Implicit user equipment processing time indication and determination for support of different processing times in ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC)

1 . An apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory comprising computer program code,

the at least one memory and computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the at least one processor at least to:

determine a threshold used for determining a processing time capability for at least one user equipment;

for a first physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), determine a first timing gap between a last symbol of the first PDSCH and a first symbol of an associated physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource;

when the first timing gap is less than the threshold, process the first PDSCH with a faster processing time capability 2;

when the first timing gap is not less than the threshold, process the) first PDSCH with the slower processing time capability 1;

for a second PDSCH without associated downlink control information (DCI), determine a second timing gap based on the semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration and the information in the semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) activation DCI;

when the second timing gap is less than the threshold, process the second PDSCH with a faster processing time capability 2; and

when the second timing gap is not less than the threshold, process the second PDSCH with the slower processing time capability 1.

2 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the threshold is received through higher layer signaling or a radio resource control configuration from a network node.

3 . The apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the threshold is defined as number of symbols.

4 . The apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein a minimum value of the threshold comprises a minimum processing time of a slower user equipment processing time capability 1.