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US 12,501,422 · App. 17/633,522 · Granted Dec 16, 2025

UCI transmission method, device, terminal and base station

Inventors: Xuejuan Gao (Beijing, CN); Qianqian Si (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
H04W72/1268H04L5/0055H04W72/569
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Patent No.
US 12,501,422
App. No.
17/633,522
Granted
Dec 16, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides an uplink control information (UCI) transmission method and device, a terminal and a base station, the method includes: when a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) carrying a first UCI and a PUCCH carrying a second UCI overlap in a time domain, dropping the second UCI and transmitting the first UCI, if a PUCCH format used for simultaneous transmission of the first UCI and the second UCI is different from a PUCCH format used for a PUCCH carrying the first UCI.

Claims (23)

1 . A transmission method of uplink control information (UCI), applied to a terminal, comprising: when a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) carrying a first UCI and a PUCCH carrying a second UCI overlap in a time domain, dropping the second UCI and transmitting the first UCI if a PUCCH format used for simultaneous transmission of the first UCI and the second UCI is different from a PUCCH format used for the PUCCH carrying the first UCI; wherein, the dropping the second UCI if the PUCCH format used for simultaneous transmission of the first UCI and the second UCI is different from the PUCCH format used for the PUCCH carrying the first UCI comprises at least one of: dropping the second UCI if the PUCCH format used for transmission of the first UCI is a first PUCCH format and a number of bits of the second UCI is greater than a preset value; dropping the second UCI if a number of bits of the first UCI is less than or equal to a preset value and a number of bits of the second UCI is greater than a preset value; dropping the second UCI if the PUCCH format used for transmission of the first UCI is a first PUCCH format and a PUCCH format used for transmission of the second UCI is a second PUCCH format; dropping the second UCI if a number of bits of the first UCI is less than or equal to a preset value, and a PUCCH format used for transmission of the second UCI is a second PUCCH format; dropping the second UCI if the PUCCH format used for transmission of the first UCI is a first PUCCH format, and the second UCI is channel state information (CSI); dropping the second UCI if a number of bits of the first UCI is less than or equal to a preset value, and the second UCI is channel state information (CSI); dropping the second UCI if the first UCI is a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) corresponding to a preset service type and/or a scheduling request (SR) corresponding to a preset service type, and the PUCCH format used for transmission of the first UCI is a first PUCCH format, and the second UCI is CSI; dropping the second UCI if the first UCI is a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement HARQ-ACK corresponding to a preset service type and/or scheduling request SR corresponding to a preset service type, and the number of bits of the first UCI is less than or equal to the preset value, the first UCI is CSI; dropping the second UCI if the PUCCH format used for transmission of the first UCI is a first PUCCH format, and a total number of bits of the first UCI and the second UCI is greater than a preset value; dropping the second UCI if a number of bits of the first UCI is less than or equal to a preset value, and a total number of bits of the first UCI and the second UCI is greater than a preset value; wherein, the first PUCCH format comprises at least one of PUCCH format 0 and PUCCH format 1; the second PUCCH format comprises at least one of PUCCH format 2, PUCCH format 3 and PUCCH format 4; the preset service type is URLLC or a high-priority service type.

2 . The transmission method according to claim 1 , wherein a priority of a service type to which the first UCI belongs is higher than a priority of a service type to which the second UCI belongs; or,

the first UCI belongs to an Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communication (URLLC) service, and the second UCI belongs to an Enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB) service; or,

a priority of the first UCI is higher than a priority of the second UCI.

3 . The transmission method according to claim 1 , wherein the preset value is 2.

4 . A transmission method of uplink control information (UCI), applied to a base station, comprising: when a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) carrying a first UCI and a PUCCH carrying a second UCI overlap in a time domain, determining that the second UCI is dropped and receiving only the first UCI, if a PUCCH format used for simultaneous transmission of the first UCI and the second UCI is different from a PUCCH format used for the PUCCH carrying the first UCI;

wherein, the determining that the second UCI is dropped if the PUCCH format used for simultaneous transmission of the first UCI and the second UCI is different from the PUCCH format used for the PUCCH carrying the first UCI comprises at least one of: determining that the second UCI is dropped if a PUCCH format used for transmission of the first UCI is a first PUCCH format, and a number of bits of the second UCI is greater than a preset value; determining that the second UCI is dropped if a number of bits of the first UCI is less than or equal to the preset value, and the number of bits of the second UCI is greater than the preset value; determining that the second UCI is dropped if the PUCCH format used for transmission of the first UCI is a first PUCCH format and a PUCCH format used for transmission of the second UCI is a second PUCCH format; determining that the second UCI is dropped if a number of bits of the first UCI is less than or equal to the preset value, and a PUCCH format used for transmission of the second UCI is a second PUCCH format; determining that the second UCI is dropped if the PUCCH format used for transmission of the first UCI is a first PUCCH format, and the second UCI is channel state information (CSI); determining that the second UCI is dropped if a number of bits of the first UCI is less than or equal to the preset value, and the second UCI is channel state information (CSI); determining that the second UCI is dropped if the first UCI is a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) corresponding to a preset service type and/or a scheduling request (SR) corresponding to a preset service type, and the PUCCH format used for transmission of the first UCI is a first PUCCH format, and the second UCI is CSI; determining that the second UCI is dropped if the first UCI is a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement HARQ-ACK corresponding to a preset service type and/or scheduling request SR corresponding to a preset service type, and the number of bits of the first UCI is less than or equal to the preset value, the first UCI is CSI; determining that the second UCI is dropped if the PUCCH format used for transmission of the first UCI is a first PUCCH format, and a total number of bits of the first UCI and the second UCI is greater than a preset value; determining that the second UCI is dropped if a number of bits of the first UCI is less than or equal to the preset value, and a total number of bits of the first UCI and the second UCI is greater than the preset value; wherein, the first PUCCH format comprises at least one of PUCCH format 0 and PUCCH format 1; the second PUCCH format comprises at least one of PUCCH format 2, PUCCH format 3 and PUCCH format 4; the preset service type is URLLC or a high-priority service type.

5 . The transmission method according to claim 4 , wherein a priority of a service type to which the first UCI belongs is higher than a priority of a service type to which the second UCI belongs; or,

the first UCI belongs to an Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communication (URLLC) service, and the second UCI belongs to an Enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB) service; or,

a priority of the first UCI is higher than a priority of the second UCI.

6 . The transmission method according to claim 4 , wherein the preset value is 2.

7 . A terminal, comprising: a transceiver, a memory, a processor and a program stored in the memory and running on the processor; wherein the processor is configured for: when a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) carrying a first UCI and a PUCCH carrying a second UCI overlap in a time domain, dropping the second UCI and transmitting the first UCI, if a PUCCH format used for simultaneous transmission of the first UCI and the second UCI is different from a PUCCH format used for the PUCCH carrying the first UCI; wherein, the dropping the second UCI if the PUCCH format used for simultaneous transmission of the first UCI and the second UCI is different from the PUCCH format used for the PUCCH carrying the first UCI comprises at least one of: dropping the second UCI if a PUCCH format used for transmission of the first UCI is a first PUCCH format, and a number of bits of the second UCI is greater than a preset value; dropping the second UCI if a number of bits of the first UCI is less than or equal to a preset value, and the number of bits of the second UCI is greater than the preset value; dropping the second UCI if the PUCCH format used for transmission of the first UCI is a first PUCCH format and a PUCCH format used for transmission of the second UCI is a second PUCCH format; dropping the second UCI if a number of bits of the first UCI is less than or equal to the preset value, and a PUCCH format used for transmission of the second UCI is a second PUCCH format; dropping the second UCI if the PUCCH format used for transmission of the first UCI is a first PUCCH format, and the second UCI is channel state information (CSI); dropping the second UCI if a number of bits of the first UCI is less than or equal to the preset value, and the second UCI is channel state information (CSI); dropping the second UCI if the first UCI is a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) corresponding to a preset service type and/or a scheduling request (SR) corresponding to a preset service type, and the PUCCH format used for transmission of the first UCI is a first PUCCH format, and the second UCI is CSI; dropping the second UCI if the first UCI is a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement HARQ-ACK corresponding to a preset service type and/or scheduling request SR corresponding to a preset service type, and the number of bits of the first UCI is less than or equal to the preset value, the first UCI is CSI; dropping the second UCI if the PUCCH format used for transmission of the first UCI is a first PUCCH format, and a total number of bits of the first UCI and the second UCI is greater than the preset value; dropping the second UCI if a number of bits of the first UCI is less than or equal to the preset value, and a total number of bits of the first UCI and the second UCI is greater than the preset value; wherein, the first PUCCH format comprises at least one of PUCCH format 0 and PUCCH format 1; the second PUCCH format comprises at least one of PUCCH format 2, PUCCH format 3 and PUCCH format 4; the preset service type is URLLC or a high-priority service type.

8 . The terminal according to claim 7 , wherein a priority of a service type to which the first UCI belongs is higher than a priority of a service type to which the second UCI belongs; or,

the first UCI belongs to an Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communication (URLLC) service, and the second UCI belongs to an Enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB) service; or,

a priority of the first UCI is higher than a priority of the second UCI.

9 . The transmission method according to claim 7 , wherein the preset value is 2.

10 . A base station, comprising: a transceiver, a memory, a processor, and a program stored in the memory and running on the processor; wherein the processor is configured to implement, when the program is executed by the processor, the steps in the transmission method of uplink control information (UCI) according to claim 1 .

11 . The base station according to claim 10 , wherein a priority of a service type to which the first UCI belongs is higher than a priority of a service type to which the second UCI belongs; or,

the first UCI belongs to an Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communication (URLLC) service, and the second UCI belongs to an Enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB) service; or,

a priority of the first UCI is higher than a priority of the second UCI.

12 . The transmission method according to claim 10 , wherein the preset value is 2.

13 . A non-transitory computer readable storage medium with a computer program stored thereon, when executed by a processor, the program implements the steps in the transmission method of uplink control information (UCI) according to claim 1 .

14 . A non-transitory computer readable storage medium with a computer program stored thereon, when executed by a processor, the program implements the steps in the transmission method of uplink control information (UCI) according to claim 5 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 4, 2022
From: GAO, XUEJUAN; SI, QIANQIAN
To: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059176/0125 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201910731769.3 · Aug 8, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220353884A1 · Nov 3, 2022
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