IP Library Granted Patent US 12666420
Granted Patent B2
US 12666420 · App. 17/633,516 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Indicating a slot offset corresponding to a downlink control channel

Inventors: Chenxi Zhu (Beijing, CN); Wei Ling (Beijing, CN); Bingchao Liu (Beijing, CN); Lingling Xiao (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
H04W72/1273H04L5/0007H04W72/23
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12666420
App. No.
17/633,516
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for indicating a slot offset corresponding to a downlink control channel. One method ( 500 ) includes transmitting ( 502 ) first information to a user equipment indicating to the user equipment to receive a downlink data channel a slot offset after a scheduling downlink control channel, wherein: the slot offset comprises at least one slot; the first information indicates a resource allocation entry of a resource allocation table; and each resource allocation entry of the resource allocation table indicates that the slot offset comprises at least one slot.

Claims (44)

1 . A method performed by a base station, the method comprising:

receiving, from a user equipment, capability information that indicates a user equipment capability;

adjusting a parameter in response to receiving the capability information, the adjusted parameter comprising a minimum number of slots between a scheduling downlink control channel and a downlink data channel; and

transmitting first information to the user equipment indicating to the user equipment to receive the downlink data channel a slot offset after the scheduling downlink control channel, wherein:

the first information comprises an index indicating a resource allocation entry of a time resource allocation table;

the slot offset comprises at least one slot and is based at least in part on a sum of the adjusted parameter and an additional parameter, wherein a numerical value of the additional parameter is included in the resource allocation entry of the time resource allocation table separately from the adjusted parameter;

each resource allocation entry of the time resource allocation table indicates that the slot offset comprises at least one slot; and

the resource allocation entry of the time resource allocation table further indicates at least one of: a duration of the downlink data channel, a timing of an initial symbol of the downlink data channel, a physical data shared channel (PDSCH) mapping type, or some combination thereof.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the downlink data channel comprises a physical downlink shared channel.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the scheduling downlink control channel comprises a physical downlink control channel.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the slot offset is determined further based at least in part on a downlink control information field.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the downlink control information field indicates an index of a time resource allocation table.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the slot offset is contained in a radio resource control parameter PDSCH-TimeDomainResourceAllocation.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the additional parameter comprises K 0 and the adjusted parameter comprises N 0 .

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein adjusting the parameter comprises changing the parameter from a predetermined value to an adjusted value.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the predetermined value is a default parameter value supported by a plurality of user equipments.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the predetermined value is determined based on an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing waveform numerology.

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the numerical value of the additional parameter is greater than or equal to a numerical value of the adjusted parameter.

12 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the additional parameter is based on an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing waveform numerology of the downlink data channel.

13 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the capability information comprises a time for the UE to decode downlink control information received in the scheduling downlink control channel.

14 . A base station, comprising:

at least one memory; and

at least one processor coupled with the at least one memory and configured to cause the base station to:

receive, from a user equipment, capability information that indicates a user equipment capability;

adjust a parameter in response to receiving the capability information, the adjusted parameter comprising a minimum number of slots between a scheduling downlink control channel and a downlink data channel; and

transmit first information to the user equipment indicating to the user equipment to receive the downlink data channel a slot offset after the scheduling downlink control channel, wherein:

the first information comprises an index indicating a resource allocation entry of a time resource allocation table;

the slot offset comprises at least one slot and is based at least in part on a sum of the adjusted parameter and an additional parameter, wherein a numerical value of the additional parameter is included in the resource allocation entry of the time resource allocation table separately from the adjusted parameter;

each resource allocation entry of the time resource allocation table indicates that the slot offset comprises at least one slot; and

the resource allocation entry of the time resource allocation table further indicates at least one of: a duration of the downlink data channel, a timing of an initial symbol of the downlink data channel, a physical data shared channel (PDSCH) mapping type, or some combination thereof.

15 . The base station of claim 14 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to cause the base station to transmit the first information via downlink control information.

16 . The base station of claim 14 , wherein adjusting the parameter comprises changing the parameter from a predetermined value, and the predetermined value is determined based on an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing waveform numerology.

17 . A user equipment (UE), comprising:

at least one memory; and

at least one processor coupled with the at least one memory and configured to cause the UE to:

transmit, to a base station, capability information that indicates a capability of the UE; and

receive first information indicating to the UE to receive a downlink data channel a slot offset after a scheduling downlink control channel, wherein:

the first information comprises an index indicating a resource allocation entry of a time resource allocation table;

the slot offset comprises at least one slot and is based at least in part on a sum of a parameter that is adjusted by the base station in response to receiving the capability information and an additional parameter, wherein a numerical value of the additional parameter is included in the resource allocation entry of the time resource allocation table separately from the adjusted parameter and a minimum number of slots between a scheduling downlink control channel and a downlink data channel;

each resource allocation entry of the time resource allocation table indicates that the slot offset comprises at least one slot; and

the resource allocation entry of the time resource allocation table further indicates at least one of: a duration of the downlink data channel, a timing of an initial symbol of the downlink data channel, a physical data shared channel (PDSCH) mapping type, or some combination thereof.

18 . The UE of claim 17 , wherein the downlink data channel comprises a physical downlink shared channel.

19 . The UE of claim 17 , wherein the scheduling downlink control channel comprises a physical downlink control channel.

20 . The UE of claim 17 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to cause the UE to receive the first information via downlink control information.