Granted Patent B2

US 12,193,019 · App. 17/606,551 · Granted Jan 7, 2025

Inventors: Faris Alfarhan (Montreal, CA); J. Patrick Tooher (Montreal, CA); Aata El Hamss (Laval, CA)

Assignee: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.

H04W72/23H04L1/188

Abstract

Claims (35)

1. A method implemented by a wireless transmit and receive unit (WTRU),

the method comprising:

transmitting a first Transport Block (TB) associated with a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) process using a first configured grant (CG) resource of at least one CG, wherein the first CG resource is associated with the HARQ process; and

starting a first CG timer associated with the HARQ process and a first CG retransmission timer associated with the HARQ process;

receiving HARQ feedback information associated with the HARQ process, wherein the received HARQ feedback information is associated with the first transport block;

stopping the first CG retransmission timer associated with the HARQ process, based on receiving HARQ feedback information;

stopping the first CG timer associated with the HARQ process, based on the received HARQ feedback information indicating acknowledgment; and

on condition that the first CG timer associated with the HARQ process is stopped and on condition that the first CG retransmission timer associated with the HARQ process is stopped, transmitting a second TB associated with a new data transmission using a second CG resource of the at least one CG, wherein the second CG resource is associated with the HARQ process.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining a plurality of HARQ processes associated with CG resources; and

maintaining for each of the plurality of HARQ processes a CG timer and an CG retransmission timer.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the first CG timer and the CG retransmission timer for a first HARQ process of the plurality of HARQ processes are different than the CG timer and the CG retransmission timer for a second HARQ process of the plurality of HARQ processes.

4. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

on condition of receiving HARQ feedback information indicating acknowledgment, flushing a HARQ buffer associated with the HARQ process and toggling a New Data Indicator (NDI) associated with the HARQ process.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving a downlink control information (DCI) including the HARQ feedback information wherein the acknowledgment is indicating by a HARQ-ACK feedback value in a downlink feedback information (DFI) of the DCI.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first CG timer is stopped on condition of receiving the HARQ feedback information indicating acknowledgment, and wherein the CG retransmission timer is stopped on condition of receiving the HARQ feedback information indicating acknowledgment or negative acknowledgment.

7. A wireless transmit and receive unit (WTRU), the WTRU, comprising:

a processor;

a transceiver unit; and

a storage unit,

the processor operating with the transceiver unit and the storage unit configured to:

transmit a first Transport Block (TB) associated with a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) process using a first configured grant (CG) resource of at least on CG, wherein the first CG resource being associated with the HARQ process; and

start a first CG timer associated with the HARQ process and a first CG retransmission timer associated with the HARQ process;

receive HARQ feedback information associated with the HARQ process, wherein the received HARQ feedback information is associated with the first transport block;

stop the first CG retransmission timer associated with the HARQ process, based on receiving HARQ feedback information;

stop the first CG timer associated with the HARQ process, based on receiving HARQ feedback information indicating acknowledgment; and

on condition that the first CG timer associated with the HARQ process is stopped and on condition that the first CG retransmission timer associated with the HARQ process is stopped, transmit a second TB associated with a new data transmission using a second CG resource of the at least one CG, wherein the second CG resource is associated with the HARQ process.

8. The WTRU of claim 7 , configured to:

determine a plurality of HARQ processes associated with CG resources; and

maintain for each of the plurality of HARQ processes a CG timer and a CG retransmission timer.

9. The WTRU of claim 8 wherein the CG timer and the CG retransmission timer for a first HARQ process of the plurality of HARQ processes are different than the CG timer and the CG retransmission timer for a second HARQ process of the plurality of HARQ processes.

10. The WTRU of claim 7 , configured to:

flush a HARQ buffer associated with the HARQ process and toggling a New Data Indicator (NDI) associated with the HARQ process, on condition of receiving HARQ feedback information indicating acknowledgment.

11. The WTRU of claim 7 , configured to receive a downlink control information (DCI) including the HARQ feedback information wherein the acknowledgment is indicating by a HARQ-ACK feedback value in a downlink feedback information (DFI) of the DCI.

12. The WTRU of claim 7 , wherein the first CG timer is stopped on condition of receiving the HARQ feedback information indicating acknowledgment, and wherein the CG retransmission timer is stopped on condition of receiving the HARQ feedback information indicating acknowledgment or negative acknowledgment.

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