IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,546,117
Granted Patent B2
US 11,546,117 · App. 16/872,850 · Granted Jan 3, 2023

Techniques and apparatuses for hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback for carrier aggregation in new radio

Inventors: Peter Pui Lok Ang (San Diego, CA); Wanshi Chen (San Diego, CA); Heechoon Lee (San Diego, CA); Jing Sun (San Diego, CA); Joseph Binamira Soriaga (San Diego, CA); Yang Yang (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
H04L5/0055H04L1/1864H04L5/0046H04W72/0426H04L1/1812H04L1/1887H04W72/0433
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Patent No.
US 11,546,117
App. No.
16/872,850
Granted
Jan 3, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine a first hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) payload for a first component carrier (CC) set based at least in part on a first downlink assignment index (DAI). The UE may determine a second HARQ-ACK payload for a second CC set based at least in part on a second DAI. The UE may transmit the first HARQ-ACK payload for the first CC set and the second HARQ-ACK payload for the second CC set. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Claims (37)

1. A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

determining a first hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) payload of a first size, for a first component carrier (CC) set, based at least on a first downlink assignment index (DAI);

determining a second HARQ-ACK payload of a second size, for a second CC set, based at least on a second DAI, wherein the second size is different from the first size;

transmitting a first size indicator that indicates the first size of the first HARQ-ACK payload and a second size indicator that indicates the second size of the second HARQ-ACK payload; and

transmitting the first HARQ-ACK payload for the first CC set and the second HARQ-ACK payload for the second CC set, wherein the first HARQ-ACK payload is concatenated in a first HARQ-ACK payload group and the second HARQ-ACK payload is concatenated in a second HARQ-ACK payload group.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein one or more first CCs included in the first CC set are associated with a first code block group (CBG) configuration, and wherein one or more second CCs included in the second CC set are associated with a second CBG configuration that is different from the first CBG configuration.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the first CBG configuration is a configuration where CBGs are enabled and the second CBG configuration is a configuration where CBGs are disabled.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one CC is assigned to the first CC set or the second CC set based at least on a semi-static code block group configuration for the at least one CC.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one CC is assigned to the first CC set or the second CC set based at least on a dynamic code block group configuration, for the at least one CC, indicated in fallback downlink control information that overrides a default or semi-static code block group configuration.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein one or more first CCs are assigned to the first CC set and one or more second CCs are assigned to the second CC set for a particular transmission time interval.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein one or more first CCs are assigned to the first CC set and one or more second CCs are assigned to the second CC based at least on a determination that code block groups are enabled for at least one CC of the UE.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first DAI is a first cumulative DAI and the second DAI is a second cumulative DAI.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first DAI is a first total DAI and the second DAI is a second total DAI.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first HARQ-ACK payload group and the second HARQ-ACK payload group are concatenated with one another for transmission.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein at least one of the first HARQ-ACK payload group or the second HARQ-ACK payload group is padded with DAI padding prior to concatenation with one another.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first size is one of 2 bits, 8 bits, or 16 bits.

13. The method of claim 1 , where the first size is based on a code block group (CBG) configuration for the first CC set.

14. A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:

memory; and

one or more processors, operatively coupled to the memory, configured to:

determine a first hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) payload of a first size, for a first component carrier (CC) set, based at least on a first downlink assignment index (DAI);

determine a second HARQ-ACK payload of a second size, for a second CC set, based at least on a second DAI, wherein the second size is different from the first size;

transmit a first size indicator that indicates the first size of the first HARQ-ACK payload and a second size indicator that indicates the second size of the second HARQ-ACK payload; and

transmit the first HARQ-ACK payload for the first CC set and the second HARQ-ACK payload for the second CC set, wherein the first HARQ-ACK payload is concatenated in a first HARQ-ACK payload group and the second HARQ-ACK payload is concatenated in a second HARQ-ACK payload group.

15. The UE of claim 14 , wherein one or more first CCs included in the first CC set are associated with a first code block group (CBG) configuration, and wherein one or more second CCs included in the second CC set are associated with a second CBG configuration that is different from the first CBG configuration.

16. The UE of claim 15 , wherein the first CBG configuration is a configuration where CBGs are enabled and the second CBG configuration is a configuration where CBGs are disabled.

17. The UE of claim 14 , wherein at least one CC is assigned to the first CC set or the second CC set based at least on at least one of:

a semi-static code block group configuration for the at least one CC,

a dynamic code block group configuration, for the at least one CC, indicated in fallback downlink control information that overrides the semi-static code block group configuration, or

a combination thereof.

18. The UE of claim 14 , wherein one or more first CCs are assigned to the first CC set and one or more second CCs are assigned to the second CC set for a particular transmission time interval.

19. The UE of claim 14 , wherein one or more first CCs are assigned to the first CC set and one or more second CCs are assigned to the second CC set based at least on a determination that code block groups are enabled for at least one CC of the UE.

20. The UE of claim 14 , wherein the first DAI includes at least one of a first cumulative DAI or a first total DAI, and wherein the second DAI includes at least one of a second cumulative DAI or a second total DAI.

21. The UE of claim 14 , wherein the first HARQ-ACK payload group and the second HARQ-ACK payload group are concatenated with one another for transmission.

22. The UE of claim 21 , wherein at least one of the first HARQ-ACK payload group or the second HARQ-ACK payload group is padded with DAI padding prior to concatenation with one another.

23. The UE of claim 14 , wherein the first size is one of 2 bits, 8 bits, or 16 bits.

24. The UE of claim 14 , where the first size is based on a code block group (CBG) configuration for the first CC set.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 16, 2020
From: ANG, PETER PUI LOK; CHEN, WANSHI; LEE, HEECHOON; SUN, JING; SORIAGA, JOSEPH BINAMIRA; YANG, YANG
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 053229/0914 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16120909 · Sep 4, 2018
Provisional Application 62587981 · Nov 17, 2017
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