CN115720375A

CN115720375A - Method of transmitting data packets using configuration authorized transmission resources and associated communication device, medium and chip

Info

Publication number: CN115720375A
Application number: CN202110970506.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张云昊; 戴维德·科齐奥尔; 郭英昊
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-08-23
Filing date: 2021-08-23
Publication date: 2023-02-28
Also published as: WO2023024777A1

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide communication devices, media, and chips for transmitting data packets using configuration authorization transmission resources. In the embodiment of the disclosure, the network device configures a first configuration authorized resource set and a second configuration authorized resource set for the terminal device. The periodicity of the second set of configuration grant resources is less than the periodicity of the first set of configuration grant resources. The terminal device sends an initial transmission of the data packet using the first set of configured authorized resources. After the initial transmission, the terminal device sends another transmission of the data packet using a second set of configured authorized resources. In this way, the detection overhead of the network device is reduced, and the transmission delay is reduced.

Description

Method of transmitting data packets using configuration authorized transmission resources and associated communication device, medium and chip

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of communications, and more particularly, to a method of transmitting data packets using configuration authorization transmission resources and associated communication devices, media and chips.

Background

During the process of accessing the network device or after accessing the network device, the terminal device may perform a Radio Resource Control (RRC) establishment procedure with the network device. After the RRC connection is established, the RRC state of the terminal device is an RRC CONNECTED (RRC _ CONNECTED) state. Subsequently, the RRC state of the terminal device may transition among: an RRC IDLE (RRC IDLE) state, an RRC CONNECTED state, and an RRC INACTIVE (RRC INACTIVE) state. In the RRC _ CONNECTED state, the terminal device may send specific data of the terminal device or unicast data of the terminal device to the network device through an uplink data channel, for example, a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH), according to dynamic scheduling (DG) of the network device or unlicensed scheduling (CG) configured by the base station. Alternatively, the terminal device may receive specific data of the terminal device or unicast data of the terminal device from the network device through a downlink data channel, for example, a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH). In the RRC _ IDLE state, the connection between the terminal device and the access network and the connection between the terminal device and the core network are released. At this time, the terminal device may receive a broadcast channel, a paging message, system information, and the like from the network device, but may not perform unicast data transmission with the network device, for example, may not receive the terminal device-specific PDSCH from the terminal device or may not transmit the terminal device-specific PUSCH to the network device. At RRC _ INACTIVE, the connection between the terminal device and the access network is released, but the connection between the terminal device and the core network may be maintained. In this case, the terminal device may receive a broadcast/multicast packet such as a broadcast message, a paging message, and system information from the network device, or may perform limited unicast data transmission with the network device.

Disclosure of Invention

Example embodiments of the present disclosure provide a scheme for transmitting data packets using a configuration grant transmission resource in a communication system.

In a first aspect of the present disclosure, a method for communication is provided. In the method, a terminal device receives a first configuration from a network device. The first configuration indicates a first set of configuration granted resources for transmitting data packets. The terminal device receives a second configuration from the network device. The second configuration indicates a second set of authorized resources for transmitting the data packet. The periodicity of the second set of configuration grant resources is less than the periodicity of the first set of configuration grant resources. The terminal device sends the initial transmission of the data packet to the network device by using the first configuration authorization resource set. After the initial transmission, the terminal device sends another transmission of the data packet to the network device using the second set of configuration granted resources. In this way, when the terminal has a plurality of data packets to be sent, the first data packet is sent through the first configuration authorized resource, and the subsequent data packets are sent through the second configuration authorized resource, so that the time delay of data packet transmission can be reduced.

In certain embodiments, the method further comprises: the terminal device receives feedback information for initial transmission of the data packet from the network device. The feedback information includes a second configuration. In this way a more flexible configuration of the second configuration is achieved.

In certain embodiments, the method further comprises: in response to the condition for activating the second set of configured granted resources being met, the terminal device activates the second set of configured granted resources for another transmission of the data packet. The conditions include at least one of: the terminal equipment sends the initial transmission of the data packet by utilizing the first configuration authorization resource set, and the initial transmission indicates that information to be sent by the data packet exists; the terminal equipment sends the initial transmission of the data packet in the random access process, and the initial transmission indicates that information to be sent by the data packet exists; or the terminal device receives feedback information aiming at the data packet, and the feedback information indicates the terminal device to activate the second configuration authorization resource set. In some embodiments, the second configuration comprises or is pre-configured at said terminal device with a condition for activating said second set of configuration grant resources. In this way, a more flexible activation of the second set of configuration grant resources may be achieved.

In certain embodiments, the method further comprises: the terminal device receives an activation indication from the network device for activating the second set of configuration granted resources. In some embodiments, the terminal device receives a paging message from the network device, the paging message including an activation indication. In other embodiments, the terminal device receives feedback information for the initial transmission of the data packet from the network device, the feedback information including an activation indication. In this way, an effect of flexibly configuring or changing the resource parameters is obtained.

In some embodiments, the first configuration includes one or more first configuration authorized resource sets, and the second configuration includes one or more second configuration authorized resource sets. In this way, appropriate resources may be selected for transmission based on the size or latency requirements of the data packet to be transmitted.

In some embodiments, the initial transmission of the data packet includes information indicating that there is a data packet to be sent. In this way, the network device is informed in time whether a data packet is ready for transmission.

In certain embodiments, the method further comprises: the terminal device receives an update indication from the network device for updating the periodicity of the second set of configuration granted resources. The update indication is received via one of: downlink control information DCI, a media access control element MAC CE, or radio resource control RRC signaling. In this way, the effect of flexibly configuring or changing the parameters of the configuration authorized resource set is obtained.

In certain embodiments, the method further comprises: the terminal device receives a deactivation indication for deactivating the second set of configuration granted resources from the network device. The deactivation indication is received via one of: downlink control information DCI, a media access control element MAC CE, or radio resource control RRC signaling. In this way, more flexible resource deactivation is realized, and the detection overhead of the network equipment is reduced.

In certain embodiments, the method further comprises: the terminal device receives feedback information for initial transmission of the data packet from the network device. The feedback information indicates a mapping between the second set of configuration grant resources and the synchronization signal block. In this way, the network device is facilitated to determine the receiving filter for receiving the corresponding resource, and the receiving performance is improved.

In certain embodiments, the method further comprises: after the transmission of the data packet is completed, the terminal device receives indication information indicating that the second set of configuration authorized resources remains activated from the network device. The indication information is received via one of: downlink control information DCI, a media access control element MAC CE, or radio resource control RRC signaling. In this way, the delay of data transmission is reduced.

In some embodiments, the indication information further comprises a further mapping between the second set of configuration grant resources and the synchronization signal block. In this way, more configuration authorization resources are facilitated to correspond to the synchronization signal block selected by the terminal device, and detection overhead of the network device is not excessively increased.

In some embodiments, a first set of synchronization signal blocks corresponding to the first set of configuration grant resources is the same as a second set of synchronization signal blocks corresponding to the second set of configuration grant resources. Alternatively, the second set of synchronization information blocks is a subset of the first set of synchronization information blocks. In this way, the network equipment can select a filter which is more suitable for receiving, and the receiving performance of the network equipment is improved.

In certain embodiments, the first configuration comprises at least one of: a period of the first configuration grant resource, an open loop power control parameter, a waveform, a redundancy version, a repetition number, a frequency hopping pattern, a resource allocation type, a number of hybrid automatic repeat requests, a demodulation reference information parameter, a modulation coding scheme table, a resource block group size, a time domain resource, a frequency domain resource, or a modulation coding scheme. In this way, the network equipment can flexibly configure more appropriate configuration authorization resources.

In certain embodiments, the second configuration comprises at least one of: the second configuration authorizes the resource period, open loop power control parameter, waveform, redundancy version, repetition number, frequency hopping mode, resource allocation type, hybrid automatic repeat request process number, demodulation reference information parameter, modulation coding scheme table, resource block group size, time domain resource, frequency domain resource, or modulation coding scheme. In this way, a more appropriate configuration of the configuration authorization resource is achieved.

In certain embodiments, the second configuration comprises at least one of: the second configuration authorizes the resource period, open loop power control parameter, waveform, redundancy version, repetition number, frequency hopping mode, resource allocation type, hybrid automatic repeat request process number, demodulation reference information parameter, modulation coding scheme table, or resource block group size. The activation indication comprises at least one of: time domain resources, frequency domain resources, demodulation reference information, or modulation coding schemes. In this way, a more suitable configuration of the configuration granted resource and activation of the configuration granted resource is achieved.

In some embodiments, the terminal device enters a radio resource control INACTIVE (RRC _ INACTIVE) state or a radio resource control IDLE (RRC _ IDLE) state after receiving the first configuration. In this way, data transmission in the radio resource control inactive state and the radio resource control idle state is achieved.

In a second aspect of the disclosure, a method for communication is provided. In the method, a network device sends a first configuration to a terminal device. The first configuration indicates a first set of configuration granted resources for transmitting data packets. The network device sends the second configuration to the terminal device. The second configuration indicates a second set of configuration grant resources for transmitting the data packet. The period of the second set of configuration grant resources is less than the period of the first set of configuration grant resources. The network device receives an initial transmission of a data packet from the terminal device on a first set of configured authorized resources. After the initial transmission, the network device receives another transmission of the data packet from the terminal device on a second set of configured authorized resources. In this way, when the terminal has a plurality of data packets to be sent, the first data packet is sent through the first configuration authorized resource, and the subsequent data packets are sent through the second configuration authorized resource, so that the time delay of data packet transmission can be reduced.

In certain embodiments, the method comprises: and the network equipment feeds back information aiming at the initial transmission of the data packet to the terminal equipment. The feedback information includes a second configuration. In this way a more flexible configuration of the second configuration is achieved.

In some embodiments, the second configuration includes a condition for activating the second set of configuration authorization resources. The conditions include at least one of: the terminal equipment sends initial transmission of a data packet by utilizing the first configuration authorization resource set, wherein the initial transmission comprises information indicating that the data packet is to be sent; the terminal equipment sends the initial transmission of the data packet in the random access process, and the initial transmission indicates that the information to be sent of the data packet exists; or the terminal device receives feedback information aiming at the data packet, and the feedback information indicates the terminal device to activate the second configuration authorization resource set. In this way, a more flexible activation of the second set of configuration grant resources may be achieved.

In certain embodiments, the method comprises: and the network equipment sends an activation indication for activating the second configuration authorization resource set to the terminal equipment. In this way, an effect of flexibly configuring or changing the resource parameters is obtained.

In some embodiments, the network device sending an activation indication to the terminal device for activating the second set of configuration grant resources comprises one of: the network equipment sends a paging message to the terminal equipment, wherein the paging message comprises an activation instruction; or the network equipment sends feedback information aiming at the initial transmission of the data packet to the terminal equipment, wherein the feedback information comprises an activation instruction; or in response to a condition for activating the second set of configuration granted resources being met, the network device sends an activation indication for activating the second set of configuration granted resources to the terminal device. The conditions include at least one of: the terminal equipment sends the initial transmission of the data packet by utilizing the first configuration authorization resource set, wherein the initial transmission comprises information to be sent of the data packet, or the terminal equipment sends the data packet in the random access process. In this way, an effect of flexibly configuring or changing the resource parameters is obtained.

In certain embodiments, the method comprises: the network device sends a periodic update indication for updating the second set of configuration granted resources to the terminal device. The update indication is sent via one of: downlink control information DCI, media access control element MAC CE, or radio resource control RRC signaling. In this way, an effect of flexibly configuring or changing the set of configuration granted resource parameters is obtained.

In certain embodiments, the method comprises: and the network equipment sends a deactivation indication for deactivating the second configuration authorization resource set to the terminal equipment. The deactivation indication is sent via one of: downlink control information DCI, a media access control element MAC CE, or radio resource control RRC signaling. In this way, more flexible resource deactivation is realized, and the detection overhead of the network equipment is reduced.

In certain embodiments, the method comprises: the network device sends feedback information for initial transmission of the data packet to the terminal device. The feedback information indicates a mapping between the second set of configured grant resources and the synchronization signal blocks. In this way, the network device is facilitated to determine the receiving filter for receiving the corresponding resource, and the receiving performance is improved.

In certain embodiments, the method comprises: after the transmission of the data packet is completed, the network device sends indication information indicating that the second set of configuration authorized resources remains activated to the terminal device. The indication information is sent via one of: downlink control information DCI, media access control element MAC CE, or radio resource control RRC signaling. In this way, the delay of data transmission is reduced.

In some embodiments, the indication information further comprises a further mapping between the second set of configuration grant resources and the synchronization signal block. In this way, the network device is facilitated to determine the receiving filter for receiving the corresponding resource, and the receiving performance is improved.

In some embodiments, the first set of synchronization signal blocks corresponding to the first set of authorized resources is the same as the second set of synchronization signal blocks corresponding to the second set of authorized resources. Or the second set of synchronization information blocks is a subset of the first set of synchronization information blocks. In this way, the network equipment can select a filter which is more suitable for receiving, and the receiving performance of the network equipment is improved.

In some embodiments, a first set of synchronization signal blocks corresponding to a first set of configured grant resources is the same as a second set of synchronization signal blocks corresponding to a second set of configured grant resources. Alternatively, the second set of synchronization information blocks is a subset of the first set of synchronization information blocks. In this way, the network equipment can select a filter which is more suitable for receiving, and the receiving performance of the network equipment is improved.

In certain embodiments, the first configuration comprises at least one of: the period of the first configuration authorized resource, an open-loop power control parameter, a waveform, a redundancy version, a repetition number, a frequency hopping mode, a resource allocation type, a hybrid automatic repeat request process number, a demodulation reference information parameter, a modulation coding scheme table, a resource block group size, a time domain resource, a frequency domain resource, or a modulation coding scheme. In this way, the network equipment can flexibly configure more appropriate configuration authorization resources.

In a third aspect of the disclosure, a chip is provided. The chip is configured to perform the operations according to the method in any one of the possible implementations of the first aspect described above.

In a fourth aspect of the present disclosure, a chip is provided. The chip is configured to perform the operations according to the method in any one of the possible implementations of the second aspect described above.

In a fifth aspect of the present disclosure, a terminal device is provided. The terminal device includes: at least one processing unit; and at least one memory coupled to the at least one processing unit and storing instructions for execution by the at least one processing unit, the instructions, when executed by the at least one processing unit, causing the terminal device to implement the method according to any one of the possible implementations of the first aspect described above.

In a sixth aspect of the disclosure, a network device is provided. The network device includes: at least one processing unit; and at least one memory coupled to the at least one processing unit and storing instructions for execution by the at least one processing unit, the instructions, when executed by the at least one processing unit, causing the network device to implement the method according to any one of the possible implementations of the second aspect described above.

In a seventh aspect of the disclosure, a computer program product is provided. A computer program product is tangibly stored on a computer-readable medium and includes computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause an apparatus to implement operations according to a method in any one of the possible implementations of the first or second aspect described above.

In an eighth aspect of the present disclosure, a communication device is provided. The communication device comprises means for implementing the method according to any one of the possible implementations of the first aspect.

In a ninth aspect of the present disclosure, a communication apparatus is provided. The communication device comprises means for implementing a method according to any one of the possible implementations of the second aspect.

In a tenth aspect of the present disclosure, a communication system is provided. The communication system comprises means for implementing a method according to any one of the possible implementations of the first aspect described above and means for implementing a method according to any one of the possible implementations of the second aspect described above.

Drawings

The features, advantages and other aspects of various implementations of the disclosure will become more apparent with reference to the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Several implementations of the present disclosure are illustrated herein by way of example, and not by way of limitation, in the figures of the accompanying drawings:

FIG. 1 illustrates a schematic block diagram of a communication environment in which embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented;

FIG. 2 illustrates a flow chart implemented at a terminal device in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIGS. 3A and 3B respectively illustrate schematic diagrams of resource collections according to some embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 illustrates a flow diagram implemented at a network device in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure;

figure 5 illustrates an interaction signaling diagram of a communication process in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 6 illustrates a schematic diagram of data packet transmission, according to some embodiments of the present disclosure;

figures 7A and 7B illustrate diagrams of mappings between resources and synchronization signal blocks, respectively, according to some embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 8 illustrates an interaction signaling diagram of a communication process, according to further embodiments of the present disclosure;

fig. 9A and 9B respectively illustrate schematic block diagrams of a communication device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure; and

FIG. 10 illustrates a simplified block diagram of an example device suitable for implementing embodiments of the present disclosure.

In the various drawings, the same or similar reference numbers refer to the same or similar elements.

Detailed Description

Embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. While certain embodiments of the present disclosure are shown in the drawings, it should be understood that the present disclosure may be embodied in various forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein, but rather are provided for a more complete and thorough understanding of the present disclosure. It should be understood that the drawings and the embodiments of the disclosure are for illustration purposes only and are not intended to limit the scope of the disclosure.

In describing embodiments of the present disclosure, the terms "include" and its derivatives should be interpreted as being inclusive, i.e., "including but not limited to. The term "based on" should be understood as "based at least in part on". The term "one embodiment" or "the embodiment" should be understood as "at least one embodiment". In the embodiment of the present application, for a technical feature, the technical features in the technical feature are distinguished by "first", "second", "third", "a", "B", "C", and "D", and the like, and the technical features described in "first", "second", "third", "a", "B", "C", and "D" are not in a sequential order or a size order. Other explicit and implicit definitions are also possible below.

Embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented in accordance with any suitable communication protocol, including, but not limited to, cellular communication protocols such as Fourth Generation (4G) and Fifth Generation (5G), wireless local area network communication protocols such as Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11, and/or any other protocol now known or later developed. The technical solution of the embodiments of the present disclosure is applied to comply with any appropriate communication system, for example: general Packet Radio Service (GPRS), long Term Evolution (LTE) system, frequency Division Duplex (FDD) system, time Division Duplex (TDD), universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), narrowband Internet Of Things (NB-IoT) communication system, future fifth generation (5G) system or New Radio (NR), etc.

For purposes of illustration, embodiments of the present disclosure are described below in the context of the 3rd Generation Partnership project (3 GPP) communication system at 5G. However, it should be understood that the embodiments of the present disclosure are not limited to being applied to a 3GPP communication system of 5G, but may be applied to any communication system having similar problems, such as a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), a wired communication system, or other communication systems developed in the future.

The term "terminal device" as used in this disclosure refers to any terminal device capable of wired or wireless communication with network devices or with each other. The terminal device related to the embodiment of the present application may also be referred to as a terminal, and may be a device with a wireless transceiving function, which may be deployed on land, including indoors or outdoors, handheld or vehicle-mounted; can also be deployed on the water surface (such as a ship and the like); and may also be deployed in the air (e.g., airplanes, balloons, satellites, etc.). The terminal device may be a User Equipment (UE), wherein the UE includes a handheld device, a vehicle-mounted device, a wearable device, or a computing device having wireless communication functionality. Illustratively, the UE may be a mobile phone (mobile phone), a tablet computer, or a computer with wireless transceiving function. The terminal device may also be a Virtual Reality (VR) terminal device, an Augmented Reality (AR) terminal device, a wireless terminal in industrial control, a wireless terminal in unmanned driving, a wireless terminal in telemedicine, a wireless terminal in smart grid, a wireless terminal in smart city (smart city), a wireless terminal in smart home (smart home), and so on. In the embodiment of the present application, the apparatus for implementing the function of the terminal may be a terminal; it may also be a device, such as a system-on-chip, capable of supporting the terminal to implement the function, which may be installed in the terminal. In the embodiment of the present application, the chip system may be composed of a chip, and may also include a chip and other discrete devices. In the technical solution provided in the embodiment of the present application, a device for implementing a function of a terminal is a terminal, and the terminal is a UE as an example, the technical solution provided in the embodiment of the present application is described.

The term "network device" as used in this disclosure is an entity or node that may be used to communicate with a terminal device. The network device related to the embodiment of the present application includes an access network device, such as a Base Station (BS), where the BS may be a device deployed in a radio access network and capable of performing wireless communication with a terminal. The base station may have various forms, such as a macro base station, a micro base station, a relay station, an access point, and the like. For example, the base station related to the embodiment of the present application may be a base station in 5G or a base station in LTE, where the base station in 5G may also be referred to as a Transmission Reception Point (TRP) or a gNB. In the embodiment of the present application, the apparatus for implementing the function of the network device may be a network device; or may be a device, such as a system-on-chip, capable of supporting the network device to implement the function, and the device may be installed in the network device. In the technical solution provided in the embodiment of the present application, a device for implementing a function of a network device is a network device, and the network device is a base station, which is taken as an example, to describe the technical solution provided in the embodiment of the present application.

The network device related to the embodiment of the present application further includes a Core Network (CN) device. The core network device refers to a device in a core network for providing service support for a terminal. Currently, some examples of core network devices are: access and mobility management function (AMF) entities, session Management Function (SMF) entities, user Plane Function (UPF) entities, and so on, which are not listed here. The AMF entity can be responsible for access management and mobility management of a terminal; the SMF entity may be responsible for session management, such as session establishment for a user; the UPF entity may be a functional entity of the user plane, and is mainly responsible for connecting to an external network. It should be noted that, in the present application, an entity may also be referred to as a network element or a functional entity, for example, an AMF entity may also be referred to as an AMF network element or an AMF functional entity, and for example, an SMF entity may also be referred to as an SMF network element or an SMF functional entity, etc.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application can be applied to wireless communication among communication devices. The wireless communication between the communication devices may include: wireless communication between a network device and a terminal, wireless communication between a network device and a network device, and wireless communication between a terminal and a terminal. In the embodiments of the present application, the term "wireless communication" may also be simply referred to as "communication", and the term "communication" may also be described as "data transmission", "information transmission", or "transmission".

As described above, during RRC _ INACTIVE, the terminal device may perform limited unicast data transmission with the network device, for example, the terminal device sends a unicast small data packet (small data) to the network device and/or receives a unicast small data packet sent by the network device. The feature that the terminal device is in the RRC _ INACTIVE state is that the network device retains the registration information of the terminal, but the terminal suspends most of the air interface behaviors with the base station, such as suspending monitoring of scheduling information (i.e., receiving and scheduling the PDCCH for unicast transmission of the terminal device), sending a scheduling request, RRM (Radio Resource Management) measurement, beam maintenance, and the like. Generally, the RRC _ INACTIVE state is a state in which the terminal saves power, compared to the RRC _ CONNECTED state.

According to the conventional technology, the 5G NR terminal device in the RRC _ INACTIVE state does not support unicast data transmission, that is, the terminal device needs to resume the RRC connection to enter the RRC _ CONNECTED state before unicast data transmission can be performed. However, in some scenarios, the data packets that need to be transmitted by the terminal device in the RRC _ INACTIVE state are usually very small (i.e., small data, small packet data), and the signaling required by the terminal device to enter the RRC _ CONNECTED state from the RRC _ INACTIVE state is even larger than the small packet data, which results in unnecessary power consumption and signaling overhead. Specific scenes can cover related services of the smart phone, such as WeChat, QQ instant messages, application heartbeat packets or push messages; and related services of non-smart phones, such as periodic data of wearable devices, e.g., heartbeat packets, periodic readings sent by industrial wireless sensor networks, smart meters, and the like. Packets of less than 300 bytes can now be considered a small packet. Or, it can be considered that a packet that can be completely transmitted in one slot is a small packet (for example, 5M bandwidth resource, one slot of 30kHz SCS, if QPSK modulated, can transmit about 500 bytes); or may be defined as user plane and/or control plane packets sent in RRC _ INACTIVE state.

Therefore, the terminal equipment is supported to directly transmit the packet in the RRC _ INACTIVE state without state conversion, and the signaling overhead and the power consumption of the packet transmission of the terminal equipment in the RRC _ INACTIVE state can be remarkably reduced, wherein the packet transmission of the terminal equipment in the RRC _ INACTIVE state is mainly divided into packet transmission (RA-SDT) based on random access and packet transmission (CG-SDT) based on configuration authorization.

The New Radio (NR) introduces the concept of Synchronization Signal Block (SSB), which is periodically broadcast by network devices in SSB bursts. One SSB burst period includes N SSBs, denoted by indexes 0 through N-1. One SSB burst period may be 5, 10, 20ms, etc., and the network device sends all SSBs for a round in 1 SSB burst period. The protocol does not limit the beam (transmission filter) used by the network device to transmit the SSB, and the network device implements the SSB beam by using an analog beam, a digital beam, or a digital-analog mixed beam. The CG resource and the SSB in the RRC _ INACTIVE state may be configured by the network to have a corresponding relationship, so that the network may know partial channel information of the terminal device on a specific resource, and may receive an uplink data packet sent on the CG resource by using a better receiving beam (also referred to as a receiving filter), thereby reducing network blind detection and improving network receiving performance.

Although the CG-based transmission scheme can save energy consumption overhead and signaling overhead and reduce transmission delay for the terminal device, for the base station side, once a CG resource, for example, multiple sets of CG resources are configured, no matter whether the terminal device sends uplink information on a certain CG resource, the network device must detect a signal on the resource, and there is a larger detection overhead for the network device compared to scheduling transmission. In addition, if the network device configures a set of CG-SDT resources with a long period to the terminal device for the purpose of service features or reducing detection overhead, the service delay is easily large, especially when the terminal device has more than one data packet to transmit. If it is considered that different CG periods are mapped to different SSBs, since the subsequent transmission of the CG-SDT usually selects the same SSB as the initial transmission of the CG-SDT, it is necessary to wait for a longer time before having a CG resource corresponding to the next same SSB, resulting in a larger service delay.

In response to the above problems, as well as other potential problems, embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to transmitting data packets using CG resources. The network equipment configures a first CG resource set and a second configuration authorization resource set for the terminal equipment. The periodicity of the second set of CG resources is less than the periodicity of the first set of CG resources. The terminal device sends an initial transmission of the data packet using the first set of CG resources. After the initial transmission, the terminal device sends another transmission of the data packet using the second set of CG resources. In this way, the detection overhead of the network device is reduced, and the transmission delay is reduced.

Fig. 1 illustrates a schematic diagram of a communication environment 100 in which embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented. Communication environment 100 includes terminal device 110-1, terminal device 110-2. The communication environment 100, which is part of a communication network, also includes a network device 120. Terminal device 110 and network device 120 may communicate with each other. Terminal device 110 may also receive messages from core network devices. The term "entity" as used herein refers to a network element that can implement a specific function. As shown in fig. 1, terminal device 110 is in communication with network device 120 (i.e., over a Uu link). The SSB burst (SSB burst) sent by the network device 120 includes a plurality of SSBs, and the beam of each SSB may be the same or different. As shown in FIG. 1, SSBs 130-2, SSBs 130-3, and SSBs 130-4 may be included in one SSB cycle. It is to be understood that the number of SSBs shown in fig. 1 is exemplary and not limiting. For example, in a licensed frequency spectrum (FR) 1, there are 4 SSBs in a cell with a carrier frequency less than 3GHz, 8 SSBs in a cell with a carrier frequency between 3GHz and 6GHz, and 64 SSBs in an FR 2.

The term "Uplink (UL) data" as used herein refers to data transmitted by a terminal device to a network device. The term "Downlink (DL) data" as used herein refers to data transmitted by a network device to a terminal device.

Communication environment 100 may include any suitable number of devices and cells. In communication environment 100, terminal device 110 and network device 120 may communicate data and control information with each other. It should be understood that the number of the various devices shown in FIG. 1 and their connections are given for illustrative purposes and do not present any limitations. Communication environment 100 may include any suitable number of devices and networks suitable for implementing embodiments of the present disclosure.

Communications in communication environment 100 may be implemented in accordance with any suitable communication protocol, including, but not limited to, wireless local area network communication protocols such as first-generation cellular communication protocol (1G), second-generation cellular communication protocol (2G), third-generation cellular communication protocol (3G), fourth-generation cellular communication protocol (4G), fifth-generation cellular communication protocol (5G), and/or the like, e.g., institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11, and/or the like, and/or any other protocol currently known or developed in the future. Further, the communication may utilize any suitable wireless communication technology, including but not limited to: code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), frequency Division Duplex (FDD), time Division Duplex (TDD), multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO), orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing OFDM), discrete Fourier Transform-extended OFDM (DFT-s-OFDM), and/or any other technology now known or to be developed therein.

Example embodiments of the present disclosure will be discussed in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. For ease of discussion, the flow of data processing and signaling interactions between communication entities according to an example embodiment of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the example communication environment of fig. 1. It should be understood that example embodiments of the present disclosure may be similarly applied in other communication environments.

Fig. 2 provides a schematic diagram of a flow of an exemplary communication method 200. Method 200 is implemented at a terminal device, for example, terminal device 110-1. It is to be understood that the following description of method 200 is merely a general description of an embodiment.

At block 210, terminal device 110-1 receives a first configuration from network device 120. For example, terminal device 110-1 may receive the first configuration from network device 120 via RRC signaling. After receiving the first configuration, terminal device 110-1 may enter RRC _ INACTIVE state and perform transmission of data packets in RRC _ INACTIVE state. Alternatively, terminal device 110-1 may enter the RRC IDLE state after receiving the first configuration.

The first configuration indicates a first set of Configuration Grant (CG) resources for transmitting data. For example only, as shown in fig. 3A, the first CG resource set may include a CG resource set 310 comprising: resource 310-1, and resource 310-3. The period of the first CG resource set is 3100. It is to be appreciated that the number of resources shown in fig. 3A is merely exemplary and not limiting, and that the first CG resource may include any suitable number of resources.

The first set of CG resources may be type 1 (type 1) CG resources. The term "type 1 (type 1) CG resource" refers to an uplink grant provided by RRC and is stored as a configured uplink grant, wherein UL data transmission is based on RRC reconfiguration without any layer 1 (L1) signaling. The RRC signaling provides the terminal device with authorization configuration through higher layer parameters (e.g., "ConfiguredGrantConfig"). In some embodiments, the first configuration may comprise a resource configuration. Alternatively or additionally, the first configuration may also comprise a transmission parameter configuration. As an example, the first configuration may include one or more of: a period of the first CG resource, an open-loop power control parameter, a waveform, a redundancy version, a repetition number, a frequency hopping pattern, a resource allocation type, a number of hybrid automatic retransmission processes, a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) information parameter, a Modulation Coding Scheme (MCS) table, a resource block group size, a time domain resource, a frequency domain resource, or a modulation coding scheme. The first configuration may also include a configured scheduled radio network temporary identifier (CS-RNTI) for the retransmission. Additionally, the first configuration may include a time domain parameter of a start symbol and an allocation length.

At block 220, terminal device 110-1 receives a second configuration from network device 120. The second configuration indicates a second set of CG resources for transmitting data. For example only, as shown in fig. 3A, the second set of CG resources may include a set of CG resources 320 including resource 320-1, and resource 320-3. The period of the second CG resource set is 3200. It is to be appreciated that the number of resources shown in fig. 3A is merely exemplary and not limiting, and that the second CG resource may include any suitable number of resources. The periodicity of the second set of CG resources is less than the periodicity of the first set of CG resources. In this way, the delay of transmission can be reduced.

At block 230, terminal device 110-1 sends an initial transmission of the data packet to network device 120 using the first set of CG resources. The term "initial transmission" refers to the first transmitted data packet, which may be considered to trigger the start of an RRC procedure. The initial transmission may also include information indicating that there are data packets to be sent. For example, the initial transmission may include a Buffer State Report (BSR).

Terminal device 110-1 may receive feedback information for the initial transmission from the network device. For example, the feedback information may be an Acknowledgement (ACK) message for the initial transmission. Alternatively, the feedback information may be a non-acknowledgement (NACK) message for the initial transmission. In some embodiments, the feedback information may indicate a mapping between the second set of CG resources and the synchronization signal block.

Note that the order of

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220 and 230 shown in fig. 2 is merely exemplary. For example, in some embodiments, terminal device 110-1 may receive the second configuration and then send an initial transmission of a data packet. Alternatively, in other embodiments, terminal device 110-1 may send the initial transmission of the data packet before receiving the second configuration.

In some embodiments, the second set of CG resources may be type 1CG resources. For example, the second configuration may be in the same RRC signaling as the first configuration. In some embodiments, the second configuration includes an activation condition for activating the second set of CG resources. The activation condition may also be preconfigured at the terminal device, e.g. specified in the communication protocol. In some embodiments, the activation condition may include: the terminal equipment sends the initial transmission of the data packet by utilizing the first configuration authorization resource set, and the initial transmission indicates that information to be sent by the data packet exists. The activation condition may further include: the terminal equipment sends the initial transmission of the data packet in the random access process, and the initial transmission indicates that the information to be sent by the data packet exists. In other embodiments, the activation condition may further include the terminal device receiving feedback information for the data packet, where the feedback information indicates that the terminal device activates the second set of configuration authorized resources.

Alternatively, as described above, the terminal device may first send an initial transmission of a data packet and then receive the second configuration. In this case, the second configuration may be included in the feedback information for the initial transmission. In the case where the second set of CG resources are type 1CG resources, the second configuration may include one or more of: a period of the second CG resource, an open-loop power control parameter, a waveform, a redundancy version, a repetition number, a frequency hopping pattern, a resource allocation type, a number of hybrid automatic repeat requests, a demodulation reference information parameter, a modulation coding scheme table, a resource block group size, a time domain resource, a frequency domain resource, or a modulation coding scheme.

Alternatively, the second set of CG resources may be type2 (type 2) CG resources. In type2, additional L1 signaling (downlink control information, DCI) is introduced, where the uplink is activated by DCI carrying UL grant configuration parameters. And activating and deactivating type2CG resources through DCI scrambled by CS-RNTI. RRC signaling provides only partial parameters (e.g., "ConfiguredGrantConfig"). DCI signaling may enable fast modification of partial CG transmission parameters. In this way, flexibility in CG parameter configuration and transmission is achieved. In this case, the second configuration may be in the same RRC signaling as the first configuration. The RRC signaling may include at least one of the following parameters: . . The parameters of the second configuration include: a period of the second CG resource, an open loop power control parameter, a waveform, a redundancy version, a repetition number, a frequency hopping pattern, a resource allocation type, a number of hybrid automatic repeat request processes, a demodulation reference information parameter, a modulation coding scheme table, or a resource block group size, wherein a part of the second configured parameter is transmitted in RRC signaling, and another part is transmitted in DCI activating a type2CG resource. For example, the other part of the parameters may be transmitted in the CS-RNTI scrambled DCI. For example, terminal device 110-1 receives an activation indication from network device 120 to activate the second set of CG resources. For example, the activation indication may be in DCI. The activation indication may also be in the feedback information for the initial transmission. Alternatively, the activation indication may be in a paging message. The DCI may include one or more of the following parameters: time domain resources, frequency domain resources, DMRS, or MCS.

In some embodiments, the first configuration may include one or more first CG resource sets. For example only, as shown in fig. 3B, the first configuration may indicate a set of CG resources 310 as well as a set of CG resources 330.CG resource set 330 includes resource 330-1, and resource 330-3.CG resource set 330 has a period of 3300. In some embodiments, period 3100 may have the same value as period 3300. Alternatively, period 3100 may have a different value than period 3300. It will be appreciated that the first configuration may include any suitable number of first CG resource sets.

In some embodiments, the second configuration may include one or more second sets of CG resources. For example only, as shown in fig. 3B, the second configuration may indicate a set of CG resources 320 and a set of CG resources 340.CG resource set 340 includes resource 340-1, and resource 340-3. The CG resource set 340 has a periodicity of 3400. In some embodiments, period 3200 may have the same value as period 3400. Alternatively, period 3200 may have a different value than period 3400. It will be appreciated that the second configuration may include any suitable number of sets of second CG resources. In some embodiments, the second CG resource set may also be used for downlink semi-static transmission, thereby reducing detection overhead of the terminal device.

At block 240, after the initial transmission, terminal device 110-1 sends another transmission of the data packet to network device 120 using the second set of CG resources. The other transmission is a transmission of a data packet following the initial transmission. In some embodiments, terminal device 110-1 may receive an update indication from network device 120 to update the second set of CG resources. The update indication may be received via DC. The update indication may also be received via higher layer signaling, e.g., media access control element (MAC CE) or RRC signaling. Terminal device 110-1 may receive a deactivation indication from network device 120 to deactivate the second set of CG resources. Similarly, the deactivation indication may be received via one of DCI, MAC CE, or RRC signaling. In other embodiments, terminal device 110-1 may receive indication information from network device 120 indicating that the second set of CG resources remain active. The indication information may also be received via one of DCI, MAC CE, or RRC signaling. In some embodiments, the indication information further includes another mapping between the second set of CG resources and the synchronization signal block.

FIG. 4 provides a schematic illustration of the flow of an exemplary data processing method 400. Method 400 is implemented at a network device, such as network device 120. It is to be understood that the following description of method 400 is merely a general description of an embodiment.

At block 410, network device 120 sends a first configuration to terminal device 110-1. For example, network device 120 may send the first configuration to terminal device 110-1 via RRC signaling. The first configuration indicates a first set of CG resources for transmitting data. In some embodiments, the first set of CG resources may be type 1CG resources. In this case, the content included in the first configuration is the same as that described with reference to fig. 2, and is not described again here.

At block 420, network device 120 sends the second configuration to terminal device 110-1. The second configuration indicates a second set of CG resources for transmitting data. For example only, the periodicity of the second set of CG resources is less than the periodicity of the first set of CG resources. In this way, the delay of transmission can be reduced.

At block 430, network device 120 receives an initial transmission of a data packet from end device 110-1 over the first set of CG resources. The initial transmission may also include information indicating that there are packets to be sent. For example, the initial transmission may include a Buffer State Report (BSR).

Network device 120 may send feedback information for the initial transmission to the terminal device. For example, the feedback information may be an ACK message for the initial transmission. Alternatively, the feedback information may be a NACK message for the initial transmission. In some embodiments, the feedback information may indicate a mapping between the second set of CG resources and the synchronization signal block.

Note that the order of

blocks

420 and 430 shown in fig. 4 is merely exemplary. For example, in some embodiments, network device 120 may first send the second configuration and then receive the initial transmission. Alternatively, in other embodiments, network device 120 may receive the initial transmission before sending the second configuration.

In some embodiments, the second set of CG resources may be type 1CG resources. For example, the second configuration may be in the same RRC signaling as the first configuration. The second configuration includes an activation condition for activating the second CG resource set. Alternatively, as described above, network device 120 may receive the initial transmission before sending the second configuration. In this case, the second configuration may be included in the feedback information for the initial transmission. In the case that the second CG resource set is a type 1CG resource, the content included in the second CG resource set is the same as that described with reference to fig. 2, and will not be described herein again. Alternatively, the second set of CG resources may be type2CG resources. In this case, the second configuration may be in the same RRC signaling as the first configuration. The contents included in the second configuration are the same as those described with reference to fig. 2, and are not described again here.

Network device 120 may send an activation indication to terminal device 110-1 to activate the second set of CG resources. For example, the activation indication may be in the DCI. The activation indication may also be in the feedback information for the initial transmission. Alternatively, the activation indication may be in a paging message. The activation indication may include one or more of: time domain resources, frequency domain resources, DMRS, or MCS.

In some embodiments, the first configuration may include one or more first CG resource sets. It will be appreciated that the first configuration may include any suitable number of first CG resource sets. In some embodiments, the second configuration may include one or more second CG resource sets. It will be appreciated that the second configuration may include any suitable number of sets of second CG resources.

At block 440, after the initial transmission, network device 120 receives another transmission of the data packet from terminal device 110-1 on the second set of CG resources. The other transmission is a transmission of a data packet following the initial transmission. In some embodiments, network device 120 may send an update indication to terminal device 110-1 to update the second set of CG resources. The update indication may be received via DC. The update indication may also be received via higher layer signaling, e.g., media access control element (MAC CE) or RRC signaling. Network device 120 may send a deactivation indication to terminal device 110-1 to deactivate the second set of CG resources. Similarly, the deactivation indication may be received via one of DCI, MAC CE, or RRC signaling. In other embodiments, network device 120 may send indication information to terminal device 110-1 indicating that the second set of CG resources remain active. The indication information may also be received via one of DCI, MAC CE, or RRC signaling. In some embodiments, the indication information further includes another mapping between the second set of CG resources and the synchronization signal block.

As noted above, the above description of method 200 and method 400 is merely a general description of embodiments. Specific example embodiments will be described below with reference to fig. 5 to 8.

According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, a terminal device receives a first CG resource set and a second CG resource set from a network device. The terminal device sends another transmission of the data packet using the second set of CG resources after sending the initial transmission of the data packet using the first set of CG resources. In this way, the effect of reducing the transmission delay of the uplink packet service of the terminal equipment under the condition that the detection overhead of the network equipment is relatively low is obtained. For example, fig. 5 illustrates an interaction signaling diagram of a particular communication process 500 according to the above scheme, where the first set of CG resources and the second set of CG resources are both type 1CG resources. As shown in fig. 5, communication process 500 involves terminal device 110-1 and network device 120. It is to be understood that the communication process shown in fig. 5 is exemplary only, and not limiting. Embodiments of the present disclosure may include interactive signaling not shown in fig. 5, or omit some of the signaling shown in fig. 5.

Network device 120 sends (5005) the first configuration to terminal device 110-1. The first configuration indicates a first set of CG resources for transmitting data. In some embodiments, network device 120 transmits the first configuration via RRC signaling when the terminal device 110-1 is in an RRC _ CONNECTED state. Alternatively, network device 120 may send the first configuration during a random access procedure for terminal device 110-1. In other embodiments, network device 120 may send the first configuration to terminal device 110-1 when terminal device 110-1 sends a Random Access SDT (RA-SDT). For example, in the four-step random access procedure, terminal device 110-1 transmits a preamble as a random access request, i.e., message 1 (message 1), to network device 120. Network device 120 sends a response to the random access request (i.e., message 2) to terminal device 110-1, which message 2 includes an uplink grant. Terminal device 110-1 sends an RRC connection request (i.e., message 3) to network device 120 based on the response. Message 3 includes packet data. Network device 120 may send an RRC connection setup message (i.e., message 4) to terminal device 110-1. Network device 120 may send the first configuration to terminal device 110-1 upon receiving message 3, which includes the packet data. In the two-step random access procedure, terminal device 110-1 transmits a preamble and packet data, i.e., message a (message a), to network device 120. Network device 120 sends a response to this message a (i.e., message B) to terminal device 110-1. Network device 120 may send the first configuration to terminal device 110-1 after receiving message a, which includes the packet data.

In some embodiments, the first configuration may comprise a resource configuration. Alternatively or additionally, the first configuration may also comprise a transmission parameter configuration. As an example, the first configuration may include one or more of: a period of the first CG resource, an open-loop power control parameter, a waveform, a redundancy version, a repetition number, a frequency hopping pattern, a resource allocation type, a number of hybrid automatic repeat procedures, a DMRS information parameter, an MCS table, a resource block group size, a time domain resource, a frequency domain resource, or an MCS. The first configuration may also include a CS-RNTI for the retransmission. Additionally, the first configuration may include a time domain parameter of a start symbol and an allocation length. In some embodiments, the first configuration may include one or more first CG resource sets. These multiple first CG resource sets may have the same or different periodicity.

In some embodiments, the first configuration may indicate a correspondence of the first CG resource set to the SSBs. As an example, as shown in FIG. 6, one SSB cycle includes four SSBs (i.e., SSB130-1, SSB130-2, SSB130-3, SSB 130-4). For example, CG resources for odd cycles correspond to SSB130-1 or SSB130-2, and CG resources for even cycles correspond to SSB130-3 or SSB130-4. As shown in FIG. 6, resource 310-1 may correspond to SSB130-1 or SSB130-2, resource 310-2 may correspond to SSB130-3 or SSB130-4, and resource 310-3 may correspond to SSB130-1 or SSB130-2. It is to be understood that the correspondence shown in fig. 6 is merely exemplary and not limiting.

In some embodiments, network device 120 sends (5005) the first configuration and the second configuration in the same signaling to terminal device 110-1. The second configuration indicates a second set of CG resources for transmitting data. The periodicity of the second set of CG resources is less than the periodicity of the first set of CG resources. The second configuration may include one or more of: a period of the second CG resource, an open loop power control parameter, a waveform, a redundancy version, a repetition number, a frequency hopping pattern, a resource allocation type, a number of hybrid automatic repeat requests, a demodulation reference information parameter, a modulation coding scheme table, a resource block group size, a time domain resource, a frequency domain resource, or a modulation coding scheme. Additionally, the second configuration may include time domain parameters including a start symbol and an allocation length. In some embodiments, the second configuration may include one or more second sets of CG resources. These multiple second CG resource sets may have the same or different periodicity.

In some embodiments, the second configuration includes an activation condition for activating the second set of CG resources. For example, the activation condition may be that the terminal device sends an initial transmission of a data packet using the first CG resource set and the initial transmission indicates that there is information for the data packet to be sent. In other embodiments, the activation condition may further include the terminal device transmitting a data packet during a random access procedure. Alternatively or additionally, the activation condition may also include the terminal device receiving feedback information for the data packet.

In some embodiments, terminal device 110-1 may enter the RRC _ INACTIVE state after receiving the first configuration. Alternatively, terminal device 110-1 may enter an RRC IDLE state. Network device 120 may detect whether there is a data transmission only at the first CG resource set when terminal device 110-1 enters the RRC _ INACTIVE state.

When there is uplink traffic arriving, terminal device 110-1 sends (5010) an initial transmission to network device 120 using the first set of CG resources. The initial transmission may indicate that there are packets to be sent. For example, the initial data may include a BSR to inform network device 120 that there is a subsequent data packet to transmit. As shown in fig. 6, at time 6010 there is a packet 610 to transmit. Terminal device 110-1 may send an initial transmission of data packet 610 on resource 310-2. In some implementations, terminal device 110-1 may select SSB130-3 or SSB130-4 and send the initial transmission of data packet 610 on a resource (e.g., resource 310-2) corresponding to SSB130-3 or SSB130-4. For example, terminal device 110-1 may transmit a portion of data packet 610 (e.g., 6101) on resource 310-2.

Network device 120 may send (5015) the feedback information to terminal device 110-1. If the feedback information is ACK, the initial transmission is indicated to be successful. If the feedback information is NACK, it indicates that the initial transmission failed. The feedback information may be transmitted at the L1 layer, i.e., the feedback information is transmitted through DCI. In other embodiments, the feedback information may be transmitted in higher layer signaling. For example, the feedback information may be transmitted in signaling of the MAC layer (such as MAC CE). Alternatively, the feedback information may be transmitted in signaling of the RRC layer.

In some implementations, the feedback information may include the second configuration. The content included in the second configuration is the same as the content in the embodiment where the first configuration and the second configuration are sent in the same signaling, and is not described herein again.

In other embodiments, the feedback information may also indicate a mapping between the second set of CG resources and the SSB. In some embodiments, the first set of synchronization signal blocks corresponding to the first CG resource set is the same as the second set of synchronization signal blocks corresponding to the second CG resource set. As shown in FIG. 7A, the first CG resource of an odd cycle corresponds to SSB130-1 or SSB130-2, and the first CG resource of an even cycle corresponds to SSB130-3 or SSB130-4. If terminal device 110-1 sends the initial transmission on resource 310-2, resource 320-1 corresponds to SSB130-3 or SSB130-4, resource 320-2 corresponds to SSB130-3 or SSB130-4, and resource 320-3 corresponds to SSB130-3 or SSB130-4. In other embodiments, the second set of synchronization information blocks is a subset of the first set of synchronization information blocks. In other words, SSBs may be distinguished by resources in the second CG resource set. As shown in FIG. 7B, the first CG resource of an odd cycle corresponds to SSB130-1 or SSB130-2, and the first CG resource of an even cycle corresponds to SSB130-3 or SSB130-4. Resource 320-1 corresponds to SSB130-3, resource 320-2 corresponds to SSB130-4, and resource 320-3 corresponds to SSB130-3. Therefore, when receiving, the network device can also receive data sent by the terminal device on different resources according to different SSB beams, which is beneficial to selecting a more appropriate receiving filter and improving the receiving performance of the network device. Network device 120 may send an indication to terminal device 110-1 as to which correspondence is used. In other words, network device 120 may instruct terminal device 110-1 to use the correspondence of resources to SSBs as shown in fig. 7A or fig. 7B. The indication may be transmitted at L1 layer, i.e., sent over DCI. In other embodiments, the indication may be transmitted in higher layer signaling. For example, the indication may be sent in signaling at the MAC layer (such as MAC CE). Alternatively, the indication may be sent in the signaling of the RRC layer. In this way, it is beneficial for more CG resources to correspond to the SSB selected by the terminal device, and not increase the detection overhead of the network device too much.

Returning to fig. 5, terminal device 110-1 may activate 5020 the second set of CG resources. As described above, the second configuration may include an activation condition. In some embodiments, the activation condition may be defined in a communication protocol. Terminal device 110-1 may activate the second CG resource set if the activation condition is satisfied. For example, when terminal device 110-1 utilizes a first set of CG resources to transmit an initial transmission of a data packet and the initial transmission indicates that there is information for the data packet to be transmitted, terminal device 110-1 may activate a second set of CG resources. In other embodiments, terminal device 110-1 may activate the second CG resource set at an initial transmission after terminal device 110-1 transmits the data packet in the random access procedure and the initial transmission indicates that there is information to be transmitted for the data packet. Alternatively or additionally, terminal device 110-1 may activate the second CG resource set after receiving the feedback information for the data packet and indicating in the feedback information that the terminal device activated the second set of configuration granted resources.

After the initial transmission, the end device 110-1 sends (5025) another transmission of the data packet to the network device 120 using the second set of CG resources. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, terminal device 110-1 may transmit another portion 6102 of the data packet on resource 320-1. In some embodiments, after the initial transmission, additional packets may arrive, such as packet 620. Terminal device 110-1 may transmit data packet 620 on resource 320-2 and/or resource 320-3.

Referring to fig. 7A, terminal device 110-1 sends an initial transmission on resource 310-2, and resource 310-2 corresponds to SSB130-3 or SSB130-4. In this case, terminal device 110-1 sends another transmission of the data packet at resource 320-1, which resource 320-1 also corresponds to SSB130-3 or SSB130-4.

Referring to fig. 7B, terminal device 110-1 sends an initial transmission on resource 310-2 and selects SSB130-3. In this case, terminal device 110-1 sends another transmission of the data packet on the resource to which SSB130-3 corresponds, e.g., on resource 320-1. In other embodiments, if terminal device 110-1 sends the initial transmission on resource 310-2, and SSB130-4 is selected. In this case, terminal device 110-1 sends another transmission of the data packet on the resource corresponding to SSB130-4, e.g., on resource 320-2.

In some embodiments, network device 120 may send (5030) an update indication to terminal device 110-1 to update the second set of CG resources. In some embodiments, network device 120 may send the update set before receiving another transmission of the data packet. Network device 120 may send the update set after receiving another transmission of the data packet, as shown in fig. 5. It is to be appreciated that the update indication can be sent at any suitable time after the transmission of the feedback information (5015). The update indication may be transmitted at the L1 layer, i.e., sent over DCI. In other embodiments, the update indication may be transmitted in higher layer signaling. For example, the update indication may be sent in signaling at the MAC layer (such as MAC CE). Alternatively, the update indication may be sent in the signaling of the RRC layer. For example, several bits in DCI or MAC CE may be used to indicate a periodic transition of the new second CG resource. Table 1 shows an example of the update indication. It is to be understood that the values shown in table 1 are exemplary only, and not limiting.

TABLE 1

Terminal device 110-1 may update (5035) the second set of CG resources in accordance with the update indication. For example only, if the update indication includes "00," terminal device 110-1 may determine that the periodicity of the second set of CG resources is unchanged. If the update indication includes "01", terminal device 110-1 may determine that the period of the first set of second CG resource sets becomes 10 slots. For example, terminal device 110-1 may determine that period 3200 of CG resource set 320 becomes 10 slots. In other embodiments, terminal device 110-1 may determine that the periodicity of the second set of second CG resource sets is increased by 1 slot if the update indication comprises "10". For example, terminal device 110-1 may determine that the periodicity 3400 of CG resource set 340 is increased by 1 slot. In some embodiments, if the update indication includes "11," terminal device 110-1 may determine that the periodicity of the second set of second CG resource sets is reduced by 1 slot. For example, terminal device 110-1 may determine that the periodicity 3400 of CG resource set 340 is reduced by 1 slot.

In some embodiments, network device 120 may send (5040) a deactivation indication to terminal device 110-1 to deactivate the second set of CG resources. The deactivation indication may deactivate the one or more second CG resource sets. For example, the deactivation indication may indicate that CG resource set 320 is deactivated. Alternatively, the deactivation indication may indicate that CG resource set 340 is deactivated. The deactivation indication may also indicate that all CG resource sets are deactivated. It will be appreciated that the deactivation indication may be sent at any suitable time after another transmission (5025) of the data packet. The deactivation indication may be transmitted at the L1 layer, i.e., sent over DCI. In other embodiments, the deactivation indication may be transmitted in higher layer signaling. For example, the deactivation indication may be sent in signaling at the MAC layer (such as MAC CE). Alternatively, the deactivation indication may be sent in signaling at the RRC layer.

Terminal device 110-1 may send 5045 a buffer status report to network device 120. Alternatively, terminal device 110-1 may send an RRC message (e.g., an RRC release message) to inform network device 120 that it will stop sending data packets. In this case, in some embodiments, terminal device 110-1 may cease using the second set of CG resources by default. Terminal device 110-1 may transmit subsequently arriving uplink data using subsequent CG resources in the first set of CG resources. It will be appreciated that the transmission of the buffer status report (5045) is not in sequential relationship with the transmission of the activation indication (5040) and the transmission of the indication information (5045). In other words, the buffer status report may be sent before or after the activation indication and the indication information. In some embodiments, the buffer status report may also be sent in the initial transmission of the data packet (5010).

In some embodiments, network device 120 may send 5050 an indication to terminal device 110-1 that the second set of CG resources remains active. After receiving the indication information, terminal device 110-1 determines that the second CG resource set remains activated. In some embodiments, terminal device 110-1 may utilize the second set of CG resources to send an initial transmission of subsequently arriving uplink data. Alternatively, terminal device 110-1 may utilize a second set of CG resources to send subsequent transmissions of subsequently arriving uplink data. In other implementations, terminal device 110-1 may utilize the second set of CG resources for retransmission of uplink data. In other embodiments, the indication information may also indicate another mapping between the second set of CG resources and the SSB. In some embodiments, the first set of synchronization signal blocks corresponding to the first set of CG resources is the same as the second set of synchronization signal blocks corresponding to the second set of CG resources. In other embodiments, the second set of synchronization information blocks is a subset of the first set of synchronization information blocks. In other words, SSBs may be distinguished by resources in the second CG set of resources. The other mapping may be the same as or different from the mapping sent in the feedback information.

Fig. 8 shows an interaction signaling diagram of a specific communication procedure 800 according to the above scheme, wherein the first CG resource set is a type 1CG resource and the second CG resource set is a type2CG resource. As shown in fig. 8, communication process 800 involves terminal device 110-1 and network device 120. It is to be understood that the communication process shown in fig. 8 is exemplary only, and not limiting. Embodiments of the present disclosure may include interactive signaling not shown in fig. 8, or omit some of the signaling shown in fig. 8. According to the embodiment shown in fig. 8, the technical effect of reducing the uplink packet service transmission delay of the terminal device under the condition that the detection overhead of the network device is relatively low can be obtained, and the technical effect of flexibly configuring/changing the parameters of the CG resources by the network device can be obtained.

Network device 120 sends (8005) the first configuration to terminal device 110-1. The first configuration indicates a first set of CG resources for transmitting data. The transmission of the first configuration (8005) is similar to the transmission of the first configuration (5005) described with reference to fig. 5 and is not described herein again. The content and the first CG resource set included in the first configuration are similar to those included in the first configuration described with reference to fig. 5, and are not described herein again.

Network device 120 sends (8005) the first configuration and the second configuration in the same signaling to terminal device 110-1. The second configuration indicates a second set of CG resources for transmitting data. The periodicity of the second set of CG resources is less than the periodicity of the first set of CG resources. The parameters of the second configuration include: a period of the second CG resource, an open loop power control parameter, a waveform, a redundancy version, a repetition number, a frequency hopping pattern, a resource allocation type, a number of hybrid automatic repeat request processes, a demodulation reference information parameter, a modulation coding scheme table, or a resource block group size, wherein a part of the second configured parameter is transmitted in RRC signaling, and another part is transmitted in DCI activating a type2CG resource. For example, the other part of the parameters may be transmitted in the CS-RNTI scrambled DCI.

In some embodiments, terminal device 110-1 may enter the RRC _ INACTIVE state after receiving the first configuration. Alternatively, terminal device 110-1 may enter the RRC _ IDLE state. Network device 120 may detect whether there is a data transmission only at the first CG resource set when terminal device 110-1 enters the RRC _ INACTIVE state.

When there is an upstream traffic arriving, the terminal device 110-1 sends (8010) an initial transmission to the network device 120 using the first CG resource set. The initial transmission may indicate that there are data packets to be sent. The transmission of the initial transmission (8010) is similar to the transmission of the initial transmission (5010) described with reference to fig. 5 and will not be described in detail here.

Network device 120 may send 8015 the feedback information to terminal device 110-1. If the feedback information is ACK, the initial transmission is indicated to be successful. If the feedback information is NACK, it indicates that the initial transmission failed. The feedback information may be transmitted at the L1 layer, i.e., the feedback information is transmitted through DCI. In other embodiments, the feedback information may be transmitted in higher layer signaling. For example, the feedback information may be transmitted in signaling of the MAC layer (such as MAC CE). Alternatively, the feedback information may be transmitted in signaling of the RRC layer. In other embodiments, the feedback information may also indicate a mapping between the second set of CG resources and the SSB. In some embodiments, the first set of synchronization signal blocks corresponding to the first CG resource set is the same as the second set of synchronization signal blocks corresponding to the second CG resource set. In other embodiments, the second set of synchronization information blocks is a subset of the first set of synchronization information blocks. In other words, SSBs may be distinguished by resources in the second CG set of resources. Therefore, when receiving, the network device can also receive data sent by the terminal device on different resources according to different SSB beams, which is beneficial to selecting a more appropriate receiving filter and improving the receiving performance of the network device. Network device 120 may send an indication to terminal device 110-1 as to which correspondence is used. The indication may be transmitted at the L1 layer, i.e., sent over DCI. In other embodiments, the indication may be transmitted in higher layer signaling. For example, the indication may be sent in signaling at the MAC layer (such as MAC CE). Alternatively, the indication may be sent in the signaling of the RRC layer. In this way, it is beneficial for more CG resources to correspond to the SSB selected by the terminal device, and the detection overhead of the network device is not excessively increased.

Network device 120 sends 8020 an activation indication to terminal device 110-1 for activating the second set of CG resources. For example, network device 120 may send the activation indication when terminal device 110-1 sends an initial transmission of a data packet using a first set of CG resources and the initial transmission indicates that there is information for the data packet to send. In other embodiments, network device 120 sends the activation indication after terminal device 110-1 sends the data packet in the random access procedure. Alternatively or additionally, network device 120 sends the activation indication after sending feedback information for the data packet. The activation indication may be transmitted at the L1 layer, i.e., sent over DCI. In other embodiments, the activation indication may be transmitted in higher layer signaling. For example, the activation indication may be sent in signaling at the MAC layer (such as MAC CE). Alternatively, the activation indication may be sent in signaling at the RRC layer. Terminal device 110-1 activates 8025 the second set of CG resources in accordance with the activation indication. In some embodiments, the activation indication may include one or more of the following parameters: time domain resources, frequency domain resources, DMRS, or MCS.

After the initial transmission, terminal device 110-1 sends (8030) another transmission of the data packet to network device 120 using the second set of CG resources. The further transmission of the data packet (8030) is similar to the further transmission of the data packet (5025) described with reference to fig. 5 and will not be described again here.

In some embodiments, network device 120 may send (8040) an update indication to terminal device 110-1 to update the second set of CG resources. The update indication and sending (8040) is similar to the update and sending (5035) described with reference to FIG. 5 and is not further described herein. Terminal device 110-1 may update (8040) the second set of CG resources according to the update indication. The terminal device 110-1 performs the update in a manner similar to the update (5035) described with reference to fig. 5, and is not described again here.

In some embodiments, network device 120 may send (8045) a deactivation indication to terminal device 110-1 to deactivate the second set of CG resources. The content included in the deactivation indication and the transmission of the deactivation indication are similar to the transmission (5040) of the deactivation indication and the deactivation indication described with reference to fig. 5, and are not described again here.

Terminal device 110-1 may send (8050) a buffer status report to network device 120. The information included in the buffer status report and the transmission (8050) thereof are similar to the information included in the buffer status report and the transmission (5045) thereof described with reference to fig. 5, and are not described herein again. It is to be understood that the sending of the buffer status report (8050) is not in sequential relation to the sending of the activation indication (8045) and the sending of the indication information (8055). In other words, the buffer status report may be sent before or after the activation indication and the indication information. In some embodiments, the buffer status report may also be sent in the initial transmission of the packet (8010).

In some embodiments, network device 120 may send 8055 indication information to terminal device 110-1 indicating that the second set of CG resources remains active. The information included in the indication information and the transmission mode thereof are similar to the information included in the indication information and the transmission mode thereof (5050) described with reference to fig. 5, and are not described again.

Fig. 9A-9B illustrate schematic block diagrams of communication devices, according to some embodiments of the present disclosure. The communication apparatus may be implemented as a device or chip in a device, the scope of the disclosure is not limited in this respect.

The communication means 910 as shown in fig. 9A may be implemented at a terminal device. The communication apparatus 910 includes: a first receiving unit 911, a second receiving unit 912, a first transmitting unit 913, and a second transmitting unit 914. The first receiving unit 911 is configured to receive a first configuration from a network device. The first configuration indicates a first set of CG resources for transmitting data packets. The second receiving unit 912 is configured to receive a second configuration from the network device. The second configuration indicates a second set of CG resources for transmitting the data packet. The periodicity of the second set of CG resources is less than the periodicity of the first set of CG resources. The first sending unit 913 is configured to send an initial transmission of the data packet to the network device using the first CG resource set. The second sending unit 914 is configured to send another transmission of the data packet to the network device using the second set of CG resources. The communication device 910 may also include other means for implementing the methods described in fig. 2, 5, and 8.

The communication device 920 shown in fig. 9B may be implemented at a network device. The communication device 920 includes: a first sending unit 921, a second sending unit 922, a first receiving unit 923, and a second receiving unit 924. The first sending unit 1921 is configured to send a handover request to the target network device, where the handover request is used to handover the relay terminal device to the target network device. The second sending unit 1922 sends a first instruction to the relay terminal device, where the first instruction is used to instruct the relay terminal device to switch from the source network device to the target network device. The receiving unit 1923 receives third data from the target network device, the third data including data from the remote terminal device. The communications apparatus 1920 may also include other means for implementing the methods described in fig. 4, 5, and 8.

Fig. 10 is a simplified block diagram of an example device 1000 suitable for implementing embodiments of the present disclosure. Device 1000 can be used to implement a terminal device as well as a network device as shown in fig. 1. As shown, the device 1000 includes one or more processors 1010, one or more memories 1020 coupled to the processors 1010, and a communication module 1040 coupled to the processors 1010.

The communication module 1040 may be used for two-way communication. The communication module 1040 may have at least one communication interface for communication. The communication interface may include any interface necessary to communicate with other devices.

The processor 1010 may be of any type suitable for a local technology network, and may include, but is not limited to, at least one of: one or more of a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, a microcontroller, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), or a controller-based multi-core controller architecture. The device 2000 may have multiple processors, such as application specific integrated circuit chips, that are time-dependent from a clock synchronized with the main processor.

The memory 1020 may include one or more non-volatile memories and one or more volatile memories. Examples of non-volatile memory include, but are not limited to, at least one of: read-Only Memory (ROM) 1024, erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (EPROM), flash Memory, a hard disk, an optical disk (CD), a Digital Video Disk (DVD), or other magnetic and/or optical storage. Examples of volatile memory include, but are not limited to, at least one of the following: random Access Memory (RAM) 1022, or other volatile Memory that does not last for the duration of the power down.

Computer programs 1030 include computer-executable instructions that are executed by associated processor 1010. The program 1030 may be stored in the ROM 1020. Processor 1010 may perform any suitable actions and processes by loading program 1030 into RAM 1020.

Embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented by way of program 1030 such that device 1000 may perform any of the processes as discussed with reference to fig. 2-5. Embodiments of the present disclosure may also be implemented by hardware or by a combination of software and hardware.

In some embodiments, the program 1030 may be tangibly embodied in a computer-readable medium, which may be included in the device 1000 (such as in the memory 1020) or other storage device accessible by the device 1000. The program 1030 may be loaded from a computer-readable medium into the RAM 1022 for execution. The computer readable medium may include any type of tangible, non-volatile memory, such as ROM, EPROM, flash memory, a hard disk, a CD, a DVD, etc.

In general, the various embodiments of the disclosure may be implemented in hardware or special purpose circuits, software, logic or any combination thereof. Some aspects may be implemented in hardware, while other aspects may be implemented in firmware or software, which may be executed by a controller, microprocessor or other computing device. While various aspects of the embodiments of the disclosure are illustrated and described as block diagrams, flow charts, or using some other pictorial representation, it is well understood that the blocks, apparatus, systems, techniques or methods described herein may be implemented in, as non-limiting examples, hardware, software, firmware, special purpose circuits or logic, general purpose hardware or controller or other computing devices, or some combination thereof.

The present disclosure also provides at least one computer program product tangibly stored on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The computer program product comprises computer executable instructions, such as instructions included in program modules, which are executed in a device on a real or virtual processor of the target to perform the processes/methods as described above with reference to fig. 2-8. Generally, program modules include routines, programs, libraries, objects, classes, components, data structures, etc. that perform particular tasks or implement particular abstract data types. In various embodiments, the functionality of the program modules may be combined or split between program modules as desired. Machine-executable instructions for program modules may be executed within local or distributed devices. In a distributed arrangement, program modules may be located in both local and remote memory storage media.

Computer program code for implementing the methods of the present disclosure may be written in one or more programming languages. These computer program codes may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing apparatus, such that the program codes, when executed by the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, cause the functions/acts specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram block or blocks to be performed. The program code may execute entirely on the computer, partly on the computer, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the computer and partly on a remote computer or entirely on the remote computer or server.

In the context of the present disclosure, computer program code or related data may be carried by any suitable carrier to enable a device, apparatus or processor to perform various processes and operations described above. Examples of a carrier include a signal, computer readable medium, and so forth. Examples of signals may include electrical, optical, radio, acoustic, or other forms of propagated signals, such as carrier waves, infrared signals, and the like.

The computer readable medium may be any tangible medium that can contain, or store a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. The computer readable medium may be a computer readable signal medium or a computer readable storage medium. A computer readable medium may include, but is not limited to, an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or any suitable combination thereof. More detailed examples of a computer-readable storage medium include an electrical connection having one or more wires, a portable computer diskette, a hard disk, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device, or any suitable combination thereof.

Further, while the operations of the methods of the present disclosure are depicted in the drawings in a particular order, this does not require or imply that these operations must be performed in this particular order, or that all of the illustrated operations must be performed, to achieve desirable results. Rather, the steps depicted in the flowcharts may change order of execution. Additionally or alternatively, certain steps may be omitted, multiple steps combined into one step execution, and/or one step broken down into multiple step executions. It should also be noted that the features and functions of two or more devices according to the present disclosure may be embodied in one device. Conversely, the features and functions of one apparatus described above may be further divided into embodiments by a plurality of apparatuses.

The foregoing has described implementations of the present disclosure, and the above description is illustrative, not exhaustive, and is not limited to the disclosed implementations. Many modifications and variations will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the described implementations. The terminology used herein was chosen in order to best explain the principles of various implementations, the practical application, or improvements to the technology in the marketplace, or to enable others of ordinary skill in the art to understand various implementations disclosed herein.

Claims

1. A method for communication, the method comprising:

the terminal equipment receives a first configuration from the network equipment, wherein the first configuration indicates a first configuration authorization resource set for sending a data packet;

the terminal device receiving a second configuration from the network device, the second configuration indicating a second set of configuration authorized resources for transmitting the data packet, a periodicity of the second set of configuration authorized resources being smaller than a periodicity of the first set of configuration authorized resources;

the terminal equipment sends the initial transmission of the data packet to the network equipment by utilizing the first configuration authorization resource set; and

after the initial transmission, the terminal device sends another transmission of the data packet to the network device using the second set of configuration grant resources.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the terminal device receiving the second configuration from the network device comprises:

the terminal device receives feedback information for the initial transmission of the data packet from the network device, the feedback information including the second configuration.

3. The method according to any one of claims 1-2, further comprising:

in response to a condition for activating the second set of configuration granted resources being met, the terminal device activates the second set of configuration granted resources for the further transmission of the data packet, and

wherein the conditions include at least one of:

the terminal equipment sends the initial transmission of the data packet by using the first configuration authorization resource set, wherein the initial transmission indicates that information to be sent by the data packet exists;

the terminal equipment sends the initial transmission of the data packet in the random access process, and the initial transmission indicates that information to be sent by the data packet exists; or

And the terminal equipment receives feedback information aiming at the data packet, and the feedback information indicates the terminal equipment to activate the second configuration authorization resource set.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein said second configuration comprises said condition for activating said second set of configuration granted resources, or

The condition is preconfigured at the terminal device.

5. The method according to any one of claims 1-2, further comprising:

the terminal device receives an activation indication for activating the second set of configuration grant resources from the network device.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the terminal device receiving the activation indication from the network device for activating the second set of configuration granted resources comprises:

the terminal equipment receives a paging message from the network equipment, wherein the paging message comprises the activation indication; or

The terminal device receives feedback information for the initial transmission of the data packet from the network device, the feedback information including the activation indication.

7. The method according to any of claims 1-6, wherein the first configuration information comprises one or more of the first set of configuration authorized resources, and

the second configuration includes one or more of the second configuration authorized resource sets.

8. The method according to any of claims 1-7, wherein said initial transmission of said data packet comprises information indicating that there is a data packet to be sent.

9. The method according to any one of claims 1-8, further comprising:

the terminal device receiving, from the network device, an update indication for updating a periodicity of the second set of configuration granted resources, the update indication being received via one of:

the downlink control information DCI is transmitted to the base station,

media access control element, MAC CE, or

Radio resource control, RRC, signaling.

10. The method according to any one of claims 1-9, further comprising:

the terminal device receiving a deactivation indication from the network device for deactivating the second set of configuration granted resources, the deactivation indication being received via one of:

the downlink control information DCI,

media access control element, MAC CE, or

Radio resource control signaling RRC signaling.

11. The method according to any one of claims 1-9, further comprising:

the terminal device receives feedback information for the initial transmission of the data packet from the network device, the feedback information indicating a mapping between the second set of configuration granted resources and a synchronization signal block.

12. The method according to any one of claims 1-9, further comprising:

after the transmission of the data packet is completed, the terminal device receives, from the network device, an indication information indicating that the second set of configuration granted resources remains activated, the indication information being received via one of:

the downlink control information DCI is transmitted to the base station,

media access control element, MAC CE, or

Radio resource control, RRC, signaling.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the indication information further comprises another mapping between the second set of configuration grant resources and a synchronization signal block.

14. The method according to any of claims 11-13, wherein a first set of synchronization signal blocks corresponding to the first set of configuration grant resources is the same as a second set of synchronization signal blocks corresponding to the second set of configuration grant resources; or

The second set of synchronization information blocks is a subset of the first set of synchronization information blocks.

15. The method according to any of claims 1-14, wherein the first configuration comprises at least one of:

the period of the first configuration authorized resource, an open-loop power control parameter, a waveform, a redundancy version, a repetition number, a frequency hopping mode, a resource allocation type, a hybrid automatic repeat request process number, a demodulation reference information parameter, a modulation coding scheme table, a resource block group size, a time domain resource, a frequency domain resource, or a modulation coding scheme.

16. The method of any of claims 1-3 or 7-14, wherein the second configuration comprises at least one of:

a period of the second configuration grant resource, an open loop power control parameter, a waveform, a redundancy version, a repetition number, a frequency hopping pattern, a resource allocation type, a number of hybrid automatic repeat requests, a demodulation reference information parameter, a modulation coding scheme table, a resource block group size, a time domain resource, a frequency domain resource, or a modulation coding scheme.

17. The method of any of claims 1-2 or 5-14, wherein the second configuration comprises at least one of:

the second configuration authorizes the resource period, open loop power control parameter, waveform, redundancy version, repetition number, frequency hopping mode, resource allocation type, hybrid automatic repeat request process number, demodulation reference information parameter, modulation coding scheme table, or resource block group size.

18. The method according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the activation indication comprises at least one of:

time domain resources, frequency domain resources, demodulation reference information, or modulation coding schemes.

19. The method according to any of claims 1-14, wherein the terminal device enters a radio resource control INACTIVE (RRC _ INACTIVE) state or a radio resource control IDLE (RRC _ IDLE) state after receiving the first configuration.

20. A method for communication, the method comprising:

the network equipment sends a first configuration to the terminal equipment, wherein the first configuration indicates a first configuration authorization resource set for sending a data packet;

the network equipment sends a second configuration to the terminal equipment, wherein the second configuration indicates a second configuration authorized resource set used for sending the data packet, and the period of the second configuration authorized resource set is smaller than that of the first configuration authorized resource set;

the network device receiving an initial transmission of the data packet from the terminal device on the first set of configuration granted resources; and

after the initial transmission, the network device receives another transmission of the data packet from the terminal device on the second set of configuration-granted resources.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the network device sending the second configuration to the terminal device comprises:

feedback information for the initial transmission of the data packet by the network device to the terminal device, the feedback information including the second configuration.

22. The method according to any of claims 20-21, wherein the second configuration comprises a condition for activating the second configuration authorization resource set,

wherein the conditions include at least one of:

23. The method according to any one of claims 20-21, further comprising:

and the network equipment sends an activation indication for activating the second configuration authorization resource set to the terminal equipment.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the network device sending the activation indication to the terminal device for activating the second set of configuration grant resources comprises one of:

the network equipment sends a paging message to the terminal equipment, wherein the paging message comprises the activation indication; or

The network device sending feedback information for the initial transmission of the data packet to the terminal device, the feedback information including the activation indication; or

In response to a condition for activating the second set of configuration grant resources being met, the network device sending the activation indication for activating the second set of configuration grant resources to the terminal device, wherein the condition comprises at least one of:

the terminal equipment sends the initial transmission of the data packet by using the first configuration authorized resource set, wherein the initial transmission comprises information to be sent of the data packet, or

And the terminal equipment sends the data packet in a random access process.

25. The method of any of claims 20-24, wherein the first configuration information comprises one or more of the first set of configuration authorized resources, an

The second configuration includes one or more of the second set of configuration grant resources.

26. The method according to any of claims 20-25, wherein said initial transmission of said data packet comprises information indicating that there is a data packet to be sent.

27. The method according to any one of claims 20-26, further comprising:

the network device sending to the terminal device an update indication for updating a periodicity of the second set of configuration granted resources, the update indication being sent via one of:

the downlink control information DCI is transmitted to the base station,

media access control element, MAC CE, or

Radio resource control, RRC, signaling.

28. The method according to any one of claims 20-26, further comprising:

the network device sending a deactivation indication to the terminal device for deactivating the second set of configuration granted resources, the deactivation indication being sent via one of:

the downlink control information DCI is transmitted to the base station,

media access control element, MAC CE, or

Radio resource control, RRC, signaling.

29. The method according to any one of claims 20-26, further comprising:

the network device sends feedback information for the initial transmission of the data packet to the terminal device, the feedback information indicating a mapping between the second set of configuration granted resources and a synchronization signal block.

30. The method according to any one of claims 20-26, further comprising:

after the transmission of the data packet is completed, the network device sends indication information indicating that the second configuration authorization resource set remains activated to the terminal device, where the indication information is sent via one of:

the downlink control information DCI is transmitted to the base station,

media access control element, MAC CE, or

Radio resource control, RRC, signaling.

31. The method of claim 30, wherein the indication information further comprises another mapping between the second set of configuration grant resources and a synchronization signal block.

32. The method according to any of claims 29-31, wherein a first set of synchronization signal blocks corresponding to the first set of configuration grant resources is the same as a second set of synchronization signal blocks corresponding to the second set of configuration grant resources; or

33. The method according to any of claims 20-32, wherein the first configuration comprises at least one of:

a period of the first configuration grant resource, an open-loop power control parameter, a waveform, a redundancy version sequence, a repetition number, a frequency hopping pattern, a resource allocation type, a number of hybrid automatic repeat requests, a reference information parameter for demodulation, a modulation coding scheme table, a resource block group size, a time domain resource, a frequency domain resource, or a modulation coding scheme.

34. The method of any of claims 20-22 or 25-32, wherein the second configuration comprises at least one of:

a period of the second configuration grant resource, an open-loop power control parameter, a waveform, a redundancy version sequence, a repetition number, a frequency hopping pattern, a resource allocation type, a number of hybrid automatic repeat requests, a reference information parameter for demodulation, a modulation coding scheme table, a resource block group size, a time domain resource, a frequency domain resource, or a modulation coding scheme.

35. The method of any of claims 20-21 or 23-32, wherein the second configuration comprises at least one of:

a period of the second configuration grant resource, an open loop power control parameter, a waveform, a redundancy version sequence, a repetition number, a frequency hopping pattern, a resource allocation type, a number of hybrid automatic repeat requests, a reference information parameter for demodulation, a modulation and coding scheme table, or a resource block group size.

36. The method according to claim 23 or 24, wherein the activation indication further comprises at least one of:

37. A computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program which, when executed by a processor, carries out operations of the method of any of claims 1 to 19 or any of claims 20 to 36.

38. A chip configured to perform operations of any of claims 1 to 19 or any of the methods of claims 20 to 36.

39. A terminal device, characterized in that the terminal device comprises:

at least one processing unit; and

at least one memory coupled to the at least one processing unit and storing instructions for execution by the at least one processing unit, the instructions when executed by the at least one processing unit causing a terminal device to implement the method of any of claims 1-19.

40. A network device, characterized in that the network device comprises:

at least one processing unit; and

at least one memory coupled to the at least one processing unit and storing instructions for execution by the at least one processing unit, the instructions when executed by the at least one processing unit cause a network device to implement the method of any of claims 20-36.