# US 12,225,585 B2 · Wireless communication method and terminal device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,225,585 B2 - Document ID: US12225585B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/831,786 - Filed: 2022-06-03 - Published: 2022-10-13 - Granted: 2025-02-11 - Earliest claimed: 2019-12-06 - Assignees: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd. - Applicants: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd. - Inventors: Zuomin Wu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12225585B2 ## CPC - H04W 74/0816: with collision avoidance - 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 - H04W 74/006: {in the downlink, i.e. towards the terminal} - H04W 74/0866: {using a dedicated channel for access} - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A wireless communication method, a terminal device, and a network device, comprising: according to first downlink control information (DCI) sent by the network device, the terminal device performs at least one of determining whether uplink transmission can be performed within a channel occupancy time (COT) obtained by the network device and determining content of first COT sharing indication information comprised in configured grant uplink control information (CG-UCI), wherein the first COT sharing indication information is used to indicate whether the network device can share a COT obtained by the terminal device, and wherein a resource used in the uplink transmission is a CG uplink resource of the COT obtained by the network device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A wireless communication method, comprising: performing, by a terminal device according to first Downlink Control Information (DCI) sent by a network device, at least one of determining whether an uplink transmission is allowed to be performed within a Channel Occupancy Time (COT) obtained by the network device, and determining content of first COT sharing indication information comprised in Configured Grant Uplink Control Information (CG-UCI), wherein the first COT sharing indication information is used to indicate whether a COT obtained by the terminal device is allowed to be shared with the network device, and wherein a resource used for the uplink transmission is a Configured Grant (CG) uplink resource in the COT obtained by the network device; wherein at least one of the following: the first DCI comprises second COT sharing indication information, and the second COT sharing indication information is used to determine whether the terminal device is allowed to share a first Configured Grant (CG) uplink resource in the COT obtained by the network device to transmit a Configured Grant Physical Uplink Shared Channel (CG-PUSCH); and the first DCI comprises Slot Format Indication (SFI) information, and the SFI information is used to determine whether the terminal device is allowed to share the first CG uplink resource in the COT obtained by the network device to transmit the CG-PUSCH. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the performing, by the terminal device according to the first DCI sent by the network device, at least one of determining whether the uplink transmission is allowed to be performed within the COT obtained by the network device, and determining the content of the first COT sharing indication information comprised in the CG-UCI comprises: when the first DCI indicates that a first CG uplink resource in the COT of the network device is allowed to be shared with the terminal device for transmitting a first CG-PUSCH, performing, by the terminal device, at least one of the following: transmitting, by the terminal device, the first CG-PUSCH on the first CG uplink resource, wherein the first CG-PUSCH comprises first CG-UCI, and the first COT sharing indication information in the first CG-UCI indicates that the COT obtained by the terminal device is not allowed to be shared with the network device; transmitting, by the terminal device, the first CG-PUSCH on the first CG uplink resource, wherein the first CG-PUSCH comprises the first CG-UCI, and the first CG-UCI does not comprise the first COT sharing indication information, indicating that the COT obtained by the terminal device is not allowed to be shared with the network device; transmitting, by the terminal device, the first CG-PUSCH on the first CG uplink resource, wherein the COT obtained by the terminal device is not allowed to be shared with the network device; when the terminal device is configured with a sharing energy detection threshold, transmitting, by the terminal device, the first CG-PUSCH on the first CG uplink resource, wherein the first CG-PUSCH comprises the first CG-UCI, the first COT sharing indication information in the first CG-UCI indicates that the COT obtained by the terminal device is not allowed to be shared with the network device, and the first COT sharing indication information comprises at least one bit; and when the terminal device is not configured with the sharing energy detection threshold, transmitting, by the terminal device, the first CG-PUSCH on the first CG uplink resource, wherein the first CG-PUSCH comprises the first CG-UCI, the first COT sharing indication information in the first CG-UCI indicates that the COT obtained by the terminal device is not allowed to be shared with the network device, and the first COT sharing indication information comprises one bit. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein the first COT sharing indication information in the first CG-UCI comprises at least one bit, and all of the at least one bit being of a value of 0 indicates that the COT obtained by the terminal device is not allowed to be shared with the network device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein when the terminal device is not configured with the sharing energy detection threshold, the first COT sharing indication information comprises one bit, and the one bit is set to 0. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the performing, by the terminal device according to the first DCI sent by the network device, at least one of determining whether the uplink transmission is allowed to be performed within the COT obtained by the network device, and determining the content of the first COT sharing indication information comprised in the CG-UCI comprises: when the first DCI indicates that the first CG uplink resource in the COT of the network device is not allowed to be shared with the terminal device for transmission of a CG-PUSCH, not transmitting, by the terminal device, the CG-PUSCH on the first CG uplink resource. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the SFI information being used to determine whether the terminal device is allowed to share the first CG uplink resource in the COT obtained by the network device to transmit the CG-PUSCH comprises: when the SFI information in the first DCI indicates that a symbol corresponding to the first CG uplink resource is an uplink symbol, it indicates that the first CG uplink resource in the COT of the network device is allowed to be shared with the terminal device for transmission of a first CG-PUSCH of the CG-PUSCH. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the SFI information being used to determine whether the terminal device is allowed to share the first CG uplink resource in the COT obtained by the network device to transmit the CG-PUSCH comprises: when the SFI information in the first DCI indicates that a symbol corresponding to the first CG uplink resource is not an uplink symbol, it indicates that the first CG uplink resource in the COT of the network device is not allowed to be shared with the terminal device for transmission of the first CG-PUSCH. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein, when the terminal device is configured with the second COT sharing indication information, it is determined, according to the second COT sharing indication information, whether an uplink resource in the COT of the network device is allowed to be shared for uplink transmission; or when the terminal device is not configured with the second COT sharing indication information, it is determined, according to the SFI indication information, whether the uplink resource in the COT of the network device is allowed to be shared for the uplink transmission. ### Claim 9 A wireless communication method, comprising: sending, by a network device, first Downlink Control Information (DCI) to a terminal device, wherein the first DCI is used for the terminal device to perform at least one of determining whether an uplink transmission is allowed to be performed within a Channel Occupancy Time (COT) obtained by the network device, and determining content of first COT sharing indication information comprised in Configured Grant Uplink Control Information (CG-UCI), wherein the first COT sharing indication information is used to indicate whether a COT obtained by the terminal device is allowed to be shared with the network device, and wherein a resource used for the uplink transmission is a Configured Grant (CG) uplink resource in the COT obtained by the network device, wherein at least one of the following: the first DCI comprises second COT sharing indication information, and the second COT sharing indication information is used to determine whether the terminal device is allowed to share the first Configured Grant (CG) uplink resource in the COT obtained by the network device to transmit a Configured Grant Physical Uplink Shared Channel (CG-PUSCH); and the first DCI comprises Slot Format Indication (SFI) information, and the SFI information is used to determine whether the terminal device is allowed to share the first CG uplink resource in the COT obtained by the network device to transmit the CG-PUSCH. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9, further comprising: when the first DCI indicates that the first CG uplink resource in the COT of the network device is allowed to be shared with the terminal device for transmission of a first CG-PUSCH, receiving, by the network device, the first CG-PUSCH transmitted by the terminal device on the first CG uplink resource, wherein the first CG-PUSCH comprises first CG-UCI, and the first COT sharing indication information in the first CG-UCI is used to indicate whether the COT obtained by the terminal device is allowed to be shared with the network device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method according to claim 10, wherein the first COT sharing indication information in the first CG-UCI comprises at least one bit, and the at least one bit is used to indicate that the COT obtained by the terminal device is not allowed to be shared with the network device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The method according to claim 10, wherein when the terminal device is not configured with a sharing energy detection threshold, the first COT sharing indication information comprises one bit, and the one bit is set to 0 to indicate that the COT obtained by the terminal device is not allowed to be shared with the network device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9, further comprising: when the first DCI indicates that the first CG uplink resource in the COT of the network device is not allowed to be shared with the terminal device for transmission of a CG-PUSCH, not receiving, by the network device, the CG-PUSCH on the first CG uplink resource. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9, wherein the SFI information being used to determine whether the terminal device is allowed to share the first CG uplink resource in the COT obtained by the network device to transmit the CG-PUSCH comprises: when the slot format indication information in the first DCI indicates that a symbol corresponding to the first CG uplink resource is an uplink symbol, it indicates that the first CG uplink resource in the COT of the network device is allowed to be shared with the terminal device for transmission of the first CG-PUSCH. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9, wherein the SFI information being used to determine whether the terminal device is allowed to share the first Configured Grant (CG) uplink resource in the COT obtained by the network device to transmit the CG-PUSCH comprises: when the slot format indication information in the first DCI indicates that a symbol corresponding to the first CG uplink resource is not an uplink symbol, it indicates that the first CG uplink resource in the COT of the network device is not allowed to be shared with the terminal device for transmission of the first CG-PUSCH. ### Claim 16 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9, further comprising: when the second COT sharing indication information is configured for the terminal device by the network device, the second COT sharing indication information is used to determine whether an uplink resource in the COT of the network device is allowed to be shared for uplink transmission; or when the second COT sharing indication information is not configured for the terminal device by the network device, the SFI indication information is used to determine whether the uplink resource in the COT of the network device is allowed to be shared for the uplink transmission. ### Claim 17 A terminal device, comprising: a processor and a memory, wherein memory is configured to store a computer program, and the processor is configured to call and run the computer program stored in the memory to perform operations of: performing, according to first Downlink Control Information (DCI) sent by a network device, at least one of determining whether an uplink transmission is allowed to be performed within a Channel Occupancy Time (COT) obtained by the network device, and determining content of first COT sharing indication information comprised in Configured Grant Uplink Control Information (CG-UCI), wherein the first COT sharing indication information is used to indicate whether a COT obtained by the terminal device is allowed to be shared with the network device, and wherein a resource used for the uplink transmission is a Configured Grant (CG) uplink resource in the COT obtained by the network device, wherein at least one of the following: the first DCI comprises second COT sharing indication information, and the second COT sharing indication information is used to determine whether the terminal device is allowed to share a first Configured Grant (CG) uplink resource in the COT obtained by the network device to transmit a Configured Grant Physical Uplink Shared Channel (CG-PUSCH); and the first DCI comprises Slot Format Indication (SFI) information, and the SFI information is used to determine whether the terminal device is allowed to share the first CG uplink resource in the COT obtained by the network device to transmit the CG-PUSCH.