US 12,335,966 B2
Information processing method, terminal device, and network device
Zheng Yu, Beijing (CN); Wenping Bi, Shenzhen (CN); and Yubo Yang, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/706,740.
Application 17/706,740 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2019/109763, filed on Sep. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0217759 A1, Jul. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04L 1/1812 (2023.01); H04L 1/1829 (2023.01); H04L 1/1867 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 72/23 (2023.01) [H04L 1/1812 (2013.01); H04L 1/1854 (2013.01); H04L 1/1887 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. An information processing method, comprising:
receiving, by a terminal device, downlink control information from a network device, wherein the downlink control information is capable of scheduling a maximum of N transport blocks (TBs), and N is a positive integer;
upon determining that the downlink control information comprises a first field, the first field comprises (N+2) bits, the (N+2) bits being b0, b1, . . . , and bN+1,
determining, by the terminal device based on the first field, a quantity L of TBs scheduled by using the downlink control information, wherein L is a positive integer, and 1≤L≤N, wherein
when L is greater than 1, the L TBs scheduled by using the downlink control information is capable of comprising both a newly transmitted TB and a retransmitted TB; and
in j consecutive bits, a bit state of only one bit is 1, bit states of other j−1 bits are all 0, the j consecutive bits being bk, bk+1, . . . , and bk+j−1 in the first field, j being a positive integer, j=N+1−L, k being a predefined integer, and k=0 or k=L+1, wherein
k=0, a bit state of a bj bit in the first field is 1, and L consecutive bits carry new data indicator (NDI) information of the L TBs scheduled by using the downlink control information, the L consecutive bits being bj+1, bj+2, . . . , and bN+1 in the first field; or
k=L+1, a bit state of a bL bit in the first field is 1, and L consecutive bits carry NDI information of the L TBs scheduled by using the downlink control information, the L consecutive bits being b0, b1, . . . , and bL−1, in the first field;
determining, by the terminal device, a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process number of each of the L TBs; and
sending or receiving, by the terminal device, the L TBs based on the determined HARQ process number of each of the L TBs and the NDI information of each of the L TBs.