Granted Patent B2

US 12,615,126 · App. 18/098,699 · Granted Apr 28, 2026

Inventors: Keying Wu (Shanghai, CN); Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, CN)

Assignee: Apogee 5G Global, LLC

H04L5/0078H04L5/0051

Abstract

Claims (60)

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

a transceiver; and

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

receive a first signaling,

determine, based on the first signaling, a first reference signal and a second reference signal,

determine K time windows based on the first signaling, wherein K is a positive integer greater than 1,

determine a first time pool comprising one or more multicarrier symbols in a first time window of the K time windows, and a second time pool comprising one or more multicarrier symbols in a second time window of the K time windows, wherein the first time window and the second time window are adjacent, and wherein the first time window and the second time window being are respectively associated with the first reference signal and the second reference signal,

determine, based on whether a first condition set is satisfied, at least one of:

whether the first time pool comprises all multicarrier symbols in the first time window, or

whether the second time pool comprises all multicarrier symbols in the second time window, and

transmit a first signal in the first time pool and a second signal in the second time pool, wherein the first signal and the second signal both carry a first bit block.

2 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the first condition set comprises S condition subsets, S being a positive integer, and

wherein on a condition that one of the S condition subsets is satisfied, the first condition set is satisfied, and

wherein on a condition that each of the S condition subsets is not satisfied, the first condition set is not satisfied.

3 . The UE according to claim 2 , wherein a first condition subset is one of the S condition subset, the first condition subset comprising: the first time window and the second time window being separated by a time unit boundary.

4 . The UE according to claim 2 , wherein a second condition subset is one of the S condition subsets, the second condition subset comprising: a number of multicarrier symbols between the first time window and the second time window being no smaller than a first value, the first value being a non-negative integer.

5 . The UE according to claim 2 , wherein a third condition subset is one of the S condition subsets, the third condition subset comprising: between the first time window and the second time window there exists one multicarrier symbol of which a type belongs to a first type set.

6 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein on a condition that the first condition set is not satisfied, the first time pool does not comprise last P 1 multicarrier symbols in the first time window, and the second time pool does not comprise earliest P 2 multicarrier symbols in the second time window,

wherein P 1 and P 2 are non-negative integers, respectively, a sum of P 1 and P 2 is equal to P, P being a positive integer, and

wherein at least one of a number of multicarrier symbols comprised in the first time window or a number of multicarrier symbols comprised in the second time window is used to determine a value of P 1 and a value of P 2 .

7 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein whether there exists one multicarrier symbol between the first time window and the second time window of which a type belongs to a first type set is used to determine a first value, the first value being a non-negative integer, and wherein a number of multicarrier symbols between the first time pool and the second time pool is no smaller than the first value.

8 . 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 signaling,

receive a first signal in a first time pool and

receive a second signal in a second time pool,

wherein the first signaling is used to determine K time windows, and wherein K is a positive integer greater than 1, and

wherein the first signal and the second signal both carry a first bit block, and wherein the first signaling is used to determine a first reference signal and a second reference signal, and

wherein the first time pool comprises one or more multicarrier symbols in a first time window of K time windows and the second time pool comprises one or more multicarrier symbols in a second time window of the K time windows, and

wherein the first time window and the second time window are adjacent, the first time window and the second time window are respectively associated with the first reference signal and the second reference signal, and

wherein whether a first condition set is satisfied is used to determine at least one of:

whether the first time pool comprises all multicarrier symbols in the first time window; or

whether the second time pool comprises all multicarrier symbols in the second time window.

9 . The base station according to claim 8 , wherein the first condition set comprises S condition subset, S being a positive integer, and

wherein on a condition that one of the S condition subsets is satisfied, the first condition set is satisfied; and

wherein on a condition that each of the S condition subsets is not satisfied, the first condition set is not satisfied.

10 . The base station according to claim 9 , wherein a first condition subset is one of the S condition subsets, the first condition subset comprising: the first time window and the second time window being separated by a time unit boundary.

11 . The base station according to claim 9 , wherein a second condition subset is one of the S condition subsets, the second condition subset comprising: a number of multicarrier symbols between the first time window and the second time window being no smaller than a first value, the first value being a non-negative integer.

12 . The base station according to claim 9 , wherein a third condition subset is one of the S condition subsets, the third condition subset comprising: between the first time window and the second time window there exists one multicarrier symbol of which a type belongs to a first type set.

13 . The base station according to claim 8 , wherein on a condition that the first condition set is not satisfied, the first time pool does not comprise last P 1 multicarrier symbols in the first time window, and the second time pool does not comprise earliest P 2 multicarrier symbols in the second time window, where P 1 and P 2 are non-negative integers, respectively, a sum of P 1 and P 2 is equal to P, P being a positive integer, and wherein at least one of a number of multicarrier symbols comprised in the first time window or a number of multicarrier symbols comprised in the second time window is used to determine a value of P 1 and a value of P 2 .

14 . The base station according to claim 8 , wherein whether there exists one multicarrier symbol between the first time window and the second time window of which a type belongs to a first type set is used to determine a first value, the first value being a non-negative integer; and wherein a number of multicarrier symbols between the first time pool and the second time pool is no smaller than the first value.

15 . A method in a user equipment (UE) for wireless communications, comprising:

receiving a first signaling; and

determining, based on the first signaling, a first reference signal and a second reference signal,

determining K time windows based on the first signaling, wherein K is a positive integer greater than 1,

determining a first time pool comprising one or more multicarrier symbols in a first time window of the K time windows, and a second time pool comprising one or more multicarrier symbols in a second time window of the K time windows, and wherein a first time window and a second time window are adjacent, and wherein the first time window and the second time window are respectively associated with the first reference signal and the second reference signal, and

determine, based on whether a first condition set is satisfied, at least one of:

whether the first time pool comprises all multicarrier symbols in the first time window, or

whether the second time pool comprises all multicarrier symbols in the second time window, and

transmitting a first signal in the first time pool and a second signal in the second time pool, wherein the first signal and the second signal both carry a first bit block.

16 . The method according to claim 15 , wherein the first condition set comprises S condition subsets, S being a positive integer, and

wherein on a condition that one of the S condition subsets is satisfied, the first condition set is satisfied, and

wherein on condition that each of the S condition subsets is not satisfied, the first condition set is not satisfied.

17 . The method according to claim 16 , wherein a first condition subset is one of the S condition subsets, the first condition subset comprising: the first time window and the second time window being separated by a time unit boundary.

18 . The method according to claim 16 , wherein a second condition subset is one of the S condition subsets, the second condition subset comprising: a number of multicarrier symbols between the first time window and the second time window being no smaller than a first value, the first value being a non-negative integer.

19 . The method according to claim 16 , wherein a third condition subset is one of the S condition subsets, the third condition subset comprising: between the first time window and the second time window there exists one multicarrier symbol of which a type belongs to a first type set.

20 . The method according to claim 15 , wherein on a condition that the first condition set is not satisfied, the first time pool does not comprise last P 1 multicarrier symbols in the first time window, and the second time pool does not comprise earliest P 2 multicarrier symbols in the second time window, where P 1 and P 2 are non-negative integers, respectively, a sum of P 1 and P 2 is equal to P, P being a positive integer, and wherein at least one of a number of multicarrier symbols comprised in the first time window or a number of multicarrier symbols comprised in the second time window is used to determine a value of P 1 and a value of P 2 ,

or, whether there exists one multicarrier symbol between the first time window and the second time window of which a type belongs to a first type set is used to determine a first value, the first value being a non-negative integer; and

wherein a number of multicarrier symbols between the first time pool and the second time pool is no smaller than the first value.

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