and number of layers signaling field uses a first codepoint to indicate the uplink transmission scheme for the PUSCH. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method according to claim 6, wherein in a case that the first codepoint is a reserved codepoint, a new codepoint, a codepoint for which a transmitted precoding matrix indicator (TPMI) is a special value, or a codepoint for which the number of layers is a special value, the uplink transmission scheme for the PUSCH indicated by the first codepoint is: diversity based PUSCH or non-codebook based PUSCH. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The method according to claim 5, wherein in a case that the precoding information corresponds to N codebook based PUSCHs, the second signaling field is a precoding information and number of layers signaling field; and the DCI uses one precoding information and number of layers signaling field to indicate precoding information of the N codebook based PUSCHs; or the DCI uses N precoding information and number of layers signaling fields to indicate precoding information of the N codebook based PUSCHs; or, wherein in a case that the precoding information corresponds to a diversity based PUSCH, the second signaling field is a precoding information and number of layers signaling field, and the precoding information and number of layers signaling field uses a reserved codepoint to indicate precoding information of the diversity based PUSCH; or, wherein in a case that the precoding information corresponds to at least two target transmissions of a target PUSCH, the DCI further comprises a third signaling field, and the third signaling field is used to indicate the number of target transmissions of the target PUSCH; or, wherein in a case that the precoding information corresponds to at least two target transmissions of a codebook based target PUSCH, the second signaling field is a precoding information and number of layers signaling field; or in a case that the precoding information corresponds to at least two target transmissions of a non-codebook based target PUSCH, the second signaling field is a sounding reference signal resource indicator (SRI) signaling field. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the uplink channel is a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), and the indication information is transmitted through at least one of radio resource control (RRC) layer information, medium access control (MAC) layer information, and physical layer control information, wherein the RRC layer information comprises RRC signaling; the MAC layer information comprises a MAC control element (CE); and the physical layer control information comprises DCI. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9, wherein in a case that the transmission parameter corresponds to N PUCCHs, the indication information comprises a first sub indication information, the first sub indication information is used to indicate Q pieces of spatial relation information, and Q is an integer greater than or equal to N. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method according to claim 10, wherein the first sub indication information comprises G groups of spatial relation information, and the spatial relation information of the G groups of spatial relation information constitutes the Q pieces of spatial relation information, wherein G is equal to 1; or, G is equal to N; or, a value of G is equal to the number of groups that the N PUCCHs are divided to; and/or, wherein in a case that Q is greater than N, the indication information further comprises second sub indication information, and the second sub indication information is used to indicate spatial relation information of each PUCCH of the N PUCCHs. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein in a case that the number of pieces of spatial relation information is less than the number of target transmissions of the target uplink channel, the performing transmission of an uplink channel according to an uplink channel related transmission parameter comprises: performing J target transmissions of at least two target transmissions of the target uplink channel by reusing first spatial relation information in the spatial relation information; or, wherein in a case that the number of pieces of spatial relation information is greater than the number of target transmissions of the target uplink channel, the performing transmission of an uplink channel according to an uplink channel related transmission parameter comprises: performing at least two target transmissions of the target uplink channel by using second spatial relation information in the spatial relation information, the number of pieces of second spatial relation information being equal to the number of target transmissions of the target uplink channel. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method according to claim 12, wherein the J target transmissions are any one of the following transmissions: an odd number of target transmissions of at least two target transmissions of the target uplink channel; an even number of target transmissions of at least two target transmissions of the target uplink channel; first J target transmissions of at least two target transmissions of the target uplink channel; and last J target transmissions of at least two target transmissions of the target uplink channel. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The method according to claim 12, wherein the second spatial relation information is: first p pieces of spatial relation information in the spatial relation information that is arranged in order; or the second spatial relation information is: p pieces of spatial relation information with the smallest spatial distances to target spatial relation information in the spatial relation information; wherein the target spatial relation information is spatial relation information used in historical transmission of an uplink channel corresponding to at least two target transmissions of the target uplink channel; and P is the number of target transmissions of the target uplink channel. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The uplink channel transmission method according to claim 1, comprising: performing, by a terminal, transmission of an uplink channel according to an uplink channel related transmission parameter, wherein the transmission parameter corresponds to N uplink channels. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method according to claim 15, wherein in a case that the transmission parameter corresponds to N uplink channels, the N uplink channels correspond to M transmission and reception points (TRPS), and M is an integer greater than 1; or in a case that the transmission parameter corresponds to at least two target transmissions of a target uplink channel, the target transmission is: a repeated transmission, a frequency hopping transmission, or a fractional transmission. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method according to claim 16, wherein the TRP is defined by at least one of the following: a control resource set or a control resource set group; an explicitly defined TRP; a transmission configuration indication state, a transmission configuration indication state list or a transmission configuration indication state pool; quasi co-location (QCL) information or QCL group information; spatial relation information or spatial relation group information; a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) scrambling identifier or a PDCCH scrambling identifier group; a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) scrambling identifier or a PDSCH scrambling identifier group; a PDCCH-Config information element; and a PDSCH-Config information element. ### Claim 18 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, an uplink channel configuration method is implemented, and the method comprises: sending indication information to a terminal, wherein the indication information is used to indicate an uplink channel related transmission parameter, the transmission parameter corresponds to N uplink channels and/or at least two target transmissions of a target uplink channel, and N is an integer greater than 1; wherein in a case that the transmission parameter corresponds to at least two target transmissions of a target uplink channel, the indication information comprises third sub indication information, and the third sub indication information is used to indicate spatial relation information of at least two target transmissions of the target uplink channel, wherein the number of pieces of spatial relation information is equal to or not equal to the number of target transmissions of the target uplink channel. ### Claim 19 A terminal, 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, an uplink channel transmission method is implemented, and the method comprises: performing transmission of an uplink channel according to an uplink channel related transmission parameter, wherein the transmission parameter corresponds to N uplink channels and/or at least two target transmissions of a target uplink channel, and N is an integer greater than 1; wherein before the performing transmission of an uplink channel according to an uplink channel related transmission parameter, the method further comprises: receiving, by the terminal, indication information sent by a network-side device, wherein the indication information is used to indicate the uplink channel related transmission parameter; wherein in a case that the transmission parameter corresponds to at least two target transmissions of a target uplink channel, the indication information comprises third sub indication information, and the third sub indication information is used to indicate spatial relation information of at least two target transmissions of the target uplink channel, wherein the number of pieces of spatial relation information is equal to or not equal to the number of target transmissions of the target uplink channel.