IP Library Granted Patent US 12,562,843
Granted Patent B2
US 12,562,843 · App. 17/974,552 · Granted Feb 24, 2026

Method and devices for selecting time-frequency resources for control feedback

Inventor: Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: Apogee Networks, LLC
H04L1/1812H04W72/0446H04W72/0453H04W72/21
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Patent No.
US 12,562,843
App. No.
17/974,552
Granted
Feb 24, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosure provides a method and device in a node for wireless communications. A first receiver, receives a first signaling; and a first transmitter, transmits a first signal in a target time-frequency-resource block, and the first signal carries a second bit block; herein, the first signaling is used to determine a first bit block; the first bit block comprises a second-type HARQ-ACK; the first bit block is used to generate the second bit block; the first time-frequency-resource block and the second time-frequency-resource block are respectively reserved for different bit blocks; a number of resources used to transmit a first-type HARQ-ACK in the first time-frequency-resource block is used to determine whether the target time-frequency-resource block is the first time-frequency-resource block or the second time-frequency-resource block; the first-type HARQ-ACK corresponds to a first index; the second-type HARQ-ACK corresponds to a second index; the first signaling indicates the second index.

Claims (36)

1 . A user equipment (UE) for wireless communications, comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor;

wherein the transceiver and the processor are configured to:

transmit, in a first time-frequency-resource block, a first-type Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) corresponding to a first index;

receive a first control signaling indicating a second index associated with a second-type HARQ-ACK; and

transmit, in a target time-frequency-resource block, a second-type HARQ-ACK corresponding to the second index;

wherein a number of resources used to transmit the first-type HARQ-ACK in the first time-frequency-resource block is used to determine whether the target time-frequency-resource block is the first time-frequency-resource block or a second time-frequency-resource block.

2 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the first control signaling is a Downlink Control Information (DCI) signaling.

3 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the first control signaling is a Radio Resource Control (RRC) layer signaling.

4 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the first time-frequency-resource block belongs to a first serving cell and the target time-frequency-resource block belongs to a second serving cell, and a serving cell identity (ID) corresponding to the first serving cell is less than a serving cell ID corresponding to the second serving cell.

5 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the first time-frequency-resource block includes a first PUSCH and the second time-frequency-resource block includes a second Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH).

6 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein:

on a condition that the number of resources used to transmit the first-type HARQ-ACK in the first time-frequency-resource block is equal to zero, the target time-frequency-resource block is the first time-frequency-resource block; and

on a condition that the number of resources used to transmit the first-type HARQ-ACK in the first time-frequency-resource block is greater than zero, the target time-frequency-resource block is the second time-frequency-resource block.

7 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein a radio resource block is reserved for transmission of the first-type HARQ-ACK, wherein the first control signaling is used to determine the radio resource block, and wherein the radio resource block overlaps, in time domain, with both the first time-frequency-resource block and the second time-frequency-resource block on at least one multi-carrier symbol.

8 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the transceiver is further configured to receive a second control signaling, and wherein the target time-frequency-resource block is reserved for transmission of a second-type HARQ-ACK based on the second control signaling.

9 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the first index is different from the second index.

10 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the first index and the second index are priority indexes.

11 . A method performed by a user equipment (UE) for wireless communications, the method comprising:

transmitting, in a first time-frequency-resource block, a first-type Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) corresponding to a first index;

receiving a first control signaling indicating a second index associated with a second- type HARQ-ACK; and

transmitting, in a target time-frequency-resource block, a second-type HARQ-ACK corresponding to the second index;

wherein a number of resources used to transmit the first-type HARQ-ACK in the first time-frequency-resource block is used to determine whether the target time-frequency-resource block is the first time-frequency-resource block or a second time-frequency-resource block.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the first control signaling is a Downlink Control Information (DCI) signaling.

13 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the first control signaling is a Radio Resource Control (RRC) layer signaling.

14 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the first time-frequency-resource block belongs to a first serving cell and the target time-frequency-resource block belongs to a second serving cell, and a serving cell identity (ID) corresponding to the first serving cell is less than a serving cell ID corresponding to the second serving cell.

15 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the first time-frequency-resource block includes a first Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) and the second time-frequency-resource block includes a second PUSCH.

16 . The method of claim 11 , wherein:

on a condition that the number of resources used to transmit the first-type HARQ-ACK in the first time-frequency-resource block is equal to zero, the target time-frequency-resource block is the first time-frequency-resource block; and

on a condition that the number of resources used to transmit the first-type HARQ-ACK in the first time-frequency-resource block is greater than zero, the target time-frequency-resource block is the second time-frequency-resource block.

17 . The method of claim 11 , wherein a radio resource block is reserved for transmission of the first-type HARQ-ACK, wherein the first control signaling is used to determine the radio resource block, and wherein the radio resource block overlaps, in time domain, with both the first time-frequency-resource block and the second time-frequency-resource block on at least one multi-carrier symbol.

18 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

receiving a second control signaling, and wherein the target time-frequency-resource block is reserved for transmission of a second-type HARQ-ACK based on the second control signaling.

19 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the first index is different from the second index.

20 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the first index and the second index are priority indexes.

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 16, 2023
From: ZHANG, XIAOBO
To: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 064600/0623 →
Priority Claims (2)
CN 202010422182.7 · May 19, 2020 · national
CN 202010500247.5 · Jun 4, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2021094346 · May 18, 2021
Related Publication 20230045832A1 · Feb 16, 2023
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