IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,388,723
Granted Patent B2
US 11,388,723 · App. 16/833,522 · Granted Jul 12, 2022

Uplink transmission in a wireless communication system

Inventors: Hua Zhou (Herndon, VA); Esmael Dinan (McLean, VA); Ali Cagatay Cirik (Herndon, VA); Yunjung Yi (Vienna, VA); Hyoungsuk Jeon (Centreville, VA); Alireza Babaei (Fairfax, VA); Kyungmin Park (Vienna, VA); Kai Xu (Herndon, VA)
Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
H04W72/0493H04W72/02H04W72/042H04W72/0413H04W72/14
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,388,723
App. No.
16/833,522
Filed
Mar 28, 2020
Granted
Jul 12, 2022
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2467
USPC
370/329
Abstract

A wireless device receives configuration parameters of physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources of a cell. The PUCCH resources are grouped into a plurality of PUCCH resource groups. A downlink control information (DCI), indicating an uplink grant, is received via a control resource set. A PUCCH resource group is selected, based on the control resource set, from the plurality of PUCCH resource groups. A spatial relation information corresponding to a first PUCCH resource of the selected PUCCH resource group is determined. An uplink transport block is transmitted via the uplink grant based on the spatial relation information.

Claims (50)

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a wireless device, configuration parameters of physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources of a cell, the PUCCH resources being grouped into a plurality of PUCCH resource groups each associated with a respective panel of multiple panels of the wireless device;

receiving, via a control resource set, a downlink control information (DCI) indicating an uplink grant;

selecting, based on the control resource set, a PUCCH resource group from the plurality of PUCCH resource groups;

determining a spatial relation information corresponding to a first PUCCH resource of the selected PUCCH resource group; and

transmitting, via a first panel of the multiple panels corresponding to the selected PUCCH resource group, an uplink transport block via the uplink grant based on the spatial relation information.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining the first PUCCH resource, from the selected PUCCH resource group, as a resource with a lowest PUCCH resource index.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the DCI does not comprise a sounding reference signal resource indicator field.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selecting of the PUCCH resource group comprises selecting a PUCCH resource group, from the plurality of PUCCH resource groups, having a PUCCH resource group index associated with the control resource set.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting of the uplink transport block based on the spatial relation information comprises transmitting the uplink transport block based on a spatial domain transmission filter used for a transmission of uplink control information via the first PUCCH resource.

6. The method of claim 1 , comprising receiving first configuration parameters of a plurality of control resource sets comprising the control resource set.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the plurality of control resource sets are grouped into a plurality of control resource set groups, each of the plurality of control resource set groups being identified with a control resource set pool index.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein each of the plurality of PUCCH resource groups is associated with a corresponding one of the plurality of control resource set groups.

9. A wireless device comprising:

multiple panels;

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the wireless device to:

receive, from a base station, configuration parameters of physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources of a cell, the PUCCH resources being grouped into a plurality of PUCCH resource groups each associated with a respective panel of the multiple panels;

receive via a control resource set, a downlink control information (DCI) indicating an uplink grant;

select, based on the control resource set, a PUCCH resource group from the plurality of PUCCH resource groups;

determine a spatial relation information corresponding to a first PUCCH resource of the PUCCH resource group; and

transmit, via a first panel of the multiple panels corresponding to the selected PUCCH resource group, an uplink transport block via the uplink grant based on the spatial relation information.

10. The wireless device of claim 9 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the wireless device to determine the first PUCCH resource, from the selected PUCCH resource group, as a resource with a lowest PUCCH resource index.

11. The wireless device of claim 9 , wherein the selection of the PUCCH resource group comprises selecting a PUCCH resource group, from the plurality of PUCCH resource groups, having a PUCCH resource group index associated with the control resource set.

12. The wireless device of claim 9 , wherein the transmission of the uplink transport block based on the spatial relation information comprises transmitting the uplink transport block based on a spatial domain transmission filter used for a transmission of uplink control information via the first PUCCH resource.

13. The wireless device of claim 9 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the wireless device to receive first configuration parameters of a plurality of control resource sets comprising the control resource set.

14. The wireless device of claim 13 , wherein the plurality of control resource sets are grouped into a plurality of control resource set groups, each of the plurality of control resource set groups being identified with a control resource set pool index.

15. The wireless device of claim 14 , wherein each of the plurality of PUCCH resource groups is associated with a corresponding one of the plurality of control resource set groups.

16. A system comprising:

a base station; and

a wireless device,

wherein the base station comprises:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the base station to:

transmit configuration parameters of physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources of a cell, the PUCCH resources being grouped into a plurality of PUCCH resource groups each associated with a respective panel of multiple panels of the wireless device; and

transmit via a control resource set, a downlink control information (DCI) indicating an uplink grant; and

wherein the wireless device comprises:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the wireless device to:

receive the configuration parameters;

receive the DCI via the control resource set;

select, based on the control resource set, a PUCCH resource group from the plurality of PUCCH resource groups;

determine a spatial relation information corresponding to a first PUCCH resource of the PUCCH resource group; and

transmit, via a first panel of the multiple panels corresponding to the selected PUCCH resource group, an uplink transport block via the uplink grant based on the spatial relation information.

17. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving a medium access control control element (MAC CE) indicating an activation of:

a first spatial relation information (SRI) for a first PUCCH resource of a first PUCCH resource group associated with a second panel of the multiple panels; and

a second SRI for a second PUCCH resource of the first PUCCH resource group associated with the second panel.

18. The method of claim 17 , further comprising switching from the first panel to the second panel based on the activation of the first SRI for the first PUCCH resource and the second SRI for the second PUCCH resource.

19. The method of claim 18 , further comprising transmitting, based on the switching, a second uplink transport block via the second panel.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the second uplink transport block is transmitted based on a spatial relation information selected from the first SRI and the second SRI.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 3, 2020
From: ZHOU, HUA; DINAN, ESMAEL H; CIRIK, ALI C; YI, YUNJUNG; JEON, HYOUNGSUK; BABAEI, ALIREZA; PARK, KYUNGMIN; XU, KAI
To: OFINNO, LLC
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62825301 · Mar 28, 2019
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