IP Library Granted Patent US 12,507,255
Granted Patent B2
US 12,507,255 · App. 18/144,259 · Granted Dec 23, 2025

Method and device in nodes used for wireless communication

Inventors: Zheng Liu (Shanghai, CN); Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: APOGEE NETWORKS, LLC
H04W72/232H04W72/0446H04W72/0453
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Patent No.
US 12,507,255
App. No.
18/144,259
Granted
Dec 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present application discloses a method and a device in a node for wireless communications. A node receives a first information block, the first information block being used to determine X1 PDCCH occasions; the node receives a first signaling and a first signal, the first signaling being used to determine a frequency-domain resource set occupied by the first signal in frequency domain; the node transmits a second signal, the second signal carrying a first bit block; the first signaling is used to determine a first time interval length, the first time interval length being used to determine a length of a time interval in time domain between a first PDCCH occasion and the first signal; a position of the first signal in time domain is used to determine a position of the second signal in time domain. The present application ensures the HARQ transmission.

Claims (35)

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

a receiver, receiving a first information block, the first information block being used to determine a first plurality of PDCCH occasions;

the receiver, receiving a first signaling and receiving a first signal, the first signal occupying a frequency-domain resource set in frequency domain, and the first signaling being used to determine the frequency-domain resource set; and

a transmitter, transmitting a second signal, the second signal carrying a bit block, the bit block comprising at least one bit;

wherein the first signaling is used to determine a first time interval length, the first time interval length being used to determine a length of a time interval in time domain between a first PDCCH occasion and the first signal, the first PDCCH occasion being a PDCCH occasion having a latest end time among the first plurality of PDCCH occasions; the bit block comprises a bit sub-block, the bit sub-block comprising at least one bit; a position of the first signal in time domain is used to determine a position of the second signal in time domain, whether the first signal is correctly received being used to determine a bit value of the bit sub-block; a second PDCCH occasion is used to determine the bit sub-block in the bit block, wherein the second PDCCH occasion is a PDCCH occasion having an earliest start time among the first plurality of PDCCH occasions.

2 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the first signaling is used to determine a target symbol interval, the target symbol interval being used to determine a starting symbol occupied by the first signal in time domain, and a number of symbols in the target symbol interval being used to determine the first time interval length; whether the first PDCCH occasion and the first signal belong to a same slot is used to determine whether a starting symbol in the first PDCCH occasion is used to determine the bit sub-block in the bit block, wherein the number of symbols in the target symbol interval is used to determine the bit sub-block in the bit block.

3 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the receiver receives a second signaling; wherein a PDCCH candidate occupied by the second signaling is different from a PDCCH candidate occupied by the first signaling; the second signaling carries a target indication, the second signaling belonging to the second PDCCH occasion in time domain; the second PDCCH occasion belongs to a second plurality of PDCCH occasions; the second plurality of PDCCH occasions are indexed in order, and the target indication is used together with an index of the second PDCCH occasion among the second plurality of PDCCH occasions for determining the bit sub-block in the bit block.

4 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the first time interval length is expressed in a number of slots corresponding to a target subcarrier spacing, and the first time interval length is used to determine a length of a time interval in time domain between a slot to which the first PDCCH occasion belongs and a slot to which the first signal belongs; or, the first time interval length is expressed in a number of symbols corresponding to the target subcarrier spacing, and the first time interval length is used to determine a length of a time interval in time domain between a starting symbol in the first PDCCH occasion and a starting symbol occupied by the first signal; the target subcarrier spacing is equal to one of a subcarrier spacing used by the first signaling or a subcarrier spacing used by the first signal.

5 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein a PDCCH candidate occupied by the first signaling is a first PDCCH candidate, and a second PDCCH candidate is a PDCCH candidate other than the first PDCCH candidate; a quasi co-location of a reference signal comprised in the first PDCCH candidate is different from a quasi co-location of a reference signal comprised in the second PDCCH candidate; and wherein the first PDCCH candidate and the second PDCCH candidate are linked.

6 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the first signal occupies a first time-domain resource block in time domain, while a signaling carried by a PDCCH candidate other than a PDCCH candidate occupied by the first signaling is used to indicate a second time-domain resource block, wherein overlapping time-domain resources exist between the first time-domain resource block and the second time-domain resource block.

7 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the transmitter transmits a second information block; wherein the second information block is used to indicate at least one of whether the UE supports PDCCH candidates being mutually linked or a linkage type between mutually linked PDCCH candidates supported by the UE.

8 . A base station for wireless communications, comprising:

a transmitter, transmitting a first information block, the first information block being used to indicate a first plurality of PDCCH occasions;

the transmitter, transmitting a first signaling and transmitting a first signal, the first signal occupying a frequency-domain resource set in frequency domain, and the first signaling being used to indicate the frequency-domain resource set; and

a receiver, receiving a second signal, the second signal carrying a bit block, the bit block comprising at least one bit;

wherein the first signaling is used to indicate a first time interval length, the first time interval length being used to determine a length of a time interval in time domain between a first PDCCH occasion and the first signal, the first PDCCH occasion being a PDCCH occasion having a latest end time among the first plurality of PDCCH occasions; the bit block comprises a bit sub-block, the bit sub-block comprising at least one bit; a position of the first signal in time domain is used to determine a position of the second signal in time domain, whether the first signal is correctly received being used to determine a bit value of the bit sub-block; a second PDCCH occasion is used to determine the bit sub-block in the bit block, wherein the second PDCCH occasion is a PDCCH occasion having an earliest start time among the first plurality of PDCCH occasions.

9 . The base station according to claim 8 , wherein the first signaling is used to determine a target symbol interval, the target symbol interval being used to determine a starting symbol occupied by the first signal in time domain, and a number of symbols in the target symbol interval being used to determine the first time interval length; whether the first PDCCH occasion and the first signal belong to a same slot is used to determine whether a starting symbol in the first PDCCH occasion is used to determine the bit sub-block in the bit block, wherein the number of symbols in the target symbol interval is used to determine the bit sub-block in the bit block.

10 . The base station according to claim 8 , wherein the transmitter transmits a second signaling; wherein a PDCCH candidate occupied by the second signaling is different from a PDCCH candidate occupied by the first signaling; the second signaling carries a target indication, the second signaling belonging to the second PDCCH occasion in time domain; the second PDCCH occasion belongs to a second plurality of PDCCH occasions; the second plurality of PDCCH occasions are indexed in order, and the target indication is used together with an index of the second PDCCH occasion among the second plurality of PDCCH occasions for determining the bit sub-block in the bit block.

11 . The base station according to claim 8 , wherein the first time interval length is expressed in a number of slots corresponding to a target subcarrier spacing, and the first time interval length is used to determine a length of a time interval in time domain between a slot to which the first PDCCH occasion belongs and a slot to which the first signal belongs; or, the first time interval length is expressed in a number of symbols corresponding to the target subcarrier spacing, and the first time interval length is used to determine a length of a time interval in time domain between a starting symbol in the first PDCCH occasion and a starting symbol occupied by the first signal; the target subcarrier spacing is equal to one of a subcarrier spacing used by the first signaling or a subcarrier spacing used by the first signal.

12 . The base station according to claim 8 , wherein a PDCCH candidate occupied by the first signaling is a first PDCCH candidate, and a second PDCCH candidate is a PDCCH candidate other than the first PDCCH candidate; a quasi co-location of a reference signal comprised in the first PDCCH candidate is different from a quasi co-location of a reference signal comprised in the second PDCCH candidate; and wherein the first PDCCH candidate and the second PDCCH candidate are linked.

13 . The base station according to claim 8 , wherein the second receiver receives a second information block; wherein the second information block is used to indicate at least one of whether a transmitter transmitting the second information block supports PDCCH candidates being mutually linked or a linkage type between mutually linked PDCCH candidates supported by the transmitter transmitting the second information block.

14 . A method in a user equipment (UE) for wireless communications, comprising: receiving a first information block, the first information block being used to determine a first plurality of PDCCH occasions;

receiving a first signaling and receiving a first signal, the first signal occupying a frequency-domain resource set in frequency domain, and the first signaling being used to determine the frequency-domain resource set; and

transmitting a second signal, the second signal carrying a bit block, the bit block comprising at least one bit;

wherein the first signaling is used to determine a first time interval length, the first time interval length being used to determine a length of a time interval in time domain between a first PDCCH occasion and the first signal, the first PDCCH occasion being a PDCCH occasion having a latest end time among the first plurality of PDCCH occasions; the bit block comprises a bit sub-block, the bit sub-block comprising at least one bit; a position of the first signal in time domain is used to determine a position of the second signal in time domain, whether the first signal is correctly received being used to determine a bit value of the bit sub-block; a second PDCCH occasion is used to determine the bit sub-block in the bit block, wherein the second PDCCH occasion is a PDCCH occasion having an earliest start time among the first plurality of PDCCH occasions.

15 . The method in the UE according to claim 14 , wherein the first signaling is used to determine a target symbol interval, the target symbol interval being used to determine a starting symbol occupied by the first signal in time domain, and a number of symbols in the target symbol interval being used to determine the first time interval length; whether the first PDCCH occasion and the first signal belong to a same slot is used to determine whether a starting symbol in the first PDCCH occasion is used to determine the bit sub-block in the bit block, wherein the number of symbols in the target symbol interval is used to determine the bit sub-block in the bit block.

16 . The method in the UE according to claim 14 , comprising:

receiving a second signaling;

wherein a PDCCH candidate occupied by the second signaling is different from a PDCCH candidate occupied by the first signaling; the second signaling carries a target indication, the second signaling belonging to the second PDCCH occasion in time domain; the second PDCCH occasion belongs to a second plurality of PDCCH occasions; the second plurality of PDCCH occasions are indexed in order, and the target indication is used together with an index of the second PDCCH occasion among the second plurality of PDCCH occasions for determining the bit sub-block in the bit block.

17 . The method in the UE according to claim 14 , wherein the first time interval length is expressed in a number of slots corresponding to a target subcarrier spacing, and the first time interval length is used to determine a length of a time interval in time domain between a slot to which the first PDCCH occasion belongs and a slot to which the first signal belongs; or, the first time interval length is expressed in a number of symbols corresponding to the target subcarrier spacing, and the first time interval length is used to determine a length of a time interval in time domain between a starting symbol in the first PDCCH occasion and a starting symbol occupied by the first signal; the target subcarrier spacing is equal to one of a subcarrier spacing used by the first signaling or a subcarrier spacing used by the first signal.

18 . The method in the UE according to claim 14 , wherein a PDCCH candidate occupied by the first signaling is a first PDCCH candidate, and a second PDCCH candidate is a PDCCH candidate other than the first PDCCH candidate; a quasi co-location of a reference signal comprised in the first PDCCH candidate is different from a quasi co-location of a reference signal comprised in the second PDCCH candidate; and wherein the first PDCCH candidate and the second PDCCH candidate are linked.

19 . The method in the UE according to claim 14 , wherein the first signal occupies a first time-domain resource block in time domain, while a signaling carried by a PDCCH candidate other than a PDCCH candidate occupied by the first signaling is used to indicate a second time-domain resource block, wherein overlapping time-domain resources exist between the first time-domain resource block and the second time-domain resource block.

20 . The method in the UE according to claim 14 , comprising:

transmitting a second information block;

wherein the second information block is used to indicate at least one of whether the UE supports PDCCH candidates being mutually linked or a linkage type between mutually linked PDCCH candidates supported by the UE.

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 Apr 11, 2024
From: LIU, ZHENG; ZHANG, XIAOBO
To: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 067068/0862 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202011256557.3 · Nov 11, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2021129932 · Nov 11, 2021
Related Publication 20230276460A1 · Aug 31, 2023
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