Granted Patent B2

US 12,262,386 · App. 17/836,924 · Granted Mar 25, 2025

Inventors: Dongru Li (Guangdong, CN); Kai Wu (Guangdong, CN)

Assignee: VIVO COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.

H04W72/21H04L1/1812H04L5/0053H04W72/0446H04W72/23

Abstract

Claims (94)

1. A method for hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback for a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) without scheduling data, performed by a terminal, the method comprising:

receiving configuration information of higher layer signaling, wherein the configuration information is used for determining a format of HARQ-ACK feedback information in a dynamic HARQ-ACK codebook for the PDCCH without scheduling data;

in response to the PDCCH without scheduling data being detected, feeding back, based on a quantity of bits of the HARQ-ACK feedback information and the format of the HARQ-ACK feedback information, the HARQ-ACK feedback information for the PDCCH without scheduling data in a first sub-codebook, wherein the HARQ-ACK feedback information is an acknowledgement (ACK), and the first sub-codebook is used for a transport block (TB)-based HARQ-ACK feedback; wherein the PDCCH without scheduling data comprises a PDCCH indicating secondary cell (SCell) dormancy without scheduling data.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving the higher layer signaling or downlink control information (DCI), wherein the higher layer signaling or the DCI indicates the terminal to feed back the HARQ-ACK feedback information for the PDCCH without scheduling data in the first sub-codebook.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the DCI comprises a first field, and a bit in the first field indicates the terminal to feed back the HARQ-ACK feedback information for the PDCCH without scheduling data in the first sub-codebook; wherein

the first field comprises one or more of:

modulation and coding scheme (MCS);

redundancy version (RV);

HARQ process number;

new data indication (NDI); and

total downlink assignment index (t-DAI).

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the configuration information indicates at least one of:

a quantity of TBs of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH);

a quantity of CBGs of each TB of the PDSCH;

a quantity of transmission and reception points (TRPs) for transmitting the PDSCH;

a dynamic sub-codebook corresponding to the HARQ-ACK feedback information for the PDCCH without scheduling data; and

whether a HARQ-ACK spatial bundling indication is enabled.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein

the configuration information indicates that a maximum quantity of downlink TBs of the PDSCH is 2, and the format of the HARQ-ACK feedback information for the PDCCH without scheduling data comprises 2 HARQ-ACK bits;

or

the configuration information indicates that a maximum quantity of downlink TBs of the PDSCH is 2 and that the HARQ-ACK spatial bundling indication is enabled, and the format of the HARQ-ACK feedback information for the PDCCH without scheduling data comprises 1 HARQ-ACK bit.

6. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the format of the HARQ-ACK feedback information comprises the quantity of bits of the HARQ-ACK feedback information, wherein the quantity of bits of the HARQ-ACK feedback information is determined based on:

a maximum quantity of CBGs of a TB of the PDSCH and a maximum quantity of TBs transmitted by the PDSCH that are indicated by the configuration information;

or

a maximum quantity of TRPs for transmitting the PDSCH and a maximum quantity of TBs transmitted by the PDSCH that are indicated by the configuration information;

or

a maximum quantity of CBGs of a TB of the PDSCH, a maximum quantity of TBs transmitted by the PDSCH, and a maximum quantity of TRPs for transmitting the PDSCH that are indicated by the configuration information.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the quantity of bits of the HARQ-ACK feedback information in the dynamic HARQ-ACK codebook for the PDCCH without scheduling data is equal to:

a product of the maximum quantity of CBGs of a TB of the PDSCH and the maximum quantity of TBs transmitted by the PDSCH;

or

a product of the maximum quantity of TRPs for transmitting the PDSCH and the maximum quantity of TBs transmitted by the PDSCH;

or

a product of the maximum quantity of CBGs of a TB of the PDSCH, the maximum quantity of TBs transmitted by the PDSCH, and the maximum quantity of TRPs for transmitting the PDSCH.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

all the bits in the HARQ-ACK feedback information are the ACK;

or

the first bit in the HARQ-ACK feedback information is the ACK;

or

at least one of the bits in the HARQ-ACK feedback information is the ACK.

9. A method for indicating a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback for a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) without scheduling data, performed by a network device, the method comprising:

sending configuration information of higher layer signaling, wherein the configuration information is used for determining a format of HARQ-ACK feedback information in a dynamic HARQ-ACK codebook for the PDCCH without scheduling data; and

receiving the HARQ-ACK feedback information for the PDCCH without scheduling data in a first sub-codebook which is fed back by a terminal in a case that the PDCCH without scheduling data is detected based on a quantity of bits of the HARQ-ACK feedback information and the format of the HARQ-ACK feedback information, wherein the HARQ-ACK feedback information is an acknowledgement (ACK), and the first sub-codebook is used for a transport block (TB)-based HARQ-ACK feedback;

wherein the PDCCH without scheduling data comprises a PDCCH indicating secondary cell (SCell) dormancy without scheduling data.

10. The method according to claim 9 , further comprising:

sending the higher layer signaling or downlink control information (DCI), wherein the higher layer signaling or the DCI indicates the terminal to feed back the HARQ-ACK feedback information for the PDCCH without scheduling data in the first sub-codebook.

11. A network device, comprising a processor, a memory, and a program stored in the memory and capable of running on the processor, wherein the program, when being executed by the processor, implements the steps of the method for HARQ-ACK feedback for a PDCCH without scheduling data according to claim 9 .

12. The method according to claim 9 , wherein

all the bits in the HARQ-ACK feedback information are the ACK;

or

the first bit in the HARQ-ACK feedback information is the ACK;

or

at least one of the bits in the HARQ-ACK feedback information is the ACK.

13. A terminal, comprising a processor, a memory, and a program stored in the memory and capable of running on the processor, wherein the program, when being executed by the processor, implements a method for hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback for a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) without scheduling data comprising a step of:

receiving configuration information of higher layer signaling, wherein the configuration information is used for determining a format of HARQ-ACK feedback information in a dynamic HARQ-ACK codebook for the PDCCH without scheduling data;

in a case that the PDCCH without scheduling data is detected, feeding back, based on a quantity of bits of the HARQ-ACK feedback information and the format of the HARQ-ACK feedback information, the HARQ-ACK feedback information for the PDCCH without scheduling data in a first sub-codebook, wherein the HARQ-ACK feedback information is an acknowledgement (ACK), and the first sub-codebook is used for a transport block (TB)-based HARQ-ACK feedback;

wherein the PDCCH without scheduling data comprises a PDCCH indicating secondary cell (SCell) dormancy without scheduling data.

14. The terminal according to claim 13 , wherein the program, when being executed by the processor, further implements:

receiving the higher layer signaling or downlink control information (DCI), wherein the higher layer signaling or the DCI indicates the terminal to feed back the HARQ-ACK feedback information for the PDCCH without scheduling data in the first sub-codebook.

15. The terminal according to claim 13 , wherein the configuration information indicates at least one of:

a quantity of TBs of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH);

a quantity of CBGs of each TB of the PDSCH;

a quantity of transmission and reception points (TRPs) for transmitting the PDSCH;

a dynamic sub-codebook corresponding to the HARQ-ACK feedback information for the PDCCH without scheduling data; and

whether a HARQ-ACK spatial bundling indication is enabled.

16. The terminal according to claim 15 , wherein

the configuration information indicates that a maximum quantity of downlink TBs of the PDSCH is 2, and the format of the HARQ-ACK feedback information for the PDCCH without scheduling data comprises 2 HARQ-ACK bits;

or

the configuration information indicates that a maximum quantity of downlink TBs of the PDSCH is 2 and that the HARQ-ACK spatial bundling indication is enabled, and the format of the HARQ-ACK feedback information for the PDCCH without scheduling data comprises 1 HARQ-ACK bit.

17. The terminal according to claim 13 , wherein

all the bits in the HARQ-ACK feedback information are the ACK;

or

the first bit in the HARQ-ACK feedback information is the ACK;

or

at least one of the bits in the HARQ-ACK feedback information is the ACK.

18. The terminal according to claim 14 , wherein the DCI comprises a first field, and a bit in the first field indicates the terminal to feed back the HARQ-ACK feedback information for the PDCCH without scheduling data in the first sub-codebook; wherein

the first field comprises one or more of:

modulation and coding scheme (MCS);

redundancy version (RV);

HARQ process number;

new data indication (NDI); and

total downlink assignment index (t-DAI).

19. The terminal according to claim 15 , wherein the format of the HARQ-ACK feedback information comprises the quantity of bits of the HARQ-ACK feedback information, wherein the quantity of bits of the HARQ-ACK feedback information is determined based on:

a maximum quantity of CBGs of a TB of the PDSCH and a maximum quantity of TBs transmitted by the PDSCH that are indicated by the configuration information;

or

a maximum quantity of TRPs for transmitting the PDSCH and a maximum quantity of TBs transmitted by the PDSCH that are indicated by the configuration information;

or

a maximum quantity of CBGs of a TB of the PDSCH, a maximum quantity of TBs transmitted by the PDSCH, and a maximum quantity of TRPs for transmitting the PDSCH that are indicated by the configuration information.

20. The terminal according to claim 15 , wherein the quantity of bits of the HARQ-ACK feedback information in the dynamic HARQ-ACK codebook for the PDCCH without scheduling data is equal to:

a product of the maximum quantity of CBGs of a TB of the PDSCH and the maximum quantity of TBs transmitted by the PDSCH;

or

a product of the maximum quantity of TRPs for transmitting the PDSCH and the maximum quantity of TBs transmitted by the PDSCH;

or

a product of the maximum quantity of CBGs of a TB of the PDSCH, the maximum quantity of TBs transmitted by the PDSCH, and the maximum quantity of TRPs for transmitting the PDSCH.

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