# US 12,004,158 B2 · Information element processing method and apparatus, quasi-colocation information obtaining method and apparatus, and information determining method and apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,004,158 B2 - Document ID: US12004158B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/371,867 - Filed: 2021-07-09 - Published: 2022-06-02 - Granted: 2024-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2019-01-11 - Assignees: Zte Corporation - Applicants: Zte Corporation - Inventors: Shujuan Zhang; Zhaohua Lu; Bo Gao; Hao Wu; Yu Ngok Li; Chuangxin Jiang; Zhen He - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12004158B2 ## CPC - H04L 5/0078: {Timing of allocation} - H04W 72/20: Control channels or signalling for resource management - 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 5/0094: {Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated} - H04B 7/0619: {using feedback from receiving side (feedback signaling for adaptive modulation/coding H04L1/0001)} - H04B 17/345: Interference values ({signal-to-interference ratio [SIR] or carrier-to-interference ratio [CIR]} H04B17/336) - H04L 5/0023: {Time-frequency-space} - 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) - H04B: TRANSMISSION ## Abstract Provided are an information element processing method and apparatus. The method includes: in the case where a time interval between control information for scheduling a first-type information element and the first-type information element is less than a predetermined threshold and a predetermined condition is satisfied, acquiring quasi co-location information of the first-type information element according to quasi co-location information of a second-type information element; or in the case where a time interval between control information for scheduling a first-type information element and the first-type information element is less than a predetermined threshold and a predetermined condition is not satisfied, processing the first-type information element in a predetermined processing manner. Further provided are a quasi co-location information acquisition method and apparatus, an information determination method and apparatus, and a storage medium. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An information element processing method, comprising: acquiring quasi co-location information of a first-type information element according to quasi co-location information of a second-type information element in a case where a time interval between control information for scheduling the first-type information element and the first-type information element is less than a predetermined threshold and a predetermined condition is satisfied, wherein the predetermined condition comprises first group information corresponding to the first-type information element and second group information corresponding to the second-type information element being the same; wherein the first-type information element and the second-type information element at least partially overlap in time domain. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The information element processing method of claim 1, wherein the information element comprises at least one of a channel or a signal. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The information element processing method of claim 1, wherein i-th group information associated with an i-th type information element comprises an i-th control channel resource group to which a control channel for scheduling the i-th type information element belongs, wherein i is equal to 1 or 2. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The information element processing method of claim 1, wherein the second-type information element comprises a second-type channel, the second-type channel including a control channel in a control channel resource with a predetermined control channel resource index in a latest time unit in which there is at least one control channel resource. ### Claim 5 An information element processing apparatus, comprising a processor and a computer-readable storage medium, wherein the computer-readable storage medium stores an instruction, and the processor, in executing the instruction, is configured to: acquire quasi co-location information of a first-type information element according to quasi co-location information of a second-type information element in a case where a time interval between control information for scheduling the first-type information element and the first-type information element is less than a predetermined threshold and a predetermined condition is satisfied, wherein the predetermined condition comprises first group information corresponding to the first-type information element and second group information corresponding to the second-type information element being the same; wherein the first-type information element and the second-type information element at least partially overlap in time domain. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The information element processing apparatus of claim 5, wherein the information element comprises at least one of a channel or a signal. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The information element processing apparatus of claim 5, wherein i-th group information associated with an i-th type information element comprises an i-th control channel resource group to which a control channel for scheduling the i-th type information element belongs, wherein i is equal to 1 or 2. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The information element processing apparatus of claim 5, wherein the second-type information element comprises a second-type channel, the second-type channel including a control channel in a control channel resource with a predetermined control channel resource index in a latest time unit in which there is at least one control channel resource. ### Claim 9 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, which is configured to store a computer program which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to: acquire quasi co-location information of a first-type information element according to quasi co-location information of a second-type information element in a case where a time interval between control information for scheduling the first-type information element and the first-type information element is less than a predetermined threshold and a predetermined condition is satisfied, wherein the predetermined condition comprises first group information corresponding to the first-type information element and second group information corresponding to the second-type information element being the same; wherein the first-type information element and the second-type information element at least partially overlap in time domain.