# US 12,114,343 B2 · Method for transmitting signaling information, and communication node and storage medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,114,343 B2 - Document ID: US12114343B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/639,941 - Filed: 2020-08-21 - Published: 2022-10-13 - Granted: 2024-10-08 - Earliest claimed: 2019-09-03 - Assignees: Zte Corporation - Applicants: Zte Corporation - Inventors: Huahua Xiao; Chuangxin Jiang; Zhaohua Lu; Shujuan Zhang; Yu Ngok Li; Hao Wu; Xinquan Ye; Shijia Shao; Yu Pan - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12114343B2 ## CPC - H04L 5/0091: {Signalling for the administration of the divided path, e.g. signalling of configuration information} - H04W 72/542: using measured or perceived quality - H04L 5/0051: {of dedicated pilots, i.e. pilots destined for a single user or terminal} - H04L 5/0057: {Physical resource allocation for CQI} - H04W 72/0446: Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames - H04W 72/23: in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal - 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 a method and apparatus for transmitting signaling information, a communication node and a storage medium. The method for transmitting signaling information includes the following steps: signaling information is received; and channel state information of M physical uplink channels is determined based on the signaling information, where M is a positive integer greater than 1. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for transmitting signaling information, comprising: receiving signaling information; and determining channel state information of M physical uplink channels based on the signaling information, wherein M is a positive integer greater than 1; wherein a transmission mode of the M physical uplink channels comprises repetition transmission and non-repetition transmission, wherein the repetition transmission comprises that an intersection of transmission information comprised in the M physical uplink channels during transmission is not empty, and the non-repetition transmission comprises at least one of the following: an intersection of transmission information comprised in the M physical uplink channels during transmission is empty or a difference set between transmission information comprised in the M physical uplink channels during transmission is not empty. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the signaling information comprises M pieces of downlink control information. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein determining the channel state information of the M physical uplink channels based on the signaling information comprises at least one of the following: determining the channel state information of the M physical uplink channels based on an association between an uplink sounding reference signal resource set and a redundancy version field value set of the M pieces of downlink control information; determining the channel state information of the M physical uplink channels based on an association between an uplink sounding reference signal resource set and a carrier indicator field value set of the M pieces of downlink control information; determining the channel state information of the M physical uplink channels based on an association between an uplink sounding reference signal resource set and a bandwidth part indicator field value set of the M pieces of downlink control information; or determining the channel state information of the M physical uplink channels based on an association between an uplink sounding reference signal resource set and an antenna port field value set of the M pieces of downlink control information. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein determining the channel state information of the M physical uplink channels based on the signaling information comprises at least one of the following: determining the channel state information of the M physical uplink channels based on an association between an uplink transmission unit and a component carrier value set for transmission of a physical downlink control channel; determining the channel state information of the M physical uplink channels based on an association between an uplink transmission unit and a bandwidth part value set for transmission of a physical downlink control channel; determining the channel state information of the M physical uplink channels based on an association between an uplink transmission unit and a control resource set value set corresponding to the M pieces of downlink control information; determining the channel state information of the M physical uplink channels based on an association between an uplink transmission unit and a physical downlink control channel detection occasion value set corresponding to the M pieces of downlink control information; or determining the channel state information of the M physical uplink channels based on an association between an uplink transmission unit and a physical downlink control channel detection candidate value set corresponding to the M downlink control information. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein determining the channel state information of the M physical uplink channels based on the signaling information comprises: determining the channel state information of the M physical uplink channels based on an uplink transmission unit index of an uplink sounding reference resource or an uplink sounding reference resource set indicated by an uplink sounding reference resource indicator field of the signaling information. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the signaling information comprises first-level downlink control information, and the first-level downlink control information is configured to determine channel state information of a first physical uplink channel. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein determining the channel state information of the M physical uplink channels based on the signaling information comprises at least one of the following: determining content of second-level downlink control information according to an uplink sounding signal resource indicator field of the first-level downlink control information; or determining detection status of second-level downlink control information according to uplink sounding signal resource information indicated in the first-level downlink control information, wherein the second-level downlink control information belongs to the M pieces of downlink control information. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein determining the channel state information of the M physical uplink channels based on the signaling information comprises at least one of the following: in a case where a number of uplink sounding signal resource groups or a number of uplink sounding signal resources indicated by the first-level downlink control information is less than a predetermined value, not detecting second-level downlink control information; in a case where a number of uplink sounding signal resource groups or a number of uplink sounding signal resources indicated by the first-level downlink control information is less than a predetermined value, determining that content of second-level downlink control information is empty; in a case where a number of uplink sounding signal resource groups or a number of uplink sounding signal resources indicated by the first-level downlink control information is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, detecting second-level downlink control information; in a case where a number of uplink sounding signal resource groups or a number of uplink sounding signal resources indicated by the first-level downlink control information is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, determining that content of second-level downlink control information is not empty; or in a case where a number of uplink sounding signal resource groups or a number of uplink sounding signal resources indicated by the first-level downlink control information is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, determining that second-level downlink control information comprises channel state information of a second physical uplink channel. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the signaling information comprises one piece of downlink control information, an uplink sounding signal resource indicator field in the downlink control information indicates M uplink sounding signal resource indicators, and the M uplink sounding signal resource indicators are configured to determine the channel state information of the M physical uplink channels. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the signaling information comprises one piece of downlink control information, an uplink sounding signal resource indicator field in the downlink control information indicates M uplink sounding signal resource indicator groups, and the M uplink sounding signal resource indicator groups are configured to determine the channel state information of the M physical uplink channels. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the channel state information of the M physical uplink channels comprises a channel rank, wherein the channel rank is acquired according to at least one of: a total number of uplink sounding signal resource indicators indicated by the uplink sounding signal resource indicator field in the downlink control information, or a value of M. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein determining the channel state information of the M physical uplink channels based on the signaling information comprises at least one of the following: in a case where a relationship between information indicated in the M pieces of downlink control information satisfies a first predetermined condition, determining that the transmission mode of the M physical uplink channels is the repetition transmission; or in a case where a relationship between parameters of M downlink control channels in which the M pieces of downlink control information are located satisfies a second predetermined condition, determining that the transmission mode of the M physical uplink channels is the repetition transmission. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the first predetermined condition comprises at least one of the following: values of all fields in the M pieces of downlink control information are the same; values of new data indicator fields of the M pieces of downlink control information are the same; values of redundancy version fields of the M pieces of downlink control information are the same; values of modulation and coding scheme fields of the M pieces of downlink control information are the same; or values of hybrid automatic repeat request process number fields of the M pieces of downlink control information are the same; or wherein the second predetermined condition comprises at least one of the following: control resource sets corresponding to the M downlink control channels have a same search space; control resource sets corresponding to the M downlink control channels have a same search space set; physical downlink control channel detection occasions corresponding to the M downlink control channels are the same; physical downlink control channel detection candidates corresponding to the M downlink control channels are the same; a number of uplink sounding signal resource indicators indicated by an uplink sounding signal resource indicator field of the M downlink control channels is 1; or a number of uplink sounding signal resource indicator groups indicated by an uplink sounding signal resource indicator field of the M downlink control channels is 1. ### Claim 14 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, further comprising at least one of the following: determining a time unit in which the M physical uplink channels are located according to a time unit in which predetermined downlink control information of the M pieces of downlink control information is located; determining a time unit in which M physical downlink shared channels are located according to a time unit in which predetermined downlink control information of the M pieces of downlink control information is located; determining a time unit in which M uplink sounding reference resources are located according to a time unit in which predetermined downlink control information of the M pieces of downlink control information is located; or determining a time unit of M channel state information reports according to a time unit in which predetermined downlink control information of the M pieces of downlink control information is located. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the predetermined downlink control information comprises at least one of the following: downlink control information having a minimum transmission slot among the M pieces of downlink control information; downlink control information having a maximum transmission slot among the M pieces of downlink control information; downlink control information corresponding to a primary transmission node in the M pieces of downlink control information; downlink control information configured by higher layer signaling; predefined downlink control information; downlink control information having a minimum physical downlink control channel resource index corresponding to the M pieces of downlink control information; downlink control information having a maximum physical downlink control channel resource index corresponding to the M pieces of downlink control information; downlink control information having a minimum control resource set resource index corresponding to the M pieces of downlink control information; or downlink control information having a maximum control resource set resource index corresponding to the M pieces of downlink control information. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) A non-transitory storage medium, the storage medium storing a computer program, wherein when the computer program is executed by a processor, the method for transmitting signaling information of claim 1 is implemented. ### Claim 17 A method for transmitting signaling information, comprising: transmitting signaling information, wherein the signaling information is configured to indicate channel state information of M physical uplink channels, and M is a positive integer greater than 1; wherein a transmission mode of the M physical uplink channels comprises repetition transmission and non-repetition transmission, wherein the repetition transmission comprises that an intersection of transmission information comprised in the M physical uplink channels during transmission is not empty, and the non-repetition transmission comprises at least one of the following: an intersection of transmission information comprised in the M physical uplink channels during transmission is empty or a difference set between transmission information comprised in the M physical uplink channels during transmission is not empty. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) A communication node, comprising: at least one processor; and a storage apparatus configured to store at least one program; wherein when the at least one program is executed by the at least one processor, the at least one processor is caused to implement the method for transmitting signaling information of claim 17. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) A non-transitory storage medium, the storage medium storing a computer program, wherein when the computer program is executed by a processor, the method for transmitting signaling information of claim 17 is implemented. ### Claim 20 A communication node, comprising: at least one processor; and a storage apparatus configured to store at least one program; wherein when the at least one program is executed by the at least one processor, the at least one processor is caused to implement the following: receiving signaling information; and determining channel state information of M physical uplink channels based on the signaling information, wherein M is a positive integer greater than 1; wherein a transmission mode of the M physical uplink channels comprises repetition transmission and non-repetition transmission, wherein the repetition transmission comprises that an intersection of transmission information comprised in the M physical uplink channels during transmission is not empty, and the non-repetition transmission comprises at least one of the following: an intersection of transmission information comprised in the M physical uplink channels during transmission is empty or a difference set between transmission information comprised in the M physical uplink channels during transmission is not empty.