IP Library Granted Patent US 12,250,686
Granted Patent B2
US 12,250,686 · App. 17/525,979 · Granted Mar 11, 2025

Method and device in nodes used for wireless communication

Inventors: Qi Jiang (Shanghai, CN); Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
H04W72/21H04L5/0053H04W72/0446
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Patent No.
US 12,250,686
App. No.
17/525,979
Granted
Mar 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A node first receives a first signaling and a second signaling, wherein the first signaling and the second signaling are used to determine a first time-domain resource set and a second time-domain resource set; and then transmits a first signal in the first time-domain resource set, and transmits a second signal in a target time-domain resource set; the second time-domain resource set is reserved for transmission of a first bit set, a first bit block comprised in the first bit set being used to generate the second signal; the second time-domain resource set comprises K1 first-type time-domain resource subsets; whether the first time-domain resource set is overlapping with the second time-domain resource set is used to determine time-domain resources comprised in the target time-domain resource set. The present disclosure optimizes the method and device of designs of UCI transmission during PUCCH collisions, thus optimizing the system performance.

Claims (30)

1. A first node for wireless communications, comprising:

a first receiver, receiving a first signaling and a second signaling; the first signaling is used to determine a first time-domain resource set, and the second signaling is used to determine a second time-domain resource set; and

a first transmitter, transmitting a first signal in the first time-domain resource set, and transmitting a second signal in a target time-domain resource set;

wherein the first time-domain resource set is reserved for transmission of the first signal, and the second time-domain resource set is reserved for transmission of a first bit set, the first bit set comprising a first bit block, the first bit block being used to generate the second signal; the second time-domain resource set comprises K1 first-type time-domain resource subsets, K1 being a positive integer greater than 1; whether the first time-domain resource set is overlapping with the second time-domain resource set is used to determine whether the target time-domain resource set is comprised of the K1 first-type time-domain resource subsets or K1 second-type time-domain resource subsets; at least one second-type time-domain resource subset of the K1 second-type time-domain resource subsets is different from any of the K1 first-type time-domain resource subsets; when the first time-domain resource set and the second time-domain resource set are orthogonal, the target time-domain resource set is comprised of the K1 first-type time-domain resource subsets; when the first time-domain resource set and the second time-domain resource set are overlapping, the target time-domain resource set is comprised of the K1 second-type time-domain resource subsets.

2. The first node according to claim 1 , wherein when the first time-domain resource set and the second time-domain resource set are overlapping, the second time-domain resource set comprises a third time-domain resource set and the target time-domain resource set, the third time-domain resource set comprises K3 first-type time-domain resource subset(s) of the K1 first-type time-domain resource subsets, and the target time-domain resource set comprises K2 first-type time-domain resource subset(s) of the K1 first-type time-domain resource subsets, where both K2 and K3 are positive integers less than K1, and a sum of the K2 and K3 equals K1.

3. The first node according to claim 1 , wherein when the first time-domain resource set and the second time-domain resource set are overlapping, the first bit block is used to generate K1 second-type radio sub-signals, and the second radio signal comprises the K1 second-type radio sub-signals, the K1 second-type radio sub-signals being transmitted respectively in the K1 second-type time-domain resource subsets in time domain.

4. The first node according to claim 1 , wherein the second signaling is used to indicate a first PUCCH resource, a time-domain resource occupied by the first PUCCH resource is comprised of the K1 first-type time-domain resource subsets, and the first PUCCH resource adopts a first PUCCH format; the second signal is transmitted in a second PUCCH resource, a time-domain resource occupied by the second PUCCH resource is comprised of the K1 second-type time-domain resource subsets, and the second PUCCH resource adopts a second PUCCH format, the first PUCCH format being different from the second PUCCH format.

5. The first node according to claim 2 , wherein the second signaling is used to indicate a first PUCCH resource, and a time-domain resource occupied by the first PUCCH resource is comprised of the K1 first-type time-domain resource subsets; the second signal is transmitted in a second PUCCH resource, and a time-domain resource occupied by the second PUCCH resource is comprised of the K1 second-type time-domain resource subsets; the first PUCCH resource and the second PUCCH resource occupy equal numbers of resource blocks in frequency domain.

6. The first node according to claim 2 , wherein of the K1 first-type time-domain resource subsets there is at least one first-type time-domain resource subset occupying a larger number of OFDM symbols than any second-type time-domain resource subset of the K1 second-type time-domain resource subsets.

7. The first node according to claim 1 , wherein the first receiver receives a third radio signal, and the first receiver receives a fourth radio signal; the first signaling comprises configuration information of the third radio signal, and the second signaling comprises configuration information of the fourth radio signal, the first signal comprises feedback for the third radio signal, and the second signal comprises feedback for the fourth radio signal.

8. The first node according to claim 1 , wherein the first time-domain resource set comprises M1 first-type time-domain resource subsets, the first signal comprises M1 first-type sub-signals, and the M1 first-type sub-signals are transmitted respectively in the M1 first-type time-domain resource subsets, M1 being a positive integer greater than 1.

9. The first node according to claim 1 , wherein the second signal is used for bearing K1 repetitions of transmission corresponding to a piece of UCI, K1 being a positive integer greater than 1; all information bits in a piece of UCI that the second time-domain resource set bears are transmitted in the second signal.

10. The first node according to claim 1 , wherein the phrase that “at least one second-type time-domain resource subset of the K1 second-type time-domain resource subsets is different from any of the K1 first-type time-domain resource subsets” means at least one of the following:

at least one second-type time-domain resource subset of the K1 second-type time-domain resource subsets occupies a different number of OFDM symbols from those occupied by any first-type time-domain resource subset of the K1 first-type time-domain resource subsets;

any second-type time-domain resource subset of the K1 second-type time-domain resource subsets occupies a different number of OFDM symbols from those occupied by any first-type time-domain resource subset of the K1 first-type time-domain resource subsets.

11. The first node according to claim 2 , wherein the first node drops transmitting information bits comprised in the first bit set in the third time-domain resource set, and the first node only transmits information bits comprised in the first bit block in the target time-domain resource set.

12. The first node according to claim 3 , wherein there is at least one information bit in the first bit set that does not belong to the first bit block, and the first bit block comprises partial information bits in the first bit set.

13. The first node according to claim 3 , wherein the first bit block only comprises information bits used for HARQ-ACK feedback.

14. The first node according to claim 4 , wherein the first bit set comprises information bits used for HARQ-ACK feedback, and the first bit set comprises information bits in at least one of a CQI, a PMI, a CRI, an SSBRI, an LI, a PTI, an RSRP, an RSRQ or a SINR.

15. The first node according to claim 3 , wherein when the first time-domain resource set and the second time-domain resource set are orthogonal, the second signaling is used to indicate the first PUCCH resource in a first PUCCH resource set, the first PUCCH resource set being configured by an RRC signaling; when the first time-domain resource set and the second time-domain resource set are overlapping, the second signaling is used to indicate the second PUCCH resource in a second PUCCH resource set, the second PUCCH resource set being configured by an RRC signaling.

16. The first node according to claim 1 , wherein the K1 first-type time-domain resource subsets respectively correspond to K1 slots.

17. The first node according to claim 1 , wherein the K1 second-type time-domain resource subsets respectively correspond to K1 mini-slots, or the K1 second-type time-domain resource subsets respectively correspond to K1 sub-slots, or the K1 second-type time-domain resource subsets respectively correspond to K1 OFDM symbols, or any of the K1 second-type time-domain resource subsets occupies fewer than 14 OFDM symbols.

18. A second node for wireless communications, comprising:

a second transmitter, transmitting a first signaling and a second signaling; the first signaling is used to determine a first time-domain resource set, and the second signaling is used to determine a second time-domain resource set; and

a second receiver, receiving a first signal in the first time-domain resource set, and receiving a second signal in a target time-domain resource set;

wherein the first time-domain resource set is reserved for transmission of the first signal, and the second time-domain resource set is reserved for transmission of a first bit set, the first bit set comprising a first bit block, the first bit block being used to generate the second signal; the second time-domain resource set comprises K1 first-type time-domain resource subsets, K1 being a positive integer greater than 1; whether the first time-domain resource set is overlapping with the second time-domain resource set is used to determine whether the target time-domain resource set is comprised of the K1 first-type time-domain resource subsets or K1 second-type time-domain resource subsets; at least one second-type time-domain resource subset of the K1 second-type time-domain resource subsets is different from any of the K1 first-type time-domain resource subsets; when the first time-domain resource set and the second time-domain resource set are orthogonal, the target time-domain resource set is comprised of the K1 first-type time-domain resource subsets; when the first time-domain resource set and the second time-domain resource set are overlapping, the target time-domain resource set is comprised of the K1 second-type time-domain resource subsets.

19. A method in a first node for wireless communications, comprising:

receiving a first signaling and a second signaling; the first signaling is used to determine a first time-domain resource set, and the second signaling is used to determine a second time-domain resource set; and

transmitting a first signal in the first time-domain resource set, and transmitting a second signal in a target time-domain resource set;

wherein the first time-domain resource set is reserved for transmission of the first signal, and the second time-domain resource set is reserved for transmission of a first bit set, the first bit set comprising a first bit block, the first bit block being used to generate the second signal; the second time-domain resource set comprises K1 first-type time-domain resource subsets, K1 being a positive integer greater than 1; whether the first time-domain resource set is overlapping with the second time-domain resource set is used to determine whether the target time-domain resource set is comprised of the K1 first-type time-domain resource subsets or K1 second-type time-domain resource subsets; at least one second-type time-domain resource subset of the K1 second-type time-domain resource subsets is different from any of the K1 first-type time-domain resource subsets; when the first time-domain resource set and the second time-domain resource set are orthogonal, the target time-domain resource set is comprised of the K1 first-type time-domain resource subsets; when the first time-domain resource set and the second time-domain resource set are overlapping, the target time-domain resource set is comprised of the K1 second-type time-domain resource subsets.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 4, 2025
From: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
To: APOGEE NETWORKS, LLC
Reel/Frame 070741/0575 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 25, 2022
From: JIANG, QI; ZHANG, XIAOBO
To: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 061522/0181 →
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CN 202011276189.9 · Nov 16, 2020 · national
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