# US 12,192,971 B2 · Physical downlink control channel PDCCH transmission 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 12,192,971 B2 - Document ID: US12192971B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/677,674 - Filed: 2022-02-22 - Published: 2022-06-09 - Granted: 2025-01-07 - Earliest claimed: 2019-08-23 - Assignees: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Hailong Hou; Chaojun Li; Liyan Su - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12192971B2 ## CPC - H04W 72/044: based on the type of the allocated resource - H04L 1/0046: {Code rate detection or code type detection (H04L1/0038 takes precedence; detection of the data rate H04L25/0262; for packet format H04L1/0091)} - H04L 1/0072: {Error control for data other than payload data, e.g. control data} - H04L 1/08: by repeating transmission, e.g. Verdan system {(H04L1/1858 and H04L1/189 take precedence)} - H04L 1/1887: {Scheduling and prioritising arrangements} - H04L 1/189: {Transmission or retransmission of more than one copy of a message} - H04L 1/1893: {Physical mapping arrangements (physical resource mapping in general H04L5/00)} - H04L 1/1896: {ARQ related signaling} - H04L 5/0039: {Frequency-contiguous, i.e. with no allocation of frequencies for one user or terminal between the frequencies allocated to another} - H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals} - H04W 72/0453: Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA - 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 5/003: {Arrangements for allocating sub-channels of the transmission path} - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A physical downlink control channel PDCCH transmission method and apparatus is provided. The method includes: A network device sends first indication information to a terminal device, where the first indication information may include configuration information of a PDCCH, the configuration information of the PDCCH is used to indicate at least one repeated transmission configuration manner, which includes a first repeated transmission configuration manner. The repeated transmission configuration manner includes at least one of a quantity of repetitions of the PDCCH and an aggregation level that is of the PDCCH and that corresponds to the quantity of repetitions. The network device may send the PDCCH to the terminal device based on the first repeated transmission configuration manner. According to this method, a sending effect of a PDCCH at a higher aggregation level can be implemented through repeated sending of a plurality of PDCCHs at lower aggregation levels. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmission method, comprising: sending, by a network device, first indication information to a terminal device, wherein the first indication information comprises configuration information of a PDCCH, the configuration information indicates at least one repeated transmission configuration manner, and the at least one repeated transmission configuration manner comprises a first repeated transmission configuration manner comprising a quantity of n repetitions of the PDCCH, wherein n is an integer greater than or equal to 2; and sending, by the network device, the PDCCH to the terminal device in the first repeated transmission configuration manner, including separately sending, the PDCCH at n time-frequency resource positions, wherein each repeated transmission configuration manner comprises at least one of a quantity of repetitions of the PDCCH or an aggregation level of the PDCCH and that corresponds to the quantity of repetitions. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the first indication information further comprises search space information, wherein the search space information is used to determine the n time-frequency resource positions. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the n time-frequency resource positions are determined based on at least one search space and at least one control resource set associated with the at least one search space. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein in response to the n time-frequency resource positions being located in different slots, the sending, by the network device, the PDCCH to the terminal device in the first repeated transmission configuration manner comprises: performing, by the network device, independent channel encoding on each PDCCH; or in response to the n time-frequency resource positions being located in a same slot, the sending, by the network device, the PDCCH to the terminal device in the first repeated transmission configuration manner comprises: performing, by the network device, joint channel encoding on the PDCCH. ### Claim 5 A physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmission method, comprising: receiving, by a terminal device, first indication information from a network device, wherein the first indication information comprises configuration information of a PDCCH, the configuration information indicates at least one repeated transmission configuration manner, and the at least one repeated transmission configuration manner comprises a first repeated transmission configuration manner comprising a quantity of n repetitions of the PDCCH, wherein n is an integer greater than or equal to 2; and receiving, by the terminal device in each repeated transmission configuration manner, the PDCCH sent by the network device, wherein the PDCCH is sent in the first repeated transmission configuration manner, including the PDCCH being sent separately, at n time-frequency resource positions, wherein each repeated transmission configuration manner comprises at least one of a quantity of repetitions of the PDCCH or an aggregation level of the PDCCH and that corresponds to the quantity of repetitions. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising: separately sending, by the network device, data corresponding to the PDCCH to the terminal device at n first time-frequency resource positions corresponding to the n time-frequency resource positions through a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH). ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The method according to claim 5, wherein in response to the n time-frequency resource positions being located in different slots, the receiving, by the terminal device, the PDCCH sent by the network device in the first repeated transmission configuration manner comprises: performing, by the terminal device, independent channel decoding on each PDCCH. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The method according to claim 5, wherein the first indication information further comprises search space information, wherein the search space information is used to determine the n time-frequency resource positions. ### Claim 9 (depends on 5) The method according to claim 5, wherein the n time-frequency resource positions are determined based on at least one search space and at least one control resource set associated with the at least one search space. ### Claim 10 (depends on 5) The method according to claim 5, wherein the receiving, by the terminal device in each repeated transmission configuration manner, the PDCCH sent by the network device comprises: performing, by the terminal device, joint channel decoding on the PDCCH. ### Claim 11 (depends on 5) The method according to claim 5, further comprising: separately receiving, by the terminal device, data corresponding to the PDCCH from the network device at n first time-frequency resource positions corresponding to the n time-frequency resource positions through a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH). ### Claim 12 A communication apparatus, comprising: a transceiver configured to send first indication information to a terminal device, wherein the first indication information comprises configuration information of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), the configuration information indicates at least one repeated transmission configuration manner, and the at least one repeated transmission configuration manner comprises a first repeated transmission configuration manner comprising a quantity of n repetitions of the PDCCH, wherein n is an integer greater than or equal to 2, wherein the transceiver is further configured to send the PDCCH to the terminal device in the first repeated transmission configuration manner, including separately sending, the PDCCH at n time-frequency resource positions, and wherein each repeated transmission configuration manner comprises at least one of a quantity of repetitions of the PDCCH or an aggregation level of the PDCCH and that corresponds to the quantity of repetitions. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The communication apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the first indication information further comprises search space information, wherein the search space information is used to determine the n time-frequency resource positions. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The communication apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the n time-frequency resource positions are determined based on at least one search space and at least one control resource set associated with the at least one search space. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The communication apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the communication apparatus further comprises a processor configured to: in response to the n time-frequency resource positions are located in different slots, the transceiver is specifically configured to: perform independent channel encoding on each PDCCH; or in response to the n time-frequency resource positions are located in a same slot, the transceiver is specifically configured to: perform joint channel encoding on the PDCCH. ### Claim 16 A communication apparatus, comprising: a transceiver, configured to receive first indication information from a network device, wherein the first indication information comprises configuration information of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), the configuration information indicates at least one repeated transmission configuration manner, and the at least one repeated transmission configuration manner comprises a first repeated transmission configuration manner comprising a quantity of n repetitions of the PDCCH, wherein n is an integer greater than or equal to 2, wherein the transceiver is further configured to receive, in each repeated transmission configuration manner, the PDCCH sent by the network device, wherein the PDCCH is sent in the first repeated transmission configuration manner, including the PDCCH being sent separately, at n time-frequency resource positions, and wherein each repeated transmission configuration manner comprises at least one of a quantity of repetitions of the PDCCH or an aggregation level of the PDCCH and that corresponds to the quantity of repetitions. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The communication apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the first indication information further comprises search space information, wherein the search space information is used to determine the n time-frequency resource positions. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The communication apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the n time-frequency resource positions are determined based on at least one search space and at least one control resource set associated with the at least one search space. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The communication apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the communication apparatus further comprises a processor configured to: perform joint channel decoding on the PDCCH. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The communication apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the communication apparatus further comprises a processor configured to: in response to the n time-frequency resource positions being located in different slots, and in receiving the PDCCH sent by the network device in the first repeated transmission configuration manner, perform, independent channel encoding on each PDCCH.