US 12,356,399 B2
Scheduling switching method and apparatus
Yifan Xue, Beijing (CN); Jian Wang, Beijing (CN); and Wenwen Huang, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Appl. No. 17/607,682
Filed by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
PCT Filed Apr. 24, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CN2020/086528
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 29, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/221111, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 5, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201910364535.X (CN), filed on Apr. 30, 2019; and application No. 201910498052.9 (CN), filed on Jun. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0232599 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 72/1273 (2023.01); H04L 27/26 (2006.01); H04W 72/0446 (2023.01); H04W 72/542 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 72/1273 (2013.01) [H04L 27/26025 (2021.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04W 72/542 (2023.01)] 14 Claims
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1. A scheduling switching method implemented by a terminal, wherein the scheduling switching method comprises:
receiving, from a network device, a switching indication indicating the terminal to switch from a first scheduling mode to a second scheduling mode, wherein the first scheduling mode is different from the second scheduling mode; and
determining an application time of the second scheduling mode,
wherein the application time is when the terminal can schedule a first data channel or trigger a first reference signal using the second scheduling mode,
wherein the switching indication is received via a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), wherein the first PDCCH is associated with an Nth slot, wherein N is an integer, and wherein the application time is an (N+M)th slot,
wherein M is based on an applicable minimum value of a slot offset when the terminal receives the switching indication, wherein the slot offset is between a slot associated with a second PDCCH for scheduling a second data channel and a slot associated with the second data channel, wherein M is a maximum value of a second value and the applicable minimum value, and wherein the second value is related to a subcarrier spacing configured for the terminal.