Granted Patent B2

US 12,745,244 · App. 18/548,191 · Granted Sep 22, 2026

Inventors: Alexei Davydov (Nizhny Novgorod, RU); Yingyang Li (Beijing, CN); Gang Xiong (Portland, OR); Daewon Lee (Portland, OR)

Assignee: Intel Corporation

H04W72/1268H04L1/1812H04W72/21H04W72/51

Abstract

Claims (31)

1 . An apparatus of a user equipment (UE) comprising:

memory to store capability information associated with the UE; and

processing circuitry, coupled with the memory, to:

determine, based on the UE capability information, a position of uplink control information (UCI) within a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission, wherein the UE capability information includes an indication of a minimum time between a last symbol of an aperiodic channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) used for measurements and the UCI, and wherein the position of the UCI is determined as an earliest discrete Fourier transform spread orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (DFT-s-OFDM) symbol before a codeblock bundle (CBB) boundary that satisfies the minimum time; and

encode a PUSCH message for transmission that includes the UCI at the determined position.

2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the UE capability information includes an indication of a minimum time between a last symbol of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmission and the UCI.

3 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the position of the UCI is between two adjacent CBBs.

4 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein transmission of the UCI within the PUSCH message includes a demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) symbol transmitted in a symbol adjacent to the UCI.

5 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein transmission of the UCI within the PUSCH message is performed after a first DM-RS symbol satisfying a capability in the UE capability information.

6 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein transmission of the UCI within the PUSCH message is postponed until an end of an uplink (UL) portion of a time division duplex (TDD) period.

7 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the PUSCH includes uplink shared channel (UL SCH) information.

8 . The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising receiving, from a next-generation NodeB (gNB), downlink control information (DCI) that acknowledges the UCI.

9 . One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause a user equipment (UE) to:

determine, based on one or more UE capabilities, a position of uplink control information (UCI) to be transmitted in conjunction with a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission, wherein the one or more UE capabilities includes an indication of a minimum time between a last symbol of an aperiodic channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) used for measurements and the UCI, and wherein the position of the UCI is determined as an earliest discrete Fourier transform spread orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (DFT-s-OFDM) symbol before a codeblock bundle (CBB) boundary that satisfies the minimum time; and

encode a PUSCH message for transmission based on the determined UCI position.

10 . The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 9 , wherein the one or more UE capabilities includes an indication of a minimum time between a last symbol of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmission and the UCI.

11 . The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 9 , wherein the position of the UCI is based on an earliest discrete Fourier transform spread orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (DFT-s-OFDM) symbol before a codeblock bundle (CBB) satisfying a capability in the UE capability information.

12 . The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 9 , wherein transmission of the UCI in conjunction with the PUSCH message:

includes a demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) symbol transmitted in a symbol adjacent to the UCI; or

is performed after a first DM-RS symbol satisfying a capability in the UE capability information; or

is postponed until an end of an uplink (UL) portion of a time division duplex (TDD) period.

13 . The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 9 , wherein the PUSCH includes uplink shared channel (UL SCH) information.

14 . The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 9 , wherein the media further stores instructions for causing the UE to receive, from a next-generation NodeB (gNB), downlink control information (DCI) that acknowledges the UCI, wherein the DCI includes an indication of a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process number associated with the UCI.

15 . One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause a next-generation NodeB (gNB) to:

receive, from a user equipment (UE), uplink control information (UCI) transmitted in conjunction with a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission, wherein the UCI is received at a position determined based on UE capability information including an indication of a minimum time between a last symbol of an aperiodic channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) used for measurements and the UCI, and wherein the position of the UCI is determined as an earliest discrete Fourier transform spread orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (DFT-s-OFDM) symbol before a codeblock bundle (CBB) boundary that satisfies the minimum time; and

encode a message for transmission to the UE that includes downlink control information (DCI) that acknowledges the UCI, wherein the DCI includes an indication of a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process number associated with the UCI.

16 . The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15 , wherein the UCI is transmitted between two adjacent codeblock bundles (CBBs).

17 . The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15 , wherein the UCI transmitted in conjunction with the PUSCH transmission:

includes a demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) symbol transmitted in a symbol adjacent to the UCI; or

is performed after a first DM-RS symbol satisfying a capability in the UE capability information; or

is postponed until an end of an uplink (UL) portion of a time division duplex (TDD) period.

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