# US 2020/0288487 A1 · Resource Location Determining Method and Apparatus, and Resource Determining Method and Apparatus

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- Number: US 2020/0288487 A1
- Document ID: US20200288487A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/644,879
- Filed: 2018-05-16
- Published: 2020-09-10
- Earliest claimed: 2017-09-08
- Assignees: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Yun Liu; Jian Wang; Da Wang; Yifan Xue
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200288487A1

## CPC

- H04W 72/0453: Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA
- H04W 72/1268: of uplink data flows
- H04B 1/713: using frequency hopping
- H04J 13/004: {Orthogonal}
- H04L 5/001: {the frequencies being arranged in component carriers}
- H04L 5/0012: {Hopping in multicarrier systems}
- H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals}
- H04L 5/0094: {Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated}
- H04W 28/02: Traffic management, e.g. flow control or congestion control
- H04W 72/0446: Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
- H04W 72/21: in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
- H04W 72/23: in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
- H04L 5/0051: {of dedicated pilots, i.e. pilots destined for a single user or terminal}
- H04W 72/046: {the resource being in the space domain, e.g. beams}
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)
- H04B: TRANSMISSION
- 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)
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)

## Abstract

This application discloses a resource location determining method and apparatus, and a resource determining method and apparatus, which are used by a terminal in 5G NR to determine an SR resource location. The resource location determining method includes: receiving, by the terminal. SR resource indication information from a base station, where the SR resource indication information is used to indicate an SR resource; and determining, by the terminal, an SR resource location on a first time domain resource based on the SR resource indication information and information about an OCC multiplexing multiple of the first time domain resource, where the SR resource includes a code domain resource and a frequency domain resource.

## Claims

### Claim at position 1

-31. (canceled)

### Claim 32

A resource determining method, implemented by a terminal, wherein the resource determining method comprises:
receiving scheduling request (SR) resource indication information from a base station, wherein the SR resource indication information indicates an SR resource; and
determining to transmit an SR on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) at a slot based on the SR resource and an orthogonal cover code (OCC), wherein a quantity of symbols occupied by the PUCCH is 14 symbols, and wherein a length of the OCC is 7 when the PUCCH is transmitted without frequency hopping.

### Claim 33 (depends on 32)

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### Claim 34 (depends on 32)

The resource determining method of claim 32, wherein a multiplexing multiple of the OCC is 6 or 7.

### Claim 35 (depends on 32)

The resource determining method of claim 32, wherein the quantity of symbols by the PUCCH is configured by the base station.

### Claim 36 (depends on 32)

The resource determining method of claim 32, wherein the OCC is a multiplexing multiple of a first time domain resource.

### Claim 37 (depends on 36)

The resource determining method of claim 36, further comprising determining whether the SR resource exists on the first time domain resource.

### Claim 38 (depends on 36)

The resource determining method of claim 36, further comprising calculating the multiplexing multiple of the first time domain resource when a first duration PUCCH transmits with frequency hopping on the first time domain resource or when the first duration PUCCH transmits without frequency hopping on the first time domain resource.

### Claim 39

A terminal device, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory coupled to the processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the terminal device to be configured to:
receive scheduling request (SR) resource indication information from a base station, wherein the SR resource indication information indicates an SR resource; and
determine to transmit an SR on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) at a slot based on the SR resource and an orthogonal cover code (OCC), wherein a quantity of symbols occupied by the PUCCH is 14 symbols, and wherein length of the OCC is 7 symbols when the PUCCH is transmitted without frequency hopping.

### Claim 40 (depends on 39)

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The terminal device of claim 39, wherein a multiplexing multiple of the OCC is 6 or 7.

### Claim 42 (depends on 39)

The terminal device of claim 39, wherein the quantity of symbols by the PUCCH is configured by the base station.

### Claim 43 (depends on 39)

The terminal device of claim 39, wherein the OCC is a multiplexing multiple of a first time domain resource.

### Claim 44 (depends on 43)

The terminal device of claim 43, further configured to determine whether the SR resource exists on the first time domain resource.

### Claim 45 (depends on 43)

The terminal device of claim 43, further configured to calculate the multiplexing multiple of the first time domain resource when a first duration PUCCH transmits with frequency hopping on the first time domain resource or when the first duration PUCCH transmits without frequency hopping on the first time domain resource.

### Claim 46

A computer program product comprising computer-executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium that, when executed by a processor, cause an electronic device to:
receive scheduling request (SR) resource indication information from a base station, wherein the SR resource indication information indicates an SR resource; and
determine to transmit an SR on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) at a slot based on the SR resource and an orthogonal cover code (OCC), wherein a quantity of symbols occupied by the PUCCH is 14 symbols, and wherein length of the OCC is 7 when the PUCCH is transmitted without frequency hopping.

### Claim 47 (depends on 46)

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The computer program product of claim 46, wherein a multiplexing multiple of the OCC is 6 or 7.

### Claim 49 (depends on 46)

The computer program product of claim 46, wherein the quantity of symbols by the PUCCH is configured by the base station.

### Claim 50 (depends on 46)

The computer program product of claim 46, wherein the OCC is a multiplexing multiple of a first time domain resource.

### Claim 51 (depends on 50)

The computer program product of claim 50, wherein the computer-executable instructions further cause the electronic device to be configured to calculate the multiplexing multiple of the first time domain resource when a first duration PUCCH transmits with frequency hopping on the first time domain resource or when the first duration PUCCH transmits without frequency hopping on the first time domain resource.