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US 12,149,481 · App. 17/731,219 · Granted Nov 19, 2024

Hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback position determining method and communications device

Inventors: Yang Song (Dongguan, CN); Na Li (Dongguan, CN)
Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
H04L5/0055H04L1/1812H04W72/0446
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Patent No.
US 12,149,481
App. No.
17/731,219
Granted
Nov 19, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback position determining method and a communications device. The HARQ-ACK feedback position determining method includes: when a repetition scheme of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) in one slot is configured or indicated, determining at least one candidate PDSCH reception occasion based on a start and length indicator (SLIV) of a time domain resource allocation (TDRA); and determining, based on the first PDSCH scheduled by using downlink control information (DCI) and the at least one candidate PDSCH reception occasion, a feedback position of an HARQ-ACK corresponding to a first PDSCH in a preset HARQ-ACK codebook, where the first PDSCH is transmitted for one or more times.

Claims (64)

1. A method for determining a feedback position of hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK), comprising:

when a repetition scheme of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) in one slot is configured or indicated, determining at least one candidate PDSCH reception occasion based on a start and length indicator (SLIV) of a time domain resource allocation (TDRA); and

determining, based on a first PDSCH scheduled by using downlink control information (DCI) and the at least one candidate PDSCH reception occasion, a feedback position of an HARQ-ACK corresponding to the first PDSCH in a preset HARQ-ACK codebook, wherein the first PDSCH is transmitted for one or more times,

wherein when the repetition scheme being scheme 2a or scheme 2b, a quantity of phase tracking reference signal (PTRS) ports of a frequency domain resource corresponding to each transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state is 1, a frequency density of the PTRS is a density of a frequency domain resource corresponding to each TCI state, wherein:

the scheme 2a is that transmission on all resources is performed by using one single coded codeword of a redundancy version (RV); and

the scheme 2b is that transmission on each non-overlapping frequency domain resource is performed by using one single coded codeword of an RV.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein one TDRA corresponds to N candidate PDSCH reception occasions; and

the determining at least one candidate PDSCH reception occasion based on an SLIV of a TDRA comprises:

determining N SLIVs based on M SLIVs;

determining N candidate PDSCH reception occasions based on the N SLIVs, wherein

M represents a largest quantity of times of repeating the PDSCH in a time domain repetition scheme of a PDSCH in one slot, and the M SLIVs are determined based on an SLIV of one TDRA, a quantity of interval symbols between PDSCH repetitions, and a value of M;

the N SLIVs are some or all of the M SLIVs; and

M is an integer greater than 1, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to M.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the N SLIVs are located in a slot in which the first SLIV in the M SLIVs is located, and N is a largest quantity of SLIVs in the slot in which the first SLIV in the M SLIVs is located.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein when the HARQ-ACK is fed back by using a granularity of a slot, the determining, based on a first PDSCH scheduled by using DCI and the at least one candidate PDSCH reception occasion, a feedback position of an HARQ-ACK corresponding to the first PDSCH in a preset HARQ-ACK codebook comprises:

when it is indicated by using the DCI that a quantity of repetition times in time domain is 1, determining that the feedback position is a position, in a first preset HARQ-ACK codebook, of the first candidate PDSCH reception occasion that corresponds to the first SLIV and that is determined by using a target TDRA; or

when it is indicated by using the DCI that a quantity of repetition times in time domain is K, determining that the feedback position is a position, in a first preset HARQ-ACK codebook, of at least a k th candidate PDSCH reception occasion determined by using a target TDRA, wherein

the target TDRA is a TDRA corresponding to the first PDSCH, and

K is an integer greater than 1 and less than or equal to N, and k is an integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to K.

5. The method according to claim 2 , wherein when the HARQ-ACK is fed back by using a granularity of a sub-slot, the determining, based on a first PDSCH scheduled by using DCI and the at least one candidate PDSCH reception occasion, a feedback position of an HARQ-ACK corresponding to the first PDSCH in a preset HARQ-ACK codebook comprises:

when it is indicated by using the DCI that a quantity of repetition times in time domain is 1, determining that the feedback position is a position, in a second preset HARQ-ACK codebook, of a candidate PDSCH reception occasion that corresponds to the first SLIV and that is determined by using a target TDRA; or

when it is indicated by using the DCI that a quantity of repetition times in time domain is K, determining that the feedback position is a position, in a second preset HARQ-ACK codebook, of a candidate PDSCH reception occasion that corresponds to a Kth PDSCH repetition and that is determined by using a target TDRA, wherein

the target TDRA is a TDRA corresponding to the first PDSCH, and

K is an integer greater than 1 and less than or equal to N.

6. The method according to claim 2 , wherein an SLIV occupied by an nth PDSCH repetition is determined by using an SLIV occupied by an (n−1) th PDSCH repetition and a PDSCH repetition interval, wherein

n is an integer greater than 1 and less than or equal to N.

7. The method according to claim 2 , further comprising:

determining that a position for feeding back a non-acknowledgement (NACK) is a position other than the feedback position in the preset HARQ-ACK codebook.

8. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the determining N SLIVs based on M SLIVs comprises:

when a time domain repetition scheme of a PDSCH in one slot is configured or indicated, determining the N SLIVs based on the M SLIVs.

9. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the determining N SLIVs based on M SLIVs comprises:

when a time domain repetition scheme of a PDSCH in one slot is configured or indicated, and the HARQ-ACK is fed back by using a granularity of a sub-slot, determining the N SLIVs based on the M SLIVs.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein one TDRA corresponds to one candidate PDSCH reception occasion.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the determining, based on a first PDSCH scheduled by using DCI and the at least one candidate PDSCH reception occasion, a feedback position of an HARQ-ACK corresponding to the first PDSCH in a preset HARQ-ACK codebook comprises:

when it is indicated by using the DCI that a quantity of repetition times in time domain is 1 or K, determining that the feedback position is a position, in the preset HARQ-ACK codebook, of a candidate PDSCH reception occasion determined by using a target TDRA, wherein

the target TDRA is a TDRA corresponding to the first PDSCH, and

K is an integer greater than 1 and less than or equal to N.

12. The method according to claim 10 , wherein when a frequency domain repetition scheme of a PDSCH in one slot is configured or indicated, one TDRA corresponds to one candidate PDSCH reception occasion.

13. The method according to claim 10 , wherein when the HARQ-ACK is fed back by using a granularity of a slot, one TDRA corresponds to one candidate PDSCH reception occasion.

14. A communications device, comprising: a processor, a memory, and a computer program that is stored in the memory and that can be run on the processor, wherein when the computer program is executed by the processor, following steps of the hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback position determining method are implemented:

when a repetition scheme of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) in one slot is configured or indicated, determining at least one candidate PDSCH reception occasion based on a start and length indicator (SLIV) of a time domain resource allocation (TDRA); and

determining, based on a first PDSCH scheduled by using downlink control information (DCI) and the at least one candidate PDSCH reception occasion, a feedback position of an HARQ-ACK corresponding to the first PDSCH in a preset HARQ-ACK codebook, wherein the first PDSCH is transmitted for one or more times,

wherein when the repetition scheme being scheme 2a or scheme 2b, a quantity of phase tracking reference signal (PTRS) ports of a frequency domain resource corresponding to each transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state is 1, a frequency density of the PTRS is a density of a frequency domain resource corresponding to each TCI state, wherein:

the scheme 2a is that transmission on all resources is performed by using one single coded codeword of a redundancy version (RV); and

the scheme 2b is that transmission on each non-overlapping frequency domain resource is performed by using one single coded codeword of an RV.

15. The communications device according to claim 14 , wherein one TDRA corresponds to N candidate PDSCH reception occasions; and

the determining at least one candidate PDSCH reception occasion based on an SLIV of a TDRA comprises:

determining N SLIVs based on M SLIVs;

determining N candidate PDSCH reception occasions based on the N SLIVs, wherein

M represents a largest quantity of times of repeating the PDSCH in a time domain repetition scheme of a PDSCH in one slot, and the M SLIVs are determined based on an SLIV of one TDRA, a quantity of interval symbols between PDSCH repetitions, and a value of M;

the N SLIVs are some or all of the M SLIVs; and

M is an integer greater than 1, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to M.

16. The communications device according to claim 15 , wherein the N SLIVs are located in a slot in which the first SLIV in the M SLIVs is located, and N is a largest quantity of SLIVs in the slot in which the first SLIV in the M SLIVs is located.

17. The communications device according to claim 15 , wherein when the HARQ-ACK is fed back by using a granularity of a slot, the determining, based on a first PDSCH scheduled by using DCI and the at least one candidate PDSCH reception occasion, a feedback position of an HARQ-ACK corresponding to the first PDSCH in a preset HARQ-ACK codebook comprises:

when it is indicated by using the DCI that a quantity of repetition times in time domain is 1, determining that the feedback position is a position, in a first preset HARQ-ACK codebook, of the first candidate PDSCH reception occasion that corresponds to the first SLIV and that is determined by using a target TDRA; or

when it is indicated by using the DCI that a quantity of repetition times in time domain is K, determining that the feedback position is a position, in a first preset HARQ-ACK codebook, of at least a k th candidate PDSCH reception occasion determined by using a target TDRA, wherein

the target TDRA is a TDRA corresponding to the first PDSCH, and

K is an integer greater than 1 and less than or equal to N, and k is an integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to K.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, storing a computer program, wherein when the computer program is executed by a processor, following steps of the hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback position determining method are implemented:

when a repetition scheme of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) in one slot is configured or indicated, determining at least one candidate PDSCH reception occasion based on a start and length indicator (SLIV) of a time domain resource allocation (TDRA); and

determining, based on a first PDSCH scheduled by using downlink control information (DCI) and the at least one candidate PDSCH reception occasion, a feedback position of an HARQ-ACK corresponding to the first PDSCH in a preset HARQ-ACK codebook, wherein the first PDSCH is transmitted for one or more times,

wherein when the repetition scheme being scheme 2a or scheme 2b, a quantity of phase tracking reference signal (PTRS) ports of a frequency domain resource corresponding to each transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state is 1, a frequency density of the PTRS is a density of a frequency domain resource corresponding to each TCI state, wherein:

the scheme 2a is that transmission on all resources is performed by using one single coded codeword of a redundancy version (RV); and

the scheme 2b is that transmission on each non-overlapping frequency domain resource is performed by using one single coded codeword of an RV.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 27, 2022
From: SONG, YANG; LI, NA
To: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059741/0117 →
Priority Claims (1)
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Continuity (2)
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