# US 2019/0357213 A1 · Resource Indication Method and Related Device

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- Number: US 2019/0357213 A1
- Document ID: US20190357213A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/325,075
- Filed: 2016-08-12
- Published: 2019-11-21
- Earliest claimed: 2016-08-12
- Assignees: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Yu CAI; Jian WANG; Yongbo ZENG; Da WANG
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190357213A1

## CPC

- H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals}
- H04W 72/04: Wireless resource allocation
- H04W 72/0453: Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA
- H04L 5/0064: {Rate requirement of the data, e.g. scalable bandwidth, data priority}
- H04L 5/0092: {Indication of how the channel is divided}
- H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
- H04W 56/001: {Synchronization between nodes}
- H04L 5/0007: {the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A) or DMT}
- H04L 41/0866: Checking the configuration
- H04L 67/1078: {Resource delivery mechanisms}
- 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 resource indication method and a related device, where the method includes the obtaining system resource information of a second system, and sending indication information using a resource of a first system, where the indication information indicates the system resource information such that a device receiving the indication information determines the system resource information based on the indication information. Hence, an indication message indicating a system resource of the second system is sent using the resource of the first system. Therefore, a user equipment directly determine the system resource information of the second system based on the indication information, and efficiency of accessing the second system by the user equipment is improved.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A resource indication method, comprising:
obtaining system resource information of a second system; and
sending indication information using a resource of a first system, wherein the indication information indicates the system resource information such that a device receiving the indication information to determine the system resource information based on the indication information.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The resource indication method of claim 1, wherein the system resource information is about a resource occupied by the second system in the first system.

### Claim at position 3

-4. (canceled)

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The resource indication method of claim 1, wherein the indication information is comprised in system information of the first system.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The resource indication method of claim 1, wherein a single carrier of the second system occupies a preset quantity of resource blocks in the first system, and wherein the preset quantity is a rounded-up ratio of a second frequency width of the single carrier of the second system to a first frequency width of a resource block in the first system.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The resource indication method of claim 6, wherein the system resource information is a center frequency of a carrier of the second system, and wherein the center frequency of the carrier of the second system is in a range separated from an integer multiple of a preset frequency by a preset threshold.

### Claim 8

(canceled)

### Claim 9 (depends on 6)

The resource indication method of claim 6, wherein the system resource information is a center frequency of a carrier of the second system, wherein the center frequency of the carrier of the second system is a frequency having a minimum offset from an integer multiple of a preset frequency, and wherein the minimum offset is an integer multiple of a preset minimum frequency width.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The resource indication method of claim 1, wherein before obtaining the system resource information of the second system, the resource indication method further comprises determining, based on resource block information of a plurality of resource blocks comprised in the first system and information of a single carrier in the second system, at least one piece of candidate resource information of a single carrier deployed in the first system, wherein the resource block information comprises a frequency range of each resource block in the resource blocks, wherein the information of the single carrier in the second system comprises a second frequency width of the single carrier in the second system, and wherein obtaining the system resource information of the second system comprises determining the system resource information of the second system from the at least one piece of the candidate resource information.

### Claim 11

(canceled)

### Claim 12

A resource indication method, comprising:
receiving, by a user equipment, indication information from a network device using a resource of a first system, wherein the indication information indicates system resource information of a second system;
determining, by the user equipment, the system resource information based on the indication information; and
accessing, by the user equipment, the second system using the system resource information.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The resource indication method of claim 12, wherein the system resource information is about a resource occupied by the second system in the first system.

### Claim at position 13

-15. (canceled)

### Claim 16 (depends on 12)

The resource indication method of claim 12, wherein the indication information is comprised in system information of the first system.

### Claim 17 (depends on 12)

The resource indication method of claim 12, wherein a single carrier of the second system occupies a preset quantity of resource blocks in the first system, and wherein the preset quantity is a rounded-up ratio of a second frequency width of the single carrier of the second system to a first frequency width of a resource block in the first system.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

The resource indication method of claim 17, wherein the system resource information is a center frequency of a carrier of the second system, and wherein the center frequency of the carrier of the second system is in a range separated from an integer multiple of a preset frequency by a preset threshold.

### Claim 19 (depends on 18)

The resource indication method of claim 18, wherein the preset threshold is half a spacing among subcarriers of the second system.

### Claim 20

(canceled)

### Claim 21

A system deployment method, comprising:
determining, based on resource block information of a plurality of resource blocks comprised in a first system and information of a single carrier in a second system, at least one piece of candidate resource information of a single carrier deployed in the first system;
determining system resource information of the second system from the at least one piece of the candidate resource information, wherein the resource block information comprises a frequency range of each resource block in the resource blocks, and wherein the information of the single carrier in the second system comprises a second frequency width of the single carrier in the second system; and
implementing a function of deploying the second system in the first system when a spacing among subcarriers of the first system is different from a spacing among subcarriers of the second system.

### Claim 22

(canceled)

### Claim 23 (depends on 21)

The system deployment method of claim 21, wherein determining the at least one piece of the candidate resource information of the single carrier deployed in the first system comprises:
determining a first frequency width of each resource block based on the resource block information of the resource blocks comprised in the first system;
determining, based on the first frequency width and the information of the single carrier in the second system, a quantity of resource blocks occupied by the single carrier of the second system in the first system;
selecting, from the resource blocks, a quantity of target resource blocks same as the quantity of the resource blocks; and
determining candidate resource information of a single carrier deployed on the target resource blocks.

### Claim 24 (depends on 23)

The system deployment method of claim 23, wherein determining the quantity of the resource blocks occupied by the single carrier of the second system in the first system comprises determining a numeric value obtained through calculation by rounding up a ratio of the second frequency width to the first frequency width as the quantity of the resource blocks occupied by the single carrier in the first system.

### Claim 25 (depends on 21)

The system deployment method of claim 21, wherein the candidate resource information is a center frequency of the single carrier of the second system; wherein the center frequency of the single carrier is in a range separated from an integer multiple of a preset frequency by a preset threshold.

### Claim at position 24

-27. (canceled)

### Claim 28 (depends on 23)

The system deployment method of claim 23, wherein selecting the quantity of the target resource blocks same as the quantity of the resource blocks and determining the candidate resource information of the single carrier deployed on the target resource blocks comprises:
determining, in a frequency range of the target resource blocks, at least one integer-multiple frequency, wherein the at least one integer-multiple frequency is an integer multiple of the preset frequency;
searching for a target center frequency separated from each integer-multiple frequency by a minimum offset, wherein the target center frequency is a center frequency of a target frequency band whose frequency width is the second frequency width in the frequency range of the target resource blocks;
determining the minimum offset between each integer-multiple frequency and the target center frequency as a first offset corresponding to each integer-multiple frequency;
determining a minimum first offset from the first offset corresponding to each integer-multiple frequency; and
determining a target frequency band in which a target center frequency corresponding to the minimum first offset is located as the candidate resource information of the single carrier.

### Claim 29 (depends on 21)

The method of claim 21, further comprising sending indication information using a resource of the first system, wherein the indication information indicates the system resource information such that a device receiving the indication information to determine the system resource information based on the indication information.

### Claim at position 27

-62. (canceled)

### Claim 63 (depends on 18)

The resource indication method of claim 18, wherein the preset threshold is half a spacing among subcarriers of the second system or half a spacing among subcarriers of the first system.
