IP Library Granted Patent US 12,501,464
Granted Patent B2
US 12,501,464 · App. 18/617,204 · Granted Dec 16, 2025

Method and apparatus for configuring priority of UCI

Inventors: Wan-Chen Lin (Hualien, TW); Yu-Hsin Cheng (Hsinchu, TW); Heng-Li Chin (Taipei, TW); Hsin-Hsi Tsai (Taipei, TW)
H04W72/535H04L1/1819H04L5/0055H04W72/0446H04W72/21H04W72/23H04W72/56H04W76/27
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Patent No.
US 12,501,464
App. No.
18/617,204
Granted
Dec 16, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A base station for wireless communication is provided. The base station transmits to a user equipment (UE) a first Radio Resource Control (RRC) configuration and the second RRC configuration. The first RRC configuration is for configuring a first semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and includes a first parameter indicating its relative priority for when the first SPS PDSCH overlaps with another SPS PDSCH in a time domain The second RRC configuration, which overlaps the first SPS PDSCH, is for configuring a second SPS PDSCH and includes a second parameter indicating its relative priority for when the second SPS PDSCH overlaps with another SPS PDSCH in the time domain.

Claims (48)

1 . A base station (BS) comprising:

a transceiver;

one or more non-transitory computer-readable media containing computer-executable instructions embodied therein; and

at least one processor coupled to the transceiver and the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media, the at least one processor configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to:

transmit, to a user equipment (UE) via the transceiver, a first Radio Resource Control (RRC) configuration for configuring a first semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), the first RRC configuration comprising a first parameter indicating a priority value of a first uplink control information (UCI) for the first SPS PDSCH and a second parameter indicating a priority value of the first SPS PDSCH;

transmit, to the UE via the transceiver, a downlink control information (DCI) format that schedules a PDSCH reception, the DCI format including a field that indicates a priority value of a second UCI for the PDSCH reception, the first parameter and the field for resolving collision in a time domain; and

receive, from the UE via the transceiver, one of the first UCI and the second UCI based on a comparison between the first parameter and the field when the first UCI and the second UCI collide in the time domain.

2 . The BS of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to:

transmit, to the UE via the transceiver, a second RRC configuration for configuring a second SPS PDSCH, the second RRC configuration comprising a third parameter indicating a priority value of the second SPS PDSCH;

monitor a third UCI for the second SPS PDSCH.

3 . The BS of claim 2 , wherein the at least one processor further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to:

receive, from the UE via the transceiver, one of the first UCI for the first SPS PDSCH and the third UCI for the second SPS PDSCH based on a comparison between the second parameter and the third parameter when the first SPS PDSCH and the second SPS PDSCH collide in the time domain.

4 . The BS of claim 1 , wherein the first and second UCIs each include hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information.

5 . A method for a base station (BS) comprising:

transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), a first Radio Resource Control (RRC) configuration for configuring a first semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), the first RRC configuration comprising a first parameter indicating a priority value of a first uplink control information (UCI) for the first SPS PDSCH and a second parameter indicating a priority value of the first SPS PDSCH;

transmitting, to the UE, a downlink control information (DCI) format that schedules a PDSCH reception, the DCI format including a field that indicates a priority value of a second UCI for the PDSCH reception, the first parameter and the field for resolving collision in a time domain; and

receiving, from the UE, one of the first UCI and the second UCI based on the first parameter and the field when the first UCI and the second UCI collide in the time domain.

6 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

transmitting, to the UE, a second RRC configuration for configuring a second SPS PDSCH, the second RRC configuration comprising a third parameter indicating a priority value of the second SPS PDSCH;

monitoring a third UCI for the second SPS PDSCH.

7 . The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

receiving, from the UE, one of the first UCI for the first SPS PDSCH and the third UCI for the second SPS PDSCH based on a comparison between the second parameter and the third parameter when the first SPS PDSCH and the second SPS PDSCH collide in the time domain.

8 . The BS of claim 5 , wherein the first and second UCIs each include hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information.

9 . A user equipment (UE) comprising:

a transceiver;

one or more non-transitory computer-readable media containing computer-executable instructions embodied therein; and

at least one processor coupled to the transceiver and the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media, the at least one processor configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to:

receive, from a base station (BS) via the transceiver, a first Radio Resource Control (RRC) configuration for configuring a first semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), the first RRC configuration comprising a first parameter indicating a priority value of a first uplink control information (UCI) for the first SPS PDSCH and a second parameter indicating a priority value of the first SPS PDSCH;

receive, from the BS via the transceiver, a downlink control information (DCI) format that schedules a PDSCH reception, the DCI format including a field that indicates a priority value of a second UCI for the PDSCH reception, the first parameter and the field for resolving collision in a time domain; and

transmit, to the BS via the transceiver, one of the first UCI and the second UCI based on a comparison between the first parameter and the field when the first UCI and the second UCI collide in the time domain.

10 . The UE of claim 9 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to:

receive, from the BS via the transceiver, a second RRC configuration for configuring a second SPS PDSCH, the second RRC configuration comprising a third parameter indicating a priority value of the second SPS PDSCH; and

generate a third UCI for the second SPS PDSCH.

11 . The UE of claim 10 , wherein the at least one processor further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to:

receive, from the BS via the transceiver, one of the first SPS PDSCH and the second SPS PDSCH based on a comparison between the second parameter and the third parameter when the first SPS PDSCH and the second SPS PDSCH collide in the time domain;

transmit, to the BS via the transceiver, a UCI corresponding to the received SPS PDSCH.

12 . The UE of claim 9 , wherein the first and second UCIs each include hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information.

13 . A method for a user equipment (UE) comprising:

receiving, from a base station (BS), a first Radio Resource Control (RRC) configuration for configuring a first semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), the first RRC configuration comprising a first parameter indicating a priority value of a first uplink control information (UCI) for the first SPS PDSCH and a second parameter indicating a priority value of the first SPS PDSCH;

receiving, from the BS, a downlink control information (DCI) format that schedules a PDSCH reception, the DCI format including a field that indicates a priority value of a second UCI for the PDSCH reception, the first parameter and the field for resolving collision in a time domain; and

transmitting, to the BS, one of the first UCI and the second UCI based on a comparison between the first parameter and the field when the first UCI and the second UCI collide in the time domain.

14 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

receiving, from the BS, a second RRC configuration for configuring a second SPS PDSCH, the second RRC configuration comprising a third parameter indicating a priority value of the second SPS PDSCH; and

generating a third UCI for the second SPS PDSCH.

15 . The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

receiving, from the BS, one of the first SPS PDSCH and the second SPS PDSCH based on a comparison between the second parameter and the third parameter when the first SPS PDSCH and the second SPS PDSCH collide in the time domain;

transmitting, to the BS, a UCI corresponding to the received SPS PDSCH.

16 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the first and second UCIs each include hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 27, 2024
From: LIN, WAN-CHEN; CHENG, YU-HSIN; CHIN, HENG-LI; TSAI, HSIN-HSI
To: FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 066916/0687 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 27, 2024
From: FG INNOVATION COMPANY LTD.
To: HANNIBAL IP LLC
Reel/Frame 066916/0800 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 18115967 · Mar 1, 2023
Continuation 16913577 · Jun 26, 2020
Provisional Application 62866796 · Jun 26, 2019
Related Publication 20240306179A1 · Sep 12, 2024
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