Granted Patent B2

US 12,294,460 · App. 17/628,399 · Granted May 6, 2025

Inventors: Yu-Hsin Cheng (Taipei, TW); Yung-Lan Tseng (Taipei, TW); Mei-Ju Shih (Taipei, TW); Hung-Chen Chen (Taipei, TW)

Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA

H04L1/1671H04W72/1263H04W72/23

Abstract

Claims (46)

1. A user equipment (UE) for transmitting a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback, the UE comprising:

one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing one or more computer-executable instructions; and

at least one processor coupled to the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media, the at least one processor configured to execute the one or more computer-executable instructions to cause the UE to:

receive, from a base station (BS), a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) configuration for configuring a PUCCH, the PUCCH configuration indicating a specific PUCCH format of the PUCCH and whether a sidelink (SL) HARQ feedback is allowed to be transmitted on the PUCCH;

generate a first HARQ feedback in response to first data received from the BS via a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH);

generate a second HARQ feedback in response to second data received from another UE via a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH); and

transmit, to the BS, uplink control information (UCI) including at least a portion of the first HARQ feedback and at least a portion of the second HARQ feedback via the PUCCH in a case that the PUCCH configuration indicates that the SL HARQ feedback is allowed to be transmitted on the PUCCH and a first PUCCH for the first HARQ feedback overlaps a second PUCCH for the second HARQ feedback in time domain,

wherein another portion of at least one of the first HARQ feedback and the second HARQ feedback is discarded in the UCI.

2. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the specific PUCCH format is one of a PUCCH format 0, a PUCCH format 1, a PUCCH format 2, a PUCCH format 3, and a PUCCH format 4.

3. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the one or more computer-executable instructions to cause the UE to:

transmit one of the first HARQ feedback and the second HARQ feedback in a case that the PUCCH configuration indicates that the SL HARQ feedback is not allowed to be transmitted on the PUCCH and the first PUCCH for the first HARQ feedback overlaps the second PUCCH for the second HARQ feedback in the time domain.

4. The UE of claim 3 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the one or more computer-executable instructions to cause the UE to:

perform a prioritization procedure to determine which one of the first HARQ feedback and the second HARQ feedback is to be transmitted.

5. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the one or more computer-executable instructions to cause the UE to:

transmit, to the BS, a UE capability that indicates whether the UE supports multiplexing the first HARQ feedback with the second HARQ feedback.

6. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the one or more computer-executable instructions to cause the UE to:

perform a prioritization procedure according to the first HARQ feedback, the second HARQ feedback, a prioritization rule, and a payload size of the PUCCH to determine the UCI.

7. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the PSSCH is scheduled by sidelink control information (SCI) that includes a priority indicator of the second HARQ feedback.

8. The UE of claim 6 , wherein:

the PUCCH is further used for transmitting a scheduling request (SR) and a channel state information (CSI) report,

the first HARQ feedback includes HARQ control information for a first service type and HARQ control information for a second service type, and

the prioritization rule indicates a prioritization order of the HARQ control information for the first service type, the HARQ control information for the second service type, the SR, and the CSI report.

9. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the one or more computer-executable instructions to cause the UE to:

receive a message that indicates whether a HARQ codebook type of the second HARQ feedback is semi-static or dynamic.

10. A method for transmitting a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

receiving, from a base station (BS), a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) configuration for configuring a PUCCH, the PUCCH configuration indicating a specific PUCCH format of the PUCCH and whether a sidelink (SL) HARQ feedback is allowed to be transmitted on the PUCCH;

generating a first HARQ feedback in response to first data received from the BS via a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH);

generating a second HARQ feedback in response to second data received from another UE via a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH); and

transmitting, to the BS, uplink control information (UCI) including at least a portion of the first HARQ feedback and at least a portion of the second HARQ feedback via the PUCCH in a case that the PUCCH configuration indicates that the SL HARQ feedback is allowed to be transmitted on the PUCCH and a first PUCCH for the first HARQ feedback overlaps a second PUCCH for the second HARQ feedback in time domain,

wherein another portion of at least one of the first HARQ feedback and the second HARQ feedback is discarded in the UCI.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

transmitting one of the first HARQ feedback and the second HARQ feedback in a case that the PUCCH configuration indicates that the SL HARQ feedback is not allowed to be transmitted on the PUCCH and the first PUCCH for the first HARQ feedback overlaps the second PUCCH for the second HARQ feedback in the time domain.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

performing a prioritization procedure to determine which one of the first HARQ feedback and the second HARQ feedback is to be transmitted.

13. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

transmitting, to the BS, a UE capability that indicates whether the UE supports multiplexing the first HARQ feedback with the second HARQ feedback.

14. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

performing a prioritization procedure according to the first HARQ feedback, the second HARQ feedback, a prioritization rule, and a payload size of the PUCCH to determine the UCI.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein:

the PUCCH is further used for transmitting a scheduling request (SR) and a channel state information (CSI) report,

the first HARQ feedback includes HARQ control information for a first service type and HARQ control information for a second service type, and

the prioritization rule indicates a prioritization order of the HARQ control information for the first service type, the HARQ control information for the second service type, the SR, and the CSI report.

16. The method of claim 10 , wherein the PSSCH is scheduled by sidelink control information (SCI) that includes a priority indicator of the second HARQ feedback.

17. The method of claim 10 , wherein the specific PUCCH format is one of a PUCCH format 0, a PUCCH format 1, a PUCCH format 2, a PUCCH format 3, and a PUCCH format 4.

18. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

receiving a message that indicates whether a HARQ codebook type of the second HARQ feedback is semi-static or dynamic.

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