IP Library Granted Patent US 12,262,385
Granted Patent B2
US 12,262,385 · App. 17/748,012 · Granted Mar 25, 2025

Method and device in nodes used for large-delay wireless communication

Inventors: Zheng Liu (Shanghai, CN); Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
H04W72/21H04L5/0007H04W72/0446H04W72/0453
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Patent No.
US 12,262,385
App. No.
17/748,012
Granted
Mar 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides method and device in nodes used for wireless communication. A node receives first information; receives a first signaling; and transmits a first signal; the first information is used to determine a first characteristic parameter group, the first signaling is used to determine a target time length out of a first time length set, and the first characteristic parameter group comprises at least one of a type of a transmitter of the first information, a height of a transmitter of the first information or a common time offset; the first time length set is one of X candidate time length sets; the first characteristic parameter group is used to determine a first time length set out of the X candidate time length sets. The present disclosure ensures a successful uplink transmission.

Claims (51)

1. A first node for wireless communications, comprising:

a first receiver, receiving first information, the first information being used to determine a first characteristic parameter group;

a second receiver, receiving a first signaling, the first signaling being used to determine a target time length out of a first time length set; and

a first transmitter, transmitting a first signal, wherein the first signal carries Uplink Control Information (UCI) of physical layer;

wherein:

the first characteristic parameter group comprises at least one of a type of a transmitter of the first information, a height of a transmitter of the first information or a common time offset;

the first time length set is one of X candidate time length sets, X being a positive integer greater than 1;

the type of the transmitter of the first information is used to determine the first time length set out of the X candidate time length sets;

any of the X candidate time length sets comprises more than one time length, and the target time length is a time length in the first time length set; and

the target time length and the common time offset are used together to determine a time interval length between a time for receiving the first signaling and a time for transmitting the first signal.

2. The first node according claim 1 , wherein the first signaling is used to determine a first index, and the first index is an index of a first configuration combination, the first configuration combination is one of P configuration combinations, P being a positive integer greater than 1; each of the P configuration combinations comprises at least a time interval length among a time interval length, an index of a start symbol in a slot to which it belongs or an occupied time length, and the target time length is equal to a time interval length comprised in the first configuration combination; a time interval length comprised in any of the P configuration combinations is equal to a time length in the first time length set.

3. The first node according to claim 2 , wherein the second receiver receives second information; wherein the second information is used to determine the P configuration combinations.

4. The first node according to claim 1 , wherein time lengths in the first time length set are sorted in order of length, an absolute value of a difference value between any two adjacent time lengths in the first time length set is equal to a first step-size, the first step-size is equal to a positive integral number of a first slot length, and the first slot length is equal to a time length of a slot to which an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol occupied by the first signal in time domain belongs.

5. The first node according to claim 1 , wherein the second receiver receives a second signal, and the first transmitter transmits a third signal; wherein the common time offset is used to determine a time interval length between an end time for receiving the second signal and a start time for transmitting the third signal, and the third signal carries Uplink Control Information (UCI); the second signal is different from the first signaling, and the third signal is different from the first signal.

6. The first node according to claim 1 , wherein when the first characteristic parameter group does not comprise the common time offset, the first receiver receives third information; wherein the third information is used to determine the common time offset.

7. The first node according to claim 1 , wherein the second receiver receives a fourth signal; wherein the first signaling is used to determine time-frequency resources occupied by the fourth signal; the target time length and the common time offset are used together to determine a time interval length between a time for receiving the fourth signal and the time for transmitting the first signal, the time interval length between the time for receiving the fourth signal and the time for transmitting the first signal is used to determine a time interval length between a time for receiving the first signaling and the time for transmitting the first signal.

8. A second node for wireless communications, comprising:

a second transmitter, transmitting first information, the first information being used to determine a first characteristic parameter group;

a third transmitter, transmitting a first signaling, the first signaling being used to determine a target time length out of a first time length set; and

a third receiver, receiving a first signal, the first signal carries Uplink Control Information (UCI) of physical layer; wherein:

the first characteristic parameter group comprises at least one of a type of a transmitter of the first information, a height of a transmitter of the first information or a common time offset;

the first time length set is one of X candidate time length sets, X being a positive integer greater than 1;

the type of the transmitter of the first information is used to determine the first time length set out of the X candidate time length sets;

any of the X candidate time length sets comprises more than one time length, and the target time length is a time length in the first time length set;

the target time length and the common time offset are used together to determine a time interval length between a time for receiving the first signaling and a time for transmitting the first signal.

9. The second node according to claim 8 , wherein the first signaling is used to determine a first index, and the first index is an index of a first configuration combination, the first configuration combination is one of P configuration combinations, P being a positive integer greater than 1; each of the P configuration combinations comprises at least a time interval length among a time interval length, an index of a start symbol in a slot to which it belongs or an occupied time length, and the target time length is equal to a time interval length comprised in the first configuration combination; a time interval length comprised in any of the P configuration combinations is equal to a time length in the first time length set.

10. The second node according to claim 9 , wherein the second transmitter transmits second information; wherein the second information is used to determine the P configuration combinations.

11. The second node according to claim 8 , wherein time lengths in the first time length set are sorted in order of length, an absolute value of a difference value between any two adjacent time lengths in the first time length set is equal to a first step-size, the first step-size is equal to a positive integral number of a first slot length, and the first slot length is equal to a time length of a slot to which an OFDM symbol occupied by the first signal in time domain belongs.

12. The second node according to claim 8 , wherein the third transmitter transmits a second signal, and the third receiver receives a third signal; wherein the common time offset is used to determine a time interval length between an end time for receiving the second signal and a start time for transmitting the third signal, and the third signal carries UCI; the second signal is different from the first signaling, and the third signal is different from the first signal.

13. The second node according to claim 8 , wherein the third transmitter transmits a fourth signal; wherein the first signaling is used to determine time-frequency resources occupied by the fourth signal; the target time length and the common time offset are used together to determine a time interval length between a time for receiving the fourth signal and the time for transmitting the first signal, the time interval length between the time for receiving the fourth signal and the time for transmitting the first signal is used to determine a time interval length between a time for receiving the first signaling and the time for transmitting the first signal.

14. A method in a first node for wireless communications, comprising:

receiving first information, the first information being used to determine a first characteristic parameter group;

receiving a first signaling, the first signaling being used to determine a target time length out of a first time length set;

transmitting a first signal, the first signal carries Uplink Control Information (UCI) of physical layer; wherein:

the first characteristic parameter group comprises at least one of a type of a transmitter of the first information, a height of a transmitter of the first information or a common time offset; the first time length set is one of X candidate time length sets, X being a positive integer greater than 1;

the type of the transmitter of the first information is used to determine the first time length set out of the X candidate time length sets;

any of the X candidate time length sets comprises more than one time length, and the target time length is a time length in the first time length set;

the target time length and the common time offset are used together to determine a time interval length between a time for receiving the first signaling and a time for transmitting the first signal.

15. A method in a first node according to claim 14 , wherein the first signaling is used to determine a first index, and the first index is an index of a first configuration combination, the first configuration combination is one of P configuration combinations, P being a positive integer greater than 1; each of the P configuration combinations comprises at least a time interval length among a time interval length, an index of a start symbol in a slot to which it belongs or an occupied time length, and the target time length is equal to a time interval length comprised in the first configuration combination; a time interval length comprised in any of the P configuration combinations is equal to a time length in the first time length set.

16. The method in a first node according to claim 15 comprising:

receiving second information;

wherein the second information is used to determine the P configuration combinations.

17. The method in a first node according to claim 14 , wherein time lengths in the first time length set are sorted in order of length, an absolute value of a difference value between any two adjacent time lengths in the first time length set is equal to a first step-size, the first step-size is equal to a positive integral number of a first slot length, and the first slot length is equal to a time length of a slot to which an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol occupied by the first signal in time domain belongs.

18. The method in a first node according to claim 14 , comprising:

receiving a second signal; and

transmitting a third signal;

wherein the common time offset is used to determine a time interval length between an end time for receiving the second signal and a start time for transmitting the third signal, and the third signal carries Uplink Control Information (UCI); the second signal is different from the first signaling, and the third signal is different from the first signal.

19. The method in a first node according to claim 14 , wherein when the first characteristic parameter group does not comprise the common time offset, the first receiver receives third information; wherein the third information is used to determine the common time offset.

20. The method in a first node according to claim 14 , comprising:

receiving a fourth signal;

wherein the first signaling is used to determine time-frequency resources occupied by the fourth signal; the target time length and the common time offset are used together to determine a time interval length between a time for receiving the fourth signal and the time for transmitting the first signal, the time interval length between the time for receiving the fourth signal and the time for transmitting the first signal is used to determine a time interval length between a time for receiving the first signaling and the time for transmitting the first signal.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 4, 2025
From: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
To: APOGEE NETWORKS, LLC
Reel/Frame 070741/0575 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 7, 2023
From: LIU, ZHENG; ZHANG, XIAOBO
To: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 064503/0828 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201911166414.0 · Nov 25, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2020125045 · Oct 30, 2020
Related Publication 20220279510A1 · Sep 1, 2022
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