# US 2019/0174494 A1 · Method for configuring frame structure, network side device, and terminal > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0174494 A1 - Document ID: US20190174494A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/324,289 - Filed: 2017-08-11 - Published: 2019-06-06 - Earliest claimed: 2016-08-12 - Assignees: China Mobile Communication Co., Ltd Research Institute; China Mobile Communications Corporation - Applicants: China Mobile Communication Ltd., Research Institute; China Mobile Communications Corporation - Inventors: Xiaodong Xu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190174494A1 ## CPC - H04W 56/0015: {one node acting as a reference for the others} - H04W 72/0446: Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames - H04L 5/0044: {Allocation of payload; Allocation of data channels, e.g. PDSCH or PUSCH} - H04L 27/2607: {Cyclic extensions} - H04W 56/001: {Synchronization between nodes} - H04W 56/0045: {compensating for timing error by altering transmission time} - H04W 72/04: Wireless resource allocation - H04W 72/12: Wireless traffic scheduling - 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 method for configuring a frame structure, a network side device and a terminal are provided. A relevant frame structure is modified so that uplink and downlink transmission resources are flexibly adjusted, so as to be adapted to requirements of uplink and downlink services and not be limited to a certain type or certain types of fixed uplink and downlink configurations and GP configurations. The method includes determining a first period and first indication information, wherein the first period is a frame period configured for a carrier or a period in which a uplink transmission appears; the first indication information is used to indicate whether a time-domain transmission resource available for the uplink transmission exists in the first period or not; and, if the time-domain transmission resource exists, indicate a position of the time-domain transmission resource. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for configuring a frame structure, comprising: transmitting configuration information of a first period and first indication information to a terminal through broadcast information by a network side device, wherein the first period is a frame period configured for a carrier or a period in which a uplink transmission appears, the first indication information is used to indicate whether a time-domain transmission resource available for the uplink transmission exists in the first period or not; and is further used to, if the time-domain transmission resource available for the uplink transmission exists, indicate a position of the time-domain transmission resource available for the uplink transmission. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein, the first indication information is further used to indicate that all time-domain resources in the first period are available for the uplink transmission. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein before the first indication information is changed, the time-domain transmission resource available for the uplink transmission is only used for the uplink transmission. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein, the first period comprises a plurality of time-domain transmission granularities and each of the plurality of time-domain transmission granularities comprises one or more symbols. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method according to claim 4, wherein, in case that the time-domain transmission resource available for the uplink transmission exists in the first period, at most one switch point for switching transmission directions is comprised in the first period, and a switch direction is from a downlink transmission to the uplink transmission at the switch point. ### Claim 6 (canceled) ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The method according to claim 5, wherein, in case that the downlink transmission exists in the first period, the first time-domain transmission granularity is a time-domain transmission granularity used for the downlink transmission and comprises transmission resources used for transmitting a synchronization signal, and the first time-domain transmission granularity is a first time-domain transmission granularity in the first period. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method according to claim 7, wherein, time-domain transmission resources between an end time of the first time-domain transmission granularity and a start time of the uplink transmission in the first period comprise at least one of a downlink transmission resource, a blank transmission resource, and a guard period between the uplink transmission and the downlink transmission. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The method according to claim 7, further comprising: transmitting second indication information to the terminal through a dedicated signaling by the network side device, wherein the second indication information is used to indicate whether time-domain transmission resources other than the first time-domain transmission granularity and the time-domain transmission resource available for the uplink transmission in the first period are to be used for the downlink transmission. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9, wherein, the second indication information is specifically used to indicate absolute time-domain position information or relative time-domain position information of a time-domain transmission resource to be used for the downlink transmission in the time-domain transmission resources other than the first time-domain transmission granularity and the time-domain transmission resource available for the uplink transmission in the first period; the absolute time-domain position information comprises a number of a time-domain transmission granularity, a symbol number of a time-domain transmission granularity, or a combination of a number and a symbol number of a time-domain transmission granularity; the relative time-domain position information comprises an offset value relative to a predetermined time-domain position. ### Claim 11 A method for configuring a frame structure, comprising: receiving, by a terminal, configuration information of a first period and first indication information transmitted by a network side device through broadcast information, wherein the first period is a frame period configured for a carrier or a period in which a uplink transmission appears, the first indication information is used to indicate whether a time-domain transmission resource available for the uplink transmission exists in the first period or not; and the first indication information is further used to, if the time-domain transmission resource exists, indicate a position of the time-domain transmission resource available for the uplink transmission; and determining whether the time-domain transmission resource available for the uplink transmission exists or not or the position of the time-domain transmission resource available for the uplink transmission by the terminal according to the configuration information of the first period and the first indication information. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, wherein, the first indication information is further used to indicate that all time-domain resources in the first period are available for the uplink transmission. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, wherein before the first indication information is changed, the time-domain transmission resource available for the uplink transmission is only used for the uplink transmission. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, wherein, the first period comprises a plurality of time-domain transmission granularities and each of the plurality of time-domain transmission granularities comprises one or more symbols. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method according to claim 14, wherein, in case that the time-domain transmission resource available for the uplink transmission exists in the first period, at most one switch point for switching transmission directions is comprised in the first period, and a switch direction is from a downlink transmission to the uplink transmission at the switch point. ### Claim 16 (canceled) ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The method according to claim 15, wherein, in case that the downlink transmission exists in the first period, the first time-domain transmission granularity is a time-domain transmission granularity used for the downlink transmission and comprises transmission resources used for transmitting a synchronization signal, and the first time-domain transmission granularity is a first time-domain transmission granularity in the first period. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method according to claim 17, wherein, time-domain transmission resources between an end time of the first time-domain transmission granularity and a start time of the uplink transmission in the first period comprise at least one of a downlink transmission resource, a blank transmission resource, and a guard period between the uplink transmission and the downlink transmission. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The method according to claim 17, further comprising: receiving, by the terminal, second indication information transmitted by the network side device through a dedicated signaling, wherein the second indication information is used to indicate whether time-domain transmission resources other than the first time-domain transmission granularity in the first period are to be used for the downlink transmission; determining, by the terminal, time-domain transmission resource used for the downlink transmission according to the second indication information, and receiving information transmitted in the time-domain transmission resource used for the downlink transmission. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The method according to claim 19, wherein, the second indication information is specifically used to indicate absolute time-domain position information or relative time-domain position information of a time-domain transmission resource to be used for the downlink transmission in the time-domain transmission resources other than the first time-domain transmission granularity in the first period; the absolute time-domain position information comprises a number of a time-domain transmission granularity, a symbol number of a time-domain transmission granularity, or a combination of a number and a symbol number of a time-domain transmission granularity; the relative time-domain position information comprises an offset value relative to a predetermined time-domain position. ### Claim at position 21 21-40. (canceled) ### Claim 41 (depends on 1) A network side device, comprising a processor, a storage, and a transmitter, wherein, the storage is configured to store programs and data, the transmitter is configured to transmit information from the processor to a terminal, and the processor is to perform the method according to claim 1, by invoking and executing the programs and the data stored in the storage. ### Claim 42 (depends on 11) A terminal, comprising a processor, a storage, and a receiver, wherein, the receiver is to receive information transmitted by a network side device, the storage is configured to store programs and data, and the processor is configured to perform the method according to claim 11, by invoking and executing the programs and the data stored in the storage. ### Claim at position 24 43-44. (canceled)