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Granted Patent B2
US 12,324,051 · App. 17/819,186 · Granted Jun 3, 2025

Methods and apparatus to selectively monitor uplink preemptive indication for supplementary uplink and non-supplementary uplink carriers

Inventors: Wei Yang (San Diego, CA); Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian (San Diego, CA); Seyedkianoush Hosseini (San Diego, CA); Wanshi Chen (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W76/34H04W24/08H04W72/0446H04W72/1268H04W72/23H04W74/0833
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Patent No.
US 12,324,051
App. No.
17/819,186
Granted
Jun 3, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Aspects are provided allowing for selective monitoring of uplink cancellation indication (ULCI) occasions by UEs and allowing UEs to determine from ULCI whether canceled uplink transmission are carried on non-supplementary uplink (NUL) carriers or supplementary uplink (SUL) carriers. A UE may determine not to monitor a ULCI occasion if it does not have an uplink transmission which can be punctured by higher priority data. When the uplink transmission is dynamically scheduled, the UE may determine to monitor a ULCI occasion if the UE receives the uplink grant a certain number of symbols earlier than the ULCI occasion. The base station may configure blocks in downlink control information to indicate the UE should apply ULCI to SUL and/or NUL. The base station may configure the UE to perform different behaviors after receiving a ULCI depending on whether the portion of the uplink transmission to be canceled is on SUL or NUL.

Claims (58)

1. A method of wireless communication at a user equipment (UE) comprising:

receiving scheduling information for an uplink transmission from a base station; and

receiving a configuration to monitor at least one block of an uplink cancellation indication (ULCI) from the base station based on the scheduling information, wherein the ULCI comprises multiple blocks, and wherein the configuration indicates at least one of a first block corresponding to a supplementary uplink (SUL) carrier in a cell or a second block corresponding to a non-supplementary uplink (NUL) carrier in the cell, and wherein the configuration indicates whether the ULCI is associated with the SUL carrier or the NUL carrier.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first block corresponding to the SUL carrier is separate from the second block corresponding to the NUL carrier.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising at least one of:

applying a received ULCI to the SUL carrier to cancel the uplink transmission scheduled at the SUL carrier when the received ULCI comprises a first indication in the first block; or

applying the received ULCI to the NUL carrier to cancel the uplink transmission scheduled at the NUL carrier when the received ULCI comprises a second indication in the second block.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first block corresponding to the SUL carrier is the same as the second block corresponding to the NUL carrier.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

applying a received ULCI to the SUL carrier and the NUL carrier to cancel the uplink transmission scheduled at the SUL carrier and the NUL carrier.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

canceling at least a portion of the uplink transmission based on a received ULCI.

7. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

means for receiving scheduling information for an uplink transmission from a base station; and

means for receiving a configuration to monitor at least one block of an uplink cancellation indication (ULCI) from the base station based on the scheduling information, wherein the ULCI comprises multiple blocks, and wherein the configuration indicates at least one of a first block corresponding to a supplementary uplink (SUL) carrier in a cell or a second block corresponding to a non-supplementary uplink (NUL) carrier in the cell, and wherein the configuration indicates whether the ULCI is associated with the SUL carrier or the NUL carrier.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the first block corresponding to the SUL carrier is separate from the second block corresponding to the NUL carrier.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , further comprising at least one of:

means for applying a received ULCI to the SUL carrier to cancel the uplink transmission scheduled at the SUL carrier when the received ULCI comprises a first indication in the first block; or

means for applying the received ULCI to the NUL carrier to cancel the uplink transmission scheduled at the NUL carrier when the received ULCI comprises a second indication in the second block.

10. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the first block corresponding to the SUL carrier is the same as the second block corresponding to the NUL carrier.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , further comprising:

means for applying a received ULCI to the SUL carrier and the NUL carrier to cancel the uplink transmission scheduled at the SUL carrier and the NUL carrier.

12. The apparatus of claim 7 , further comprising:

means for canceling at least a portion of the uplink transmission based on a received ULCI.

13. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:

receive scheduling information for an uplink transmission from a base station; and

receive a configuration to monitor at least one block of an uplink cancellation indication (ULCI) from the base station based on the scheduling information, wherein the ULCI comprises multiple blocks, and wherein the configuration indicates at least one of a first block corresponding to a supplementary uplink (SUL) carrier in a cell or a second block corresponding to a non-supplementary uplink (NUL) carrier in the cell, and wherein the configuration indicates whether the ULCI is associated with the SUL carrier or the NUL carrier.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the first block corresponding to the SUL carrier is separate from the second block corresponding to the NUL carrier.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to at least one of:

apply a received ULCI to the SUL carrier to cancel the uplink transmission scheduled at the SUL carrier when the received ULCI comprises a first indication in the first block; or

apply the received ULCI to the NUL carrier to cancel the uplink transmission scheduled at the NUL carrier when the received ULCI comprises a second indication in the second block.

16. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the first block corresponding to the SUL carrier is the same as the second block corresponding to the NUL carrier.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

apply a received ULCI to the SUL carrier and the NUL carrier to cancel the uplink transmission scheduled at the SUL carrier and the NUL carrier.

18. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

cancel at least a portion of the uplink transmission based on a received ULCI.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer executable code, the code when executed by a processor cause the processor to:

receive scheduling information for an uplink transmission from a base station; and

receive a configuration to monitor at least one block of an uplink cancellation indication (ULCI) from the base station based on the scheduling information, wherein the ULCI comprises multiple blocks, and wherein the configuration indicates at least one of a first block corresponding to a supplementary uplink (SUL) carrier in a cell or a second block corresponding to a non-supplementary uplink (NUL) carrier in the cell, and wherein the configuration indicates whether the ULCI is associated with the SUL carrier or the NUL carrier.

20. A method of wireless communication at a base station comprising:

configuring a user equipment (UE) to monitor at least one block of an uplink cancellation indication (ULCI), wherein the configuring indicates at least one of a first block corresponding to a supplementary uplink (SUL) carrier in a cell or a second block corresponding to a non-supplementary uplink (NUL) carrier in the cell and indicates whether the ULCI is associated with the SUL carrier or the NUL carrier; and

scheduling the UE for an uplink transmission.

21. The method of claim 20 , wherein the first block corresponding to the SUL carrier is separate from the second block corresponding to the NUL carrier.

22. The method of claim 20 , wherein the first block corresponding to the SUL carrier is the same as the second block corresponding to the NUL carrier.

23. The method of claim 20 , wherein the base station cancels a portion of the uplink transmission in one of the first block corresponding to the SUL carrier in the cell or the second block corresponding to the NUL carrier in the cell.

24. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

means for configuring a user equipment (UE) to monitor at least one block of an uplink cancellation indication (ULCI), wherein the configuring indicates at least one of a first block corresponding to a supplementary uplink (SUL) carrier in a cell or a second block corresponding to a non-supplementary uplink (NUL) carrier in the cell and indicates whether the ULCI is associated with the SUL carrier or the NUL carrier; and

means for scheduling the UE for an uplink transmission.

25. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:

configure a user equipment (UE) to monitor at least one block of an uplink cancellation indication (ULCI), wherein the configuring indicates at least one of a first block corresponding to a supplementary uplink (SUL) carrier in a cell or a second block corresponding to a non-supplementary uplink (NUL) carrier in the cell and indicates whether the ULCI is associated with the SUL carrier or the NUL carrier; and

schedule the UE for an uplink transmission.

26. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer executable code, the code when executed by a processor cause the processor to:

configure a user equipment (UE) to monitor at least one block of an uplink cancellation indication (ULCI), wherein the configuring indicates at least one of a first block corresponding to a supplementary uplink (SUL) carrier in a cell or a second block corresponding to a non-supplementary uplink (NUL) carrier in the cell and indicates whether the ULCI is associated with the SUL carrier or the NUL carrier; and

schedule the UE for an uplink transmission.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 11, 2022
From: YANG, WEI; FAKOORIAN, SEYED ALI AKBAR; HOSSEINI, SEYEDKIANOUSH; CHEN, WANSHI
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 060788/0069 →
Continuity (3)
Division 16869490 · May 7, 2020
Provisional Application 62845136 · May 8, 2019
Related Publication 20220386411A1 · Dec 1, 2022
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