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Granted Patent B2
US 12,261,783 · App. 17/631,828 · Granted Mar 25, 2025

Techniques for indicating uplink transmission capabilities in wireless communications

Inventors: Bo Chen (Beijing, CN); Chenxi Hao (Beijing, CN); Chao Wei (Beijing, CN); Yu Zhang (San Diego, CA); Ruiming Zheng (Beijing, CN); Peng Cheng (Beijing, CN); Peter Gaal (San Diego, CA); Hao Xu (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04L5/0005H04L5/0035H04L5/0048H04L5/0096
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Patent No.
US 12,261,783
App. No.
17/631,828
Granted
Mar 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Aspects described herein relate to transmitting an indication of a capability to support concurrent or time division multiplexed uplink transmission of at least one of multiple uplink channels across multiple component carriers. In addition, a configuration to transmit over the at least one of the multiple uplink channels over the multiple component carriers using concurrent transmission or time division multiplexed transmission can be received based on the indication.

Claims (48)

1. A method for wireless communication, comprising:

transmitting a capability indication including, for each band combination of multiple band combinations, an indication field indicating a capability to support concurrent or time division multiplexed uplink transmission of an uplink channel across multiple component carriers of the band combination;

transmitting a second indication of at least one of a number of physical antennas or a number of transmission layers of the uplink channel supported for each of the multiple component carriers or each of multiple combinations of the multiple component carriers; and

receiving, based on the capability indication and the second indication, a configuration to transmit over the uplink channel over the multiple component carriers of one of the multiple band combinations using concurrent transmission or time division multiplexed transmission.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the capability indication indicates separate capabilities to support the concurrent or time division multiplexed uplink transmission of the uplink channel over the multiple band combinations.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the capability indication indicates separate capabilities for each of multiple uplink channels including the uplink channel.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting a third indication of a carrier switching capability of a carrier switching time supported for switching transmitting of the uplink channel between the multiple component carriers of one of the multiple band combinations.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second indication indicates separate capabilities for each of multiple uplink channels including the uplink channel.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting a third indication of a second capability of whether separate primary cell (PCell) configuration for downlink and uplink is supported for one or more of the multiple band combinations.

7. A method for wireless communication, comprising:

receiving, from a user equipment (UE), a capability indication including, for each band combination of multiple band combinations, an indication field indicating a capability to support concurrent or time division multiplexed uplink transmission of an uplink channel across multiple component carriers of the band combination;

determining, based on the capability indication, a configuration for the UE for transmitting over the uplink channel over the multiple component carriers of one of the multiple band combinations using concurrent transmission or time division multiplexed transmission; and

transmitting, based on the capability indication, the configuration to the UE.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the capability indication indicates separate capabilities to support the concurrent or time division multiplexed uplink transmission of the uplink channel over the multiple band combinations.

9. The method of claim 7 , further comprising receiving a second indication of a carrier switching capability of a carrier switching time supported for switching transmitting of the uplink channel between the multiple component carriers of one of the multiple band combinations.

10. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

a transceiver;

a memory configured to store instructions;

one or more processors communicatively coupled with the memory and the transceiver, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:

transmit a capability indication including, for each band combination of multiple band combinations, an indication field indicating a capability to support concurrent or time division multiplexed uplink transmission of an uplink channel across multiple component carriers of the band combination;

transmit a second indication of at least one of a number of physical antennas or a number of transmission layers of the uplink channel supported for each of the multiple component carriers or each of multiple combinations of the multiple component carriers; and

receive, based on the capability indication and the second indication, a configuration to transmit over the uplink channel over the multiple component carriers of one of the multiple band combinations using concurrent transmission or time division multiplexed transmission.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the capability indication indicates separate capabilities to support the concurrent or time division multiplexed uplink transmission of the uplink channel over the multiple band combinations.

12. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the indication corresponds to multiple uplink channels including the uplink channel.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the multiple uplink channels include a physical uplink shared channel, a physical uplink control channel, a sounding reference signal, and a physical random access channel.

14. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the capability indication indicates separate capabilities for each of multiple uplink channels including the uplink channel.

15. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to transmit a third indication of a carrier switching capability of a carrier switching time supported for switching transmitting of the uplink channel between the multiple component carriers of one of the multiple band combinations.

16. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the second indication corresponds to multiple uplink channels including the uplink channel.

17. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the second indication indicates separate capabilities for each of multiple uplink channels including the uplink channel.

18. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to transmit a third indication of a second capability of whether separate primary cell (PCell) configuration for downlink and uplink is supported for one or more of the multiple band combinations.

19. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the configuration includes one or more resources grants indicating resources over which to transmit the uplink channel over at least a portion of the multiple component carriers of one of the multiple band combinations.

20. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

a transceiver;

a memory configured to store instructions;

one or more processors communicatively coupled with the memory and the transceiver, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:

receive, from a user equipment (UE), a capability indication including, for each band combination of multiple band combinations, an indication field indicating a capability to support concurrent or time division multiplexed uplink transmission of an uplink channel across multiple component carriers of the band combination;

determine, based on the capability indication, a configuration for the UE for transmitting over the uplink channel over the multiple component carriers of one of the multiple band combinations using concurrent transmission or time division multiplexed transmission; and

transmit, based on the capability indication, the configuration to the UE.

21. The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the capability indication indicates separate capabilities to support the concurrent or time division multiplexed uplink transmission of the uplink channel over the multiple band combinations.

22. The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the capability indication corresponds to multiple uplink channels including the uplink channel.

23. The apparatus of claim 22 , wherein the multiple uplink channels include a physical uplink shared channel, a physical uplink control channel, a sounding reference signal, and a physical random access channel.

24. The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the capability indication indicates separate capabilities for each of multiple uplink channels including the uplink channel.

25. The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to receive a second indication of a carrier switching capability of a carrier switching time supported for switching transmitting of the uplink channel between the multiple component carriers of one of the multiple band combinations.

26. The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to receive a second indication of at least one of a number of physical antennas or a number of transmission layers of the uplink channel supported for each of the multiple component carriers or each of multiple combinations of the multiple component carriers.

27. The apparatus of claim 26 , wherein the second indication corresponds to multiple uplink channels including the uplink channel.

28. The apparatus of claim 26 , wherein the second indication indicates separate capabilities for each of multiple uplink channels including the uplink channel.

29. The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to receive a second indication of a second capability of whether separate primary cell (PCell) configuration for downlink and uplink is supported for one or more of the multiple band combinations.

30. The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the configuration includes one or more resources grants indicating resources over which to transmit the uplink channel over at least a portion of the multiple component carriers of one of the multiple band combinations.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 22, 2022
From: CHEN, BO; HAO, CHENXI; WEI, CHAO; ZHANG, YU; ZHENG, RUIMING; CHENG, PENG; GAAL, PETER; XU, HAO
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
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