# US 2020/0288445 A1 · Method for determining bundling size, user equipment and network-side device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2020/0288445 A1 - Document ID: US20200288445A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/759,599 - Filed: 2018-09-05 - Published: 2020-09-10 - Earliest claimed: 2017-11-21 - Assignees: China Academy of Telecommunications Technology - Applicants: China Academy of Telecommunications Technology - Inventors: Xin SU; Runhua CHEN; Rakesh TAMRAKAR; Qiubin GAO - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200288445A1 ## CPC - H04L 5/006: {Quality of the received signal, e.g. BER, SNR, water filling} - H04W 72/23: in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal - H04J 11/00: Orthogonal multiplex systems, {e.g. using WALSH codes}(H04J13/00 takes precedence) - H04L 1/00: Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received {(correcting synchronisation H04L7/00)} - H04L 5/0094: {Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated} - H04W 8/24: Transfer of terminal data - H04W 72/04: Wireless resource allocation - H04W 88/02: Terminal devices - H04W 88/08: Access point devices - 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) - H04J: MULTIPLEX COMMUNICATION (transmission in general H04B; peculiar to transmission of digital information H04L5/00; systems for the simultaneous or sequential transmission of more than one television signal H04N7/08; in exchanges H04Q11/00; stereophonic systems H04S) ## Abstract A method for determining a bundling size, user equipment and a network-side device are provided The method includes: reporting, by user equipment, capability information to a network-side device, where the capability information is used to indicate whether the user equipment supports one-physical resource block bundling, and receiving a bundling size set configured by the network-side device for the user equipment according to the capability information, where supporting the one-physical resource block bundling indicates that a turn-off of a physical resource block bundling function is supported; and/or using, by the user equipment, a default bundling size or a bundling size configured via a higher-layer signaling to transmit data if the network-side device turns off a function of dynamic bundling size adjustment. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 -24. (canceled) ### Claim 25 A method for determining a bundling size, comprising: reporting, by user equipment, capability information to a network-side device, wherein the capability information is used to indicate whether the user equipment supports one-physical resource block (PRB) bundling, and receiving a bundling size set configured by the network-side device for the user equipment according to the capability information, wherein supporting the one-PRB bundling indicates that a turn-off of a PRB bundling function is supported; and/or using, by the user equipment, a default bundling size or a bundling size configured via a higher-layer signaling to transmit data if the network-side device turns off a function of dynamic bundling size adjustment. ### Claim 26 (depends on 25) The method according to claim 25, wherein, if the user equipment supports the one-PRB bundling, the bundling size set comprises 1, and further comprises one or more of: 2, 4, a consecutively scheduled bandwidth, and other value; or, if the user equipment does not support the one-PRB bundling, the bundling size set comprises one or more of: 2, 4, a consecutively scheduled bandwidth, and other value except 1. ### Claim 27 (depends on 25) The method according to claim 25, wherein the using, by the user equipment, the default bundling size or the bundling size configured via the higher-layer signaling to transmit data comprises: using, by the user equipment, the default bundling size to transmit data; or using, by the user equipment, the bundling size configured by the network-side device via the higher-layer signaling to transmit data, wherein the bundling size is a bundling size in a bundling size set available to the user equipment; or using, by the user equipment, a minimum bundling size in a bundling size set available to the user equipment to transmit data. ### Claim 28 (depends on 27) The method according to claim 27, wherein the bundling size set available to the user equipment comprises: the bundling size set configured by the network-side device for the user equipment according to the capability information. ### Claim 29 A method for determining a bundling size, comprising: receiving, by a network-side device, capability information reported by user equipment, wherein the capability information is used to indicate whether the user equipment supports one-physical resource block (PRB) bundling, and sending to the user equipment a bundling size set configured by the network-side device for the user equipment according to the capability information, wherein supporting the one-PRB bundling indicates that a turn-off of a PRB bundling function is supported; and/or configuring, by the network-side device, a bundling size for the user equipment via a higher-layer signaling if the network-side device turns off a function of dynamic bundling size adjustment. ### Claim 30 (depends on 29) The method according to claim 29, wherein, if the user equipment supports the one-PRB bundling, the bundling size set comprises 1, and further comprises one or more of: 2, 4, a consecutively scheduled bandwidth, and other value; or, if the user equipment does not support the one-PRB bundling, the bundling size set comprises one or more of: 2, 4, a consecutively scheduled bandwidth, and other value except 1. ### Claim 31 (depends on 29) The method according to claim 29, wherein the bundling size configured for the user equipment via the higher-layer signaling is a bundling size in a bundling size set available to the user equipment. ### Claim 32 (depends on 31) The method according to claim 31, wherein the bundling size set available to the user equipment comprises: the bundling size set configured by the network-side device for the user equipment according to the capability information. ### Claim 33 (depends on 25) User equipment, comprising a transceiver, a storage, a processor and a computer program stored in the storage and configured to be executed by the processor, wherein the transceiver is configured to receive and send information under control of the processor, and the processor is configured to execute the computer program to control the transceiver to implement steps of the method for determining a bundling size according to claim 25. ### Claim 34 (depends on 33) The user equipment according to claim 33, wherein, if the user equipment supports the one-PRB bundling, the bundling size set comprises 1, and further comprises one or more of: 2, 4, a consecutively scheduled bandwidth, and other value; or, if the user equipment does not support the one-PRB bundling, the bundling size set comprises one or more of: 2, 4, a consecutively scheduled bandwidth, and other value except 1. ### Claim 35 (depends on 33) The user equipment according to claim 33, wherein the using the default bundling size or the bundling size configured via the higher-layer signaling to transmit data comprises: using the default bundling size to transmit data; or using the bundling size configured by the network-side device via the higher-layer signaling to transmit data, wherein the bundling size is a bundling size in a bundling size set available to the user equipment; or using a minimum bundling size in a bundling size set available to the user equipment to transmit data. ### Claim 36 (depends on 35) The user equipment according to claim 35, wherein the bundling size set available to the user equipment comprises: the bundling size set configured by the network-side device for the user equipment according to the capability information. ### Claim 37 (depends on 29) A network-side device, comprising a transceiver, a storage, a processor and a computer program stored in the storage and configured to be executed by the processor, wherein the transceiver is configured to receive and send information under control of the processor, and the processor is configured to execute the computer program to control the transceiver to implement steps of the method for determining a bundling size according to claim 29. ### Claim 38 (depends on 37) The network-side device according to claim 37, wherein, if the user equipment supports the one-PRB bundling, the bundling size set comprises 1, and further comprises one or more of: 2, 4, a consecutively scheduled bandwidth, and other value; or, if the user equipment does not support the one-PRB bundling, the bundling size set comprises one or more of: 2, 4, a consecutively scheduled bandwidth, and other value except 1. ### Claim 39 (depends on 37) The network-side device according to claim 37, wherein the bundling size configured for the user equipment via the higher-layer signaling is a bundling size in a bundling size set available to the user equipment. ### Claim 40 (depends on 39) The network-side device according to claim 39, wherein the bundling size set available to the user equipment comprises: the bundling size set configured by the network-side device for the user equipment according to the capability information. ### Claim 41 (depends on 25) A computer readable storage medium storing therein a computer program, wherein the computer program is configured to be executed by a processor to implement steps of the method for determining a bundling size according to claim 25. ### Claim 42 (depends on 29) A computer readable storage medium storing therein a computer program, wherein the computer program is configured to be executed by a processor to implement steps of the method for determining a bundling size according to claim 29. ### Claim 43 (depends on 26) The method according to claim 26, wherein the using, by the user equipment, the default bundling size or the bundling size configured via the higher-layer signaling to transmit data comprises: using, by the user equipment, the default bundling size to transmit data; or using, by the user equipment, the bundling size configured by the network-side device via the higher-layer signaling to transmit data, wherein the bundling size is a bundling size in a bundling size set available to the user equipment; or using, by the user equipment, a minimum bundling size in a bundling size set available to the user equipment to transmit data. ### Claim 44 (depends on 30) The method according to claim 30, wherein the bundling size configured for the user equipment via the higher-layer signaling is a bundling size in a bundling size set available to the user equipment.