Abstract: This application provides an information transmission method and apparatus. The solution includes: determining, by a terminal device, at least two transport blocks; and decoding, by the terminal device, first information transmitted by using the at least two transport blocks, where the first information includes at least one of control information and data. This solution is applicable to a scenario in which same information or information with a same information source is transmitted by using a plurality of transport blocks.

Abstract: A medication confirmation method and apparatus. The method of an embodiment of the invention includes the steps of capturing one or more video sequences of a user administering medication via a medication administration apparatus, storing the captured one or more video sequences, and analyzing at least one of the stored video sequences to confirm that the user has properly administered the medication, and has properly positioned the medication administration apparatus.

Abstract: This application relates to the field of communications technologies, and provides an information sending method, an information receiving method, and an apparatus. The method includes: determining, by a terminal device, at least two transport blocks; and sending, by the terminal device, first information to a network device by using the at least two transport blocks, where the first information includes at least one of data and control information, and the at least two transport blocks carry the first information.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for determining contention window information. The method includes: determining contention window information of a second uplink burst of a user equipment (UE) according to a receiving state of a reference subframe; generating at least one piece of control signaling for scheduling at least one uplink subframe in the second uplink burst; and sending the at least one piece of control signaling to the UE. According to the method and an apparatus for determining contention window information in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the control signaling is sent to the UE, so that the contention window information of the UE can be adjusted, the UE can obtain an appropriate contention window information, and fair channel access is implemented through channel sensing based on random backoff.

Abstract: A medication confirmation method and apparatus for confirming administration of medication employing an inhalable medication administration apparatus. The method of an embodiment of the invention includes the steps of capturing one or more video sequences of a user administering medication employing the inhalable medication administration apparatus, storing the captured one or more video sequences, capturing one or more audio sequences of the user administering medication employing the inhalable medication administration apparatus and storing the captured one or more audio sequences. At least one of the stored video sequences and at least one of the stored audio sequences are then analyzed to confirm that the user has properly administered the medication.

Abstract: Embodiments provide a channel listening type indication method and apparatus. In those embodiments, the method includes: determining, by a network device based on a relationship between a first sub-band set and a second sub-band set, a corresponding channel listening type for performing channel listening by a terminal device for the first sub-band set, where the first sub-band set includes at least one sub-band occupied when the network device schedules the terminal device to send uplink information, the second sub-band set includes at least one sub-band occupied by the network device to send downlink information, and the channel listening type includes a long listening type or a short listening type; and sending, by the network device, first indication information to the terminal device, where the first indication information is used to indicate the channel listening type.

Abstract: A control information processing method, a base station, and a terminal are provided. A base station determines jointly encoded control information for an uplink subframe, where the jointly encoded control information is control information obtained by jointly encoding first control information and second control information; and the base station sends the jointly encoded control information. A terminal receives jointly encoded control information sent by a base station, where the jointly encoded control information is for an uplink subframe, and is control information obtained by jointly encoding first control information and second control information; and the terminal performs clear channel assessment CCA based on the jointly encoded control information, and occupies, after finishing the CCA, the uplink subframe to send a signal. According to the present invention, control signaling overheads can be reduced.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide slot format configuration method and device. According to the method, a network device determines a slot format index for performing uplink-downlink transmission with a terminal device. The slot format index corresponds to a row in a slot format information table, and each row in the slot format information table includes positions of uplink symbols, positions of downlink symbols, and positions of unknown symbols in a slot. The network device sends the slot format index to the terminal device. The terminal device determines a slot format for the uplink-downlink transmission from the slot format information table based on the slot format index. The uplink-downlink slot configuration method provided in the embodiments of this application may satisfy specific requirements of low-latency and high-reliability communication scenarios.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and a device for detecting and transmitting information. The method includes: obtaining, by a UE, at least one type of configuration information of an antenna port occupied by a D-PDCCH, which is configured on a base station side; determining, by the UE, a search space of the D-PDCCH; and detecting, by the UE, the D-PDCCH in the search space according to the antenna port configuration information. With the embodiments of the present invention, the UE can detect the D-PDCCH, and therefore data transmission is ensured. Furthermore, a blind detection of a PDCCH by the UE based on time-frequency resources in an existing system is extended to a spatial dimension, that is, an antenna port, thereby increasing the efficiency of resource utilization, so that the D-PDCCH can be detected in the spatial dimension.

Abstract: Embodiments disclose a control information sending method, a control information receiving method, user equipment, and a network device. The sending method includes: obtaining a resource occupied by first uplink control information UCI, and obtaining a resource occupied by second UCI; performing channel encoding on the first UCI according to the resource occupied by the first UCI, to obtain an encoded bit sequence of the first UCI, and performing channel encoding on the second UCI according to the resource occupied by the second UCI, to obtain an encoded bit sequence of the second UCI; mapping the encoded bit sequence of the first UCI and the encoded bit sequence of the second UCI to a physical uplink channel; and sending the physical uplink channel.

Abstract: An uplink information transmission method, a terminal device, and an access network device are provided. The method includes: obtaining, by a terminal device, indication information for sending uplink information on a first symbol set of a target carrier; and sending, by the terminal device, the uplink information in a second time in a time occupied by the first symbol set. The second time is a time in the time occupied by the first symbol set other than a first time, and is a time in which the terminal device is allowed to access a channel of the target carrier to send the uplink information.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to uplink control information sending methods, uplink control information receiving methods, apparatus, and systems. One example method includes receiving, by a terminal device, channel indication information from an access network device on a physical control channel, determining a channel resource set of N channel resource sets that matches a size of uplink control information (UCI) as a first channel resource set, determining a first channel resource from the first channel resource set according to the channel indication information, and sending the UCI to the access network device on the first channel resource.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for allocating ACKnowledgement (ACK)/Non-ACKnowledgement (NACK) channel resources and processing confirmation information are disclosed. The method includes: The network side determines one physical channel area among multiple physical channel areas to be used by an ACK/NACK channel, and notifies the determined physical channel area to a User Equipment (UE) so as to enable the UE to determine a channel for receiving or sending ACK/NACK information in the determined physical channel area according to a mapping rule. Moreover, the network side may send or receive ACK/NACK information on the physical channel area that includes the ACK/NACK channel. The method and apparatus improve the utilization ratio and flexibility of the ACK/NACK channel, and reduce the probability of conflict generated by the ACK/NACK channel.

Abstract: Example uplink channel listening methods and apparatus are described. In one example method, a contention window size (CWS) is determined with reference to a time threshold, for example, a timer. After sending an uplink burst, if a terminal device does not receive indication information carrying a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) status, the terminal device increases the CWS and then performs channel listening.

Abstract: A communication method includes receiving, by a terminal device, on an unlicensed frequency band, downlink control information sent by a network device, where the downlink control information is within a first time unit in a candidate time unit set of a plurality of candidate time unit sets, where the candidate time unit set is at least one of a plurality of consecutive time units, and wherein the candidate time unit sets are at equal intervals in the plurality of consecutive time units. The method further includes determining, by the terminal device according to a time at which the downlink control information is sent, a time window for sending uplink information, and sending, by the terminal device, the uplink information within the time window, where a start moment T1 of the time window is within the first time unit or a second time unit immediately after the first time unit.

Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure provide a data transmission method, a terminal device, and a network device. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, indication information sent by a network device, where the indication information is used to indicate a first time domain resource used by the terminal device to send first uplink transmission; and sending, by the terminal device, the first uplink transmission to the network device on the first time domain resource, and sending second uplink transmission to the network device on a second time domain resource, where the second time domain resource is a time domain resource determined by the terminal device based on the first time domain resource, and the first time domain resource and the second time domain resource are consecutive or inconsecutive in time.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for tracking a medication to be administered by a user. The method includes the steps of determining the identity of a medication to be administered by a user, identifying one or more characteristics associated with the medication that are to be used to continue to track the medication, the one or more characteristics including less than a total number of characteristics associated with the medication to be administered, and tracking the medication to be administered in accordance with the identified one or more characteristics through one or more future video images.

Abstract: The method disclosed in present embodiments includes: a terminal device receives downlink data in at least one downlink burst; determines that a first downlink subframe set is associated with a first uplink subframe, where the first downlink subframe set belongs to the at least one downlink burst, the first uplink subframe is used to send first feedback information corresponding to the first downlink subframe set, the first uplink subframe is in a first uplink burst, and the first uplink burst follows the at least one downlink burst; determines a first feedback information codebook, and determines the first feedback information based on the codebook; determines a first uplink channel in the first uplink subframe; and sends the first feedback information to the access network device on the first uplink channel. According to the method, the terminal device can properly sends ACK/NACK feedback information in a U-LTE scenario.

Abstract: An uplink information processing method and an apparatus, the method including receiving, by a terminal device, first control information sent by a base station device in a first downlink transmission time interval, determining, by the terminal device, a time domain resource based on the first control information, where the time domain resource includes at least one uplink transmission time interval, where a start time unit of the time domain resource is later than the first downlink transmission time interval, and wherein the start time unit is a first uplink transmission time interval of the at least one uplink transmission time interval, and sending, by the terminal device, data information on an uplink data channel, where the uplink data channel corresponds to the at least one uplink transmission time interval in the time domain resource.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a detecting method, a transmitting method and an apparatus for a common control channel. The detecting method includes: determining a candidate resource set within virtual downlink resources of a current cell. The candidate resource set can include at least one candidate resource carrying a common control channel of the current cell. A detection is performed on at least one candidate resource in the candidate resource set, so as to acquire the common control channel of the current cell. In the embodiments of the present invention, a selection range of resources for transmitting a common control channel is extended, so that inter-cell interference of the common control channel can be coordinated, and a detection performance of the common control channel can be improved.