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US 11,811,538 · App. 17/305,306 · Granted Nov 7, 2023

Multiplexing information with different priority values

Inventor: Aris Papasakellariou (Houston, TX)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04L1/1887
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Patent No.
US 11,811,538
App. No.
17/305,306
Granted
Nov 7, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods and apparatuses for multiplexing information with different priority values. A method for operating a user equipment (UE) includes determining a maximum number of resource elements (REs) of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) for multiplexing first hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information. The maximum number of REs is determined by scaling, with a factor, a total number of REs available for multiplexing the first HARQ-ACK information in the PUSCH. The PUSCH has a first priority value. The factor has a first value when the first HARQ-ACK information has the first priority value. The factor has a second value when the first HARQ-ACK information has a second priority value. The method further includes multiplexing the first HARQ-ACK information in the PUSCH over a number of REs that is smaller than or equal to the maximum number of REs and transmitting the PUSCH.

Claims (82)

1. A method, comprising:

determining a maximum number of resource elements (REs) of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) for multiplexing first hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information, wherein:

the maximum number of REs is determined by scaling, with a factor, a total number of REs available for multiplexing the first HARQ-ACK information in the PUSCH,

the PUSCH has a first priority value or a second priority value,

the first HARQ-ACK information has the first priority value or the second priority value,

the factor has a first value when the first HARQ-ACK information and the PUSCH have same priority values, and

the factor has a second value when the first HARQ-ACK information and the PUSCH have different priority values;

multiplexing the first HARQ-ACK information in the PUSCH over a number of REs that is smaller than or equal to the maximum number of REs; and

transmitting the PUSCH.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the first priority value is smaller than the second priority value, and

the second value is always equal to one.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the first HARQ-ACK information and the PUSCH have the first priority value,

the first HARQ-ACK information is multiplexed over a first set of REs when second HARQ-ACK information having the second priority value is not multiplexed in the PUSCH, and

the first HARQ-ACK information is multiplexed over a second set of REs when the second HARQ-ACK information having the second priority value is multiplexed in the PUSCH.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining a number of REs used to multiplex second HARQ-ACK information having the second priority value,

wherein determining the maximum number of REs further comprises subtracting the number of REs used to multiplex the second HARQ-ACK information from the scaled total number of REs, wherein the first HARQ-ACK information and the PUSCH have the first priority value.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the first HARQ-ACK information and the PUSCH have the first priority value,

the first value is a third value when second HARQ-ACK information having the second priority value is not multiplexed in the PUSCH, and

the first value is a fourth value when the second HARQ-ACK information having the second priority value is multiplexed in the PUSCH.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising multiplexing scheduling request (SR) information having the second priority value in the PUSCH, wherein the PUSCH has the first priority value.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising encoding the SR information jointly with the first HARQ-ACK information, wherein the first HARQ-ACK information has the second priority value.

8. A user equipment (UE), comprising:

a processor configured to:

determine a maximum number of resource elements (REs) of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) for multiplexing first hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information, wherein:

the maximum number of REs is determined by scaling, with a factor, a total number of REs available for multiplexing the first HARQ-ACK information in the PUSCH,

the PUSCH has a first priority value or a second priority value,

the first HARQ-ACK information has the first priority value or the second priority value,

the factor has a first value when the first HARQ-ACK information and the PUSCH have same priority values, and

the factor has a second value when the first HARQ-ACK information and the PUSCH have different priority values; and

multiplex the first HARQ-ACK information in the PUSCH over a number of REs that is smaller than or equal to the maximum number of REs; and

a transceiver operably connected to the processor, the transceiver configured to transmit the PUSCH.

9. The UE of claim 8 , wherein:

the first priority value is smaller than the second priority value, and

the second value is always equal to one.

10. The UE of claim 8 , wherein:

the first HARQ-ACK information and the PUSCH have the first priority value,

the first HARQ-ACK information is multiplexed over a first set of REs when second HARQ-ACK information having the second priority value is not multiplexed in the PUSCH, and

the first HARQ-ACK information is multiplexed over a second set of REs when the second HARQ-ACK information having the second priority value is multiplexed in the PUSCH.

11. The UE of claim 8 , wherein:

the processor is further configured to determine:

a number of REs used to multiplex second HARQ-ACK information having the second priority value, and

the maximum number of REs further based on subtraction of a number of REs used to multiplex the second HARQ-ACK information from the scaled total number of REs, and

the first HARQ-ACK information and the PUSCH have the first priority value.

12. The UE of claim 8 , wherein:

the first HARQ-ACK information and the PUSCH have the first priority value,

the first value is a third value when second HARQ-ACK information having the second priority value is not multiplexed in the PUSCH, and

the first value is a fourth value when the second HARQ-ACK information having the second priority value is multiplexed in the PUSCH.

13. The UE of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to multiplex scheduling request (SR) information having the second priority value in the PUSCH, wherein the PUSCH has the first priority value.

14. The UE of claim 13 , wherein:

the processor is further configured to encode the SR information jointly with the first HARQ-ACK information, and

the first HARQ-ACK information has the second priority value.

15. A base station, comprising:

a transceiver configured to receive a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH); and

a processor operably connected to the transceiver, the processor configured to:

determine a maximum number of resource elements (REs) of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) for de-multiplexing first hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information, wherein:

the maximum number of REs is determined by scaling, with a factor, a total number of REs available for multiplexing the first HARQ-ACK information in the PUSCH,

the PUSCH has a first priority value or a second priority value,

the first HARQ-ACK information has the first priority value or the second priority value,

the factor has a first value when the first HARQ-ACK information and the PUSCH have same priority values, and

the factor has a second value when the first HARQ-ACK information and the PUSCH have different priority values; and

de-multiplex the first HARQ-ACK information from the PUSCH over a number of REs that is smaller than or equal to the maximum number of REs.

16. The base station of claim 15 , wherein:

the first priority value is smaller than the second priority value, and

the second value is always equal to one.

17. The base station of claim 15 , wherein:

the first HARQ-ACK information and the PUSCH have the first priority value,

the first HARQ-ACK information is de-multiplexed over a first set of REs when second HARQ-ACK information having the second priority value is not multiplexed in the PUSCH, and

the first HARQ-ACK information is de-multiplexed over a second set of REs when the second HARQ-ACK information having the second priority value is multiplexed in the PUSCH.

18. The base station of claim 15 , wherein:

the processor is further configured to determine:

a number of REs used to multiplex second HARQ-ACK information having the second priority value, and

the maximum number of REs further based on subtraction of a number of REs used to multiplex the second HARQ-ACK information from the scaled total number of REs, and

the first HARQ-ACK information and the PUSCH have the first priority value.

19. The base station of claim 15 , wherein:

the first HARQ-ACK information and the PUSCH have the first priority value,

the first value is a third value when second HARQ-ACK information having the second priority value is not multiplexed in the PUSCH, and

the first value is a fourth value when the second HARQ-ACK information having the second priority value is multiplexed in the PUSCH.

20. The base station of claim 15 , wherein the processor is further configured to de-multiplex scheduling request (SR) information having the second priority value in the PUSCH, wherein the PUSCH has the first priority value.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2021
From: PAPASAKELLARIOU, ARIS
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056748/0469 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 63057091 · Jul 27, 2020
Provisional Application 63057103 · Jul 27, 2020
Related Publication 20220029753A1 · Jan 27, 2022
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