# US 12,192,972 B2 · Method and device for determining time-domain resource > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,192,972 B2 - Document ID: US12192972B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/715,937 - Filed: 2022-04-07 - Published: 2022-07-21 - Granted: 2025-01-07 - Earliest claimed: 2019-10-14 - Assignees: Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Zichao Ji; Siqi Liu; Huaming Wu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12192972B2 ## CPC - H04W 72/0446: Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames - H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals} - H04L 5/0094: {Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated} - 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 Methods and devices for determining a time-domain resource are provided. An exemplary method includes determining, by a terminal device based on a first time-domain resource occupied by first information and a parameter K, a second time-domain resource occupied by second information corresponding to the first information. K is predefined, configured, indicated by the first information, or obtained based on processing time of the first information. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for determining a time-domain resource, wherein the method comprises: determining, by a terminal device based on a first time-domain resource occupied by first information and a first target parameter K, a second time-domain resource occupied by second information corresponding to the first information, wherein K is predefined, configured, indicated by the first information, or obtained based on processing time of the first information, wherein determining, by the terminal device based on the first time-domain resource occupied by the first information and the first target parameter K, the second time-domain resource occupied by the second information corresponding to the first information further comprises: determining, by the terminal device based on the first time-domain resource occupied by the first information and a sum of K and a second target parameter Z comprising a quantity of time-domain units, the second time-domain resource occupied by the second information corresponding to the first information. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein K is predefined or configured; and before the determining, by the terminal device based on the first time-domain resource occupied by the first information and the first target parameter K, the second time-domain resource occupied by the second information corresponding to the first information, the method further comprises: selecting, by the terminal device, one first parameter from a plurality of first parameters K′ configured for the target resource pool to obtain K, wherein the target resource pool comprises a resource pool to which the first time-domain resource or the second time-domain resource belongs. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein the target resource pool comprises a plurality of resource subsets, and the plurality of first parameters K′ configured for at least two of the resource subsets are different; and the selecting, by the terminal device, the one first parameter from the plurality of first parameters K′ configured for the target resource pool to obtain K comprises: selecting, by the terminal device, K from the plurality of first parameters K′ configured for the target resource pool, wherein one of the plurality resource subsets corresponding to K is used by the terminal device to transmit the first information or the second information. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein K is predefined or configured, indicated by the first information, or obtained by counting physical time-domain units; and wherein the quantity of time-domain units comprises at least one of the following between the first time-domain resource and the second time-domain resource: a quantity of time-domain units in a non-target resource pool; a quantity of time-domain units that are in the target resource pool but are not used to transmit the first information; or a quantity of time-domain units that are in the target resource pool but are not used to transmit the second information, wherein the target resource pool comprises a resource pool to which the first time-domain resource or the second time-domain resource belongs. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein K is predefined, configured, indicated by the first information, or obtained by counting logic time-domain units. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein K is obtained based on a third target parameter X; and before the determining, by the terminal device based on the first time-domain resource occupied by the first information and the first target parameter K, the second time-domain resource occupied by the second information corresponding to the first information, the method further comprises: determining, by the terminal device, the third target parameter X, wherein X is an upper limit of the processing time of the first information, and the processing time of the first information is defined or configured; X is an upper limit that is of the processing time of the first information and that is obtained based on another configuration parameter; or X is actual processing time of the first information. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method according to claim 6, wherein X is the upper limit of the processing time of the first information, and the processing time of the first information is defined or configured; or X is the upper limit that is of the processing time of the first information and that is obtained based on the another configuration parameter; and the determining, by the terminal device, the third target parameter X comprises: selecting, by the terminal device, one third parameter from a plurality of third parameters X′ configured for the target resource pool to obtain X, wherein the target resource pool comprises the resource pool to which the first time-domain resource or the second time-domain resource belongs. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method according to claim 7, wherein the target resource pool comprises a plurality of resource subsets, and the plurality of third parameters X′ configured for at least two of the resource subsets are different; and the selecting, by the terminal device, one third parameter from the plurality of third parameters X′ configured for the target resource pool to obtain X comprises: selecting, by the terminal device, X from the plurality of third parameters X′ configured for the target resource pool, wherein one off the plurality of resource subsets corresponding to X is used by the terminal device to transmit the first information or the second information. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The method according to claim 6, wherein X is an upper limit that is of the processing time of the first information and that is obtained based on at least one of the following: a Sub-Carrier Space (SCS); a terminal device capability supported by the target resource pool, wherein the target resource pool comprises the resource pool to which the first time-domain resource or the second time-domain resource belongs; or a Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) pattern. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9, wherein the terminal device capability supported by the target resource pool is configurable. ### Claim 11 (depends on 6) The method according to claim 6, wherein X is the upper limit that is of the processing time of the first information and that is obtained based on the another configuration parameter, and the determining, by the terminal device, the third target parameter X comprises: obtaining, by the terminal device, X based on a terminal device type supported by the target resource pool, wherein the target resource pool comprises the resource pool to which the first time-domain resource or the second time-domain resource belongs; or X is the actual processing time of the first information, and before the determining, by the terminal device based on the first time-domain resource occupied by the first information and the first target parameter K, the second time-domain resource occupied by the second information corresponding to the first information, the method further comprises: negotiating, by the terminal device, with a peer-end device to obtain X. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, wherein the negotiating, by the terminal device, with the peer-end device to obtain X comprises: receiving, by the terminal device, a plurality of values of the actual processing time of the first information from the peer-end device; and using, by the terminal device, a maximum value of the received values of the actual processing time as X. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, wherein before the determining, by the terminal device based on the first time-domain resource occupied by the first information and the first target parameter K, the second time-domain resource occupied by the second information corresponding to the first information, the method further comprises; sending, by the terminal device, X to a network device, wherein the first information or the second information is scheduled and transmitted based on the network device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, wherein before the determining, by the terminal device based on the first time-domain resource occupied by the first information and the first target parameter K, the second time-domain resource occupied by the second information corresponding to the first information, the method further comprises: selecting, by the terminal device, the resource pool based on X; or selecting, by the terminal device, the first time-domain resource based on X. ### Claim 15 (depends on 6) The method according to claim 6, wherein K is obtained by counting physical time-domain units; K is a quantity of minimum physical time-domain units temporally greater than X; and the target resource pool comprises the resource pool to which the first time-domain resource or the second time-domain resource belong-belongs. ### Claim 16 (depends on 6) The method according to claim 6, wherein K is obtained by counting logic time-domain units and is a quantity of minimum physical time-domain units temporally greater than X. ### Claim 17 (depends on 4) The method according to claim 4, wherein the second time-domain resource comprises the ath time-domain unit after the first time-domain resource, wherein a is a minimum integer greater than or equal to K+Z, and both a and K are obtained by counting physical time-domain units; or a is a minimum integer greater than or equal to K, and both a and K are obtained by counting logic time-domain units. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein a carrier of the first information comprises a Physical Sidelink Shared CHannel (PSSCH) or a Physical Sidelink Control CHannel (PSCCH), and a carrier of the second information comprises a Physical Sidelink Feedback CHannel (PSFCH); the carrier of the first information comprises a Physical Downlink Control CHannel (PDCCH), and the carrier of the second information comprises a PSSCH or a PSCCH; the carrier of the first information comprises a PSSCH or a PSCCH, and the carrier of the second information comprises a physical uplink control channel PUCCH; or the carrier of the first information comprises a PSFCH, and the carrier of the second information comprises a PUCCH. ### Claim 19 A terminal device, comprising: a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and capable of running on the processor, wherein the computer program, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform a method for determining a time-domain resource, wherein the method comprises: determining, by a terminal device based on a first time-domain resource occupied by first information and a first target parameter K, a second time-domain resource occupied by second information corresponding to the first information, wherein K is predefined, configured, indicated by the first information, or obtained based on processing time of the first information, wherein determining, by the terminal device based on the first time-domain resource occupied by the first information and the first target parameter K, the second time-domain resource occupied by the second information corresponding to the first information further comprises: determining, by the terminal device based on the first time-domain resource occupied by the first information and a sum of K and a second target parameter Z comprising a quantity of time-domain units, the second time-domain resource occupied by the second information corresponding to the first information. ### Claim 20 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, wherein the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores a computer program, and the computer program, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform a method for determining a time-domain resource, wherein the method comprises: determining, by a terminal device based on a first time-domain resource occupied by first information and a first target parameter K, a second time-domain resource occupied by second information corresponding to the first information, wherein K is predefined, configured, indicated by the first information, or obtained based on processing time of the first information, wherein determining, by the terminal device based on the first time-domain resource occupied by the first information and the first target parameter K, the second time-domain resource occupied by the second information corresponding to the first information further comprises: determining, by the terminal device based on the first time-domain resource occupied by the first information and a sum of K and a second target parameter Z comprising a quantity of time-domain units, the second time-domain resource occupied by the second information corresponding to the first information.