IP Library Granted Patent US 11,239,956
Granted Patent B2
US 11,239,956 · App. 16/101,321 · Granted Feb 1, 2022

Timers for 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
H04L1/1854H04L1/188H04L1/1812H04L1/1822H04L43/0864H04W76/18H04W76/28H04L1/1887H04W72/0446
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Patent No.
US 11,239,956
App. No.
16/101,321
Granted
Feb 1, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless device receives message(s) comprising: a first value for an uplink hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) round-trip-time (RTT) timer; and a second value for an uplink discontinuous reception (DRX) retransmission timer. A transport block is transmitted via an uplink data channel. The uplink HARQ RTT timer is started with the first value in response to transmitting the transport block. The first value indicates a first number of symbols. The uplink DRX retransmission timer is started with the second value in response to the uplink HARQ RTT timer expiring. The second value indicates of a second number of slot lengths. A downlink control channel is monitored while the uplink DRX retransmission timer is running.

Claims (46)

1. A method comprising:

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

transmitting a transport block via an uplink data channel;

starting an uplink HARQ RTT timer with the uplink HARQ RTT timer value in response to transmitting the transport block, wherein the uplink HARQ RTT timer value indicates a first number of symbols;

starting an uplink DRX retransmission timer with the uplink DRX retransmission timer value in response to the uplink HARQ RTT timer expiring, wherein the uplink DRX retransmission timer value indicates a second number of slot lengths; and

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

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the symbols correspond to first symbols of the uplink data channel.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the slot lengths correspond to first slot lengths of the uplink data channel.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving a downlink control information comprising transmission parameters of the transport block.

5. The method of claim 2 , further comprising receiving a downlink control information comprising transmission parameters of the transport block.

6. The method of claim 3 , further comprising receiving a downlink control information comprising transmission parameters of the transport block.

7. The method of claim 4 , wherein:

the one or more radio resource control 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 transmitted via the second cell.

8. The method of claim 4 , wherein:

the one or more radio resource control messages further comprise configuration parameters of a first cell;

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

the transport block is transmitted via the first cell.

9. The method of claim 4 , wherein:

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

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

10. The method of claim 4 , wherein the downlink control information indicates a numerology of the uplink data channel.

11. The method of claim 4 , further comprising receiving a second downlink control information indicating retransmission of the transport block.

12. The method of claim 5 , wherein:

the one or more radio resource control 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 transmitted via the second cell.

13. The method of claim 5 , wherein:

the one or more radio resource control messages further comprise configuration parameters of a first cell;

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

the transport block is transmitted via the first cell.

14. The method of claim 5 , wherein:

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

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

15. The method of claim 5 , wherein the downlink control information indicates a numerology of the uplink data channel.

16. The method of claim 5 , further comprising receiving a second downlink control information indicating retransmission of the transport block.

17. The method of claim 6 , wherein:

the one or more radio resource control 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 transmitted via the second cell.

18. The method of claim 6 , wherein:

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

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

19. The method of claim 6 , wherein the downlink control information indicates a numerology of the uplink data channel.

20. The method of claim 6 , further comprising receiving a second downlink control information indicating retransmission of the transport block.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2022
From: OFINNO, LLC
To: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061551/0125 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 30, 2019
From: BABAEI, ALIREZA; DINAN, ESMAEL HEJAZI; JEON, HYOUNGSUK; PARK, KYUNGMIN; ZHOU, HUA
To: OFINNO, LLC
Reel/Frame 049898/0688 →