WO2023203361A1

WO2023203361A1 - Apparatus and method of wireless communication

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Publication number: WO2023203361A1
Application number: PCT/IB2022/000305
Authority: WO
Inventors: Hao Lin
Original assignee: Orope France Sarl
Priority date: 2022-04-22
Filing date: 2022-04-22
Publication date: 2023-10-26

Abstract

An apparatus and a method of wireless communication are disclosed. The method by a user equipment (UE) includes being configured, by a base station, with a set of resources for transmissions and providing, to the base station, an assistant information relevant to a resource usage of the set of resources. The transmissions include downlink transmissions or uplink transmissions.

Description

APPARATUS AND METHOD OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION

BACKGROUND OF DISCLOSURE

1. Field of the Disclosure

[0001] The present disclosure relates to the field of communication systems, and more particularly, to an apparatus and a method of wireless communication, which can provide a good communication performance and/or high reliability.

2. Description of the Related Art

[0002] Wireless communications systems are widely deployed to provide various types of communication content such as voice, video, packet data, messaging, broadcast, and so on. These systems may be capable of supporting communication with multiple users by sharing the available system resources (e.g., time, frequency, and power). Examples of such multipleaccess systems include fourth generation (4G) systems such as long term evolution (LTE) systems, LTE-advanced (LTE-A) systems, or LTE-A pro systems, and fifth generation (5G) systems which may be referred to as new radio (NR) systems. These systems may employ technologies such as code division multiple access (CDMA), time division multiple access (TDMA), frequency division multiple access (FDMA), orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA), or discrete Fourier transform spread orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (DFT-S-OFDM). A wireless multiple-access communications system may include a number of base stations or network access nodes, each simultaneously supporting communication for multiple communication devices, which may be otherwise known as user equipment (UE).

[0003] After giving birth to the 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) new radio (NR) technology, a mobile communication enters a 5G era. A network seeks for higher throughput, lower latency, and more robust transmissions. But on the other hand, the network operators are also facing higher operational expense. One of main factors contributing to the operational expense isa network power consumption. For a network ensuring a stable communication within a cell coverage, the network periodically broadcasts a set of downlink signals, which include synchronization signal block (SSB), typeO physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), and/or system information block type 1 (SIB1), where typeO PDCCH and SIB1 are always transmitted in an initial downlink (DL) bandwidth part (BWP). Moreover, the network also needs to periodically blind detect whether there is configured uplink transmission, e.g., physical random access channel (PRACH) transmission, configured grant-physical uplink shared channel (CG-PUSCH) transmissions. All these will consume a lot of network power. To make a sustainable network operation, a network side power consumption needs to be considered.

SUMMARY

[0004] An object of the present disclosure is to propose an apparatus (such as a user equipment (UE) and/or a base station) and a method of wireless communication, which can provide a method that allows the base station to reduce a cell power consumption, provide a good communication performance, and/or provide high reliability.

[0005] In a first aspect of the present disclosure, a method of wireless communication by a user equipment (UE) comprises being configured, by a base station, with a set of resources for transmissions and providing, to the base station, an assistant information relevant to a resource usage of the set of resources.

[0006] In some embodiments of the above method according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the transmissions comprise downlink transmissions or uplink transmissions.

[0007] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, one of the downlink transmissions comprise at least one of the followings: a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), a synchronization signal block (SSB), a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), or a tracking reference signal (TRS). [0008] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, one of the uplink transmissions comprise at least one of the followings: a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), a sounding reference signal (SRS), or a physical random access channel (PRACH).

[0009] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the resource usage comprises at least one of the followings: at least one resource of the set of the resources is used for the transmissions; or at least one resource of the set of resources is not used for the transmissions.

[0010] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the transmissions are configured as periodic transmissions.

[0011] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the set of resources are configured by a radio resource control (RRC), and/or a downlink control information (DCI), and/or a medium access control-control element (MAC-CE), and/or the set of resources are pre-defined.

[0012] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the set of resources are for PUSCH transmissions, and the set of resources comprise configured grant (CG) resources.

[0013] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the set of resources are for PUCCH transmissions, and a PUCCH of the PUCCH transmissions carries a scheduling request information.

[0014] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the set of resources are for PDSCH transmissions, and a PDSCH of PDSCH transmissions carries a system information, or the PDSCH is a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) PDSCH.

[0015] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the resource usage provides information about a duration in which the UE does not use one or more CG resources of the set of resources for PUSCH transmission.

[0016] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the resource usage provides information about a duration in which the UE uses one or more CG resources of the set of resources for PUSCH transmission.

[0017] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the assistant information is carried in at least one of the followings: a uplink control information (UCI), a MAC-CE, or an RRC. [0018] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the assistant information is carried in the UCI, and the UCI is transmitted in a PUCCH or a PUSCH.

[0019] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the assistant information is carried in a CG-UCI.

[0020] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the information is carried in a CG-UCI, a PUCCH resource, or a PUSCH, where the CG-UCI is transmitted in one CG resource of the set of resources.

[0021] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the CG-UCI, the PUCCH resource, or the PUSCH resource is transmitted by the UE to the base station, and the CG-UCI, the PUCCH resource, or the PUSCH resource carries the information about the duration.

[0022] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the information is used to determine at least one of the followings: a presence of the duration, an absence of the duration, a location of the duration, or a length of the duration. [0023] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the location of the duration comprises a starting location of the duration.

[0024] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the starting location of the duration is determined by an offset.

[0025] In some embodiments of any of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the location of the duration is relevant to a location of the assistant information transmitted by the UE.

[0026] In some embodiments of any of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the location of the assistant information comprises a slot in which the assistant information is transmitted or a symbol in which the assistant information is transmitted.

[0027] In some embodiments of any of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the symbol in which the assistant information is transmitted further comprising the assistant information is transmitted in a set of symbols, and the symbol is the earliest symbol of the set of symbols, or the symbol is the latest symbol of the set of symbols.

[0028] In some embodiments of any of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the location of the duration is relevant to the location of the assistant information further comprising the location of the duration is after the location of the assistant information by an offset, where the offset comprises a number of slots and/or a number of symbols and/or a number of milliseconds.

[0029] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the offset comprises one or more of slots or symbols.

[0030] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the offset is a number of slots between a start of a first slot and a start of a second slot, where the first slot is a slot in which the CG-UCI, the PUCCH resource, or the PUSCH resource is transmitted, and the start of the second slot is the starting location of the duration.

[0031] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the offset is a number of slots between an end of a first slot and a start of a second slot, where the first slot is a slot in which the CG-UCI, the PUCCH resource, or the PUSCH resource is transmitted, and the start of the second slot is the starting location of the duration.

[0032] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the length of the duration is a number of slots, a number of symbols, or a number of unit time.

[0033] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the unit time comprises millisecond.

[0034] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the duration of the slot depends on a subcarrier spacing of an active bandwidth part (BWP).

[0035] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, a value of the offset and/or a value of the length of the duration is pre-configured by the base station or pre-defined.

[0036] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the CG-UCI, the UCI in the PUCCH resource, the UCI in the PUSCH resource, the RRC in the PUSCH resource, or the MAC- CE in the PUSCH resource comprises an indication field used to indicate a row index, where the row index points to a row of a table, the table comprises more than one row, each row comprises the information used to determine the location of the duration, the offset, and/or the length of the duration. [0037] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the UCI in the PUCCH resource, the UCI in the PUSCH resource, the RRC in the PUSCH resource, or the MAC-CE in the PUSCH resource comprises a first indication field used to indicate a first row index and a second indication field used to indicate a second row index, where the first row index points to a row of a first table, the second row index points to a row of a second table, the first table comprises more than one row used to determine one of the offset , and the second table comprises more than one row used to determine one of the length of the duration.

[0038] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the table or at least one of the first table and the second table comprises a row with information corresponding to an absence of the duration or the length of the duration equal to zero.

[0039] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the indication field or one of the first indication field and the second indication field comprises 1 bit.

[0040] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, a first value of the 1 bit indicates the duration is absent, a second value of the 1 bit indicates the duration is present.

[0041] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the offset and/or the length of the duration is pre-configured or pre-defined.

[0042] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the method further comprises at least one of the followings: wherein the UE does not perform the uplink transmission in at least one resource of the set of resources within a window; wherein the UE performs the uplink transmission in at least one resource of the set of resources within the window; wherein the UE does not expect that the base station performs the downlink transmission in at least one resource of the set of resources within the window; or wherein the UE expects that the base station performs the downlink transmission in at least one resource of the set of resources within the window.

[0043] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, when the UE transmits a first CG-UCI and a second CG-UCI, the first CG-UCI is before the second CG-UCI.

[0044] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the first CG-UCI provides a first assistant information to determine a first duration, and the second CG-UCI provides a second assistant information to determine a second duration.

[0045] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the first duration and the second duration are aligned.

[0046] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the first duration and the second duration are aligned further comprising the presence or the absence of the first duration and the second duration are aligned.

[0047] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the first duration and the second duration have a same starting location and/or the first duration and the second duration have a same length.

[0048] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the first duration is within the second duration, or the second duration is within the first duration.

[0049] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the second duration is used to update the first duration, and/or the second assistant information is used to update the first assistant information. [0050] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the UE is configured with a first set of CG resources by a first CG configuration and a second set of CG resources by a second CG configuration from the base station.

[0051] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, when the UE sends the assistant information in one CG-UCI in one CG resource of the first set of CG resources, the assistant information in the one CG-UCI provides information used to determine a third duration.

[0052] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, within the third duration, there are one or more CG resources of the first set of CG resources and one or more CG resources of the second of CG resources.

[0053] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the third duration is applied for the one or more CG resources of the first set of CG resources, or the third duration is applied for the one or more CG resources of the first set of CG resources and the one or more CG resources of the second set of CG resources.

[0054] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, if the UE does not use the one or more CG resources of the first set of CG resources for PUSCH transmission, then the third duration applied for the one or more CG resources of the first set of CG resources means that the UE does not use the one or more CG resources of the first set of CG resources for PUSCH transmission.

[0055] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the UE uses the one or more CG resources of the second set of CG resources for PUSCH transmission.

[0056] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, when the assistant information is carried in the PUCCH resource, the UE transmits a first sequence to indicate a presence of the duration, and/or the UE transmits a second sequence to indicate an absence of the duration.

[0057] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the first sequence and/or the second sequence is pre-configured or pre-defined.

[0058] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the PUCCH resource is located at a location separate from the set of CG resources.

[0059] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the assistant information is carried in the PUSCH resource by a MAC-CE or an RRC.

[0060] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the PUSCH resource is located at a location separate from the set of resources, or the PUSCH resource is transmitted in one CG resource of the set of resources.

[0061] In a second aspect of the present disclosure, a method of wireless communication by a base station comprises configuring, to a user equipment (UE), a set of resources for transmissions and receiving, from the UE, an assistant information relevant to a resource usage of the set of resources.

[0062] In some embodiments of the above method according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the transmissions comprise downlink transmissions or uplink transmissions.

[0063] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, one of the downlink transmissions comprise at least one of the followings: a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), a synchronization signal block (SSB), a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), or a tracking reference signal (TRS). [0064] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, one of the uplink transmissions comprise at least one of the followings: a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), a sounding reference signal (SRS), or a physical random access channel (PRACH). [0065] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the resource usage comprises at least one of the followings: at least one resource of the set of the resources is used for the transmissions; or at least one resource of the set of resources is not used for the transmissions.

[0066] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the transmissions are configured as periodic transmissions.

[0067] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the set of resources are configured by a radio resource control (RRC), and/or a downlink control information (DCI), and/or a medium access control-control element (MAC-CE), and/or the set of resources are pre-defined.

[0068] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the set of resources are for PUSCH transmissions, and the set of resources comprise configured grant (CG) resources.

[0069] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the set of resources are for PUCCH transmissions, and a PUCCH of the PUCCH transmissions carries a scheduling request information.

[0070] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the set of resources are for PDSCH transmissions, and a PDSCH of PDSCH transmissions carries a system information, or the PDSCH is a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) PDSCH.

[0071] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the resource usage provides information about a duration in which the base station controls the UE not to use one or more CG resources of the set of resources for PUSCH transmission.

[0072] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the resource usage provides information about a duration in which the base station controls the UE to use one or more CG resources of the set of resources for PUSCH transmission.

[0073] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the assistant information is carried in at least one of the followings: a uplink control information (UCI), a MAC-CE, or an RRC.

[0074] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the assistant information is carried in the UCI, and the UCI is transmitted in a PUCCH or a PUSCH.

[0075] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the assistant information is carried in a CG-UCI.

[0076] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the information is carried in a CG-UCI, a PUCCH resource, or a PUSCH, where the CG-UCI is transmitted in one CG resource of the set of resources.

[0077] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the CG-UCI, the PUCCH resource, or the PUSCH resource is received by the base station from the UE, and the CG-UCI, the PUCCH resource, or the PUSCH resource carries the information about the duration.

[0078] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the information is used to determine at least one of the followings: a presence of the duration, an absence of the duration, a location of the duration, or a length of the duration. [0079] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the location of the duration comprises a starting location of the duration.

[0080] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the starting location of the duration is determined by an offset.

[0081] In some embodiments of any of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the location of the duration is relevant to a location of the assistant information transmitted by the UE.

[0082] In some embodiments of any of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the location of the assistant information comprises a slot in which the assistant information is transmitted or a symbol in which the assistant information is transmitted.

[0083] In some embodiments of any of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the symbol in which the assistant information is transmitted further comprising the assistant information is transmitted in a set of symbols, and the symbol is the earliest symbol of the set of symbols, or the symbol is the latest symbol of the set of symbols.

[0084] In some embodiments of any of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the location of the duration is relevant to the location of the assistant information further comprising the location of the duration is after the location of the assistant information by an offset, where the offset comprises a number of slots and/or a number of symbols and/or a number of milliseconds.

[0085] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the offset comprises one or more of slots or symbols.

[0086] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the offset is a number of slots between a start of a first slot and a start of a second slot, where the first slot is a slot in which the CG-UCI, the PUCCH resource, or the PUSCH resource is transmitted, and the start of the second slot is the starting location of the duration.

[0087] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the offset is a number of slots between an end of a first slot and a start of a second slot, where the first slot is a slot in which the CG-UCI, the PUCCH resource, or the PUSCH resource is transmitted, and the start of the second slot is the starting location of the duration.

[0088] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the length of the duration is a number of slots, a number of symbols, or a number of unit time.

[0089] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the unit time comprises millisecond.

[0090] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the duration of the slot depends on a subcarrier spacing of an active bandwidth part (BWP).

[0091] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, a value of the offset and/or a value of the length of the duration is pre-configured by the base station or pre-defined.

[0092] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the UCI in the PUCCH resource, the UCI in the PUSCH resource, the RRC in the PUSCH resource, or the MAC-CE in the PUSCH resource comprises an indication field used to indicate a row index, where the row index points to a row of a table, the table comprises more than one row, each row comprises the information used to determine the location of the duration, the offset, and/or the length of the duration. [0093] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the UCI in the PUCCH resource, the UCI in the PUSCH resource, the RRC in the PUSCH resource, or the MAC-CE in the PUSCH resource comprises a first indication field used to indicate a first row index and a second indication field used to indicate a second row index, where the first row index points to a row of a first table, the second row index points to a row of a second table, the first table comprises more than one row used to determine one of the offset , and the second table comprises more than one row used to determine one of the length of the duration.

[0094] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the table or at least one of the first table and the second table comprises a row with information corresponding to an absence of the duration or the length of the duration equal to zero.

[0095] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the indication field or one of the first indication field and the second indication field comprises 1 bit.

[0096] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, a first value of the 1 bit indicates the duration is absent, a second value of the 1 bit indicates the duration is present.

[0097] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the offset and/or the length of the duration is pre-configured or pre-defined.

[0098] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the method further comprises at least one of the followings: wherein the base station controls the UE not to perform the uplink transmission in at least one resource of the set of resources within a window; wherein the base station controls the UE to perform the uplink transmission in at least one resource of the set of resources within the window; wherein the base station controls the UE not to expect that the base station performs the downlink transmission in at least one resource of the set of resources within the window; or wherein the base station controls the UE to expect that the base station performs the downlink transmission in at least one resource of the set of resources within the window.

[0099] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, when the base station receives a first CG-UCI and a second CG-UCI, the first CG-UCI is before the second CG-UCI.

[0100] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the first CG-UCI provides a first assistant information to determine a first duration, and the second CG-UCI provides a second assistant information to determine a second duration.

[0101] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the first duration and the second duration are aligned.

[0102] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the first duration and the second duration are aligned further comprising the presence or the absence of the first duration and the second duration are aligned.

[0103] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the first duration and the second duration have a same starting location and/or the first duration and the second duration have a same length.

[0104] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the first duration is within the second duration, or the second duration is within the first duration.

[0105] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the second duration is used to update the first duration, and/or the second assistant information is used to update the first assistant information. [0106] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the base station is configured to configure, to the UE, a first set of CG resources by a first CG configuration and a second set of CG resources by a second CG configuration.

[0107] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, when the base station receives the assistant information in one CG-UCI in one CG resource of the first set of CG resources, the assistant information in the one CG-UCI provides information used to determine a third duration.

[0108] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, within the third duration, there are one or more CG resources of the first set of CG resources and one or more CG resources of the second of CG resources.

[0109] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the third duration is applied for the one or more CG resources of the first set of CG resources, or the third duration is applied for the one or more CG resources of the first set of CG resources and the one or more CG resources of the second set of CG resources.

[0110] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, if the base station controls the UE not to use the one or more CG resources of the first set of CG resources for PUSCH transmission, then the third duration applied for the one or more CG resources of the first set of CG resources means that the base station controls the UE not to use the one or more CG resources of the first set of CG resources for PUSCH transmission.

[0111] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the base station controls the UE to use the one or more CG resources of the second set of CG resources for PUSCH transmission.

[0112] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, when the assistant information is carried in the PUCCH resource, the base station receives a first sequence to indicate a presence of the duration, and/or the base station receives a second sequence to indicate an absence of the duration.

[0113] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the first sequence and/or the second sequence is pre-configured or pre-defined.

[0114] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the PUCCH resource is located at a location separate from the set of CG resources.

[0115] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the assistant information is carried in the PUSCH resource by a MAC-CE or an RRC.

[0116] In some embodiments of any one of the above methods according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the PUSCH resource is located at a location separate from the set of resources, or the PUSCH resource is transmitted in one CG resource of the set of resources.

[0117] In a third aspect of the present disclosure, a user equipment comprises a memory, a transceiver, and a processor coupled to the memory and the transceiver. The processor is configured to perform the above method.

[0118] In a fourth aspect of the present disclosure, a base station comprises a memory, a transceiver, and a processor coupled to the memory and the transceiver. The processor is configured to perform the above method.

[0119] In a fifth aspect of the present disclosure, a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium has stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform the above method.

[0120] In a sixth aspect of the present disclosure, a chip includes a processor, configured to call and run a computer program stored in a memory, to cause a device in which the chip is installed to execute the above method. [0121] In a seventh aspect of the present disclosure, a computer readable storage medium, in which a computer program is stored, causes a computer to execute the above method.

[0122] In an eighth aspect of the present disclosure, a computer program product includes a computer program, and the computer program causes a computer to execute the above method.

[0123] In a ninth aspect of the present disclosure, a computer program causes a computer to execute the above method.

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[0124] In order to illustrate the embodiments of the present disclosure or related art more clearly, the following figures will be described in the embodiments are briefly introduced. It is obvious that the drawings are merely some embodiments of the present disclosure, a person having ordinary skill in this field can obtain other figures according to these figures without paying the premise.

[0125] FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one or more user equipments (UEs) and a base station (e.g., gNB or eNB) of communication in a communication network system (e.g., non-terrestrial network (NTN) or a terrestrial network) according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0126] FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE) according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0127] FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of wireless communication performed by a base station according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0128] FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating an assistant information relevant to a resource usage of a set of resources for transmissions according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0129] FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating an assistant information relevant to a resource usage of a set of resources for transmissions according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0130] FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating an assistant information relevant to a resource usage of a set of resources for transmissions according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0131] FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating an assistant information relevant to a resource usage of a set of resources for transmissions according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0132] FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram illustrating an assistant information relevant to a resource usage of a set of resources for transmissions according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0133] FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram illustrating an assistant information relevant to a resource usage of a set of resources for transmissions according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0134] FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram illustrating an assistant information relevant to a resource usage of a set of resources for transmissions according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0135] FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram illustrating an assistant information relevant

a resource usage

a set of resources for transmissions according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0136] FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram illustrating an assistant information relevant to a resource usage

[0137] FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram illustrating an assistant information relevant to a resource usage of a set of resources for transmissions according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0138] FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram illustrating an assistant information relevant to resource usage of a set of resources for transmissions according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. io [0139] FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram illustrating an assistant information relevant to a resource usage of a set of resources for transmissions according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0140] FIG. 16 is a block diagram of a system for wireless communication according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

[0141] Embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail with the technical matters, structural features, achieved objects, and effects with reference to the accompanying drawings as follows. Specifically, the terminologies in the embodiments of the present disclosure are merely for describing the purpose of the certain embodiment, but not to limit the disclosure.

[0142] FIG. 1 illustrates that, in some embodiments, one or more user equipments (UEs) 10 and a base station (e.g., gNB or eNB) 20 for transmission adjustment in a communication network system 30 (e.g., non-terrestrial network (NTN) or terrestrial network) according to an embodiment of the present disclosure are provided. The communication network system 30 includes the one or more UEs 10 and the base station 20. The one or more UEs 10 may include a memory 12, a transceiver 13, and a processor 11 coupled to the memory 12 and the transceiver 13. The base station 20 may include a memory 22, a transceiver 23, and a processor 21 coupled to the memory 22 and the transceiver 23. The processor 11 or 21 may be configured to implement proposed functions, procedures and/or methods described in this description. Layers of radio interface protocol may be implemented in the processor 11 or 21. The memory 12 or 22 is operatively coupled with the processor 11 or 21 and stores a variety of information to operate the processor 11 or 21. The transceiver 13 or 23 is operatively coupled with the processor 11 or 21, and the transceiver 13 or 23 transmits and/or receives a radio signal.

[0143] The processor 11 or 21 may include application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), other chipset, logic circuit and/or data processing device. The memory 12 or 22 may include read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), flash memory, memory card, storage medium and/or other storage device. The transceiver 13 or 23 may include baseband circuitry to process radio frequency signals. When the embodiments are implemented in software, the techniques described herein can be implemented with modules (e.g., procedures, functions, and so on) that perform the functions described herein. The modules can be stored in the memory 12 or 22 and executed by the processor 11 or 21. The memory 12 or 22 can be implemented within the processor 11 or 21 or external to the processor 11 or 21 in which case those can be communicatively coupled to the processor 11 or 21 via various means as is known in the art.

[0144] In some embodiments, the processor 11 is configured, by the base station 20, with a set of resources for transmissions, and the transceiver 13 is configured to provide, to the base station 20, an assistant information relevant to a resource usage of the set of resources. This can provide a method that allows the base station to reduce a cell power consumption, provide a good communication performance, and/or provide high reliability.

[0145] In some embodiments, the processor 21 configures to the UE 10, a set of resources for transmissions, and the transceiver 23 is configured to receive, from the UE 10, an assistant information relevant to a resource usage of the set of resources. This can provide a method that allows the base station to reduce a cell power consumption, provide a good communication performance, and/or provide high reliability.

[0146] FIG. 2 illustrates a method 200 of wireless communication by a user equipment (UE) according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. In some embodiments, the method 200 includes: a block 202, being configured, by a base station, with a set of resources for transmissions, and a block 204, providing, to the base station, an assistant information relevant to a resource usage of the set of resources. This can provide a method that allows the base station to reduce a cell power consumption, provide a good communication performance, and/or provide high reliability.

[0147] FIG. 3 illustrates a method 300 of wireless communication by a base station according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. In some embodiments, the method 300 includes: a block 302, configuring, to a user equipment (UE), a set of resources for transmissions, and a block 304, receiving, from the UE, an assistant information relevant to a resource usage of the set of resources. This can provide a method that allows the base station to reduce a cell power consumption, provide a good communication performance, and/or provide high reliability.

[0148] In some embodiments, the transmissions comprise downlink transmissions or uplink transmissions. In some embodiments, one of the downlink transmissions comprise at least one of the followings: a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), a synchronization signal block (SSB), a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), or a tracking reference signal (TRS). In some embodiments, one of the uplink transmissions comprise at least one of the followings: a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), a sounding reference signal (SRS), or a physical random access channel (PRACH). In some embodiments, the resource usage comprises at least one of the followings: at least one resource of the set of the resources is used for the transmissions; or at least one resource of the set of resources is not used for the transmissions. In some embodiments, the transmissions are configured as periodic transmissions.

[0149] In some embodiments, the set of resources are configured by a radio resource control (RRC), and/or a downlink control information (DCI), and/or a medium access control-control element (MAC-CE), and/or the set of resources are predefined. In some embodiments, the set of resources are for PUSCH transmissions, and the set of resources comprise configured grant (CG) resources. In some embodiments, the set of resources are for PUCCH transmissions, and a PUCCH of the PUCCH transmissions carries a scheduling request information. In some embodiments, the set of resources are for PDSCH transmissions, and a PDSCH of PDSCH transmissions carries a system information, or the PDSCH is a semi- persistent scheduling (SPS) PDSCH. In some embodiments, the resource usage provides information about a duration in which the UE does not use one or more CG resources of the set of resources for PUSCH transmission.

[0150] In some embodiments, the resource usage provides information about a duration in which the UE uses one or more CG resources of the set of resources for PUSCH transmission. In some embodiments, the assistant information is carried in at least one of the followings: a uplink control information (UCI), a MAC-CE, or an RRC. In some embodiments, the assistant information is carried in the UCI, and the UCI is transmitted in a PUCCH or a PUSCH. In some embodiments, the assistant information is carried in a CG-UCI. In some embodiments, the information is carried in a CG-UCI, a PUCCH resource, or a PUSCH, where the CG-UCI is transmitted in one CG resource of the set of resources.

[0151] In some embodiments, the CG-UCI, the PUCCH resource, or the PUSCH resource is transmitted by the UE to the base station, and the CG-UCI, the PUCCH resource, or the PUSCH resource carries the information about the duration. In some embodiments, the information is used to determine at least one of the followings: a presence of the duration, an absence of the duration, a location of the duration, or a length of the duration. In some embodiments, the location of the duration comprises a starting location of the duration. In some embodiments, the starting location of the duration is determined by an offset. In some embodiments, the location of the duration is relevant to a location of the assistant information transmitted by the UE. In some embodiments, the location of the assistant information comprises a slot in which the assistant information is transmitted or a symbol in which the assistant information is transmitted. In some embodiments, the symbol in which the assistant information is transmitted further comprising the assistant information is transmitted in a set of symbols, and the symbol is the earliest symbol of the set of symbols, or the symbol is the latest symbol of the set of symbols. In some embodiments, the location of the duration is relevant to the location of the assistant information further comprising the location of the duration is after the location of the assistant information by an offset, where the offset comprises a number of slots and/or a number of symbols and/or a number of milliseconds. In some embodiments, the offset comprises one or more of slots or symbols.

[0152] In some embodiments, the offset is a number of slots between a start of a first slot and a start of a second slot, where the first slot is a slot in which the CG-UCI, the PUCCH resource, or the PUSCH resource is transmitted, and the start of the second slot is the starting location of the duration. In some embodiments, the offset is a number of slots between an end of a first slot and a start of a second slot, where the first slot is a slot in which the CG-UCI, the PUCCH resource, or the PUSCH resource is transmitted, and the start of the second slot is the starting location of the duration. In some embodiments, the length of the duration is a number of slots, a number of symbols, or a number of unit time. In some embodiments, the unit time comprises millisecond. In some embodiments, the duration of the slot depends on a subcarrier spacing of an active bandwidth part (BWP).

[0153] In some embodiments, a value of the offset and/or a value of the length of the duration is pre-configured by the base station or pre-defined. In some embodiments, the UCI in the PUCCH resource, the UCI in the PUSCH resource, the RRC in the PUSCH resource, or the MAC-CE in the PUSCH resource comprises an indication field used to indicate a row index, where the row index points to a row of a table, the table comprises more than one row, each row comprises the information used to determine the location of the duration, the offset, and/or the length of the duration. In some embodiments, the UCI in the PUCCH resource, the UCI in the PUSCH resource, the RRC in the PUSCH resource, or the MAC-CE in the PUSCH resource comprises a first indication field used to indicate a first row index and a second indication field used to indicate a second row index, where the first row index points to a row of a first table, the second row index points to a row of a second table, the first table comprises more than one row used to determine one of the offset , and the second table comprises more than one row used to determine one of the length of the duration. In some embodiments, the table or at least one of the first table and the second table comprises a row with information corresponding to an absence of the duration or the length of the duration equal to zero. In some embodiments, the indication field or one of the first indication field and the second indication field comprises 1 bit.

[0154] In some embodiments, a first value of the 1 bit indicates the duration is absent, a second value of the 1 bit indicates the duration is present. In some embodiments, the offset and/or the length of the duration is pre-configured or predefined. In some embodiments, the method further comprises at least one of the followings: wherein the UE does not perform the uplink transmission in at least one resource of the set of resources within a window; wherein the UE performs the uplink transmission in at least one resource of the set of resources within the window; wherein the UE does not expect that the base station performs the downlink transmission in at least one resource of the set of resources within the window; or wherein the UE expects that the base station performs the downlink transmission in at least one resource of the set of resources within the window. In some embodiments, when the UE transmits a first CG-UCI and a second CG-UCI, the first CG-UCI is before the second CG-UCI. In some embodiments, the first CG-UCI provides a first assistant information to determine a first duration, and the second CG-UCI provides a second assistant information to determine a second duration. In some embodiments, the first duration and the second duration are aligned. In some embodiments, the first duration and the second duration are aligned further comprising the presence or the absence of the first duration and the second duration are aligned. [0155] In some embodiments, the first duration and the second duration have a same starting location and/or the first duration and the second duration have a same length. In some embodiments, the first duration is within the second duration, or the second duration is within the first duration. In some embodiments, the second duration is used to update the first duration, and/or the second assistant information is used to update the first assistant information. In some embodiments, the UE is configured with a first set of CG resources by a first CG configuration and a second set of CG resources by a second CG configuration from the base station. In some embodiments, when the UE sends the assistant information in one CG-UCI in one CG resource of the first set of CG resources, the assistant information in the one CG-UCI provides information used to determine a third duration.

[0156] In some embodiments, within the third duration, there are one or more CG resources of the first set of CG resources and one or more CG resources of the second of CG resources. In some embodiments, the third duration is applied for the one or more CG resources of the first set of CG resources, or the third duration is applied for the one or more CG resources of the first set of CG resources and the one or more CG resources of the second set of CG resources. In some embodiments, if the UE does not use the one or more CG resources of the first set of CG resources for PUSCH transmission, then the third duration applied for the one or more CG resources of the first set of CG resources means that the UE does not use the one or more CG resources of the first set of CG resources for PUSCH transmission. In some embodiments, the UE uses the one or more CG resources of the second set of CG resources for PUSCH transmission. In some embodiments, when the assistant information is carried in the PUCCH resource, the UE transmits a first sequence to indicate a presence of the duration, and/or the UE transmits a second sequence to indicate an absence of the duration.

[0157] In some embodiments, the first sequence and/or the second sequence is pre-configured or pre-defined. In some embodiments, the PUCCH resource is located at a location separate from the set of CG resources. In some embodiments, the assistant information is carried in the PUSCH resource by a MAC-CE or an RRC. In some embodiments, the PUSCH resource is located at a location separate from the set of resources, or the PUSCH resource is transmitted in one CG resource of the set of resources.

[0158] The examples given in this disclosure can be applied for loT device or NB-IoT UE in NTN systems, but the method is not exclusively restricted to NTN system nor for loT devices or NB-IoT UE. The examples given in this disclosure can be applied for NR systems, LTE systems, or NB-IoT systems. Further, some examples in the present disclosure can be applied for NB-IoT system, the PDCCH is equivalent to NB-PDCCH (NPDCCH) and the PDSCH is equivalent to NB- PDSCH (NPDSCH).

[0159] Example:

[0160] It is understood that for a connected UE, its serving cell (or a serving network) may configure one or more PUSCH resources, and the UE may transmit one or more PUSCH transmissions in the one or more PUSCH resources. The one or more PUSCH resources can be called one or more configured grant (CG) PUSCH resources or can be also called CG resources. Because the serving cell does not have a priori or does not predetermine whether there is a PUSCH transmission in a given CG resource, the serving cell needs to blindly detect the presence of the CG resource. In this case, if the UE does not transmit the PUSCH transmission, it will result in a network power consumption waste. In the following, some embodiments present a method to reduce the network power consumption waste.

[0161] In practice, when a UE is configured by the network such as a base station with a set of CG resources, the UE may transmit one or more PUSCH transmissions in the CG resources only if there is need for transmission. In case the UE does not have transmission to perform, the network may waste the power to detect the presence of the PUSCH in the configured CG resources. To reduce this power consumption waste, as illustrated in FIG. 4, the UE may provide an assistant information to the network and the assistant information can be relevant to a CG resource usage information. For example, the CG resource usage information may provide information about a duration in which the UE does not use the CG resource for PUSCH transmission. With this information, the network may skip the blind detection on the CG resources within the duration. Optionally, the information may be about a duration in which the UE may transmit PUSCH. Thus, with this information, the network may need to perform blind detection on the CG resources within the duration. This may let network to precisely determine when to perform the blind detection, leading to reduced power consumption waste.

[0162] In some examples, the UE assistant information carried in a CG-UCI, where the CG-UCI is transmitted in a CG resource as illustrated in FIG. 5. The CG-UCI is transmitted by a UE to the network, and the CG-UCI carries the information about a duration. In some examples, the information is used to determine a location of the duration and/or a length of the duration. In some examples, a UE transmits a CG-UCI in a CG resource, and the CG-UCI contains the information about an offset and/or a duration length. The offset is used to determine a duration starting location. The offset may be a number of slots or symbols. In some examples, as illustrated in FIG. 6, the offset is a number of slots between the start of a first slot and the start of a second slot, where the first slot is the slot in which the CG-UCI is transmitted, and the start of the second slot is the starting location of the duration. Optionally, the offset is between the end of the first slot and the start of the second slot as illustrated in FIG. 7. In some examples, the duration length is a number of slots or a number of unit time, where the unit time may be millisecond. In some examples, the duration of the slot depends on the active BWP subcarrier spacing.

[0163] In some examples, the value of the offset and/or the duration length are pre-configured by the network or predefined. Alternatively, as illustrated in FIG. 8, the CG-UCI comprises an indication field, which indicates a row index, where the index points to a row of a table, where the table contains more than one row, and each row contains information relevant to the duration location, offset, and/or duration length. In some examples, the table contains a row with information about that the absence of the duration or the duration length is zero. In some examples, the indication field contains 1 bit. A first value of the 1-bit indicates the duration is absent and a second value of the 1-bit indicates the duration is present and the location of the duration is determined from the offset and/or the duration length. Alternatively, as illustrated in FIG. 9, the CG-UCI comprises a first indication field used to indicate a first row index and a second indication field used to indicate a second row index, where the first row index points to a row of a first table, the second row index points to a row of a second table, the first table comprises more than one row used to determine one of the offset , and the second table comprises more than one row used to determine one of the length of the duration. In some examples, the table contains a row with information about that the absence of the duration or the duration length is zero. In some examples, the indication field or one of the first indication field and the second indication field comprises 1 bit. In some examples, a first value of the 1 bit indicates the duration is absent, a second value of the 1 bit indicates the duration is present. In some examples, the offset and/or the length of the duration is pre-configured or pre-defined.

[0164] In some examples, as illustrated in FIG. 10, when a UE transmits a first CG-UCI (CG-UCI1) and a second CG- UCI (CG-UCI2), the CG-UCI1 is before the CG-UCI2. The CG-UCI1 provides UE assistant information to determine a first duration (duration 1) and the CG-UCI2 provides UE assistant information to determine a second duration (duration 2). The first duration and the second duration have a same starting location. Optionally, the first duration and the second duration have a same length. Optionally, the first duration is within the second duration. Optionally, the second duration is within the first duration. In some examples, as illustrated in FIG. 11, the duration location and duration length can be updated by a later CG-UCI. In our example, the duration 2 can update the duration 1. Thus, it also means that the CG-UCI2 can update CG- UCI 1.

[0165] In some examples, the UE may be configured a first set of CG resources by a first CG configuration and a second set of CG resources by a second CG configuration as illustrated in FIG. 12. The UE sends a CG-UCI in a CG resource of the first set of CG resources and the CG-UCI provides information that is used to determine a duration. Within the duration, there are CG resource of the first set and CG resources of the second set. Thus, the duration is applied for the CG resources of the first set, i.e., if the UE does not transmit PUSCH in the CG resources within the duration, then the duration applied for the CG resource of the first set means that the UE does not transmit PUSCH in the CG resources of the first set. It implies that the UE may transmit the PUSCH in the CG resources of the second set. Optionally, the duration is applied for the CG resources of the first and the second set.

[0166] In some examples, as illustrated in FIG. 13, the UE assistant information is carried in a PUCCH resource, and the UE transmits a first sequence to indicate the presence of a duration. Optionally, the UE transmits a second sequence to indicate the absence of a duration. The first and/or the second sequences are pre-configured or pre-defined. The PUCCH resource is located at a location separate from the set of CG resources. In some examples, the UE assistant information is carried in a PUSCH by MAC-CE or RRC. In some examples, as illustrated in FIG. 14, the PUSCH resource is located at a location separate from the set of resources. In some examples, as illustrated in FIG. 15, the PUSCH resource is transmitted in one CG resource of the set of resources. [0167] It is understood that the present disclosure is not limited in any way to the above embodiments or examples that are represented in the description and the drawings. Many variations and combinations of embodiments are possible within the framework of the present disclosure. Combinations of one or more aspects of the embodiments or combinations of different embodiments are possible within the framework of the present disclosure. All comparable variations are understood to fall within the framework of the present disclosure.

[0168] Commercial interests for some embodiments are as follows. 1. Providing a method that allows the base station to reduce a cell power consumption. 2. Improving power consumption. 3. Providing a good communication performance. 4. Providing a high reliability. 5. Some embodiments of the present disclosure are used by 5G-NR chipset vendors, V2X communication system development vendors, automakers including cars, trains, trucks, buses, bicycles, moto-bikes, helmets, and etc., drones (unmanned aerial vehicles), smartphone makers, communication devices for public safety use, AR/VR device maker for example gaming, conference/seminar, education purposes. Some embodiments of the present disclosure are a combination of “techniques/processes” that can be adopted in 3GPP specification to create an end product. Some embodiments of the present disclosure could be adopted in 5G NR licensed and non-licensed or shared spectrum communications. Some embodiments of the present disclosure propose technical mechanisms.

[0169] FIG. 16 is a block diagram of an example system 700 for wireless communication according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Embodiments described herein may be implemented into the system using any suitably configured hardware and/or software. FIG. 16 illustrates the system 700 including a radio frequency (RF) circuitry 710, a baseband circuitry 720, an application circuitry 730, a memory/storage 740, a display 750, a camera 760, a sensor 770, and an input/output (I/O) interface 780, coupled with each other at least as illustrated. The application circuitry 730 may include a circuitry such as, but not limited to, one or more single-core or multi-core processors. The processors may include any combination of general-purpose processors and dedicated processors, such as graphics processors, application processors. The processors may be coupled with the memory/storage and configured to execute instructions stored in the memory/storage to enable various applications and/or operating systems running on the system.

[0170] The baseband circuitry 720 may include circuitry such as, but not limited to, one or more single-core or multicore processors. The processors may include a baseband processor. The baseband circuitry may handle various radio control functions that enables communication with one or more radio networks via the RF circuitry. The radio control functions may include, but are not limited to, signal modulation, encoding, decoding, radio frequency shifting, etc. In some embodiments, the baseband circuitry may provide for communication compatible with one or more radio technologies. For example, in some embodiments, the baseband circuitry may support communication with an evolved universal terrestrial radio access network (EUTRAN) and/or other wireless metropolitan area networks (WMAN), a wireless local area network (WEAN), a wireless personal area network (WPAN). Embodiments in which the baseband circuitry is configured to support radio communications of more than one wireless protocol may be referred to as multi-mode baseband circuitry.

[0171] In various embodiments, the baseband circuitry 720 may include circuitry to operate with signals that are not strictly considered as being in a baseband frequency. For example, in some embodiments, baseband circuitry may include circuitry to operate with signals having an intermediate frequency, which is between a baseband frequency and a radio frequency. The RF circuitry 710 may enable communication with wireless networks using modulated electromagnetic radiation through a non-solid medium. In various embodiments, the RF circuitry may include switches, filters, amplifiers, etc. to facilitate the communication with the wireless network. In various embodiments, the RF circuitry 710 may include circuitry to operate with signals that are not strictly considered as being in a radio frequency. For example, in some embodiments, RF circuitry may include circuitry to operate with signals having an intermediate frequency, which is between a baseband frequency and a radio frequency. [0172] In various embodiments, the transmitter circuitry, control circuitry, or receiver circuitry discussed above with respect to the user equipment, eNB, or gNB may be embodied in whole or in part in one or more of the RF circuitry, the baseband circuitry, and/or the application circuitry. As used herein, “circuitry” may refer to, be part of, or include an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), an electronic circuit, a processor (shared, dedicated, or group), and/or a memory (shared, dedicated, or group) that execute one or more software or firmware programs, a combinational logic circuit, and/or other suitable hardware components that provide the described functionality. In some embodiments, the electronic device circuitry may be implemented in, or functions associated with the circuitry may be implemented by, one or more software or firmware modules. In some embodiments, some or all of the constituent components of the baseband circuitry, the application circuitry, and/or the memory/storage may be implemented together on a system on a chip (SOC). The memory/storage 740 may be used to load and store data and/or instructions, for example, for system. The memory/storage for one embodiment may include any combination of suitable volatile memory, such as dynamic random access memory (DRAM)), and/or non-volatile memory, such as flash memory.

[0173] In various embodiments, the I/O interface 780 may include one or more user interfaces designed to enable user interaction with the system and/or peripheral component interfaces designed to enable peripheral component interaction with the system. User interfaces may include, but are not limited to a physical keyboard or keypad, a touchpad, a speaker, a microphone, etc. Peripheral component interfaces may include, but are not limited to, a non-volatile memory port, a universal serial bus (USB) port, an audio jack, and a power supply interface. In various embodiments, the sensor 770 may include one or more sensing devices to determine environmental conditions and/or location information related to the system. In some embodiments, the sensors may include, but are not limited to, a gyro sensor, an accelerometer, a proximity sensor, an ambient light sensor, and a positioning unit. The positioning unit may also be part of, or interact with, the baseband circuitry and/or RF circuitry to communicate with components of a positioning network, e.g., a global positioning system (GPS) satellite.

[0174] In various embodiments, the display 750 may include a display, such as a liquid crystal display and a touch screen display. In various embodiments, the system 700 may be a mobile computing device such as, but not limited to, a laptop computing device, a tablet computing device, a netbook, an ultrabook, a smartphone, an AR/VR glasses, etc. In various embodiments, system may have more or less components, and/or different architectures. Where appropriate, methods described herein may be implemented as a computer program. The computer program may be stored on a storage medium, such as a non-transitory storage medium.

[0175] A person having ordinary skill in the art understands that each of the units, algorithm, and steps described and disclosed in the embodiments of the present disclosure are realized using electronic hardware or combinations of software for computers and electronic hardware. Whether the functions run in hardware or software depends on the condition of application and design requirement for a technical plan. A person having ordinary skill in the art can use different ways to realize the function for each specific application while such realizations should not go beyond the scope of the present disclosure. It is understood by a person having ordinary skill in the art that he/she can refer to the working processes of the system, device, and unit in the above-mentioned embodiment since the working processes of the above-mentioned system, device, and unit are basically the same. For easy description and simplicity, these working processes will not be detailed. [0176] It is understood that the disclosed system, device, and method in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be realized with other ways. The above-mentioned embodiments are exemplary only. The division of the units is merely based on logical functions while other divisions exist in realization. It is possible that a plurality of units or components are combined or integrated in another system. It is also possible that some characteristics are omitted or skipped. On the other hand, the displayed or discussed mutual coupling, direct coupling, or communicative coupling operate through some ports, devices, or units whether indirectly or communicatively by ways of electrical, mechanical, or other kinds of forms. [0177] The units as separating components for explanation are or are not physically separated. The units for display are or are not physical units, that is, located in one place or distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the units are used according to the purposes of the embodiments. Moreover, each of the functional units in each of the embodiments can be integrated in one processing unit, physically independent, or integrated in one processing unit with two or more than two units.

[0178] If the software function unit is realized and used and sold as a product, it can be stored in a readable storage medium in a computer. Based on this understanding, the technical plan proposed by the present disclosure can be essentially or partially realized as the form of a software product. Or, one part of the technical plan beneficial to the conventional technology can be realized as the form of a software product. The software product in the computer is stored in a storage medium, including a plurality of commands for a computational device (such as a personal computer, a server, or a network device) to run all or some of the steps disclosed by the embodiments of the present disclosure. The storage medium includes a USB disk, a mobile hard disk, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a floppy disk, or other kinds of media capable of storing program codes.

[0179] While the present disclosure has been described in connection with what is considered the most practical and preferred embodiments, it is understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the disclosed embodiments but is intended to cover various arrangements made without departing from the scope of the broadest interpretation of the appended claims.

Claims

What is claimed is:

1. A wireless communication method by a user equipment (UE), comprising: being configured, by a base station, with a set of resources for transmissions; and providing, to the base station, an assistant information relevant to a resource usage of the set of resources.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the resource usage comprises at least one of the followings: at least one resource of the set of the resources is used for the transmissions; or at least one resource of the set of resources is not used for the transmissions.

3. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the transmissions are configured as periodic transmissions.

4. The method of any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the set of resources are configured by a radio resource control (RRC), and/or a downlink control information (DCI), and/or a medium access control-control element (MAC-CE), and/or the set of resources are pre-defined.

5. The method of any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the set of resources are for PUSCH transmissions, and the set of resources comprise configured grant (CG) resources.

6. The method of any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the set of resources are for PUCCH transmissions, and a PUCCH of the PUCCH transmissions carries a scheduling request information.

7. The method of any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the set of resources are for PDSCH transmissions, and a PDSCH of PDSCH transmissions carries a system information, or the PDSCH is a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) PDSCH.

8. The method of any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the assistant information is carried in at least one of the followings: a uplink control information (UCI), a MAC-CE, or an RRC.

9. The method of any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the assistant information is carried in a CG-UCI, a PUCCH resource, or a PUSCH resource, the UCI in the PUCCH resource, the UCI in the PUSCH resource, the RRC in the PUSCH resource, or the MAC-CE in the PUSCH resource comprises an indication field used to indicate a row index, where the row index points to a row of a table, the table comprises more than one row, each row comprises the information used to determine the location of the duration, the offset, and/or the length of the duration.

10. The method of any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the assistant information is carried in a CG-UCI, a PUCCH resource, or a PUSCH resource, the UCI in the PUCCH resource, the UCI in the PUSCH resource, the RRC in the PUSCH resource, or the MAC-CE in the PUSCH resource comprises a first indication field used to indicate a first row index and a second indication field used to indicate a second row index, where the first row index points to a row of a first table, the second row index points to a row of a second table, the first table comprises more than one row used to determine one of the offset , and the second table comprises more than one row used to determine one of the length of the duration.

11. The method of claim 9 or 10, wherein the table or at least one of the first table and the second table comprises a row with information corresponding to an absence of the duration or the length of the duration equal to zero.

12. The method of claim 2 to 11, further comprising at least one of the followings: wherein the UE does not perform the uplink transmission in at least one resource of the set of resources within a window; wherein the UE performs the uplink transmission in at least one resource of the set of resources within the window; wherein the UE does not expect that the base station performs the downlink transmission in at least one resource of the set of resources within the window; or wherein the UE expects that the base station performs the downlink transmission in at least one resource of the set of resources within the window.

13. The method of any one of claims 1 to 12, wherein when the UE transmits a first CG-UCI and a second CG-UCI, the first CG-UCI is before the second CG-UCI.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the first CG-UCI provides a first assistant information to determine a first duration, and the second CG-UCI provides a second assistant information to determine a second duration.

15. The method of claim 13 or 14, wherein the first duration is within the second duration, or the second duration is within the first duration.

16. The method claim 14 or 15, wherein the second duration is used to update the first duration, and/or the second assistant information is used to update the first assistant information.

17. The method of claim 1 to 16, wherein the UE is configured with a first set of CG resources by a first CG configuration and a second set of CG resources by a second CG configuration from the base station.

18. A wireless communication method by a base station, comprising: configuring, to a user equipment (UE), a set of resources for transmissions; and receiving, from the UE, an assistant information relevant to a resource usage of the set of resources.

19. A user equipment (UE), comprising: a memory; a transceiver; and a processor coupled to the memory and the transceiver; wherein the processor is configured to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 17.

20. A base station, comprising: a memory; a transceiver; and a processor coupled to the memory and the transceiver; wherein the processor is configured to configure, to a user equipment (UE), a set of resources for transmissions; and wherein the transceiver is configured to receive, from the UE, an assistant information relevant to a resource usage of the set of resources.