IP Library Granted Patent US 12,082,201
Granted Patent B2
US 12,082,201 · App. 16/898,817 · Granted Sep 3, 2024

Wireless communications and control information transmission/reception

Inventors: Yunjung Yi (Vienna, VA); Esmael Dinan (McLean, VA); Hua Zhou (Herndon, VA)
Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
H04W72/23H04L1/1812
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Patent No.
US 12,082,201
App. No.
16/898,817
Granted
Sep 3, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Wireless communications for control information are described. A base station may send control information to a wireless device for data scheduling and/or other operations. A portion of the control information may not be received/decoded by the wireless device and/or may not be sent by the base station. A wireless device may be configured to use a first portion of the control information for various operations such as for receiving data, for example, even if a second portion of the control information is not successfully received/decoded.

Claims (67)

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a wireless device, one or more radio resource control messages indicating configuration parameters for multi-stage downlink control information (DCI);

receiving first-stage DCI of the multi-stage DCI, wherein the first-stage DCI comprises:

an indication of allocated resources; and

information associated with second-stage DCI of the multi-stage DCI;

receiving, by the wireless device and via the allocated resources, data; and

determining to skip a scheduled transmission, of the wireless device, that is associated with the multi-stage DCI, wherein the skip is based on at least one of:

the information associated with the second-stage DCI indicating an absence of the second-stage DCI; or

an unsuccessful decoding of the second-stage DCI.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the skip is based on the information associated with the second-stage DCI indicating the absence of the second-stage DCI.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

performing, based on the information associated with the second-stage DCI, a decoding operation for the second-stage DCI, wherein the decoding operation comprises the unsuccessful decoding of the second-stage DCI, and wherein the skip is based on the unsuccessful decoding of the second-stage DCI.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the scheduled transmission comprises at least one of:

hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback associated with the data;

a sounding reference signal; or

channel state information (CSI) feedback associated with the multi-stage DCI.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more radio resource control messages further indicate:

a default behavior associated with skipping the scheduled transmission; and

a search space associated with the multi-stage DCI.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the allocated resources comprise at least one of:

a downlink resource for a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH); or

a resource for a sidelink.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

after the unsuccessful decoding of the second-stage DCI, successfully decoding the second-stage DCI; and

transmitting, based on the second-stage DCI, a message.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining to skip decoding the second-stage DCI, based on the information associated with the second-stage DCI indicating the absence of the second-stage DCI.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first-stage DCI indicates at least one resource for the second-stage DCI.

10. A method comprising:

receiving, by a wireless device, one or more radio resource control messages indicating configuration parameters for multi-stage downlink control information (DCI);

receiving first-stage DCI of the multi-stage DCI, wherein the first-stage DCI comprises:

an indication of allocated resources; and

information associated with second-stage DCI of the multi-stage DCI;

receiving, by the wireless device and via the allocated resources, data;

performing, based on the information associated with the second-stage DCI, a decoding operation for the second-stage DCI; and

determining, based on the decoding operation for the second-stage DCI being unsuccessful, to skip a scheduled transmission of the wireless device.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the scheduled transmission comprises at least one of:

hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback associated with the data;

a sounding reference signal; or

channel state information (CSI) feedback associated with the multi-stage DCI.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the one or more radio resource control messages further indicate:

a default behavior associated with skipping the scheduled transmission; and

a search space associated with the multi-stage DCI.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the allocated resources comprise at least one of:

a downlink resource for a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH); or

a resource for a sidelink.

14. The method of claim 10 , wherein the information associated with the second-stage DCI indicates a presence of the second-stage DCI.

15. A method comprising:

receiving, by a wireless device, one or more radio resource control messages indicating configuration parameters for multi-stage downlink control information (DCI);

receiving first-stage DCI of the multi-stage DCI, wherein the first-stage DCI comprises:

an indication of allocated resources; and

information associated with second-stage DCI of the multi-stage DCI;

receiving, by the wireless device and via the allocated resources, data;

determining, based on the information associated with the second-stage DCI, an absence of the second-stage DCI; and

determining, based on the absence of the second-stage DCI, to skip a scheduled transmission of the wireless device.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the scheduled transmission comprises at least one of:

hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback associated with the data;

a sounding reference signal; or

channel state information (CSI) feedback associated with the multi-stage DCI.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the one or more radio resource control messages further indicate:

a default behavior associated with skipping the scheduled transmission; and

a search space associated with the multi-stage DCI.

18. The method of claim 15 , wherein the allocated resources comprise at least one of:

a downlink resource for a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH); or

a resource for a sidelink.

19. The method of claim 15 , wherein the first-stage DCI indicates at least one resource for the second-stage DCI.

20. The method of claim 15 , wherein the information associated with the second-stage DCI indicates the absence of the second-stage DCI.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 8, 2021
From: YI, YUNJUNG; DINAN, ESMAEL; ZHOU, HUA
To: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 058335/0698 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 8, 2021
From: YI, YUNJUNG; DINAN, ESMAEL; ZHOU, HUA
To: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 058335/0712 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62860111 · Jun 11, 2019
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