# US 12,113,744 B2 · Information indication method and related devices > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,113,744 B2 - Document ID: US12113744B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/689,970 - Filed: 2022-03-08 - Published: 2022-06-23 - Granted: 2024-10-08 - Earliest claimed: 2019-11-08 - Assignees: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd. - Applicants: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd. - Inventors: Zhi Zhang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12113744B2 ## CPC - H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals} - H04L 5/0096: {Indication of changes in allocation} - H04W 72/21: in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network - H04W 74/0808: using carrier sensing, e.g. carrier sense multiple access [CSMA] - 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 Provided are an information indication method and related devices. The method includes the following. A network device determines whether a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission corresponding to a first PUCCH format uses an interlace. If the network device determines that the PUCCH transmission corresponding to the first PUCCH format uses an interlace, the network device transmits indication information to a terminal, where the indication information indicates to the terminal information of the interlace used by the PUCCH transmission corresponding to the first PUCCH format. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An information indication method, comprising: determining, by a network device, whether a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission corresponding to a first PUCCH format uses an interlace; and transmitting, by the network device, indication information to a terminal when the network device determines that the PUCCH transmission corresponding to the first PUCCH format uses an interlace, the indication information indicating to the terminal information of the interlace used by the PUCCH transmission corresponding to the first PUCCH format; wherein multiple interlaces are used by the PUCCH transmission corresponding to the first PUCCH format, the multiple interlaces comprise a first interlace and one or more second interlaces, the indication information comprises first indication information and second indication information, the first indication information comprises an identifier of the first interlace, the second indication information indicates an identifier of the one or more second interlaces, wherein the first indication information is carried in a PUCCH resource parameter, the second indication information is carried in a first PUCCH format parameter, and the PUCCH resource parameter and/or the first PUCCH format parameter is a radio resource control, RRC, configuration parameter. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more second interlaces is one interlace, and the multiple interlaces are two interlaces. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the first interlace and the second interlace are two interlaces among M available interlaces, and the second interlace has a first offset relative to the first interlace. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein an identifier of the first interlace, an identifier of the second interlace, the first offset, and M satisfy: the identifier of the second interlace=(the identifier of the first interlace+the first offset) mod M. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein the first offset has a value specified in a standard protocol. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the indication information further indicates information of a listen before talk (LBT) subband corresponding to the PUCCH transmission corresponding to the first PUCCH format; wherein the information of the LBT subband is carried in the PUCCH resource parameter. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the PUCCH resource parameter and the first PUCCH format parameter are carried in a same RRC signaling. ### Claim 8 An information indication method, comprising: receiving, by a terminal, indication information from a network device, the indication information indicating information of an interlace used by a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission corresponding to a first PUCCH format; and performing, by the terminal, the PUCCH transmission according to the indication information, wherein the interlace used by the PUCCH transmission corresponding to the first PUCCH format is two interlaces, the indication information comprises first indication information and second indication information, the first indication information is carried in a PUCCH resource parameter, the second indication information is carried in a first PUCCH format parameter, and the PUCCH resource parameter and/or the first PUCCH format parameter is a radio resource control, RRC, configuration parameter, wherein the first indication information comprises an identifier of a first interlace and the second indication information indicates an identifier of a second interlace. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the PUCCH resource parameter and the first PUCCH format parameter are carried in a same RRC signaling. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the first interlace and the second interlace are two interlaces among M available interlaces, and the second interlace has a first offset relative to the first interlace. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the identifier of the first interlace, the identifier of the second interlace, the first offset, and M satisfies: the identifier of the second interlace=(the identifier of the first interlace+the first offset) mod M. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the first offset has a value specified in a standard protocol. ### Claim 13 A network device, comprising: a transceiver; a processor; and a memory storing computer programs which, when executed by the processor, are operable with the processor to determine whether a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission corresponding to a first PUCCH format uses an interlace; and wherein the computer programs, when executed by the processor, cause the transceiver to transmit indication information to a terminal when the processor determines that the PUCCH transmission corresponding to the first PUCCH format uses an interlace, the indication information indicating to the terminal information of the interlace used by the PUCCH transmission corresponding to the first PUCCH format; wherein multiple interlaces are used by the PUCCH transmission corresponding to the first PUCCH format, the multiple interlaces comprise a first interlace and one or more second interlaces, the indication information comprises first indication information and second indication information, the first indication information comprises an identifier of the first interlace, the second indication information indicates an identifier of the one or more second interlaces, wherein the first indication information is carried in a PUCCH resource parameter, the second indication information is carried in a first PUCCH format parameter, and the PUCCH resource parameter and/or the first PUCCH format parameter is a radio resource control, RRC, configuration parameter. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The network device of claim 13, wherein the computer programs, when executed by the processor, are further operable with the processor to determine the quantity of interlaces used by the PUCCH transmission corresponding to the first PUCCH format, and cause the transceiver to transmit the indication information to the terminal according to the quantity of interlaces used by the PUCCH transmission corresponding to the first PUCCH format. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The network device of claim 13, wherein the indication information comprises an identifier of the interlace used by the PUCCH transmission corresponding to the first PUCCH format. ### Claim 16 A terminal, comprising: a transceiver; a processor; and a memory storing computer programs which, when executed by the processor, cause the transceiver to receive indication information from a network device, the indication information indicating information of an interlace used by a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission corresponding to a first PUCCH format; and wherein the computer programs, when executed by the processor, are operable with the processor to invoke the transceiver to perform the PUCCH transmission according to the indication information, wherein the interlace used by the PUCCH transmission corresponding to the first PUCCH format is two interlaces, the indication information comprises first indication information and second indication information, the first indication information is carried in a PUCCH resource parameter, the second indication information is carried in a first PUCCH format parameter, and the PUCCH resource parameter and/or the first PUCCH format parameter is a radio resource control, RRC, configuration parameter, wherein wherein the first indication information comprises an identifier of a first interlace and the second indication information indicates an identifier of a second interlace. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The terminal of claim 16, wherein the indication information comprises an identifier of the interlace used by the PUCCH transmission corresponding to the first PUCCH format. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The terminal of claim 16, wherein the indication information indicates information of a listen before talk (LBT) subband corresponding to the PUCCH transmission corresponding to the first PUCCH format. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The terminal of claim 18, wherein the information of the LBT subband is carried in a PUCCH resource parameter of the indication information.