IP Library Granted Patent US 11,233,606
Granted Patent B2
US 11,233,606 · App. 16/101,309 · Granted Jan 25, 2022

HARQ retransmission and control channel monitoring

Inventors: Alireza Babaei (Fairfax, VA); Esmael Dinan (Herndon, VA); Hyoungsuk Jeon (Centreville, VA); Kyungmin Park (Herndon, VA); Hua Zhou (Herndon, VA)
Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
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Patent No.
US 11,233,606
App. No.
16/101,309
Granted
Jan 25, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless device receives message(s) comprising: a first value for a downlink hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) round-trip-time (RTT) timer; and a second value for a downlink discontinuous reception (DRX) retransmission timer. A downlink control information indicating downlink transmission of a transport block is received. The downlink HARQ RTT timer is started with the first value in response to receiving the downlink control information. The first value indicates a first number of symbols. The downlink DRX retransmission timer is started with the second value in response to the downlink HARQ RTT timer expiring and the transport block not being successfully decoded. The second value indicates a second number of slot lengths. A downlink control channel is monitored while the downlink DRX retransmission timer is running.

Claims (34)

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a wireless device, one or more radio resource control messages comprising a downlink hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) round-trip-time (RTT) timer value expressed in units of symbols and a downlink discontinuous reception (DRX) retransmission timer value expressed in units of slot lengths;

receiving a downlink control information indicating downlink transmission of a transport block;

starting a downlink HARQ RTT timer with the downlink HARQ RTT timer value in response to receiving the downlink control information, wherein the downlink HARQ RTT timer value indicates a first number of symbols;

starting a downlink DRX retransmission timer with the downlink DRX retransmission timer value in response to the downlink HARQ RTT timer expiring and the transport block not being successfully decoded, wherein the downlink DRX retransmission timer value indicates a second number of slot lengths; and

monitoring a downlink control channel while the downlink DRX retransmission timer is running.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the symbols correspond to first symbols of a downlink channel.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the symbols correspond to second symbols of an uplink channel.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the slot lengths correspond to first slot lengths of a downlink channel.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the slot lengths correspond to second slot lengths of an uplink channel.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the one or more messages further comprise configuration parameters of a first cell and a second cell;

the downlink control information is received via the first cell; and

the transport block is received via the second cell.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the downlink control information indicates a HARQ process for the transport block; and

the downlink HARQ RTT timer and the downlink DRX retransmission timer are associated with the HARQ process.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the downlink control information and the transport block are received in different slots.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the downlink control information and transport block are received in a same slot.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more messages further comprise a plurality of values indicating a time duration between a first transmission time of the transport block and a second transmission time of HARQ feedback corresponding to the transport block.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving a second downlink control information indicating retransmission of the transport block.

12. The method of claim 2 , wherein the transport block is received via the downlink channel.

13. The method of claim 2 , wherein the downlink control information and the transport block are received in different slots.

14. The method of claim 3 , wherein a HARQ feedback corresponding to the transport block is transmitted via the uplink channel.

15. The method of claim 4 , wherein the transport block is received via the downlink channel.

16. The method of claim 5 , wherein a HARQ feedback corresponding to the transport block is transmitted via the uplink channel.

17. The method of claim 7 , wherein the downlink control information and the transport block are received in different slots.

18. The method of claim 7 , wherein the downlink control information and transport block are received in a same slot.

19. The method of claim 10 , wherein:

the downlink control information indicates an index to a third value in the plurality of values indicating the time duration;

the transport block is received via the downlink channel in a first slot;

the HARQ feedback is transmitted in a second slot; and

a time duration between the first slot and the second slot is based on the third value.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the third value is an integer.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2022
From: OFINNO, LLC
To: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
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CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE MISSING 5 PAGES SHOWING CHANGE OF NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 049307 FRAME: 0001. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Nov 10, 2020
From: OFINNO TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
To: OFINNO, LLC
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CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 29, 2019
From: OFINNO TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
To: OFINNO, LLC
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 12, 2019
From: BABAEI, ALIREZA; DINAN, ESMAEL; JEON, HYOUNGSUK; PARK, KYUNGMIN; ZHOU, HUA
To: OFINNO TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
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