IP Library Granted Patent US 12,531,685
Granted Patent B2
US 12,531,685 · App. 18/111,611 · Granted Jan 20, 2026

Method and device for downlink assignment index-based hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement reporting in wireless communication

Inventors: Yang Hu (Shanghai, CN); Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: Apogee Networks, LLC
H04L5/0048H04L1/1812H04L5/0055
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Patent No.
US 12,531,685
App. No.
18/111,611
Granted
Jan 20, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Method and device in nodes for wireless communication. A first receiver receives a first information block and a first signaling, the first information block is used to determine whether the first signaling comprises a target DAI field; a first transmitter transmits a target bit block in a first physical-layer channel, of a first bit block or a second bit block, at least the second bit block is used to generate the target bit block; wherein the first signaling is used to determine resources occupied by the first physical-layer channel; a first reference value is a default or configurable non-negative integer; when the first signaling does not comprise the target DAI field, the first bit block is used to generate a third bit block, the third bit block comprises at least one bit, a number of bit(s) comprised in the third bit block is equal to the first reference value.

Claims (47)

1 . A user equipment (UE), comprising:

a receiver configured to:

receive downlink control information (DCI) indicating one or more resources of a channel; and

receive information indicating whether the DCI includes a Downlink Assignment Index (DAI); and

a transmitter configured to transmit a plurality of HARQ bits on the channel, wherein the plurality of HARQ bits include one or more HARQ bits of a second type,

wherein on a condition that the DCI includes the DAI, a first number of HARQ-ACK bits of a first type that are included in the plurality of HARQ bits is based on the DAI, and

wherein on a condition that the DCI does not include the DAI, the HARQ-ACK bits of the first type are used to generate a set of bits having a second number, and the set of bits is included in the plurality of HARQ bits.

2 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the DCI includes the DAI, and the DAI indicates the first number of HARQ-ACK bits of the first type that are included in the plurality of HARQ bits.

3 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein:

the first number of HARQ-ACK bits of the first type is greater than the second number, and on a condition that the DCI does not include the DAI, a bit of the set of bits is an outcome of at least one operation of logical AND, logical OR, or exclusive or (XOR) of bits of the HARQ-ACK bits of the first type, or

the first number of HARQ-ACK bits of the first type is greater than the second number, and one a condition that the DCI does not include the DAI, the set of bits includes a portion of the HARQ-ACK bits of the first type, and remaining bits of the HARQ-ACK bits of the first type are not included in the plurality of HARQ bits.

4 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein:

the HARQ-ACK bits of the first type are HARQ-ACK multicast bits and the one or more HARQ bits of the second type are HARQ-ACK unicast bits, or

the HARQ-ACK bits of the first type are unicast bits and the one or more HARQ bits of the second type are HARQ-ACK bits.

5 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the HARQ-ACK bits of the first type are associated with a first priority, and the one or more HARQ bits of the second type are associated with a second priority that is different from the first priority.

6 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the receiver is configured to receive control information indicating the second number.

7 . A base station, comprising:

a transmitter configured to:

transmit downlink control information (DCI) indicating one or more resources of a channel; and

transmit information indicating whether the DCI includes a Downlink Assignment Index (DAI); and

a receiver configured to transmit a plurality of HARQ bits on the channel, wherein the plurality of HARQ bits include one or more HARQ bits of a second type,

wherein on a condition that the DCI includes the DAI, a first number of HARQ-ACK bits of a first type that are included in the plurality of HARQ bits is based on the DAI, and

wherein on a condition that the DCI does not include the DAI, the HARQ-ACK bits of the first type are used to generate a set of bits having a second number, and the set of bits is included in the plurality of HARQ bits.

8 . The base station according to claim 7 , wherein the DCI includes the DAI, and the DAI indicates the first number of HARQ-ACK bits of the first type that are included in the plurality of HARQ bits.

9 . The base station according to claim 7 , wherein:

the first number of HARQ-ACK bits of the first type is greater than the second number, and on a condition that the DCI does not include the DAI, a bit of the set of bits is an outcome of at least one operation of logical AND, logical OR, or exclusive or (XOR) of bits of the HARQ-ACK bits of the first type, or

the first number of HARQ-ACK bits of the first type is greater than the second number, and one a condition that the DCI does not include the DAI, the set of bits includes a portion of the HARQ-ACK bits of the first type, and remaining bits of the HARQ-ACK bits of the first type are not included in the plurality of HARQ bits.

10 . The base station according to claim 7 , wherein:

the HARQ-ACK bits of the first type are HARQ-ACK multicast bits and the one or more HARQ bits of the second type are HARQ-ACK unicast bits, or

the HARQ-ACK bits of the first type are unicast bits and the one or more HARQ bits of the second type are HARQ-ACK bits.

11 . The base station according to claim 7 , wherein the HARQ-ACK bits of the first type are associated with a first priority, and the one or more HARQ bits of the second type are associated with a second priority that is different from the first priority.

12 . A method, comprising:

receiving downlink control information (DCI) indicating one or more resources of a channel;

receiving information indicating whether the DCI includes a Downlink Assignment Index (DAI); and

transmitting a plurality of HARQ bits on the channel, wherein the plurality of HARQ bits include one or more HARQ bits of a second type,

wherein on a condition that the DCI includes the DAI, a first number of HARQ-ACK bits of a first type that are included in the plurality of HARQ bits is based on the DAI, and

wherein on a condition that the DCI does not include the DAI, the HARQ-ACK bits of the first type are used to generate a set of bits having a second number, and the set of bits is included in the plurality of HARQ bits.

13 . The method according to claim 12 , wherein the DCI includes the DAI, and the DAI indicates the first number of HARQ-ACK bits of the first type that are included in the plurality of HARQ bits.

14 . The method according to claim 12 , wherein:

the first number of HARQ-ACK bits of the first type is greater than the second number, and on a condition that the DCI does not include the DAI, a bit of the set of bits is an outcome of at least one operation of logical AND, logical OR, or exclusive or (XOR) of bits of the HARQ-ACK bits of the first type, or

the first number of HARQ-ACK bits of the first type is greater than the second number, and one a condition that the DCI does not include the DAI, the set of bits includes a portion of the HARQ-ACK bits of the first type, and remaining bits of the HARQ-ACK bits of the first type are not included in the plurality of HARQ bits.

15 . The method according to claim 12 , wherein:

the HARQ-ACK bits of the first type are HARQ-ACK multicast bits and the one or more HARQ bits of the second type are HARQ-ACK unicast bits, or

the HARQ-ACK bits of the first type are unicast bits and the one or more HARQ bits of the second type are HARQ-ACK bits.

16 . The method according to claim 12 , wherein the HARQ-ACK bits of the first type are associated with a first priority, and the one or more HARQ bits of the second type are associated with a second priority that is different from the first priority.

17 . The method according to claim 12 , comprising:

receiving receive control information indicating the second number.

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 Nov 8, 2023
From: HU, YANG; ZHANG, XIAOBO
To: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 065491/0130 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202111267571.8 · Oct 29, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2022127646 · Oct 26, 2022
Related Publication 20230224114A1 · Jul 13, 2023
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