IP Library Granted Patent US 11,601,940
Granted Patent B2
US 11,601,940 · App. 17/111,389 · Granted Mar 7, 2023

Methods to configure uplink cancellation indication for supplementary uplink carriers

Inventors: Wei Yang (San Diego, CA); Seyedkianoush Hosseini (San Diego, CA); Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian (San Diego, CA); Wanshi Chen (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W72/0453H04L5/0044H04W76/27
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Patent No.
US 11,601,940
App. No.
17/111,389
Granted
Mar 7, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Aspects are presented which enable a UE to determine a supplementary uplink (SUL) configuration for an uplink cancellation indication (ULCI) for cancelling uplink communications in SUL. The UE receives from a base station a first configuration associated with a first block of an ULCI and associated with at least one of a SUL carrier a non-supplementary uplink (NUL) carrier in a cell. The base station configures the UE with a second configuration associated with a second block of the ULCI and associated with a SUL carrier in the cell, and the UE determines the second configuration. The UE monitors the ULCI based on the first configuration and the second configuration.

Claims (93)

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

receiving, from a base station, a first configuration associated with a first block of an uplink cancellation indication (ULCI), wherein the first configuration is associated with at least one of a supplementary uplink (SUL) carrier or a non-supplementary uplink (NUL) carrier in a cell;

determining a second configuration associated with a second block of the ULCI, wherein the second configuration is associated with the SUL carrier in the cell and is determined based on the first configuration received from the base station; and

monitoring the ULCI based on the first configuration and the second configuration.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second configuration is determined from radio resource control (RRC) parameters received from the base station and associated with the SUL carrier.

3. The method of claim 2 ,

wherein the first configuration includes a NUL size parameter indicating a first number of bits associated with the first block, and a NUL indication of time-frequency resources associated with the first block; and

wherein the second configuration includes a SUL cancellation indication (CI) payload size parameter indicating a second number of bits associated with the second block, and a SUL indication of time-frequency resources associated with the second block.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the SUL CI payload size parameter and the SUL indication are separate RRC parameters from the NUL size parameter and the NUL indication.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein the first configuration and the second configuration are configured under a same RRC parameter.

6. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the first configuration includes a NUL size parameter indicating a first number of bits associated with the first block;

wherein the second configuration includes a SUL cancellation indication (CI) payload size parameter indicating a second number of bits associated with the second block; and

wherein the SUL CI payload size parameter is the same as the NUL size parameter.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second configuration includes a set of SUL frequency resources, and the SUL frequency resources include one of a bandwidth part (BWP) on the SUL or a bandwidth of the SUL.

8. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the first configuration includes a first indication of NUL time domain resources associated with the first block;

wherein the second configuration includes a second indication of SUL time domain resources associated with the second block; and

wherein a NUL duration of the NUL time domain resources is the same as a SUL duration of the SUL time domain resources.

9. The method of claim 8 ,

wherein the SUL duration is equal to a ULCI monitoring periodicity of the UE when the ULCI monitoring periodicity is at least one slot; and

wherein the SUL duration is equal to a configured number of symbols when the ULCI monitoring periodicity is less than one slot.

10. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the first configuration includes a NUL time domain granularity associated with the first block;

wherein the second configuration includes a SUL time domain granularity associated with the second block; and

wherein the NUL time domain granularity is the same as the SUL time domain granularity.

11. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the first configuration includes a first indication of uplink cancelation priority on the NUL associated with the first block;

wherein the second configuration includes a second indication of uplink cancelation priority on the SUL associated with the second block; and

wherein the uplink cancelation priority on the NUL is the same as the uplink cancelation priority on the SUL.

12. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the second configuration is determined from radio resource control (RRC) parameters associated with the SUL carrier when the RRC parameters are configured by the base station; and

wherein the second configuration is determined based on the first configuration when the RRC parameters are not configured.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the RRC parameters associated with the SUL carrier comprise at least one of a set of frequency domain resources, a number of bits, a total duration of time domain resources, a time domain granularity, or an uplink cancelation priority.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ULCI is monitored based on the second configuration based on a radio resource control (RRC) parameter received from the base station.

15. An apparatus for wireless communication of a user equipment (UE), comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:

receive, from a base station, a first configuration associated with a first block of an uplink cancellation indication (ULCI), wherein the first configuration is associated with at least one of a supplementary uplink (SUL) carrier or a non-supplementary uplink (NUL) carrier in a cell;

determine a second configuration associated with a second block of the ULCI, wherein the second configuration is associated with the SUL carrier in the cell and is based on the first configuration received from the base station; and

monitor the ULCI based on the first configuration and the second configuration.

16. An apparatus for wireless communication of a user equipment (UE), comprising:

means for receiving, from a base station, a first configuration associated with a first block of an uplink cancellation indication (ULCI), wherein the first configuration is associated with at least one of a supplementary uplink (SUL) carrier or a non-supplementary uplink (NUL) carrier in a cell;

means for determining a second configuration associated with a second block of the ULCI, wherein the second configuration is associated with the SUL carrier in the cell and is based on the first configuration received from the base station; and

means for monitoring the ULCI based on the first configuration and the second configuration.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer executable code, the code when executed by a processor causes the processor to:

receive, from a base station, a first configuration associated with a first block of an uplink cancellation indication (ULCI), wherein the first configuration is associated with at least one of a supplementary uplink (SUL) carrier or a non-supplementary uplink (NUL) carrier in a cell;

determine a second configuration associated with a second block of the ULCI, wherein the second configuration is associated with the SUL carrier in the cell and is based on the first configuration received from the base station; and

monitor the ULCI based on the first configuration and the second configuration.

18. A method of wireless communication of a base station comprising:

transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), a first configuration associated with a first block of an uplink cancellation indication (ULCI), wherein the first configuration is associated with at least one of a supplementary uplink (SUL) carrier or a non-supplementary uplink (NUL) carrier in a cell; and

configuring the UE with a second configuration associated with a second block of the ULCI and based on the first configuration transmitted to the UE, wherein the second configuration is associated with the SUL carrier in the cell.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the second configuration includes radio resource control (RRC) parameters transmitted to the UE and associated with the SUL carrier.

20. The method of claim 19 ,

wherein the first configuration includes a NUL size parameter indicating a first number of bits associated with the first block, and a NUL indication of time-frequency resources associated with the first block; and

wherein the second configuration includes a SUL cancellation indication (CI) payload size parameter indicating a second number of bits associated with the second block, and a SUL indication of time-frequency resources associated with the second block.

21. The method of claim 20 , wherein the SUL CI payload size parameter and the SUL indication are separate RRC parameters from the NUL size parameter and the NUL indication.

22. The method of claim 19 , wherein the first configuration and the second configuration are configured under a same RRC parameter.

23. The method of claim 18 ,

wherein the first configuration includes a NUL size parameter indicating a first number of bits associated with the first block;

wherein the second configuration includes a SUL cancellation indication (CI) payload size parameter indicating a second number of bits associated with the second block; and

wherein the SUL CI payload size parameter is the same as the NUL size parameter.

24. The method of claim 18 , wherein the second configuration includes a set of SUL frequency resources, and the SUL frequency resources include one of a bandwidth part (BWP) on the SUL or a bandwidth of the SUL.

25. The method of claim 18 ,

wherein the first configuration includes a first indication of NUL time domain resources associated with the first block;

wherein the second configuration includes a second indication of SUL time domain resources associated with the second block; and

wherein a NUL duration of the NUL time domain resources is the same as a SUL duration of the SUL time domain resources.

26. The method of claim 25 ,

wherein the SUL duration is equal to a ULCI monitoring periodicity of the UE when the ULCI monitoring periodicity is at least one slot; and

wherein the SUL duration is equal to a configured number of symbols when the ULCI monitoring periodicity is less than one slot.

27. The method of claim 18 ,

wherein the first configuration includes a NUL time domain granularity associated with the first block;

wherein the second configuration includes a SUL time domain granularity associated with the second block; and

wherein the NUL time domain granularity is the same as the SUL time domain granularity.

28. The method of claim 18 ,

wherein the first configuration includes a first indication of uplink cancelation priority on the NUL associated with the first block;

wherein the second configuration includes a second indication of uplink cancelation priority on the SUL associated with the second block; and

wherein the uplink cancelation priority on the NUL is the same as the uplink cancelation priority on the SUL.

29. The method of claim 18 , further comprising:

configuring the UE to determine the second configuration from radio resource control (RRC) parameters associated with the SUL carrier when the RRC parameters are configured by the base station; and

configuring the UE to determine the second configuration based on the first configuration when the RRC parameters are not configured.

30. The method of claim 29 , wherein the RRC parameters associated with the SUL carrier comprise at least one of a set of frequency domain resources, a number of bits, a total duration of time domain resources, a time domain granularity, or an uplink cancelation priority.

31. An apparatus for wireless communication of a base station, comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:

transmit, to a user equipment (UE), a first configuration associated with a first block of an uplink cancellation indication (ULCI), wherein the first configuration is associated with at least one of a supplementary uplink (SUL) carrier or a non-supplementary uplink (NUL) carrier in a cell; and

configure the UE with a second configuration associated with a second block of the ULCI and based on the first configuration transmitted to the UE, wherein the second configuration is associated with the SUL carrier in the cell.

32. An apparatus for wireless communication of a base station, comprising:

means for transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), a first configuration associated with a first block of an uplink cancellation indication (ULCI), wherein the first configuration is associated with at least one of a supplementary uplink (SUL) carrier or a non-supplementary uplink (NUL) carrier in a cell; and

means for configuring the UE with a second configuration associated with a second block of the ULCI and based on the first configuration transmitted to the UE, wherein the second configuration is associated with the SUL carrier in the cell.

33. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer executable code, the code when executed by a processor causes the processor to:

transmit, to a user equipment (UE), a first configuration associated with a first block of an uplink cancellation indication (ULCI), wherein the first configuration is associated with at least one of a supplementary uplink (SUL) carrier or a non-supplementary uplink (NUL) carrier in a cell; and

configure the UE with a second configuration associated with a second block of the ULCI and based on the first configuration transmitted to the UE, wherein the second configuration is associated with the SUL carrier in the cell.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 22, 2020
From: YANG, WEI; HOSSEINI, SEYEDKIANOUSH; FAKOORIAN, SEYED ALI AKBAR; CHEN, WANSHI
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 054734/0607 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62943768 · Dec 4, 2019
Related Publication 20210176752A1 · Jun 10, 2021
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