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US 12,432,770 · App. 18/117,287 · Granted Sep 30, 2025

Multiplexing techniques for overlapping channels with different priorities

Inventors: Wei Chen (Guangdong, CN); Wei Gou (Guangdong, CN); Junfeng Zhang (Guangdong, CN); Peng Hao (Guangdong, CN); Shuaihua Kou (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: ZTE Corporation
H04W72/569H04L1/1671H04L5/0055H04W72/21
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Patent No.
US 12,432,770
App. No.
18/117,287
Granted
Sep 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Techniques are described for multiplexing content that overlap in time domain on at least two channels. An example wireless communication method includes performing a first determination, by a communication node, that a high priority feedback message to be transmitted on a control channel overlaps in time domain with a low priority feedback message to be transmitted on the control channel; performing a second determination, by the communication node, whether a multiplexing operation between the high priority feedback message and the low priority feedback message is allowed; and transmitting, in response to the first determination and in response to determining that the multiplexing operation is allowed, a multiplexed information in a resource in the control channel.

Claims (42)

1. A wireless communication method, comprising:

performing a first determination, by a communication node, that a control channel with a high priority feedback message to be transmitted overlaps in time domain with another control channel with a low priority feedback message to be transmitted;

performing a second determination, by the communication node, that a multiplexing operation between the high priority feedback message and the low priority feedback message is allowed based on a Radio Resource Control (RRC) parameter, wherein each of the high priority feedback message and the low priority feedback message is less than or equal to two bits; and

transmitting, in response to the first determination and the second determination, a sequence representing multiplexed information,

wherein the multiplexed information represents the high priority feedback message multiplexed with the low priority feedback message,

wherein the sequence is transmitted in the control channel, and

wherein the sequence is selected based on a first set of one or more bits of the high priority feedback message and based on a second set of one or more bits of the low priority feedback message.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein a resource for transmitting the sequence is selected based on values of the low priority feedback message and the high priority feedback message.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein a resource for transmitting the sequence is configured for transmission of the low priority feedback message on the control channel.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein a resource for transmitting the sequence is configured for transmission of the high priority feedback message on the control channel.

5. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the high priority feedback message includes a high priority hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) message, and

wherein the low priority feedback message includes a low priority hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) message.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the control channel includes a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH).

7. A wireless communication apparatus comprising a processor configured to implement a method, the processor configured to:

perform a first determination, by a communication node, that a control channel with a high priority feedback message to be transmitted overlaps in time domain with another control channel with a low priority feedback message to be transmitted;

perform a second determination, by the communication node, that a multiplexing operation between the high priority feedback message and the low priority feedback message is allowed based on a Radio Resource Control (RRC) parameter, wherein each of the high priority feedback message and the low priority feedback message is less than or equal to two bits; and

transmit, in response to the first determination and the second determination, a sequence representing multiplexed information,

wherein the multiplexed information represents the high priority feedback message multiplexed with the low priority feedback message,

wherein the sequence is transmitted in the control channel, and

wherein the sequence is selected based on a first set of one or more bits of the high priority feedback message and based on a second set of one or more bits of the low priority feedback message.

8. The wireless communication apparatus of claim 7 , wherein a resource for transmitting the sequence is selected based on values of the low priority feedback message and the high priority feedback message.

9. The wireless communication apparatus of claim 7 , wherein a resource for transmitting the sequence is configured for transmission of the low priority feedback message on the control channel.

10. The wireless communication apparatus of claim 7 , wherein a resource for transmitting the sequence is configured for transmission of the high priority feedback message on the control channel.

11. The wireless communication apparatus of claim 7 ,

wherein the high priority feedback message includes a high priority hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) message, and

wherein the low priority feedback message includes a low priority hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) message.

12. The wireless communication apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the control channel includes a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH).

13. A non-transitory computer readable program storage medium having code stored thereon, the code, when executed by a processor, causing the processor to implement a method, comprising:

performing a first determination, by a communication node, that a control channel with a high priority feedback message to be transmitted on a control channel overlaps in time domain with another control channel with a low priority feedback message to be transmitted on the control channel;

performing a second determination, by the communication node, that a multiplexing operation between the high priority feedback message and the low priority feedback message is allowed based on a Radio Resource Control (RRC) parameter, wherein each of the high priority feedback message and the low priority feedback message is less than or equal to two bits; and

transmitting, in response to the first determination and the second determination, a sequence representing multiplexed information,

wherein the multiplexed information represents the high priority feedback message multiplexed with the low priority feedback message,

wherein the sequence is transmitted in the control channel, and

wherein the sequence is selected based on a first set of one or more bits of the high priority feedback message and based on a second set of one or more bits of the low priority feedback message.

14. The non-transitory computer readable program storage medium of claim 13 , wherein a resource for transmitting the sequence is selected based on values of the low priority feedback message and the high priority feedback message.

15. The non-transitory computer readable program storage medium of claim 13 , wherein a resource for transmitting the sequence is configured for transmission of the low priority feedback message on the control channel.

16. The non-transitory computer readable program storage medium of claim 13 , wherein a resource for transmitting the sequence is configured for transmission of the high priority feedback message on the control channel.

17. The non-transitory computer readable program storage medium of claim 13 ,

wherein the high priority feedback message includes a high priority hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) message, and

wherein the low priority feedback message includes a low priority hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) message.

18. The non-transitory computer readable program storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the control channel includes a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2023
From: CHEN, WEI; GOU, WEI; ZHANG, JUNFENG; HAO, PENG; KOU, SHUAIHUA
To: ZTE CORPORATION
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Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2020122327 · Oct 21, 2020
Related Publication 20230209590A1 · Jun 29, 2023
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