Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided that provide single or multiple Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) messages for single or multiple Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) messages to support network coordination schemes such as Non-Coherent Joint Transmission.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a wireless network coverage enhancement method, apparatus, and system. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal, a downlink signal sent by a network device; determining, by the terminal, a first coverage level of the terminal according to the downlink signal; determining, by the terminal, an uplink communications parameter according to the first coverage level; and sending, by the terminal, an uplink signal to the network device according to the uplink communications parameter. According to the method in embodiments of the present invention, a probability of successfully receiving the uplink signal is improved. Therefore, the network device does not need to send a NACK to the terminal, so that overheads of an air interface between the terminal and the network device are reduced, a period in which the terminal performs coverage enhancement is shortened, and power consumption of the terminal is reduced.

Abstract: A method of data communication, comprising: obtaining resource unit information associated with a physical uplink channel; determining an identifier at least in part based on the resource unit information; and using the identifier for transmission of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH). Also, a method of data communication, comprising: obtaining resource unit information associated with a physical uplink channel; determining an identifier at least in part based on the resource unit information; and using the identifier for transmission of a physical downlink channel. Also, an apparatus comprising a processor and an RF communication unit, the processor configured to obtain resource unit information associated with a physical uplink channel; determine an identifier at least in part based on the resource unit information; and use the identifier for transmission of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) or a physical downlink channel.

Abstract: Methods are disclosed that enable a user equipment (UE) to receive cell specific, UE specific and, in some embodiments, Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) specific parameters from a network side component, such as a transmit/receive point, and use that information to set at least one PUSCH transmit power when transmitting to the network side.

Abstract: A method of path loss estimation at a user equipment (UE) comprises receiving a downlink cell-specific signal block comprising a synchronization channel and a broadcasting channel demodulation reference signal; receiving control information indicative of a signal transmission power of the downlink cell-specific signal block; and determining an estimated path loss for the UE based at least in part on the signal transmission power of the downlink cell-specific signal block and a received power of the downlink cell-specific signal block filtered using a layer 3 filtering coefficient.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a signal transmission method and apparatus. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, configuration information sent by a network device, where the configuration information is used to instruct the terminal device to send a reference signal, and a resource used to transmit the reference signal is determined based on a public cell identity of a cell to which the terminal device belongs; and sending, by the terminal device, the reference signal based on the configuration information by using the resource. According to the signal transmission method and apparatus in the embodiments of this application, an existing reference signal can be used to perform interference/channel measurement between terminal devices, so that a terminal device on a receiving side can distinguish between interference cells while reference signal utilization is improved.

Abstract: A method for uplink transmission by a UE includes obtaining information regarding a plurality of power control sets each having a plurality of power control parameters, wherein a value of at least one parameter in a first power control set is different from a value of the at least one parameter in a second power control set; obtaining information associating at least one of the power control sets with at least one operational property of the UE; and when at least one of the operational properties is in effect on the UE, transmitting a PUSCH using the parameters of the power control set associated with the at least one operational property in effect.

Abstract: A method for uplink transmission by a UE includes obtaining information regarding a plurality of power control sets each having a plurality of power control parameters, wherein a value of at least one parameter in a first power control set is different from a value of the at least one parameter in a second power control set; obtaining information associating at least one of the power control sets with at least one operational property of the UE; and when at least one of the operational properties is in effect on the UE, transmitting a PUSCH using the parameters of the power control set associated with the at least one operational property in effect.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a resource configuration method and an apparatus, to prevent user equipment (UE) from replying acknowledgement responses of different downlink subframes. The method includes: receiving, by UE, configuration information of an acknowledgement response resource, where the acknowledgement response resource is used by the UE to send a downlink data channel acknowledgement response of an nth transmission unit on an uplink control channel of an (n+k)th transmission unit, the configuration information includes first information, the first information is used to indicate a quantity of transmission units located before the nth transmission unit in a feedback window of the (n+k)th transmission unit; and sending, by the UE, the downlink data channel acknowledgement response of the nth transmission unit on the uplink control channel of the (n+k)th transmission unit based on the configuration information by using the acknowledgement response resource.

Abstract: Embodiments provide a method for transmitting a reference signal between a base station and a terminal. In this method, a parameter is determined by a terminal based on frequency domain location information of a frequency domain resource unit. The parameter is used to determine a sequence of the reference signal, and the reference signal is carried on the frequency domain resource unit. The reference signal can be sent to the base station by the terminal. In some embodiments, the reference signal sent by the base station can be received by the terminal. According to this method, a peak-to-average power ratio when a single terminal sends data to a base station can be reduced, and communication interference between different cells can be canceled or reduced as much as possible.

Abstract: An uplink power control method and a communications device are described. The method includes receiving, by a terminal device, power control indication information sent by a network device. The power control indication information indicates a first power offset set, and the first power offset set is any one of at least two power offset sets. The method further includes receiving, by the terminal device, a transmit power control (TPC) command sent by the network device. The TPC indicates a first offset in the first power offset set. The method includes determining, by the terminal device, uplink transmit power based on the first offset. Impact of cross interference is considered in determining the uplink transmit power. Thus, the method can meet requirements of future mobile communications and improve system performance.

Abstract: A method of path loss estimation at a user equipment (UE) comprises receiving a downlink cell-specific signal block comprising a synchronization channel and a broadcasting channel demodulation reference signal; receiving control information indicative of a signal transmission power of the downlink cell-specific signal block; and determining an estimated path loss for the UE based at least in part on the signal transmission power of the downlink cell-specific signal block and a received power of the downlink cell-specific signal block filtered using a layer 3 filtering coefficient.

Abstract: A reference signal transmission method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: receiving, by a first terminal, uplink reference signal configuration information from a base station, wherein the uplink reference signal configuration information comprises configuration information of a first-type reference signal and configuration information of a second-type reference signal that the first terminal needs to send; and sending, by the first terminal, a first-type reference signal and a second-type reference signal to the base station based on the uplink reference signal configuration information. The method can be applied for V2X (vehicle to X), and/or, sidelink transmission, and/or, D2D (device to device) communication.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an information transmission method, including: transmitting, by user equipment (UE), a measurement reference signal, where a subcarrier spacing of the measurement reference signal is a multiple of a subcarrier spacing of a data channel of the UE. The method may include: receiving, by the user equipment (UE), configuration information from a wireless network device, where the configuration information includes information used to configure the measurement reference signal transmitted by the user equipment (UE), and the information about the measurement reference signal includes information about the subcarrier spacing of the measurement reference signal. In this way, reference signal transmission overheads can be reduced.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a power control method and a communications device, and relate to the communications field, to resolve a problem of improper power allocation in a carrier aggregation (CA) and a dual connectivity (DC) technology when a plurality of subcarrier spacings are used in an NR. The method includes: for a terminal configured with a plurality of cells, grouping the plurality of cells into cell groups based on a subcarrier spacing, where a power control mode for the cell groups is configured by a base station as a first power control mode or a second power control mode, and the plurality of cells use either CA or DC. The embodiments of the present invention are used for power control when carriers with the plurality of subcarrier spacings coexist.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and an apparatus for determining a time domain resource mapped by a reference signal, and relate to the field of communications technologies, to ensure correct data demodulation. The method includes: determining, by user equipment based on configuration information, a time domain resource mapped by a reference signal and/or a subcarrier spacing of the reference signal, where the configuration information includes predefined first configuration information and/or second configuration information sent by a base station. The method is applied to a scenario of determining the time domain resource mapped by the reference signal.

Abstract: This application provides a reference signal configuration method and apparatus. The method includes: determining configuration information of a reference signal based on a first parameter, where the first parameter includes at least one of a transmission feature, a subcarrier spacing, an operating band of the subcarrier spacing, system bandwidth, a quantity of aggregated time-domain resource units, and a quantity of symbols that are in aggregated time-domain resources and to which the reference signal is mapped; and generating the reference signal based on the configuration information. According to the reference signal configuration method and apparatus in this application, a new reference signal design can be proposed for a communications system, so as to meet a configuration requirement of the communications system.

Abstract: A communication method and an apparatus are provided. The method includes: obtaining, by a base station, power parameters of a first user equipment UE and an adjustment parameter ?1,ue1 for a first transmit power; sending, by the base station, the power parameters of the first UE and the adjustment parameter ?1,ue1 for the first transmit power to the first UE; determining, by the base station, the first transmit power according to the power parameters of the first UE and the adjustment parameter ?1,ue1 for the first transmit power; and sending, by the base station, a signal to the first UE at the first transmit power.

Abstract: Provided is a method in a user equipment, the method comprising: as part of a HARQ process having a HARQ process ID, transmitting an initial grant-free transmission and K-1 repetitions, where K>=2. A pre-defined mapping of the HARQ process ID to at least one resource available for grant-free transmission is a function of K.

Abstract: Example methods and apparatus for transmitting a signal transmission method and a device are disclosed. One method includes transmitting a signal based on a predefined transmission pattern by a communications device. The transmission pattern defines that a non-first downlink timing boundary in a downlink time domain unit is later than or earlier than a first downlink timing boundary is defined, or that an uplink timing boundary in an uplink time domain unit is earlier than or later than the first downlink timing boundary.