IP Library Granted Patent US 12690057
Granted Patent B2
US 12690057 · App. 17/635,060 · Granted Jul 21, 2026

Managing overlapping transmissions

Inventors: Ali Behravan (Stockholm, SE); Sorour Falahati (Stockholm, SE); Robert Baldemair (Solna, SE)
Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
H04W72/542H04W72/0446H04W72/1268H04W72/21
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12690057
App. No.
17/635,060
Granted
Jul 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of operating a wireless device in a wireless communication network, the wireless device being triggered for transmitting first signaling on a first resource structure associated to a first transmission quality and being triggered for transmitting second signaling on a second resource structure associated to a second transmission quality, the first resource structure and the second resource structure overlapping at least partly in time and/or being in the same transmission timing structure; the first signaling being communication signaling and representing first information, and the second signaling being control signaling representing second information which is control information; the method includes transmitting signaling on the first resource structure by multiplexing the second information onto the first resource structure depending on the content and/or type of the first information. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.

Claims (47)

1 . A method of operating a wireless device in a wireless communication network, the wireless device being triggered for transmitting first signaling on a first resource structure associated to a first transmission quality and being triggered for transmitting second signaling on a second resource structure associated to a second transmission quality, the first resource structure and the second resource structure at least one of overlapping at least partly in time and being in the same transmission timing structure, the first signaling being communication signaling on a Physical Uplink Shared Channel, PUSCH, and representing first information, and the second signaling being control signaling on a Physical Uplink Control Channel, PUCCH, representing second information which is control information, the method comprising:

transmitting signaling on the first resource structure of the PUSCH by multiplexing the second information onto the first resource structure depending on:

at least one of a content and type of the first information; and

the type of control information the second information represents; and

the second information:

being multiplexed on the first resource structure if the first information represents data and does not represent Uplink Control Information (UCI).

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first resource structure is associated to transmission on a data channel.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second resource structure is associated to transmission on a control channel.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first transmission quality corresponds to a higher priority than the second transmission quality.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of:

the first transmission quality corresponds to URLLC transmission; and

the second transmission quality corresponds to eMBB transmission.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first information comprises control information of a first type, and the second information comprises control information of a second type.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first information comprises control information of a different type than the second information, wherein the second information is multiplexed on the first resource structure based on a relative type priority of types of control information.

8 . A wireless device for a wireless communication network, the wireless device comprising one or memories storing executable instructions and one or more processors circuitry in communication with the one or memories configured to execute the executable instructions to cause the wireless device to:

be triggered for transmitting first signaling on a first resource structure associated to a first transmission quality and for being triggered for transmitting second signaling on a second resource structure associated to a second transmission quality, the first resource structure and the second resource structure at least one of overlapping at least partly in time and being in the same transmission timing structure, the first signaling being communication signaling on a Physical Uplink Shared Channel, PUSCH, and representing first information, and the second signaling being control signaling on a Physical Uplink Control Channel, PUCCH, representing second information which is control information; and

transmit signaling on the first resource structure of the PUSCH by multiplexing the second information onto the first resource structure depending on:

at least one of a content and type of the first information; and

the type of control information the second information represents; and

the second information:

being multiplexed on the first resource structure if the first information represents data and does not represent Uplink Control Information (UCI).

9 . A method of operating a network node in a wireless communication network, the method comprising:

receiving signaling from a wireless device, the wireless device being triggered for transmitting first signaling on a first resource structure associated to a first transmission quality and being triggered for transmitting second signaling on a second resource structure associated to a second transmission quality, the first resource structure and the second resource structure at least one of overlapping at least partly in time and being in the same transmission timing structure, the first signaling being communication signaling on a Physical Uplink Shared Channel, PUSCH, and representing first information, and the second signaling being control signaling on a Physical Uplink Control Channel, PUCCH, representing second information which is control information, receiving signaling comprises receiving signaling utilising the first resource structure of the PUSCH, the signaling comprising the second information being multiplexed onto the first resource structure depending on:

at least one of a content and type of the first information; and

the type of control information the second information represents; and

the second information:

being multiplexed on the first resource structure if the first information represents data and does not represent Uplink Control Information (UCI).

10 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein the first resource structure is associated to transmission on a data channel.

11 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein the second resource structure is associated to transmission on a control channel.

12 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein the first transmission quality corresponds to a higher priority than the second transmission quality.

13 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein at least one of:

the first transmission quality corresponds to URLLC transmission; and

the second transmission quality corresponds to eMBB transmission.

14 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein the first information comprises control information of a first type, and the second information comprises control information of a second type.

15 . A network node for a wireless communication network, the network node comprising:

one or memories storing executable instructions and one or more processors circuitry in communication with the one or memories configured to execute the executable instructions to cause the network node to:

receive signaling from a wireless device, the wireless device being triggered for transmitting first signaling on a first resource structure associated to a first transmission quality and being triggered for transmitting second signaling on a second resource structure associated to a second transmission quality, the first resource structure and the second resource structure at least one of overlapping at least partly in time and being in the same transmission timing structure, the first signaling being communication signaling on a Physical Uplink Shared Channel, PUSCH, and representing first information, and the second signaling being control signaling on a Physical Uplink Control Channel, PUCCH, representing second information which is control information, receiving signaling comprising receiving signaling utilising the first resource structure of the PUSCH, the signaling comprising the second information being multiplexed onto the first resource structure depending on:

at least one of a content and type of the first information; and

the type of control information the second information represents; and

the second information:

being multiplexed on the first resource structure if the first information represents data and does not represent Uplink Control Information (UCI).

16 . A computer storage medium comprising instructions configured to cause processing circuitry to at least one of control and perform a method of operating a wireless device in a wireless communication network, the wireless device being triggered for transmitting first signaling on a first resource structure associated to a first transmission quality and being triggered for transmitting second signaling on a second resource structure associated to a second transmission quality, the first resource structure and the second resource structure at least one of overlapping at least partly in time and being in the same transmission timing structure, the first signaling being communication signaling on a Physical Uplink Shared Channel, PUSCH, and representing first information, and the second signaling being control signaling on a Physical Uplink Control Channel, PUCCH, representing second information which is control information, the method comprising:

transmitting signaling on the first resource structure of the PUSCH by multiplexing the second information onto the first resource structure depending on:

at least one of a content and type of the first information; and

the type of control information the second information represents; and

the second information:

being multiplexed on the first resource structure if the first information represents data and does not represent Uplink Control Information (UCI).