IP Library Granted Patent US 12,634,923
Granted Patent B2
US 12,634,923 · App. 17/880,620 · Granted May 19, 2026

Method and device in nodes used for wireless communication

Inventor: Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: Apogee 5G Global, LLC
H04W72/1263H04L1/1812H04L5/0046H04W72/569
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,634,923
App. No.
17/880,620
Filed
Aug 3, 2022
Granted
May 19, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2472
USPC
370/329
Abstract

A first receiver receives a first signal group and a first signaling; and a first transmitter transmits a second signal in a first time-frequency resource, the second signal carries a first bit block and a second bit block; wherein the first signaling comprises scheduling information of the second signal, a third bit block comprises indication information of whether signal(s) in the first signal group is(are) correctly received, the third bit block is used to generate the first bit block, and a number of bit(s) comprised in the first bit block (a size of the first bit block) is not greater than a number of bit(s) comprised in the third bit block; a priority of the third bit block and a priority of the second bit block are used together to determine a number of bit(s) comprised in the first bit block (a size of the first bit block).

Claims (57)

1 . A user equipment for wireless communications, the user equipment comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor, wherein the transceiver and the processor are configured to:

receive a first signal group and a first signaling, wherein each signal in the first signal group is transmitted on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), and wherein the first signaling is downlink control information (DCI), and

transmit a second signal in a first time-frequency resource, wherein the second signal carries a first bit block and a second bit block, and wherein the first time-frequency resource is a time-frequency resource belonging to a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), and wherein the second bit block comprises user data, and

wherein the first signaling comprises scheduling information of the second signal, and wherein a third bit block comprises indication information of whether one or more signal in the first signal group are correctly received, and wherein the third bit block is used to generate the first bit block, and wherein a first number of bit comprised in the first bit block is not greater than a second number of bit comprised in the third bit block,; and

wherein the first bit block comprises hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK), and wherein a priority of the third bit block and a priority of the second bit block are used together to determine the first number of bit.

2 . The user equipment according to claim 1 , wherein a-the second number of bit(s) comprised in the third bit block-is greater than a first value;, and

wherein on a condition that a priority of the third bit block is a low priority and a priority of the second bit block is a high priority, first number of bit is equal to the first value, and

wherein otherwise, the first number of bits is greater than the first value.

3 . The user equipment according to claim 2 , wherein a first reserved resource is a resource reserved for transmitting HARQ-ACK information, the first value is a maximum number of bits of first information allowed to be transmitted in the first reserved resource, and the first information comprises HARQ-ACK information; or, the first value is equal to 2 .

4 . The user equipment according to claim 2 , wherein the third bit block comprises at least one HARQ-ACK bit, and wherein the first bit block comprises bits for at least one of HARQ-ACK information, a Part 1 channel state information (CSI) Report or a Part 2 CSI Report.

5 . The user equipment according to claim 1 , wherein on a condition that a priority of the third bit block is a high priority and a priority of the second bit block is a high priority, the first bit block comprises each of bit(s) in the third bit block, and the first number of bits is equal to the second number of bits, and

wherein on a condition that a priority of the third bit block is a low priority and a priority of the second bit block is a low priority, the first bit block comprises each of bit(s) in the third bit block, and a the first number of bits is equal to a-the second number of bits.

6 . The user equipment according to claim 1 , wherein the second signal comprises a first sub-signal, the first sub-signal is a signal generated by the first bit block after through a first procedure, the first procedure comprises channel coding, and wherein the first time-frequency resource comprises a first reserved resource, and a priority of the third bit block and a priority of the second bit block are used together to determine whether the first sub-signal is transmitted in time-frequency resources other than the first reserved resource.

7 . The user equipment according to claim 6 , wherein a-the second number of bits is greater than a first value;, and wherein on a condition that the third bit block is a low priority and the second bit block is a high priority, the first sub-signal is only transmitted in the first reserved resource, and

wherein otherwise, at least part of the first sub-signal is transmitted in time- frequency resources other than the first reserved resource.

8 . The user equipment according to claim 1 , wherein the transceiver and the processor are further configured to:

receive a first signaling group, wherein each signaling in the first signaling group is transmitted on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), and

wherein the first signaling group comprises scheduling information of the first signal group, and wherein a second signaling is a last signaling in the first signaling group, and wherein the second signaling indicates a second time-frequency resource, and wherein the second time-frequency resource is overlapping with the first time- frequency resource in time domain.

9 . A base station for wireless communications, the base station comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor, wherein the transceiver and the processor are configured to:

transmit a first signal group and a first signaling, wherein each signal in the first signal group is transmitted on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), and wherein the first signaling is downlink control information (DCI); and

receive a second signal in a first time-frequency resource, wherein the second signal carries a first bit block and a second bit block, and wherein the first time-frequency resource is a time-frequency resource belonging to a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), and wherein the second bit block comprises user data;

wherein the first signaling comprises scheduling information of the second signal, and wherein a third bit block comprises indication information of whether one or more signals in the first signal group are correctly received, and wherein the third bit block is used to generate the first bit block, and wherein a first number of bits comprised in the first bit block is not greater than a second number of bits comprised in the third bit block, and

wherein the first bit block comprises hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK), and wherein a priority of the third bit block and a priority of the second bit block are used together to determine the first number of bits.

10 . The base station according to claim 9 , wherein a-the second number of bits is greater than a first value;, and

wherein on a condition that a priority of the third bit block is a low priority and a priority of the second bit block is a high priority, the first number of bits is equal to the first value, and

wherein otherwise, the first number of bits is greater than the first value.

11 . The base station according to claim 10 , wherein a first reserved resource is a resource reserved for transmitting HARQ-ACK information, the first value is a maximum number of bit of first information allowed to be transmitted in the first reserved resource, and the first information comprises HARQ-ACK information; or, the first value is equal to 2.

12 . The base station according to claim 9 , wherein on a condition that a priority of the third bit block is a high priority and a priority of the second bit block is a high priority, the first bit block comprises each of bit(s) in the third bit block, and the first number of bits is equal to the second number of bits, and

wherein on a condition that a priority of the third bit block is a low priority and a priority of the second bit block is a low priority, the first bit block comprises each of bits in the third bit block, and the first number of bits is equal to the second number of bits,

or, wherein the second signal comprises a first sub-signal, and wherein the first sub-signal is a signal generated by the first bit block after through a first procedure, and wherein the first procedure comprises channel coding, and

wherein the first time-frequency resource comprises a first reserved resource, and wherein a priority of the third bit block and a priority of the second bit block are used together to determine whether the first sub-signal is transmitted in time- frequency resources other than the first reserved resource, and

wherein second number of bits is greater than a first value, and

wherein on a condition that the third bit block is a low priority and the second bit block is a high priority, the first sub-signal is only transmitted in the first reserved resource, and

wherein otherwise, at least part of the first sub-signal is transmitted in time- frequency resources other than the first reserved resource.

13 . A method in a user equipment for wireless communications, the method comprising:

receiving a first signal group and a first signaling, wherein each signal in the first signal group is transmitted on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), the first signaling is downlink control information (DCI); and

transmitting a second signal in a first time-frequency resource, wherein the second signal carries a first bit block and a second bit block, and wherein the first time- frequency resource is a time-frequency resource belonging to a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), and wherein the second bit block comprises user data, and

wherein the first signaling comprises scheduling information of the second signal, and wherein a third bit block comprises indication information of whether one or more signal(s) in the first signal group are correctly received, the third bit block is used to generate the first bit block, and a first number of bit(s) comprised in the first bit block is not greater than a second number of bits comprised in the third bit block; and wherein the first bit block comprises hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK), and wherein a priority of the third bit block and a priority of the second bit block are used together to determine the first number of bits.

14 . The method in a user equipment according to claim 13 , wherein the second number of bits is greater than a first value, and

wherein on a condition that a priority of the third bit block is a low priority and a priority of the second bit block is a high priority, the first number of bits is equal to the first value, and

wherein otherwise, the first number of bits is greater than the first value.

15 . The method in a user equipment according to claim 14 , wherein a first reserved resource is a resource reserved for transmitting HARQ-ACK information, the first value is a maximum number of bits of first information allowed to be transmitted in the first reserved resource, and the first information comprises HARQ-ACK information; or, the first value is equal to 2 .

16 . The method in a user equipment according to claim 14 , wherein the third bit block comprises at least one HARQ-ACK bit, the first bit block comprises bits for at least one of HARQ-ACK information, a Part 1 CSI Report or a Part 2 CSI Report.

17 . The method in a user equipment according to claim 13 , wherein on a condition that a priority of the third bit block is a high priority and a priority of the second bit block is a high priority, the first bit block comprises each of bits in the third bit block, and the first number of bits is equal to the second number of bits; and

wherein on a condition that a priority of the third bit block is a low priority and a priority of the second bit block is a low priority, the first bit block comprises each of bits in the third bit block, and the first number of bits is equal to the second number of bits.

18 . The method in a user equipment according to claim 13 , wherein the second signal comprises a first sub-signal, and wherein the first sub-signal is a signal generated by the first bit block after through a first procedure, and wherein the first procedure comprises channel coding, and

wherein the first time-frequency resource comprises a first reserved resource, and wherein a priority of the third bit block and a priority of the second bit block are used together to determine whether the first sub-signal is transmitted in time- frequency resources other than the first reserved resource.

19 . The method in a user equipment according to claim 18 , wherein the second number of bits is greater than a first value, and

wherein on a condition that the third bit block is a low priority and the second bit block is a high priority, the first sub-signal is only transmitted in the first reserved resource, and

wherein otherwise, at least part of the first sub-signal is transmitted in time- frequency resources other than the first reserved resource.

20 . The method in a user equipment according to claim 13 , comprising:

receiving a first signaling group;-, wherein each signaling in the first signaling group is transmitted on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), and

wherein the first signaling group comprises scheduling information of the first signal group, and wherein a second signaling is a last signaling in the first signaling group, and wherein the second signaling indicates a second time-frequency resource, and wherein the second time-frequency resource is overlapping with the first time- frequency resource in time domain.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 9, 2026
From: APOGEE NETWORKS, LLC
To: APOGEE 5G GLOBAL, LLC
Reel/Frame 075091/0596 →
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 Feb 22, 2023
From: ZHANG, XIAOBO
To: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 062773/0809 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202010102364.6 · Feb 19, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2021075181 · Feb 4, 2021
Related Publication 20220377765A1 · Nov 24, 2022
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