IP Library Granted Patent US 12,506,566
Granted Patent B2
US 12,506,566 · App. 17/842,747 · Granted Dec 23, 2025

Method and device for determining bits of a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) codebook

Inventors: Yang Hu (Shanghai, CN); Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: Apogee Networks, LLC
H04L1/1861H04L1/1864H04L5/0055H04L25/03898H04L27/2671H04W72/044H04W72/232H04W74/004H04B7/0478H04L1/1812H04W36/008355H04W36/008357H04W72/0446
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Patent No.
US 12,506,566
App. No.
17/842,747
Granted
Dec 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method and a device in a node used for wireless communications. A first receiver receives a first signaling, the first signaling being used to determine a target serving cell and a first time unit, where the target serving cell is either a first serving cell or a second serving cell; a first transmitter determines a first HARQ-ACK codebook and transmits a first signal in the first time unit on the target serving cell, the first signal carrying the first HARQ-ACK codebook; herein, a first time is a boundary time for an active UL BWP change on the first serving cell, a start time for the first time unit being no earlier than the first time; the target serving cell is used to determine whether the first HARQ-ACK codebook comprises a HARQ-ACK information bit for the second time unit on the first serving cell.

Claims (43)

1 . A user equipment (UE) comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor;

wherein the transceiver and the processor are configured to:

receive a downlink control information (DCI), the DCI indicating:

(i) a target serving cell, the target serving cell being one of a first serving cell or a second serving cell; and

(ii) a timing value that indicates an uplink (UL) slot;

determine a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) codebook;

determine, based on the target serving cell, whether the HARQ-ACK codebook includes one or more HARQ-ACK information bits corresponding to a downlink (DL) slot on the first serving cell; and

transmit, via the target serving cell, the HARQ-ACK codebook in the UL slot, the UL slot starting at or after a boundary time at which an active UL bandwidth part (BWP) on the target serving cell changes, wherein the DL slot on the first serving cell precedes the boundary time.

2 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein, when the target serving cell is the first serving cell, the HARQ-ACK codebook omits any HARQ-ACK information bits for the DL slot on the first serving cell.

3 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein, when the target serving cell is the second serving cell, the HARQ-ACK codebook includes one or more HARQ-ACK information bits for the DL slot on the first serving cell.

4 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the first serving cell is a primary Cell (PCell).

5 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the second serving cell is a secondary Cell (SCell).

6 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the HARQ-ACK codebook is a Type-1 HARQ-ACK codebook.

7 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the UL slot is a slot for an active UL BWP on the target serving cell.

8 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the DL slot is a slot for an active DL BWP on the first serving cell.

9 . A method performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

receiving a downlink control information (DCI), the DCI indicating:

(i) a target serving cell, the target serving cell being selected from among a first serving cell and a second serving cell; and

(ii) a timing value that indicates an uplink (UL) slot;

determining a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) codebook;

determining, based on the target serving cell, whether the HARQ-ACK codebook includes one or more HARQ-ACK information bits corresponding to a downlink (DL) slot on the first serving cell; and

transmitting, via the target serving cell, the HARQ-ACK codebook in the UL slot, the UL slot starting at or after a boundary time at which an active UL bandwidth part (BWP) on the target serving cell changes, wherein the DL slot on the first serving cell precedes the boundary time.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein, when the target serving cell is the first serving cell, the HARQ-ACK codebook omits any HARQ-ACK information bits for the DL slot on the first serving cell.

11 . The method of claim 9 , wherein, when the target serving cell is the second serving cell, the HARQ-ACK codebook includes one or more HARQ-ACK information bits for the DL slot on the first serving cell.

12 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the first serving cell is a primary Cell (PCell).

13 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the second serving cell is a secondary Cell (SCell).

14 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the HARQ-ACK codebook is a Type-1 HARQ-ACK codebook.

15 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the UL slot is a slot for an active UL BWP on the target serving cell.

16 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the DL slot is a slot for an active DL BWP on the first serving cell.

17 . A base station (BS) comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor;

wherein the transceiver and the processor are configured to:

transmit a downlink control information (DCI), the DCI indicating:

(i) a target serving cell, the target serving cell being selected from among

a first serving cell and a second serving cell; and

(ii) a timing value that indicates an uplink (UL) slot; and

receive, on the target serving cell, a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) carrying Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information according to a HARQ-ACK codebook in the UL slot, the UL slot starting at or after a boundary time at which an active UL bandwidth part (BWP) on the target serving cell changes, wherein a downlink (DL) slot on the first serving cell precedes the boundary time.

18 . The BS of claim 17 , wherein, when the target serving cell is the first serving cell, the HARQ-ACK codebook omits any HARQ-ACK information bits for the DL slot on the first serving cell.

19 . The BS of claim 17 , wherein, when the target serving cell is the second serving cell, the HARQ-ACK codebook includes one or more HARQ-ACK information bits for the DL slot on the first serving cell.

20 . The BS of claim 17 , wherein the first serving cell is a primary Cell (PCell) and the second serving cell is a secondary Cell (SCell).

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 15, 2023
From: HU, YANG; ZHANG, XIAOBO
To: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 064599/0909 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202110669305.1 · Jun 17, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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