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Granted Patent B2
US 12,446,106 · App. 18/604,867 · Granted Oct 14, 2025

Scheduling physical downlink shared channel feedback

Inventors: Alireza Babaei (Fairfax, VA); Esmael Hejazi Dinan (McLean, VA); Ali Cagatay Cirik (Chantilly, VA); Yunjung Yi (Vienna, VA); Hua Zhou (Vienna, VA); Nazanin Rastegardoost (McLean, VA); Hyoungsuk Jeon (Centreville, VA); Youngwoo Kwak (Woodbury, NY); Kai Xu (Great Falls, VA); Bing Hui (Nanjing, CN)
Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
H04W76/28H04L1/1819H04L5/0055H04W72/0446H04W72/23H04W76/27
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Patent No.
US 12,446,106
App. No.
18/604,867
Granted
Oct 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless device may receive from a base station a first downlink control information (DCI) scheduling a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission. The first DCI may indicate that the wireless device is not to transmit feedback for the PDSCH transmission before receiving a second DCI and a PDSCH group index. The second DCI may indicate a time slot for transmitting feedback and the PDSCH group index. In response to the wireless device receiving the second DCI and based on the second DCI indicating feedback for the same PDSCH group index as the first DCI, the wireless may transmit to the base station, in the time slot indicated, the feedback for the PDSCH transmission.

Claims (57)

1. A wireless device comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors cause, cause the wireless device to:

receive, from a base station, a first downlink control information (DCI) scheduling a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission, wherein the first DCI indicates:

not to transmit feedback for the PDSCH transmission before receiving a second DCI; and

a PDSCH group index;

receive the second DCI indicating:

a time slot for transmitting feedback; and

the PDSCH group index; and

based on the second DCI indicating feedback for a same PDSCH group index as the first DCI, transmit to the base station, in the time slot, the feedback for the PDSCH transmission.

2. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the first DCI comprises:

a first field indicating not to transmit the feedback for the PDSCH transmission; and

a second field for the PDSCH group index.

3. The wireless device of claim 2 , wherein the second DCI comprises:

a first field indicating the time slot to transmit the feedback for the PDSCH transmission; and

a second field for the PDSCH group index.

4. The wireless device of claim 3 , wherein the second field of the second DCI indicates the same PDSCH group index as the second field of the first DCI.

5. The wireless device of claim 2 , wherein the feedback for the PDSCH transmission is hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback.

6. The wireless device of claim 5 , wherein the first field is a PDSCH-to-HARQ feedback timing indicator field.

7. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the instruction further cause the wireless device to monitor for the second DCI in response to receiving the first DCI.

8. A base station comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the base station to:

transmit, to a wireless device, a first downlink control information (DCI) scheduling a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission, wherein the first DCI indicates:

not to transmit feedback for the PDSCH transmission before receiving a second DCI; and

a PDSCH group index;

transmit the second DCI indicating:

a time slot for transmitting feedback; and

the PDSCH group index; and

based on the second DCI indicating feedback for a same PDSCH group index as the first DCI, receive, from the wireless device, in the time slot, the feedback for the PDSCH transmission.

9. The base station of claim 8 , wherein the first DCI comprises:

a first field indicating not to transmit the feedback for the PDSCH transmission; and

a second field for the PDSCH group index.

10. The base station of claim 9 , wherein the second DCI comprises:

a first field indicating the time slot to transmit the feedback for the PDSCH transmission; and

a second field for the PDSCH group index.

11. The base station of claim 10 , wherein the second field of the second DCI indicates the same PDSCH group index as the second field of the first DCI.

12. The base station of claim 9 , wherein the feedback for the PDSCH transmission is hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback.

13. The base station of claim 12 , wherein the first field is a PDSCH-to-HARQ feedback timing indicator field.

14. The base station of claim 8 , wherein transmitting the first DCI causes the wireless device to monitor for the second DCI.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a wireless device, cause the wireless device to:

receive, from a base station, a first downlink control information (DCI) scheduling a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission, wherein the first DCI indicates:

not to transmit feedback for the PDSCH transmission before receiving a second DCI; and

a PDSCH group index;

receive, from the base station, the second DCI indicating:

a time slot for transmitting feedback; and

the PDSCH group index; and

based on the second DCI indicating feedback for a same PDSCH group index as the first DCI, transmit to the base station, in the time slot, the feedback for the PDSCH transmission.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the first DCI comprises:

a first field indicating not to transmit the feedback for the PDSCH transmission; and

a second field for the PDSCH group index.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the second DCI comprises:

a first field indicating the time slot to transmit the feedback for the PDSCH transmission; and

a second field for the PDSCH group index.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the second field of the second DCI indicates the same PDSCH group index as the second field of the first DCI.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the feedback for the PDSCH transmission is hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the first field is a PDSCH-to-HARQ feedback timing indicator field.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2025
From: OFINNO, LLC
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 073117/0008 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 4, 2024
From: BABAEI, ALIREZA; DINAN, ESMAEL HEJAZI; YI, YUNJUNG; ZHOU, HUA; CIRIK, ALI CAGATAY; RASTEGARDOOST, NAZANIN; JEON, HYOUNGSUK; KWAK, YOUNGWOO; XU, KAI; HUI, BING
To: OFINNO, LLC
Reel/Frame 067002/0788 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17680776 · Feb 25, 2022
Continuation 16829166 · Mar 25, 2020
Provisional Application 62823978 · Mar 26, 2019
Related Publication 20240224381A1 · Jul 4, 2024
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