IP Library Granted Patent US 11,818,732
Granted Patent B2
US 11,818,732 · App. 17/985,128 · Granted Nov 14, 2023

Method and base station for construction of downlink control information format

Inventors: Wan-Chen Lin (Taipei, TW); Yu-Hsin Cheng (Taipei, TW)
Assignee: FG Innovation Company Limited
H04W72/23H04L1/1812H04B7/0456H04B7/0478H04B7/0639
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Patent No.
US 11,818,732
App. No.
17/985,128
Granted
Nov 14, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and a BS for construction of a DCI format are provided. The method includes configuring a first DAI field of first DCI with a first size and configuring a second DAI field of second DCI with a second size; generating at least one bit with a zero value for one of the first DAI field and the second DAI field if a size difference between the first size and the second size exists; and transmitting, to a UE, an RRC message, the first DCI, and the second DCI, wherein the RRC message includes information for configuring a HARQ-ACK codebook list, the HARQ-ACK codebook list includes a first HARQ-ACK codebook indicated by the first DCI and a second HARQ-ACK codebook indicated by the second DCI, and the first DCI and the second DCI have a same format.

Claims (26)

1. A method performed by a Base Station (BS) for construction of a downlink control information (DCI) format, the method comprising:

configuring a first downlink assignment index (DAI) field of first DCI with a first size and configuring a second DAI field of second DCI with a second size;

generating at least one bit with a zero value for one of the first DAI field and the second DAI field if a size difference between the first size and the second size exists; and

transmitting, to a User Equipment (UE), a radio resource control (RRC) message, the first DCI, and the second DCI, wherein:

the RRC message comprises information for configuring a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest-ACKnowledge (HARQ-ACK) codebook list,

the HARQ-ACK codebook list comprises a first HARQ-ACK codebook indicated by the first DCI and a second HARQ-ACK codebook indicated by the second DCI, and

the first DCI and the second DCI have a same format.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the generated at least one bit with the zero value forms a most significant bit for the one of the first DAI field and the second DAI field.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein a first priority of the first HARQ-ACK codebook and a second priority of the second HARQ-ACK codebook are different.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the first HARQ-ACK codebook and the second HARQ-ACK codebook have different types, and

the different types comprise a semi-static type and a dynamic type.

5. A Base Station (BS) in a wireless communication system for construction of a downlink control information (DCI) format, the wireless communication system also comprising a User Equipment (UE), the BS comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor, wherein the at least one memory stores computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the BS to:

configure a first downlink assignment index (DAI) field of first DCI with a first size and configure a second DAI field of second DCI with a second size;

generate at least one bit with a zero value for one of the first DAI field and the second DAI field if a size difference between the first size and the second size exists; and

transmit, to the UE, a radio resource control (RRC) message, the first DCI, and the second DCI, wherein:

the RRC message comprises information for configuring a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest-ACKnowledge (HARQ-ACK) codebook list,

the HARQ-ACK codebook list comprises a first HARQ-ACK codebook indicated by the first DCI and a second HARQ-ACK codebook indicated by the second DCI, and

the first DCI and the second DCI have a same format.

6. The BS of claim 5 , wherein the generated at least one bit with the zero value forms a most significant bit for the one of the first DAI field and the second DAI field.

7. The BS of claim 5 , wherein a first priority of the first HARQ-ACK codebook and a second priority of the second HARQ-ACK codebook are different.

8. The BS of claim 5 , wherein:

the first HARQ-ACK codebook and the second HARQ-ACK codebook have different types, and

the different types comprise a semi-static type and a dynamic type.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 24, 2024
From: FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 069028/0232 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2022
From: LIN, WAN-CHEN; CHENG, YU-HSIN
To: FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 061756/0185 →