Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for obtaining configuration information of a grant-free transmission unit. A centrally configured network element sends configuration information of a grant-free transmission unit of an access device to the access device, where the grant-free transmission unit refers to a transmission resource used for grant-free transmission, and the configuration information of the grant-free transmission unit includes at least one or more of the following information: information about the grant-free transmission unit or information about a grant-free transmission control mechanism. By using the method and the apparatus for obtaining configuration information of a grant-free transmission unit, an access device can obtain configuration information of a grant-free transmission unit.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a data transmission method and apparatus. The method includes: determining a contention transmission unit CTU to be used by to-be-sent uplink data, where the CTU is a transmission resource including at least a time domain resource, a frequency domain resource, and a code domain resource; encoding the to-be-sent uplink data by using N different code element groups in the code domain resource corresponding to the determined CTU, to obtain N groups of encoded data, where N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2; and sending the N groups of encoded data by using the time domain and frequency domain resources that are corresponding to the determined CTU. According to the embodiments of the present invention, data reception reliability at a receive end can be improved.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for obtaining configuration information of a grant-free transmission unit are provided. The method includes: sending, by a first network device, configuration information of one or more grant-free transmission units of the first network device to a second network device, where the grant-free transmission unit indicates a transmission resource used for grant-free transmission, and the configuration information of the grant-free transmission unit includes at least one or more of the following information: information about the grant-free transmission unit or information about a grant-free transmission unit control mechanism; and receiving, by the second network device, the configuration information of the grant-free transmission unit of the first network device.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method includes: determining configuration information of a first contention transmission unit, where the configuration information of a first contention transmission unit includes power control information, a contention transmission unit is a transmission resource that includes at least a time-domain resource, a frequency-domain resource, and a code-domain resource and the power control information of the first contention transmission unit is used to control power used when a terminal device sends uplink data by using the first contention transmission unit; and sending the configuration information of a first contention transmission unit to the terminal.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a pilot sequence transmission method and apparatus. A terminal device determines a first pilot number, determines a first pilot sequence and a second pilot sequence according to the first pilot number, respectively maps the first pilot sequence and the second pilot sequence to a first OFDM symbol and a second OFDM symbol of a grant free transmission resource, and sends the first pilot sequence and the second pilot sequence by using the first OFDM symbol and the second OFDM symbol. Therefore, a network device can determine activeness of the terminal device by detecting the first pilot sequence, and can detect only the second pilot sequence corresponding to the first pilot sequence, and does not need to detect all possible second pilot sequences, so that a quantity of detected pilots can be significantly reduced, and pilot detection complexity is reduced.

Abstract: Embodiments disclose an uplink data transmission method and apparatus. The method includes: determining M transmission areas allocated to a terminal device, and generating first information used to indicate the M transmission areas, where M is a positive integer, and the transmission area represents an air interface time-frequency resource that includes a time range and a frequency range that are specified by a communications system. The method also includes determining, for each transmission area of the M transmission areas, second information used to indicate a transport block size. The method also includes sending an indication message to the terminal device, so that the terminal device transmits uplink data according to the indication message, where the indication message includes the first information and the second information.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a downlink control information transmission method and apparatus. The method includes: determining multiple terminal devices used for downlink scheduling; determining downlink control information used by the multiple terminal devices to receive downlink data flows, where the downlink control information includes common control information shared by the multiple terminal devices, dedicated control information of each of the multiple terminal devices, and device identifier information of each terminal device, and an order of the device identifier information of each terminal device is the same as an order of the dedicated control information of each terminal device; and sending the downlink control information to the multiple terminal devices.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an indication information transmission method and apparatus. The method includes: determining, in one or more codebooks, a first codebook used to send a first downlink data stream to a terminal device; determining one or more second codebooks used to send a second downlink data stream; determining codebook indication information used to indicate the first codebook and the one or more second codebooks; and sending the codebook indication information to the terminal device.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an indication information transmission method and apparatus. The method includes: determining a first signature sequence and a first modulation constellation that are used to transmit an uplink data stream by a terminal device; determining indication information that is used to indicate the first signature sequence and the first modulation constellation; and transmitting the indication information to the terminal device. In this way, a system network capacity can be effectively increased.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an indication information transmission method and apparatus. The method includes determining a first signature sequence and a first modulation constellation that are used to transmit a first downlink data stream to a terminal device and determining one or more second signature sequences and one or more second modulation constellations that are used to transmit a second downlink data stream. The method also includes determining indication information that is used to indicate the first signature sequence, the first modulation constellation, the one or more second signature sequences, and the one or more second modulation constellations and transmitting the indication information to the terminal device.

Abstract: Embodiments disclose a method and an apparatus for transmitting indication information. The method includes: determining, according to one or more codebooks, a first codebook to be used by a terminal device to send an uplink data stream; determining codebook indication information used to indicate the first codebook; and determining codebook indication information used to indicate the first codebook. For the method and the apparatus for transmitting indication information according to embodiments of the present invention, a network device determines, according to one or more codebooks, a first codebook to be used by a terminal device to send an uplink data stream, determines codebook indication information used to indicate the first codebook, and sends the codebook indication information to the terminal device, so that the terminal device can determine the first codebook assigned by the network device and transmit data by using the first codebook.

Abstract: An integrated circuit that includes a processor also has an on-chip current test circuit that indirectly measures quiescent current in the processor. A supply voltage pin of the integrated circuit receives a supply voltage from an external test unit to provide power to the processor. The on-chip test circuit measures a voltage change across the processor during a predetermined test period T when the processor is isolated from the supply voltage and the clock signal is stopped. The voltage change provides an indication of quiescent current corresponding to the processor.

Abstract: An energy saving method, system and device for a base station, applied in the technical field of communications. The energy saving method comprises: if the number of user equipments sending a service request in the coverage of a coverage base station is greater than a first threshold, sending a second activation request to a capacity boosting base station, wherein the second activation request is used for requesting the capacity boosting base station in a dormant state to enter an intermediate state from the dormant state, and the intermediate state refers to that in the intermediate state, the capacity boosting base station bears a user equipment in a connected state rather than a user equipment in an idle state; and after the capacity boosting base station enters the intermediate state, transferring the user equipment to be connected to the capacity boosting base station in the intermediate state.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for transmitting a downlink signal, a method for receiving a downlink signal, a network system and a terminal. The method includes: transmitting, by a control base station, a first group of downlink signal to a terminal; and transmitting, by a data base station, a second group of downlink signal to the terminal, the first group of downlink signal is at least partially different from the second group of downlink signal. The first group of downlink signal and the second group of downlink signal enable the terminal to implement a network function according to the first group of downlink signal and/or the second group of downlink signal. Embodiments of the present invention can improve network energy efficiency.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a pilot signal sending and receiving method and apparatus, wherein the pilot signal sending method includes: establishing a first correspondence between a carrier identifier and a pilot pattern of a first type of pilot signal; establishing a second correspondence between a carrier identifier and a resource block set; acquiring a target carrier identifier of a target carrier; determining a location of a target resource block set corresponding to the target carrier identifier; determining a target pilot pattern that is of a first type of pilot signal and that corresponds to the target carrier identifier; mapping, according to the target pilot pattern, the first type of pilot signal to each resource block in the target resource block set on the target carrier. In this method, mapping is performed on a pilot signal only in a resource block set, which may reduce pilot redundancy and overheads.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of communications technologies, and discloses a method for accessing a base station by a terminal, and an apparatus. In this provided solution, after a control base station (CBS) receives an access request message sent by the terminal, the CBS determines, according to received identification information of the terminal and a correspondence between the data base station (DBS) identification (ID) and the identification information of the terminal, a DBS ID that accesses the terminal; then a DBS corresponding to the DBS ID allocates access resource information to the terminal; finally, the terminal accesses the DBS. Therefore, the terminal can also access the DBS even if there is no cell ID in a cell covered by the DBS, thereby avoiding a problem that the terminal cannot access the base station when accessing the base station in a data and signaling separation network.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a capacity station activation method and system. A coverage station sends activation control information to a capacity station, where the activation control information enables the capacity station to send a pilot signal to a user in a power decreasing manner; receives a pilot signal measurement result from the user; determines, according to the measurement result, a capacity station that needs to be activated to meet a system requirement; and sends activation information to the determined capacity station that needs to be activated. According to the capacity station activation method and system provided by the embodiments of the present invention, the capacity station that needs to be activated can be more accurately determined, transmit power of an activated capacity station can be controlled, and power consumption of an entire system can be reduced.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of mobile communications technologies, and discloses a method for configuring a resource to a DRB, and an apparatus. The method is specifically: first determining, by a first CBS, resource configuration information used by a first DBS to separately allocate a resource to at least one DRB of UE; and then, sending, to the first DBS, a first resource allocation indication that carries the determined resource configuration information, so that the first DBS separately allocates the resource to the at least one DRB of the UE according to the resource configuration information. In this way, effectively implementing resource configuration for a protocol entity in a DBS according to a QoS requirement of a DRB.

Abstract: An integrated circuit that includes a processor also has an on-chip current test circuit that indirectly measures quiescent current in the processor. A supply voltage pin of the integrated circuit receives a supply voltage from an external test unit to provide power to the processor. The on-chip test circuit measures a voltage change across the processor during a predetermined test period T when the processor is isolated from the supply voltage and the clock signal is stopped. The voltage change provides an indication of quiescent current corresponding to the processor.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for transmitting a downlink signal, a method for receiving a downlink signal, a network system and a terminal. The method includes: transmitting, by a control base station, a first group of downlink signal to a terminal; and transmitting, by a data base station, a second group of downlink signal to the terminal, the first group of downlink signal is at least partially different from the second group of downlink signal. The first group of downlink signal and the second group of downlink signal enable the terminal to implement a network function according to the first group of downlink signal and/or the second group of downlink signal. Embodiments of the present invention can improve network energy efficiency.