# US 2019/0356436 A1 · Candidate control channel resource determining 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 2019/0356436 A1 - Document ID: US20190356436A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/504,265 - Filed: 2019-07-06 - Published: 2019-11-21 - Earliest claimed: 2017-01-06 - Assignees: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd - Inventors: Xu ZHANG; Lixia XUE; Bingyu QU - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190356436A1 ## CPC - H04L 5/0037: {Inter-user or inter-terminal allocation} - H04L 5/0046: {Determination of the number of bits transmitted on different sub-channels} - H04L 5/0005: {Time-frequency} - H04L 5/0032: {Distributed allocation, i.e. involving a plurality of allocating devices, each making partial allocation} - H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals} - H04W 28/04: Error control - H04W 72/04: Wireless resource allocation - H04W 72/0453: Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA - H04L 5/0007: {the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A) or DMT} - H04L 5/008: {once only, on installation} - 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 A candidate control channel resource determining method and apparatus are provided. Under the method, a first and a second aggregation level can be determined by a terminal. The aggregation level is a quantity of control channel resource elements in a candidate control channel. The first aggregation level is less than the second aggregation level. Control channel resource elements in a candidate control channel set corresponding to the second aggregation level form a first quantity of candidate control channel sets corresponding to the first aggregation level. One of the first quantity of candidate control channel sets corresponding to the first aggregation level can be determined as a target set based on an identifier of the terminal. A control channel resource element occupied by each candidate control channel in the target set can be determined. A candidate control channel in the target set can be detected for a received signal. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A candidate control channel resource determining method for a terminal, comprising: determining a first aggregation level, wherein the first aggregation level is less than a second aggregation level, the first aggregation level corresponds to a first candidate control channel set and the second aggregation level corresponds to a second candidate control channel set, wherein control channel resource elements in the second candidate control channel set comprise a first quantity of first candidate control channel sets, and the control channel resource elements occupied by the first quantity of first candidate control channel sets are a subset of the second candidate control channel set; determining one of the first quantity of first candidate control channel sets as a target set based on a terminal identifier of the terminal; and detecting a candidate control channel in the target set. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the first quantity meets the following formula: D=└(B2×L2)/(L1×B1)┘, wherein D is the first quantity, B2 is a quantity of candidate control channels corresponding to the second aggregation level that are comprised in the second candidate control channel set, L2 is the second aggregation level, B1 is a quantity of candidate control channels comprised in the target set, L1 is the first aggregation level, and └ ┘ is a rounding down operation. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises: determining, based on a first number and a second quantity, a control channel resource element occupied by each candidate control channel in the target set, wherein the first number is a number of a first control channel resource element that is of a first candidate control channel in the target set determined based on the terminal identifier, the number of the first control channel resource element being in the first quantity of candidate control channel sets corresponding to the first aggregation level, the second quantity is a quantity of candidate control channels serving as an interval between two adjacent candidate control channels corresponding to the first aggregation level, and the second quantity is greater than or equal to a difference between the second aggregation level and the first aggregation level. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method according to claim 3, wherein the second quantity meets the following formula: I1=└(B2×L2)/(L1×B1)┘ or I1=k×└(B2×L2)/(k×L1×B1)┘, wherein I1 is the second quantity, B1 is the quantity of candidate control channels in the target set, B2 is the quantity of candidate control channels corresponding to the second aggregation level that are comprised in the second candidate control channel set, k is a preset value, k is a positive integer and is an even number, L1 is the first aggregation level, L2 is the second aggregation level, and └ ┘ is a rounding down operation. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The method according to claim 3, wherein the first number meets the following formula: N1=L1×(P mod └B2/L1┘), wherein N1 is the first number, P is a parameter related to terminal identifier information, B2 is the quantity of candidate control channels corresponding to the second aggregation level that are comprised in the second candidate control channel set, L1 is the first aggregation level, and mod is a modulo operation. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises: determining the control channel resource elements in the second candidate control channel set, wherein a number of a first control channel resource element occupied by a start candidate control channel in the second candidate control channel set is determined based on the terminal identifier. ### Claim 7 A candidate control channel resource determining method for a network device, comprising: determining control information; and determining a control channel resource element occupied by each candidate control channel in a target set, and sending the control information on a control channel resource element occupied by at least one candidate control channel in the target set, wherein the target set is a first candidate control channel set determined from a first quantity of first candidate control channel sets based on a terminal identifier of a terminal, an aggregation level corresponding to the first quantity of first candidate control channel sets is a first aggregation level, the first aggregation level being less than a second aggregation level corresponding to a second candidate control channel set, wherein control channel resource elements in the second candidate control channel set comprise the first quantity of first candidate control channel sets, and the control channel resource elements occupied by the first quantity of first candidate control channel sets are a subset of the second candidate control channel set. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method according to claim 7, wherein the first quantity meets the following formula: D=└(B2×L2)/(L1×B1)┘, wherein D is the first quantity, B2 is a quantity of candidate control channels corresponding to the second aggregation level that are comprised in the second candidate control channel set, L2 is the second aggregation level, B1 is a quantity of candidate control channels comprised in the target set, L1 is the first aggregation level, and └ ┘ is a rounding down operation. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The method according to claim 7, wherein determining, by the network device, a control channel resource element occupied by each candidate control channel in a target set comprises: determining, by the network device based on a first number and a second quantity, the control channel resource element occupied by each candidate control channel in the target set, wherein the first number is a number of a first control channel resource element of a first candidate control channel in the target set determined based on the terminal identifier, the number of the first control channel resource element being in the first quantity of candidate control channel sets corresponding to the first aggregation level, the second quantity is a quantity of candidate control channels serving as an interval between two adjacent candidate control channels corresponding to the first aggregation level, and the second quantity is greater than or equal to a difference between the second aggregation level and the first aggregation level. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9, wherein the second quantity meets the following formula: I1=└(B2×L2)/(L1×B1)┘ or I1=k×└(B2×L2)/(k×L1×B1)┘, wherein I1 is the second quantity, B1 is the quantity of candidate control channels comprised in the target set, B2 is the quantity of candidate control channels corresponding to the second aggregation level that are comprised in the second candidate control channel set, k is a preset value, k is a positive integer and is an even number, L1 is the first aggregation level, L2 is the second aggregation level, and └ ┘ is a rounding down operation. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9, wherein the first number meets the following formula: N1=L1×(P mod └B2/L1┘), wherein N1 is the first number, P is a parameter related to terminal identifier information, B2 is the quantity of candidate control channels corresponding to the second aggregation level that are in the second candidate control channel set, L1 is the first aggregation level, and mod is a modulo operation. ### Claim 12 A candidate control channel resource determining apparatus, comprising: a processing unit, configured to determine a first aggregation level, wherein the first aggregation level is less than a second aggregation level, the first aggregation level corresponds to a first candidate control channel set, control channel resource elements in a second candidate control channel set corresponding to the second aggregation level comprise a first quantity of first candidate control channel sets, and the control channel resource elements occupied by the first quantity of first candidate control channel sets are a subset of the second candidate control channel set, wherein the processing unit is configured to determine one of the first quantity of candidate control channel sets corresponding to the first aggregation level as a target set based on a terminal identifier of the terminal; and a transceiver unit, configured to detect a candidate control channel in the target set. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the first quantity meets the following formula: D=└(B2×L2)/(L1×B1)┘, wherein D is the first quantity, B2 is a quantity of candidate control channels corresponding to the second aggregation level that are comprised in the second candidate control channel set, L2 is the second aggregation level, B1 is a quantity of candidate control channels comprised in the target set, L1 is the first aggregation level, and └ ┘ is a rounding down operation. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the processing unit is further configured to: determine, based on a first number and a second quantity, a control channel resource element occupied by each candidate control channel in the target set, wherein the first number is a number of a first control channel resource element of a first candidate control channel in the target set determined based on the terminal identifier, the number of the first control channel resource element being in the first quantity of candidate control channel sets corresponding to the first aggregation level, the second quantity is a quantity of candidate control channels serving as an interval between two adjacent candidate control channels corresponding to the first aggregation level, and the second quantity is greater than or equal to a difference between the second aggregation level and the first aggregation level. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the second quantity meets the following formula: I1=└(B2×L2)/(L1×B1)┘ or I1=k×└(B2×L2)/(k×L1×B1)┘, wherein I1 is the second quantity, B1 is the quantity of candidate control channels comprised in the target set, B2 is the quantity of candidate control channels corresponding to the second aggregation level that are comprised in the second candidate control channel set, k is a preset value, k is a positive integer and is an even number, L1 is the first aggregation level, L2 is the second aggregation level, and └ ┘ is a rounding down operation. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the first number meets the following formula: N1=L1×(P mod └B2/L1┘), wherein N1 is the first number, P is a parameter related to terminal identifier information, B2 is the quantity of candidate control channels corresponding to the second aggregation level that are comprised in the second candidate control channel set, L1 is the first aggregation level, and mod is a modulo operation. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The apparatus according to any one of claim 14, wherein the processing unit is specifically configured to: determine the control channel resource elements in the second candidate control channel set, wherein a number of a first control channel resource element occupied by a start candidate control channel in the second candidate control channel set is determined based on the terminal identifier. ### Claim 18 A candidate control channel resource determining apparatus, comprising: a processing unit, configured to determine control information; and a transceiver unit, configured to: determine a control channel resource element occupied by each candidate control channel in a target set, and send the control information on a control channel resource element occupied by at least one candidate control channel in the target set, wherein the target set is a first candidate control channel set determined from a first quantity of first candidate control channel sets based on a terminal identifier of a terminal, an aggregation level corresponding to the first quantity of first candidate control channel sets is a first aggregation level, the first aggregation level is less than a second aggregation level corresponding to a second candidate control channel set, wherein control channel resource elements in the second candidate control channel set comprise the first quantity of first candidate control channel sets, and the control channel resource elements occupied by the first quantity of first candidate control channel sets are a subset of the second candidate control channel set. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the first quantity meets the following formula: D=└(B2×L2)/(L1×B1)┘, wherein D is the first quantity, B2 is a quantity of candidate control channels corresponding to the second aggregation level that are comprised in the second candidate control channel set, L2 is the second aggregation level, B1 is a quantity of candidate control channels comprised in the target set, L1 is the first aggregation level, and └ ┘ is a rounding down operation. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the processing unit is specifically configured to: determine, based on a first number and a second quantity, the control channel resource element occupied by each candidate control channel in the target set, wherein the first number is a number of a first control channel resource element of a first candidate control channel in the target set determined based on the terminal identifier, the number of the first control channel resource element being in the first quantity of candidate control channel sets corresponding to the first aggregation level, the second quantity is a quantity of candidate control channels serving as an interval between two adjacent candidate control channels corresponding to the first aggregation level, and the second quantity is greater than or equal to a difference between the second aggregation level and the first aggregation level.