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Granted Patent B2
US 10,980,008 · App. 16/213,919 · Granted Apr 13, 2021

Determining resources for uplink control information on physical uplink shared channel and physical uplink control channel with frequency hopping

Inventors: Gang Xiong (Portland, OR); Yushu Zhang (Beijing, CN); Ajit Nimbalker (Fremont, CA); Joonyoung Cho (Portland, OR)
Assignee: Apple Inc.
H04W72/0413H04L1/1671H04L1/1812H04L1/1861H04L5/0007H04L5/0012H04L5/0048H04L5/0055H04L5/0057H04L5/0044H04W88/02
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Patent No.
US 10,980,008
App. No.
16/213,919
Granted
Apr 13, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Described is an apparatus of a User Equipment (UE) operable to communicate with an Evolved Node-B (eNB) on a wireless network. The apparatus may comprise a first circuitry and a second circuitry. The first circuitry may be operable to allocate a first set of Resource Elements (REs) for a set of Uplink Control Information (UCI) types corresponding with a first set of frequency resources. The first circuitry may also be operable to allocate a second set of REs for the set of UCI types corresponding with a second set of frequency resources. The second circuitry may be operable to prepare one or more Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) transmissions comprising the first set of REs and the second set of REs. A number of REs in the first set of REs may be different than a number of REs in the second set of REs.

Claims (64)

1. A User Equipment (UE) operable to communicate with a base station on a wireless network, comprising:

one or more processors to:

allocate a first set of Resource Elements (REs) for a set of Uplink Control Information (UCI) types, the first set of REs corresponding with a first set of frequency resources;

allocate a second set of REs for the set of UCI types, the second set of REs corresponding with a second set of frequency resources;

allocate a third set of REs for an other set of UCI types, the third set of REs corresponding with the first set of frequency resources;

allocate a fourth set of REs for the other set of UCI types, the fourth set of REs corresponding with the second set of frequency resources; and

prepare one or more Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) transmissions comprising the first set of REs, the second set of REs, the third set of REs, and the fourth set of REs, wherein a number of REs in the first set of REs and the third set of REs in the first set of frequency resources is approximately equal to a number of REs in the second set of REs and the fourth set of REs in the second set of frequency resources; and

an interface for sending the PUSCH transmissions to a transmission circuitry.

2. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the first set of REs comprises a first number of REs corresponding with a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK); and

wherein the second set of REs comprises a second number of REs corresponding with the HARQ-ACK, the second number of REs corresponding with the HARQ-ACK being the same as the first number of REs corresponding with the HARQ-ACK.

3. The UE of claim 2 , wherein the first set of REs comprises a first number of REs corresponding with a Channel State Information (CSI) part 1; and

wherein the second set of REs comprises a second number of REs corresponding with the CSI part 1, the second number of REs corresponding with the CSI part 1 being different than the first number of REs corresponding with the CSI part 1.

4. The UE of claim 2 , wherein the first set of REs comprises a first number of REs corresponding with a Channel State Information (CSI) part 1;

wherein the second set of REs comprises a second number of REs corresponding with the CSI part 1, the second number of REs corresponding with the CSI part 1 being the same as the first number of REs corresponding with the CSI part 1;

wherein the first set of REs comprises a first number of REs corresponding with a Channel State Information (CSI) part 2; and

wherein the second set of REs comprises a second number of REs corresponding with the CSI part 2, the second number of REs corresponding with the CSI part 2 being different than the first number of REs corresponding with the CSI part 2.

5. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the set of UCI types comprises at least one of:

a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK), a Channel State Information (CSI) part 1, or a CSI part 2.

6. The UE of claim 1 ,

wherein a number of REs corresponding with a Channel State Information (CSI) part 1 in the first set of REs is different than a number of REs corresponding with the CSI part 1 in the second set of REs.

7. The UE of claim 1 , wherein a number of REs corresponding with a Channel State Information (CSI) part 2 in the first set of REs is different than a number of REs corresponding with the CSI part 2 in the second set of REs.

8. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more PUSCH transmissions are within a single slot comprising 14 Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols.

9. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the first set of frequency resources corresponds to a first frequency hop; and wherein the second set of frequency resources corresponds to a second frequency hop.

10. Non-transitory machine readable storage media having machine executable instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors of a User Equipment (UE) operable to communicate with a base station on a wireless network to perform operations comprising:

allocating a first set of Resource Elements (REs) for a set of Uplink Control Information (UCI) types corresponding with a first set of frequency resources;

allocating a second set of REs for the set of UCI types corresponding with a second set of frequency resources;

allocating a third set of REs for an other set of UCI types corresponding with the first set of frequency resources;

allocating a fourth set of REs for the other set of UCI types corresponding with the second set of frequency resources; and

preparing one or more Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) transmissions comprising the first set of REs, the second set of REs, the third set of REs, and the fourth set of REs, wherein a number of REs in the first set of REs and the third set of REs in the first set of frequency resources is approximately equal to a number of REs in the second set of REs and the fourth set of REs in the second set of frequency resources.

11. The non-transitory machine readable storage media of claim 10 , wherein the first set of REs comprises a first number of REs corresponding with a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK);

wherein the second set of REs comprises a second number of REs corresponding with the HARQ-ACK, the second number of REs corresponding with the HARQ-ACK being the same as the first number of REs corresponding with the HARQ-ACK;

wherein the first set of REs comprises a first number of REs corresponding with a Channel State Information (CSI) part 1; and

wherein the second set of REs comprises a second number of REs corresponding with the CSI part 1, the second number of REs corresponding with the CSI part 1 being different than the first number of REs corresponding with the CSI part 1.

12. The non-transitory machine readable storage media of claim 10 , wherein the first set of REs comprises a first number of REs corresponding with a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK);

wherein the second set of REs comprises a second number of REs corresponding with the HARQ-ACK, the second number of REs corresponding with the HARQ-ACK being the same as the first number of REs corresponding with the HARQ-ACK;

wherein the first set of REs comprises a first number of REs corresponding with a Channel State Information (CSI) part 1;

wherein the second set of REs comprises a second number of REs corresponding with the CSI part 1, the second number of REs corresponding with the CSI part 1 being the same as the first number of REs corresponding with the CSI part 1;

wherein the first set of REs comprises a first number of REs corresponding with a Channel State Information (CSI) part 2; and

wherein the second set of REs comprises a second number of REs corresponding with the CSI part 2, the second number of REs corresponding with the CSI part 2 being different than the first number of REs corresponding with the CSI part 2.

13. The non-transitory machine readable storage media of claim 10 , wherein the set of UCI types comprises at least one of: a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK), a Channel State Information (CSI) part 1, or a CSI part 2.

14. The non-transitory machine readable storage media of claim 10 , wherein a number of REs corresponding with a Channel State Information (CSI) part 1 in the first set of REs is different than a number of REs corresponding with the CSI part 1 in the second set of REs.

15. The non-transitory machine readable storage media of claim 10 , wherein a number of REs corresponding with a Channel State Information (CSI) part 2 in the first set of REs is different than a number of REs corresponding with the CSI part 2 in the second set of REs.

16. The non-transitory machine readable storage media of claim 10 , wherein the one or more PUSCH transmissions are within a single slot comprising 14 Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols;

wherein the first set of frequency resources corresponds to a first frequency hop; and

wherein the second set of frequency resources corresponds to a second frequency hop.

17. A User Equipment (UE) comprising an application processor, a memory, one or more antennas, a wireless interface for allowing the application processor to communicate with another device, a touch-screen display, and one or more processors to:

allocate a first set of Resource Elements (REs) for a set of Uplink Control Information (UCI) types corresponding with a first set of frequency resources;

allocate a second set of REs for the set of UCI types corresponding with a second set of frequency resources;

allocate a third set of REs for an other set of UCI types corresponding with the first set of frequency resources;

allocate a fourth set of REs for the other set of UCI types corresponding with the second set of frequency resources; and

prepare one or more Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) transmissions comprising the first set of REs, the second set of REs, the third set of REs, and the fourth set of REs, wherein a number of REs in the first set of REs and the third set of REs in the first set of frequency resources is approximately equal to a number of REs in the second set of REs and the fourth set of REs in the second set of frequency resources; and

an interface for sending the PUSCH transmissions from the one or more processors to a transmission circuitry.

18. The UE of claim 17 , wherein the one or more PUSCH transmissions are within a single slot comprising 14 Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols;

wherein the first set of frequency resources corresponds to a first frequency hop;

wherein the second set of frequency resources corresponds to a second frequency hop;

wherein the first set of REs comprises a first number of REs corresponding with a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK); and

wherein the second set of REs comprises a second number of REs corresponding with the HARQ-ACK, the second number of REs corresponding with the HARQ-ACK being the same as the first number of REs corresponding with the HARQ-ACK.

19. The UE of claim 18 , wherein the first set of REs comprises a first number of REs corresponding with a Channel State Information (CSI) part 1; and

wherein the second set of REs comprises a second number of REs corresponding with the CSI part 1, the second number of REs corresponding with the CSI part 1 being different than the first number of REs corresponding with the CSI part 1.

20. The UE of claim 18 ,

wherein the first set of REs comprises a first number of REs corresponding with a Channel State Information (CSI) part 1;

wherein the second set of REs comprises a second number of REs corresponding with the CSI part 1, the second number of REs corresponding with the CSI part 1 being the same as the first number of REs corresponding with the CSI part 1;

wherein the first set of REs comprises a first number of REs corresponding with a Channel State Information (CSI) part 2; and

wherein the second set of REs comprises a second number of REs corresponding with the CSI part 2, the second number of REs corresponding with the CSI part 2 being different than the first number of REs corresponding with the CSI part 2.

Assignments (3)
CONFIRMATORY ASSIGNMENT Recorded Aug 11, 2020
From: INTEL IP CORPORATION
To: INTEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053455/0489 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 25, 2020
From: INTEL CORPORATION
To: APPLE INC.
Reel/Frame 053065/0418 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 20, 2019
From: XIONG, GANG; ZHANG, YUSHU; NIMBALKER, AJIT; CHO, JOONYOUNG
To: INTEL CORPORATION; INTEL IP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049539/0310 →