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US 50,747 · App. 18/080,772 · Granted Jan 6, 2026

Method for monitoring, transmitting, and receiving downlink pre-emption indication information in new radio networks and apparatus thereof

Inventors: Kyujin Park (Seoul, KR); Woo-jin Choi (Seoul, KR)
H04W72/23H04W72/542H04W88/02Y02D30/70
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Patent No.
US 50,747
App. No.
18/080,772
Granted
Jan 6, 2026
Kind
E1
Abstract

Provided is a method for monitoring, transmitting, and receiving downlink pre-emption indication information in a next-generation/5G radio access network. The method may include receiving monitoring configuration information for downlink pre-emption indication information from a base station; receiving configuration information on a control resource set (CORESET) for receiving the downlink pre-emption indication information from the base station; configuring reference downlink resources based on the configuration information on a control resource set; and monitoring the downlink pre-emption indication information for the reference downlink resources, wherein the downlink pre-emption indication information includes a bitmap indicating information on at least one of time-section resources and frequency-section resources in which pre-emption has occurred, among reference downlink resources.

Claims (34)

1 . A method for receiving downlink pre-emption indication information by a user equipment, the method comprising:

receiving monitoring configuration information for downlink pre-emption indication information from a base station;

receiving configuration information on a control resource set (CORESET) for receiving the downlink pre-emption indication information from the base station;

configuring reference downlink resources for the downlink pre-emption indication based on the configuration information on the control resource set (CORESET); and

monitoring the downlink pre-emption indication information for the reference downlink resources,

wherein the downlink pre-emption indication information comprises a bitmap indicating information on at least one of time-section resources and frequency-section resources in which pre-emption has occurred, among reference downlink resources, and

wherein respective bits of the bitmap are mapped with different resources to distinguish between resources and to indicate one of M different time-section resources and indicate one of N different frequency-section resources, where M and N is an integer number,

wherein a time section of the reference downlink resources comprises 14K symbols before a first symbol constituting the control resource set (CORESET) when a monitoring period for the control resource set (CORESET) is K, and

wherein M and N have values such that M=14 and N=1 or M=7 and N=2.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the downlink pre-emption indication information is indicated through group-common downlink control information (DCI).

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the information for setting a unit of time-section resources and a unit of frequency-section resources is received from the base station through higher layer signalling.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein a frequency section of the reference downlink resources comprises physical resource blocks constituting an active bandwidth part.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the bitmap comprises 14 bits.

6 . A method for transmitting downlink pre-emption indication information by a base station, the method comprising:

configuring monitoring configuration information for downlink pre-emption indication information;

transmitting, to a user equipment, configuration information on a control resource set (CORESET) for transmitting the downlink pre-emption indication information; and

transmitting, to the user equipment, the downlink pre-emption indication information for reference downlink resources,

wherein the downlink pre-emption indication information comprises a bitmap indicating information on at least one of time-section resources and frequency-section resources in which pre-emption has occurred, among reference downlink resources, and

wherein respective bits of the bitmap are mapped to different resources to distinguish between the resources and to indicate one of M different time-section resources and indicate one of N different frequency-section resources, where M and N is an integer number,

wherein a time section of the reference downlink resources comprises 14K symbols just before a first symbol constituting the control resource set (CORESET) when a monitoring period for the control resource set (CORESET) is K, and

wherein M and N have values such that M=14 and N=1 or M=7 and N=2.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the downlink pre-emption indication information is transmitted to the user equipment through group-common DCI.

8 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the information for setting a unit of time-section resources and a unit of frequency-section resources is transmitted to the user equipment through higher layer signalling.

9 . The method of claim 6 , wherein a frequency section of the reference downlink resources comprises physical resource blocks constituting an active bandwidth part.

10 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the bitmap comprises 14 bits.

11 . A user equipment for receiving downlink pre-emption indication information, the user equipment comprising:

a receiver configured to receive monitoring configuration information for downlink pre-emption indication information from a base station, and configured to receive configuration information on a control resource set (CORESET) for receiving the downlink pre-emption indication information from the base station; and

a controller configured to configure reference downlink resources for downlink pre-emption indication based on the configuration information on the control resource set (CORESET), and configured to monitor the downlink pre-emption indication information for the reference downlink resources, wherein

the downlink pre-emption indication information comprises a bitmap indicating information on at least one of time-section resources and frequency-section resources in which pre-emption has occurred, among reference downlink resources, and

wherein respective bits of the bitmap are mapped to different resources to distinguish between the resources and to indicate one of M different time-section resources and indicate one of N different frequency-section resources, where M and N is an integer number;

wherein a time section of the reference downlink resources comprises 14K symbols just before a first symbol constituting the control resource set (CORESET) when a monitoring period for the control resource set (CORESET) is K, and

wherein M and N have values such that M=14 and N=1 or M=7 and N=2.

12 . The user equipment of claim 11 , wherein the downlink pre-emption indication information is indicated through group-common downlink control information (DCI).

13 . The user equipment of claim 11 , wherein the information for setting a unit of time-section resources and a unit of frequency-section resources is received from the base station through higher layer signalling.

Priority Claims (6)
KR 10-2017-0033297 · Mar 16, 2017 · national
KR 10-2017-0035615 · Mar 21, 2017 · national
KR 10-2017-0082920 · Jun 29, 2017 · national
KR 10-2017-0101169 · Aug 9, 2017 · national
KR 10-2017-0101782 · Aug 10, 2017 · national
KR 10-2018-0018656 · Feb 14, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Reissue 15923658 · Mar 16, 2018
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