# US 2020/0288444 A1 · Physical downlink control channel processing method and related device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2020/0288444 A1 - Document ID: US20200288444A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/651,603 - Filed: 2018-05-16 - Published: 2020-09-10 - Earliest claimed: 2017-09-29 - Assignees: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Yu CAI; Yongbo ZENG; Da WANG; Jian WANG - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200288444A1 ## CPC - H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals} - H04W 72/23: in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal - H04L 5/0037: {Inter-user or inter-terminal allocation} - H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication - H04W 72/20: Control channels or signalling for resource management - H04W 12/02: Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII] - H04W 88/04: adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user - 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 This application provides a physical downlink control channel processing method and a related device. In the method, a search space may be determined based on a first radio network temporary identifier, where the search space is a set of M candidate physical downlink control channels; and a target physical downlink control channel is detected from the search space based on a second radio network temporary identifier, where the first radio network temporary identifier is a radio network temporary identifier of a first device or a second device, the second radio network temporary identifier is the radio network temporary identifier of the second device, first downlink control information carried by the target physical downlink control channel is information that is scrambled by using the second radio network temporary identifier and that is used to schedule the second device, and the second device communicates with a network by using the first device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A physical downlink control channel processing method, comprising: determining a search space based on a first radio network temporary identifier, wherein the search space is a set of M candidate physical downlink control channels, and M is an integer greater than or equal to 1; and detecting a target physical downlink control channel from the search space based on a second radio network temporary identifier, wherein the first radio network temporary identifier is a radio network temporary identifier of a first device or a second device, the second device communicates with a network via the first device, the second radio network temporary identifier is the radio network temporary identifier of the second device, first downlink control information carried by the target physical downlink control channel is scrambled by using the second radio network temporary identifier, and the first downlink control information is used to schedule the second device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises: determining at least one candidate physical downlink control channel from the search space based on a first identifier of the second device; and the detecting a target physical downlink control channel from the search space based on a second radio network temporary identifier comprises: detecting the target physical downlink control channel from the at least one candidate physical downlink control channel based on the second radio network temporary identifier. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein the determining at least one candidate physical downlink control channel from the search space based on a first identifier of the second device comprises: determining, from the search space, at least one candidate physical downlink control channel whose index satisfies the following formula: m mod n1=(identity mod n1), wherein n1 is an integer and n1≤M; m is an index of each candidate physical downlink control channel in the search space, wherein m=0, 1, . . . , M−1; the identity is the first identifier of the second device; and n1 is predefined, and is configured by the network device or determined by the first device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises: determining at least one time unit based on a first identifier of the second device; and the determining a search space based on a first radio network temporary identifier comprises: determining the search space in the at least one time unit based on the first radio network temporary identifier. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method according to claim 4, wherein the determining at least one time unit based on the first identifier of the second device comprises: determining, from a plurality of time units, at least one time unit whose index satisfies the following formula: i mod n2=(identity mod n2), wherein n2 is an integer and n2≤N; i is an index of each of the plurality of time units, wherein i=0, 1, . . . , N−1, and N is a quantity of the plurality of time units; the identity is the first identifier of the second device; and n2 is predefined, and is configured by the network device or determined by the first device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein the first identifier of the second device is the second radio network temporary identifier, an index of a second identifier of the second device in a target list reported by the first device, a local identifier of the second device, a proximity-services terminal identifier of the second device, or a layer 2 identifier of the second device; and the second identifier of the second device is the local identifier of the second device, the proximity-services terminal identifier of the second device, or the layer 2 identifier of the second device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the first radio network temporary identifier is a radio network temporary identifier used to scramble second downlink control information, and the second downlink control information is information used to schedule uplink transmission or downlink reception of the first device, or is information used to schedule sidelink transmission or sidelink reception of the first device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein a payload size of the downlink control information carried by the target physical downlink control channel is equal to a payload size of downlink control information that is in the search space and that is used to schedule the first device. ### Claim 9 A physical downlink control channel processing method, comprising: determining, by a network device, a search space based on a first radio network temporary identifier, wherein the search space is a set of M candidate physical downlink control channels, and M is an integer greater than or equal to 1; and sending, by the network device, a target physical downlink control channel in the search space based on a second radio network temporary identifier, wherein the first radio network temporary identifier is a radio network temporary identifier of a first device or a second device, the second device communicates with a network via the first device, first downlink control information carried by the target physical downlink control channel is scrambled by using the second radio network temporary identifier, the first downlink control information is used to schedule the second device, and the second radio network temporary identifier is the radio network temporary identifier of the second device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9, wherein the method further comprises: determining, by the network device, at least one candidate physical downlink control channel from the search space based on a first identifier of the second device; and the sending, by the network device, a target physical downlink control channel in the search space based on a second radio network temporary identifier comprises: sending, by the network device, the target physical downlink control channel on the at least one candidate physical downlink control channel based on the second radio network temporary identifier. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method according to claim 10, wherein the determining, by the network device, at least one candidate physical downlink control channel from the search space based on a first identifier of the second device comprises: determining, by the network device from the search space, at least one candidate physical downlink control channel whose index satisfies the following formula: m mod n1=(identity mod n1), wherein n1 is an integer and n1≤M; m is an index of each candidate physical downlink control channel in the search space, wherein m=0, 1, . . . , M−1; the identity is the first identifier of the second device; and n1 is predefined, and is configured by the network device or determined by the first device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9, wherein the method further comprises: determining, by the network device, at least one time unit based on a first identifier of the second device; and the determining, by a network device, a search space based on a first radio network temporary identifier comprises: determining, by the network device, the search space in the at least one time unit based on the first radio network temporary identifier. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method according to claim 12, wherein the determining, by the network device, at least one time unit based on the first identifier of the second device comprises: determining, by the network device from a plurality of time units, at least one time unit whose index satisfies the following formula: i mod n2=(identity mod n2), wherein n2 is an integer and n2≤N; i is an index of each of the plurality of time units, wherein i=0, 1, . . . , N−1, and N is a quantity of the plurality of time units; the identity is the first identifier of the second device; and n2 is predefined, and is configured by the network device or determined by the first device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The method according to claim 10, wherein the first identifier of the second device is the second radio network temporary identifier, an index of a second identifier of the second device in a target list reported by the first device, a local identifier of the second device, a proximity-services terminal identifier of the second device, or a layer 2 identifier of the second device; and the second identifier of the second device is the local identifier of the second device, the proximity-services terminal identifier of the second device, or the layer 2 identifier of the second device. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9, wherein the first radio network temporary identifier is a radio network temporary identifier used to scramble second downlink control information, and the second downlink control information is information used to schedule uplink transmission or downlink reception of the first device, or is information used to schedule sidelink transmission or sidelink reception of the first device. ### Claim 16 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9, wherein a payload size of the downlink control information carried by the target physical downlink control channel is equal to a payload size of downlink control information that is in the search space and that is used to schedule the first device. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) A device, comprising a processor, a memory, and a transceiver, wherein the memory stores instructions, that when executed by the processor, enable the processor to perform the method according to claim 1. ### Claim 18 (depends on 9) A network device, comprising at least one processor, a memory, and a transceiver, wherein the memory stores instructions, that executed by the at least one processor, enable the at least one processor to perform the method according to claim 9. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer software instructions, that when executed by a device, enable the device to perform the method according to claim 1. ### Claim 20 (depends on 9) A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer software instructions, that when executed by a network device, enable the network device perform the method according to claim 9.