IP Library Granted Patent US 12,610,362
Granted Patent B2
US 12,610,362 · App. 18/138,119 · Granted Apr 21, 2026

Method and device for multicast broadcast communication

Inventors: Qi Jiang (Shanghai, CN); Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: Apogee Networks, LLC
H04W72/1263H04L5/0048
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Patent No.
US 12,610,362
App. No.
18/138,119
Granted
Apr 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and a device in a node used for wireless communication. A node first receives K1 first-type signals, and then transmits a target signal, the target signal carrying a first bit block, wherein the first bit block includes K1 first-type information blocks, the K1 first-type information blocks are used for indicating whether the K1 first-type signals are correctly received respectively; a target identifier is used for generating a scrambling code of the target signal; one of the K1 first-type signals carries a first identifier, a second identifier is one identifier not equal to the first identifier, the target identifier is equal to one of the first identifier or the second identifier. The disclosure provides a method and device for optimizing a scrambling mode of feedback information under multicast and groupcast, thereby optimizing system performances.

Claims (43)

1 . A User Equipment (UE) comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a number of first-type signals; and

a transmitter configured to transmit a target signal carrying a bit block,

wherein the bit block comprises a number of information blocks, the number of information blocks are used for respectively indicating whether the number of signals are correctly received, wherein a target identifier is used for generating a scrambling code of the target signal, wherein one of the first-type signals carries a first identifier, wherein the target identifier is equal to one of the first identifier or a second identifier different from the first identifier, and wherein the target identifier is determined based on whether one of the first-type signals carries the second identifier.

2 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the receiver is configured to receive a number of first-type signalings, wherein the number of first-type signalings are used for indicating a number of time-frequency resource sets respectively, and wherein the number of first-type signals respectively occupy the number of time-frequency resource sets.

3 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the number of first-type signals at least comprise a first signal and a second signal, wherein the first signal carries the first identifier, wherein the second signal carries the second identifier, and wherein the target identifier is the second identifier.

4 . The UE according to claim 3 , wherein any one of the number of first-type signals carries the first identifier, wherein: a signal generated by the bit block is Quasi Co-Located (QCLed) with a first reference signal resource or one of the number of first-type signals carries the second identifier, wherein a signal generated by the bit block is QCLed with a second reference signal resource; and the reference signal resource is non-QCLed with the second reference signal resource.

5 . The UE according to any one of claim 1 , wherein one of the first-type signals carries the second identifier, wherein:

a Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) included in a physical layer dynamic signal that schedules the one of the first-type signal is scrambled with the second identifier;

time-frequency resources occupied by a physical layer dynamic signal that schedules the one of the first-type signal belongs to a time-frequency resource set, wherein the time-frequency resource set employs a fixed index, or the time-frequency resource set employs an index which is configured through a higher layer signaling; or

a transport channel carrying the one of the first-type signal is a channel other than a downlink shared channel.

6 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the receiver is configured to receive a first one of the information blocks and a second one of the information blocks, wherein the first one of the information blocks is used for indicating a first time-frequency resource pool, and the second one of the information blocks is used for indicating a second time-frequency resource pool, wherein the target signal occupies a target time-frequency resource set, wherein, when the target identifier is the first identifier, a target time-frequency resource set belongs to the first time-frequency resource pool, wherein, when the target identifier is the second identifier, the target time-frequency resource set belongs to the second time-frequency resource pool, and wherein the first information block is specific to the UE, and the second one of the information block is specific to a cell group.

7 . The UE according to claim 6 , wherein at least one of the number of first-type signalings is used for indicating the target time-frequency resource set.

8 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the number first- type signals comprise a first subset of first-type signals that carry the first identifier, wherein the number of first-type signals comprise a second subset of first-type signals that carry the second identifier, and wherein a summation of a number of the first subset and the second subset is equal to the number of first-type signals.

9 . The UE according to claim 1 ,

wherein a generator of a scrambling sequence employed by the first-type signal is initialized through the second identifier;

wherein a CRC in the first-type signal is scrambled with the second identifier, wherein the first-type signal is used for indicating the first identifier, and wherein the first-type signal comprises the first identifier.

10 . The UE according to claim 1 ,

wherein a generator of a scrambling sequence employed by the first-type signal is initialized through the first identifier,

wherein a CRC comprised in the first-type signal is scrambled with the second identifier,

wherein the first-type signal is used for indicating the second identifier, and

wherein the first-type signal comprises the second identifier.

11 . A method performed by a User Equipment (UE), the method comprising:

receiving a number of first-type signals; and

transmitting a target signal carrying a bit block,

wherein the bit block comprises a number of information blocks, the number of information blocks are used for respectively indicating whether the number of first-type signals are correctly received, wherein a target identifier is used for generating a scrambling code of the target signal, wherein one of the first-type signals carries a first identifier, wherein the target identifier is equal to one of the first identifier or a second identifier different from the first identifier, and wherein the target identifier is determined based on whether one of the first-type signals carries the second identifier.

12 . The method according to claim 11 , further comprising receiving a number of first-type signalings, wherein the number of first-type signalings are used for indicating a number of time-frequency resource sets respectively, and wherein the number of first-type signals respectively occupy the number of time-frequency resource sets.

13 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein the number of first-type signals at least comprise a first signal and a second signal, wherein the first signal carries the first identifier, wherein the second signal carries the second identifier, and wherein the target identifier is the second identifier.

14 . The method according to claim 13 , wherein any one of the number of first-type signals carries the first identifier, wherein: a signal generated by the bit block is Quasi Co-Located (QCLed) with a first reference signal resource or one of the number of first-type signals carries the second identifier, wherein a signal generated by the bit block is QCLed with a second reference signal resource, and wherein the reference signal resource is non-QCLed with the second reference signal resource.

15 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein one of the first-type signals carries the second identifier, wherein:

a Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) included in a physical layer dynamic signal that schedules the one of the first-type signal is scrambled with the second identifier;

time-frequency resources occupied by a physical layer dynamic signal that schedules the one of the first-type signals belongs to a time-frequency resource set, wherein the time-frequency resource set employs a fixed index, or the time-frequency resource set employs an index which is configured through a higher layer signaling; or

a transport channel carrying the one of the first-type signals is a channel other than a downlink shared channel.

16 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein the receiver is configured to receive a first one of the information blocks and a second one of the information blocks, wherein the first one of the information blocks is used for indicating a first time-frequency resource pool, and the second one of the information blocks is used for indicating a second time-frequency resource pool, wherein the target signal occupies a target time-frequency resource set, wherein, when the target identifier is the first identifier, a target time-frequency resource set belongs to the first time-frequency resource pool, wherein, when the target identifier is the second identifier, the target time-frequency resource set belongs to the second time-frequency resource pool, and wherein the first information block is specific to the UE, and the second one of the information block is specific to a cell group.

17 . The method according to claim 16 , wherein at least one of the number of first-type signalings is used for indicating the target time-frequency resource set.

18 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein the number first-type signals comprise a first subset of first-type signals that carry the first identifier, wherein the number of first-type signals comprise a second subset of first-type signals that carry the second identifier, and wherein a summation a number of the first subset and the second subset is equal to the number of first-type signals.

19 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein a generator of a scrambling sequence employed by the first-type signal is initialized through the first identifier;

wherein a CRC included in the first-type signal is scrambled with the first identifier, wherein the first-type signal is used for indicating the first identifier, and wherein the first-type signal comprises the first identifier.

20 . The method according to claim 11 ,

wherein a generator of a scrambling sequence employed by the first-type signal is initialized through the second identifier,

wherein a CRC comprised in the first-type signal is scrambled with the second identifier,

wherein the first-type signal is used for indicating the second identifier, and

wherein the first-type signal comprises the second identifier.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 9, 2026
From: APOGEE NETWORKS, LLC
To: APOGEE 5G GLOBAL, LLC
Reel/Frame 075091/0596 →
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 Feb 5, 2024
From: JIANG, QI; ZHANG, XIAOBO
To: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 066388/0149 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202011442861.7 · Dec 11, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2021135646 · Dec 6, 2021
Related Publication 20230262684A1 · Aug 17, 2023
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